The ARTery's Weekend Preview

Our team rounds up the best of arts and culture for the weekend ahead.

Deana Lawson, "Hair Advertisement," 2005. (Courtesy the artist; Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York; and David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles)

5 things to do this weekend, including a photography exhibit at the ICA and the Boston Jewish Film Festival

Plus, a free folk music concert and a live dance performance.

Arts & Culture

Nov 4, 2021

A house decorated for Halloween in Boston. (Greg Cook/WBUR/file)

5 things to do this weekend to celebrate Halloween

Our weekend picks celebrate Allhallows Eve, from a haunting walking tour in Beacon Hill to an art exhibit about the Salem witch trials.

Arts & Culture

Oct 28, 2021

Kirsten Cairns, foreground, watches as Matthew DiBattista sings in a rehearsal for "Curlew River." (Courtesy Enigma Chamber Opera)

5 things to do this weekend, including an opera about grief and a play exploring Crispus Attucks

Plus, a production of “Witch” at The Huntington and a “boo-tanical” garden experience for children.

Arts & Culture

Oct 21, 2021

Marlon Forrester's "BlackMoon23" (Courtesy Marlon Forrester)

5 things to do this weekend, from a play about an infamous tabloid crime to an 'Alice in Wonderland' ballet

Plus, a rising Boston artist's solo exhibition, the Boston Book Festival and the last Somerville Flea market of the season.

Local Coverage

Oct 14, 2021

A view from beneath Joana Vasconcelos' "Valkyrie Mumbet." (Courtesy Will Howcroft/MassArt)

Five things to do this weekend, including MAAM reopening and HONK! Fest

Plus, a storytelling experience in Salem and a new exhibit at the Boston Center for the Arts.

Local Coverage

Oct 7, 2021

Singing on the stairs at King Richard's Faire.

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including King Richard’s Faire And The Salem Zombie Walk

Plus, an opera performance based on true stories from Ellis Island and a comedic play inspired by Alfred Hitchcock.

Local Coverage

Sep 30, 2021

On March 28, The ARTery celebrated 25 millennials of color in Boston arts.

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including Celebrating The ARTery 25 And A Film Festival

Plus, a public sculpture on the Boston Common and a dance festival.

Local Coverage

Sep 23, 2021

Andrew Fish, "Silent Kid," 2021. (Courtesy Childs Gallery)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Spectacle Island Music Fest And A Retro Art Exhibit

Plus, Porchfest in Brookline and an outdoor play in Newton.

Local Coverage

Sep 16, 2021

In this file photo, participants in the Cambridge Carnival festival march and dance in 2013. (Greg Cook for WBUR)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including The Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival And Cambridge Carnival

Plus, a secret concert and a celebration of outdoor storytelling.

Local Coverage

Sep 9, 2021

Jason Bowen (left) and Angela Pierce in rehearsals for Gloucester Stage Company's "Reparations." (Courtesy Gloucester Stage Company)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including An Outdoor Play And Slam Poetry Event

Plus, an art installation in the trees and an exhibit reimagining masks.

Local Coverage

Sep 2, 2021

Valerie Imparato, "Essence," 2019. (Courtesy of the artist)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including An Art Exhibit Exploring Black Womanhood And A Walking Play

Plus, a writing workshop and a concert at Club Passim.

Local Coverage

Aug 26, 2021

Spectators on Lamartine Street at the 2017 Jamaica Plain Porchfest. (Elizabeth Gillis/WBUR)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including JP Porchfest And A Roving Play

Plus, a jazz festival and a virtual readthrough of a Chinatown-set musical.

Local Coverage

Aug 19, 2021

Visitors of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis take in "Frida Kahlo: POSE." (Isometric Studio/Courtesy Rose Art Museum)

5 Things To Do This Weekend Including A Blues Festival And A Frida Kahlo Exhibit

Plus, a fisherman's feast celebration and an outdoor opera.

Local Coverage

Aug 12, 2021

Guy Olivier Deveau from Montreal works on his sculpture at Revere Beach in 2015. (Hadley Green for WBUR)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Sand Sculpture Festival And Live Music

Plus, a celebration of Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives and a Shakespeare tour.

Local Coverage

Aug 5, 2021

The cast of Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's "The Tempest." (Courtesy Evgenia Eliseeva)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including Shakespeare On The Common And A Concert At Crane Estate

Plus, the Woods Hole Film Festival and an art exhibit.

Local Coverage

Jul 29, 2021

One of the lantern displays in Franklin Park Zoo's Boston Lights experience. (Courtesy Franklin Park Zoo)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Lantern Festival And Summer Concert

Plus a blueberry and flower festival and climate-change themed murals.

Local Coverage

Jul 22, 2021

Left to right, William Gardiner as John Watson and Alexander Platt as Holmes in "Baskerville." (Courtesy Gloucester Stage Company)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Sherlock Holmes Play And A Food Festival

Plus live music outdoors and a virtual art exhibit.

Local Coverage

Jul 15, 2021

The 10-day Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival celebrates everything hydrangea. (C.L. Fornari)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Hydrangea Festival And Virtual Poetry

Plus the return of an in-person Somerville ArtBeat Festival and more Greater Boston arts celebrations.

Local Coverage

Jul 8, 2021

Fireworks explode over the Hatch Shell during rehearsal for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular in 2019. (Michael Dwyer/AP)

5 Things To Do This Weekend To Celebrate The Fourth Of July

Including the Boston Pops’ July 4th Spectacular and Harborfest.

Local Coverage

Jul 1, 2021

"Threads of Assumption: the Biases You Weave" (Courtesy Goethe-Institut Boston)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Performance Installation And A Walking Tour

Plus Virgil Abloh at the ICA and the RoxFilm Fest.

Local Coverage

Jun 24, 2021

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5 things to do this weekend, including a photography exhibit at the ICA and the Boston Jewish Film Festival

5 things to do this weekend to celebrate Halloween

5 things to do this weekend, including an opera about grief and a play exploring Crispus Attucks

5 things to do this weekend, from a play about an infamous tabloid crime to an 'Alice in Wonderland' ballet

Five things to do this weekend, including MAAM reopening and HONK! Fest

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including King Richard’s Faire And The Salem Zombie Walk

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including Celebrating The ARTery 25 And A Film Festival

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Spectacle Island Music Fest And A Retro Art Exhibit

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including The Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival And Cambridge Carnival

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including An Outdoor Play And Slam Poetry Event

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including An Art Exhibit Exploring Black Womanhood And A Walking Play

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including JP Porchfest And A Roving Play

5 Things To Do This Weekend Including A Blues Festival And A Frida Kahlo Exhibit

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Sand Sculpture Festival And Live Music

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including Shakespeare On The Common And A Concert At Crane Estate

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Lantern Festival And Summer Concert

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Sherlock Holmes Play And A Food Festival

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Hydrangea Festival And Virtual Poetry

5 Things To Do This Weekend To Celebrate The Fourth Of July

5 Things To Do This Weekend, Including A Performance Installation And A Walking Tour