Thursday, July 10
Double Take Exhibit Exploration from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., in the Baldwin neighborhood near Harvard Square, Cambridge (continuing through Aug. 31). $10 to $15. Because there are thousands of objects on display across all four museums that make up the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, it’s easy to miss things even if they’re right in front of you. This self-paced exploration reveals some details, stories and specimens hidden in plain sight.
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.
Cambridge Book Bike from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Donnelly Field (Berkshire and York streets), East Cambridge. Free. The Book Bike visits 10 parks over the summer to give away free books and run activities for Cambridge children of all ages. This program is in conjunction with the city’s Summer Food program.
“All Stars: The Sensational History of Athletics as Entertainment” exhibit from noon to 12:45 p.m. at Houghton Library, at Quincy and Harvard streets in Harvard Yard, Cambridge. Free, but register. Curators Matthew Wittmann and Karintha Lowe of the Harvard Theatre Collection discuss their exhibition of the wild period before athletes went professional, when boundaries between sport, theater, and spectacle were blurred. The curators will point out highlights from the materials on display during a guided tour.
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.
Gallery Talk: “Meaning Makers” from 12:30 to 1 p.m. at Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge. Free. Associate curator Yan Yang discusses a new installation in the East Asian art gallery that investigates paintings, textiles and ceramics from China, Korea and Japan.
Summer Concert Series: Gabe Kuchan from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Palmer and John F. Kennedy streets, Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Gabe Kuchan is a guitarist and songwriter who fuses funk, jazz, neo-soul, rock and folk. Co-sponsored by Club Passim and the Berklee College of Music.
Kintsugi workshop for beginners at 6 p.m. at Bow Market, 1 Bow Market Way, Union Square, Somerville. $125. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with natural lacquer and gold powder. Class time is three hours long and you will be provided with all the materials you need – including broken pottery.
“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.
“Bar Stars 2025” from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the top of the Artisan West Parking Garage at Assembly Row, 355 Artisan Way, Assembly Square, Somerville. $40. Watch bartenders make their restaurants’ signature drinks to compete for your vote. Restaurants include Cocolee, Earls Kitchen + Bar, Fuji at Assembly, Legal Sea Foods, Lucky Strike, Outback Steakhouse, Parla XXI, Posto, Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, Salt + Stone, The Lawn Bar, The Row Hotel, The Smoke Shop BBQ, Toca Chida and Tony C’s.
After Dark Series: Tangible from 6 to 9 p.m. at The MIT Museum, 314 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. $10 to $20 and 21-plus. Hands-on play such as designing your own musical instrument or using flexible mesh structures for interactive, expressive creations. Craft your own DIY stress ball. Get live demonstrations of work by Hiroshi Ishii, including a shapeshifting tabletop that changes based on hand movements above it and an interface that lets you become digital, then interact digitally with the physical world – like an online avatar that can push a button, play with a ball or maybe even remove a tumor from a world away.
Summer MockTales mixology workshop from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Somerville Public Library, 79 Highland Ave., Central Hill. Free, but register. Learn the basics of mixing up some creative non-alcoholic drinks with a literary twist. Supplies will be provided.
Trailer Treats at 7 p.m. at The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square. $13 to $19. The annual 35 mm celebration of fabulous (and fabulously horrible) trailers from The Brattle’s collection and beyond, including short films, cartoons and music videos.
Anne Whitney Pierce reads from “There But For Grace” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Cantabrigian and author Anne Whitney Pierce discusses her new book, in which a 53-year-old divorcee reenergizes her sex life in a year of reliberation – a fictional opposite to Melissa Febos’ writeup of a year of celibacy in “The Dry Season” – that turns into a funny look at the modern nuclear and extended family.
Mary Jo Bang reads from “Paradiso” at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Porter Square, Cambridge. Free. Poet Mary Jo Bang’s translation of “Paradiso” completes a reworking of Dante’s 14th century masterpiece with language and references recognizable to readers in the 21st century without, apparently,. losing meaning or majesty. “Bang has recognized that the ’Comedy’ is a living poem,” author Shane McCrae says. “Having translated it into a language alive to the very moment in which it is meant to be read, Bang has done the impossible: she has revitalized that which is eternal.”
A Night in Spain: Music and Food from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 56 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $30. Tapas, sangria and live music and dance, Spain without leaving Cambridge.
Pub sing from 7 to 10 p.m. at the café at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville (and the second Thursday of each month). Free. A pub-style singalong where anyone is welcome to lead – drinking songs, sea chanteys and any song with a singable chorus will be appreciated!
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.
Movies on The Lawn: “Paddington in Peru!” at 8:30 p.m. at the Great Lawn at Assembly Row, 399 Revolution Drive, Somerville. Free. The second of three monthly events welcomes families and friends to bring blankets to this outdoor movie. This 2024 film follows Paddington and the Brown family as they visit Aunt Lucy in Peru and takes them on a journey through the Amazon rainforest and to the mountain peaks of Peru.
Friday, July 11
Double Take Exhibit Exploration (continuing through Aug. 31) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., in the Baldwin neighborhood near Harvard Square, Cambridge. $10 to $15.
“Deep Dive: Headquarters of a Revolution” guided tour at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at Longfellow House and the Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St., West Cambridge (every Sunday, Monday, Friday and Saturday through Oct. 27). Free. Explore general George Washington’s first headquarters of the American Revolution, which celebrates its 250th anniversary this year.
Emerging Artists exhibit (continued) from noon to 4 p.m. at CAA@Canal, 650 E. Kendall St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free.
Gallery Talk: “Optiker” from 2 to 2:30 p.m. at the MIT Museum, 314 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge Free. MIT Museum studio director Seth Riskin leads a tour through Stephen Benton’s “rainbow” holograms in “Optiker,” an intimate exhibition that examines the intersection of light and vision.
Family Improv with Nova Comedy from 4 to 6 p.m. at The Foundry, 101 Rogers St., East Cambridge. $35 (includes one adult and one child, 8-plus). Adults and children learn to play and improvise in this family-friendly improv workshop.
Pridefest from 4 to 7 p.m. on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Kresge Oval, 70 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. Free. Celebrate LGBTQ+ identity, creativity and community with a main stage of speakers, drag, music and other performances with a surrounding festival of food, vendors, public art, political activists and educators.
Samba night with Receita de Samba from 6 to 8 p.m. at Centanni Park, Third and Otis streets, East Cambridge. Free, but donations are appreciated. The second installment of the Multicultural Arts Center’s Summer Series features Latin music and samba dance.
Bornready Boston from 6 to 11 p.m. at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill, Somerville. $20. Local creatives and artists are showcased in live hip-hop performances by Odio, Timaa, SeeFour and Annike with themed photo shoots, food trucks and vendors.
“Untamed” movie showing at 7 p.m. at the Harvard Film Archive at The Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $10. Directed by Naruse Mikio, this 1957 35 mm black-and-white film tells the story of Shima, a lower-class woman who realizes after a string of bad relationships with cruel and unremarkable men that her greatest power is her own resolve.
Outdoor movie night: “Rear Window” from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Kendall/MIT Open Space at 292 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. Get another look at the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock mystery film starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly.
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 Nova Comedy Collective presents Nebula Night at 8 p.m. at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill, Somerville. $10. Comedians and musicians come together in this showcase.
Beginner swing dance lesson from 8 to 9 p.m. at Boston Swing Central, 26 New St., Suite 3, Cambridge. $18 or $20. Learn the moves while enjoying the music of The Swing Legacy.
“A Wife’s Heart (Tsuma no kokoro)” film showing at 9:30 p.m. at the Harvard Film Archive at The Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $10. Husband and wife Shinji and Kiyoko want to open a small café that will require all the money they have, but life has other plans. The 1956 35 mm black-and-white film with English subtitles is directed by Naruse Mikio.
Mikayla Shirley jazz from midnight to 1 a.m. at The Mad Monkfish, 524 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, Cambridge. Free to enter. Late-night entertainment from a Berklee College of Music student.
Saturday, July 12
Plankton painting from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the MIT Museum, 314 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free with museum admission, but 13-plus. Capture photos of the trails created by plankton using high-powered microscopes and chronophotography with artist and scientist Jess Holz. The program begins with a short presentation about plankton from the Charles River.
“Deep Dive: Headquarters of a Revolution” guided tour (continued) at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at Longfellow House and the Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St., West Cambridge (every Sunday, Monday, Friday and Saturday through Oct. 27). Free.
Club Volo Dink ’n’ Date pickleball mixer at noon at Club Volo, 301 Assembly Row, Mystic River, Somerville. $10 to $15. All single pickleball players and all skill levels are welcome.
NorthBeast Regional Poetry Slam & Festival from noon to 7 p.m. at The Foundry, 101 Rogers St., East Cambridge. $12 to $25. A two-day poetry slam and festival with spoken-word competitions between 16 teams, workshops, readings and literary-themed community tables.
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.
Introduction to nature monitoring in the city from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at The Growing Center, 22 Vinal Ave., near Union Square, Somerville. Free, but register. Earthwise Aware cofounder Claire O’Neill teaches how to document and help the plant and insect communities of the center. No expertise required, but prepare by installing free apps on your phone. (If you don’t have a smart device, you’ll be paired with someone who does.)
“Saudades” immersive exhibit from 2 to 5 p.m. at MIT Theater Arts, 345 Vassar St., in the MIT/Area II neighborhood, Cambridge. Free. Play with fruits and flowers, write recipes, share stories of missed people and places, paint nails and eat orange cake while listening to local Brazilian bands Receita de Samba and Thiago Wolf. Created with California artist Crystal Vielula with Joseph Lark-Riley, Kevin Fulton and Emi Grady-Willis.
Meet the beekeeper from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Mass Audubon Nature Center at Magazine Beach, 668 Memorial Drive, Cambridgeport. Free, but register. Beekeeper Mel Gadd shows the creatives in an active hive and explains the importance of honeybees and other pollinators and some honeybee-keeping basics.
Somerville International Film Festival (through July 13) at 6 p.m. at The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville. Free. Indie films from around the world – 15 over two days, with each day split into a shorts package and a feature-length movie – ranging from less than three minutes on length to an hour and a half, including Switzerland’s “Third Wheel” and Finland’s “Amidst.” An under-the-radar event since 2016. Titles and times at somervillefilmfestival.com.
“Doctor Who” Meet up & Social at 6 p.m. at the New England Science Fiction Association clubhouse at 504 Medford St., Magoun Square, Somerville. Watch this classic science fiction television series (and be introduced to new episodes) from the BBC with fellow fans.
Summer Saturday movie night: “Inside Out 2” from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. This 2024 animated coming-of-age film got three out of four stars from our reviewer, who called it “a heartwarming take on the big emotions of early adolescence.”
Jess Bird reads from “Bless the Messy” at 7:30 p.m. at Connexion, 149 Broadway, East Somerville. $5, or $32 with book. Author and artist Jess Bird reads from her debut book, a personal growth reflection, and leads a demonstration in which participants assemble their own unique keychain trinkets using collage materials.
Thrust Fest drag (continuing Sunday) at 7:30 p.m. at Somerville Theatre’s Crystal Ballroom, 55 Davis Square. $34 and 18-plus. “Mid Thrust: A Storm of Magnificent Talents” features more than 60 drag kings local and from as far away as Toronto and Ohio with competition, classes and vendors.
Hubbub Comedy at 8 p.m. at Lamplighter CX, 110 N. First St., North Point, Cambridge. $15 and 21-plus. Write a question at the door and the comics may answer it live on stage.
Sunday, July 13
Queer Romance Book Club at 10:30 a.m. at All She Wrote Books, 75 Washington St., East Somerville. $7, $27 with book. This month’s title: “Lavash at First Sight” by Taleen Voskuni.
“Deep Dive: Headquarters of a Revolution” guided tour (continued) at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at Longfellow House and the Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St., West Cambridge (every Sunday, Monday, Friday and Saturday through Oct. 27). Free.
NorthBeast Regional Poetry Slam & Festival (continued) from noon to 7 p.m. at The Foundry, 101 Rogers St., East Cambridge. $12 to $25.
A Kiln Theatre presents “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)” (continued) at 2 p.m. at the Loeb Mainstage, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge (and continuing through July 13). $35 to $158.
Pro-housing ice cream social, 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday.The political action group A Better Cambridge IEPAC hosts an election season fundraiser to support volunteer work getting out the vote for candidates it deems will prioritize “more housing, tenant rights, and environmental sustainability.” Donations are $50 or pay-what-you-can for an event at a private home on Prospect Street near Central Square. RSVP here.
John Wayne’s Dream performs at 2:30 p.m. at Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St., near Union Square, Somerville. Free. John Wayne’s Dream plays traditional country, folk, blues and “old-time” music. The band brings life to music usually found on vintage recordings.
“Untamed” movie showing (continued) at 3 p.m. at the Harvard Film Archive at The Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $10.
Yu Chun Chan performs at 3 p.m. at Longfellow House and the Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St., West Cambridge. Free. Yu Chun Chan is a Hong Kong composer and player of the erhu – a two-stringed bowed musical instrument sometimes known as the Chinese violin or a Chinese two-stringed fiddle – awarded a full tuition scholarship last year to attend the Berklee College of Music. Presented in partnership with the Berklee Summer in the City concert series.
Boston Summer Opera presents “Rigoletto” from 3 to 5 p.m. at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill, Somerville. $14 to $25. Boston Summer Opera performs “Rigoletto,” an opera in two acts with music by Giuseppe Verdi and Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Baritone David Small is in the titular role, Colombian tenor David Rivera Bozón’s makes his debut as the duke of Mantua and soprano Hannah Shanefield returns to the role of Gilda.
Bastille Day Celebration from 4 to 8 p.m. at Noir, in the lobby of The Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free and all ages. A waiters’ race and traditional French music, plus vendors Noir, Praliné French Patisserie, Colette Bakery, Kured, MakoMacarons and Nouvelle Maison.
Somerville International Film Festival at 6 p.m. at The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville. Free. See films from around the world such as Norway’s “Latchkey Kids” and Canada’s “À toi les oreilles.” Check out titles and times at https://www.somervillefilmfestival.com/.
Thrust Fest drag (continued) at 7:30 p.m. at Somerville Theatre’s Crystal Ballroom, 55 Davis Square. $34 and 18-plus. It’s “The Spectacular Finish: The Diva Cup Competition” as the world finds out who’s the best among the event’s 60-plus drag kings.
Monday, July 14
Double Take Exhibit Exploration (through Aug. 31) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., in the Baldwin neighborhood near Harvard Square, Cambridge. $10 to $15.
“Deep Dive: Headquarters of a Revolution” guided tour (continued) at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at Longfellow House and the Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St., West Cambridge (every Sunday, Monday, Friday and Saturday through Oct. 27). Free.
Zach Adams reads from “Birds of New England: A Timber Press Field Guide” at 6 p.m. at the Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge. Free, $32 with book. Birder, writer and conservationist Zach Adams reads from his debut field guide, which includes photos, maps and nuanced information on how to find and identify each unique bird.
Butoh dance class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at SomArt@The Hive, 561 Windsor St., Suite 401a, Somerville (and every Monday). $10. Instructor Sara June encourages students to find and embrace movement in the avant-garde movement form. Dancers at all levels are welcome.
A/V Comedy Club: Interactive PowerPoint and Musical Comedy at 7 p.m. at The Foundry, 101 Rogers St., East Cambridge. Free. Comedians use technology such as video, PowerPoint, music and more. Audience members are encouraged to ask questions during this open mic performance.
David Thesmar reads from “The Price of Our Values: The Economic Limits of Moral Life” at 7 p.m. at the Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. In a conversation right out of the philosophical sitcom “The Good Place,” David Thesmar of the MIT Sloan School of Management explores the truly uncomfortable moral questions of where the need to be safe and comfortable outweigh people’s interests in the greater good – the people we see suffering on a daily basis that we usually walk past, for instance. The book by Thesmar and Augustin Landier tries to provide a framework for deciding.
Passim Monday Discovery Series: Peryle and Sam Dimitrius at 8 p.m. at Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free to $15. Peryle is a singer-songwriter whose music is a blend of indie pop and folk; Sam Dimitrius is a indie pop singer-songwriter who released two singles in 2024, “Keep Waking Up” and “Abercrombie Coat.”
Mr. Cardboard clown show at 8:30 p.m at The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville. $21. Trained clowns and theater makers from opposite sides of the world Miles Calderon and Levi Meltzer perform essentially a live-action, interactive Pixar film (or, more esoterically, something with a real “Forbidden Zone” vibe) with liberal use of cardboard. Reviews call the show “surreal, sinister and side-splittingly funny” as well as “occasionally poignant, willfully odd.”
Tuesday, July 15
Double Take Exhibit Exploration (continuing through Aug. 31) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., in the Baldwin neighborhood near Harvard Square, Cambridge. $10 to $15.
Cambridge Book Bike (continued) from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Greene-Rose Heritage Park, 155 Harvard St., The Port, Cambridge, Cambridge Free.
Gallery Talk: “Print Perfect – Dutch Printmaking in the 1590s” from 12:30 to 1 p.m. at the Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge. Free. Curatorial fellow Susanne Bartels gives an overview of print workshop processes in the Northern Netherlands in the 1590s and explores how and why Haarlem and Amsterdam became such prolific print production centers.
Tom Huangpu performs from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. Tom Huangpu is an indie folk singer-songwriter who plays as part of the Berklee College of Music’s Summer in the City concert series.
Summer Concert Series: Alam Vatya and Yoona Kim perform 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. Kim and Vatya come together to combine Korean traditional music and American Delta blues, blending these distinct genres in a contemporary, multicultural performance. Co-sponsored with Club Passim.
Book Club Book Moot at 6:30 p.m. at Pandemonium Books & Games, 4 Pleasant St., Central Square, Cambridge. $5. This month’s title: “This Princess Kills Monsters” by Ry Herman.
Alan Weisman reads from “Hope Dies Last” at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Porter Square, Cambridge. Free. A check-in with people who refuse to give up in the face of our oncoming climate disaster – the best of humanity battling heat, hunger, rising tides and imperiled nature as well we the engineers, scientists, conservationists, economists, architects and artists with creative responses to an uncertain, ominous future.
Michael Ansara reads from “The Hard Work of Hope: A Memoir” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Michael Ansara, co-founder of Mass Poetry and longtime activist and organizer, on what he’s learned about how a movement can build support when large parts of the country oppose its goals; how to connect with people who disagree with you; and how to build organizations that unite across racial lines – potentially useful items in a country that elected Donald Trump for a second time, in part by throwing diversity initiatives and trans people under the bus. He is joined by Archon Fung of Harvard’s Kennedy School.
Bluesy Tuesy Social Dance from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at New England Science Fiction Association clubhouse at 504 Medford St., Magoun Square, Somerville (and every Tuesday). $5 to $25. DJs play at this weekly partner blues dance event that includes a lesson for beginners in the first hour.
Wednesday, July 16
Double Take Exhibit Exploration (continuing through Aug. 31) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., in the Baldwin neighborhood near Harvard Square, Cambridge. $10 to $15.
Lunchtime Concert Series: Joe Everett from noon to 1 p.m. at the Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. Everett brings faithful blues and classic country gems as well as stripped down rock tunes. He released his debut album “What to Say” last year.
Emerging Artists exhibit (continued) from noon to 4 p.m. at CAA@Canal, 650 E. Kendall St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free.
“Accountability and Social Media Engagement of Charitable Organizations in Ukraine during the War” from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Harvard, CGIS-Knafel/North Building, second Floor, Room K-262, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge. Free. Olga Iermolenko of Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs examines the evolving landscape of accountability in Ukrainian charitable organizations, with a focus on the impact of social media engagement during times of crisis.
Streetwise speaker series at 6 p.m. at Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St., near Union Square, Somerville. Free. Miles Howard, journalist, author and founder of Walking City Trails speaks at a monthly event so-sponsored by the Somerville Bicycle Advisory Committee and Somerville Alliance for Safe Streets.
Jiayi Guo performs at 6 p.m. at Regattabar, 1 Bennett St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Guo is a 20-year-old Hong Kong-born pianist, composer and bandleader completing studies in jazz piano performance and composition at Berklee College of Music.
Somerville Poetry Workshop from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill, Somerville (and continuing July 23, and July 30). Flexible pricing. Each session begins with two city poets or summer poems, and classes end with 20-minute readings by visiting poets. Topics include form, line, structure, and generative writing.
Diane Kiesel reads from “When Charlie Met Joan: The Tragedy of the Chaplin Trials and the Failings of American Law” at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Porter Square, Cambridge. Free. Diane Kiesel examines a 1944 federal trial of Charlie Chaplin in which the comic actor beat charges yet lost a paternity suit by former protégé Joan Barry – despite blood type evidence that proved he was not her child’s father. The book asks whether Chaplin was unfairly persecuted by the government because of his left-leaning politics or if he should have been held more accountable for his cavalier treatment of Barry and other women in his life.
Adam Aleksic reads from “Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. “Etymology Nerd” Adam Aleksic (founder and former president of the Harvard Undergraduate Linguistics Society) discusses how social media influences our language – with slang emerging and goes viral overnight, accents being shaped or erased on YouTube and grammatical rules, loopholes and patterns surfacing and transforming our interactions, social norms and habits into something new online and in person.
Fantasy and Science Fiction Book Club from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Somerville Public Library West Branch, 40 College Ave., near Davis Square. Free. This month’s title is “The Fifth Season” by N.K. Jemisin.
Songwriters in the Round from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Rooted café 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.
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). An hourlong community hour followed by three hours of DJ music with lots of space for dancing and good company. Food and drinks for sale all night.
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival “Most Wanted” tour at 8 p.m. at Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $25. Features Louie Lou Louis, Alex Radus and Tina Ross. Louis brings his unique blend of folk, jazz, and global music; Radus uses his guitar for storytelling with an eclectic mix of Americana, swing, blues, folk; Ross draws inspiration from folk, jazz, Americana and her own experiences.
Thursday, July 17
Double Take Exhibit Exploration (through Aug. 31) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., in the Baldwin neighborhood near Harvard Square, Cambridge. $10 to $15.
Cambridge Book Bike (continued) from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Danehy Park, 99 Sherman St., in Neighborhood 9 just east of Fresh Pond, Cambridge Free.
Emerging Artists exhibit (continued) from noon to 4 p.m. at CAA@Canal, 650 E. Kendall St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free.
Summer Concert Series: Izzie Bannister from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Palmer and John F. Kennedy streets, Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Bannister, blending jazz, R&B and pop, released her first single, “Unavailable” in April. Co-sponsored by Club Passim and the Berklee College of Music.
CX Summer Nights: Rijah and Zola Simone 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 by 2021 Album of the Year Boston Music Awards-nominated Simone (for her debut album, “Now You See Me”) and Rijah brings light jazz, a husky voice and picaresque tunes to the mix.
Throwback Thursday movie night: “Flubber” from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. This 1997 movie starring Robin Williams follows a professor who invents a bouncy and fun substance. The film was a box office success grossing $178 million worldwide.
Live Music on The Lawn: Kooked Out performs from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Great Lawn at Assembly Row, 399 Revolution Drive, Somerville. Free. A blend of indie, surf-pop, alternative, punk and reggae.
Laura Poppick reads from “Strata: Stories from Deep Time” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Poppick takes the reader through the stories of our planet’s 4.54-billion-year history written in strata, seen in ages-old remnants of ancient sea floors, desert dunes and riverbeds striping landscapes around the world.
Lawrence Millman reads from “Drinks with God” at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Porter Square, Cambridge. Free. In this satirical look at Biblical figures, Lawrence Millman reimagines god as a celestial klutz, Jesus as weirdo and other figures from Noah to satan in new ways.
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.
Atomic Comedy Indie Improv Night from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the café at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville. Free, but register. An independently produced monthly improv show featuring new and veteran talent.
Third Thursdays jazz with Dave Bryant and Friends at 8 p.m. at Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave., near Harvard Square, Cambridge. $10. This month, keyboardist and composer Bryant presents improvised music with Eric Barber (saxophones), Stephen Haynes (cornet, flugelhorn), Kit Demos (bass) and Curt Newton (drums).
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