The Other Boston Events List: February 2026

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February 1

12 PM | Black History Month Story Hour Featuring Community Storytellers

1 PM | Redline Narratives Documentary Screening & Walking Tour 

February 2

2 PM | Vegan Haitian Cooking Class 

February 3

4:30 PM | BPL Fireside Chat: Reparations Untold

6 PM | Black Legacy & Financial Planning 

February 4

6:30 PM | Community Movie Screening - Selma

6:30 PM | Journalist Eugene Robinson Explores Racial History Through His Family History 

7 PM | Emilie Townes: Facing (In)Justice with the Power of Hope 

7 PM | Gouye Wednesday MA

February 5

1 PM | NEMA Gathering at MAAH 

6 PM | Afterwork TAP

February 6

12 PM | Black-Owned Business Marketplace Pop-up in Harvard Square

5 PM | Opening of In Our Image 

6 PM | Marley Legacy Experience (Hurricane Melissa Relief Event)

February 7

10 AM | Kids Vegan Cooking Class

11 AM | Black-Owned Business Marketplace Pop-up in Harvard Square

11 AM | Saturdays with Sheila: Take a Yoga Class at MAAH!

1 PM | Children's Storytime at the Museum: We Go Slow 

2 PM | Vegan Haitian Cooking Class 

7:30 PM | Goerge Russel, Jr. and Friends Free Jazz Concert

8 PM | The Gathering 

9:30 PM | Boston's Rooftop R&B Takeover

10 PM | For the Culture ft. YK Niece

February 8

12 PM | Black History Month Story Hour Featuring Community Storytellers

1 PM | HAAM's Haitian Art Book Signing at MFA Boston 

2 PM | New Guinea Joy - Walking Tour 

4 PM | What Happened to the Black Community in Cambridge?

5:30 PM | R&B + Comedy

7 PM | The Gathering 

February 9

4 PM | The Way We Were: Roxbury Presents: Billie Holiday by Pat Braxton Band 

6 PM | Jarvis R. Givens at The Brattle Theater 

February 10

4 PM | A Litany for Survival: Black Studies, Black Scholars, & Black Students 

February 11

5:30 PM | Smart Money | Lasting Legacies

6 PM | YPN-ULEM Black History Month Game Night: For the Culture 

6:30 PM | Pre-Valentine's Day Blues Concert & Cabaret Show

7 PM | Culture Class: Black History Month Mixer

February 12

12 PM | Once Upon a Time in Nubian Square - Workshop/Walking Tour 

6 PM | Afterwork TAP

6:30 PM | Pre-Valentine's Day Blues Concert & Cabaret Show 

February 13

12 PM | DOUGLASS DAY 2026 Commemoration and Transcription Project

5 PM | Belmont Against Racism 2nd Annual Community Potluck

5:30 PM | From Ideas to Institutions: The Process of Making Black History 

5:30 PM | TPZ Vibe Lab 

7:30 PM | Opening Doors Presents: Black History Month Concert

10 PM | Luv @ HUE: The Night Before Valentine's Edition

10:30 PM | All The Feels R&B Fest Boston 

February 14

9 AM | The 9AM Banger

12 PM | Once Upon a Time in Nubian Square - Workshop/Walking Tour

1 PM | Heroes of the Heart: A Black History Month Celebration 

1 PM | 2026 Afternoon of African American Culture for Children 

6:30 PM | Fall in Love with Cocktails and Conversations! Valentine's Edition

6:30 PM | Sapphic Speed Dating

9:30 PM | Boston's Rooftop R&B Takeover

10 PM | Bashment

February 15

12 PM | Black History Month Story Hour Featuring Community Storytellers

12 PM | The Brunch Club

2 PM | Dedicated To Us - 30 Plus

3 PM | Black Women Legacies in Massachusetts with Dr. Alexandria Russell

4 PM | Play Playe: On Wheels (Roller Skating Game Night)

6 PM | The Brunch Club Afterparty

7 PM | The New Edition Way Tour

10 PM | Dedicated To Us - 30 Plus (Night Party)

February 16

6 PM | Namwali Serpell at First Parish Church 

February 17

5 PM | Digging Deeper into Black Voices of the Revolution 

6 PM | Black Leaders in the City

6:30 PM | Freedom Sounds: DJ Cha

7 PM | Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday

9 PM | Live Music at District 7

February 18

6 PM | Playing Games With

6:30 PM | YPN-ULEM February 2026 General Body Meeting | Financial Empowerment 

7 PM | Urbanity Dance Free Community Class: Hip-Hop

February 19

6 PM | Afterwork TAP

6 PM | Queer & Trans BIPOC Coloring Night & Community Dinner

7 PM | Urbanity Dance Free Community Class: Intermediate Contemporary

February 20

2 PM | Friday Films: Judas and the Black Messiah 

3:30 PM | Creativity Corner: Color in Motion (Alma Thomas Workshop) 

6:30 PM | Removed: Black Erasure in Boston 

7:30 PM | A Beautiful Resistance Live! | Museum of Science 

February 21

10 AM | Children's Storytime at the Museum: Joy Takes Root

11 AM | Roadmap to a Beloved Community - Workshop/Walking Tour 

12 PM | This Liberation Will Be Televised: A Retreat for Black Women 

3 PM | Mayor’s Youth Summit 2026

6 PM | Afro Caribbean Black History Gala & Awards

7 PM | Spot/Light - Tim Hall & Zahili Zamora 

7 PM | Tracy Morgan Live

8 PM | Cosmic Roots: An Afrofuturism Hair & Fashion Show 

9:30 PM | Boston's Rooftop R&B Takeover

February 22

10 AM | Black Wellness Retreat with Haus of Glitter

11:30 AM | Music in the Atrium: We Black Folk

12 PM | Black History Month Story Hour Featuring Community Storytellers

12 PM | Hip-Hop & RnB Bingo w/ Tom Swoops

12 PM | This Liberation Will Be Televised: A Retreat for Black Women 

2 PM | Hidden History of Black Boston with Joel Mackall

February 23

4 PM | Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: Black History Month

6 PM | “Black Beingness” and Reparative Justice in the 21st Century

February 24

9 PM | Live Music at District 7

February 26

12 PM | Celebrate Reggae Month

6 PM | Afterwork TAP

6 PM | Resilience: the Caribbeans That Saved Britain 

6 PM | US Premiere: In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters 

6:30 PM | Black Culture Jeopardy

7 PM | Allston-Brighton Food Tours: Black-Owned Businesses

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