Social Calendar: Things to do in Boston this week
🗣️ Hear from video artist Charles Atlas – Wednesday, 5pm
Discover insights from video and installation master Charles Atlas during this exclusive talk at ICA. Event Details
📽️ See "Anora" at the Brattle – Thursday, 8pm
The sexy Oscar winning comedy pushes creative boundaries.
😂 WBUR's Ones to Watch Comedy Festival – Friday, 7pm
Laugh out loud with emerging comedians at a curated festival event from WBUR.
🫦 Catch RuPaul on tour — Friday, 7pm
The drag icon and TV legend is promoting a new book "House of Hidden Meanings" and stops off at the Orpheum Theatre.
🎤 Blake Shelton comes to the Garden – Saturday, 8pmCatch country music star Blake Shelton stops in Boston.
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Ariana DeBose says mom Gina Michelle DeBose has died of complications from ovarian cancer at 57
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