Thursday, May 15
Spring Migrants from 6:45 to 8:15 a.m. at Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mount Auburn St., West Cambridge (and continuing through May 22). Free to $12, but register. Bring your binoculars to search for spring migrants and breeding birds. Bob Stymeist leads the walk.
“Thinking with Plants and Fungi” conference from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Ave., Baldwin, Cambridge (and continuing through May 17). Free, but waitlisted as in-person event. Artists, scientists, activists and others from the United States, France, the United Kingdom and more explore the science and studies of such topics as “Botanical Art and Fungal Sounds,” “The Light Eaters: The Past and Future of Plant Neurobiology” and “Rooted Resistance: Plants, Colonial Histories, Radical Futures.”
“The Age of Love” screening from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge. Free, but register. The film follows 30 seniors attending a 70- to 90-year-old speed-dating event. Director Steven Loring joins virtually for a Q&A.
“Castaway: The Afterlife of Plastic” exhibition review from 6 to 7 p.m. at Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. The Harvard art collective Tres discusses its exhibit of photos, maps and collected artifacts depicting marine debris and plastic washed up in Australia – an exhibit in the works since 2016. A reception follows.
Yum: A Taste of Immigrant City at 6:30 p.m. at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill, Somerville. $45 to $55 (with sponsorship options of up to $1,000). Dishes, drinks and discussions celebrating the diverse cuisines enjoyed in Somerville.
“Money for Change” book release event at 7 p.m. at All She Wrote Books, 75 Washington St., East Somerville. Free to $36. Kara Perez, founder of “We Bravely Go,” an online community for women to learn about finance, discusses her new book about building sustainable wealth for you and the planet. Bookseller (and Cambridge Day writer) Amma Marfo joins.
Poets Kit Schluter and Patty Crane from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Grolier Poetry Book Shop, 6 Plympton St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free, but register. With an introduction by C. Francis Fisher.
Scottish Country Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. at New England Science Fiction Association house at 504 Medford St., Magoun Square, Somerville. Free to $20. Teacher and dancer Kat Dutton emcees and instructs the social dance with gender-neutral language. The first half-hour is for participants who already know SCD, followed by a half-hour lesson for everyone and an hour of social dance.
Bazongas comedy from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Upstairs at Bow, 1 Bow Market Way, Union Square, Somerville. $23 to $34. Jokes about boobs by people who have them, have had them or want to have them. Four comics join headliner Janelle Draper, who has performed at the Wilbur Theater three times and opened for comedians such as Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall and Tiffany Haddish. Proceeds of the event, part of Boston Sex Week, go to Point of Pride, which funds gender-affirming health care.
“Utopian Hotline” performance at 7:30 p.m. the Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border (and continuing through May 18). $18 to $25. Inspired by the vinyl recording launched into space in 1977, the live performance invites the audience to imagine what that record would sound like today. The performance is composed of real voicemails left on a public hotline.
“Clown Town: A Queer Circus Variety Show” from 8 p.m. to midnight at The Jungle, 6 Sanborn Court, Union Square, Somerville. $12 and 21-plus. The show includes a live performance by Sidebody, a Somerville punk band slated to perform at Boston Calling this year, and a clown and drag show.
Scott Tarulli performs with Yağmur Soydemir from 10:30 p.m. to midnight at Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square, Cambridge. $15. Tarulli and his trio bring flutist and fellow Berklee professor Soydemir on stage.
Friday, May 16
“Thinking with Plants and Fungi Conference” (continued) from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Ave., Baldwin, Cambridge (and continuing through Saturday). Free.
Class of 2025 Graduation Party from 4 to 11:30 p.m. at Lamplighter Brewing, 284 Broadway, The Port, Cambridge. Free, but register and 21-plus. You don’t need to be a graduate to celebrate with games, film screenings and refreshments. Attend in a cap or gown and win a free raffle entry.
Somerville Homeless Coalition Exhibition opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill, Somerville. Free. The exhibition, “Echos,” features art created by homeless and nearly homeless folks. The reception includes music and spoken-word performances. The artwork, which is available for purchase, is up through June 30.
Solidarity Cabaret from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Citywide Senior Center, 806 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, Cambridge. Free. Music (including from members of the Good Trouble brass band), poetry, comedy, spoken word and a light dinner celebrate the Cambridge-San Jose Las Flores 2025 delegation, which was written about here. For information, email cambridgeelsalvador@gmail.com.
“Ask Two Sex Therapists” from 6 to 8 p.m. at Wild Child, 30 Bow St., Prospect Hill, Somerville. $30. Part of Boston Sex Week, the Q&A session with therapists Julia Postmen and Jeremiah Gibson begins with wine tasting. They also host “Sexvangelicals,” a podcast about sexual health and education.
Building Brighter Tomorrows Soiree from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Warehouse XI, 11 Sanborn Court, Union Square, Somerville. $100. The fourth annual event from the Elizabeth Peabody House celebrates the power of education with live music, food from Nibble Kitchen, awards and an auction on items including Red Sox tickets, a private birthday party at Legoland Discovery in Assembly Square and a private wine tasting.
Comedy with Eugene Mirman at 7 and 9:30 p.m. at Somerville Theatre’s Crystal Ballroom, 55 Davis Square. $36. Mirman is the voice of Gene on “Bob’s Burgers” and a regular on “Flight of the Conchords,” “Delocated” and “Archer.” The decadelong run of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival is the subject of the documentary “It Started as a Joke.” Tonight’s sets will be recorded for a comedy special.
Comedy with Tenael Joachim at 7 and 9:30 p.m. at The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville. $25 to $30. The Haitian comedian, who has opened for Colin Quinn, Janelle James, Maria Bamford and others, returns to Boston after a small tour in Europe. His conversational sets tackle race, society’s idiosyncrasies and the differences between life in Haiti and America.
“Utopian Hotline” performance (continued) at 7:30 p.m. the Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border (and continuing through May 18). $18 to $25.
“Affetti Musicali” concert from 8 to 9 p.m. at First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Harvard Square. $35. The final concert of the season for Duo Maresienne, a local ensemble who specialize in plucked and bowed instruments, this performance includes work by early Italian composers, including Claudio Monteverdi, Girolamo Frescobaldi and Giovanni Paolo Cima.
Carsie Blanton performs at 8:30 p.m. at The Sinclair, 52 Church St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $50 and 18-plus. Inspired by a tradition of artist-activists, including Nina Simone and Woody Guthrie, Blanton performs rock and pop music from her albums, including “After the Revolution” and “The Red Album.” All ticket proceeds go to Middle East Children’s Alliance.
“Brat Night” party at 10 p.m. at ZuZu, 474 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, Cambridge. $15. Dance to music from Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan and others at this neon-themed party.
Saturday, May 17
“Thinking with Plants and Fungi Conference” (continued) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Ave., Baldwin, Cambridge. Free. Today’s sessions include “Rooted Resistance: Plants, Colonial Histories, Radical Futures” and a closing address by Monica Gagliano, a ecologist specializing in plant communication and cognition and author of “Thus Spoke the Plant.”
Baby Disco Party from 10 a.m. to noon at Premiere on Broadway, 517 Broadway, Magoun Square, Somerville. Free to $18. Kids of all ages, and their parents should they choose, dance to music from a live DJ spinning 1970s hits from The Bee Gees, The Family Stone and other musicians. Food and drink available.
Trolley tour: “Industrial Line” at 10 and 11:30 a.m and 1 and 2:30 p.m. at Assembly Square Drive, Mystic River, Somerville (and continuing through May 18). $15 to $35. A Somerville Museum historian leads a 60-minute tour of the city’s manufacturing history and different industries that called the city home, including meat packing, Nerf ball manufacturing and biotechnology.
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border. $26 to $31. The celebration features family activities, live performances and guest speakers. At 5 p.m., the Museum screens “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” 2023’s Best Picture Oscar winner about a Chinese American woman who must use parallel universe versions of herself to protect a rupturing multiverse. The movie is free, but register.
“Willow” film screening at noon at The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $13. The 1988 film by Ron Howard is about the titular character, a farmer and aspiring sorcerer who protects a newborn princess from an evil queen. The late Val Kilmer is a co-star in the film, which had a short-lives sequel series on the Disney+ streamer.
Harvard Square Block Party from noon to 7 p.m. at Church Street, Cambridge. Free to $40. Local vendors, food, drinks, live music, community and DIY activities make up “The People’s Party.”
Third Annual Spelling Bee Finals from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge. Free. The bee celebrates the power of words and invites the audience to cheer on the contestants.
“Beyond the Algorithm” workshop from 2 to 4 p.m. at The MIT Museum, 314 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free, but register. Teens 13 to 19 teach their own artificial learning machine and build with it. The Teen Science Cafe includes free food.
Book Swap from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Somerville Community Growing Center, 22 Vinal Ave., near Union Square, Somerville. Free. Participants exchange books, get library cards from the Somerville Public Library and connect with Loving Little Minds, a nonprofit that provides children with multicultural books every month.
Haitian Flag Festival from 2 to 6 p.m. at Somerville City Hall, 93 Highland Ave., Central Hill. Free. A celebration of Haitian culture featuring music, food, art and performances.
“Lesson Learned” screening from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square. $10 to $20. The film depicts a newly promoted head teacher, Juci, and recently relocated student, Palkó, as they struggle to adapt to the educational system. The Hungarian film has English subtitles. Filmmaker Bálint Szimler joins.
Indian music played on the veena and mridangam from 6 to 8 p.m. at Linde Music Building, also known as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Building W18, 201 Amherst St., Cambridge. $30 to $45. Ramana Balachandhran plays the veena, similar to a lute, and Patri Satish Kumar is on the percussion instrument known as the mridangam, brought to town by MIT’s Heritage of the Arts of South Asia.
Bien-Aimé Baraza performs at 7 p.m. at The Middle East Downstairs, 480 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, Cambridge. $58. The Grammy-winning Kenyan musician and frontperson for the Afropop band Sauti Sol brings his raspy vocals to the stage.
“The Muse” concert at 7 p.m. at Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park, near Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free to $30. The final program of the season by the Sarasa musical ensemble is inspired by poets from Japan, France and Russia and features works by composers such as Philip Glass and Emilie Mayer.
“Utopian Hotline” performance (continued) at 7:30 p.m. the Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border (and continuing through May 18). $18 to $25.
Comedy with Luke Null at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. at The Comedy Studio, 5 John F. Kennedy St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $30. The former Saturday Night Live cast member blends comedy and music – his 2019 live stand-up album was “Guitar Comic” – with openers twin brothers Max & Nicky Weinbach, whose eccentrically stoic, besuited bits also incorporate plenty of music.
“Sorry 4 Party Rocking: A 2012 Rave” at 9 p.m. at Massasoit Elks Lodge, 55 Bishop Allen Drive, Central Square, Cambridge. $12 to $20 and 21-plus. The dance includes flash tattoos, a cash bar and classic songs by LMFAO, Kesha and Nicki Minaj and a suggestion to dress in 2012 apparel – dig out that “mustache necklace and I <3 haters hat.”
Sunday, May 18
Trolley tour: “Industrial Line” (continued) at 10 and 11:30 a.m and 1 and 2:30 p.m. at Assembly Square Drive, Mystic River, Somerville. $15 to $35.
Breakfast Book Club from 10:30 a.m. to noon at All She Wrote Books, 75 Washington St., Prospect Hill, Somerville. $7, or $25 with the book. This month’s title: “Burnout” by Emily Nagoski. Coffee and pastries provided.
“The Sex Ed You Never Got (But Always Needed)” workshop from noon to 2 p.m. at Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St., near Union Square in Ward 2, Somerville. $25 to $35. Part of Boston Sex Week, the class grapples with reproductive anatomy, birth control and navigating health resources targeted toward adults. The ticket includes a free beer. Presented by the High-quality, Inclusive, Vibrant, and Engaging Collective.
Inman Eats & Crafts from noon to 4 p.m. on Cambridge Street in Inman Square, between Springfield and Prospect streets. $23. The East Cambridge Business Association’s annual celebration of “everything Inman Square” has a long list of restaurants with food stands, a beer garden, live music and a Handmade Marketplace of more than 45 local vendors.
“Mozart, Haydn and George Washington?” concert at 3 p.m. at First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Harvard Square. $35. A George Washington actor attends this concert straight out of 1775, the year the real founding father visited the church. Movements include Mozart’s Credo Mass and Haydn’s “Ave regina.”
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras 67th season final concert at 3 p.m. at Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., near Harvard Square. $25 to $30. BYSO’s 67th year ends with Harvard University’s Federico Cortese conducting.
“Let’s Go Bugging!” pollinator survey workshop from 3 to 4:30 p.m. meeting at the Lusitania Meadow at 615 Concord Ave. in West Cambridge at Fresh Pond, Cambridge. Free and 14-plus. Join participatory scientists from Earthwise Aware and park ranger Tim Puopolo to learn how to help document arthropod activity around Fresh Pond and your neighborhood. No expertise required, but prepare by downloading the Anecdata app and joining the EwA Buggy project.
Orchestra Book Club performs “Sounds of the City: Music of Boston’s Past, Present and Future” from 3 to 5 p.m. at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill, Somerville. Free. The quick studies of the Orchestra Book Club keep up their focus on local composers with Piano Sonata no. 1 (a world premiere of orchestration by David Rahbee) by Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee, a Somerville-born Armenian American inspired by the folk music of her heritage; “Hello, Tomorrow!” (for orchestra and tape) by Yvette Janine Jackson, who blends acoustic writing with electronics inspired by her experience as a theater sound designer in this sci-fi meditation; and the “Aphrodite” symphonic fantasy by George Chadwick, founder of the Second New England School.
“The Glassworker” screening and discussion at 4 p.m. at the Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border. $15. The animated film from Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animation studio depicts the forbidden love between Vincent and Alliz, whose fathers fall on opposite sides of an impending war. Director Usman Riaz joins.
Cambridge Community Chorus presents “A German Requiem” at 4 p.m. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Kresge Auditorium, 48 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. $35. The city’s premier large-scale chorus performs work by Johannes Brahms for its spring concert.
Ravioli cooking class from 4 to 6 p.m. at Lamplighter Brewing, Lamplighter CX, 110 N. First St., North Point, Cambridge. $55. Make fresh pasta, cheese filling and marinara sauce and learn how to put it all together with a professional chef.
“Of Course!” annual spring party by the Cambridge Center for Adult Education from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 42 Brattle St., Harvard Square. $275. Learn about classes CCAE offers, sample cuisine from restaurants across the city, celebrate Gail Mazur – who founded the Blacksmith House Poetry Series – and join a brass band parade. Funds raised go toward scholarships, building maintenance and staff.
Stephanie Gorton reads “The Icon and the Idealist” at 5 p.m. at Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Porter Square, Cambridge. Subtitled “Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and the Rivalry that Brought Birth Control to America,” the book discusses the early leaders in the birth control movement. Ellen Gordon Reeves, author of “Can I Wear My Nose Ring to the Interview? A Crash Course in Finding, Landing and Keeping Your First Real Job,” joins.
Pico Opera presents “L’elisir d’amore” from 5 to 8 p.m. at The Foundry, 101 Rogers St., East Cambridge. $23. The 1832 Italian opera by Gaetano Donizetti depicts a chaotic love triangle that emerges after a quack doctor sells peasant Nemorino a fake love potion. The evening includes a performance by the Pico Opera Chorus at intermission and dessert with the cast following the opera.
Comedy fundraiser for chef Chuck Draghi from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at The Comedy Studio, 5 John F. Kennedy St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $35 to $55. Chef, comic, playwright and now host to a cancerous tumor, Draghi brings his favorite comedians on stage to help allay the costs of his treatment. The reception includes food from the chef, a cash bar, a raffle and an auction.
Harvard Square Book Club at 6 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. This month’s title: “Free Food for Millionaires” by Min Jin Lee.
“Utopian Hotline” performance (continued) at 7:30 p.m. the Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border. $18 to $25
Monday, May 19
Touch-a-Truck Road Show from 9 a.m. to noon at Joan Lorentz Park at 441 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge (in front of the Cambridge Main Library). Free. Part of Public Works Week, the city department invites community members to see, touch and explore DPW trucks and equipment.
“How Early Bonds, Melting Ice and Microbes Connect Us All” from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St., near Union Square in Ward 2, Somerville. $3. Part of the Pint of Science Festival, this series combines psychology, climate science and infectious diseases and teaches the audience how science shapes the world and meets its challenges.
Sahil Bloom reads “The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life” at 6 p.m. at the Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge. Free to $32 with the book. Bloom discusses his three years of research and describes the five types of wealth he discovered: time, social, mental, physical and financial.
Socially Conscious Film Series from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Somerville Public Library West Branch, 40 College Ave., near Davis Square. Free. The recurring event led by Emerson’s Daniel Moore continues with a repeat screening and discussion of Charles Burnett’s “The Glass Shield” (1994), a drama about the first Black cop in a unit.
Jonathan D. Cohen reads from “Losing Big” at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Porter Square, Cambridge. Free. Cohen, who has written about lotteries and other forms of gambling, looks at the country’s new $121 billion industry in “America’s Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling.” CommonWealth Beacon editor Michael Jonas joins.
A Conversation with Inventor Dean Kamen at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border. Free with registration. Kamen discusses his and his company’s work on human health innovations, including robotic arms, insulin delivery systems and more. (Kamen may yet be most famous for the Segway mobility device – which, bizarrely, in 2001 drew predictions from Steve Jobs it would be “as significant as the personal computer” and praise for being “revolutionary” from Jeff Bezos.) President of the museum Tim Ritchie joins.
Tuesday, May 20
Artist talk with Jenny Brockmann from noon to 1 p.m. at The MIT Museum, 314 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free to $18. The German media artist and sculptor is in discussion with MIT Museum Director Michael John Gorman about her work combining technology, science and art. Perhaps her iconic work is “Seat #12,” in which a dozen seats are arranged on spokes around a hub and, like a seesaw, the use of one seat changes the balance of the others – forcing each person sitting to find equilibrium with the group.
Tourmaline reads from “Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. ” at 6 p.m. at the Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge. Free to $35 with the book. Johnson, who threw the first brick during the Stonewall Uprising, is the focus of the latest by Tourmaline, on the 2020 Time 100 Most Influential Person in the World list. WBUR reporter Cristela Guerra joins.
“Public Housing” film screening at 6:30 p.m. at Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square. $10 to $16. Part of a celebration of local documentarian Frederick Wiseman, the 1997 film captures daily life at a public housing development in Chicago.
Bonsai Bar Class from 7 to 9 p.m. at Lamplighter Brewing, 284 Broadway, The Port. $85 and 21-plus. Learn about potting, pruning and designing bonsai and create your own tiny tree to take home while sipping on craft brews.
A Kiln Theatre presents “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)” at 7:30 p.m. at the Loeb Mainstage, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge (and continuing through June 29). $60. The musical romantic comedy centers Dougal, in town from England for his father’s second wedding, and Robin, a New York native and sister of the bride. Dougal and Robin’s unlikely relationship develops over 36 hours. Jim Barne and Kit Buchan composed the musical.
“Love Craves Cardamom” book launch from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Narrative, 387 Highland Ave., Powder House, Somerville. Free, but register. Author Aashna Avachat discusses her latest young adult romance novel about a young art curator who spends a semester in India. “Love Craves Cardamom” is the second book in the Love in Translation series.
Wednesday, May 21
Midday pop-up dance class from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The Hive, 561 Windsor St., Ward 2, Somerville. $17. Victoria Awkward leads the dance class, which includes strength-building, improvisations and other exercises. Masks, water bottles, layers and kneepads recommended.
Davis Square Market opening day from noon to 6 p.m. at 44 Day St., Somerville. Free to enter. More than two dozen local vendors sell at this weekly market. Stands sell a variety of produce, protein, baked goods and ready-to-eat meals.
“Slice of the City” meet up from 5 to 7 p.m. at Lincoln Park at the Albert F. Argenziano School, 290 Washington St., Ward 2, Somerville. Community members enjoy pizza and fresh air with city officials, including mayor Katjana Ballantyne, City Council members and city staff, outside of formal meetings. Seating and language access available.
“Time Travel without a Time Machine: Modern Approaches to Evolutionary Biology” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at The Comedy Studio, 5 John F. Kennedy St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $3. Part of the Pint of Science Festival, the series centers on evolutionary biologists and their quest to understand the distant past through genetics and experiments with rapidly evolving microbes.
The Art of Discourse Series: “How to Discuss What Matters Most” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at The Foundry, 101 Rogers St., East Cambridge (and on June 4 and 18). $50. Participants learn how to navigate difficult conversations in the first of three events in this series full of interactive discussions.
“Gardening in a Changing Climate” presentation and observation from 6 to 7:15 p.m. at Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mount Auburn St., West Cambridge. $13. Cemetery director of gardens and landscapes Rie Macchiarolo discusses strategies for taking care of the land. An observation of the plants and landscape follows Macchiarolo’s’s 30-minute talk.
Julia Masli clowns at 7 p.m. at The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville (and continuing May 22). $25 to $30. The Estonian clown brings her “ha ha ha ha ha ha ha” tour to Boston. The New Yorker described the set as a combination of clownery and group-therapy.
Poets Darren Black, Max Heinegg, Christine Jones and Heather Tressler from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Grolier Poetry Book Shop, 6 Plympton St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free, but register. With an introduction by Eileen Cleary.
Microgreens workshop from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Somerville Community Growing Center, 22 Vinal Ave., near Union Square, Somerville. Free. Learn how to grow microgreens – the fast-growing, extra-flavorful vegetables – at home with a starter kit. Ceilidh Peden-Spear leads.
Boston Lindy Hop presents “Somerville Stomp” from 7 to 11 p.m. at Samba Bar & Grill, 608 Somerville Ave., near Union Square, Somerville. $5 (cash or Venmo). A “community hour,” in which dancers enjoy a meal and practice a few moves together, and three hours of DJ’d music with lots of space for dancing and company. Food and drinks for sale all night.
A Kiln Theatre presents “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)” (continued) at 7:30 p.m. at Loeb Mainstage, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge (and continuing through June 29). $60.
Thursday, May 22
Spring Migrants (continued) from 6:45 to 8:15 a.m. at Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mount Auburn St., West Cambridge (and continuing through May 20). Free to $12, but register. Jeremiah Trimble leads the walk.
Beer Garden season preview from 4:30 to 9 p.m. at Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. $5 and 21-plus. The first of six monthly beer garden pop-ups. Participants get one beer token per $5 donation, which can only be made online.
Alison Bechdel reads “Spent” (standby line only) at 6 p.m. at The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $40 book included. Bechdel, the bestselling author of “Fun Home,” which was adapted into a musical, returns with a self-critical memoir about her own greed and privilege in a climate-challenged world. The event is sold out but may have tickets released five minutes beforehand to people in a standby line.
“Secure the Bag” cornhole mixer at 6 p.m. at Club Volo, 301 Assembly Row, Mystic River, Somerville. $10 to $15. Four players toss noncompetitively – no scores are kept – at this singles event focused on men seeking women and women seeking men, with organizers seeking advice on inclusivity for LGBTQIA+ connections and gender nonconforming folks at volopass@volosports.com. A mixer follows the game play.
Tea tasting and pottery class from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Curio Spice Lab, 2265 Massachusetts Ave., North Cambridge. $100 to $115. Participants create teapots and tea cups from scratch with help from Pottery with a Purpose instructors. The workshop includes a tea tasting, pottery trivia and prizes.
Julia Masli performs (continued) at 7 and 9 p.m. at The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville (and continuing May 22). $25 to $30.
A Kiln Theatre presents “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)” (continued) at 7:30 p.m. at Loeb Mainstage, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge (and continuing through June 29). $80.
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