
Tonight in Boston: How to find last-minute culture
Same-day listings, venue newsletters and a little patience will fill an empty evening in Boston.

Same-day listings, venue newsletters and a little patience will fill an empty evening in Boston.

How the Bay State's fair and festival season moves from the coast to the valley to the Berkshires, and how to plan around it.

Structure, not length, decides whether a reader reaches the last block of a practical guide.

Clutter, light and habit leave fingerprints on finished work. A look at what a studio tells a visitor that a gallery wall never will.

A repeatable weekend template — galleries, open studios, library programming and public art — that refreshes weekly without going stale.

Reading listings, timing the visit and keeping the crowds from ruining a blockbuster.

More than 130 local artists fill downtown Hingham this Sunday — a case study in how small-town art walks work, and how to get the most from one.

An opening reception is a preview of an art exhibition before the formal opening, with roots in the old varnishing days of the academies. Here is what it is actually for, who it serves, and when you are better off skipping it and visiting later.

The Green Line strings most of Boston's major museums together. A little sequencing turns a day of riding into a day of looking.

One headline show, two smaller rooms, and a plan that keeps the walking manageable.