Things to do this weekend in Boston
We spend many summer weekends on Cape Cod enjoying its beautiful beaches. In the fall we don’t get to visit as often, but we look forward to getting off the beach chairs to follow our favorite biking path to the National Seashore and to engage in our other Cape Cod favorite fall activities. Another advantage […]
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TANGLEWOOD SUMMER 2026: check out full List of Summer 2026 PERFORMANCES. Attending a Tanglewood concert is our family’s beloved summer tradition! Tanglewood, (in its 88th season in the summer of 2026), is summer home of Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops and a center for advanced musical studies that welcomes nation’s leading young artists
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Island of Nantucket, some 30 miles off the Southern coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is a popular summer destination (when its population grows to 80,000). Over the years, we have come to love our 3-season day trips to Martha’s Vineyard (another island off the coast of Cape Cod), but we have a lot of catching
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The Nutcracker Opening of the Nutcracker at Boston Ballet signals the beginning of winter holiday season for us! Dressing up and attending the performance in lavishly decorated Boston Opera House is a true celebration of the season (and our cherished Mom-Daughter tradition which I hope gets to continue for a long time!). Boston Ballet’s staging
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Boston Symphony Orchestra opened its 143rd Season last week with a series of 10 concerts (October 5–21) conducted by its Music Director Andris Nelsons (now in his 10th season with the Orchestra). This early fall series will feature both classical favorites as well as prominent contemporary composers – performed in Boston Symphony Hall– one of
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In the Northeast, we spend October weekends chasing foliage locations that afford open vistas yet are not too far from home. I came up with these three half day fall trips themed around “Little Women” filming locations northwest of Boston. These short excursions would suit any number of tastes, but we experienced them as mom-daughter
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This past weekend our family embraced winter holidays-22 with Mom-daughter visit to the Nutcracker at Boston Ballet (now-December 31, Boston Opera House). Boston Ballet’s 2012 version of the beloved classic is staged by its Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen with original set and costume designs by award-winning Robert Perdziola. Attending the Nutcracker together is our long-standing
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It is the opening night of As Anticipated at Boston’s Opera House and we are part of the eclectic audience eagerly anticipating Boston Ballet’s new program. The (3-works) William Forsythe’ evening features Boston Ballet guest choreographer’s Approximate Sonata (1996) and Artifact Suite (2004) -with a world premiere of its newly added “prequel” – Défilé. Black
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Skate America-2022 concluded at the Skating Club of Boston’s new rink in Norwood, MA this past weekend. It was the first of the 6-event ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series – which will culminate in the Grand Prix Final on December 8-11 in Torino, Italy. I was not a part of the official media
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A day trip to Martha’s Vineyard is one of our many New England summer traditions. For one of our recent day trips we booked our car to go on a ferry with us (about a week ahead, for a mid-week August trip- scroll down for all transportation options to get to the island). Martha Vineyard
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