Next weekend around Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville: Friday, November 6 to Sunday, November 8.

First/Hand Fridays: Suit Up! Textiles in 20th-Century American Memory

Calling all Harvard students! Chat with a staff member about American textiles—as everyday objects, works of art, and carriers of memory.

La Bola Negra

TIFF's People's Choice winner follows three generations across Spanish history

The Need for Roots in a Digital Society | Catherine D’Ignazio

On November 6, Boston University’s Center for Media Innovation & Social Impact hosts its second Annual Summit. The day-long event will feature speakers, workshops, and panel discussions across disciplines and between city, university, and…

Wild Horse Nine

Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich bring CIA drama to Easter Island

First Friday

On the First Friday of every month, the artists, galleries, shops and showrooms of the SoWa Art + Design District in the South End open their doors to the public for an evening of art, culture and inspiration. Meet the artists in their…

First Fridays: The Colors of Rhythm

Feel the beat and explore Latin sound system culture with returning tropical vinyl group Baile Tropidélico. Let the rhythm move you, learn some new moves, and fall into the hyper-saturated party. Get inspired by the music and new 90 YEARS…

Objet A

Ingeborg and Adam are visionary hand surgeons bound by love, control and irresistible fixations. When an accident brings the enigmatic Gaia into their lives, unexpected desires begin to take shape, unsettling the careful balance that has…

Hippie Hour with the Owsley's Owls!

Doors at 6:30 PM | 21+ | $10 cover The music of the Grateful Dead & more!

A Night To Be Heard: B.Heard World Gala

Join us for an unforgettable Night To Be Heard— delicious food, stories, dance, music, and voices from beheard.world's talented artists!

Get Ready for A Night To Be Heard!

almost monday - THANK GOD IT'S ALMOST MONDAY

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Bullitt

Directed by Peter Yates, 1968

Part of Visions of a City, Or A Weekend in San Francisco.… · Screening on Film

Cast Aside the Clouds

Cast Aside the Clouds is an internationally award-winning love story set in present-day Tehran. Denied access to university because of her Bahá’í faith, Layla continues her studies through an underground university. When her father’s…

Gary Higgins

Octafish Events presents: Psych-folk legend GARY HIGGINS live at the ROOTED Armory Cafe in Somerville Free-folk enigma Gary Higgins entered the popular consciousness more than three decades after his music career ground to an abrupt halt…

Heated Rivalry

Two rival hockey stars develop feelings for each another

Hovvdy

Hovvdy’s Will Taylor and Charlie Martin have occupied a distinct corner of the modern-day indie landscape for more than a decade. Having evolved from their understated slowcore beginnings in Austin, Texas, they’re now seasoned veterans of…

Kyle Hume

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Lafayette Gilchrist ft. Cecil Brooks of the Sun Ra Arkestra

$25 at the door / $20 in advance / $15 students and seniors / 7:30 doors / seated <a href=" class="sqs-block-button-element--small sqs-button-element--tertiary sqs-block-button-element" data-sqsp-button > Get Tickets Lafayette Gilchrist…

After Hours

When it's after midnight in New York City, you don't have to look for love, laughter and trouble. They'll all find you!

Deerhoof

MassConcerts presents Deerhoof with KO Queen

nimino

nimino is one of the most exciting names in electronic music. His 2024 hit I Only Smoke When I Drink has surpassed 250 million streams, charted on the UK Singles Chart, and spent over 20 weeks on Billboard’s Dance/Electronic Chart. He…

ADULT. & A Place To Bury Strangers

Doors 7:30pm · All Ages

Family Shorts Block

Claudia and her sister Lucía say goodbye to the rooftop where they once grew up together, after their mother’s passing. Through a journey of blurred memories, a small secret seems to shift the course of their lives. Mrs. Lourdes has just…

The Conversation

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, 1974

Part of Visions of a City, Or A Weekend in San Francisco.… · Screening on Film

Betty Goo w/ The Weisstronauts

Doors at 9:30pm · Show at 10:15pm · 2!+ · $10 cover · cash only venue

The Glitter Boys

52 Church · Doors 9:30pm · 21 & Over

Begotten

Directed by E. Elias Merhige. With Brian Salzburg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry.

Fantasy, Horror · 1h 12m · English

Infinite Solar System — Guided Tours with Richard Binzel

Join exhibit creator and EAPS Professor Post-Tenure Richard Binzel as your guide for a tour of our Solar System, from the Sun to Pluto, precisely scaled to the length of MIT’s Infinite Corridor!

National Theatre Live Golden Boy

1930s New York, at the height of the Depression. Joe Bonaparte is a gifted young violinist with extraordinary talent and a future in music, until a chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional boxing.…

After Hours

When it's after midnight in New York City, you don't have to look for love, laughter and trouble. They'll all find you!

Wild Horse Nine

Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich bring CIA drama to Easter Island

YO: Love Is A Rebellious Bird

After the death of her close friend Yo, filmmaker Anna Fitch spends ten years constructing a meticulous one-third-scale replica of Yo’s home where a puppet version of Yo “lives,” allowing Anna to revisit their unlikely, decades-long…

Heated Rivalry

Two rival hockey stars develop feelings for each another

Author Talk: Sandy Bailey - She's On to Something

Sandy Bailey joins us to discuss her debut novel She’s On to Something. When hard-charging SEC prosecutor Jaye Brannigan stumbles onto a church-based investment scam draining millions from working-class families, she knows the case could…

KOO KOO

Doors 12pm · All Ages

2026 Druker Award Lecture: More Than a Building

Please join us in person or online over Zoom Webinar for the 2026 Druker Award presentation and talk with KPMB Architects’ Marianne McKenna and Paulo Rocha.

This 2026 Druker Award lecture explores how cities are continually reshaped, with…

Ju Dou

Directed by Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang, 1990

Part of Nostalgia, A Harvard Undergraduate Cinematheque… · Screening on Film

Nature Block

Nature Block Shorts A girl left for dead gets devoured by forest spirits. Marta and Aysha play in a post-apocalyptic environment. Marta asks her friend to accompany her to her grandparents’ house, as she would not be able to do it on her…

Pursuit of Discovery: An Afternoon with Marie Curie and Lise Meitner - Digital Theater & Science Talks

What if you could hear the origin story of radioactivity and nuclear fission from the scientists who discovered them?

On Saturday, November 7th, STEM on Stage presents Pursuit of Discovery: An Afternoon with Marie Curie and Lise Meitner,…

La Bola Negra

TIFF's People's Choice winner follows three generations across Spanish history

Sidewalk Stories

In this charming, gritty homage to Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid, writer/director Charles Lane stars as an unhoused street...

Cookie Queens

A celebration of girlhood and the complexities that come with it, Cookie Queens is a coming-of-age story about the joys, pressures, and tensions woven into one of America’s most cherished rituals: Girl Scout Cookie season.

Postmoral | Jesse Eliza Band | Moonshot | Sean Madden

Doors at 3:00pm · Show at 3:30pm · ALL AGES · $10 cover · cash only venue

We Own the Night

One family on opposite sides of the law. Two brothers about to collide.

Fantastique

A magic-realistic documentary that follows the 14-year old contortionist Fanta in Guinea Conakry. Fanta juggles between the care for her ailing mother, school and what she loves the most; training as one of the only girls within an…

Pablo ablanedo Octet(o)

$20 admission / $5 kids / 5:30 show / seated & standing / all ages Fernando Brandao (Flutes)

Rick DiMuzio (Tenor sax and clarinet)

Earlybirds Club

Doors 6pm · 21 & Over

Fruit Bats

Eric D. Johnson rarely lingers at one location too long.

“There’s always been motion in my life between one place and another,” says the Fruit Bats songwriter.

Horror/Dark Shorts Block

Horror/Dark Shorts Block A young woman fights to defend herself, but she can’t seem to catch a break. A man with a prosthetic hand is tasked with clearing out an butcher shop by the end of the week. Accustomed to solitude and a strict…

Hudson Westbrook

Hudson Westbrook is a son of Stephenville, Texas, baptized in Red Dirt and raised on George Strait, Turnpike Troubadours, Parker McCollum, Koe Wetzel, and Tracy Lawrence. After a 2024 splash debut with viral first release “Take It Slow,”…

Mr. Fantasy: Sexy Saturday Nights Tour

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Porch Light: Hush Tour

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Sudden Fear

Directed by David Miller, 1952

Part of Visions of a City, Or A Weekend in San Francisco.… · Screening on Film

Women on Trial

Boston Jewish Film Festival • Spotlight Screening & Discussion

Layne Staley Tribute East 2026

Layne Staley Tribute East returns following a powerful inaugural year as a nonprofit concert honoring the legacies of Layne Staley and Mike Starr while raising awareness and support for those affected by addiction. Modeled after the…

Global Arts Live presents: LE VENT DU NORD

Global Arts Live presents LE VENT DU NORD Rooted in the francophone Celtic diaspora, award-winning band Le Vent du Nord (The North Wind) delivers hard-driving, soulful music powered by vocals, fiddle, hurdy-gurdy, guitar, accordion, and…

The Lombards | Bangers Galore | Twice-A-Day Ray | Dark Crushes

Doors at 8:00 pm · Show at 8:30 pm · 21+ · FREE! · (Bar is cash only) · Dark Crushes (alt-80s) · Bangers Galore (90s) · The Lombards (more alt-80s)

1 year of hyperlinked: a girl edm + hyperpop party

Doors 9pm · 21 & Over

Witch Hunt Theatre Immersive Show

Witch Hunt Theatre Immersive Show Witch Hunt Theatre creates immersive, site-specific, horror theatre in order to: Expand the definition of theatre by centering an underutilized genre Reimagine the bounds of live performance by creating…

Experiment in Terror

Directed by Blake Edwards, 1962

Part of Visions of a City, Or A Weekend in San Francisco.… · Screening on Film

Indie Wonderland

$15 at the door / $12 online / 10:15 doors / 10:30 show / all ages Isaac Martin, Catherine Claire, & Joey Jr join for a night of Indie & Alternative music at The Lilypad! Indie Wonderland is a vibrant night filled with the most exciting…

Begotten

Directed by E. Elias Merhige. With Brian Salzburg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry.

Fantasy, Horror · 1h 12m · English

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Directed by Philip Kaufman, 1978

Part of Visions of a City, Or A Weekend in San Francisco.… · Screening on Film

National Theatre Live Golden Boy

1930s New York, at the height of the Depression. Joe Bonaparte is a gifted young violinist with extraordinary talent and a future in music, until a chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional boxing.…

Experimental Shorts Block

Experimental Shorts Block Shown as a part of Finding Bright Film Festival (Formerly Arlington International Film Festival) All Tickets are $14, Capitol/Somerville Theatre Members are $12 As Clara’s life spirals, a rotting fish in the back…

Wild Horse Nine

Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich bring CIA drama to Easter Island

Heated Rivalry

Two rival hockey stars develop feelings for each another

RPM Fest Presents "Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son" and others Films by Ken Jacobs

RPM Festival and the Brattle Theatre join together to pay tribute to two of experimental cinema’s most beloved...

The Magnificent Ambersons

Real life screened more daringly than it's ever been before!

Jazz Composers Alliance Presents the JCA Orchestra

$20 admission / $15 for students and seniors / 1:45 doors / 2pm start New Music for the 21 piece Jazz Orchestra by resident composers David Harris, Darrell Katz, Bob Pilkington and Mimi Rabson.

Campus2Care Volunteer Info Session + Workshop

A Community Meeting and info session hosted by Campus2Care.

Please join us for Campus2Care's volunteer info session and orientation, welcoming new and prospective volunteers! Campus2Care helps college students prepare for and navigate…

Silents, Please! Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life

A classic adventure by the makers of King Kong. In 1924, neophyte filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack hooked up with journalist and sometime spy Marguerite Harrison and set off to film an adventure. They found excitement,…

La Bola Negra

TIFF's People's Choice winner follows three generations across Spanish history

Dark Passage

Directed by Delmer Daves, 1947

Part of Visions of a City, Or A Weekend in San Francisco.… · Screening on Film

Unnatural Axe | Warthog | The Spackles | The Sonic Wavelength

Doors at 3:00 pm · Show at 3:30 pm · ALL AGES · $15 cover · cash only venue

Matapanki

A punk kid gets superpowers from alcohol and tries to reshape society, but a violent error sparks global tensions with him at the center. Shown as a part of Finding Bright Film Festival (Formerly Arlington International Film Festival) All…

Weird Frenz EP release party

$10 admission / Kids under 12 are free / 4pm doors / 4:30 show/ standing Double-click to edit...

Begotten

Directed by E. Elias Merhige. With Brian Salzburg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry.

Fantasy, Horror · 1h 12m · English

Ifé/Ifé the Sequel (together)

Wicked Queer Fall Film Frolic 2026 presents ÌFÉ directed by Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim 37min 2020 Nigeria English A love story about ìfé and Adaora, two Nigerian women who fall in love over a three-day date, but their love is soon tested by the…

Lady Ray and Her Jazz Birds

Enjoy the sultry voice of Raynel Shepard, aka Lady Ray, with her fabulous troupe of instrumentalists, as she lends a unique interpretation to favorite jazz standards.

Diles Que No Me Maten

Presented by Get To The Gig & MassConcerts Ages: Show age differs by the day. Shows are All Ages Sundays-Thursdays & 21+ Fridays and Saturdays Valid ID required for Entry on Fridays & Saturdays Doors 7:00 PM Show 8:00 PM Refund Policy:…

Kass Richards + Chris Brokaw

$10-$15 sliding scale admission / 7pm doors / 7:45 show / seated & standing Kass Richards EP release show with special guest Chris Brokaw. Richards will be accompanied by a full band for the first time ever locally. Brokaw, who played…

Red Leather: Tahoe Tour

THIS EVENT IS ALL AGES. DOORS: 7:00 PM SHOW: 8:00 PM ALL TIMES AND SUPPORT BANDS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE OR REFUND. Tickets purchased from third-party outlets CANNOT be verified by our Box Office. If you sell/purchase your…

The Boston Symphony Orchestra and ICA/Boston present Sudan Archives: Any Shape I Want

*Tickets for this performance are sold out.

Sudan Archives brings a new performance to the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston in a co-production with the Boston Symphony Orchestra as part of the BSO’s Creation Festival. The New York Times…

The Lineup

Directed by Don Siegel, 1958

Part of Visions of a City, Or A Weekend in San Francisco.… · Screening on Film

Boston Manor

Doors 6:30pm · All Ages

Zach Sorkin "Wisp" feat. Domenic Rigazzi Quartet

$15 admission / 10pm doors / 10:30 show / seated & standing Drummer/composer Zach Sorkin presents "Wisp", a new Quartet featuring Joaquin Valdebenito on Tenor Saxophone, Devin Thai on Piano, and Andrea Amato on bass. The group will…