Thursday, June 26
Farmer Visits: Green City Growers from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. at the Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. A farmer stops by to tend to raised vegetable beds, inviting all to learn more about the beds and growing processes and help with the harvest.
“Historic Change: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Vera Rubin” at 3 p.m. at Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., near Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. The American Women Quarters Program honors astronomer Rubin for her work on galaxy rotation rates, which has been used as evidence of dark matter.
“Contemporary Queer: A Love Letter” from 4 to 7 p.m. at Gallery 263, 263 Pearl St., Cambridgeport (and continuing through June 29). Free. An art exhibition that serves as a “love letter” to the LGTBQ+ community.
Beer Garden pop-up with Lamplighter Brewing 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. This monthly event through October donates the proceeds of each $5 token to a local charity. Participants get one beer token per $5 donation, which can only be made online.
Navigation games from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Greene-Rose Heritage Park, 155 Harvard St., The Port, Cambridge. Free. Orienteering, like a treasure hunt in which you use a map to find checkpoints, is a fun way to get exercise and use the brain – and this version lets participants of all ages and skill levels choose their own route to be competitive or just enjoy being outdoors.
Harvard Art Museums at Night from 5 to 9 p.m. at Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., near Harvard Square, Cambridge (and the last Thursday of every month). Free. During this recurring event, wander exhibits, make art, catch spotlight tours, browse the shop, enjoy sounds from DJ C-Zone and buy refreshments from local breweries. Wander down to see the “Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking” exhibition, which closes July 27, celebrate the launch of the Harvard Art Museums: In Your Hands publication and the return of Vincent van Gogh’s “Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin,” which had been on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Innovation Trail Tour from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Boston Marriott Cambridge, 50 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free, but register. Learn about the local figures who were at the cutting edge of innovations such as the microwave oven and woven fire hose. Authors of “Born in Cambridge: 400 Years of Ideas and Innovators” Michael Kuchta and Karen Weintraub lead. Organized by the City of Cambridge and MA250.
Ramona Khaledi performs at 5:30 p.m. on Palmer Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Khaledi is a powerhouse vocalist and multi-instrumentalist from Toronto in her final year at the Berklee College of Music.
CX Summer Nights: Jill McCracken and Copilot perform from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Common at CX, 320 Morgan Ave., North Point, Cambridge. Free. Part of the summer concert series in June, July and August, this event features live music – including Jill McCracken’s emotionally raw retro soul and rock-pop from Copilot, fresh from Boston Calling – as well as food trucks, lawn games and opportunities to support the Cambridge nonprofit community.
Mizuhiki bookmark-making workshop at 6 p.m. at Bow Market, 1 Bow Market Way, Union Square, Somerville. $30. Learn to make a plum-knot Mizuhiki bookmark, a charming flower-shaped design, from staff at the Japanese design shop Ko-Kyoto. You’ll create one during the session and get materials for two more.
Rainbow Black & White Cookie Class at 6 p.m. at Mamaleh’s Delicatessen, 15 Hampshire St., Cambridge. $36. Learn how to make and decorate rainbow Black & White cookies from pastry chefs in this hands-on baking workshop.
Pride Month chocolate tasting from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 42 Brattle St., Harvard Square. $40. Learn some new things about chocolate and meet someone new!
Paddle for Pride from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mass Audubon Nature Center at Magazine Beach, 668 Memorial Drive, Cambridgeport. Free and ages 12-plus. Members of the LGBTQIA+ community, friends and family connect with nature from the cockpit of a kayak! Kayaks, paddles, safety gear and beginning paddler instruction are provided.
The Long Poem, a reading and discussion at 7 p.m. at Grolier Poetry Book Shop, 6 Plympton St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $5 to $10, but register. Elizabeth T. Gray and Daniel Tobin are featured.
Heather Clark reads from “The Scrapbook” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. In Heather Clark’s debut novel that begins at Harvard in 1996, Anna falls in love with a visiting German student, Christoph, but finds the relationship challenged by the roles their grandfathers played in World War II.
Divergent series classical music performances at 7 p.m. at the Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St., Harvard Square, Cambridge (through June 27). Free, but register. The third and final concert of premieres by composers in Longy’s 13-day Divergent Studio program, performed by Loadbang.
Jonathan Gluck reads from “An Exercise in Uncertainty” at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Porter Square, Cambridge. Free. Journalist Gluck writes about how he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare, incurable blood cancer, and given 18 months to live … now 20 years ago.
U.S. Girls performs at 7 p.m. at The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville. $34. The Toronto art rocker brings her mix of, as Pitchfork describes it, ’60s soul, ’70s funk, gauzy psychedelia, post-punk and synth-rock and wide-ranging topics from political paranoia to the value of FaceTime as a communications medium.
The Iara Magalhães Quintet performs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at The Mad Monkfish, 524 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, Cambridge. $10 to $30. Jazz from a group led by Portuguese vocalist and composer Iara Magalhães, a student at the Berklee College of Music.
Mardi Gras in June from 7 to 9 p.m. at Jill Brown-Rhone Park, near Central Square, Cambridge. Free. The band Legless Lizard bring the New Orleans-style tunes to an outdoor dance concert.
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 July 13). $65 to $158. The musical romantic comedy centers Dougal, in town from England for his father’s second wedding, and Robin, 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.
“Queer (Re)public Festival” performances at 7:30 p.m. (and continuing through June 29 with different performances) at Arrow Street Arts, 2 Arrow St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $10 to $25. This four-day inaugural festival showcases queer creators of color in dance, theater and collaborative art making, including Theater of Union’s jazz performance “Remembrance.”
Pecos & The Rooftops perform at 8 p.m. at The Sinclair, 52 Church St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $25. This country rock band has garnered more than 350 million global streams and more than 101 million views from its 2021 debut album, “Pecos & The Rooftops.”
Friday, June 27
Emerging Artists exhibit from noon to 4 p.m. at CAA@Canal, 650 E. Kendall St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. Day one of a show juried by Jameson Johnson of the Boston Art Review up through Sept. 12.
Divergent series classical music performances (continuing) at 1:30 p.m. at the Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St., Harvard Square, Cambridge (through June 27). Free, but donations requested. The first of a two-part concert finale to close out the 2025 session of the Divergent Studio, the school’s 13-day gathering to look for new musical directions. The program features works by Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Luciano Berio, Kate Soper, Gavin Bryars, Taylor Brook, György Kurtág, Lei Liang and Laura Cetilia.
“Contemporary Queer: A Love Letter” (continued) from 4 to 7 p.m. at Gallery 263, 263 Pearl St., Cambridgeport. (and continuing through June 29). Free.
City Dance Party from 5 to 11 p.m. at Cambridge City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square. Free. Gather on Massachusetts Avenue in front of Cambridge City Hall. Play Streets kicks things off at 5 p.m. on Temple Street for families and people of all ages. Music starts at 6 p.m.
“Personal Stories, Community Histories: Sharing the Power of LGBTQ+ Stories and Poetry” from 6 to 8 p.m. at Gallery 263, 263 Pearl St., Cambridgeport. Free. An evening filled with personal stories, poetry and readings from “Super Gay Poems.”
Golden Hour Concert Series from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mass Audubon Nature Center at Magazine Beach, 668 Memorial Drive, Cambridgeport. Free. This month, Keeme Tajudeen, a Berklee College of Music student vocalist blending gospel with jazz, pop, blues, rock and musical theater.
“I Love the ’80s to Death” murder mystery dinner from 6 to 9 p.m. at Summer Shack, 149 Alewife Brooke Parkway, Cambridge. $77. Tickets include a three-course seafood. Participants are encouraged to come dress in 1980s styles to solve the mystery.
Divergent series classical music performances (continuing) at 7 p.m. at the Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St., Harvard Square, Cambridge (through June 27). Free, but donations requested. Longy’s Divergent Studio’s finale of the 2025 session includes music by Christopher Stark, Jessica Meyer, José-Luis Hurtado, György Kurtág, Ruby Fulton, Chen Yi, Alexandra du Bois, Chaya Czernowin and Julius Eastman.
Robert P. Baird reads from “The Nimbus: A Novel” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Robert P. Baird, former editor of The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine and Esquire, discusses his debut novel about a divinity school professor’s toddler child who begins to mysteriously glow.
DIY screenprinting night at 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Bow Market, 1 Bow Market Way, Union Square, Somerville. $45. Dark Mode’s Bow Market storefront gives participants the chance to experiment with design and printing techniques. Each guest gets a T-shirt to print on and can bring their own items or customize a hoodie for an additional $20.
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 July 13). $35 to $158.
“Queer (Re)public Festival” performances at 7:30 p.m. (and continuing through June 29 with different performances) at Arrow Street Arts, 2 Arrow St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $25. The dance “In the Space Between” by Victoria Lynn Awkward, followed by a panel discussion, is the second-day offering in this four-day festival of queer art.
“A Boston String Trio of Contemporary Dimensions” concert at 8 p.m. at the New School of Music, 25 Lowell St., West Cambridge. $20. Pianist, improviser and poet Tatiana Castro Mejia jas a new strings-based ensemble that includes Ángela Varo Moreno on violin and Amelia Hollander Ames on viola.
Saturday, June 28
“History On The Line” exhibition from 10 a.m. to noon at Nathan Tufts/Powderhouse Park, College Avenue and Broadway, Somerville. A “History Un-Locked” drop-in chats to celebrate Massachusetts’ 250 years.
All She Wrote Pride Book Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (free and all ages) and 8 to 10 p.m. ($15 and for those 18-plus) at Connexion, 149 Broadway, Somerville. The all-ages event features books and other items for sale from local vendors, a coloring book station, drag story times and tabling by nonprofits. The adult party has books for sale, store five-year anniversary merch, music and performances.
Massachusetts Brewery Running Series at noon at Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St., near Union Square in Ward 2, Somerville. $35 to $55. This 5K fun run starts and ends at Aeronaut Brewing and is for all ages and fitness levels. It is untimed and you can run, walk or jog. Tickets include a craft beverage of your choice and a collector’s pint glass or series swag item from the Brewery Running Series.
“Contemporary Queer: A Love Letter” (continued) from 1 to 4 p.m. at Gallery 263, 263 Pearl St., Cambridgeport. (and continuing through June 29). Free.
A Kiln Theatre presents “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)” (continued) at 2 and 7:30 p.m. at Loeb Mainstage, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge (and continuing through July 13). $35 to $158.
“Queer (Re)public Festival” performances from 3 to 10 p.m. (and continuing through June 29 with different performances) at Arrow Street Arts, 2 Arrow St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. The dance “In the Space Between” by Victoria Lynn Awkward is at 3 and 8 p.m. ($25); a reading of Cheyenne Wyzzard-Jones’ play with music called “The Messenger” – about a youth who goes on a spiritual journey before becoming the next representative for her mystical nation – is at 5 p.m. Audience feedback is taken after the reading ($20).
Big Gay Prom at 5 p.m. at Bow Market, 1 Bow Market Way, Union Square, Somerville. Free; photos are $6.25. Don your best prom attire to win the title of Prom Royalty at a party hosted by Remnant Brewery that kicks off with dinner and drag performances hosted by Killah Crock and DJ Visty.
Flamenco artist Laura Sanchez’s “Welcome to Holland!?” at 7 p.m. at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill, Somerville (and continuing Sunday). $15 to $35. Flamenco dance, poetry, humor and film combine in the story of an immigrant mother navigates a landscape reshaped by trauma in a show meant to challenge stereotypes about motherhood and disability and celebrate caregivers and nontraditional families.
Dwight & Nicole perform at 8 p.m. at Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $30. Blending blues, R&B and soul with a rock and alternative sound, Dwight & Nicole have been nominated for 10 Boston Music Awards, 10 New England Music Awards and other awards, winning multiple times for Band of the Year, Vocalist of the Year and Best Blues/R&B Band.
Sunday, June 29
Lindy Hopcats practice from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge. $5 (cash or Venmo). Semistructured practice sessions for motivated dancers at all levels. No partner required.
Flamenco artist Laura Sanchez’s “Welcome to Holland!?” (continued) at 12:30 p.m. at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill, Somerville. $15 to $35.
“Queer (Re)public Festival” performances from 1 to 7 p.m. (and continuing through June 29 with different performances) at Arrow Street Arts, 2 Arrow St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. First a “fireside chat” about “The Audacity of Being Yourself” at a time LGBTQ+ people are villainized, with Grammy nominees Durand Bernarr and Diovanna Frazier talking with dancer Victoria Awkward ($25); at 3 p.m. is Awkward’s dance, “In the Space Between” ($25); at 5 p.m. comes another reading of Cheyenne Wyzzard-Jones’ play with music called “The Messenger” followed by a chance for audience feedback ($20).
Catherine Bowness and Alex Rubin perform from 1 to 3 p.m. at An Sibin, 1193 Cambridge St., Cambridge. Free. Catherine Bowness and Alex Rubin host this “bluegrass brunch” featuring local musicians.
“Contemporary Queer: A Love Letter” (continued) from 1 to 4 p.m. at Gallery 263, 263 Pearl St., Cambridgeport. (and continuing through June 29). Free.
A Kiln Theatre presents “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)” (continued) at 2 p.m. at Loeb Mainstage, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge (and continuing through July 13). $35 to $158.
Kelsey B. Toney reads from “The Unexpected Consequence Of Bleeding On A Tuesday” at 3 p.m. at All She Wrote Books, 75 Washington St., East Somerville. Sliding scale, or $22 with book. A funny “period-positive” book about a girl whose goal is to become the kind of doctor she needs to diagnose her intense period pain.
“A Great Day in WordPlay: A Performance Celebrating 25 Years of Poetry in Cambridge and Boston” at 4 p.m. at Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge. $25. Some of the featured artists include the Jeff Robinson Trio and Jerome Deupree and poets Regie Gibson, Michael Warrior Bonds, Iyeoka Okoawo, Brynna Boyd and Harlym125. All proceeds from this event go toward the Multicultural Arts Center’s Backstage Access Project, a campaign to improve access for artists, technicians and designers to create.
Meg Stone reads from “The Cost of Fear” at 5 p.m. at Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Porter Square, Cambridge. Free. In a book subtitled “Why Most Safety Advice Is Sexist and How We Can Stop Gender-Based Violence,” the executive director of Impact Boston, an abuse prevention and empowerment self-defense organization, describes smarter safety choices. In what has become monthly recurrences, Shameka Gregory, coordinator of Cambridge’s Domestic and Gender Based Violence Prevention Initiative, joins.
48-Hour One-Act Festival at 6 p.m. at The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville. $20. LGBTQ+ artists write, rehearse and stage one-act plays and perform in this one-night-only showcase.
Monday, June 30
Artful Evenings: Crafting for Adults from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Cambridge Public Library O’Neill Branch, 70 Rindge Ave., North Cambridge. Free, but register. Bring projects or start something new with the library’s assortment of materials and supplies. Snacks provided.
Butoh dance class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at SomArt at the Hive, 561 Windsor Place, Ward 2, between Inman and Union squares, Somerville. $10. Instructor Sara June encourages students to find and embrace movement in the avant-garde – dare we say “unusual” – movement form. Dancers at all levels are welcome.
Marie Rutkoski reads from “Ordinary Love: A Novel” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Emily is going through a troubled marriage when she has a chance encounter with her first love, Gen. She asks herself if she wants to risk everything to be with the woman who broke her heart so long ago?
“It’s a Date” unscripted comedy from 7 to 9 p.m. at Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St., near Union Square in Ward 2, Somerville. $27. Jaylene Tran returns with the show that feels like local reality TV, in which includes four blindfolded singles answers spicy questions from the audience. We wrote about it here.
“Wicked” movie showing at 8 p.m. at the patio at Grafton Street Pub & Grill, 59 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge. Free. In this 2024 film, Elphaba is misunderstood because of her green skin. When she befriends Glinda and the pair meets the Wizard of Oz, their lives take a different path. “Wicked” is paired with a themed drink.
The Fringe performs at 10:30 p.m. at Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square, Cambridge (and every Monday) $15. Remaining members of The Fringe (formed in 1971), tenor-saxophonist George Garzone and bassist John Lockwood perform contemporary jazz.
Tuesday, July 1
Midday Music: Zama performs from 12:15 to 1 p.m. at the Kendall/MIT Open Space at 292 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. Zama blends pop and R&B vocals with Afro-Caribbean rhythms.
Summer Concert Series: Maxfield Anderson & Trevin Nelson performs from 6 to 8 p.m. at Danehy Park, just behind the entrance at 99 Sherman St., in Neighborhood 9 just east of Fresh Pond, Cambridge. Free. A Bluegrass-Americana band with lively originals and classic covers. Co-sponsored with Club Passim.
Alex Beam reads from “Wallace Stegner: Dean of Western Writers” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. In this biography, Alex Beam of The Boston Globe chronicles Wallace Stegner’s career, spanning 14 novels and 17 works of nonfiction from 1937 to 1992, and his work as an environmentalist. (He even taught at Harvard for a while.) Author Joan Wickersham joins.
Peter Mendelsund reads from “Exhibitionist” and “Weepers” at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Porter Square, Cambridge. Free. Novelist Peter Mendelsund talks through his Covid depression in “Exhibitionist” and how – out of nowhere – painting helped him, when Mendelsund is not a painter. (The book includes 100 original paintings, along with a mix of bleakly funny and weirdly inspirational moments.) “Weepers,” meanwhile, is a funny fiction about a professional weeper, hired to cry at funerals, wakes, services and burials, in a world that’s numb until a messianic stranger comes to town.
“Rabbits: Why?” art exhibition and opening reception from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Gallery @SPL, Somerville Public Library, 79 Highland Ave., Central Hill (up through July 31). Free. At this opening reception, painter Gilmore Tamny discusses why she has wound up painting a good deal of rabbits when she isn’t particularly rabbit-identified.
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 July 13). $35 to $158.
Bluesy Tuesy Social Dance from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the New England Science Fiction Association clubhouse at 504 Medford St., Magoun Square, Somerville (and every Tuesday). $5 to $25. Omari DJs at this weekly partner blues dance event that includes a lesson for beginners in the first hour.
Wednesday, July 2
Lunchtime Concert Series: Preyhound from noon to 1 p.m. at the Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. The indie-folk band promotes its 2025 release, “Sand Dollars in a Silver Pail.”
Gallery Talk: “The Artist’s Toolbox – Experiments with Color in the Solomon Collection” from 12:30 to 1 p.m. at Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., near Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Harvard Art Museum’s Erica Lawton discusses the unusual tools used in making the colorful abstracts featured in the exhibition “The Solomon Collection: Dürer to Degas and Beyond” on view until Aug. 17.
Emerging Artists exhibit reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at CAA@Canal, 650 E. Kendall St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. The formal launch of a show juried by Jameson Johnson of the Boston Art Review up through Sept. 12.
Maris Kreizman reads from “I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. The debut collection of essays by the columnist Maris Kreizman, she details how her faith in government institutions have faltered and her move to the political left from Democrat.
Poets Kristina Andersson Bicher, Lily Brown and Lo Galluccio from 7 to 8 p.m. at Grolier Poetry Book Shop, 6 Plympton St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $10.
Brewery Book Club from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Lamplighter Brewing, 284 Broadway, The Port, Cambridge. Free, but RSVP and 21-plus. A collaboration with the Cambridge Public Library that this month discusses “Death of the Author” by Nnedi Okorafor.
Songwriters in the Round from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill, Somerville (every first and third Wednesday). Free. Four songwriters share the stage, taking turns performing and occasionally joining in on harmonies or guitar. Inspired by Nashville’s Bluebird Café “guitar pulls,” the event encourages conversation and collaboration.
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 July 13). $35 to $158.
The Lilypad Variety Show from 10 p.m. to midnight at Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square, Cambridge. $5. Enjoy new talent performing music, art, poetry, comedy, and dance.
Thursday, July 3
“Emeralds” exhibit from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., in the Baldwin neighborhood near Harvard Square, Cambridge. $15 (including access to the attached Peabody Museum). A new, intimate collection of stunning crystals, gemstones and jewelry.
Emerging Artists exhibit from noon to 4 p.m. at CAA@Canal, 650 E. Kendall St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. A show juried by Jameson Johnson of the Boston Art Review up through Sept. 12.
Rijah performs at 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. This Jersey girl brings light jazz, a husky voice and picaresque tunes as part of the Berklee College of Music’s Summer in the City concert series, and you can’t help but appreciate the effort to work “petrichor” in any set of lyrics.
Open mic at 7 p.m. at Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $8. A chance to hear who’s going to be discovered among the next great voices in folk, and possibly being that voice.
Blues Union dances from 7 to 11 p.m. at Dance Union, 16 Bow St., Union Square, Somerville. $10 to $25. A lesson in the first hour, then an hour to socialize, rest or practice with a partner before two hours of social dancing. Wear shoes that allow you to pivot; no need to bring a partner.
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 July 13). $35 to $158.
Patchwork electronic music night at 10 p.m. at ZuZu, 474 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, Cambridge. Free, but 21-plus. A showcase for local live electronic music artists.
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