5 Things To Do In Boston This Weekend: Christmas Festival and Latin Jazz

(All events are in walking distance from stops on the MBTA.)

Please note that . Shuttle buses will replace trains.

1.) : The 25th annual Boston Christmas Festival features the work of more than 350 craftsmen and includes a gingerbread house competition. At the Seaport World Trade Center, Nov. 4-6; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets, $12 for adults; $10 for seniors; children under 14, free.
Take the Orange Line to State Street Station and walk 20 minutes to the World Trade Center at 200 Seaport Blvd. Or, take the Red Line to South Station and walk 17 minutes to the World Trade Center.

2.) HEAR LATIN JAZZ: The Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band gets some help from trumpeter Terence Blanchard. Together "they put Afro-Cuban jazz on the map." At Berklee Performance Center on Sunday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $41-$55.
Take the Orange Line to Mass. Avenue Station and walk 10 minutes to the Berklee Performance Center. Or, take the Red Line to the Green Line, get off at Hynes Convention Center and walk 5 minutes to the Berklee Performance Center.

3.) A DOLL'S HOUSE WITH A TWIST: Ibsen's classic play, "A Doll's House," is performed by women over 6-feet tall and men, under 4 1/2-feet tall. At the Cutler Majestic Theater, Friday through Sunday. Tickets are $25-$89.
Take the Orange Line to Chinatown Station and walk 3 minutes to the theater. Or, take the Red Line to Park Street Station and walk 7 minutes to the theater.

4.) SHOP OLD SCHOOL: The SoWa Vintage Market is indoors and therefore open year round, every Sunday (except Christmas and New Years), 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Antiques, jewelry and fashion, kitsch. At 460 Harrison Ave. in the South End.
Take the Orange Line to Back Bay Station and walk 18 minutes to the indoor market. Or, take the Red Line to the Silver Line, get off at East Berkeley Street and walk 3 minutes to the market.

5.) :  The “” exhibition features more than 30 artists’ work which—all of it “on” or “about” paper. Friday through Sunday, at , 523 Medford St., Charlestown. 
Take the Orange Line to Sullivan Station and walk 15 minutes to the gallery. Or, take a bus, including the numbers 86, 89, 90 and 91, to Sullivan Station and follow the directions above.