Vivo Performing Arts presents Gravity & Other Myths: Ten Thousand Hours 

Contemporary circus company Gravity &amp; Other Myths goes beyond jaw-dropping feats to weave a tale of impassioned dedication. Eight acrobats and one musician share a peek behind the curtain of one of Australia's most celebrated circuses.&nbsp; Single tickets will go on sale August 13, 2026 at noon.&nbsp; Friday, October 23, 8pm&nbsp; Saturday, October 24, 2pm&nbsp; Saturday, October 24, 8pm&nbsp; Join our $25 Applause Circle membership for early ticket access! To learn more, visit vivoarts.org/applause-circle&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NWYwZDUydDJwc3Q0bTcwZzNxOHIzNjU1ODAgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here</a> to add Friday's event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NTQ1cGNxbG1xbGlkbGVodjJ0b3Q2c3FoZW0gY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here</a> to add Saturday's event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NHVxMjJ0Y25vODB0cmNhYm9jaTAydjNoN2YgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here</a> to add Saturday's event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;

Boston Arts Academy Theater 

Vivo Performing Arts presents Geneva Lewis, violin 

Rapidly rising star Geneva Lewis makes her Vivo Performing Arts debut with a program of striking emotional range. Lewis is praised for her lustrous tone and rare ability to unite fervent passion with immaculate precision.&nbsp; Single tickets will go on sale August 13, 2026 at noon.&nbsp; Join our $25 Applause Circle membership for early ticket access! To learn more, visit vivoarts.org/applause-circle&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NzZqc2ZwMzNzbDcyaG92aTBtOXY1NmwxMWYgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here</a> to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;

Meadow Hall at Groton Hill Music Center

Vivo Performing Arts presents Borromeo Quartet: Stringfest featuring Boston String Academy 

Stringfest programs give strings students the opportunity to learn from and perform alongside acclaimed professional musicians. The featured artists perform, then the young players join them for unforgettable side-by-side selections for the whole group. This fall, the internationally renowned Borromeo Quartet returns to Stringfest to lead an all-Beethoven program, mentoring young players from Boston String Academy. Hear fledgling virtuosos join with distinguished musicians as Beethoven's immortal music reaches across cultures and generations in this powerful Stringfest concert.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NWZhMXNxcGVnYzdycXRyMWNsbWQ0aTZqcW0gY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here</a> to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;

Multicultural Arts Center

Vivo Performing Arts presents Borromeo Quartet: Stringfest featuring Boston String  Academy

Stringfest programs give strings students the opportunity to learn from and perform&nbsp;alongside acclaimed professional musicians. The featured artists perform, then the&nbsp;young players join them for unforgettable side-by-side selections for the whole&nbsp;group. This fall, the internationally renowned Borromeo Quartet returns to Stringfest&nbsp;to lead an all-Beethoven program, mentoring young players from Boston String&nbsp;Academy. Hear fledgling virtuosos join with distinguished musicians as Beethoven's&nbsp;immortal music reaches across cultures and generations in this powerful Stringfest&nbsp;concert.

Cambridge Symphony Orchestra: Brahms, Bach, and Poulenc

The <a href="https://www.cambridgesymphony.org/">Cambridge Symphony Orchestra</a> (CSO) opens its 2026/27 Masterworks season on Friday, October 30 at 8pm at NEC’s Jordan Hall with a program exploring mortality, reflection, faith, and transcendence. Led by Music Director Cynthia Woods in her 20th season as conductor, the concert program moves from darkness toward light, beginning with Brahms’ meditation on mortality in Nänie, Bach’s unmistakably gothic Toccata and Fugue in D minor arranged for orchestra by Leopold Stokowski, and culminates in Poulenc’s celebratory Gloria. The program repeats on Sunday, November 8 at 4pm at the Moloney Performing Arts Center at UMass Lowell. Soprano Laura Santamaria joins the orchestra for Gloria, alongside the combined voices of the UMass Lowell University Choir and Chamber Singers, directed by Jonathan Richter, D.M.A., and the Nashoba Valley Chorale, directed by Anne Watson Born. Program: Johannes Brahms, Nänie Featuring the UMass Lowell University Choir and Chamber Singers, directed by Jonathan Richter, D.M.A., and the Nashoba Valley Chorale, directed by Anne Watson Born Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, arranged by Leopold Stokowski Francis Poulenc, Gloria Featuring Laura Santamaria, soprano; the UMass Lowell University Choir and Chamber Singers; and the Nashoba Valley Chorale Spotlight Partner For each Masterworks performance, the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra highlights a local community organization as its Spotlight Partner. The October 30 concert will feature <a href="https://parentingjourney.org/">Parenting Journey</a>, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping parents and caregivers build stronger families and communities. The CSO's November 8 concert in Lowell will feature the <a href="https://www.lcalowell.org/">Lowell Art Council</a> as its Spotlight Partner. Concert Information Cambridge Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks by Brahms, Bach, and Poulenc Friday, October 30 at 8pm NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA 02115 <a href="https://www.cambridgesymphony.org/concerts">https://www.cambridgesymphony.org/concerts</a> <a href="https://www.cambridgesymphony.org/concerts"> </a>Tickets: $25 and up

NEC's Jordan Hall

Vivo Performing Arts presents LaChanze 

Tony Award winner LaChanze—originator of the role of Celie in The Color Purple—possesses one of the most commanding and deeply felt voices on the American stage. An evening with LaChanze is an encounter with an artist at the fullest expression of her powers.&nbsp; Single tickets will go on sale August 13, 2026 at noon.&nbsp; Join our $25 Applause Circle membership for early ticket access! To learn more, visit vivoarts.org/applause-circle&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=Mzk0bWw3cXEwc2o2dDUzMmg2a2VhMWRrYzIgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here</a> to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;

Berklee Performance Center

Vivo Performing Arts presents Igor Levit, piano 

Pianist Igor Levit makes his Symphony Hall recital debut with an all-Beethoven program that reveals an icon's humanity. From Beethoven's early-career swagger to the luminous Waldstein sonata, Levit offers a statement of faith in the power of art.&nbsp; Single tickets will go on sale August 13, 2026 at noon.&nbsp; Join our $25 Applause Circle membership for early ticket access! To learn more, visit vivoarts.org/applause-circle&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NHZrYTJsM3IyazVhZm1ia2Q5YnA1YjhzYm4gY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here</a> to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;

Symphony Hall

Vivo Performing Arts presents All-Cello Orchestra: Pablo Casals 150th Birthday Tribute 

The cello speaks—perhaps more than any other orchestral instrument—in a way that feels human. Its range overlaps with the human voice, players share space with and embrace their instrument, and its warm, resonant sound expresses bittersweet emotions—longing, melancholy, grief—with authenticity and weight. Conducted by Eugene Friesen, the orchestra honors the 150th birthday of cellist and humanitarian Pablo Casals with arrangements of works by Casals, Villa-Lobos, and other beloved favorites.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MWh1ZThiaWRyaWt2dG1taTZvN29lNWMzbjIgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here</a> to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;

Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center

Vivo Performing Arts presents All-Cello Orchestra: Pablo Casals 150th Birthday Tribute

The cello speaks—perhaps more than any other orchestral instrument—in a way that feels human. Its range overlaps with the human voice, players share space with and embrace their instrument, and its warm, resonant sound expresses bittersweet emotions—longing, melancholy, grief—with authenticity and weight. Conducted by Eugene Friesen, the orchestra honors the 150th birthday of cellist and humanitarian Pablo Casals with arrangements of works by Casals, Villa-Lobos, and other beloved favorites.

The <a href="https://www.cambridgesymphony.org/">Cambridge Symphony Orchestra</a> (CSO) opens its 2026/27 Masterworks season on Friday, October 30 at 8pm at NEC’s Jordan Hall with a program exploring mortality, reflection, faith, and transcendence. Led by Music Director Cynthia Woods in her 20th season as conductor, the concert program moves from darkness toward light, beginning with Brahms’ meditation on mortality in Nänie, Bach’s unmistakably gothic Toccata and Fugue in D minor arranged for orchestra by Leopold Stokowski, and culminates in Poulenc’s celebratory Gloria. The program repeats on Sunday, November 8 at 4pm at the Moloney Performing Arts Center at UMass Lowell. Soprano Laura Santamaria joins the orchestra for Gloria, alongside the combined voices of the UMass Lowell University Choir and Chamber Singers, directed by Jonathan Richter, D.M.A., and the Nashoba Valley Chorale, directed by Anne Watson Born. Program: Johannes Brahms, Nänie Featuring the UMass Lowell University Choir and Chamber Singers, directed by Jonathan Richter, D.M.A., and the Nashoba Valley Chorale, directed by Anne Watson Born Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, arranged by Leopold Stokowski Francis Poulenc, Gloria Featuring Laura Santamaria, soprano; the UMass Lowell University Choir and Chamber Singers; and the Nashoba Valley Chorale Spotlight Partner For each Masterworks performance, the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra highlights a local community organization as its Spotlight Partner. The October 30 concert will feature <a href="https://parentingjourney.org/">Parenting Journey</a>, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping parents and caregivers build stronger families and communities. The CSO's November 8 concert in Lowell will feature the <a href="https://www.lcalowell.org/">Lowell Art Council</a> as its Spotlight Partner. Concert Information Cambridge Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks by Brahms, Bach, and Poulenc Friday, October 30 at 8pm NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA 02115 <a href="https://www.cambridgesymphony.org/concerts">https://www.cambridgesymphony.org/concerts</a> <a href="https://www.cambridgesymphony.org/concerts"> </a>Tickets: $25 and up Sunday, November 8 at 4pm Moloney Performing Arts Center at UMass Lowell, 35 Wilder Street, Lowell, MA, 01854 <a href="https://www.cambridgesymphony.org/concerts">https://www.cambridgesymphony.org/concerts</a> <a href="https://www.cambridgesymphony.org/concerts"> </a>Tickets: Free with RSVP

Moloney Performing Arts Center at UMass Lowell

Vivo Performing Arts presents Nemanja Radulović & Double Sens 

Serbian-born, Paris-based violinist Nemanja Radulović and his Double Sens Chamber Orchestra move seamlessly between classical masterworks, folk traditions, and beyond, with striking charisma, agility, and emotional depth. The orchestra makes their U.S. debut with a performance of Vivaldi’s&nbsp;&nbsp;The Four Seasons .&nbsp; Single tickets will go on sale August 13, 2026 at noon.&nbsp; Join our $25 Applause Circle membership for early ticket access! To learn more, visit vivoarts.org/applause-circle&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MWhzbjdiYXRxM2x1NTJob3Y5NzY3dWNjdTYgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here</a> to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;

NEC’s Jordan Hall

Vivo Performing Arts presents Dover Quartet 

In their most recent appearance at Jordan Hall, the Dover Quartet won the hearts and souls of audiences for their refined, luminous playing. Their program pairs Brahms' final string quartet and Dvořák's Czech-rooted masterwork with a new orchestration of Indigenous singer-songwriter Pura Fé's Rattle Songs.&nbsp; Single tickets will go on sale August 13, 2026 at noon.&nbsp; Join our $25 Applause Circle membership for early ticket access! To learn more, visit vivoarts.org/applause-circle&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NzEyNGVxdjZkZDQzcGptZG9qN2FyamEwaWcgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here</a> to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;

Vivo Performing Arts presents Triana Maciel & Nino de los Reyes: PerpetuARTE 

At a time in which the connective power of art has never been more essential, flamenco duo Triana Maciel and Nino de los Reyes bring us PerpetuARTE, an all-new program offering a full-throated endorsement of creativity, humanity, authenticity, passion, and interdependence.&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=M3A3bHVka282aGM3MTNuZ21wZ3JtbHZnaTcgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here</a> to add this event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;

Vivo Performing Arts presents Triana Maciel & Nino de los Reyes: PerpetuARTE

At a time in which the connective power of art has never been more essential,&nbsp; flamenco duo Triana Maciel and Nino de los Reyes bring us PerpetuARTE, an all new program offering a full-throated endorsement of creativity, humanity,&nbsp; authenticity, passion, and interdependence. This performance is part of Vivo&nbsp; Performing Arts' Neighborhood Arts series, offering free concerts in community&nbsp; spaces across Boston and Cambridge.

 Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center

Vivo Performing Arts presents Ballet BC 

Vancouver's Ballet BC arrives with a program that moves through tenderness, ecstasy, and raw human longing—20 dancers under artistic director Medhi Walerski bringing precision and a rare openness that will be a highlight of the season.&nbsp; Single tickets will go on sale August 13, 2026 at noon.&nbsp; Saturday, November 21, 8pm&nbsp; Sunday, November 22, 2pm&nbsp; Join our $25 Applause Circle membership for early ticket access! To learn more, visit vivoarts.org/applause-circle&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NzJhNjFnaTBudDJxYnFwM3E2dDlmY2JyZTggY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here</a> to add Saturday's event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp; <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=NDRmdjZwMnBydDBoajNvbDkybDN2Zm9rajcgY2VsZWJyaXR5c2VyaWVzMTkzOEBt&amp;tmsrc=celebrityseries1938%40gmail.com">Click here</a> to add Sunday's event to your Google Calendar!&nbsp;

Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College

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Your guide to everything to do around Boston.

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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

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Experiences

Vivo Performing Arts presents Gravity & Other Myths: Ten Thousand Hours

Vivo Performing Arts presents Geneva Lewis, violin

Vivo Performing Arts presents Borromeo Quartet: Stringfest featuring Boston String Academy

Vivo Performing Arts presents Borromeo Quartet: Stringfest featuring Boston String Academy

Cambridge Symphony Orchestra: Brahms, Bach, and Poulenc

Vivo Performing Arts presents LaChanze

Vivo Performing Arts presents Igor Levit, piano

Vivo Performing Arts presents All-Cello Orchestra: Pablo Casals 150th Birthday Tribute

Vivo Performing Arts presents All-Cello Orchestra: Pablo Casals 150th Birthday Tribute

Cambridge Symphony Orchestra: Brahms, Bach, and Poulenc

Vivo Performing Arts presents Nemanja Radulović & Double Sens

Vivo Performing Arts presents Dover Quartet

Vivo Performing Arts presents Triana Maciel & Nino de los Reyes: PerpetuARTE

Vivo Performing Arts presents Triana Maciel & Nino de los Reyes: PerpetuARTE

Vivo Performing Arts presents Ballet BC