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See everythingPeter Pan Goes Wrong
Lyric Stage Company of Boston · 2:00 PM
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Lyric Stage Company of Boston · 2:00 PM
2026 Community Chamber Concert in West Roxbury
German Centre · 2:00 PM
Dover Quartet
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 3:00 PM
All Ages Story Time (Ages 0-7)
Boston Public Library: Central Library · 3:30 PM
Amanda Forsythe Masterclass
Boston Conservatory at Berklee · 7:00 PM
Historic Library Tour
Boston Public Library: Central Library · 10:00 AM
Explore and Play (Ages 0-5)
Boston Public Library: Central Library · 10:30 AM
Navigate Metrolist with the Mayor's Office of Housing and AgeStrong
Boston Public Library: Central Library · 1:00 PM
Freestyles with Ruby [#Teencentral]
Boston Public Library: Central Library · 3:00 PM
STEAM Team (Ages 6-12)
Boston Public Library: Central Library · 4:00 PM
Employer's Rights and Responsibilities Training
Online and the Exchange classroom in the Kirstein Business Library · 6:00 PM
The Old Fire: On Writing, Memory, and Belonging
The French Library · 6:00 PM
Book Launch for Dr. Ayshia Mackie-Stephenson
The Calderwood Pavilion · 7:00 PM
ESOL Chorus
Boston Public Library: Central Library · 10:30 AM
French Culinary Atelier: Burgundy
The French Library · 6:00 PM
Roots Roadshow 2026
Red Room at Cafe 939 · 7:00 PM
Singers Night: Journey, Don't Stop Believin'
Berklee Performance Center · 8:00 PM
Wine Seminar: Crémant
The French Library · 5:30 PM
Choral Evensong
Church · 5:45 PM
Le club des lecteurs: Charif Majdalani
The French Library · 6:00 PM
Open Rehearsal: Jan Lisiecki performs Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 10:30 AM
Pâtisserie class with Chef and Champagne
The French Library · 5:00 PM
Ciné Club: Auction by Pascal Bonitzer
The French Library · 6:00 PM
Performance Studies Showcase
Red Room at Cafe 939 · 7:00 PM
A Celebration of Hip-Hop: Berklee Hip-Hop Hall of Fame Inducts Big Daddy Kane
Berklee Performance Center · 8:00 PM
Free Fridays at Trinity Organ Concerts
Church · 12:15 PM
La Pause Café
The French Library · 2:00 PM
Online Conversation Club
The French Library · 2:00 PM
Charles Haynes and the Tabernacle
Red Room at Cafe 939 · 7:00 PM
Pooh: La Nostra Storia North America Tour 2026
Berklee Performance Center · 8:00 PM
L'Heure du Conte
The French Library · 11:30 AM
Live Painting Demo with Sobek
Copley Society of Art · 12:00 PM
Peter and the Wolf
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 12:00 PM
Triana Maciel & Nino de los Reyes: PerpetuARTE
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 3:00 PM
Francis of Delirium with Paper Lady
Red Room at Cafe 939 · 7:00 PM
Misleading Lady with Jolene Cuisine
Huntington Theatre Company · 7:30 PM
Coltrane 100: Both Directions at Once
Berklee Performance Center · 8:00 PM
Ballet BC
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
Coltrane 100: Lovano, Aldana, Genovese, Oh, and Watts
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
What Makes It Great? Mozart's Clarinet Concerto
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 3:00 PM
Daughters of the Dust
The Coolidge Corner Theatre · 7:00 PM
Beaumarchais: Playwright, Secret Agent, Revolutionary
The French Library · 6:00 PM
Adia & Clora Snatch Joy
Huntington Theatre Company · Through Dec 13
Gershwin and Respighi Fountains of Rome
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 1:30 PM
Santa in the City
Prudential Center events · Through Dec 19
2026 Copley Square Tree Lighting
Copley Square Tree Lighting · 5:00 PM
Giving Tree
Prudential Center events · Through Jan 1
31 Nights of Light
Prudential Center events · Through Dec 31
Carolers & Cocoa
Prudential Center events · Through Dec 16
Art de la Table: Setting the Scene for the Holidays
The French Library · 5:30 PM
Holiday Pops 2026
Boston Pops · 7:30 PM
Holiday Pops
Holiday Pops · 3:00 PM
Marché de Noël: French Holiday Gift Market
The French Library · 10:00 AM
Nadia Washington Quartet
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 3:00 PM
Handel’s Messiah Concert
Church · 2:00 PM
Casse-Noisette: A Holiday Tale in Music
The French Library · 5:30 PM
Happy Hunger Games! Trivia with Trident Booksellers
Huntington Theatre Company · 7:00 PM
Holiday Pops Company Celebration with Sutton Foster
Boston Pops · 7:30 PM
Alpine Wines: A Wine & Cheese Pairing Seminar
The French Library · 5:30 PM
Jeremy Denk, Piano
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
Stringfest: Jorge Santiago Arce with Boston Music Project, City Strings United, and Project STEP
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 3:00 PM
Candlelight Carols
Church · 4:00 PM
Handel's Messiah
NEC's Jordan Hall · 7:00 PM
Ciné-Club: The Innocent by Louis Garrel
The French Library · 6:00 PM
Le club des lecteurs: Georges de Peyrebrune
The French Library · 6:00 PM
Family Ministry Night: Caroling, Potluck & Yankee Swap
Rectory · 5:30 PM
Closing Reception: Still On The Move
Copley Society of Art · 4:00 PM
Holy Eucharist with Livestream and Children’s Homily
Church · 9:00 AM
Disney's The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert
Boston Pops · 2:00 PM
New Year's Celebration
Harvard's Sanders Theatre · 7:00 PM
New Year's Eve with Samara Joy and the Boston Pops
Boston Pops · 8:00 PM
January Alors... Conversation Club
The French Library · 6:30 PM
Tchaikovsky Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 7:30 PM
The Unknown Tchaikovsky
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 6:30 PM
Echoes from These Stones: The First Sounds of Trinity Church
Lloyd Forum · 11:15 AM
2027 Community Chamber Concert at Parish of All Saints
Parish of All Saints · 3:00 PM
Tchaikovsky's Hot Takes: Composer as Critic
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 6:00 PM
Gil Shaham & Akira Eguchi
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
2027 Community Chamber Concert
St. John's Episcopal Church · 4:30 PM
Imposter Syndrome: Tchaikovsky's failure, the Fifth Symphony
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 6:00 PM
North By Northwest
Huntington Theatre Company · Through Feb 7
Tchaikovsky: Embodied Listening
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 6:30 PM
What Makes It Great? Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
2027 Community Chamber Concert
Hibernian Hall · 3:00 PM
Boston Symphony Chamber Players perform Tchaikovsky Souvenir of Florence
Jordan Hall · 3:00 PM
Lukas Sternath, Piano
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 7:30 PM
2027 Community Chamber Concert
Fenway Center · 1:30 PM
Tchaikovsky on Fate, the Future of Russia, and Gambling Addiction
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 6:00 PM
Tchaikovsky The Queen of Spades
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 7:30 PM
Michel Camilo Trio
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
Edgar Meyer, Mike Marshall & George Meyer
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 3:00 PM
Mitsuko Uchida, Piano
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 7:30 PM
Youth Open Rehearsal: Prokofiev and Sibelius
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 10:30 AM
Paavo Järvi and Alisa Weilerstein: Prokofiev and Sibelius
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 7:30 PM
The Mirror Crack'd
Lyric Stage Company of Boston · 7:30 PM
Roxbury Concert Series: Ahmed Alom Trio
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 12:00 PM
Lunar New Year
Boston Pops · 2:00 PM
Isidore String Quartet with Jeremy Denk
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 3:00 PM
2027 Community Chamber Concert
Conservatory Lab Charter School · 3:30 PM
February Game Club: Pictionary
The French Library · 6:30 PM
Celebrating Philip Glass at 90
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 7:30 PM
Limón Dance Company
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
Emmet Cohen Trio with Georgia Heers
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
Junction Trio
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
Boston Symphony Chamber Players perform Stravinsky, Shaw, and Tower
Jordan Hall · 3:00 PM
Sō Percussion with Helado Negro and Kate Stables
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
Meet the Cartozians
The Calderwood Pavilion · Through Mar 21
Stravinsky Ballets: The Rite of Spring
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 7:30 PM
Damir Imamović
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
Charles Yang
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
Amanda Shea & Tim Hall Trio
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 3:00 PM
From Boston to Leningrad: The BSO, Stravinsky, and Cultural Diplomacy
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 6:30 PM
Flor de Toloache
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
Zlata Chochieva, Piano
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
2027 Community Chamber Concert
The Foundry · 6:30 PM
High School Open Rehearsal: Stravinsky Ballets: Petrushka and The Firebird
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 10:30 AM
Thibaut Garcia & Antoine Morinière
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 7:30 PM
Huang Yi & KUKA
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
Débo Ray Experience
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 3:00 PM
Pergolesi's Stabat Mater
NEC's Jordan Hall / Harvard's Sanders Theatre · 7:00 PM
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 3:00 PM
Yoko Miwa Trio
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 3:00 PM
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall · 7:30 PM
Teatro La Plaza's Hamlet
Huntington Theatre Company · Through Mar 7
Isabelle Faust & Kristian Bezuidenhout
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
Modern Connections Collective: Four Here or To Go
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 3:00 PM
Seong-Jin Cho, Piano
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 3:00 PM
London Symphony Orchestra with Antonio Pappano and Maxim Vengerov
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 7:30 PM
Celtic Night
Boston Pops · 7:30 PM
Pavel Haas Quartet
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 8:00 PM
Rakish with Rasa String Quartet
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 3:00 PM
Fernando Brandão Quartet
Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) · 3:00 PM
On now: exhibits and runs
Becoming Boston: Eight Moments in the Geography of a Changing City
Boston Public Library: Central LibraryLexicon
Boston Public Library: Central LibraryLife, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Boston Public Library: Central Library2026 Tower Lightings Exhibit
Prudential Center eventsComing up at Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston)
Dover Quartet
Triana Maciel & Nino de los Reyes: PerpetuARTE
FreeBallet BC
Coltrane 100: Lovano, Aldana, Genovese, Oh, and Watts
What Makes It Great? Mozart's Clarinet Concerto
Nadia Washington Quartet
FreeJeremy Denk, Piano
Stringfest: Jorge Santiago Arce with Boston Music Project, City Strings United, and Project STEP
FreeGil Shaham & Akira Eguchi
What Makes It Great? Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson
Lukas Sternath, Piano
Michel Camilo Trio
Close by, in Downtown & Theater District, Fenway, South End
Experience The Ruckus!
Old South Meeting HouseThe Road to Revolution: Massachusetts and the Independence Movement
Old State HouseDrop-In Art Making
Museum of Fine Arts, BostonBoston: Freedom Trail Insiders Tour with Museum Entry
Hub Town ToursNovember Hands-On History Day
Old State HouseBoston Stories Guided Tour
Museum of Fine Arts, BostonGallery Highlights Guided Tour
Museum of Fine Arts, BostonAmerica at 250 Guided Tour
Museum of Fine Arts, BostonFCI Family Canvas Painting Fundraiser
The BordyCeltics vs. Mavericks
TD GardenWicked
Citizens Opera HouseBlake Newman Trio
The BeehivePlaces in Back Bay
- Lyric Stage Company of BostonTheater · 59 coming up
- Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston)Presenter · 59 coming up
- Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony HallConcert hall · 57 coming up
- Trinity Church concertsChurch concerts · 39 coming up
- Holiday PopsHoliday concert · 32 coming up
- The French LibraryCultural center · 24 coming up
- Boston Public Library: Central LibraryLibrary · 10 coming up
- Huntington Theatre CompanyTheater · 9 coming up
- Boston BaroqueOrchestra · 8 coming up
- Boston PopsOrchestra · 8 coming up
- Berklee Performance CenterConcert hall · 4 coming up
- Prudential Center eventsShopping center · 4 coming up
- Red Room at Cafe 939Music venue · 4 coming up
- Copley Society of ArtArt gallery · 2 coming up
- Boston MarathonAnnual race · 1 coming up
- Copley Square Tree LightingAnnual event · 1 coming up
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