14-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Five things to do around Boston, March 17-23
Friday
Cringe Chronicles
See
Mortified Live
at WBUR Boston. The show features people sharing real artifacts of their former teen angst — including rage-filled journal entries, poems, letters, song lyrics, schoolwork, and more. Celebrate (and cringe at) teen emotion as you get in touch with your childhood self. Show starts at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) at WBUR CitySpace. Find tickets — students, $10; general admission, $25 — at
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Friday-Sunday
Fear Factory
Experience a modern interpretation of a classic H.G. Wells horror story in
None Escape (The Island of Dr. Moreau)
— written by former Globe Magazine advice columnist Robin Abrahams (a.k.a. Miss Conduct). The play, performed at Unity Somerville church, follows a woman stranded on an island with a scientist conducting inhumane experiments. With additional performances next week. Find times and tickets, $25 general admission, $20 seniors and students, at
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Saturday-Sunday
Patchwork Past
See 250 years of American history sewn together at
Quilts 250: Stitching in the Spirit of Democracy,
on display at Concord Academy. To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Concord 250 Celebrations Committee is showing over 200 quilts that touch on the founding and history of the United States. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.
Sunday
Wool Works
Browse through the best of New England's fiber arts at
Boston Public Market FiberFest 2025.
Buy yarn, cozy goods, and more from 20-plus fiber farmers and crafters. Or, learn to needle felt, indigo dye, and make your own headbands at a series of drop-in and ticketed interactive workshops. Runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission, with items available for purchase.
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