25 Things To Do This Weekend In Boston (& Beyond)

Hello friends, I hope you’re having a great week! If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, here’s a great roundup of weekend events in Boston and beyond for you to consider! As always, events are ordered alphabetically by city/town.

1. This Volunteer Fair offers student musical performances and a chance to learn about awesome opportunities to make a difference locally (Arlington)

2. Listen to stories, learn to identify local sugar maples, and taste sap right from the tree before boiling down a little for tasting with a Habitat Naturalist during this Maple Sugaring Celebration (Belmont)

3. Attend a book reading of Balletball with author Erin Dionne (Belmont)

4. Celebrate International Women’s Day at the MFA with a day of special activities like family art-making, talks, tours, and a performance by City of Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola (Boston)

5. More than Words hosts Drag Queen Story Hour with books that focus on themes of diversity and difference, singing, and craft activities (Boston)

6. Tap, collect, and boil down sap at Boston Nature Center (Boston)

7. Watch The Wizard of Oz on a big screen (Brookline)

8. Puppet Showplace Theater stages The Monkey King (Brookline)

9. Don’t miss this Phish for Kids concert (Cambridge)

10. Head to the Coop Kids Storytime (Cambridge)

11. Catch this production of James and the Giant Peach (East Walpole)

12. Frozen Fruitlands offers woodland trails for sleds, snowshoes, and cross-country skis, plus a toasty fire, hot cocoa, games, and children’s books inside (Harvard)

13. Identify sugar maples, observe tapping and collection methods, see sap boiled to syrup, and sample a sweet taste of the final product before warming up in the barn by a woodstove and filling up on delicious soups and desserts at Ipswich River’s Sugaring Off Tours (Ipswich)

14. Stop by Sugar Shack Saturday at Appleton Farms to observe the sap-to-syrup process and learn to cook a maple feast (Ipswich)

15. Enjoy a Sap-to-Syrup Farmer’s Breakfast and learn about the local history of maple syrup (Lincoln)

16. Make St. Patrick’s Day Treats like Reubens, Irish Soda Bread, and shamrock cookies during this Cooking with Kids class (Natick)

17. Join a Maple Sugaring Tour of the Natick Community Organic Farm (Natick)

18. The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish comes to life with puppetry and live actors (Needham)

19. Meet Backyard Birds and observe research and banding demonstrations (Newburyport)

20. .South Shore Natural Science Center Maple Day teaches history, culture, and production with tree tapping, treats, crafts, and hands-on activities (Norwell)

21. Bay State Model Railroad Museum hosts an Open House (Roslindale)

22. Maple Sugaring Weekends at Moose Hill include outdoor tours, historic reenactments, children’s crafts, hot cocoa, and various syrup treats like maple sugar dusted popcorn, hot dogs cooked in sap, pancakes, and more (Sharon)

23. Light Up Sledding returns to Chestnut Hill Farm (Southborough)

24. Attend Maple Days at Old Sturbridge Village to learn the history of sugaring in New England (Sturbridge)

Dress up in your favorite animal attire and learn the elements of music during this animal themed flute and clarinet concert, plus participate in an instrument petting zoo and other interactive activities (Westborough)

25. Listen to a story, get crafty, and discover the process of metamorphosis at this Butterfly Science and Art Workshop (West Roxbury)