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Today · Sunday, Nov. 81 event · 20 ongoing · partly sunny, 59 degrees

  1. to noon
    Story Hour at the MFA
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Fenway-Kenmore
    See listingmfa.org
Also on today: 20 exhibitions, runs and markets

Thursday, Nov. 123 events · 20 ongoing · mostly sunny, 52 degrees

  1. to 8:30 pm
    Art-Making After Dark at the ICA
    Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Seaport District
    Free
  2. to 8:00 pm
    Suzanne Jackson in Conversation with Imani Perry at the MFA
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Fenway-Kenmore
    Free
  3. The Artist's Voice: Leilah Babirye with Ruth Erickson
    Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Seaport District
    Free
Also on this day: 20 exhibitions, runs and markets

Saturday, Nov. 141 event · 20 ongoing · chance light rain, 49 degrees

  1. to 5:00 pm
    MFA Artisan Market
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Fenway-Kenmore
    Ticketsmfa.org
Also on this day: 20 exhibitions, runs and markets

Wednesday, Nov. 181 event · 20 ongoing

  1. to 7:30 pm
    Free
Also on this day: 20 exhibitions, runs and markets

Thursday, Nov. 192 events · 20 ongoing

  1. to 9:00 pm
    Drop-In Art Making at the MFA
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Fenway-Kenmore
    See listingmfa.org
  2. to 8:30 pm
    Ticketsmfa.org
Also on this day: 20 exhibitions, runs and markets

Sunday, Nov. 224 events · 21 ongoing

  1. to 4:00 pm
    Drop-In Art Making at the MFA
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Fenway-Kenmore
    See listingmfa.org
  2. to 4:00 pm
    Free
  3. to 1:00 pm
    Free
  4. Gallery Talk: Max Gruber on 90 YEARS at the ICA
    Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Seaport District
    See listingicaboston.org
Also on this day: 21 exhibitions, runs and markets

Tuesday, Nov. 241 event · 21 ongoing

  1. to 11:00 am
    Historic Library Tour at the Central Library
    Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street, Back Bay
    See listingbpl.bibliocommons.com
Also on this day: 21 exhibitions, runs and markets

Saturday, Nov. 283 events · 21 ongoing

  1. to 6:00 pm · opens today, through Nov. 29
    Boston Public Market Holiday Pop-Up Market
    Boston Public Market, 100 Hanover St, Downtown
    See listingbostonpublicmarket.org
  2. to 4:30 pm
    Make with MAAM
    MassArt Art Museum, 621 Huntington Avenue, Fenway-Kenmore
    Free
  3. to 2:50 pm
    Spotlight Tour: Disavowed, with Julianne Wu
    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
    Free
Also on this day: 21 exhibitions, runs and markets

Sunday, Nov. 295 events · 21 ongoing

  1. to 4:00 pm
    Drop-In Art Making: Sculpted Pendants at the MFA
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Fenway-Kenmore
    See listingmfa.org
  2. to 6:00 pm · last day
    Boston Public Market Holiday Pop-Up Market
    Boston Public Market, 100 Hanover St, Downtown
    See listingbostonpublicmarket.org
  3. to 4:00 pm
    Boston Women's Holiday Market at The Armory
    Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville
    Free
  4. to 11:50 am
    Spotlight Tour: Un/Settled, with Leandra Bautista
    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
    Free
  5. to 4:30 pm
    Make with MAAM
    MassArt Art Museum, 621 Huntington Avenue, Fenway-Kenmore
    Free
Also on this day: 21 exhibitions, runs and markets

Tuesday, Dec. 12 events · 20 ongoing

  1. to 1:00 pm
    Free
  2. to 7:30 pm
    Free
Also on this day: 20 exhibitions, runs and markets

Wednesday, Dec. 24 events · 20 ongoing

  1. to 11:45 am
    Art Play! at the MFA
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Fenway-Kenmore
    See listingmfa.org
  2. to 1:00 pm
    Gallery Talk: On Location: Drawing the Outdoors
    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
    Free
  3. to 2:30 pm
    See listingmfa.org
  4. to 7:15 pm
    Free
Also on this day: 20 exhibitions, runs and markets

Thursday, Dec. 33 events · 20 ongoing

  1. to 9:00 pm
    Harvard Art Museums at Night
    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
    Free
  2. to 9:00 pm
    ICA Free Thursday Night
    Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Seaport District
    Free
  3. to 6:30 pm
    Curator Tour: Uri Aran and Hao Jingban at the MIT List
    MIT List Visual Arts Center, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
    Free
Also on this day: 20 exhibitions, runs and markets

Friday, Dec. 44 events · 20 ongoing

  1. to 1:00 pm
    Free
  2. to 9:00 pm
    SoWa First Friday
    SoWa Art + Design District, 450 Harrison Avenue, South End
    Free
  3. to 10:00 pm
    First Fridays: Made with Love at the ICA
    Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Seaport District
    $35
  4. to 9:00 pm
    MFA First Fridays: Suzanne Jackson
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Fenway-Kenmore
    $30
Also on this day: 20 exhibitions, runs and markets

Saturday, Dec. 52 events · 20 ongoing

  1. to 5:00 pm
    First Church in Jamaica Plain Holiday Craft Fair
    First Church in Jamaica Plain, 6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain
    See listingfirstchurchjp.org
  2. to 3:00 pm
    Royal Portraiture of Amenhotep III at Thebes
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Fenway-Kenmore
    Free
Also on this day: 20 exhibitions, runs and markets

Sunday, Dec. 63 events · 20 ongoing

  1. to 5:00 pm
    Hanukkah Celebration at the MFA
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Fenway-Kenmore
    See listingmfa.org
  2. to 3:00 pm
    Play Date: Free Family Art Day at the ICA
    Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Seaport District
    Free
  3. to 5:00 pm
    Boston Family Days at MAAM
    MassArt Art Museum, 621 Huntington Avenue, Fenway-Kenmore
    Free
Also on this day: 20 exhibitions, runs and markets

Wednesday, Dec. 92 events · 19 ongoing

  1. to 7:00 pm · opens today, through Dec. 11
    Art Break at the MIT List Visual Arts Center
    MIT List Visual Arts Center, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
    Free
  2. to 7:15 pm
    The Material Culture of Islamic Calligraphy
    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
    Free
Also on this day: 19 exhibitions, runs and markets

Thursday, Dec. 102 events · 20 ongoing

  1. to 7:00 pm · through Dec. 11
    Art Break at the MIT List Visual Arts Center
    MIT List Visual Arts Center, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
    Free
  2. to 1:00 pm
    Gallery Talk: The Gelatin Silver Print
    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
    Free
Also on this day: 20 exhibitions, runs and markets

Friday, Dec. 112 events · 20 ongoing

  1. to 7:00 pm · last day
    Art Break at the MIT List Visual Arts Center
    MIT List Visual Arts Center, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
    Free
  2. to 11:00 pm
    The Inevitable Return: Exploding Plastic Revisited
    Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Seaport District
    Ticketsicaboston.org
Also on this day: 20 exhibitions, runs and markets

Saturday, Dec. 122 events · 20 ongoing

  1. to noon
    Life Sciences in the Galleries
    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
    Free
  2. to 11:30 am
    Free
Also on this day: 20 exhibitions, runs and markets

Sunday, Dec. 131 event · 19 ongoing

  1. Gallery Talk: Ruth Erickson on Leilah Babirye
    Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Seaport District
    See listingicaboston.org
Also on this day: 19 exhibitions, runs and markets

Tuesday, Dec. 151 event · 19 ongoing

  1. to 1:00 pm
    Art + Science: Exhibition Preparation
    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
    Free
Also on this day: 19 exhibitions, runs and markets

Thursday, Dec. 171 event · 20 ongoing

  1. to 10:00 pm
    $5 Third Thursday at the MFA
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Fenway-Kenmore
    $5
Also on this day: 20 exhibitions, runs and markets
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