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Grouped by day, in start-time order. Multi-day runs appear on each day they play; exhibitions and markets sit in the “ongoing” row under each day.Today · Sunday, Nov. 81 event · 7 ongoing · partly sunny, 59 degrees
- to 8:30 pmFaculty Recital: Minsoo Sohn Plays Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Fenway-KenmoreFree
Also on today: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Tomorrow · Monday, Nov. 92 events · 7 ongoing · isolated rain showers, 58 degrees
- to 8:00 pmChamber Music Master Class with Violist Garth Knox at NECKeller Room, New England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough Street, Fenway-KenmoreFree
- to 10:30 pmQueer Line and Partner Dancing at Club CafeClub Cafe (Moonshine Room), 209 Columbus Ave, South EndFree
Also on tomorrow: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Tuesday, Nov. 104 events · 7 ongoing · mostly sunny, 55 degrees
- To a Land Unknown at the Harvard Film ArchiveHarvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy Street, CambridgeFree
- Berklee Latin Music Studies ConcertRed Room at Cafe 939, 939 Boylston Street, Back BayFree
- David Weinberger at Harvard Book StoreHarvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave, CambridgeFree
- CMA Presents Water with Shahzad IsmailyNEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Fenway-KenmoreFree
Also on this day: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Wednesday, Nov. 111 event · 7 ongoing · sunny, 59 degrees
- to 9:30 pmNEC Symphony with Paul BissNEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Fenway-KenmoreFree
Also on this day: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Thursday, Nov. 128 events · 7 ongoing · mostly sunny, 52 degrees
- to 7:00 pmFree Wine Tasting at Vinodivino Kenmore SquareVinodivino Kenmore Square, 543 Commonwealth Ave, Fenway-KenmoreFree
- to 6:00 pmAuthor Talk: Lauren Klein and Tanvi Sharma on Data by DesignBoston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square, 700 Boylston St, Back BayFree
- to 8:30 pmArt-Making After Dark at the ICAInstitute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Seaport DistrictFree
- to 7:30 pmCarlson Lecture: The Ocean Carbon SinkNew England Aquarium, Simons Theatre, 1 Central Wharf, Wharf DistrictFree
- to 8:00 pmSuzanne Jackson in Conversation with Imani Perry at the MFAMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Fenway-KenmoreFree
- The Artist's Voice: Leilah Babirye with Ruth EricksonInstitute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Seaport DistrictFree
- 41st Annual Fall Together Concert at BerkleeDavid Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street, Back BayFree
- NEC Piano Department Concert: Scarlatti Keyboard SonatasWilliams Hall, New England Conservatory, 290 Huntington Avenue, Fenway-KenmoreFree
Also on this day: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Saturday, Nov. 141 event · 7 ongoing · chance light rain, 49 degrees
- to 6:00 pmUnruly Maker's MarketDear Annie, 1741 Massachusetts Avenue, CambridgeFree
Also on this day: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Sunday, Nov. 151 event · 7 ongoing
- to 2:00 pmMushroom Hunt at the Arnold ArboretumArnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Lawn, 125 Arborway, Jamaica PlainFree
Also on this day: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Monday, Nov. 162 events · 7 ongoing
- to 2:00 pmCity Voices: Finding Your Voice Poetry Workshop at the Chinatown BranchBoston Public Library, Chinatown Branch, 2 Boylston St, ChinatownFree
- to 8:00 pmShaul Magid and Zev Mishell at Harvard Book StoreHarvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave, CambridgeFree
Also on this day: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Tuesday, Nov. 172 events · 7 ongoing
- From Unknown to Multiple Grammy Nominee: Composer Julia PerryFirst Church in Roxbury, 8 John Eliot Square, RoxburyFree
- Janet Rich Edwards at Harvard Book StoreHarvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave, CambridgeFree
Also on this day: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Wednesday, Nov. 184 events · 7 ongoing
- to 7:00 pmThe Future of Construction TechnologyAutodesk Technology Center, 23 Drydock Ave, Seaport DistrictFree
- to 7:30 pmFree To All: West End Branch Library Exhibit Opening and Book SwapThe West End Museum, 150 Staniford St, Suite 7, West EndFree
- to 8:00 pmDr. Omekongo Dibinga at Harvard Book StoreHarvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave, CambridgeFree
- Berklee Jazz Composers' Workshop ConcertDavid Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street, Back BayFree
Also on this day: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Thursday, Nov. 196 events · 7 ongoing
- to 7:30 pmSteffani Jemison, Performance: CynosureHarvard ArtLab, 140 North Harvard Street, AllstonFree
- to 8:00 pmCelebrating Indigenous and Immigrant Culinary ContributionsJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Columbia Point, DorchesterFree
- to 9:00 pmLaunching Kanafani's Palestinian Resistance Literature Under OccupationFirst Parish in Cambridge, 3 Church Street, CambridgeFree
- Rodrigo Nunes at Harvard Book StoreHarvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave, CambridgeFree
- Berklee Concert ChoirDavid Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street, Back BayFree
- MIT Laptop Ensemble (FaMLE) Fall ConcertKillian Hall, MIT Building 14, 160 Memorial Drive, CambridgeFree
Also on this day: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Friday, Nov. 202 events · 7 ongoing
- Berklee Global Jazz Institute Big Band Fall ConcertDavid Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street, Back BayFree
- Charles Haynes and the TabernacleRed Room at Cafe 939, 939 Boylston Street, Back BayFree
Also on this day: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Saturday, Nov. 213 events · 7 ongoing
- to 2:00 pmFixit Clinic at the Central LibraryBoston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street, Back BayFree
- to 5:00 pmOwl Prowl at the Arnold ArboretumArnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Lawn, 125 Arborway, Jamaica PlainFree
- to 9:30 pmArneis Quartet: TranscendenceSt. Paul's Episcopal Church, 15 St. Paul Street, BrooklineFree
Also on this day: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Sunday, Nov. 222 events · 7 ongoing
- to 4:00 pmBoston Women's Holiday Market at Warehouse XIWarehouse XI, 11 Sanborn Court, SomervilleFree
- to 1:00 pmGallery Talk: New on View, Community and Self-Representation in the Shapiro CollectionHarvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, CambridgeFree
Also on this day: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Monday, Nov. 234 events · 7 ongoing
- to 2:00 pmCity Voices: Finding Your Voice Poetry Workshop at the Chinatown Branch (Nov 23)Boston Public Library, Chinatown Branch, 2 Boylston St, ChinatownFree
- to 6:00 pm2026 Trellis Lighting at Christopher Columbus ParkChristopher Columbus Park, 110 Atlantic Avenue, Wharf DistrictFree
- Alice Miranda Ollstein at Harvard Book StoreHarvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave, CambridgeFree
- to 10:30 pmQueer Line & Partner Dancing at Club Cafe (Nov 23)Club Cafe (Moonshine Room), 209 Columbus Ave, South EndFree
Also on this day: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Tuesday, Nov. 244 events · 7 ongoing
- to noonBoston's Official Holiday Tree Arrival 2026Boston Common, 139 Tremont Street, DowntownFree
- to 2:00 pmRefining Your Resume Workshop with Goodwill Boston Career CenterGoodwill Boston Career Center, 1010 Harrison Avenue, RoxburyFree
- to 5:30 pmA Community Meditation Circle at the Jamaica Plain BranchBoston Public Library, Jamaica Plain Branch, 30 South St, Jamaica PlainFree
- Faculty Recital: Ji Yung Lee, PianoNEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Fenway-KenmoreFree
Also on this day: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Wednesday, Nov. 252 events · 7 ongoing
- to 6:00 pmWine Tasting Wednesdays at The Black SheepThe Black Sheep, The Kendall Hotel, 350 Main St, CambridgeFree
- to midnight · opens today, through Nov. 26Karaoke Wednesdays with Aurora at Club CafeClub Cafe (Moonshine Room), 209 Columbus Ave, South EndFree
Also on this day: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Thursday, Nov. 261 event · 7 ongoing
- to midnight · closing nightKaraoke Wednesdays with Aurora at Club CafeClub Cafe (Moonshine Room), 209 Columbus Ave, South EndFree
Also on this day: 7 exhibitions, runs and markets
- Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
- Introduction to the History of Art, Harvard Art Museums · free · through Jan. 3
- On Location: Drawing the Outdoors, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Jan. 17
- Hao Jingban: I Witness, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Uri Aran: Look How Hard They Work, MIT List Visual Arts Center · noon–6:00 pm · free · through Feb. 28
- Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
- The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
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