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Boston events: 795 things to doSunday, 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

What’s on

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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Sunday, Nov. 221 event · 4 ongoing

12:30 pmto 1:00 pm
Gallery Talk: New on View, Community and Self-Representation in the Shapiro Collection
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Free

Also on this day: 4 exhibitions, runs and markets

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
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. 281 event · 4 ongoing

2:00 pmto 2:50 pm
Spotlight Tour: Disavowed, with Julianne Wu
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Free

Also on this day: 4 exhibitions, runs and markets

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
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. 291 event · 4 ongoing

11:00 amto 11:50 am
Spotlight Tour: Un/Settled, with Leandra Bautista
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Free

Also on this day: 4 exhibitions, runs and markets

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
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, Dec. 12 events · 4 ongoing

12:30 pmto 1:00 pm
Gallery Talk: Activation of Moholy-Nagy's Light Prop for an Electric Stage
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Free
6:00 pmto 7:30 pm
Henri Zerner Lecture: Four Paintings, Four Stories, Four Uncharted Points in the History of European Painting
Harvard Department of History of Art and Architecture, 485 Broadway, Cambridge
Free

Also on this day: 4 exhibitions, runs and markets

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
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, Dec. 22 events · 4 ongoing

12:30 pmto 1:00 pm
Gallery Talk: On Location: Drawing the Outdoors
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Free
6:00 pmto 7:15 pm
John Constable and the Outdoors: Writing about Drawing
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Free

Also on this day: 4 exhibitions, runs and markets

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
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, Dec. 31 event · 4 ongoing

5:00 pmto 9:00 pm
Harvard Art Museums at Night
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Free

Also on this day: 4 exhibitions, runs and markets

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
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, Dec. 41 event · 4 ongoing

noonto 1:00 pm
Exhibition Tour: The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Free

Also on this day: 4 exhibitions, runs and markets

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
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, Dec. 91 event · 4 ongoing

6:00 pmto 7:15 pm
The Material Culture of Islamic Calligraphy
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Free

Also on this day: 4 exhibitions, runs and markets

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
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, Dec. 101 event · 4 ongoing

12:30 pmto 1:00 pm
Gallery Talk: The Gelatin Silver Print
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Free

Also on this day: 4 exhibitions, runs and markets

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
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, Dec. 122 events · 4 ongoing

11:00 amto noon
Life Sciences in the Galleries
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Free
11:00 amto 11:30 am
Second Saturdays Story Time at Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Free

Also on this day: 4 exhibitions, runs and markets

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
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, Dec. 151 event · 4 ongoing

noonto 1:00 pm
Art + Science: Exhibition Preparation
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Free

Also on this day: 4 exhibitions, runs and markets

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
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, Jan. 261 event · 2 ongoing

noonto 1:00 pm
Art + Science: Canvas
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Free

Also on this day: 2 exhibitions, runs and markets

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, Jan. 281 event · 2 ongoing

12:30 pmto 1:00 pm
Gallery Talk: The 20 x 24 Polaroid Process
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Free

Also on this day: 2 exhibitions, runs and markets

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, Feb. 21 event · 2 ongoing

12:30 pmto 1:00 pm
Gallery Talk: Redlining and the Visual Culture of Suburbia
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Free

Also on this day: 2 exhibitions, runs and markets

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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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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