Dream Drawing Workshop

What might our sleeping dreams tell our waking selves if we learned to look a little longer? Join visual artist Annie Russell (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/annie__m__russell/">@annie__m__russell</a>) at the Give Good Home Shop (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/givegoodhome/">@givegoodhomeshop</a>) for another evening of active imagination, dropping into a heightened state of perception to look at our dreams. After sharing her own work and process, Annie will guide a meditation then lead a drawing practice to help you reconnect with your imaginal world—the fertile, instinctive space we all carry within. Bring a dream, a symbol, an instinct, a question, or simply a sense of curiosity. $35 in-person (includes materials). Sliding scale option to contribute above the ticket price to support Annie and the Slow Look series will be available when you complete this transaction. A selection of Annie's ceramics will be available for purchase after the event. Grab a drink from one of our wonderful Bow Market neighbors and bring it with you to the shop.&nbsp;As always, expect soft music, good company, and an analog night away from screens. All experience levels welcome Art supplies provided BYO beverages from around Bow Market Space is limited! Reserve your spot early! *Tickets are nonrefundable

Give Good Home Shop @ Bow Market

Spring Fling Bloom Bar @ Bow Market's May Day Celebration

Give Good (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/givegoodhome/">@givegoodhome</a>) and Lupine Flower Co. (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/lupine_flower_company/">@lupine_flower_company</a>) are teaming to bring you a Spring Bloom Bar at Bow Market's May Day Celebration! Select your stems and Lupine will make the magic happen. You'll head home with a gorgeous bouquet.

Bow Market

Wood Furniture Pop-up Sale

Stop by Give Good Home Shop during Somerville Open Studios for handcrafted wood kitchenware and small furniture designed and crafted in Massachusetts by <a href="https://zpzl839y.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fsqclick.com%2Foutreach%2Ft%2Fnw6bFHv78f7Z%2Fhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.instagram.com%25252Fdonnymakesandpaints%25252F%3Fs=snLjcqRLVEZF608WsWopIaqGb6RwP4E2GJ_QtPkzfvI/1/0101019d8c655223-f05f0863-70d6-496b-8f8e-5d69be7dbb43-000000/Pm01Pm2kvB0GtfHqF8AP8Z4iWrk=474">Donny Morin</a>.→ <a href="https://zpzl839y.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fsqclick.com%2Foutreach%2Ft%2FrmaTWJ68qoFr%2Fhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fsquare.link%25252Fu%25252Fl20c0LGg%3Fs=2SNCPZUAhtKNuuvpEXD7bVXX08Ipjfy18iTjuWm4uzM/1/0101019d8c655223-f05f0863-70d6-496b-8f8e-5d69be7dbb43-000000/YitLioGqafr6tBPIKSuQpU5BZb4=474">Pre-order a handmade step stool</a>

Give Good Antiques Pop-Up @ Dear Annie (Cambridge)

Estate sale season is upon us. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/givegoodhome/">@givegoodhome</a> is popping up at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dearanniebar/">@dearanniebar</a> with antiques and vintage home finds to kick off your spring picking season right. Cash or card accepted. Come shop 🧺 come sip 🍷 come stretch those antiquing muscles because Brimfield’s almost here! 📍 Dear Annie 1741 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge 02140 📅 Sunday April 12 ⏰ 5-8 p.m. 🚎 Porter T, Harvard T, 77 Exeter Park bus

Dear Annie

Gestalt Interiors: Physical Mood Boarding Salon

Join us Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. for an intimate, analog evening devoted to learning how rooms hold together. Guided by gestalt design principles, we’ll slow down and study how these principles shape the feeling of a space before any single object comes into focus. After a short salon-style lecture, you’ll work hands-on—no screens—to assemble a physical Gestalt Study using curated cutouts, pins, and a foam board, testing how lighting, furniture, and material interact as a whole. Tea will be served. You’ll leave with a finished perception board and a new way of seeing—an internal filter you can carry into sourcing, decorating, and daily life. This is not about shopping lists or trends; it’s about learning to trust your eye. Hot tea will be served. BYO beverage from one of our Bow Market neighbors Salon-style lecture will begin at 6:30 p.m. with activity to follow Give Good Home Shop - 1 Bow Market Way Somerville, MA 02143 upper level Space is limited, <a href="https://square.link/u/CLllbIKu">purchase tickets</a> Curious about gestalt? <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/givegoodhome/p/gestalt-why-some-rooms-just-feel?r=6v624m&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true">Subscribe</a> to the Living Thing Substack from Give Good Home Shop for a deeper dive into the concept.

Movie Night: Phantom Thread @ Give Good Home Shop

Join us after hours for a Movie Night: Interiors on Film screening of Phantom Thread (2017), Paul Thomas Anderson’s twisted romance(?) set inside the rarefied world of post-war 1950s London haute couture. We’ll watch the film together, then unpack it through an interiors lens: how domestic spaces encode power, dependency, and desire; how Reynolds Woodcock’s country house and London townhouse function as psychological extensions of his control and unraveling. We’ll follow up with a behind-the-scenes production clip and discuss how rooms, and the rules within them, shape behavior. Popcorn will be served; BYO beverages from one of our Bow Market neighbors Screening begins 6:30 p.m. with discussion to follow Give Good Home Shop - 1 Bow Market Way Somerville, MA 02143 (upper level) Space is limited, <a href="https://square.link/u/HsclG3pD">purchase tickets</a>

Give Good x Lupine Flower Co. Holiday Bloom Bar

Give Good (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/givegoodhome/">@givegoodhome</a>) and Lupine (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/lupine_flower_company/">@lupine_flower_company</a>) are teaming to celebrate the Union Square Holiday Jingle! Reserve your stems for the Give Good x Lupine Flower Co. Holiday Bloom Bar at the Give Good Home Shop Sunday, Dec. 7. We're setting up a stunning bloom bar in the shop. You select your stems and Lupine will make the magic happen. You'll head home with a gorgeous bouquet + option to add a vintage vase from Give Good (look for the option to add a vase at checkout). $45/bouquet + (optional) +$15 for vintage vase available at check-out Pre-orders guarantee you a bouquet. Walk-in bouquets while supplies last! *Pre-orders are non-refundable

Give Good Movie Night: Interiors on Film, Part II

Join us for the second Interiors on Film movie night, an after-hours screening at the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/givegoodhome/">Give Good Home Shop</a>. We'll convert the shop into a living room-like atmosphere complete with a projector and snacks. The audience votes on the movie (we'll have two options featuring epic interiors on deck) we’ll watch and explore the rooms our favorite characters inhabit. Last time, "A Single Man" was our film of choice. Your ticket pays for popcorn and an intimate post-screening group chat about production design, storytelling, and what we're inspired by. Expect chill vibes, good company, and an analog night away from screens—well, except for the big one. Wednesday 12/3, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Give Good (upper level) 1 Bow Market Way Somerville, MA 02143 $14/person; reserve your spot via payment link Popcorn and seltzers provided BYO beverages from around Bow Market Space is limited! Reserve your spot early! *Tickets are nonrefundable

Give Good Home Shop

Slow Look: Dream Drawing Workshop at Give Good Home Shop (in-person & digital)

Join visual artist Annie Russell (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/annie___russell/">@annie___russell</a>) at the Give Good Home Shop (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/givegoodhome/">@givegoodhomeshop</a>) for another evening of active imagination, dropping into a heightened state of perception to look at our nighttime dreams. After sharing her own work and process, Annie will guide a meditation then lead a drawing practice to help you reconnect with your imaginal world—the fertile, instinctive space we all carry within. Bring a dream, a symbol, an instinct, a question, or simply a sense of curiosity. We’ll gather by candlelight in the shop after hours, sketching the unseen and tracing the edges of what lingers when we wake. If you can't make it to the shop, but want to participate. We offer <a href="https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLF2G6T3D1V9X/checkout/GA5ALKMZCHT3YQPJL565KYWZ">an option to join digitally</a>. <a href="https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLF2G6T3D1V9X/checkout/BPV3SLXJ5FCHENRTVH4ISALF">$35 in-person</a> (includes materials) <a href="https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLF2G6T3D1V9X/checkout/GA5ALKMZCHT3YQPJL565KYWZ">$15 digital ticket</a> to join via live video link (see separate event and payment link; you'll receive a video link via email before the event begins) Sliding scale option to contribute above the ticket price to support Annie and the Slow Look series will be available when you complete this transaction. A selection of Annie's ceramics will be available for purchase after the event. Grab a drink from one of our wonderful Bow Market neighbors and bring it with you to the shop.&nbsp;As always, expect soft music, good company, and an analog night away from screens. All experience levels welcome Art supplies provided BYO beverages from around Bow Market Space is limited! Reserve your spot early! *Tickets are nonrefundable

Bound to Begin: A Bookbinding Workshop at Give Good Home Shop

How many daydreams drift away in a sea of screenshots and Notes app saves? Your ideas deserve a special place to live and breathe offline. Let’s build them a home. Join bookbinder Emelyn&nbsp;Uribe-Rutowski&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.instagram.com/emelynuru/">@emelynuru</a>)&nbsp;of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/folio.etc/">@folio.etc</a> for an evening of hand-binding and inspiration collecting after hours at Give Good Home Shop (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/givegoodhome/">@givegoodhome</a>). Together, we’ll make our own portable mood board notebooks—crafted to hold fabric swatches, pressed flowers, photos, and all the pocket-sized fragments that spark something. Bring your own items—a postcard, a pressed leaf, a sketch, a handwritten note—or take something that moves you from the Give Good archive. Grab a drink from one of our wonderful Bow Market neighbors and bring it with you to the shop.&nbsp; As always, expect soft music, good company, and an analog night away from screens. Thursday, Oct. 16, 6:30 - 8 p.m. Give Good (upper level) 1 Bow Market Way Somerville, MA 02143 $45/person; reserve your spot via payment link All experience levels welcome Art supplies provided BYO beverages from around Bow Market Space is limited! Reserve your spot early! *Tickets are nonrefundable

Slow Look: A Still Life Night at Give Good Home Shop

Join local artist and care worker Deborah Johnson&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.instagram.com/debs.dreaming/">@debs.dreaming</a>)&nbsp;for an intimate still life drawing and meditation session after hours at the Give Good Home Shop (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/givegoodhome/">@givegoodhome</a>). Surrounded by vintage and antique treasures, we’ll explore the quiet beauty of the objects we live with—the pieces that hold memory, warmth, and a sense of home. Together, we’ll build our own still life from the shop’s collection, then spend the evening slowing down, looking closely, and sketching by&nbsp;candlelight. Expect soft music, good company, and an analog night away from screens. Saturday 9/27, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Give Good (upper lever) 1 Bow Market Way Somerville, MA 02143 $25/person; reserve your spot via payment link All experience levels welcome Art supplies provided BYO beverages from around Bow Market Space is limited! Reserve your spot early!

Give Good Antiques & Vintage Home Decor Pop-Up Shop at Bow Market

Give Good is popping up at Bow Market through the end of June. Shop unique antiques and vintage home decor all sourced from New England. Vintage dishes, secondhand art books, handmade ceramics, table linens, glasses, trays, and more in a social shopping environment. Bring friends and visit our neighbor shops and restaurants at Bow Market. 1 Bow Market Way Somerville, MA 02143 second level. Weds 12-6pm; Thurs.-Sat. 12-8pm; Sun. 12-6pm; closed Mon. &amp; Tues. Union Square Green Line T stop.

Fancy Garage Sale: Vintage home goods pop up @ Faro Café - Cambridge

What makes a garage sale ✨fancy✨ you ask? Less digging and way more treasure. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shopgivegood/">@shopgivegood</a>, the roving thrift, is popping up at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/faro__cafe/">@faro__cafe</a> in Cambridge Sunday, June 16 with vintage home decor, thrifted ceramics, and funky finds for gifting. Come by, shop socially, meet new thrift friends, enjoy a beverage and a fresh pastry. 📍 Faro Café, 5 Arrow Street Cambridge, MA 02138 🗓️ Sunday, June 16 12-4pm 🚊 Harvard T 🚍 Harvard - Harvard Sq 🚲 Blue Bikes @ DeWolfe St x Cowperthwaite St.

Faro Café

South End Thrift Pop-Up - Neighborhood Wines

<a href="https://www.instagram.com/shopgivegood/" target="_blank">Give Good</a>, the roving thrift, is back in the South End this weekend for an extra special pop-up thrift at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/neighborhood_wines/" target="_blank">@neighborhood_wines</a>&nbsp;Sunday, May 19. Come say hello 12 - 4pm, pick up a bottle of natural wine (or two!), and shop one-of-a-kind secondhand treasures for your home, for hosting, or for gifting this spring—vintage trays, antique glassware, thrifted ceramics, etc. Follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shopgivegood/" target="_blank">@shopgivegood</a> for updates on more pop-ups at your favorite neighborhood spots in Greater Boston. DM to host one! 🗓️ Sunday, May 19 12 - 4pm 📍Neighborhood Wines - 619 Tremont St, Boston 🚇 10 mins walk from Back Bay Station/5 mins walk from the Washington St @ W Dedham St on SL5/bike racks available on Tremont St. 🪩 Super social, all are welcome

Neighborhood Wines

Neighborhood Doc Night - Union Square

Join us for Neighborhood Doc Night, a special event hosted by Somerville’s own <a href="https://www.fableworks.studio/">Fableworks Studio</a>, at the Culture House Community Center Pop-Up in Union Square. Enjoy popcorn and a curated selection of documentary shorts and feature-length documentary films on the big screen. Stick around for a lively post-screening discussion where you can share your perspective and hear others’ interpretations. This event is free and all are welcome. Please be aware that seating is limited in our cozy venue, so be sure to RSVP (<a href="https://www.simpletix.com/e/neighborhood-doc-night-presented-by-fablew-tickets-170613">here</a>) and come early to reserve your spot. Closest T: Union Station green line

Culture House Union Square

S22: conversations

Wondering what to do in Boston? Places to eat? Free activities? Good for a group? Date night spot? Girls night out? The best things to do? Ask Joyraft!

Best places to go in Boston? Things to do? Places to eat?

Questions & answers about things to do in Boston

Recs 💬

Community recs 💬

S4: top picks

The most fun, cool and unique things to do in Boston. Can’t miss events, shows and experiences. Concerts, restaurants, bars, free things in Boston and beyond.

The most fun and cool events happening around Boston

Hot and new things to do in Boston

Hot & new

Hot & new 🔥

S11: happening this weekend

What to do in Boston this weekend? From festivals, concerts, performances, free events, screenings and more, Joyraft has the best things to do in Boston.

25+ things to do in Boston/Cambridge/Somerville this weekend

Things to do in Boston this weekend

This wknd

This weekend for you

S16: editor picks

The most unique and can’t miss things coming up in Boston / Cambridge / Somerville and beyond. Festivals, food, drinks, fairs, concerts, art and free activities.

Unique and Can’t Miss Things to Do in Boston

Can’t-miss things to do in Boston 🚨

Can't-miss things to do 🚨

S21: roundups

Our top picks: outdoor dining, free events, spring festivals, best bars, upcoming concerts, museum parties - the latest in and around Boston.  Slug: joyraft-top-picks-best-things-to-do-boston-ma

Top picks of the best things to do in and around Boston

Joyraft picks: Boston’s best things to do

Roundups ⭐️

Curated by Joyraft ⭐️

S28: calendar experiences

This week in Boston

This week in Boston 📆

This week 📆

S20: c+d experiences

Discover new, unique events and experiences happening in and around Boston. Perfect for date night, good for a group or with a friend. Be the first to know.

The newest events happening in and around Boston

The newest events on Joyraft

Just added

Just added to Joyraft

S2 (A): top experiences

The most popular things to do on Joyraft. Concerts, restaurants, bars, events, parties, openings, kid friendly, date ideas, free things in Boston and beyond.

Top 20 things to do in Boston

Top 20: Joyraft’s most popular

Top 20

Top 20 on Joyraft

S3 (A): trending experiences

Discover can’t miss events and things to do in Boston. The most fun, unique and cool events coming to the Boston area this spring and summer.

The hottest events happening in Boston

Trending events on Joyraft

Trending 📈

S17: interest based

Your guide to everything free in and around Boston. From events, to fairs, to festivals, to outdoors. Joyraft has all the free events happening near you.

100+ free things to do in Boston and beyond

Free things to do in Boston

Free things to do

S19: interest based

Kid-friendly events in Boston

S18: interest based

Where to eat and drink in Boston? Joyraft has Boston’s newest bars, restaurants and specials. Drinks and pre fixe dinner menus. Cambridge & Somerville too.

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Experiences