Westgate Mall Hosts Blood Donation Drive for The American Red Cross

The need for blood donations continues to be at an all-time high. The American Red Cross has been experiencing the worst blood shortage in over a decade, and they need your help! Westgate Mall&nbsp;will host a blood drive&nbsp;in partnership with the American Red Cross on Thursday, January 23, 2025, from 12 noon to 5:00 p.m. Appointments are required, please schedule at <a href="https://www.redcrossblood.org/">RedCrossBlood.org</a> and enter the sponsor code BROCKTON. For more information visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shopatwestgatemall.com/">ShopatWestgateMall.com</a>.

Westgate Mall

CanalSide Food + Drink at CambridgeSide Presents The Art of Paper Quilling Workshop

Visit the new CanalSide Food + Drink at CambridgeSide while learning the medieval art of quilling! Quilling is a paper art form that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs. With some basic forms and shapes, you can make almost anything! The class will start promptly at 6pm on Friday, January 24, 2025, so make sure to grab your favorite drink or a snack at CanalSide before, or after class! Visit <a href="https://www.cambridgeside.com/event/the-art-of-paper-quilling-workshop-124/2145587481">https://www.cambridgeside.com/event/the-art-of-paper-quilling-workshop-124/2145587481</a> to reserve your spot. For a full list of workshops offered by Craft Loft, visit <a href="http://www.craft-loft.com/">www.craft-loft.com</a>.

CambridgeSide

CanalSide Food + Drink Hosts Monthly Mid-Day Wellness

Jumpstart your workday, Tuesday, January 14, 2025! Take a 15-minute wellness session to tackle your work week. Join acclaimed yoga and wellness instructor Cara Gilman for a sprint session for breathwork, yoga, meditation, or a combination of all three. Cara will lead 15-minute sessions for CanalSide visitors from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. All are welcome, no equipment or yoga mat is needed, and the classes are completely free. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.cambridgeside.com/event/fooda-popup-restaurants-now-open/2145579681">CambridgeSide.com.</a>

CanalSide Food + Drink at CambridgeSide Presents Button Making Workshop

Visit the new CanalSide Food + Drink at CambridgeSide while making your own custom buttons! Bring your own image, paint on the spot, or choose from prints we have available on-site. These buttons are perfect for adding to backpacks, totes, or as gifts! The class will start promptly at 6pm on Friday, January 10, 2025, so make sure to grab your favorite drink or a snack at CanalSide before, or after class! Visit <a href="https://www.cambridgeside.com/event/button-making-workshop-110/2145587480">https://www.cambridgeside.com/event/button-making-workshop-110/2145587480</a> to reserve your spot. For a full list of workshops offered by Craft Loft visit <a href="http://www.craft-loft.com/">www.craft-loft.com</a>.

Michael’s Harborside in Newburyport Hosts FREE Trivia and Live Music Nights

Through January, visit Michael’s Harborside in Newburyport for FREE Trivia every Wednesday from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and FREE Live Music from a variety of local musicians from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Thursdays, January 2, 9, 16, and 30, 2025. Test your knowledge of pop culture, sports and more at the popular Michael’s Trivia Nights. And on Thursdays, enjoy a selection of live music by talented local artists. Restaurant hours are Sunday through Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Thursdays through Saturdays, 11:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.michaelsharborside.com/">www.MichaelsHarborside.com</a>.&nbsp;

Michael's Harborside

CanalSide Food + Drink Presents FREE Thursday Tunes

Grab your friends and coworkers for an evening of FREE music at Thursday Tunes, presented by CanalSide Food + Drink at CambridgeSide. Join us every Thursday from 5-7pm and enjoy delicious local fare – with global flare – from CanalSide’s thirteen eateries and dynamic C-Side Bar, while listening to a variety of local artists including January 9: <a href="https://www.sonsoflevin.com/">Sons of Levin</a>, January 16: <a href="https://www.liedtomusic.com/">The Lied To's</a>, January 23: and enjoy DJ tunes, January 30: <a href="https://www.beaconstreetband.com/">Beacon Street Band</a>. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.cambridgeside.com/event/fooda-popup-restaurants-now-open/2145579681">CambridgeSide.com.</a>

Music Bingo at CanalSide Food + Drink 

Get ready to tap your toes and test your musical knowledge on Tuesday, January 7 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. with Musical Bingo, a captivating game show that combines the thrill of bingo with the charm of melodies. In this exciting twist on traditional bingo, letters and numbers are replaced with song titles and artists. Players mark off songs on their bingo cards as songs are played, competing to win based on their music knowledge and the unpredictability of the game.   Featuring diverse rounds of music that showcase decades, genres, and themes, Musical Bingo brings sing-alongs galore and an unbeatable blend of fun and chance—mark your card, get five in a row, and yell BINGO to claim victory! Link to event listing on our website and to RSVP: <a href="https://www.cambridgeside.com/event/musical-bingo-17/2145587507">https://www.cambridgeside.com/event/musical-bingo-17/2145587507</a>. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.cambridgeside.com/event/fooda-popup-restaurants-now-open/2145579681">CambridgeSide.com.</a>

Michael’s Harborside in Newburyport Hosts FREE Live Music Night

Visit Michael’s Harborside in Newburyport for FREE Live Music from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 2, 2025. Restaurant hours are Sunday through Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Thursdays through Saturdays, 11:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.michaelsharborside.com/">www.MichaelsHarborside.com</a>.&nbsp;

Through January, visit Michael’s Harborside in Newburyport for FREE Trivia every Wednesday from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and FREE Live Music from a variety of local musicians from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Thursdays, January 2, 9, 16, and 30, 2025. Test your knowledge of pop culture, sports and more at the popular Michael’s Trivia Nights. And on Thursdays, enjoy a selection of live music by talented local artists. Restaurant hours are Sunday through Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Thursdays through Saturdays, 11:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.michaelsharborside.com/">www.MichaelsHarborside.com</a>.

CanalSide Food + Drink at CambridgeSide Hosts Performances for First Night Boston®

CanalSide Food + Drink at CambridgeSide will host several performances for the First Night Boston® celebration on Tuesday, December 31 from 12 noon to 4:30 p.m.   Events include traditional Chinese folk dances choreographed by the Chu Ling Dance Academy from 12 noon to 1:15 p.m., and the Puppet Showplace Theater and CactusHead Puppets presenting excerpts from the "Magnificent Monster Circus” with shows at 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. All performances are free and open to the public. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.cambridgeside.com/event/first-night-boston-1231/2145587778">CambridgeSide.com</a>. For all First Night® festivities, visit <a href="https://www.firstnightboston.org/">FirstNightBoston.org.</a>

The need for blood donations continues to be at an all-time high. The American Red Cross has been experiencing the worst blood shortage in over a decade, and they need your help! Westgate Mall&nbsp;will host a series of blood drives&nbsp;in partnership with the American Red Cross. Make your appointment today for Saturday, December 28, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and Thursday, January 23, 2025, from 12 noon to 5:00 p.m. Appointments are required, please schedule at <a href="https://www.redcrossblood.org/">RedCrossBlood.org</a> and enter the sponsor code BROCKTON. For more information visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shopatwestgatemall.com/">ShopatWestgateMall.com</a>.

Chestnut Hill Square Menorah Lighting

Come celebrate the festival of lights! Chestnut Hill Square, in partnership with Chabad at Chestnut Hill, will hold a Menorah Lighting on Thursday, December 26 at 5:00 p.m. Enjoy a fire show, live music, holiday treats, gelt drop, and more. Complimentary and open to the public. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.chestnuthillsquare.com/">ChestnutHillSquare.com</a>.

Chestnut Hill Square

Holiday Food Donation Drive to Benefit Our Neighbors’ Table

This holiday season, Newburyport Development and Michael’s Harborside are hosting a food donation drive to benefit Our Neighbors’ Table. Our Neighbors’ Table is a local nonprofit organization committed to building regional food security through food distribution, coordination, and community mobilization in the lower Merrimack Valley. &nbsp; With one in sixteen families experience food insecurity in the area; Our Neighbors’ Table provides unique grocery programs operated in an&nbsp;open market shopping model&nbsp;providing each guest with variety, privacy and dignity. Now through December 31, 2024, items can be dropped off in the marked bins at Michael’s Harborside. Items of need include gluten-free food, healthy snacks, canned meals (stews, spaghetti &amp; meatballs, chili, soups with meat), canned fruit, and juice boxes (no sugar added please). Personal care items needed include shampoo &amp; soap, toothpaste &amp; toothbrushes, deodorant, razors, feminine products &amp; incontinence supplies. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.newburyportshops.com/events/">MichaelsHarborside.com</a>.

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

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

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 🚨

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

Discover kid-friendly fun in Boston, Massachusetts, and surrounding areas! Enjoy hands-on exhibits at the Boston Children’s Museum, explore the New England Aquarium, and visit the Franklin Park Zoo. Find parks, playgrounds, and seasonal events perfect for families across Massachusetts.

Top 20 kid-friendly things to do in Boston, MA

Kid-friendly things to do in Boston

Kid-friendly events

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.