A fresh look at an often-overlooked civilization unfolds on October 13 at the Museum of Fine Arts in the new exhibit Ancient Nubia Now

The award-winning Broadway sensation The SpongeBob Musical makes its local premiere October 15–27

Beginning October 17, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum celebrates one of its most successful programs with the exhibit In the Company of Artists: 25 Years of Artists-in-Residence

The Boston Book Festival returns to the Hub October 19 & 20

 Ensconced at the Hynes Convention Center, Rochambeau (900 Boylston St., 617-247-0400, rochambeauboston.com) is set to be the Back Bay’s latest culinary hot spot. Featuring two distinct spacesâ

Already a Fenway institution unto herself, chef/restaurateur Tiffani Faison recently unveiled her latest neighborhood must-try with the debut of Orfano

One of the most beloved and well-known non-profit cinemas in the country, Brookline’s Coolidge Corner Theatre has endured since debuting in 1933

After a slew of special events, the new, 40,000-square-foot wing of the country’s oldest continuously operating museum, Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum, finally opens to the public September 28