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Chocolate Crawls, Curated Markets, & Café Dates
Chocolate takes over Harvard Square this weekend as a one-hour tasting crawl leads cocoa lovers along Brattle Street in search of truffles, hot chocolate, gelato, and more. After the sugar rush, the weekend rolls on with Backgarden’s art night market, a vintage-heavy maker market at Warehouse XI, and cozy social hangs from café speed dating to dessert potlucks and board game cafés. Come stroll, browse, and start a conversation.
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Chocolate Crawls, Curated Markets, & Café Dates
Chocolate takes over Harvard Square this weekend as a one-hour tasting crawl leads cocoa lovers along Brattle Street in search of truffles, hot chocolate, gelato, and more. After the sugar rush, the weekend rolls on with Backgarden’s art night market, a vintage-heavy maker market at Warehouse XI, and cozy social hangs from café speed dating to dessert potlucks and board game cafés. Come stroll, browse, and start a conversation.
Rockwell Nights, Slam Stages & Spotlight Sets
Stage lights and packed rooms anchor the week across Cambridge and Somerville. The Rockwell turns Boston history into dark comedy, the Cantab fills with slam rounds, and brewery crowds buzz with live energy. Offstage: Argentine tango at MIT, structured social conversations in Somerville taprooms, a midweek Run & Chug, whiskey flights, and a Heated Rivalry dance party that runs late. If you’ve been meaning to show up, speak up, or take the floor, this is your stretch.
Wine Parties, Pasta Boards & Live Performance Nights
Wine socials set the tone this weekend. From an intimate natural tasting with guided pours to a full-on wine-bar dance party at Dear Annie built to shake off the winter slump. Layer in hands-on pasta making at Pemberton Farms, candle pouring sessions, figure drawing, sharp comedy, and late-night live music across Somerville and Cambridge, and you’ve got three days built around flavor, craft, and a little after-dark momentum.
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Chocolate Crawls, Curated Markets, & Café Dates
Chocolate takes over Harvard Square this weekend as a one-hour tasting crawl leads cocoa lovers along Brattle Street in search of truffles, hot chocolate, gelato, and more. After the sugar rush, the weekend rolls on with Backgarden’s art night market, a vintage-heavy maker market at Warehouse XI, and cozy social hangs from café speed dating to dessert potlucks and board game cafés. Come stroll, browse, and start a conversation.
Rockwell Nights, Slam Stages & Spotlight Sets
Stage lights and packed rooms anchor the week across Cambridge and Somerville. The Rockwell turns Boston history into dark comedy, the Cantab fills with slam rounds, and brewery crowds buzz with live energy. Offstage: Argentine tango at MIT, structured social conversations in Somerville taprooms, a midweek Run & Chug, whiskey flights, and a Heated Rivalry dance party that runs late. If you’ve been meaning to show up, speak up, or take the floor, this is your stretch.
Wine Parties, Pasta Boards & Live Performance Nights
Wine socials set the tone this weekend. From an intimate natural tasting with guided pours to a full-on wine-bar dance party at Dear Annie built to shake off the winter slump. Layer in hands-on pasta making at Pemberton Farms, candle pouring sessions, figure drawing, sharp comedy, and late-night live music across Somerville and Cambridge, and you’ve got three days built around flavor, craft, and a little after-dark momentum.
Museums, Moonlit Rinks & Matchmaking Moves
Blizzard warnings now, gallery nights later. Once the snow settles, trade whiteout conditions for ice rinks, after-hours museum wanderings at Harvard Art Museums, DJ-backed dance floors, live readings, and themed speed dating rounds built to break the ice.Please note there aren't any events listed for tomorrow, Monday 23rd due to weather postponements.
Market Nights, Mardi Gras Mischief & Après Afternoons
Night markets return with curated vendors and DJ-backed crowds, Mardi Gras brings the beads and brass, and winter watch parties turn breweries into stadiums. Add live music sets, a 35mm Bugs Bunny screening to bring the nostalgia back, the usual singles events, skating after dark, and the calendar handles itself.
Lunar Markets & Midwinter Meetups
Start with a clothing swap. Stay for the fireside singalong. Sketch without perfectionism. Craft something by hand. By Thursday, Lunar New Year celebrations take over Cambridge & Somerville with night markets, performances, and winter festivities—plus a beer trivia showdown to close it out.
Single, Coupled or Complicated in Camberville
Adult LEGO after dark, galentine craft circles, and speed dating for the singles crowd. Valentine’s weekend shows up with energy this year. Timed builds turn playful competition into a spectator sport, shared craft tables fill with bracelets and bold ideas, and a handful of mixers and singles events keep introductions intentional and fast-paced. Add drinks in hand and a room full of people willing to lean in, and the night takes care of itself; whether you arrive coupled, coordinated, or confidently solo.
Post Game Plans & Pre-Valentine Schemes
We knew Seattle’s defense was strong, but not even field goal by halftime? Anyway, once the game’s over, the real social calendar kicks in. This week leans into a pre-Valentine’s theme with floral arranging, crafting, chocolate design, and Drink & Doodle nights. You’ll also find big-conversation hangs, a singles-night mingle mayhem, and the kickoff of the weeklong Foundry Festival—packed with drop-in art, science, live performances and creative wandering.
Gridiron Gatherings & Vintage Market Finds
Whether you are hunting for a specific "dark arts" aesthetic at a massive 85-vendor flea or camping out at the taproom for touchdown surprises and rib specials, this weekend is a high-energy toss-up between romantic maker markets and championship-level watch parties that stay open late until the final whistle.
Birthday Bashes, Balfolk Beats & Botanical Brushes
Now that we've shoveled out from last week's massive snow, trade the heavy shovel for the inviting glow of local taprooms and social circles. This week focuses on staying warm through community—whether that’s celebrating a "grandma chic" birthday bash or watching your single pals get pitched on the Aeronaut stage. Between botanical paint nights and Valentines craft nights, there are plenty of ways to stay social while the sidewalks remain a mess.
Speakeasy Sips, Stand-Up Secrets, & Sunday Snow Slams
With a heavy Sunday snowstorm on deck, the weekend is a sprint toward secret-entrance speakeasies and Porter Square acoustic sessions before travel hits a pause; once Sunday hits, ditch the social apps for a community walk (if possible) or the MVP poetry finals at Lizard Lounge in Cambridge—the ultimate "snow day" move for staying creative while the city hibernates.
