Live Like A Local Tours brings you out of downtown Boston and into the city's neighborhoods where you'll be exposed to foods from different cultures. Guests will drink craft beer from small neighborhood microbreweries and get a spirit tasting from a local distillery.

Participate in a series of walking #foodtours in each area to get outside and explore these neighborhoods on foot in small groups. Explore these neighborhoods from a local's perspective. Come with us and Live Like A Local!

The ICA is offering FREE museum admission for all on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Monday, October 13. Advanced tickets are required and will be available to reserve beginning on Sunday, October 12 at 10 AM.

Get a first look at our newest exhibition An Indigenous Present

Join for a 4 -part series curated by Khury Petersen-Smith that features a series of conversations around Palestine. Part one of the series features Palestinian journalist and scholar, Rami Khouri. This conversation will explore colonialism in the Middle East, and Khouri's reflections on a life of pursuing public conversation in the interest of a freer world for all.

Join us for DNI's 2025 Annual Meeting to connect with neighbors and celebrate our community land trust's progress! The Annual Meeting will be held at The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, 650 Dudley Street, Boston, MA 02125.

At this gathering, we’ll:

-Reflect on DNI and our community's accomplishments over the past year
-Showcase the cultural assets that make our community unique
-Offer space for neighbors to connect and build relationships
-Interpretation in Spanish and Cape Verdean will be available.

Childcare will be provided.

Bring a dish to share, if you’re able – we’re celebrating community potluck-style!

Jazz Urbane Cafe returns to the ICA with a thrilling evening of music featuring some of Boston’s best and most beloved musicians. The enormously gifted pianist Estefanía Núñez Villamandos will open the concert with a solo piano set of music inspired and influenced by her Cuban heritage. Bassist Ron Reid will take center stage with his Liberty Quintet to perform alongside sax legend Stanley Strickland. The Greg Groover Jr. Quartet will close out the evening with music to elevate and nourish the soul.

Jazz Urbane Cafe returns to the ICA with a thrilling evening of music featuring some of Boston’s best and most beloved musicians. The enormously gifted pianist Estefanía Núñez Villamandos will open the concert with a solo piano set of music inspired and influenced by her Cuban heritage. Bassist Ron Reid will take center stage with his Liberty Quintet to perform alongside sax legend Stanley Strickland. The Greg Groover Jr. Quartet will close out the evening with music to elevate and nourish the soul.

Boston Scores welcomes our students and families to an Open Mic at Just Book-ish! Our hope is to create a welcoming environment for students to practice performing and also learn from adult poets in our city. Local poets are welcome to share their work and tips and tricks with our students about writing, editing, and performing poetry!

Everyone deserves a rich reading life, especially children. Join two literacy experts for this family literacy series that aims to help families support the reading lives of their children. Each workshop will include a short teach-in about the topic, time for conferencing with literacy experts, and a curated list of resources available to continue your children’s reading journey. Participants can attend any or all of the series.

Enjoy live music, delicious food, and connections with neighbors & local businesses. This is a chance to see the impact of the Blume project in action.

Dive deeper into award-winning historian and Brown University professor Keisha N. Blain’s new book WITHOUT FEAR: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights. Join us for a book talk with Professor & Author Keisha N. Blain in conversation with Angela Tate, MAAH Chief Curator & Dir. of Collections on Tuesday, October 28 from 5:30-7PM. Learn about Black women who pioneered social change while operating outside of the traditional halls of power through this powerful seminar. Bring your curiosity to the table and tell a friend!

NOW PLAYING is a film screening series curate by Paloma Valenzuela. On Halloween we will be screening Ryan Coogler's recent block bluster, SINNERS. Come in costume. Enjoy snacks and a brief discussion following the film.

Join an ICA Graduate Student Lecturer for a tour of An Indigenous Present. Deepen your understanding of the artists and exhibition themes through guided close looking and discussion.

FREE with museum admission or membership; no pre-registration required. Tour meets on 4th floor.

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Bittersweet Lane: Creating Home(s) in the American Affordable Housing Crisis is my memoir about affordable housing. We know how to solve homelessness and to create affordable housing. This book aims to teach that through my experiences developing affordable housing and also growing up in affordable housing in Randolph, MA. I'm wicked excited to celebrate its release with Frugal Books in Nubian Square. Hibernian Hall is where it all started for me - where my grandmother's parents met at a dance and where I got my first taste of creating affordable housing.

Refreshments will be provided by Fresh Food Generation.

Join for an in-depth look at the work included in An Indigenous Present. This member-exclusive curator-led tour will take you beyond the wall text and provide expert insight and context for the exhibition.