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 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.

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.
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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.

5 things to do this weekend, including 'Urban Nutcracker' and a Cultural Survival Bazaar
Plus, a contemporary dance performance inspired by molecules in the body and a vocal concert inspired by the winter solstice.

5 things to do this weekend, including Asian American Ballet Project's 'Reclamation' and Boston's annual 'Black Nativity'
Plus, two holiday concerts at Club Passim and Arlekin Players' Theatre's production "Beethoven."

5 things to do this weekend, including Thanksgiving weekend at the ICA and 'The Nutcracker'
Plus, the Wild Turkey Run in Salem and the return of the SoWa Winter Festival.