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Play Date: Street Scene

Saturday, Jun 29 10:00a

Visit the Barry McGee exhibition for inspiration, work with visiting artist Cathy McLaurin to create your own street-inspired works of art, then discover connections between McGee and activist song...

AC61: Weekly Journeys Through Art: Expanding Ideas: Contemporary Art, Ages 5-6

Monday, Aug 5 1:00p

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Dates: Monday through Friday, August 5-August 9, 1 pm-4 pm Course Description: Question, Explore, Imagine and Make...

Talking Taste: Jackson Cannon | The Hawthorne

Friday, Jul 26 7:00p

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

An annual summer favorite, learn culinary tips and tricks from Boston’s best chefs, while enjoying breathtaking views of Boston Harbor...

Rashaun Mitchell, Stephin Merritt + Ali Naschke-Messing

Friday, Jul 19 8:30p

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Renowned choreographer Rashaun Mitchell, singer-songwriter Stephin Merrit of the Magnetic Fields, and San Francisco–based visual artist Ali Naschke-Messing take residency at the ICA this summer to ...

Urban Landscape Night

Wednesday, Jun 26 6:00p

Photographic Resource Center, Boston

Open to all photographers and photo enthusiasts interested in cityscapes, urban environments, and/or metropolis as subject matter. Six presenter slots available...

First Fridays: Surfin' USA

Friday, Jul 5 5:00p

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Inspired by the current exhibition of works by California-based artist (and avid surfer) Barry McGee, this event features West Coast–inspired music and old-school surf videos...

Talking Taste: Michael Serpa | Neptune Oyster Bar

Friday, Jun 28 6:30p

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

An annual summer favorite, learn culinary tips and tricks (and a few trade secrets) from Boston’s best chefs, while enjoying breathtaking views of Boston Harbor...

After The Samurai Leave: Japanese Art At The MFA Continues

Sunday, Jul 28 2:00p

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Led by guest lecturer, Martha Wright, this gallery talk will include Buddhist temple arts, elegant surimono woodblock prints, landscape painting, dramatic theater arts, contemporary ceramics and, w...

DJs on the Harbor: Tanlines (DJ Set)

Friday, Aug 9 7:30p

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Jesse Cohen (drums, keyboards, bass) and Eric Emm (vocals, guitar, keyboards) make up the deeply personal and unique Brooklyn–based synth-pop duo Tanlines...

Talking Taste: Will Gilson | Puritan & Co.

Friday, Jul 19 6:30p

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Learn culinary tips and tricks from Boston’s best chefs, while enjoying views of Boston Harbor...

Play Date: Tap Lab

Saturday, Jul 27 10:00a

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Start the day with outdoor sketching activities, enjoy your own lunch on the grandstand, then join us indoors for gallery visits followed by a live, interactive, and hilarious performance by David ...

Boston Urban Music Festival

Saturday, Aug 10 5:00p

Boston City Hall Plaza, Boston

An evolution of the Peace Hip Hop Festival, the Boston Music Festival offers a contemporary view of the urban music scene in and around Boston celebrating the best of Hip-Hop, R & B, Funk and Soul...

First Fridays: Urban Beach

Friday, Aug 2 5:00p

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Skip the Cape this weekend and head to your own waterfront escape right here in Boston. DJs will turn the evening into a beachside dance party. Stay tuned for more information...

Talking Taste: Joanne Chang | Flour | Myers + Chang

Friday, Jul 12 7:00p

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Learn culinary tips and tricks from Boston’s best chefs, while enjoying views of Boston Harbor. Joanne Chang opened Flour in 2000, a bakery and café, in Boston's South End...

Della Mae

Friday, Jul 26 7:00p

Boston Globe Summer Arts Weekend, Boston

This free weekend event will feature a dynamic variety of musical artists from across the classical, jazz, blues, folk, and Americana worlds as well as a number of new arts, food and cultural progr...

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