The ARTery's Weekend Preview
Our team rounds up the best of arts and culture for the weekend ahead.

5 things to do this weekend, including the Boston Theater Marathon and Art in Bloom
Plus, the Town and the City Festival in Lowell and performances from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

5 things to do this weekend, including the musical 'Swept Away' and Japan Festival Boston
Plus, the original "A Khmer Swan Lake" in Lowell and a dance performance that explores the ways that human and machine intelligence relate.

5 things to do this weekend, including 'Good Will Hunting' and a ukulele concert
Plus, the National Center for Jewish Film’s Annual Film Festival and opening weekend of August Wilson's "Gem of the Ocean" from Actors' Shakespeare Project.

5 things to do this weekend, including Arlington Jazz Festival and a book fair for adults
Plus, open studios at the Boston Center for the Arts and the final weekend of "Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous" at Lyric Stage.

5 things to do this weekend, including a nighttime frog walk and Wicked Queer film fest
Plus, a NEC tribute concert for Coretta Scott King and a dance performance reimagining tradition.
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5 things to do this weekend, including the musical 'Suffs' and Salem Film Fest
Plus, a lion and dragon dance performance and an artist's talk at the ICA.

5 things to do this weekend, including Young Artists Comics Fest and We Black Folk Showcase
Plus, opening weekend of the Boston Turkish Film & Music Festival and Boston Gay Men’s Chorus concert celebrating trailblazing women.

5 things to do this weekend, a dance performance and concert celebrating Afghan music
Plus, St. Patrick's Day celebrations and a night of storytelling about overcoming challenges.

5 things to do this weekend, including 'The Antiquities' and the Southie Film Fest
Plus, the feminist spoken word-dance production "Origami Night" and the state finals of national contest Poetry Out Loud.

5 things to do this weekend, including a South Asian dance competition and an experimental variety show
Plus, the world premiere of "Kween" at Merrimack Repertory Theatre and a night of Malian music in Somerville.

5 things to do this weekend, including an Afrofuturistic fashion show and Lunar New Year at PEM
Plus, a traveling opera production and a roller skating night celebrating Black History Month.

5 things to do this weekend, including a pole dance performance and Galentine's Day
Plus, a dumpling wrapping class and A Far Cry's valentine to Boston.

5 things to do this weekend, including 'Little Women' onstage and a Castle of our Skins concert
Plus, a family-friendly social justice workshop and an evening of original dance.

5 things to do this weekend, including a film screening and an evening of lute music
Plus, a queer and trans film festival and an aerial performance.

5 things to do this weekend, including free ice skating and a celebration of Gloucester's saltiness
Plus, a witchy winter market in Brighton and a documentary screening and panel at the Peabody Essex Museum.

5 things to do this weekend, including MLK Day celebrations and a Celtic music festival
Plus, a family film festival in Belmont and a play that imagines a conversation between two icons of the Civil Rights Movement.

5 things to do this weekend, including an FBI interrogation-turned-play and MIT Museum after dark
Plus, a unique opera show from White Snake Projects and a photography exhibit capturing Claude Monet's gardens.

5 things to do this weekend to celebrate the new year
Including First Night Boston and two concerts from Boston Baroque.

5 things to do this weekend, including Midwinter Revels and 'The Snow Queen'
Plus, a concert by candlelight and an indoor holiday forest display.

5 things to do this weekend, including Hanukkah at the MFA and a Christmas concert
Plus, a pottery and ceramics show and a Kwanzaa cooking event at the Boston Public Library's Roxbury Branch.