What to do in Boston this weekend (Mar 20 - 22)

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New Back Bay eatery coming from the La Padrona Team. A new dining room is coming to The Four Seasons Hotel, with James Beard Award-winning chef Jody Adams designing the menu. This will be a refined dinner spot, with caviar and blini, Dover sole, and prime rib likely to be featured. (Boston Magazine)

A combo coffee shop + clothing store is coming to Somerville. Union Square will be getting a new neighbor next month when Nostalgia Vintage Cafe opens, offering Arkansas-based Onyx Coffee Lab coffee, grab-and-go snacks, plus a variety of clothing, including rare streetwear. (What Now Boston)

Cooking with community in mind. Andrew Little, a longtime Cantabridgian and home cook, founded the Cambridge Recipe Club, an email-based cooking club with more than 1,000 members. Little creates recipes using seasonal ingredients available at Boston area grocery stores and shares them in a free weekly newsletter. (Boston.com)

New sandwich spot opens at High Street Place. The masterminds behind Wheelhouse and Haley Jane’s debuted Stack & Schmear, a new sandwich spot with fresh-baked bread, housemade spreads, sauces, and bagel sandwiches. (Boston Restaurant Talk)

An update on the TSA shutdown. While security checkpoints largely operate as normal, call-out rates are soaring as TSA screeners work without pay. The partial government shutdown, impacting only the Department of Homeland Security, has lasted for over a month. (The Points Guy)

Catch a nap on your next Miami layover. Sleep pod company Wait n’Rest opened its first U.S. location at Miami International Airport (MIA) this week in Concourse D near Gate D15. They offer 15 private rooms available for rent by the hour, along with shower facilities. (Afar)

Hilton adds a new chain to their member group. If you’re a Yotel fan, you’ll now be able to earn or redeem Hilton Honors points during your stay thanks to a new partnership. Yotel is the first to join the Select by Hilton brand. (The Points Guy)

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A curated rundown of unique events happening this (long for some) weekend in and around Boston that I’m either attending or wishing I were. If you’re looking for weekly happenings, like wine tastings and yoga classes, scroll down to the next section.

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Framing Nature: Gardens and Imagination is open at MFA Boston now through June 28. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Art in Bloom, the museum is exhibiting a blend of “beloved favorites and previously unseen masterpieces” from around the world that explore everything gardens are: “a plot of land, a relaxing retreat, a formal landscape, a place of constant labor.” Tickets are free for members, $30 for adults, and $14 for youths.

Don’t miss Boston Ballet’s The Dream, premiering Thursday, March 19, and running through Sunday, March 29, at Citizens Opera House (539 Washington St, Boston, MA 02116). The performance blends Sir Frederick Ashton’s The Dream, a one-act ballet adapted from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the world premiere of Mykal Stromile’s The Leisurely Installation of a New Window. Tickets start at $36.

The 25th Boston Turkish Film & Music Festival will be celebrated from Friday, March 20, through Friday, May 22, at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115). Tickets to films for MFA members are $12 and $15 for nonmembers.

Catch all the March Madness action at Drawdown Brewing (3204 Washington St, Boston, MA 02130). This is a free event with food and drink available for purchase.

Head to Boston Public Market (100 Hanover St, Boston, MA 02108) for FiberFest2026 on Saturday, March 21, and Sunday, March 22, from 10 am to 5 pm. FiberFest is a celebration of New England fiber artists and farmers, with workshops, skill demonstrations, vendors, and more. This is a free event with food and drink available for purchase.

Shop The Mighty Bazaar from Saturday, March 21, through Sunday, March 22, outside Mighty Squirrel Fenway (1 David Ortiz Dr, Boston, MA 02215). Over 60 vendors will be popping up, plus there will be live music in Mighty Squirrel’s taproom, an outdoor beer garden, a vinyl DJ, and more. This is a free event with food and drink available for purchase.

Don’t miss the Spring Thrift Festival Market on Saturday, March 21, and Sunday, March 22, from 12 to 5 pm, at the Revere Hotel (200 Stuart St, Boston, MA 02116). Over 70 vendors will be on hand with tons of vintage, Y2K, designer fashion, and more. This is a free event with food and drink available for purchase.

Get in the spirit of spring with a Fresh Floral Arranging + Sip Workshop on Friday, March 20, from 6 to 7 pm at CanalSide @ CambridgeSide (100 CambridgeSide Place, Cambridge, MA 02141). Tickets are $79 and include all materials + one beverage ticket.

Help Trillium celebrate their 13th anniversary with a Beer, Spirit, & Cheese Pairing on Friday, March 20, from 6:30 to 8 pm at Trillium Fenway (401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215). Tickets are $55.20 and include five curated cheese pairings by Crumb & Rind.

Start your weekend with Pilates in the Sky, a Pilates-fusion class with Rhone x Studio78, at View Boston (800 Boylston St, Boston, Ma 02199), on Saturday, March 21, from 9 to 10 am. Tickets are $45.

Watch Les Bostonades perform J.S. Bach’s Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord on Saturday, March 21, from 7:30 to 8:45 pm at Emmanuel Church’s Lindsey Chapel (15 Newbury St, Boston, MA). Tickets range from $21 to $31.

Boston Festival Orchestra will be perfoming a variety of Brahms in Boston on Saturday, March 21, from 7 to 8:30 pm at First Church in Cambridge (11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138). The concert program “traces a distinctly American throughline — from living local composer Arson Fahim to Charles Ives, Amy Beach, Vally Weigle, and Johannes Brahms’s Carlient Trio in A minor. This is a free event with food and drink available for purchase.

Join the Boston Fleet vs Seattle Torrent Watch Party and the Boston Legacy v Houston Dash Watch Party on Saturday, March 21, from 4 to 6 pm at Drawdown Brewing (3204 Washington St, Boston, MA 02130). These are free events with food and drink available for purchase.

The Sports Bra Boston is popping up at The Harp (85 Causeway St, Boston, MA 02114) for the March Madness Watch Party on Saturday, March 21, from 12:30 to 5 pm. This is a free event with food and drink available for purchase.

Join the March Common Reads Book Party on Saturday, March 21, from 10 am to 12 pm at High Street Place Food Hall (100 High St, Boston, MA 02110). This month, they’re discussing Cleopatra & Frankenstein by Coco Mellors. Tickets are $28.52 and include a gift card to use at High Street Place restaurants during the event.

Don’t miss the 7th Annual Bow Market Book Fair on Saturday, March 21, from 9:30 am - 6 pm at Bow Market (1 Bow Market Way, Somerville, MA 02143). There is a full lineup of events, including interactive Story Time, a Cookbook Swap, author signings + panels, open mics, workshops, crafting stations, and more. This is a free event, though some activities are ticketed. Food and drink available for purchase.

If you like to dance but hate being out late, don’t miss the Home by Midnight Party on Saturday, March 21, from 6 to 11 pm at High Street Place Food Hall (100 High Street, Boston, MA 02110). DJ Deva will be on hand playing a curated mix of 90s and 2000s hits, plus the food hall’s 17 eateries will have food specials just for the event. Tickets are $45 and include a $20 gift card to use at a High Street Place restaurant.

Shop the Women’s Month Celebration Market on Saturday, March 21, from 12 to 5 pm at Time Out Market (401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215). Women-owned small businesses will be on hand, selling handmade jewelry, candles, self-care goods, artwork, and more. This is a free event with food and drink available for purchase.

Learn the secret to making the perfect sweet or savory bun at the Bao Class at Pagu (310 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139) on Sunday, March 22, from 1 to 3 pm. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to shape your own bao and experiment with sweet and savory fillings. Tickets are $119 and include all class materials.

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As a reminder, the Commuter Rail offers $10 weekend passes that give the ticket holder unlimited travel on Saturday and Sunday. The pass is activated during your first trip on Saturday and remains active until Sunday night.

For more ideas of what to do in Boston this weekend, check out our Guide to Roaming Boston.

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Signal and Strata, a first-of-its-kind exhibition in the U.S., is now on display at The Carpenter Center (24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138) through April 5. The show features the work of “three Peruvian artists—Elena Damiani, Ximena Garrido-Lecca, and Ishmael Randall-Weeks—whose practices examine the complex entanglements of land, history, and extraction through materially rich, architecturally resonant, and often pre-colonial forms.” This gallery is free to the public.

The Harvard Arts Museums (32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138) is exhibiting Celtic Art Across the Ages, the first of its kind in the U.S., from Friday, March 6, through Sunday, August 2. With work dating back as far as 800 BCE and continuing to the present, the exhibition challenges the stereotypes we hold about “Celtic art.” Admission is free. The museum is closed on Mondays.

Shop the Charles River Farmers’ Market every Friday (12 - 6 pm) and Sunday (10 am - 3 pm) at The Charles Hotel (1 Bennet St, Cambridge, MA, 02138). During the winter, vendors are set up in red sheds and still have fresh bread, pasta, meat, and seasonal fruits and vegetables.

Jamaica Plain holds its weekly Farmers Market every Saturday from 12 pm to 3 pm year-round in the Bank of America parking lot (677 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, 02130).

Shop the legendary Haymarket, America’s oldest open-air market, every Friday and Saturday from 6 am to 7 pm. Vendors offer fresh, affordable produce, dairy products, meat, and seafood. Just steps from Boston Public Market and MBTA’s Haymarket Station.

Every Saturday from November 1, 2025, through April 11, 2026, you can shop for local and healthy foods at the Somerville Winter Farmers Market at Arts at the Armory (191 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA 02143). The market is held weekly from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm except for 11/29/25 and 12/27/25.

Boston Common Frog Pond Ice Skating is now open. Admission is $12 for heights 58 inches and above; anyone 58 inches and under is free. Locker rentals and skate rentals are also available.

Skate at DCR Kelly Outdoor Rink (Jamaica Plain) for $0 Sunday through Friday from 12 to 7:30 pm. Skate rentals are available for $4 (or $5 with a credit card).

Brookline’s Jack Kirrane Rink at Larz Anderson Park (Brookline) is open daily except Wednesdays (Fri: 12 - 3, 6 - 8 pm. Sat + Sun: 12 - 2; 2:30 - 4-30 pm. Tues + Thurs: 9 - 12). Admission is $10. Skate rentals are $8.

Kendall Square’s Skate @ Canal District is open daily (M: 12 - 5 pm, Tues - Thurs: 12 - 8 pm, F: 12 - 9 pm, Sat: 11 - 9 pm, Sun: 11 am - 6 pm). Admission is $7. Skate rentals are $12.

You can find a full rundown of recurring walking tours, food tours, bus tours, and trolley tours of Boston in my Beginner’s Guide to Boston.

Start your weekend with a dose of wellness at The Hidden Art Gallery (25 Myrtle Street) in Beacon Hill, which hosts weekly Explore Meditation with Watercolor classes. Held every Friday from 3 pm - 6 pm, learn the basics of meditation while intuitively creating with watercolor. Classes are $55.

Reconnect with your ability to digest and rest during a Sound Bath Meditation with Ramon of Ib and Flow (247 Walnut St, Brookline, 02445). Sessions ($50) are held every Sunday.

If you’re trying to bring balance into your life this year, start your Sunday brunch with a gentle yoga flow with Brewery Yoga at Lamplighter CX. The class is held every Sunday from 12:30 - 1:30 pm at Lamplighter Brewing Co.’s CX location (110 North First Street, Cambridge, 02141) in their upstairs taproom. Tickets are $25 and include a beer token or a complimentary non-alcoholic drink.

Or, if you’re looking for a grounding experience free of any alcohol, join NamaStay Sober’s weekly free Yoga Session at The Point Yoga and Barre Revere (56 Salt St, Revere, MA 02151). These sessions are appropriate for all levels, including beginners.

If you’ve always wanted to learn how to navigate Boston by bicycle but have been too intimidated to start, join a Weekend In-And-Back Guided Ride with A Better City TMA. On Saturdays and Sundays from 9 am to 1 pm this spring and summer, join a free, three-hour bicycle ride from one of the many bike paths outside the city (meeting location disclosed upon sign up) and traverse the Urban Loop through downtown before returning to the start location.

Whether you already love screenprinting or are completely new to this printing method, DARK MODE hosts DIY Screenprinting workshops at their storefront in Bow Market (1 Bow Market Way, #24) in Somerville on Friday (7 pm) and Saturday (6 pm and 7 pm) nights. Tickets are $45, including t-shirts.

DARK MODE also hosts Candle-Making and Intention-Setting Workshops every Thursday at 7 pm in their storefront at Bow Market in Somerville. Tickets are $50.

Spend your Friday learning to make classic Italian cuisine with Self Up Cooking Classes (19 Kingston St) in Downtown Crossing from 6 pm - 9 pm. Every week, they host an Italian Dinner with Tiramisu Finale cooking class and dinner experience, where you can learn how to make a three-course meal, including a luscious tiramisu for dessert. Tickets are $100 and include all ingredients.

Love Child hosts free wine tastings every Friday from 5 pm to 7 pm and Saturday from 12 pm to 3 pm at their South Boston location (364 West Broadway, Boston, MA). These tastings are free and require no reservations.

Coffee lovers, this one is for you. Every Friday at 10 am, Counter Culture Coffee (374 Somerville Ave) in Somerville opens their Training Center for free coffee tastings. Anyone can learn and connect over perfectly brewed, high-quality, sustainable coffee.

Come to DeLuca’s Market Wine Cellar (11 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114) in Beacon Hill for a free wine tasting every Friday from 4 - 7 pm. Every week, resident wine expert Donovan handpicks a mix of familiar favorites and bottles from up-and-coming vineyards or hard-to-find vintages to share among participants. No ticket is required.

On Saturdays, Boston Harbor Distillery (12R Ericsson St, Boston, 02122) leads VIP tours ($50) and barrel-side tastings of their spirits ($20).

From 12 - 4 pm every Saturday, Petrova Chocolates (61 Salem St, Boston, MA) hosts free wine tastings of their Eastern European Natural wines.