 Weekend Preview · The weekend plan Thursday, October 1, 2026 | The Daily Spotlight · Presented By This spot is open. Reach 8,000+ Bostonians before 7am, in the email they open with coffee. | Weather 🌤️ 78° / 66° Mostly sunny, high near 78, southwest wind 5-9 mph. Clear tonight, low 66. Friday 80, then cooler for the weekend. · full forecast → | The T Today ● RL ● OL ● GL ● BL Green Line: no trains between North Station and Kenmore/Heath St through Sun., Oct. 4. Shuttle buses run; use the Orange Line between North Station and Back Bay. Blue Line trains share one track at Wonderland Sat.-Sun. Red and Orange are normal. · live status → | Roads Thursday daytime: Route 107 in Saugus (both directions, intermittent lane closures 5am-9pm). Thursday night: Route 2 in Arlington, Belmont and Lexington (8pm-4am), I-95 in Waltham (9pm-5am), Routes 1A and 60 in Revere. |
| The number: 28 — events on the ExploreBoston calendar Friday through Sunday, Oct. 2-4, 18 of them free. The full calendar | ⚾ Yankees won Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series over the Red Sox, 9-0 (Tue.); latest games on the scoreboard · 🏒 Bruins 3, Rangers 0 (Tue.) · Next: Bruins at Jets, Fri. 8pm · full scoreboard → | Your weekend forecast Fri. 80, mostly sunny. Sat. 67, sunny. Sun. 63, mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers later. A few showers are possible Friday night, per the National Weather Service. | If you do one thing SoWa Open Market, Sunday Harrison Avenue in the South End fills with local makers, a vintage market, a farmers market and food trucks, 11am-5pm Sunday, when it is forecast mostly sunny and 63. Admission is free, and the market runs through mid-November. Event detailsForecast as of Wednesday. Check the event page before you go. | Harvard Museum of Natural History: Free Sunday Morning · Free for Mass. residents · Sun 9am-noon · Cambridge Free. Bring proof of residency. The ticket also covers the Peabody Museum next door, and the Glass Flowers gallery is a highlight. | Play Date: Free Family Art Day at the ICA · Free · Sun 10am-3pm · Institute of Contemporary Art, Seaport Family. Hands-on art making and gallery activities for kids and caregivers on the Seaport waterfront. | Kathy Griffin: New Face, New Tour · Sat 7pm · The Wilbur, Theater District Night out. A solo stand-up show with no opening act. The Wilbur’s site listed tickets on sale this week. | All-Levels Yoga on The Greenway · Free · Sat 10:45am-11:45am · Rose Kennedy Greenway Outdoors. A free strength and mobility class led by Way Of Life Fitness. Bring your own mat. Saturday is forecast sunny, high 67. |
| Everything on Friday through Sunday, free listings first, is on the events calendar. Last chance: Boston Lyric Opera’s William Tell closes Sun., Oct. 4 at the Emerson Colonial Theatre, per BLO. | Cambridge: MIT Future Fest runs through Sunday. Passes are sold out, but the MIT Museum is free all week, the new MET Warehouse opens Saturday 10am-4pm and the Science Carnival is Sunday, per Cambridge Day. Read | Politics: asked who is most to blame for high energy costs, 32% of likely voters said President Trump and 28% said utilities; 13% said Gov. Healey, per a CommonWealth Beacon/MassINC poll. Read | Milton: a former Bank of America branch at Eliot and Adams streets has reopened as Two Pence Market, with bagels, prepared meals, farm produce and Toscanini’s ice cream, per the Dorchester Reporter. Read |
| Construction: a think tank urged Gov. Healey to rescind her order on project labor agreements, saying they raise costs. Her office called the study "junk research," per Banker & Tradesman (Sept. 28). Read |
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