Events · Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline

Boston events on Tuesday, Nov. 24Sunday, Nov. 8 through Sunday, Jan. 31 · checked by a person, sorted by start time

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Sat, Nov 21 · Fenway Park

Harvard vs. Yale: The Game at Fenway ParkTickets

Nov 27 – Dec 31 · Citizens Opera House

Boston Ballet: The NutcrackerTickets

Sat, Dec 26 · Fenway Park

Wasabi Fenway BowlTickets

Dec 31 – Jan 1 · Copley Square & Boston Common

First Night Boston 2027Free

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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.

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Tuesday, Nov. 2410 events · 29 ongoing

10:00 amto 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
10:30 amto 11:30 am
Author & Illustrator Series: Jon Chad at the Uphams Corner Branch
Boston Public Library, Uphams Corner Branch, 500 Columbia Rd, Dorchester
See listingbpl.bibliocommons.com
11:00 amto noon
Boston's Official Holiday Tree Arrival 2026
Boston Common, 139 Tremont Street, Downtown
Free
1:00 pmto 2:00 pm
Refining Your Resume Workshop with Goodwill Boston Career Center
Goodwill Boston Career Center, 1010 Harrison Avenue, Roxbury
Free
3:15 pmto 5:15 pm
Family Movie: Hoppers at the North End Branch
Boston Public Library, North End Branch, 25 Parmenter St, North End
See listingbpl.bibliocommons.com
4:30 pmto 5:30 pm
A Community Meditation Circle at the Jamaica Plain Branch
Boston Public Library, Jamaica Plain Branch, 30 South St, Jamaica Plain
Free
7:30 pm
Faculty Recital: Ji Yung Lee, Piano
NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Fenway-Kenmore
Free
7:30 pm
Noirvember: Blast of Silence (1961) at the Coolidge
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline
Ticketscoolidge.org
8:00 pm
Father Of Peace at The Sinclair
The Sinclair, 52 Church St, Cambridge
Ticketssinclaircambridge.com
8:00 pm
Red McAdam
Club Passim, 47 Palmer St, Cambridge
$30

Also on this day: 29 exhibitions, runs and markets

Reality and Imagination: Rembrandt and the Jews in the Dutch Republic, Museum of Fine Arts · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Nov. 29
Boston Harbor Distillery Beverage Garden on The Greenway, Rose Kennedy Greenway · noon–6:00 pm · through Nov. 29
Maverick Kings: Three Visionary Pharaohs of Egypt's Golden Age, Museum of Fine Arts · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Dec. 6
Where's Boston? 50 Years Later, Boston Athenaeum · 9:00 am–8:00 pm · through Dec. 12
Finding Nemo, Wheelock Family Theatre · 10:30 am · through Dec. 13
Adia & Clora Snatch Joy, The Huntington Theatre · 7:00 pm · through Dec. 13
Holiday Market at Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Quincy Market · 11:00 am–7:00 pm · through Dec. 24
Snowport Holiday Market, Snowport · 11:00 am–9:00 pm · free · through Dec. 27
SoWa Christmas Market, SoWa Power Station · 4:00 pm–9:00 pm · through Dec. 27
Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Lyric Stage Boston · 7:30 pm · through Dec. 31
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
Cynthia Daignault: Valley, Institute of Contemporary Art · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Jan. 18
Leilah Babirye: Embaga ya Naki ne Naki (Wedding of Naki and Naki), Institute of Contemporary Art · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Jan. 18
Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love, Museum of Fine Arts · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Jan. 18
Michal Rovner: Esther Scrolls, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · 11:00 am–5:00 pm · through Jan. 18
The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · 11:00 am–5:00 pm · through Jan. 18
Picasso, Miro, Dali: Unbound, Museum of Fine Arts · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Jan. 24
Oyvind Fahlstrom: Are You Happy?, Museum of Fine Arts · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Feb. 21
Donna Ferrato: 'Living with the Enemy' and the Power of Women, Museum of Fine Arts · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Feb. 28
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
90 YEARS at the ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Mar. 7
Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage, Harvard Art Museums · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · free · through Apr. 11
Somerville Winter Farmers Market, Arts at the Armory · 9:30 am–1:30 pm · through Apr. 17
Places We Carry, Museum of Fine Arts · through Apr. 18
The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, Harvard Art Museums · free · through May. 9
Naoko Matsubara's Woodblock Worlds, Museum of Fine Arts · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through May. 16
Kawada Kikuji: Chizu (The Map), Museum of Fine Arts · 10:00 am–5:00 pm · through Jul. 18

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Sunday 8:00 am · Franklin Park, Dorchester

Boston Half Marathon 2026The B.A.A.'s half follows the Emerald Necklace out and back from Franklin Park, presented by Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund. Watch anywhere on the course; the leaders are back by about 9 am.

Sunday 7:00 pm · closing performance · The Huntington Theatre, Fenway

Harper Lee's To Kill a MockingbirdAaron Sorkin's adaptation, nine Tony nominations, in its first regional production, directed by Loretta Greco. A month-long run ends Sunday; our listing shows 7 pm, so check the curtain time on your ticket.

Sunday 7:00 pm · The Wilbur, Theater District

DeRay DavisThe comedian and actor closes a three-comic weekend at the Wilbur, after Drew Dunn and Tim Dillon on Saturday. Boylston station is shut, so walk from Chinatown on the Orange Line or Park Street on the Red.

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About this list: 731 upcoming events from organizers, venues, libraries and the City of Boston, checked by Explore Boston editors. Times are Eastern. Forecast: National Weather Service, Boston. The Events Spotlight and Sponsored Events are paid placements when sold and are labeled as such.