Reuben Reynolds, Music Director of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, likes to joke that he has the most difficult job in the world.

Boston’s holiday season is in full swing with more fun and festivities than you can shake a cinnamon stick at. From classic holiday productions to a nearly nude race, the season’s offerings will appeal to even the Scroogiest sorts.

Harry Christophers has conducted Handel’s Messiah so many times, he’s lost count. The Handel & Haydn Society Artistic Director estimates that he’s done it well over 200 times.

With the holiday season upon us and Christmas just over a month away, it’s the perfect time to start getting into the holiday spirit with family-friendly fare.

Rhett Price was touring Texas with a country band when he had his ah-ha moment. During a sound check, he started playing Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” on his violin. The drummer and bassist joined in, and when they stopped playing, the audience went wild.

A lot of Boston shows are wrapping up their runs this week in anticipation of the holiday theater season. Before the inevitable onslaught of Christmas Carols hits local stages, you may want to check out a few of these offerings.

For the first time in decades, a majority of maps made in Boston in the century before the American Revolution come together at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

When Nicky Silver’s agent called and told him about an opportunity to work on an unproduced, unpublished Kurt Vonnegut script, he leapt at the chance—but not for the reasons you might imagine.