The 52nd annual New England Boat Show sails back to Boston with a new arrival date, January 12 – 20, at the new Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. As the premier boating event in the Northeast, the 2008 New England Boat Show is expected to be the largest show ever in Boston with nearly $80 million of boats and accessories on display.

The Boston Youth Symphony (BYS), under the artistic leadership of Music Director Federico Cortese, will perform a semi-staged version of Così fan tutte, Mozart's celebrated opera buffa, with some of the region’s finest professional soloists. The performance, part of the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras' (BYSO) 50th anniversary season, takes place at Sanders Theatre at Harvard University on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, at 3 pm. Performed in Italian with surtitles.

The 150-voice Boston Gay Men’s Chorus will celebrate the season with a heartwarming and entertaining tour of holiday music from across the globe with three concerts titled “Peace On Earth – Holidays Around the World.” Under the direction of Reuben Reynolds, the performances will be held on Friday, December 7 at 8 pm, Saturday, December 8 at 3 pm and again on Saturday, December 8 at 8 pm. All concerts are held at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall.

Empyrean is a new digital installation by leading video artist Cliff Evans and the first solo-museum exhibition of the artist’s work. Using recognizable images from contemporary advertising excerpted from the Internet to create an animated five-panel collage, Evans turns a critical eye on contemporary American culture and challenges the viewer to confront issues of power, politics, militarism life-style and control in our society.

Nagorno-Karabakh President Bako Sahakian is holding meetings in the U. S. within the frames of the preparation for Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s annual TV marathon.

"The Triumph of Marriage: Art for the Renaissance Home" exhibition will be on view at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum from October 16, 2008 to January 18, 2009.

An historic, scholarly exhibition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum "Luxury for Export: A 17th-Century Indian Textile made for Portugal" will be on view from February 8 to May 4, 2008.

Chorus pro Musica, led by Artistic Director Jeffrey Rink, performs two profound yet contrasting Requiem settings by Roger Ames and Gabriel Fauré on Friday, November 9, 2007 at 8 pm at Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Copley Square, Boston. The performance features soloists David Murray, baritone, and Ilana Davidson, soprano.

Creating Competitive Edge in the Global Economy' will leverage the power of the web to foster global dialogue and collaboration

Sumo, Japan's Big Sport will be exhibited at Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston from November 10, 2007 to August 3, 2008.

Scottish artist Jim Lambie (born in 1964) has been invited to participate in RSVP: Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston, a site-specific installation series at the Museum.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston marks Columbus Day with a FREE Open House on Monday, October 8, from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Visitors are invited to take a global journey through several special exhibitions and the MFA's wonderfully diverse collection.