Thursday, March 6
Russia’s Pursuit of Repopulation: Abortion, Large Families, and Propaganda from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in S354 of the Center for Government and International Studies, South Concourse, 1730 Cambridge St., Harvard Square. Free, but register. A discussion about Putin’s policies to counter Russia’s shrinking population. Information is here.
“African Landscape Architectures: Alternative Futures for the Field” conference from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Gund Hall, 42 Quincy St., near Harvard Square, Cambridge (also Friday). Free, but RSVP. A two-day event with five panels highlighting how design can prepare African cities for the impacts of climate change. Information is here.
Curator Tour of Alia Farid’s “Talismans (Kupol LR 3303)” art exhibition from 3 to 3:30 p.m. at the Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery, Byerly Hall, 8 Garden St., west of Harvard Square, Cambridge (also Saturday). Free. Meg Rotzel discusses Farid’s large-scale art: polyester resin panels (using the material Kupol LR 3303) tinted a soft, greenish blue, set alongside photos from the Kuwait-born artist’s own family archive. Information is here.
Stories and Histories: A Conversation with Celeste Ng at 4 p.m. at the Knafel Center of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, 10 Garden St., west of Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free, but register. The celebrated novelist of, most recently, “Our Missing Hearts.” Schlesinger Library faculty director Erika Lee joins. Information is here.
“The German Elections: Do the Results Portend a New Direction?” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St., near Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. An analysis of the results of Germany’s elections Feb. 23 with Melanie Amann and Benjamin Bidder of Der Spiegel, one of Germany’s leading news magazines. Information is here.
“Colors of Ukraine: Folk Art and Resistance” exhibition final day from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge. Free. The last day of an exhibit curated by Sophia Sushailo of artwork created in the Petrykivka tradition, using an intricate brush made with cat fur. Information is here.
“Making Milk: Mongolia’s Unique Role in Dairy’s History” lecture from 5 to 6 p.m. at Geological Lecture Hall, Harvard Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., in the Baldwin neighborhood near Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free, but register. Harvard’s Christina Warinner takes a fresh look the often surprising 5,000-year-old history of milk in Mongolia, where more than 90 percent of the population should be lactose intolerant – but is not. Information is here.
Boston Bitdown Chiptune/Digital Fusion Festival from 5 p.m. to midnight at Warehouse XI, 11 Sanborn Court, and The Jungle, 6 Sanborn Court, Union Square, Somerville (and continuing through Saturday at other locations). $129.89 for a three-day pass. A new artist-driven festival of music inspired by video games with 50-plus performances over three days in five venues “none of which are in Boston,” as our music reporter points out. Information is here.
MIT Spring 2025 Architecture Lecture: Rebecca Choi at 6 p.m. in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Long Lounge (Building 7-429), 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. Free, but register. The assistant professor of architecture history at Tulane University researches how the anti-racist protests, boycotts, sit-ins and insurrections in America between 1940–1970 affected architecture. Also streamed online. Information is here.
“Crafting Your Artist Statement” workshop from 6 to 7:30 p.m., online only via Gallery 263 in Cambridgeport. $15. Learn how to describe yourself and your artwork, position your practice and explain the deeper meaning of your art with Robin Cembalest, the former longtime editor of ARTnews. Information is here.
“Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking” art exhibition opening lecture from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall (lower level). Free, but register. In conjunction with the exhibition on Level 3, on view through July 27, curators and conservators make presentations about Munch’s techniques, materials and methods, followed by a discussion about the artist’s printmaking and painting practices. Information is here.
Women Take the Reel Film Festival: “All We Imagine As Light” screening from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the Bartos Theater, 20 Ames St., Building E-15, atrium level, Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free, but register. Watch Payal Kapadia’s award-winning 2024 film about three women navigating life in Mumbai. Mocktails and mingling precede the screening; conversation among scholars of South Asian studies moderated by MIT’s Hafsa Arain follows. Information is here.
“Paint Me a Road Out of Here” screening and discussion with Catherine Gund, Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter and Sarah Lewis at 6:30 p.m. at Harvard Film Archive at The Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free, but register. In 1971, underestimated artist Faith Ringgold made a monumental painting for the women incarcerated at Rikers Island. Fifty years later, Baxter bands together with an eccentric bunch of activists, politicians, artists, corrections officers and Ringgold to free the painting, with the ultimate goal of freeing the women. Information is here.
International Womxn’s Day Keynote Address: Princess Adedoyin Talabi Faniyi and Tarna Klitzner from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Gund Hall, 42 Quincy St., near Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free, but RSVP. For the launch of the weeklong Womxn in Design, a dialogue between Princess Faniyi, principle caretaker of The Adunni Olorisha Trust of the Osun Sacred Grove in Osogbo, Nigeria, and landscape architect Klitzner, founder of TKLA in Cape Town, South Africa. Zoe Marks of Harvard’s Center for African Studies moderates. A reception follows. Information is here.
Laila Lalami reads from “The Dream Hotel” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. The author of “The Moor’s Account,” which won the American Book Award and the Arab-American Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer, discusses her latest, about one woman’s fight for freedom in a near future in which even dreams are under surveillance. Claire Messud, author of “The Emperor’s Children,” among other novels, joins. Information is here.
Non-Event Concert Series presents C. Spencer Yeh at 7 p.m. in the Fisher Performance Room in Granoff Music Center at Tufts University, 20 Talbot Ave., Medford. Free. The experimental musician and artist presents solo improvisations on violin, voice and electronics in conjunction with the exhibition “Impossible Music,” in which Yeh’s installation “World of Music” is on view through April 20. (A free curatorial tour of the exhibition in the Aidekman Arts Center next door precedes the performance.) Information is here.
“The Odyssey” adapted by playwright Kate Hamill at 7 p.m. at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge (and continuing through March 16). $109 to $150 and 14-plus. A contemporary take on Homer’s “Odyssey” that reimagines the stories of both Odysseus and his wife, Penelope, and asks how we can learn to embrace healing and forgiveness so cycles of violence and revenge can end. We wrote about it here. Information is here.
The Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club presents “Be Cozy” at 7:30 p.m. in the black box theater at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge (and continuing through Sunday). Free, but RSVP. A play about an actor in B horror movies who begins to question the reality around her, written and directed by Harvard student Zach Halberstam, who co-directed last year’s “Constellations” and wrote some lyrics for the current Hasty Pudding show. Information is here.
Anikaya Dance Theater presents “Conference of the Birds” at 8 p.m. at Arrow Street Arts, 2 Arrow Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge (and continuing through March 9). $1 to $65. This multimedia movement theater work inspired by the 12th century poem of Farid Ud din Attar depicts stories gathered from refugees and other migrants. Choreographer Wendy Jehlen collaborated with dancers, choreographers, musicians and video artists from 12 countries. Information is here.
The Big 3rd performs at 8 p.m. at the cafe at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville. Free. Cross-genre originals (jazz/classical/world music) from vocalist Aviana Gedler, saxophonist Lenka Molcanyiova, pianist Tomer Rozen and bassist Martina Sabariego. Information is here.
Corook performs at 8 p.m. at The Sinclair, 52 Church St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $29. Their “Committed to a Bit” album tour opens with a set from comedian Kel Cripe, but the singer-songwriter (and Berklee College of Music grad) has a funny side, too, posting on Instagram about the show, “I’m going to make it very introvert-friendly, so feel free to come even if you don’t want to.” Information is here.
Friday, March 7
Ecology Now! Symposium from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the alumnae lounge at Tufts University, 40 Talbot Ave., near Powder House Square, Somerville. Free, but RSVP. Hugo winner Ken Liu gives the keynote about how urgent ecological challenges are represented in culture and media. Information is here.
“African Landscape Architectures: Alternative Futures for the Field” conference (continued) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Smith Campus Center, Conference Suite, 10th floor, 1350 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free, but register. Information is here.
Tai chi for turbulent times from 10 to 11 a.m. in the second-floor Barn Room at First Parish Cambridge Unitarian Universalist, 3 Church St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Meditative movement with no complicated choreography and no experience necessary. A seated option is available. Information is here.
Artfinity: Films from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bartos Theater, 20 Ames St., Building E15, atrium level, Kendall Square, Cambridge (also Saturday). Free. As part of the MIT Artfinity Festival, an eclectic showcase of short films spanning fiction, nonfiction, animation and experimental works by students, staff and faculty and selected by an MIT expert jury. Includes a kickoff reception at 4 p.m. Information is here.
“Space Is the Place” (1974) screening from noon to 2 p.m. in the Lewis Music Library of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Building 14, also known as the Hayden Library Building, at 160 Memorial Drive at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Free, but register. As part of the MIT Artfinity Festival, an Afrofuturist sci-fi film starring legendary jazz musician Sun Ra, who travels through time and space to transport Black people to a utopian planet free from oppression. Information is here.
Update from Kyiv from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in Room K262 of the Center for Government and International Studies Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Baldwin neighborhood near Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Two leaders from the Kyiv School of Economics share thoughts on what 2025 may bring. Information is here.
Bingo & Baila: Dance, Win, Rebuild Amantolli from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Upstairs at Bow, 1 Bow Market Way, Union Square, Somerville. $10 to $20 suggested donation. A fundraiser to help rebuild a Mexican handmade goods shop devastated by fire in Bow Market in February. Features bingo (cards are $5 each or three for $10), a silent auction, dancing and complimentary mini margaritas and mini arepas from Carolicious. Information is here.
“The Odyssey” adapted by playwright Kate Hamill (continued) at 7 p.m. at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $124 to $150 and 14-plus. Information is here.
“The Death of Louis XIV” film screening at 7 p.m. at Harvard Film Archive at The Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., Harvard Square, Cambridge (also March 23). $5 to $10. Jean-Pierre Léaud is cast perfectly in this 2016 chamber drama that kicks off the archive’s “Albert Serra, or Cinematic Time Regained” festival running through mid-April. Information is here.
Agnes Callard reads from “Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. The American philosopher and University of Chicago associate professor recovers the radicality at the center of Socrates’ thought, and explains why it’s still the way to a good life. Harvard political philosophy professor Danielle Allen joins in this event co-sponsored by the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics. Information is here.
Poets C. Francis Fisher and Mireille Gansel from 7 to 8 p.m. at Grolier Poetry Book Shop on 6 Plympton St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $5 to $10, but register. With an introduction by Chloe Garcia Roberts. Information is here.
Detention stand-up comedy with Olivia Carter at 7, 9 and 11 p.m. at Goofs Comedy Club, 432 McGrath Highway, Prospect Hill, Somerville (and Saturday). $25 and 21-plus. A weekend of performances from a New York comedian, writer and actor often seen at The Stand, Greenwich Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, the Tiny Cupboard and Sesh. Information is here.
The Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club presents “Be Cozy” (continued) at 7:30 p.m. in the black box theater at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free, but RSVP. Information is here.
Wyrd presents “The Musical!: Silly Love Songs” at 7:30 p.m. at the cafe at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville. $15. A full musical made up on the spot based on audience member suggestions. We wrote about it here. Information is here.
Anikaya Dance Theater presents “Conference of the Birds” (continued) at 8 p.m. at Arrow Street Arts, 2 Arrow Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge. $1 to $65. Information is here.
Boston Ironsides’ Toga Party at 8 p.m. at Somerville Theatre’s Crystal Ballroom, 55 Davis Square. $25 to $30 and 21-plus. A night of “cheeky, sultry, toga-clad fun” with prizes for Best Toga, drag performances and dancing. Information is here.
Hasty Pudding Theatricals presents “101 Damnations” at 8 p.m. at Harvard University’s Farkas Hall, 12 Holyoke St., Harvard Square, Cambridge (and continuing through March 9). $51. This year’s original musical is set in hell with pun-named characters navigating and scheming against the forces keeping them from getting what they want (often a reassignment to heaven), including its chief executive, Lucy Fur. Information is here.
Alisa Amador at 8 p.m. at Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Harvard Square, Cambridge (and also March 8-9). $23 to $25. The bilingual singer-songwriter with roots spanning Puerto Rico, New Mexico, Argentina and New England won the 2022 NPR Tiny Desk Contest with her song “Milonga Accidental,” from her debut album “Multitudes.” Also playing: Julianna Zachariou. Information is here.
MIT Symphony Orchestra from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Kresge Auditorium, 48 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. Free. As part of the MIT Artfinity Festival, the world premiere of Elena Ruehr’s Violin Concerto No. 2, titled “Return,” performed by Natalie Lin Douglas, who inspired it. (The piece pivots halfway through, when the music “turns around” and plays backward to its beginning.) Also, Sir Edward Elgar’s series of musical portraits, “Enigma.” Information is here.
Wyrd presents “The New Faces in Hell” from 9 to 10 p.m. at the cafe at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville. $15. Local comedians play characters who’ve died and face judgment by two bored bureaucrats at the gates of Hell. (Chainsaws may – or may not – be involved.) We wrote about it here. Information is here.
The Portal: Ides of March from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. at ManRay, 40 Prospect St., Central Square, Cambridge. $12 to $15 and 18-plus. Revel in the splendor of ancient Rome while grooving to your favorite dance mixes from DJ Andre Obin, plus a dominatrix-led dungeon. Fetish (or all black) attire required – togas welcome. Information is here.
Saturday, March 8
Artfinity: Films (continued) from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Bartos Theater, 20 Ames St., Building E-15, atrium level, Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. A closing celebration starts at 5:30 p.m. Information is here.
Curator tour of Alia Farid’s “Talismans (Kupol LR 3303)” art exhibition (continued) from 11 a.m. to noon at the Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery, Byerly Hall, 8 Garden St., west of Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Information is here.
“Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking” exhibition tour from noon to 1 p.m. at Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., near Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free, but check in at visitor services to join. A curator tour providing insight into the Norwegian artist’s innovative techniques and the recurring themes across his paintings, woodcuts, lithographs, etchings and combination prints. Information is here.
Boston Bitdown Chiptune/Digital Fusion Festival (continued) from 12:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. at The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., and Somerville Theatre’s Crystal Ballroom, 55 Davis Square. $23.18 to $55.20. Information is here.
“Art For Everybody” film screening with the filmmakers from 1 to 4 p.m. at Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall (lower level). Free, but register. Miranda Yousef and Tim Rummel discuss Thomas Kinkade’s family approving their dive into the darkest corners of the life of the “cozy cottage” kitsch artist, whose sanity was split “by the same forces that continue to pull us apart as a nation,” among them Christianity and the capitalist dream. Information is here.
“The Odyssey” adapted by playwright Kate Hamill (continued) at 1:30 and 7 p.m. at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $70 to $150 and 14-plus. Information is here.
The Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers at 2 and 4 p.m. at the Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge. Free, but RSVP. A family-friendly participatory performance to honor the natural world. Sponsored by Boston Celebrity Series. Information is here.
The Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club presents “Be Cozy” (continued) at 2 and 7:30 p.m. in the black box theater at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free, but RSVP. Information is here.
“The World As a Supermarket” art exhibition opening reception from 3 to 5 p.m. at Brickbottom Artists Building, 1 Fitchburg St., Inner Belt, Somerville. Free. Cuban artist Janette Brossard’s commentary on consumerism and human beings devastating the environment. Also on view: a collaboration from Brossard and U.S. artist Mary Sherwood Brock. Information is here.
Anikaya Dance Theater presents “Conference of the Birds” (continued) at 4 and 8 p.m. at Arrow Street Arts, 2 Arrow Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge. $1 to $65. Information is here.
Hasty Pudding Theatricals presents “101 Damnations” (continued) at 4 and 8 p.m. at Harvard University’s Farkas Hall, 12 Holyoke St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $51. Information is here.
Moonmedicin from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at in the Thomas Tull Concert Hall at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Building W18, also known as the Music Building, 201 Amherst St., Cambridge. The MIT Artfinity Festival brings New York artist Sanford Biggers’ multimedia concept band to play original compositions interspersed with reimagined covers against a backdrop of sound effects and “images of sci-fi, punk, sacred geometry, coded symbology, film noir, minstrels, world politics and ceremonial dance.” Information is here.
Lizards and Gizmos Comedy presents “A Night of ‘Lizzie’ Talks (because ‘TED Talks’ is taken)” from 6:45 to 8 p.m. at Somerville Music Spaces, 1060 Broadway, Suite C101B, Somerville. $14.64. Presentations about a variety of topics that will get you thinking, featuring Carolina Rivarola, Jonathan Anderson, Lucie Monroe, Martha Kenyon, Sam Sobul and Channing, Jeff and Julia. Information is here.
Alisa Amador (continued) at 7 p.m. at Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $23 to $25. Information is here.
Spanish piano virtuoso Mario Prisuelos at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Modern Renaissance, 115 College Ave., between Davis and Powder House squares, Somerville. $20 to $35. The pianist champions modern composers, and tonight journeys through Shostakovich’s kaleidoscopic “24 Preludes”; “music that invites you to feel it like you feel weather” from Josué Moreno; sonatas from Antonio Soler; Isaac Albéniz’s “Asturias”; and Enrique Granados’ “El amor y la Muerte” and “El Pelele.” Information is here.
The Sarasa Chamber Music Ensemble presents “Night at the Opera” from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park, near Harvard Square, Cambridge. $10 to $30. Works by Mozart and two of his contemporaries who introduce “dramatis personae” in their instrumental music: Hyacinthe Jadin and Carlo Monza (featuring the latter’s rarely performed “The rival lovers.”) Information is here.
Tembembe Ensamble Continuo performs from 7 to 9 p.m. at Harvard’s John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 3 Oxford St., just north of Harvard Square, Cambridge, and Harvard Yard. Free, but register. The group combines the music of the Spanish and Mexican baroque guitar with today’s traditional Mexican songs. (An introductory meet-and-greet takes place March 7.) Information is here.
Musica Sacra presents “How to Go On” and other choral works at 7:30 p.m. at First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Harvard Square. $20 to $50. The nonprofit choral ensemble founded in 1959 performs works by Dale Trumbore, Claudio Monteverdi and Johannes Brahms exploring love, grief, moments of grace and connection. Elizabeth Eschen Cacciola conducts. Information is here.
Radius Ensemble’s “Howl” concert at 8 p.m. at the Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $15 to $35. The ensemble-in-residence performs “… de la terre” for violin and tape, the third movement of Kaija Saariaho’s ballet “Maa”; Sean Kisch’s “Cerberus” for horn, cello and piano; David Lang’s wind quintet “breathless”; Beethoven’s lively “Duet with Two Obligato Eyeglasses” for viola and cello; and Kenji Bunch’s “New Moon and Morning” for flute and strings. Information is here.
Swing City Boston swing lesson and dancing at 8 p.m. to midnight at the West Cambridge Youth Center, 680 Huron Ave. $17 to $20. An hourlong lesson on East Coast/six-step swing followed by social dancing to live music from the 21-piece Compaq Big Band, which features 15 horns and a featured vocalist. An optional free lesson on basic Lindy hop/swing footwork and simple patterns starts at 6:30 p.m. Information is here.
One-Liner Madness comedy show at 8 p.m. at The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville. $15 to $20. This fast-paced, bracket-style, single-elimination, one-liner joke contest travels the country; tonight, 64 Boston comedians compete with audience applause determining “the best joke writer in Boston.” Information is here.
The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra from 8 to 10 p.m. at Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., near Harvard Square. Free to $50. Under music director Federico Cortese, students perform Ustvolskaya’s “Symphonic Poem No. 2” and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11 (“The Year 1905”), plus renowned baritone Junhan Choi sings songs from Shostakovich’s “Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti.” Information is here.
The Kuumba Singers of Harvard College present “Black Arts Festival: Sing It, Sister!” from 8 to 10 p.m. Harvard’s Lowell Lecture Hall, 17 Kirkland St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $5 to $8. An open mic celebrating the voices, stories and experiences of all identifying with Black womanhood. Information is here.
“Hundreds of Beavers” film screening in 35 mm at 11:59 p.m. at Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square. $15. Costumes are welcome at the midnight screening of this 2022 film (released in 2024), made for only $150,000 and already a kooky cult classic but snubbed by the Oscars. We wrote about it here and here. Information is here.
Sunday, March 9
Fifth Annual Winter Bicycle Ride meeting by 9:30 a.m. for a ride starting at 10 a.m. at CambridgeSide near the First and Thorndike streets, East Cambridge. Free. This social ride on mostly level terrain will last approximately 1.5 hours and end where it started. Light refreshments and simple bike checks by mechanics are provided. Information is here.
Queer Romance Book Club with the author at 10:30 a.m. at All She Wrote Books, 75 Washington St., Prospect Hill, Somerville. $7, or $27.18 with book. This month, debut author Mary Liza Hartong discusses her “Love and Hot Chicken: A Delicious Southern Novel,” just out in paperback. Coffee and pastries provided. Information is here.
Hasty Pudding Theatricals presents “101 Damnations” (continued) at 1 and 5 p.m. at Harvard University’s Farkas Hall, 12 Holyoke St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $51. Information is here.
“The Odyssey” adapted by playwright Kate Hamill (continued) at 1:30 p.m. at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $119 to $150 and 14-plus. Information is here.
The Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club presents “Be Cozy” (continued) at 2 p.m. in the black box theater at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free, but RSVP. Information is here.
Polarized Guru school fundraiser with guest Bobby Tynes from 2 to 4 p.m. at Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square, Cambridge. $40 donation suggested. The fusion quintet performs a benefit concert for the Friends of the Fletcher-Maynard Academy, where jazz saxophonist Tynes is principal. Information is here.
Seraphim Singers present “Aspects of Light” at 3 p.m. at the First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Harvard Square. $10 to $25. Listen to works by Purcell, Brahms, Howells, Thompson, Harris and several contemporary composers who turned to the stars for inspiration. Simon Andrews conducts and premieres his “Fiat Lux.” Information is here.
“Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei” (Bengali) film screening at 3 p.m. at Apple Cinemas Cambridge, 168 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge Highlands near Alewife and Fresh Pond. $15. The new Indian Bengali-language legal thriller film written and directed by Srijit Mukherji is (says Wikipedia) an official adaptation of the 1989 Hindi film “Ek Ruka Hua Faisla,” which is itself a remake of Sidney Lumet’s 1957 film “12 Angry Men,” which itself was an adaptation of Reginald Rose’s 1954 teleplay of the same name. The film’s also called “SBSKN” for short (translated means “Truly there’s nothing called truth.”) Information is here.
Fauré, Wiancko and Ravel from 3 to 5 p.m. at Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., near Harvard Square. $4 to $68. Five musicians from the Boston Chamber Music Society perform Gabriel Fauré’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 (1875–76); Michi Wiancko’s “Tyranny of Coordinates” (2022 BCMS commission); and Maurice Ravel’s “Piano Trio” (1914). Information is here.
Gospel Music Power Hour from 3 to 5 p.m. at Harvard’s John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 3 Oxford St., just north of Harvard Square, Cambridge, and Harvard Yard. Free. Music scholar Charrise Barron introduces this community sing-along with The Kuumba Singers of Harvard College to celebrate Umoja: unity through the power of gospel music. All are welcome, no music experience is necessary. Information is here.
“Lei Lei: Lost and Found” comprehensive screenings of seven films with the filmmaker at 4 p.m. at The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $15. Films spanning 10 years from an artist who makes films fusing science-fiction, comic books and arcade games to create or re-create handmade, hand-colored universes. Includes an introduction and postscreening discussions with Lei Lei. Part of the RPM Festival. Information is here.
Cambridge Symphony Orchestra presents “Romance” from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Kresge Auditorium, 48 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. $20 to $30. The CSO welcomes back Boston Symphony Orchestra associate concertmaster Alexander Velinzon to perform Shostakovich’s monumental Violin Concerto No. 1 paired with Tchaikovsky’s tone poem of doomed love, “Romeo and Juliet.” Information is here.
Harvard University Choir spring concert from 4 to 6 p.m. at Harvard Memorial Church, 1 Harvard Yard, Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. A program featuring Alessandro Scarlatti’s “Messa ottoboniana” and motets of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Luca Della Libera of the conservatory in Frosinone, Italy, gives a preconcert talk. Also be live streamed. Information is here.
“Sonic Environments” featuring Eden Rayz and Killick Hinds with Federico Balducci and Becca Pasley from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square, Cambridge. $10. Rayz is a Boston composer, cellist, instrument designer and extreme vocalist; Athens, Georgia, composer Hinds makes Appalachian trance metal music on unusual stringed instruments; Berklee alum and guitarist Balducci scores films; Pasley improvises with noise music, DIY punk rock, Black American music and European classical. Information is here.
Anikaya Dance Theater presents “Conference of the Birds” (continued) at 6 p.m. at Arrow Street Arts, 2 Arrow Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge. $1 to $65. Information is here.
Chanel Ali at 7 p.m. at The Comedy Studio in the basement at 5 John F. Kennedy St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $15 to $20. The native Philly comedian says she took the big step to move to New York City “as a challenge … to see if paying twice the rent motivates me. It has. I rob people now.” Information is here.
Alisa Amador (continued) at 7 p.m. at Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $23 to $25. Information is here.
Second Sun Rising partner dance from 7 to 11 p.m. at Epic Ballroom, 26 New St., Fresh Pond, Cambridge (and the second Sunday of each month). $10 to $30 pay-what-you-can and cash only. Social partner fusion-type dancing to styles ranging from electronica to pop to blues. A lesson for beginners in the first hour. Bring dance shoes and a water bottle. Information is here.
TimeCop1983 at 7:30 p.m. at Somerville Theatre’s Crystal Ballroom, 55 Davis Square. $25 to $30. The one-person-band producer from The Netherlands creates synthwave music with vintage synthesizers and his computer, but works with other musicians and vocalists regularly (tonight with longtime collaborator Josh Dally and drummer Juan “Jay Cali” Calixto). Also playing: Droid Bishop. Information is here.
Beyond Laughter Through Tears: A Short history of Jewish Humor from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. at Lehrhaus, 425 Washington St., Somerville. $10. Rabbi Moshe Waldoks, co-editor of “The Big Book of Jewish Humor” (still in print for 40-plus years) produced, wrote and performed the one-person show “You Can Live If They Let You” last year at the Boston Center for the Arts. Information is here.
Monday, March 10
Jonathan Tarleton reads from “Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons” from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s City Arena (255) in Building 9, also known as the Samuel Tak Lee Building, 105 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. Free. The Washington, D.C., urban planner looks at what homeownership means and what neighbors owe each other. Information is here.
Hive safety training from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the Fab Lab of The Hive at the Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge. Free, but register. This workshop familiarizes you with The Hive makerspace and shows how to use its resources and stay safe. Completion of safety training is the entry point to using the space. Information is here.
Lit Tea x Artfinity at 4 p.m. in The Nexus community space on the first floor of the Hayden Library Building at 160 Memorial Drive at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Free. As part of the MIT Artfinity Festival, the MIT Literature Section’s weekly tea gathering becomes a public showcase of student poetry readings and multimedia presentations of student artwork from literature courses. Information is here.
“China-Russia-North Korea Relations on the Third Anniversary of Putin’s Ukraine War” panel discussion from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Belfer Case Study Room at Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, South Concourse, S020, 1730 Cambridge St., Harvard Square. Free. Fairbank Center director Mark Wu moderates. Information is here.
Monday’s Pages at 6 p.m. at The Comedy Studio in the basement at 5 John F. Kennedy St., Harvard Square, Cambridge (and every second and last Monday of each month). Free. At this cold reading series, actors and writers get together to work on their crafts via 10-page submissions, with casting at 6:15 p.m. and reading at 7 p.m. The Variety Free Open Mic and The Theo Griffin Experience house band follow at 8:15 p.m. Information is here.
O’Neill Branch book group from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Cambridge Public Library O’Neill Branch, 70 Rindge Ave., North Cambridge. Free. March’s title: “Finding Margaret Fuller” by Allison Pataki. Information is here.
Alissa Wilkinson reads from “We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. The author and New York Times film critic examines how Didion’s screenwriting work – and Hollywood in general – informed her writing. TV writer, producer and showrunner Bradford Winters joins. Information is here.
Alex Krokus reads from “Loud & Smart & in Color” with guest comic artists Rosemary Mosco and Mad Rupert at 7 p.m. at Hub Comics, 19 Bow St., Union Square, Somerville. Free. The cartoonist and animator headlines a reading and signing event for his newest collection, which also includes Mosco reading from “A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching” and Rupert reading from “Bunt!” Information is here.
Anatomy class for artists from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Boston Figurative Art Center, 285 Washington St., Suite 102, near Union Square, Somerville. $40. A twice-monthly all-levels figure drawing class with each session focusing on a different aspect of the body. No experience necessary; basic supplies included, but feel free to bring your own. Information is here.
Pitch-a-Friend from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St., near Union Square, Somerville. Free. Prepare a three- to five-minute slide presentation to pitch your single pal to a room full of other singles and onlookers. Or just be an onlooker. “Like Shark Tank, but for love and friendship.” Information is here.
Passim Monday Discovery Series: Nobody’s Business and Davis & Haleigh at 8 p.m. at Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free to $15. Playing first, a trio with fiddle, cello and guitar; second, an acoustic violin and guitar duo from Birmingham, Alabama. Information is here.
Redd & The Paper Flowers perform from 8 to 11 p.m. at Remnant Brewing Satellite, 877 Cambridge St., Wellington-Harrington, Cambridge. Free. The Knoxville, Tennessee folk-grass band tours their album dropping the next day. A special barbecue menu is offered. Information is here.
Bachata Mondays from 8:15 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at Havana Club, 288 Green St., Central Square, Cambridge. $10 to $15 and 18-plus. The club has a strictly no-alcohol policy on Mondays (also on Tuesdays and Sundays) with lively dancing to mostly bachata (90 percent) and some salsa (10 percent) and bachata lessons in the first hour. Information is here.
Tuesday, March 11
Science Communication Masterclass Series from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. at The MIT Museum, 314 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. $20 to $30 per class. Experts in their industries lead three-hour classes that include: “Science Podcasting” with Cynthia Graber; “Writing Compelling Science Books” with Ainissa Ramirez; and “The Craft and Business of Authorship” with Deborah Blum and Seth Mnookin. Information is here.
Qiao Liu on “Understanding the Chinese Economy” from noon to 1:15 p.m. in the Belfer Case Study Room at Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, South Concourse, S020, 1730 Cambridge St., Harvard Square. Free. The professor of finance and dean in the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, provides perspectives on China’s economic landscape, growth potential and key areas for modernization. Information is here.
“Next in Women’s Health” panel discussion from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Knafel Center of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, 10 Garden St., west of Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free, but register. University researchers and health experts and a drug-discovery corporate consultant explore science targeting the needs of women. Information is here.
Harvard Yenching Institute Annual Roundtable: Authoritarianism in Hong Kong from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Tsai Auditorium at the Center for Government and International Studies, South Concourse, 1730 Cambridge St., Harvard Square. Free. Participants include professors and legal scholars from the University of Hong Kong, Jindal Global University of India, the University of Notre Dame, the Harvard Kennedy School and Northeastern University. Information is here.
Visual artist John Halaka on “Witnessing the Unseen: Reflections on Presence and Absence in Native Land” from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. in the Cader Room at Swartz Hall, 45 Francis Ave., Harvard Divinity School, in the Baldwin neighborhood near the Somerville border, Cambridge. Free, but register. The University of San Diego professor discusses creative work from his connection with Palestinian refugees. Information is here.
Joshua S. Weitz reads from “Asymptomatic: The Silent Spread of Covid-19 and the Future of Pandemics” at 6 p.m. at the Harvard Science Center, Hall A, 1 Oxford St., near Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free, or $39.97 with book. A warning from the University of Maryland biologist working in Covid response. Bill Hanage of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health joins. Information is here.
Music bingo from 6 to 8 p.m. at CanalSide Food + Drink, 100 CambridgeSide Place, East Cambridge. Free, but RSVP. Test your knowledge of diverse types of music during this game, marking off bingo cards as songs from various decades and genres play; get five in a row and yell bingo to claim victory (or just sing along). Information is here.
“The Odyssey” adapted by playwright Kate Hamill (continued) at 7 p.m. at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $65 to $150 and 14-plus. Information is here.
Russell Shorto reads from “Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. The historian and author of the bestselling “The Island at the Center of the World” draws from newly translated materials a new character-filled book about the birth of New York City. Information is here.
Peter Wolf reads from “Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters and Goddesses” at 7 p.m. at First Parish Cambridge Unitarian Universalist, 3 Church St./1446 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $40.89 with book. The Boston rock legend and former J. Geils Band frontman discusses his memoir during this Harvard Book Store-sponsored event. Peter Guralnick, biographer of Elvis Presley and Grammy-winner for his liner notes for “Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club,” joins. Information is here.
Paula Whyman reads from “Bad Naturalist” at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Porter Square, Cambridge. Free. The author of the short story collection “You May See a Stranger” discusses her memoir about trying to restore a 200-acre former cow pasture in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains to its natural state, and the humor, humility and awe the project inspired. Local novelist Laura Zigman joins. Information is here.
Harvard’s Theater, Dance & Media Thesis Festival at 7, 8 and 9 p.m. at Harvard University’s Farkas Hall, room 303, 12 Holyoke St., Harvard Square, Cambridge (and also Wednesday). Free, but RSVP. Staged readings of five original works (plays and musicals) by seniors. Information is here.
“Between Justice and Mercy: Lessons from Dinah’s Story” discussion from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. at Lehrhaus, 425 Washington St., Somerville. $10. With the biblical story of Dinah, Shimon and Levi as a starting point, author, musician and philanthropist Ethan Daniel Davidson leads a talk about justice and vengeance, drawing connections to today’s world but also exploring a quieter, more tender part of the story. Information is here.
Point01 Percent contemporary series from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square, Cambridge. $15. A cross-pollination of area musical improvisers. At 7:30 p.m., Forbes Graham (trumpet) and Nomi Epstein (piano and objects). At 8:30 p.m., mi3: Pandelis Karayorgis (piano), Nathan McBride (bass) and Curt Newton (drums). Information is here.
Ukulele player Charissa Hoffman and Acoustic Nomads at 8 p.m. at Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $25 to $30. The first ukulele principal to be accepted to Berklee College of Music is the director of the Uke Can End It campaign to combat human trafficking. Information is here.
Wednesday, March 12
Violinist and meditation guide Carson Marshall and Sufi Qawwali vocalist Umer Piracha from 12:10 to 1 p.m. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapel, Building W19, at the rear of 48 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. Free. A meditative sound experience with violin and Sufi singing. Information is here.
Sergey Radchenko reads from “To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power” from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in S354 of the Center for Government and International Studies, South Concourse, 1730 Cambridge St., Harvard Square. Free, but register. The Johns Hopkins University professor discusses Soviet foreign policy after 1945. Information is here.
“Late Fascist Aesthetics: A Theory of the Online Forum” lecture from 4 to 6 p.m. in the lower level conference room at Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St., near Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Harvard junior fellow Katie Ebner-Landy argues that “late fascist” use of “early fascist” tools – uniforms, visual symbols and crowds – is less important than use of the online forum: a tool the contemporary far right can use to move from fiction to reality in ways that blow other political aesthetics out of the water. Information is here.
“Puro Spirito” movement performances at 6 and 7 p.m. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Building W20, also known as Stratton Student Center, room 429, 84 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. Free, but register. As part of the MIT Artfinity Festival, two 30-minute performances from Porto, Portugal, artists Xavier Paes and Inês Tartaruga Água, who explore dance, air and sound with found and recycled materials. A reception and afterparty follows from 8 to 10 p.m. Information is here.
Omar S. Dahi on “Understanding Syria’s Transition in the Aftermath of the Assad Regime Collapse” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Tsai Auditorium at the Center for Government and International Studies, South Concourse, 1730 Cambridge St., Harvard Square. Free. The Hampshire College professor is joined by Lina Chawaf, chief executive of Radio Rozana, an independent Syrian media network broadcasting from France. Information is here.
History Hang at Paddy’s Lunch from 6 to 8 p.m. at Paddy’s Lunch, 260 Walden St., North Cambridge. Free, but donations are appreciated. A casual get-together with History Cambridge at Cambridge’s oldest women-owned bar. Hear from owner Ruth Allen about her experiences as a third-generation owner of this iconic Cambridge landmark. Information is here.
“Cabin Music” screening with the filmmaker James Carson performing music at 6:45 p.m. at The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $20. Lessons from the New York pianist and filmmaker’s building of a remote cabin and living and practicing music there in isolation. Information is here.
Double bassist Pascale Delache-Feldman presents “Roots and Reminiscences” at 7 p.m. at the Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free to $20. A faculty artist recital reflecting her French and Sephardic origins. Information is here.
“The Odyssey” adapted by playwright Kate Hamill (continued) at 7 p.m. at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $55 to $150 and 14-plus. Information is here.
Hub Comics “Book Clhub” at 7 p.m. at Hub Comics, 19 Bow St., Union Square, Somerville. Free, but bring a copy of the book with you. March’s title: “The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects” by Mike Mignola. Information is here.
Joyce E. Chaplin reads from “The Franklin Stove: An Unintended American Revolution” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. The Harvard history professor and author of “The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius” describes how Franklin’s understanding of the Little Ice Age as a “climate crisis” spurred him to invent a stove that modified how heat and air moved through the indoors. Annette Gordon-Reed, author of Pulitzer-winning book “The Hemingses of Monticello,” joins. Information is here.
Harvard’s Theater, Dance & Media Thesis Festival (continued) at 7 and 8 p.m. at Harvard University’s Farkas Hall, room 303, 12 Holyoke St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free, but RSVP. Information is here.
Build the Thrill adult night from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Legoland Discovery Center, 598 Assembly Row, Assembly Square, Somerville. $20, and 18-plus. Building and racing competitions – of tiny cars through Lego tracks – with no kids in sight and alcoholic drinks available for those 21 and over. Information is here.
Gaze to the Stars projection visible from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. on the exterior of the Great Dome at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 222 Memorial Drive, Cambridge (and also March 13 and 14). Free. This MIT Artfinity Festival work projecting images of varying students’ eyes, filled with stars, onto the Dome, as much as it may symbolize “shared human aspirations and dreams,” will never not look like a literal illuminati reference. Information is here.
Fiddler Isabel Oliart at 7:30 p.m. at The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville. $15 to $20. The 29-year-old Celtic fiddler and composer from Boston is a graduate of the New England Conservatory and Boston University. Information is here.
JigJam with Kieva McGonagle at 7:30 p.m. at The Burren, 247 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville. $25 to $35. As part of the Burren’s Brian O’Donovan Legacy Series, an Irish Bluegrass (“iGrass”) quartet, or what happens “when virtuoso Irish playing jumps the pond running naked through the wide open fields of bluegrass/Americana.” McGonagle’s an Irish harp player and singer from Co.Donegal, Ireland, now living in Boston. Information is here.
Thursday, March 13
“Still Marching 1970–2017” exhibit opening reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the community room at the Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge. Free. Filmmaker and photographer Liane Brandon brings together photographs of two Boston women’s marches nearly 50 years apart. Light refreshments provided. Information is here.
“Instagram for Artists” workshop from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Gallery 263, 263 Pearl St., Cambridgeport. $15. Learn content strategies for long-term results and for building visibility for you and your artwork and expanding your networks with Robin Cembalest, the former longtime editor of ARTnews. Information is here.
“Choosing a Commander: Myths & Realities Behind the Continental Congress’ Decision to Make George Washington the General” lecture from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Longfellow House and the Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St., West Cambridge. Free, but register. Author and local American Revolution historian J.L. Bell sifts archival documents to explore the politicking behind the Congress’ choice 250 years ago this July. Information is here.
“Moving Music” with Ana Schon and Tod Machover at 6 and 8 p.m. in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Building E14, also known as the Media Lab, 75 Amherst St., in Area II near Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free, but register. As part of the MIT Artfinity Festival, two showings of unusual premieres by MIT composers, including Schon’s “Here … Now,” which invites audiences to voyage through the Media Lab building, exploring the relationship between space and sound. Information is here.
Cartoonist Jorge Cham and neuroscientist Dwayne Godwin discuss “Out of Your Mind: The Biggest Mysteries of the Human Brain” from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Geological Lecture Hall, Harvard Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., in the Baldwin neighborhood near Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free, but register. Brain facts and mysteries and a book signing followed by Harvard brain scientists stationing themselves in museum galleries to await your brainy questions. A cash bar is available with wine, beer and other beverages much better for your brain. Information is here.
Cambridge Community Iftar from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Cambridge Street Upper School, 850 Cambridge St., Wellington-Harrington. Free, with registration recommended. All are welcome at this evening meal at which Muslims break their fast after sunset during the Holy month of Ramadan. Free halal food, and speakers. Information is here.
After Dark Series: Artfinity from 6 to 9 p.m. at The MIT Museum, 314 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free and 18-plus. The monthly after-hours event mixed with the MIT Artfinity Festival offers open exhibitions to browse, a sketch-a-stranger activity, playful art making, textile pattern design based on plant intelligence, a sustainability-focused data visualization exercise and a talk by Gaze to the Stars project designer Behnaz Farahi. Live DJ sets and food and drink for purchase, as usual. Information is here.
“Intervention: Ocean Blues (Behind-the-scenes)” (2018) screening from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Kendall/MIT Open Space at 292 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. Shown multiple times during the evening, the film gives a behind-the-scenes look at MIT lecturer Laura Anderson Barbata’s performance in 2018 during which The Brooklyn Jumbies Stilt Dancers, dressed as bioluminescent sea creatures, danced through the streets of Bushwick, New York. Part of the MIT Artfinity Festival. Information is here.
Project Insulin Pi Day fundraiser from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at The Turing Tavern, 1281 Cambridge St., Inman Square, Cambridge. Free, and donations appreciated. The goal of the annual event (also held in Providence) is to raise as many Pis ($3,141.59) throughout the campaign to progress the mission of making insulin affordable for everyone. Includes bingo (starting at 7 p.m.) with prizes from various organizations across New England. Also pies. Information is here.
Cat Bohannon reads from “Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. The researcher and science communicator refocuses human history to answer why women live longer than men, why women are more likely to get Alzheimer’s, why girls score better at every academic subject than boys until puberty (when suddenly their scores plummet), if sexism is useful for evolution and why menopause triggers night sweats. Information is here.
Riley Black reads from “When the Earth Was Green” at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Porter Square, Cambridge. Free. The author of “The Last Days of the Dinosaurs” brings readers to prehistoric landscapes where critical moments in plant evolution unfolded, underscoring the interactions between plant and animal species that helped shape the world we call home. Journalist Evan Urquhart joins. Information is here.
“The Odyssey” adapted by playwright Kate Hamill (continued) at 7 p.m. at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $70 to $150 and 14-plus. Information is here.
“Coming Attractions: My Body Is a Library” screening of short films with dance artists Liz Lerman and Paloma McGregor from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall (lower level). Free, but register. Films documenting a work-in-progress dance-based public art project about the roles of libraries and how our bodies also hold knowledge and stories. Harvard law professor Martha Minow joins. Information is here.
Sean Mason Quartet at 7 and 9 p.m. at Arrow Street Arts, 2 Arrow St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $44 to $84. As part of Celebrity Series Jazz Festival, a unique young voice in jazz. Information is here.
Gaze to the Stars projection (continued) visible from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. on the exterior of the Great Dome at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 222 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. Free. Information is here.
Saxophonist Seba Molnar at 7:30 p.m. at Regattabar, 1 Bennett St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $20 to $30. The Boston Jazz Foundation presents a night of innovation as the saxophonist, composer and educator performs with Debo Ray (voice), Billy Buss (trumpet), Jiri Nedoma (keys), David Ling (keys), Mike Gary (bass), Mike Gary (bass) and Tyson Jackson (drums). Information is here.
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