Literary-art Events in Boston

Check out happening literary-art events all around Boston, MA

Disney's Beauty and the Beast - Boston Official

 Tue, 14 Apr at 07:00 pm 539 Washington St, Boston, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02111

Malcolm Gladwell at Boston Symphony Hall

 Wed, 25 Mar at 08:00 pm Boston Symphony Hall

ODSC AI East 2026 Conference | BLACK FRIDAY SALE

 Tue, 28 Apr at 09:00 am Hynes Convention Center USD 0 to 912

David Sedaris

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:30 pm Symphony Hall Boston

Dog Show: An Evening of Poetry

 Mon, 30 Mar at 07:00 pm John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Free

Anne Lamott at Emerson Colonial Theatre Boston

 Mon, 30 Mar at 07:30 pm Emerson Colonial Theatre Boston

Wednesday

 Wed, 01 Apr at 08:00 pm Royale

«Собачье сердце» в Бостоне

 Sat, 14 Mar at 07:00 pm Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre USD 93 to 135

International Women's Day 2026

 Wed, 04 Mar at 06:00 pm Atlantic Wharf USD 29 to 45

Surfacing: Let's Go Over

 Mon, 30 Mar at 07:00 pm JazzUrbane Cafe Free

ELEVATE BOSTON: WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

 Sat, 14 Mar at 08:30 am The Lenox Hotel USD 179 to 249

Hideout Comedy Presents Bassam Shawl!

 Sat, 14 Mar at 08:00 pm Elephant & Castle USD 26

Hideout Comedy presents Tim Butterly!

 Sat, 21 Mar at 08:00 pm Elephant & Castle USD 26

Hideout Comedy presents Tim Butterly!

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:30 pm The White Bull Tavern Comedy Club Boston USD 26

Ciné Club Series: And God Created Woman by Roger Vadim

 Tue, 24 Feb at 06:00 pm French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge USD 14 to 18

Boston Gay Men's Book Club

 Wed, 25 Feb at 06:15 pm Boston Public Library - Central Library Free

LISC Massachusetts| Story Slam 2026

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:00 pm Artists For Humanity USD 95 to 125

Ukraine - from periphery to center stage in world politics?

 Mon, 23 Mar at 07:00 pm Goethe-Institut Boston Free

Tania Bruguera: Towards a Civic Art Practice

 Thu, 12 Mar at 06:00 pm ArtLab at Harvard Free

Self-Reflections: An Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Book signing: Jenna Blum

 Thu, 19 Mar at 05:30 pm Rozzie Bound Co-op Free

Writers' Open Mic: March

 Thu, 05 Mar at 07:00 pm GrubStreet Center for Creative Writing Free

Day 1: Saturday Youth Pass (Ages 19 & Under)

 Sat, 28 Mar at 09:00 am Emerson College Free

Old Vines Classic Wines – Australian heritage in a Glass

 Sun, 08 Mar at 04:30 pm Hilton Boston Park Plaza USD 68

Hands-On: Pasta alla Norma

 Fri, 27 Mar at 03:00 pm Eataly Boston USD 87

Night at the Louvre: Art, Intrigue & a Modern Heist

 Tue, 07 Apr at 06:00 pm French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge USD 15 to 25

Surviving Slavery: The Sale of Indigenous People in King Philip's War

 Wed, 08 Apr at 07:00 pm Colonial Society of Massachusetts Free

Boston and the Making of a Global City

 Wed, 08 Apr at 06:00 pm Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square - Rabb Hall Free

Comedy Night w/ Jay Badlani @ Elephant & Castle (Downtown Boston)

 Sat, 11 Apr at 08:00 pm Elephant & Castle USD 23

Science + Literature: Historical & Modern Mysteries

 Wed, 15 Apr at 07:00 pm GrubStreet Free

Mothers, Daughters, and the Supernatural: A Conversation with Marie NDiaye

 Sat, 25 Apr at 05:00 pm French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge USD 10 to 15

A Reading and Conversation with Marie NDiaye

 Wed, 22 Apr at 05:30 pm 121 Bay State Rd Free

She Walks in Confidence and Faith: FASHION SHOW

 Sat, 07 Mar at 06:00 pm 330 M.L.K. Jr Blvd Free

Sinners & Stardust 2026

 Fri, 14 Aug at 09:00 am Boston Park Plaza USD 79 to 437

Historically Black Phrases Live starring jarrett hill and Tre’vell Anderson

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm WBUR CitySpace USD 0 to 29

Ciné Club: Ru by Charles-Olivier Michaud

 Tue, 17 Mar at 06:00 pm French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge USD 14 to 21

Urban Renewal in Lowell MA: Book Talk with Charlie Gargiulo

 Wed, 04 Mar at 06:00 pm The West End Museum USD 13

Author Visit Story Time: Sarah S. Brannen

 Sat, 28 Feb at 11:00 am Beacon Hill Books & Cafe Free

AN EVENING WITH EMMANUEL OPPONG-YEBOAH

 Sat, 14 Mar at 08:00 pm the Square Root Free

Neurologic Music Therapy® Training Inst - April 23-26 in Boston

 Thu, 23 Apr at 08:00 am Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston USD 413 to 802

Youth Book Fair

 Sat, 28 Feb at 10:00 am Hibernian Hall Free

The Size of Mars Book Launch Party

 Sat, 07 Mar at 06:00 pm Bully Boy Distillers Free

Hideout Comedy Presents Bassam Shawl!

 Fri, 13 Mar at 07:30 pm The White Bull Tavern Comedy Club Boston USD 26

Boston / Roxbury Book Lovers Expo 2026

 Sat, 25 Apr at 11:00 am Roxbury Community College Free

Chat & Chowder | Window Seat on the World

 Thu, 05 Mar at 06:00 pm Foley & Lardner LLP Free

Day 2: Team Slam Finals Pass (All Ages)

 Sun, 29 Mar at 06:00 pm Semel Theater Free

Signature Series Presents: Great American Songbook: What About Us—A P!NK Celebration

 Fri, 06 Mar at 08:00 pm 136 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02115

Renee Christine

 Sat, 11 Apr at 07:00 pm 939 Boylston St, Boston, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02115

US PREMIERE: In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm Museum of African American History: Boston Campus Free

Conrad Tao "Poetry and Fairy Tales"

 Sun, 15 Mar at 03:00 pm New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall

Introvert Happy Hour in Hyde Park

 Fri, 27 Feb at 02:00 pm Hyde Park Branch of the Boston Public Library Free

Day 2: Sunday Adult Day Pass (Ages 20+)

 Sun, 29 Mar at 11:30 am Emerson College Free

sad boy : ADD : apocalypse Album Release Show

 Sat, 28 Feb at 08:00 pm ZUMIX USD 13 to 23

Hands-On: Pasta alla Norma

 Fri, 27 Feb at 03:00 pm Eataly Boston USD 87

Signature Series Presents: Great American Songbook: What About Us—A P!NK Celebration

 Thu, 05 Mar at 08:00 pm 136 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02115

Marketing and Branding with Ciera Miller

 Fri, 13 Mar at 06:30 pm The Writers' Room of Boston Inc USD 5 to 12

Women of the West End Walking Tour

 Thu, 19 Mar at 05:30 pm The West End Museum USD 13

Sensory Writing with Hayley Pisciotti

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:30 pm The Writers' Room of Boston Inc USD 5 to 12

The Long Legacy: The Cost and Continuance of Indigenous Resistance

 Thu, 28 May at 05:30 pm Boston Public Library - Central Library Free

Pierre-Henry Gomont in Conversation: Soviet Land

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:00 pm French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge USD 0 to 10

Playing with Words: Translating Constrained Literature

 Wed, 11 Mar at 06:00 pm French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge USD 45 to 55

Chat & Chowder | Prisoners of Hope

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:00 pm Foley & Lardner LLP Free

In-Person Workshop: Two Days of Sourdough Baking with Andrew Janjigian

 Fri, 13 Mar at 05:00 pm 177 Milk St USD 789

Not Your Bubbe Book Club Hosts Discussion of the Society by Karen Winn

 Mon, 23 Feb at 07:00 pm The Boston Synagogue USD 0 to 130

Curated Cuisine: Boston’s booming coffee culture

 Mon, 09 Mar at 06:30 pm WBUR CitySpace USD 0 to 34

Youth Pass: 2026 Individual Teen Preliminary Poetry Slam #1 & Workshop

 Sat, 28 Feb at 12:00 pm Boston Public Library - Central Library Free

Stephen Puleo Presentation at the North End Library

 Wed, 11 Mar at 06:00 pm 25 Parmenter St, Boston, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02113

Visual Forms with Lachlan Applegate

 Fri, 27 Feb at 06:30 pm The Writers' Room of Boston Inc USD 5 to 12

FOUND Magazine's 25th Anniversary Tour with Davy and Peter Rothbart

 Fri, 08 May at 07:00 pm WBUR CitySpace USD 0 to 29

Narrating (Not) Belonging in Israel

 Tue, 24 Mar at 04:30 pm Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies Free

Intergenerational Sapphics group!

 Sat, 28 Feb at 04:00 pm Farnsworth House Free

2026 Boston Writing Workshop

 Sat, 28 Mar at 09:00 am Hilton Boston Logan Airport

Author talk with Virginia Pye on Marriage and Other Monuments

 Tue, 24 Feb at 07:00 pm First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA, USA Free

Critical Digital Experience: a talk by Jonah Brucker-Cohen

 Wed, 25 Mar at 12:30 pm Ryder Hall Free

Élevée Book Club: The Vanishing Half

 Sun, 01 Mar at 11:00 am 2 Dartmouth St Free

Provincetown Stories by Russ Lopez

 Sat, 11 Apr at 06:00 pm East End Books Boston Seaport USD 0 to 38

The 2026 New England Book Ball

 Sat, 25 Apr at 11:00 am Mountain view grand Whitefield Nh

Author Talk: Chris Wrenn

 Mon, 30 Mar at 07:00 pm the Square Root Free

Osez Écrire : A Creative Writing Workshop en français

 Tue, 31 Mar at 11:00 am French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge USD 170 to 225

Autocracy 2.0: How China's Rise Reinvented Tyranny

 Tue, 24 Mar at 12:30 pm 121 Bay State Rd Free

London Falling: New Yorker Writer Patrick Radden Keefe's new book

 Tue, 21 Apr at 07:00 pm WBUR CitySpace USD 0 to 34

Curated Cuisine: South Asian recipes from The Diaspora Spice Co.

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:30 pm WBUR CitySpace USD 0 to 61

Evening Story Time with Katrina Goldsaito

 Fri, 13 Mar at 05:00 pm The Substation Free

The WBUR Festival

 Fri, 29 May at 10:00 am Boston University USD 26 to 294

English Book Club - Abdellah Taïa

 Tue, 02 Jun at 06:00 pm French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge USD 7

Not Your Bubbe Book Club Hosts A Discussion of Hostage

 Mon, 23 Mar at 07:00 pm The Boston Synagogue USD 0 to 130

English Book Club - Émile Zola

 Tue, 21 Apr at 06:00 pm French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge USD 7

Good Writing: An Evening with Anne Lamott & Neal Allen

 Mon, 30 Mar at 07:30 pm Emerson Colonial Theatre

Powerful Voices Open Mic Show - Live Music, Comedy, Poetry+ More!

 Thu, 30 Oct at 08:00 pm Boston Free

Professional Report Writing Skills 1 Day Workshop | Boston, MA

 Fri, 09 Jan at 09:00 am For venue details reach us at [email protected] USD 519 to 1,453

Surfacing Site: A Panel on "suite for a minor meeting"

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm SMFA at Tufts Free

Book Lovers Expo Boston

 Sat, 25 Apr at 11:00 am 1234 Columbus Ave Free

Silver Sapphics @ The Pryde

 Tue, 16 Sep at 10:00 am 59 Harvard Ave Free