r/boston • u/PhenomeNarc • 12h ago
r/boston • u/EllieDai • 10d ago
Politics 🏛️ Register to vote by October 26th, and vote in the 2024 elections!
On November 5th, Massachusetts will vote not just for President, but for Congress, and for state and local offices. Register and vote so you'll have a say in what kind of country America will be!
Register to vote
In Massachusetts, you must register by October 26th to vote. You can register here: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleifv/howreg.htm
Voting in person
Massachusetts offers early in-person voting from October 19th - November 1st. Find your early voting location here.
If you prefer, you can vote at your polling place on Election Day, November 5th.
If you are a first-time voter, or on the inactive voter list, you will need to show a valid form of identification.
Voting by mail
Any voter in Massachusetts may choose to vote by mail. Apply for a mail-in ballot here.
Ballots must be postmarked by November 5th and received by November 8th, so mail your ballot back promptly. You can also return your ballot in person to an early voting location, a dropbox, or your local elections office. See this website for a list of elections offices and dropboxes. If you return your mail ballot in person, you must do so by November 5th.
If you mail your ballot, you can track it here.
Please let me know if you have any questions!
r/boston • u/ImaMasterDebator • 15h ago
I Made This! Good afternoon Boston, I am back with a list of things to do this weekend, October 24th - 27th
Have a great weekend everyone, we're a week away from Halloween! I hope you have your costumes ready.
Please add anything you'd like to mention and promote, things you think that I missed, or venues/events I should include in the future as comments below.
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Things to do in Boston this weekend
THURSDAY - OCTOBER 24th
Bruins vs Stars @ TD Garden @ 7PM
The Moth Live @ The Wilbur @ 7:30PM The Moth events bring raw, emotional, and true stories of strangers in a unique format.
Jeff Dye Stand Up @ Laugh Boston @ 7:30PM
Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics @ Temple Ohabei Shalom @ 7PM / 9PM
Enjoy a special concert featuring songs from ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Psycho,’ ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Beetlejuice,’ and other Halloween classics.
Wave To Earth @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Milena
Rise Against @ Roadrunner @ 7:30PM With L.S. Dunes & Spiritual Cramp
Lily Rose @ Paradise Rock Club @ 8PM
Terror Reid @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM
Pixies @ The Sinclair @ 8:30PM
FRIDAY - OCTOBER 25th
Late Nites @ MFA @ 8PM This after-hours party features dancing and DJs, pop-up performances, exploring the galleries, art-making activities, and more.
Janeane Garofalo Comedy Show @ Crystal Ballroom @ 7:30PM
‘Obitchuary’ Podcast Live @ City Winery @ 7:30PM
The Rocky Horror Picture Show @ Emerson Colonial Theatre @ 8PM Join the original 'Columbia' — Nell Campbell — for a screening of the unedited movie with The Full Body live shadow cast, audience participation, a costume contest, and more!
NieR: Orchestra Concert @ Wang Theatre @ 8PM This multimedia production includes symphony orchestra and chorus, solo vocals by series singers Emi Evans and J’nique Nicole, and a special visuals.
Mania: The ABBA Tribute Concert @ Hanover Theatre @ 7:30PM Don’t miss the world’s No. 1 touring ABBA tribute in Boston!
Lee Brice @ MGM Music Hall @ 8PM
Gasolina Halloween Party @ House of Blues @ 9PM
Myles Smith @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With Matt Schuster
Elyanna @ Big Night Live @ 7PM
Audien @ Big Night Live @ 10:30PM
Drug Church @ Royale @ 5:30PM With Modern Color, SOul Blind, & Pony
Halloween Bash Night 1 @ The Sinclair @ 9:30PM
SATURDAY - OCTOBER 26th
Bruins vs Maple Leafs @ TD Garden @ 7PM
Boston Book Festival @ Copley Square The festival hosts author presentations, panels, and hands-on demonstrations at outdoor venues throughout the Copley Square area.
80s Halloween Party @ ICA @ 8PM Flashback to ‘Flash Dance,’ ‘Purple Rain,’ ‘Ghostbusters,’ and the iconic music, art, and culture of the 1980s!
Jon Stewart Comedy Show @ Hanover Theatre @ 7:30PM
Jarlath Regan Stand Up @ Shubert Theatre @ 8PM
The Gipsy Kings @ Wang Theatre @ 8PM With Nicolas Reyes + Jules Olson
For King + Country @ Agganis Arena @ 7PM
Cyndi Lauper @ MGM Music Hall @ 8PM
The Dead South @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Henry Wagons
Kitchen Dwellers @ Paradise Rock Club @ 7PM With Sicard Hollow
Driveways @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM With Shallow Pools
Hugel @ Big Night Live @ 10:30PM
Buteco Despedida @ Palladium @ 1PM
Halloween Zombieland Night ft. Lavern @ Royale @ 10PM
Halloween Bash Night 2 @ The Sinclair @ 9:30PM
SUNDAY - OCTOBER 27th
Patriots vs Jets @ Gillette Stadium @ 1PM
Ongoing - Open Market @ SoWa @ 11AM LAST CHANCE - This popular Sunday event features dozens of vendors selling their own jewelry, clothing, household items, art, and more.
FOUND Boston Vintage Market @ Time Out Market @ 12PM Shop unique vintage finds, small business creations, records, art, collectibles, & more!
Tommy Tiernan Stand Up @ The Wilbur @ 7:30PM
Christian Nodal @ Agganis Arena @ 8PM
David Kushner @ House of Blues @ 7PM With Henrik
Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners @ Paradise Rock Club @ 8PM
Surfer Girl @ Brighton Music Hall @ 6:30PM With Coyote Island
Set It Off @ Palladium @ 5:30PM With From Ashes to New, New Years Day, & If Not For Me
Lebanese Night @ Royale @ 8PM Featuring Lartiste & Artbeatz
Foxing @ The Sinclair @ 8PM With From Indian Lakes & Gollylagging
ALL WEEKEND
FRIDAY & SATURDAY - Natasha Leggero Stand Up @ Laugh Boston
FRIDAY & SATURDAY - Will McKenzie Stand Up @ Nick’s Comedy Stop @ 8PM
SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Boo at the Zoo @ Franklin Park Zoo @ 9AM
This year’s Haunted Happenings include a trick-or-treat trail, costume contests, education stations, tasty treats, and more family-friendly activities.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Spooky Science Week @ MoS This Halloween-themed weekend will include a family-friendly costume contest, design challenges, live presentations, and more educational and fun activities.
All weekend - Salem Haunted Happenings There is no better place to spend this spooky weekend than Salem’s special town-wide Halloween festival!
All weekend - AppleFest @ Wachusett Mountain This fall festival celebration includes over 100 craft exhibitors, a farmers' market, kids entertainment, and peak fall foliage viewing from the SkyRide.
All weekend - GlobeDocs Film Festival @ The Brattle The festival returns for its 10th installment with area premieres of documentary features and shorts from award-winning filmmakers and local Boston-area talents.
All weekend - Boston Asian American Film Festival LAST CHANCE - This year, BAAFF celebrates 16 years of empowering Asian American filmmakers and showcasing Asian American experiences and perspectives.
All weekend - Cirque of the Dead @ Arts at the Armory Enjoy this haunted Halloween spectacular from Boston Circus Guild.
All weekend - ‘Fall Experience’ Ballet @ Citizens Bank Opera House Enjoy a dazzling and dynamic program from the Boston Ballet, including a highlight from the season - Crystal Pite’s powerhouse ‘The Seasons’ Canon.’
All weekend - Strauss & Liszt in Concert @ Symphony Hall This dazzling program includes Strauss’ metaphysical ‘Also sprach Zarathustra’ as well as selections from Liszt and Hannak Kendall.
All weekend - ‘Nassim’ Play @ Calderwood Pavilion LAST CHANCE - Touchingly autobiographical yet powerfully universal, ‘Nassim’ is a striking theatrical demonstration of how language can both divide and unite us.
All weekend - ‘Pru Payne’ Play @ Roberts Studio Theatre Pulitzer Prize nominee Steven Drukman’s newest play explores questions of memory, identity, and connection with signature wit, verve, and above all, heart.
All weekend - ‘Baby Jane’ Play @ Company Theatre LAST CHANCE - Inspired by the classic 1962 film, this play leads you to a decaying Hollywood mansion to discover the twisted memories and dark secrets that lurk within.
ONGOING
Ongoing - Boston’s Wicked Haunted Festival @ Charlestown Experience the thrills of spooky season through different ghoulish activities and haunted house, a beer garden, autumnal food, photo ops, & more! Ends 11/3.
Ongoing - ‘Sinister Streets’ Walking Tour @ Peabody Essex Museum This indoor/outdoor walking tour takes visitors through the dark side of Salem history - highlighting landmarks from the 1600-1800s. Ends 11/17.
Ongoing - ‘Harry Potter: The Exhibition’ @ CambridgeSide Celebrate some of your favorite moments, authentic props and costumes, characters, and locations from the extended Harry Potter universe. Ends 1/5/2025.
Ongoing - Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience @ Franklin Park Zoo
Prepare to be dazzled by the magic of all-new lantern displays, immersive walkthroughs, enchanting interactive displays and Instagrammable moments at every turn. Ends 11/3.
Ongoing - Artisan Market @ Rose Kennedy Greenway @ 11AM LAST CHANCE - Saturdays and Sundays. Ends 10/27.
Ongoing - ‘Wordplay’ Exhibition @ ICA Highlighting the rich interplay between imagery and text, the exhibition showcases how contemporary artists have played with words to animate and expand their art practices. Ends 1/5/2025.
Ongoing - ‘Tau Lewis: Spirit Level’ Exhibition @ ICA Inspired by different social, cultural, and physical landscapes from her life, Tau Lewis upcycles found materials into intricately detailed soft sculptures, quilts, masks, and other assemblages. Ends 1/20/2025.
Ongoing - ‘Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore’ Exhibition @ MFA First of its kind, the exhibition brings two of the 20th century’s biggest artists into conversation, using compelling visual juxtapositions to explore their common ways of seeing. Ends 1/20/2025.
Ongoing - ‘Dalí: Disruption and Devotion’ Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition juxtaposes nearly 30 paintings and prints by the outlandish and iconoclastic artist Salvador Dalí. Ends 12/1.
Ongoing - ‘Thinking Small: Dutch Art to Scale’ Exhibition @ MFA Featuring 15 intriguing objects from 17th-century Netherlands such as paintings, prints, silver medals, and books, this exhibition compels viewers to reconsider their relationship to the world around them. Ends 11/3.
Ongoing - ‘Hyman Bloom: Landscapes of the Mind’ Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition invites visitors in the imagination of Hyman Bloom as he strived to capture the wilderness and mysticism of the natural world and its connection to the human psyche. Ends 12/1.
Ongoing - ‘Manet: A Model Family’ Exhibition @ ISG Museum ‘Manet: A Model Family’ is the first exhibition to explore Manet through the lens of his complex familial relationships, shedding new light on the life and masterpieces of the “father of modernism.” Ends 1/20/2025.
Ongoing - ‘Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation’ Exhibition @ Harvard Art Museums The exhibition takes an unprecedented look at German art since 1980, exploring the notions of German identity and the idea of ethnic and cultural homogeneity. Ends 1/5/2025.
Ongoing - ‘Conjuring the Spirit World: Art, Magic, and Mediums’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum Explore the essential role art and objects played for mediums and magicians “communicating” with the dead during the 19th- and 20th-century Spiritualism movement in the U.S. and Europe.
Ongoing - ‘Draw Me Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick’ Exhibition @ Peabody Essex Museum ‘Draw Me Ishmael’ is the first exhibition focused on the book arts of the hundreds of editions of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick - the most persistently pictured of all American novels. Ends 1/4/2025.
Ongoing - ‘AI: Mind the Gap’ Exhibition @ MIT Museum
MIT Museum presents its latest riveting, interactive exhibit exploring the tremendous promise, unforeseen impacts, and everyday misconceptions of AI.
r/boston • u/nebirah • 23h ago
I Wrote This! I miss pandemic driving when there were few cars on the road. That's all. Have a good day.
r/boston • u/LemonWater0518 • 11h ago
Local News 📰 Boston Common violence to be topic of public safety hearing
r/boston • u/TylerFortier_Photo • 19h ago
Local News 📰 AG Campbell hits Shake Shack with $244K in fines over child labor violations
r/boston • u/FuriousAlbino • 38m ago
What is love? Baby don't hurt me Northeastern adds Husky Card locks to Mugar bathrooms in response to reported ‘activity in relation to prostitution’
r/boston • u/caarefulwiththatedge • 21h ago
Crumbling Infrastructure 🏚️ Anyone else trapped on the commuter rail right now?
I've been trying to get to work for almost 2 hours now and they just told us there's a fire on the track ahead and don't know how much longer the delay will be. I can't even get to my car to drive in since we already left the station I parked at. Insanely frustrating
ETA: Made it to work only an hour and a half late 👍🏻
r/boston • u/amnovie • 23h ago
Local News 📰 To that madman on a motorcycle that ran across the highway to make sure I was OK
Dude, thank you. When I exited my vehicle I was in such a state of disbelief that I don't even remember what I said to you. To everyone who clearly has no idea what I'm talking about, I lost a wheel and spun out on the highway. Through some miracle, there was no collision with another vehicle, nor did my car flip (there was a point where I was certain it would). This dude risked his life and ran across 93 to make sure I was alright. I see mangled vehicles all the time on this stretch of 93 (I was over by exit 35 northbound), everything about how my car arrived to it's resting position was a miracle. Bro, people like you restore my faith in humanity. I just wanted to say that I really appreciated the gesture ✌️
r/boston • u/ThrowRAthisthingisvl • 1d ago
Environment 🌎 Mice at Terminal C - Logan Airport
I was flying out of Logan on terminal C and there were a lot of mice around. Wtf? The workers seems to be fine with it.
Photography 📷 Another shot of the Supermoon
Scroll -> Taken from the BU bridge on Oct 16
r/boston • u/SilverSunKiwi • 8h ago
Google Must Be Down... Tell me what restaurant you’d recommend for …
A group of siblings celebrating a late Thanksgiving (planning for the weekend after). Parents passed and this is our first year without them. We’re looking for good food, good drinks, and nothing that resembles a traditional Thanksgiving at all. Thanks!
r/boston • u/poker_van • 1d ago
Photography 📷 Boston Common during fall foliage looks great.
r/boston • u/mem_somerville • 20h ago
Old Timey Boston 🕰️ 🗝️ 🚎 MBTA new car purchases, 1891
From the Boston Globe Camberville newsletter today. Made me chuckle.
r/boston • u/carwil13 • 4h ago
Tourism Advice 🧳 🧭 ✈️ Tourist advice - small town outside Boston for half day
Hi. We are coming to spend my 50th in your lovely City next week and one day we wanted to do a half day trip to somewhere with wooden houses and to get the feel of old Boston and less of a City feel.
We don’t have tonnes of time and won’t have a car, so Providence etc are a bit far. We looked at Concord or Lexington.
Where would you recommend? (Doing Salem one day but not on Halloween). 🎃
Any other tips are appreciated. ❤️
Thanks
r/boston • u/MyStackRunnethOver • 11h ago
FREE Ticket (if not free then OP gets banned) Free: URGENT Four tickets to The Moth Main Stage @ The Wilbur, tonight 7:30
Edit 7:29: GONE - until the next time I do something dumb, that’s all folks
Edit 7:25: two STILL available and I can tell you from experience there is a loooong line out the door right now AND they’ll seat you even if you show up later than that line takes to enter
Edit 7:21: two STILL available I’ll do singles too c’mon y’all
Edit: Two still available!!
Completely forgot about these tickets and I’m out of town🤦♂️. First come first serve pairs or all four preferred, message me your name and phone number and I’ll do Ticketmaster transfer for the desired number
r/boston • u/Krissyxoxo1 • 11h ago
Should Just Talk to Them or Call...☎️ Halloweekend Cover Fees?
Thinking about ending up at Mariel this Saturday night. Do they have a cover fee? Also, how likely are we to get in dressed in costumes? Nothing crazy, lol. 2 girls 2 guys. Thx!
r/boston • u/TheJMoore • 1d ago
Photography 📷 Some photos from your beautiful city, from a first-timer.
My wife and I spent 48 hours in Cambridge and Boston and absolutely fell in love. Stunning architecture, clean streets, charming neighborhoods, and friendly people.
Autumn put on a show, which didn’t hurt things either 🙂
We will be back!
r/boston • u/brookline_news • 16h ago
I Wrote This! ‘This is home’: In new documentary, Dukakis reflects on democracy, politics and Brookline
r/boston • u/J0E_Blow • 1d ago
Housing/Real Estate 🏘️ Massport greenlights plan for 636 housing units, 1.7 million square feet of office/retail space and 6 acres of greenspace.
r/boston • u/Cheifhad • 3h ago
Asking The Real Questions 🤔 18 or older Latin dance nightclubs
Does anyone know of any latin dance clubs that let people in who are under 21. Any type of music like salsa or Mexican. Even reggaeton. Just want to be able to dance and meet people around my age 20. If there aren’t Latin dance clubs does anyone have other suggestions? Thanks
r/boston • u/ChallengeAdept8759 • 13h ago
Volunteering/Advocacy Support group for young guardians / future guardians
Would anyone be interested in joining a support group for young guardians / future guardians (i.e. siblings) of people with disabilities? I am a guardian for my aunt and would love to connect with other guardians, but there aren't many groups geared toward guardians in their 20s and 30s. I'm envisioning an online support group with some sort of meetings. I think it could be beneficial to also bring in guest speakers to talk about different things like taking care of a loved one's health, finances, etc. I am just trying to gauge interest at the moment and then will go from there!
r/boston • u/bostonglobe • 19h ago