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MOLASSES WAVES - MLK Jr Monday might make it a long weekend for you. 51F already today (Thursday), but back to 30s Fri. French toast alert: 3 slices, ELEVATED for Sun.
Arisia, Boston Celtic Festival, Anthro Con New England (welcome, #furries). Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (solo piano and vocals?), Cate Le Bon, shame. I’m so tired but I put on a good face because the bastards must not win. Your briney #BostonWeekend Thread, enjoy, enjoy Boston! 1/???

#BostonWeekend 2/x Thu MUSIC Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at the MFA https://www.mfa.org/event/music/clap-your-hands-say-yeah-piano-and-voice
#BostonMusic #Boston #MFA #ClapYourHandsSayYeah #CYHSY

#BostonWeekend 3/x Thu MUSIC Cate Le Bon in #CambridgeMA https://youtu.be/n2Xsu1q3cAw?t=60 https://www.sinclaircambridge.com/events/detail/1006283 #BostonMusic #Boston #CateLeBon

Cate Le Bon - Home to You (Official Video)

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#BostonWeekend 4/x Thu-Sun CELTIC Passim’s annual music festival at various Camberville venues https://www.passim.org/live-music/events/boston-celtic-music-festival/ #BostonMusic #Cambridge #CambridgeMA #SomervilleMA #Celtic #celt

Boston Celtic Music Festival | Passim

The 23rd annual Boston Celtic Music Festival, known as BCMFest, returns to Club Passim, Crystal Ballroom, The Burren, The Rockwell, and Arts at the Armory January 15-18, 2025. Presented by Passim…

Passim

#BostonWeekend 5/x Thu BOY AQUARIUM - Northern cities Seattle & Boston show off burly men dressed in coordinating outfits - on ice! Its the Kraken @ Bruins, at the TD Garden, Professional Man-Hockey https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=QjL7D33xpS4 #SPORTS #Hockey #HeatedRivalry #Kraken #Bruins #Boston

Viagra Boys - Sports (Official Video) - YouTube Music

From the new album ‘Street Worms’ out 28th September: https://vb.lnk.to/streetwormsYD Listen to ‘Sports’: http://vb.lnk.to/vbsportsYD Pre-order 'Street Wo...

YouTube Music

#BostonWeekend 6/x Thu-Sun FURRY Anthro New England in Seaport https://www.anthronewengland.com #furries #furry #boston #seaport #convention #ANE

Home - Anthro New England

Howdy, partners! Join us Jan 15-18, 2026 for "It's a Western!" Dust off your boots and polish your spurs, and prepare to mingle with fellow furries as we embrace the spirit of the American frontier right here in Boston!

Anthro New England

#BostonWeekend 7/x Fri PICTURES 1030am Photo scavenger hunt in #RoxburyMA starting at the Parker Hill library branch https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/photography-scavenger-hunt #Boston #photography #BelieveInFilm #BostonKids #Libraries #ScavengerHunt

Photography Scavenger Hunt [01/16/26]

Walk around Mission Hill and practice your phone, digital, or film photography skills! We'll provide a prompt list for you to find the community's hidden gems and underappreciated moments to encourage curiosity, observation, and a fresh way of seeing the neighborhood.

#BostonWeekend /x Fri-Sat THEATRE What if Romeo and Juliet didn’t die at the end? Boston premiere of #VeronaFalls in #JamaicaPlain https://www.footlight.org/blog/2025/7a-verona #BostonTheatre #Theatre #Shakespeare #RomeoAndJuliet

7A Series: Verona Falls by Nadel Henville — Footlight Club

Performances: January 16, 17, 23, 24 at 8pm; Matinee January 18, at 2pm.

Footlight Club

#BostonWeekend 9/x Fri-Sun THEATRE Stokely and Martin
Najee A. Brown’s play dramatizes the complex relationship between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the more radical activist Stokely Carmichael, portraying the fullness of both men’s personalities alongside their political differences. While the conversations may be imagined, their stakes continue to reverberate in today’s discourses.
$30, Friday through Sunday, January 16-18, Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., Cambridge https://secure.multiculturalartscenter.org/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F22761
#BostonTheatre #MLKjr #Theatre #Boston

Neon Events

#BostonWeekend 10/x Sat FOOD 930am start Winter Farmers Market at the Armory in #SomervilleMA is back Saturdays through April 11 https://www.somwintermarket.org #Boston #FarmersMarket

Somerville Winter Farmers Market

Every Saturday at the Armory you'll find the best variety of products from New England's food producers. December through March in Somerville, MA

somwintermarket

#BostonWeekend 11/x Sat PUPPET Library Lion kids play with a 3-puppeteer-crew Jim Henson’s Workshop Lion puppet in the titular role. https://www.bostontheatrescene.com/shows-and-events/library-lion/ #Lions #Libraries #LibraryLion #JimHenson #puppets #muppets #theatre #BostonKids #Boston #BostonTheatre

Library Lion | Boston Theatre Scene

Boston Theatre Scene

#BostonWeekend 12/x Sat FIXIT 10-1 fixit clinic in East Boston https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/free-fixit-clinic #Maverick #EastBoston #Boston #Fixit #FixitClinic #BostonFree #Solarpunk #RightToRepair #SolarpunkSunday

Free Fixit Clinic [01/17/26]

Fixit Clinics are free workshops where people bring broken stuff—from bikes to blenders to blazers—and volunteer coaches share their tools and know-how to help troubleshoot and (hopefully) repair items. These meet-ups build hands-on skills, confidence, community, and a culture of reuse and repair. The City of Boston Environment Department is partnering with Maverick Landing Community Services to host this event.WHAT SHOULD I BRING?A broken gadget, small appliance, computer, toy, textile good, or other itemUseful tools and parts, if you have themA description of what’s wrong and anything you’ve tried to fix it—advance online research is helpfulA desire to learn and share your knowledge!These events are family-friendly and open to all. Interested in being a coach? Come lend a hand.

#BostonWeekend 13/x Sat THEATRE Through, maybe, March? WEIRD Thotbot Implantation Center in #SomervilleMA https://thotbot.me #BostonMusic #BostonTheatre #art

ThotBot Implantation Center

ThotBot Implantation Center

#BostonWeekend 14/x Sat TASKMASTER at the Wilbur (sold out?) https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/taskmaster-live-on-stage #Taskmaster #Boston

Taskmaster Live On Stage [01/17/26]

Starring the Taskmaster Greg Davies and his Assistant Little Alex Horne, with Special GuestsGreg Davies and Alex Horne are coming to spread the word of the Taskmaster live across America. Special guests and audience members will compete in fiendish live tasks, never before seen footage will be revealed, and insider knowledge will be spilled in an unruly evening of Taskmaster Live On Stage. Yes, the most coveted prize in television (and the world), the golden head of the Taskmaster, is on the move and up for grabs.Coming to The Wilbur Theatre in January 2026, five brave contestants will put their reputations on the line in search of glory, and in the hopes of impressing the Taskmaster, Greg Davies. Specially selected audience members will have the chance to compete alongside famous faces on stage, for ultimate victory, and the golden head of the Taskmaster.Have a question for Greg and Alex?Email [email protected] to ask it.

#BostonWeekend 15/x Sun CHAMBER MUSIC 7 piece made up of BSO members play a free afternoon show in e-bo.
https://givebutter.com/UJ9t7L #EastBoston #Boston #BostonMusic #Symphony #BSO #orchestra

Boston Symphony Orchestra to Perform Free Community Chamber Concert at the Veronica Robles Cultural Center

By Veronica Robles Cultural Center

Veronica Robles Cultural Center

#BostonWeekend 16/x Mon FREEBIES Free Admission for Martin Luther King Jr. Day The Museum of Fine Arts, Institute of Contemporary Art, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, and the Franklin Park and Stone Zoos. and more? idk. #Boston #BostonFree

#BostonWeekend 17/x Mon POSTPUNK #shame in brighton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2EbM47ELxM https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/010062E1E8568242 #Boston #BostonMusic #BostonMusic #Brighton

shame - Quiet Life (Official Video)

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#BostonWeekend 18x Fri-Mon PUZZLES MIT Mystery Hunt https://puzzles.mit.edu/ #Puzzles #MIT #mysteryHunt #offbeat #hard

MIT Mystery Hunt / Puzzle Club

The MIT Mystery Hunt is an internationally renowned puzzle competition which takes place every January on MIT campus and attracts hundreds of participants from all over the world.

#bostonWeekend 19/x Thu MOVIE #ThePrincessBride at the #Brattle in 35mm - 15$, 845p start. #CambridgeMA #Boston https://brattlefilm.org/purchase/1412641/ #escapism #HarvardSquare #BrattleFilm #BostonMovies #BostonFilm #PrincesBride #Inconceivable

The Princess Bride

In Tribute to Rob Reiner

The Brattle

#BostonWeekend 20/x Fri-Mon GEEK #Arisia SF convention is back in #Boston - They're Fedi enabled - check 'em: @arisia
https://www.arisia.org
#ScienceFiction #SF #Fantasy #Bookstodon #SFF

Welcome | Arisia 2026

#BostonWeekend 21/x whether you’re doing #ANE or #MysteryHunt or #Arisia this weekend, are new to #Boston, or newly here on the #fediverse (looking at you #forkiverse people) - welcome, and thanks for choosing to build community here. I do a weekly events roundup and maintain a Boston starter pack - give me a follow and check it out if ya like: https://fedidevs.com/s/Mzgz/ #massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America - Mastodon Starter Pack

Boston area groups, and people who regularly post about the Boston metro region - please contact me if you'd like to be added (or removed!)

#BostonWeekend 22/x #USpol adjacent #Poll
US Folks:
Most of the time, are you carrying a whistle with you when you leave home, like on your keys, around your neck, or in your coat/bag? #polls

Yes

22.7%

No

34.1%

I'm going to start doing that

43.2%

Less than half the time but sometimes

0%

Poll ended at Jan 18 at 10:48pm.

#BostonWeekend 23/x Now SEESAWS Temporary installation at DTX of 10 glowing hydraulic see-saws? https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1qfdqmn/glowing_hydraulic_seesaws_at_downtown_crossing/ #Boston #BostonKids #BostonFree #DowntownCrossing #seesaw #TeeterTotter #PublicArt

#BostonWeekend 24/x Sun SCIENCE the MoS has adult night, free for members - no kids! #MuseumOfScience Science #CambridgeMA #Boston #Science https://www.mos.org/events/adult-night-science-park

Adult Night at Science Park

For those who are grown-up but still growing, experience the Museum after hours at this 18 and up event. FREE for members.

Museum of Science

Sarah E Bourne Jan 18

@knizer The teeter-totters are awesome!
https://mastodon.social/@sbourne/115890997161747552

Alex Feinman Jan 15

@knizer It's my sister's anti-rape whistle ("take back the night" era!) from 1992. Gotta go with the classics. Useful as a zipper pull!

Kevin Patrick Doyle 🍅🥫Jan 15

@knizer folks I want a good whistle for a keychain, please recommend

@Kevin what characteristics do you want to optimize on? cost? high level of Dorkiness? loudest thing possible? ooh its 3d printed and I got it from Gracies? (this is what i have)

https://linktr.ee/mspwhistles

mspwhistles | Instagram | Linktree

Neighbors distributing whistles to keep our neighbors safe.

Linktree

@Kevin some people like https://www.stormwhistles.com as the loudest. #whistles

Loudest Storm Survival Whistle, Made in USA | Storm Whistles

Safety orange whistle, easy to hold, Coast Guard approved. Ideal for personal protection, boating, and industrial use. Order yours now at Storm Whistles.

All Weather Whistle

Kevin Patrick Doyle 🍅🥫Jan 16

@knizer hits on my orange requirement, but I want something a bit more compact

LairdJames Jan 16

@Kevin @knizer
I carry this one on my keychain; compact, light, sturdy, weatherproof, and loud!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B077LL1XZ3

Amazon.com : Noopel 2 Pack Survival Whistle with Lanyard and Keychain Double Tubes Emergency Safety Whistle with Keyring for Boating Outdoor Camping Hiking Hunting Sports Dog Training (2 Pack Silver) : Sports & Outdoors

Amazon.com : Noopel 2 Pack Survival Whistle with Lanyard and Keychain Double Tubes Emergency Safety Whistle with Keyring for Boating Outdoor Camping Hiking Hunting Sports Dog Training (2 Pack Silver) : Sports & Outdoors

Kevin Patrick Doyle 🍅🥫Jan 16

@LairdJames @knizer gracias, picked one up

DoomsdaysCW Jan 16

@knizer I have a multi-purpose whistle with a compass and a thermometer that I use for hiking and safety. I now have it attached to my cell phone case, and my phone has the ICE Out hotline programmed into it.

SlightlyCyberpunk Jan 16

@knizer One on my keys always, but often I've also got a tin in my pocket with about twenty more, just in case I come across an opportunity to get them into good hands.

swachter Jan 16

@admin @knizer Good on ya, mate.

@knizer some timing on this poll, I received my whistle (and a bunch to distribute) just about when it closed

Ben de Bivort Jan 16

@knizer You doing Mystery Hunt?

@debivort I'm not, no but people in my extended orbit are (or have done in the past).

I've looked at prior years questions and often hit a 'ouch my brain, this is really hard' wall pretty quick. Kind of the point.

You?

Ben de Bivort Jan 16

@knizer yes indeed! Will be my 22nd year competing :D

DoomsdaysCW Jan 15

Wow, @knizer ! Tagging for an early #SolarPunkSunday boost!

https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/free-fixit-clinic

#FixIt #RepairCafesMA #EastBoston #RepairCafes #RightToRepair

Free Fixit Clinic [01/17/26]

Fixit Clinics are free workshops where people bring broken stuff—from bikes to blenders to blazers—and volunteer coaches share their tools and know-how to help troubleshoot and (hopefully) repair items. These meet-ups build hands-on skills, confidence, community, and a culture of reuse and repair. The City of Boston Environment Department is partnering with Maverick Landing Community Services to host this event.WHAT SHOULD I BRING?A broken gadget, small appliance, computer, toy, textile good, or other itemUseful tools and parts, if you have themA description of what’s wrong and anything you’ve tried to fix it—advance online research is helpfulA desire to learn and share your knowledge!These events are family-friendly and open to all. Interested in being a coach? Come lend a hand.