Thursday, July 31
Cambridge Book Bike from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Glacken Field, 600 Huron Ave., West Cambridge. Free. The Book Bike visits 10 parks over the summer to give away books and run activities for Cambridge children of all ages in conjunction with the city’s Summer Food program.
Harvard Art Museums at Night from 5 to 9 p.m. at the 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.
Summer Concert Series: Maren Doughty from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Palmer and John F. Kennedy streets, Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Doughty is a folk singer-songwriter in an event co-sponsored by Club Passim and the Berklee College of Music.
“Gospel of the Negro Leagues Closing Conversation” from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge. $15 suggested donation. A conversation with Cambridge-based baseball historian Bill Nowlin, Red Sox alum Sam Horn and artist Bill Chapman.
Title Boxing Club outdoor workshop at 6:30 p.m. at Assembly Row, 355 Artisan Way, Assembly Square, Somerville. Free, but register and ages 13-plus. An authentic shadow boxing class for all levels. Bring a mat, water and wear workout clothes.
Dive Bar Night at 7 p.m. at Somerville Theatre’s Crystal Ballroom, 55 Davis Square. Free and 21-plus. The tacky bar decor comes out and you’re invited to sit at the bar, have a drink, have some pretzels, watch TV and listen to music (buying a shot gets you a song on the queue).
Cal Hoffman reads from “Easy to Slip: A Novel” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. When his uncle becomes a movie star, Sam Kovner suffers a breakdown as he arrives in New York to attend Columbia University. This novel, set in 1976, has been praised by Pulitzer-winning journalist Carl Bernstein: “At once memoir, novel and reportage, Cal Hoffman brings us his remarkable gift for the most intimate storytelling: probing his own young psyche, through the language and tools of a writer, to unravel and overcome the hellish mysteries of psychosis.” Author Audrey Schulman joins.
“Sing for Science” podcast featuring Neko Case and Rebecca McMackin at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border. $15. Moderated by podcast host Matt Whyte, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and gardener Neko Case and ecologist Rebecca McMackin talks about music, native plants and ecological restoration in this live taping of a podcast. Sponsored by the Museum’s Center for the Environment.
Voice in Motion: Painting and Performance at 7 p.m. at Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Road, in the Spring Hill neighborhood. $10. This performance invites the audience to provide prompts and Flor Delgadillo will use your words to create paintings through dance movements, allowing words, dance and visual art to come together in a collective vision.
Bruce Gertz Trio at 7 p.m. at Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St., near Union Square, Somerville. Free. Gertz is an award-winning jazz bassist and composer. “Few artists manage to blend technical prowess with such expressive clarity,” said Candace Avery, of the International Songwriting Competition.
Poets Diana Arterian, Frannie Lindsay and Ariel Yelen 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 Susan Barba.
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.
Friday, Aug. 1
Gallery Talk: “Optiker” from 2 to 2:30 p.m. at The MIT Museum, 314 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge Free. 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.
Outdoor movie night: “Song of the Sea” from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Kendall/MIT Open Space at 292 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. A visually stunning 2014 animated film that explores Irish folklore through the story of a young boy and his sister seeking to save the spirit world.
Waves: Rhythm and Motion from 6 to 8 p.m. at Centanni Park at the Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge. Free, registration required. A celebration of Caribbean and African music and movement, featuring Dis-N-Dat, steel pan champions who blend roots reggae, dancehall, R&B and Trinidadian steel pan sounds.
Remembering Andrea Gibson at 7 p.m. at Connexion, 149 Broadway, East Somerville. Free. All She Wrote Books hosts a celebration to honor the poet with a reading.
Yoko Miwa Trio performs from 7 to 8:15 and 8:45 to 10 p.m. at The Mad Monkfish, 524 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, Cambridge. Free, but $25 food-and-drink minimum. The Japan-born jazz pianist performs with Brad Barrett (acoustic bass) and Scott Goulding (drums).
Feet Keep the Beat festival: “Lineage” from 7 to 10 p.m. at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville. $35 to $40. The festival presents percussive dance – in which the feet create a rhythm like a percussive instrument – including styles such as tap, flamenco, West African dance, step and kathak. We wrote about it here.
Harvard Summer Chorus presents “Bearing Witness: Dvořák and Bonds” at 8 p.m. at Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., near Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Conducted by Andrew Clark, the Harvard Summer Chorus presents the Boston première of Antonín Dvořák’s original 1876 “Stabat Mater” in its rarely performed version for voices and piano, an intimate meditation on grief composed after the death of the composer’s infant daughter.
MIT Summer Philharmonic Orchestra presents “Sustaining our Beautiful Planet” at 8 p.m. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Kresge Auditorium, 48 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. Free. Works by renowned composers Jonathan Dove and Gustav Mahler, performed by accomplished musicians from MIT and Greater Boston.
Gordon Websters’ Pre-Lawn-Party party from 8 to 9 p.m. at Boston Swing Central, 26 New St., Suite 3, Cambridge. $20 to $30. Learn the moves at the Q Ballroom.
Jam session with saxophonist Andy Voelker from 10 p.m. to midnight at The Mad Monkfish, 524 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, Cambridge. Free. The improviser and composer brings along members from a rotating rhythm section of local greats.
Saturday, Aug. 2
“Dance Party 101” at 9:30 a.m. at The Dance Complex, 536 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, Cambridge. $20. Get trained to dance at parties or just have a good time.
Glow Within: Meditative Self-Portraits in Watercolor at 10 a.m. at Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Road, in the Spring Hill neighborhood. $10. Explore watercolors as a meditative art form, creating gentle self-portraits of mood, memory and color with instructor Flor Delgadillo.
Tai Chi under a Tree from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Waterhouse Street entrance of Cambridge Common, near Harvard Square. Free. Explore qigong warmups and the elements of tai chi with Ellen DeGenova during this Cambridge Plays event.
Mass 50501 “Rage Against the Regime” from noon to 4 p.m. at Cambridge Common, near Harvard Square. Mass 50501 hosts a festival of nonviolent resistance with art, live music, education (and ice cream). Attendees can connect with local groups doing community work such as organizing mutual aid or fighting for immigrants’ rights and learn about the power of boycotts and other tactics of economic noncooperation.
Summer spotlight tour from 2 to 2:50 p.m. at the Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge. Free. A tour led by Harvard students that explore three or four works on view through a theme of the student’s choosing.
Nature Play Day from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Magazine Beach Park Nature Center, at the river end of Magazine Street, Cambridgeport. Free. Search the park for interesting plants and animals, learn what makes each unique and play games along the way.
Somer Fest from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at Seven Hills Park, Davis Square, Somerville. Free. A DJ spins and there are folk, R&B, hip-hop and genre-fusion performances from soloists and bands that emphasize people of color. Sponsored by Citixen Joy in partnership with the Somerville Arts Council.
Lamplighter’s “Beer School” tour and tasting from 4 to 5 p.m. at Lamplighter Brewing, 284 Broadway, The Port, Cambridge. $34, but 21-plus. For this monthly event, each ticket includes one 6-ounce welcome beer and a flight of samples, a guided tasting and behind-the-scenes brewery tour, a beer school “quiz” (with an answer key) and a Lamplighter Beer School diploma.
Argentine empanada culinary class from 4 to 6 p.m. at The Foundry, 101 Rogers St., East Cambridge. $85. Learn to make Argentine empanadas from an experienced Argentine chef from the pop-up Valientes Bakery.
Donna Byrne Quartet performs from 7 to 8:15 and 8:45 to 10 p.m. at The Mad Monkfish, 524 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, Cambridge. Free, but $25 food-and-drink minimum. The heralded jazz singer performs with Tim Ray (piano), Marshall Wood (double bass) and Les Harris Jr. (drums).
Boston Tap Party from 7 to 9 p.m. at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville. $37.50. This fifth annual celebration of the art of tap dancing includes all-levels classes taught by guest artists from across the country, a showcase of faculty from the Deborah Mason Performing Arts Center and a tap jam with a band.
Outdoor movie night: “Shrek” from 9 to 11 p.m. at Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St., near Union Square in Ward 2, Somerville. Free. “Shrek” is a 2001 American animated fantasy comedy film based loosely on the 1990 children’s picture book “Shrek!” by William Steig. Mike Myers stars as Shrek, Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona and John Lithgow as Lord Farquaad.
Sunday, Aug. 3
Summer spotlight tour from 2 to 2:50 p.m. at the Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge. Free. A tour led by Harvard students that explore three or four works on view through a theme of the student’s choosing.
Poetry reading: Richard Blanco at 3 p.m. at Longfellow House and the Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St., West Cambridge. Free. The New England Poetry Club sponsors this reading with the youngest – and the first Latinx, immigrant and gay – presidential inaugural poet. Appointed by president Barack Obama, Blanco is only the fifth person in the post in U.S. history and in 2023 was awarded the National Humanities Medal by president Joe Biden from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Pottery with a Purpose Sip & Sculpt from 3 to 5 p.m. at Lamplighter Brewing, 284 Broadway, The Port. $60, and 21-plus. Founder Samantha Hoff provides materials and know-how, and attendees choose air-dry clay or a waterproof and food-safe version of pots to sculpt for variety of purposes.
Amy Jay performs from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square, Cambridge. $15 to $20. New York indie alt-folk singer songwriter Jay releases her album “Mnemonics” in November.
Beginner Bollywood workshop from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The Dance Complex, 536 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, Cambridge. $20 to $22. Boston Bollywood celebrates the Indian film industry with dance forms rooted in South Asian classical, contemporary and folk styles.
Big Belly Food Festival from 4 to 8 p.m. at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill, Somerville. $30 for access to the food festival and five tokens redeemable at the 20-plus stands of “family-run spots, hole-in-the-wall legends, regional specialties and bold new culinary experiments that have been carefully curated from local chefs,” with additional tokens available for purchase.
Craft Café from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bow Market, 1 Bow Market Way, Union Square, Somerville. Free. Bring a project to create with other crafters.
2025 T@F Gala from 6 to 9 p.m. at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill, Somerville. $20 donation. A fundraiser for Somerville’s Theatre@First, with drinks and dinner available for purchase from the Rooted Cafe and dancing, socializing and a sneak peek at the upcoming “Festival@First 13: Superstitious.” Show up in “that amazing outfit that you never thought you’d wear, your ’90s prom dress, the vintage wedding dress you thrifted last week or wear your pajamas.”
Dead to the Core: An Acoustic Celebration of the Grateful Dead at 7 p.m. at Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. $23 to $25. Dead to the Core is a collective of singer-songwriters and acoustic musicians, led by musician-author Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers and featuring Jefferson Hamer, Steve Roy and Wendy Sassafras Ramsay. Interspersed with the music are clips from Rodgers’ own interviews with Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, in which they reflect on the roots and evolution of the music.
Monday, Aug. 4
“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 (continuing every Sunday, Monday, Friday and Saturday through Oct. 27). Free. Explore general George Washington’s first headquarters of the American Revolution, which marks its 250th anniversary this summer.
Pollinator Biodiversity and Climate Citizen Science opportunity from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Fresh Pond’s Lusitania Meadow at 615 Concord Ave., Cambridge (and every Monday) Free. Get training to help with Earthwise Aware’s national research surrounding the impact of climate change on the life cycles of plants, insects and more.
Water treatment plant tour from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Water Department facility at 250 Fresh Pond Parkway, in West Cambridge at Fresh Pond, Cambridge. Free. Get to know where your water comes from, chat with water treatment staff and see the equipment in action, including the water-quality lab.
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.
Alan Reuther reads from “Roy Reuther and the UAW: Fighting for Workers and Civil Rights” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. The son of labor organizer Roy Reuther and nephew of famed labor leader Walter Reuther examines his father’s time in the labor and civil rights movements. Roy was a key figure in the historic Flint sit-down strike that gave birth to the United Auto Workers. Community organizer Evan MacKay joins.
Allan Chase Quintet at 7 p.m. at Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square, Cambridge. $15. The jazz saxophonist and composer at the Berklee College of Music brings his Standards Project, a set of rarely heard songs, to this intimate setting.
Picture + Panel: Resistance and Resilience with Mattie Lubchansky and Denali Sai Nalamalapu at 7 p.m. at the Boston Figurative Arts Center, 285 Washington St., Ward 2, Somerville. Free to $5 and 21-plus. Lubchansky, cartoonist and illustrator of “Boys Weekend” and “Simplicity”; and Nalamalapu, climate organizer and author of the debut graphic novel, “Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance,” are at this monthly confab of graphic-novel creators. Sponsored by the Boston Figurative Arts Center, Porter Square Books and the Boston Comic Arts Foundation.
Jerry Bergonzi Quartet from 8:30 to 10 p.m. at Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square, Cambridge (and continuing most Mondays). $10 to $15. Bergonzi brings his tenor sax mastery to this seated show with bandmates Phil Grenadier on trumpet and Luther Gray on drums.
Tuesday, Aug. 5
Cambridge Book Bike 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. The Book Bike visits 10 parks over the summer to give away books and run activities for Cambridge children of all ages with the city’s Summer Food program.
Gallery Talk: Beneath the Surface of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s “Why Born Enslaved!” from 12:30 to 1 p.m. at the Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge. Free. Conservator Susan Costello and exhibition curator Marina Kliger discuss the painted plaster version of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s 1868 sculpture “Why Born Enslaved!,” on display for the first time in the exhibition “The Solomon Collection: Dürer to Degas and Beyond” through Aug. 17.
Summer nights paddling from 4:45 to 8 p.m. at the Nature Center at Magazine Beach, 668 Memorial Drive, Cambridgeport. Free, but register and 12-plus. This guided ecotour by kayak welcomes paddlers of all abilities. Gear is provided and the program begins with beginner paddler instruction.
Estefanía Núñez Villamandos performs from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. The Cuban pianist, composer and arranger mixes jazz, flamenco and Latin American folklore as part of the Berklee College of Music’s Summer in the City concert series.
National Night Out from 5 to 8 p.m. at Dilboy Stadium, 110 Alewife Brook Parkway, Somerville. Free and all ages. Food, music, prizes and entertainment at an annual event promoting police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie with the goal of making safer, more caring places to live.
Summer Concert Series: Adam Hendey 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. The multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer has collaborated and performed with stars such as Maura Shawn Scanlin, Elias Alexander, Eliot Grasso, Éilís Kennedy, Hanneke Cassel and Alasdair Fraser. Co-sponsored with Club Passim.
Noah Giansiracusa reads from “Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. A mathematician explains how tech giants and financial institutions use formulas to get ahead and how anyone can use these same formulas in their everyday life. He discusses how to handle risk rationally, make better investments, take control of your social media and reclaim agency over decisions made each day. Harvard’s Jordi Weinstock joins.
Comedy Open Mic Night at 10 p.m. at The Jungle, 6 Sanborn Court, Union Square, Somerville. Free, and 21-plus. Come reveal comedic talent (or lack of it) with host Peter Liu.
Wednesday, Aug. 6
Fiber Crafts Group from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Cambridge Library’s O’Connell Branch, 48 Sixth St., East Cambridge. Free. Bring a project and drop in to crochet, sew, embroider, knit, cross stitch, spin or mend with other crafters.
Lunchtime Concert Series: Will McGovern from noon to 1 p.m. at the Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. The singer-songwriter writes and sings pop songs about faraway places.
Midday Music: Veronica Robles from 12:15 to 1 p.m. at the Kendall/MIT Open Space at 292 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge. Free. Mariachi singer, musician, Latin American folkloric dancer and choreographer Veronica Robles is joined by her All Women Mariachi Band.
Peter Guralnick reads from “The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World” at 6 p.m. at Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge. Free, RSVP required. Guralnick presents this dual portrait of the relationship between Elvis Presley and his legendary manager, Col. Tom Parker, drawing on a wealth of the colonel’s never-before-seen correspondence. Boston rock ’n’ roll legend Peter Wolf – former frontman of the J. Geils Band – joins.
The Sean Temme Group jazz ensemble from 6 to 8 p.m. at Regattabar, 1 Bennett St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. A contemporary jazz ensemble led by 22-year-old trumpeter and composer Sean Temme. The ensemble features Jackson Sena Grant on tenor saxophone, Sam Marston on piano, Nico Jin on bass and Julian Pavone on drums.
“Mom” absurdist circus show about motherhood and art exhibition from 6 to 8:30 p.m. (continuing Aug. 7-8) at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill, Somerville. $35 to $100. Shir Livne presents her solo show on motherhood using circus skills, storytelling and pages upon pages of fiery teenage journals and offers a look at a “Making It Up” collective art show – a collaborative and communal art making activity.
David Levithan and Jens Lekman read from “Songs for Other People’s Weddings: A Novel” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. Author Levithan and singer-songwriter Lekman present their novel about an unlucky-in-love wedding singer, J, who is trying to find the right words to save his relationship. J doesn’t know whether to encourage the soon-to-be-wed couples he sings to, or warn them.
Deadword Theatre presents “Four Genres in Search of a Plot” at 7 p.m. at The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville. $7 to $20 and all ages. A one-person show is derailed by the appearance of characters from different genres who are seemingly oblivious to the world they are in – a play suggestive of the metanarrative of Pirandello’s 1921 “Six Characters in Search of an Author.”
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.
Family Movie on the Lawn: “The Super Mario Bros. movie: Interactive!” from 7 to 9 p.m. at Somerville Public Library, 79 Highland Ave., Central Hill. Free. Based on the Super Mario video games, this 2023 animated film is about a plumber named Mario who teams up with his friends, Princess Peach and Toad, to find Mario’s brother, Luigi. Get ready for a bit of yelling, singing and throwing stuff during the movie.
Screen on the Green: “Turning Red” from 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. at Greene-Rose Heritage Park, 155 Harvard St., The Port, Cambridge. Free. Snacks are provided by the Cambridge Summer Food Program. In this 2022 American animated coming-of-age fantasy comedy-drama film set in Toronto, the film follows Meilin “Mei” Lee, a 13-year-old Chinese-Canadian student who transforms into a giant red panda when she experiences any strong emotion due to a hereditary curse.
Thursday, Aug. 7
Cambridge Book Bike from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Anthony Costa Park, 71 Charles St., Cambridge. Free. The Book Bike visits 10 parks over the summer to give away books and run activities for Cambridge children of all ages with the city’s Summer Food program.
Summer Concert Series: Valerio Apuzzo from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Palmer and John F. Kennedy streets, Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. The trumpet player, composer and educator from Rome has collaborated with artists such as Miguel Zenón, Ron Carter and Joe Lovano. His musical work ranges from contemporary jazz to creative improvisation. Co-sponsored by Club Passim and the Berklee College of Music.
“History On The Line” exhibition from 6 to 8 p.m. at Nathan Tufts/Powderhouse Park, College Avenue and Broadway, Somerville. A “History Un-Locked” drop-in chat opens the park to the public to celebrate Massachusetts’ 250 years.
“Mom” absurdist circus show about motherhood and art exhibition from 6 to 8:30 p.m. (continuing Aug. 8) at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill, Somerville. $35 to $100. Shir Livne presents her solo show on motherhood using circus skills, storytelling and pages upon pages of fiery teenage journals and offers a look at a “Making It Up” collective art show – a collaborative and communal art making activity.
Kate Price reads from “This Happened to Me: A Reckoning” at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Free. A memoir of working with a trauma specialist to recover a history of sexual abuse and trafficking, then of a 10-year collaboration with a journalist to prove the recollections were true – and understand how a parent could do this to their child – before becoming an advocate in service of other vulnerable kids. The Harvard Medical School’s Judith Herman joins.
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.
“This Paranormal Life” comedy podcast at 7:30 p.m. at Somerville Theatre’s Crystal Ballroom, 55 Davis Square. $39 to $85. Comedians Kit Grier Mulvenna and Rory Powers investigate a different paranormal case to try and find the truth inside the mystery. Started in 2017 in a bedroom in London, the show has amassed a cult following with more than 20 million downloads.
Chris Rivelli Trio performs at 7:30 p.m. at Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St., near Union Square in Ward 2, Somerville. Free. Classic, swinging jazz featuring Gregory Groover Jr. on tenor saxophone.
Live Under the Dome: Cliff Notez at 7:30 p.m. at Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border. $20, 18-plus. Cliff Notez has earned more than 11 Boston Music Award nominations, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year, and has been named Best Musician and one of Boston Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Bostonians.
Gender-free Scottish country dance from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at New England Science Fiction Association clubhouse at 504 Medford St., Magoun Square, Somerville. $5 to $20. Learn and practice in gender-neutral language. A warm-up and lesson in the first hour are followed by an hour of social dancing. Kat Dutton emcees and teaches.
Movies on the Lawn: “Wicked” at 8 p.m. at the Great Lawn at Assembly Row, 399 Revolution Drive, Somerville. Free. This event welcomes families and friends to bring blankets to this outdoor movie. This 2024 movie, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, is the film adaptation of the first act of the 2003 Broadway musical.
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