The ARTery's Weekend Preview

Our team rounds up the best of arts and culture for the weekend ahead.

Samantha Barnes and Jack Mullen as Lise Bouvier and Jerry Mulligan in “An American in Paris” at the Reagle Music Theatre in Waltham. (Courtesy Neil Scott/Reagle Music Theatre)

5 things to do this weekend, including 'An American in Paris' and Immigrant Small Business Day

Plus, an interactive whale learning experience and baby-friendly screenings at Coolidge Corner Theatre.

Arts & Culture

Aug 15, 2024

Attendees of a previous FunkFest dancing. (Courtesy Luis Cotto/FunkFest)

5 things to do this weekend, including FunkFest and 'Waitress: The Musical'

Plus, interactive improv and a jazz festival in Milton.

Arts & Culture

Aug 8, 2024

One of The Amazing Acro-Cats during a performance in Portland, Maine. (Courtesy Katie Day)

5 things to do this weekend, including acrobatic cats and an outdoor writing workshop

Plus, Boston’s Future Fest and a Queen Elizabeth II impersonator.

Arts & Culture

Aug 1, 2024

A group performs at the 2023 Cambridge Jazz Festival. (Courtesy Mutsuko Ohnishi)

5 things to do this weekend, including the Cambridge Jazz Festival and a 'Wizard of Oz' art exhibit

Plus, Lowell Folk Festival and “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” in concert.

Arts & Culture

Jul 25, 2024

Sue McGrew, of Tacoma, Washington, works on her sand sculpture during the International Sand Sculpting Festival at Revere Beach on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Revere, Mass. (Michael Dwyer/AP)

5 things to do this weekend, including the Revere sand sculpting festival and a poetry slam

Plus, Festival Betances in the South End and a pop-up roller disco in Cambridge.

Arts & Culture

Jul 18, 2024

Boston Women's Market will pop up one Saturday every month through October to showcase work by nearly 30 small businesses, makers and artists. (Courtesy Boston Women's Market)

5 things to do this weekend, including the Boston Women’s Market and a jazz festival on the Charles

Plus, an author salon in Arlington and screenings of "Jaws" at the New England Aquarium.

Arts & Culture

Jul 11, 2024

Salvador Dalí, "The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory" (detail), 1952–54. Collection of the Dalí Museum. (Courtesy Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Artists Rights Society and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

5 things to do this weekend, including Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular and Dalí at the MFA

Plus, a fashionable First Friday at the ICA and a pig roast on Martha's Vineyard.

Arts & Culture

Jul 3, 2024

A promotional image for the Peabody Essex Museum's "Werk of Art" Pride dance party. (Courtesy Randyll Collum/PEM)

5 things to do this weekend, including PEM Pride and puppetry in the park

Plus, the two-day BAMS Fest in Boston and Boston GuitarFest in Cambridge.

Arts & Culture

Jun 27, 2024

Lisa Yuen and Calico Velasco in a promotional photo for Reagle Music Theatre's "South Pacific." (Courtesy Nile Scott Studios)

5 things to do this weekend, including 'South Pacific' and Mission Hill Arts Festival

Plus, The Folk Collective's inaugural pride month event at Club Passim and a festival of plays from Moonbox Productions.

Arts & Culture

Jun 20, 2024

Cambridge Arts River Festival in 2019. (Courtesy Cambridge Arts)

5 things to do this weekend, from a river festival to Father's Day at the zoo

Plus, a round up of farmers markets and Arlington Porch Fest.

Arts & Culture

Jun 13, 2024

Revelers march during the Boston's Pride Parade in 2023. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images)

5 things to do this weekend, from drag queen bingo to Boston's Pride parade

Plus, a queer film retrospective at the Coolidge Corner Theatre and LGBTQ+ historical walking tours of Boston.

Arts & Culture

Jun 6, 2024

The marketplace at Herbstalk. (Courtesy Herbstalk)

5 things to do this weekend, from an herb festival to a Beacon Hill art walk

Plus, the U.S. premiere of Arlekin Players' "The Dybbuk" and Medford Porchfest.

Arts & Culture

May 30, 2024

A full crowd watches the Foo Fighters perform on first day of Boston Calling 2023. (Courtesy Alive Coverage/Boston Calling)

5 things to do this Memorial Day weekend

From the Boston Calling Music Festival to a new exhibit at the ICA Watershed, there’s plenty to do over the holiday weekend.

Arts & Culture

04:31May 23, 2024

Sydney Jackson as Dailyn and Kaili Y. Turner as Mia in Company One Theatre's production of "Morning, Noon, and Night." (Courtesy Ken Yotsukura)

5 things to do this weekend, including a production of 'Morning, Noon, and Night' and the Greater Roxbury Book Fair

Plus, a historical walking tour in Jamaica Plain and a screening of the film “Sella. A Life.”

Arts & Culture

May 16, 2024

Porchfest (Courtesy of Somerville Arts Council)

5 things to do this weekend, including Somerville Porchfest and Duckling Day

Plus, free summer yoga on Boston Common and Mother’s Day weekend celebrations.

Arts & Culture

May 9, 2024

Boston Roller Derby prepares for Star Wars Night 2024. (Courtesy of Boston Roller Derby)

5 things to do this weekend, including Star Wars Roller Derby and Somerville Open Studios

Plus, artist Elisa Hamilton's "Sightlines" exhibit and Rhythm N’ Spice Hot Sauce Fest.

Arts & Culture

May 2, 2024

Wendy Red Star, "Yakima or Yakama—Not For Me To Say," published by Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, 2015–16. (Courtesy the artist and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

5 things to do this weekend, including play 'A Strange Loop' and 'Ancestors and Place' at the MFA

Plus, The Glitter Boys’ trip to Vegas and "Growing Through Covid-19."

Arts & Culture

Apr 25, 2024

WPI Concert Band during a performance. (Courtesy WPI)

5 things to do this weekend, including a tribute to Major Taylor and a graphic novel festival

Plus, "Book of Mountains and Seas" at ArtsEmerson and the Massachusetts Craft Brewers Festival.

Arts & Culture

Apr 18, 2024

Martin Parr, "Dakar," 2001. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

5 things to do this weekend, including Boston Marathon activities and 'Dress Up' at the MFA

Plus, Wicked Queer’s 40th anniversary and Taiko drumming in the Arnold Arboretum.

Arts & Culture

Apr 11, 2024

Firelei Báez, "A Drexcyen chronocommons (To win the war you fought it sideways)," 2019. (Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York; photo by Phoebe d’Heurle.)

5 things to do this weekend, including Firelei Báez at the ICA and nasturtiums at the Gardner

Plus, a film series all about keeping "score" and one of the actors of "Rent" tells his story.

Arts & Culture

Apr 4, 2024