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Thursday, June 25
5 to 9 p.m.
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., near Harvard Square.
Harvard Art Museums at Night
Free. Gather with friends and mingle inside an Italian-inspired courtyard while taking in the smooth sounds from DJ C-Zone. Stop by the Materials Lab for a fun art-making activity and then drop in on one of the museum’s Spotlight Tours.
6:30 p.m.
Cambridge Public Library’s Central Square Branch, 45 Pearl St.
Cookbook Club and Community Potluck
Free. This month, we’re cooking from “In Bibi’s Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean” by Hawa Hassan. Bring a dish to share or just come to talk about your experience with this cookbook.
7:30 p.m.
Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Cambridge.
Tuesday through Sunday through July 12 (No performance July 4; check site for specific performance details)
Black Swan
Starting at $43 but check performance date. Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh brings the Academy Award-nominated psychological thriller “Black Swan” from Searchlight Pictures to the stage.
Friday, June 26
12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., near Harvard Square.
Gallery Performance: “Celtic Art Across the Ages”
Free. This musical performance is related to the special exhibition, “Celtic Art Across the Ages.” Clare Fraser (fiddle) and Simon Lace (guitar/bouzouki) play traditional Irish music and talk about Celtic musical heritage.
Starting at 4 p.m.
Cambridge City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square.
2026 Cambridge Dance Party
Free. At 4 p.m., the Dance Party kicks off at City Hall with a high energy jam session and conga line ready set led by local favorite DJ P.A.C. that is specifically designed for older adults and young families. Then at 6 p.m., internationally-known DJ Gee Spin, a Boston-born radio legend whose career is deeply woven into the fabric of New England’s music scene is up and then, DJ D-Nice, the globally celebrated creator of Club Quarantine who began his career with the hip hop group Boogie Down Productions, closes out the night from 8 to 10 p.m.
8 to 11 p.m.
Somerville Theatre’s Crystal Ballroom, 55 Davis Square.
The Femmes Pride Party
$29. Join Boston’s all women and non-binary party band, the Femmes, for their annual Pride Party. There will be brand new songs, full horn section, three lead singers and favorite songs from LGBTQ+ artists.
Saturday, June 27
1 to 4 p.m.
Trum Field, 541 Broadway, Magoun Square.
Family Fun Day
Free. Celebrate the start of summer at Somerville’s 20th Annual Family Fun Day, hosted by the Parks & Rec Department. This year’s activities include bounce houses, magic shows, face painting, live music, arts and crafts, outdoor games and more.
7 to 8 p.m.
First Parish Cambridge Unitarian Universalist, 3 Church St./1446 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square.
Maggie O’Farrell discussed her new novel “Land” with Celeste Ng
$42, includes ticket and book. The author of “Hamnet” and “The Marriage Portrait” discusses her new historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger. She’s joined by Ng, a New York Times bestselling author.
Sunday, June 28
Midnight to 1 a.m.
The Mad Monkfish, 524 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square.
The Midnight Hour with Camila Quintero
Free to enter. The Venezuelan vocalist and Berklee School of Music student captures audiences with her approach to singing styles such as jazz, Latin and contemporary music.
6 p.m.
The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square.
QA&P Presents: 48-Hour Play Festival
$15 to $20. Across a single weekend, LGBTQ+ artists dream up, write down and fully conjure a collection of original one-act plays then perform them live on stage.
Monday, June 29
4 and 6 p.m.
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square.
“Mare’s Nest”
$13 to $15. In British filmmaker Ben Rivers’ new feature, told in a series of vignettes, a girl named Moon wanders through unfamiliar landscapes in a world seemingly free of adults. On her journey, Moon meets and observes many other children, learning from them about different ways of existing.
7:30 p.m.
Sally O’Brien’s, 335 Somerville Ave., Union Square.
Dennis Brennan and The White Owls
Free admission. This blues band features Dennis Brennan on vocals and harmonica, Tim Gearan on guitar, Steve Sadler on lap steel, Jim Haggerty on bass and Andy Plaisted on drums.
Tuesday, June 30
5:30 to 10 p.m.
Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Road, in the Spring Hill neighborhood and Trum Field, 541 Broadway, Magoun Square.
Reading Frederick Douglass together, followed by fireworks
Free. The annual community reading of Douglass’s “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” until 7. Across the way, live music from Plutos Return, a Somerville High School alumni band, followed by DJ Live’s mix of pop, soul, funk and classic hits, and at 7:45 p.m., local funk band Search Party takes the stage. At 9 p.m., the National Anthem starts the countdown to fireworks. Rain date: July 1.
Credit: Porter Square Books.
7 p.m.
Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Porter Square.
Lauren Hough travels through a “Monster of a Land”
RSVP. The author refurbished a ramshackle 2001 Dodge van, then set off from Austin, Texas, with her husky mix Woody by her side. Her chronicle of her road trip is part travelogue, part social commentary. Author Laura McKowen joins.
7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill.
Boston Moth StorySLAM: Holiday Gone Wrong
$20. This community-focused, open-mic storytelling competition is open to anyone who can share a story on the night’s theme (changes every month).
Wednesday, July 1
12:30 to 1 p.m.
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., near Harvard Square.
Gallery Talk: American Works of Art at the 250th
Free. Curator of American art Horace D. Ballard leads this series of gallery talks to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Each talk will closely examine a work of art that speaks to the historical, social and political contexts that continue to shape the events and ideas of the United States.
8 to 11 p.m.
The Lizard Lounge, 1667 Massachusetts Ave., in the Baldwin neighborhood between Harvard and Porter squares.
The Duppy Conquerors
$12 and 21-plus. This Bob Marley tribute band has been nominated for a Boston Music Award and includes a 10-piece ensemble of veteran musicians.
Thursday, July 2
6:30 to 9 p.m.
Portico Brewing, 101 South St., Boynton Yards, Ward 2.
Portico Point to Pint Runners
Free to run. Take a 3-mile run and have a beer afterwards. All paces are welcome and don’t forget your reflective gear and lights.
8 to 10 p.m.
The Sea Hag Restaurant & Bar, 49 Mount Auburn St.
Good Lord The Liftin’ performs
Free. This acoustic jazz band performs every Monday.
Friday, July 3
6 to 9 p.m.
Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge.
Pico Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti
$20 to $25. “Lucia di Lammermoor” is the tragic story of Lucia Ashton, who is trapped in a deadly feud between her family and the Ravenswoods. While her brother Enrico plots to save his failing fortune by forcing her to marry his wealthy ally, Arturo Bucklaw, Lucia secretly pledges her love to her family’s sworn enemy, Edgardo of Ravenswood. Performance is also scheduled for July 5.
7 p.m.
Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Harvard Square, Cambridge.
chrysalis and Entifan perform
$23 to $25. Indie pop singer songwriter chrysalis is the recipient of the Gibson/Music Forward Emerging LGBTQ+ Artist Award. Entifan’s latest release, “Black Sheep” with chrysalis came out in May.
Saturday, July 4
7 p.m.
Charles River, at the DCR Hatch Shell, 47 David G. Mugar Way, Boston.
Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular
Free. Special guests Grammy-winning country music star Lainey Wilson, three-time Grammy winner Chance The Rapper and Grammy-winning Trombone Shorty perform at this 52nd annual event. There will be a revolutionary-themed drone show during the performance of the “1812 Overture,” and a fireworks display choreographed to music by the Boston Pops.
7:30 p.m.
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square.
“National Treasure” viewing
$13. Nicolas Cage plays Benjamin Franklin Gates, an adventurer/historian who discovers that a secret treasure map is somehow embedded in the Declaration of Independence, and he decides that the only way to keep the document from being stolen and used for nefarious ends is to steal it himself.
Sunday, July 5
2 to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Harvard Square.
Summer Boston Celtic Music Festival
Free from 2 to 4 p.m.; $30 for shows starting at 7 p.m. The Carroll Sisters Trio performs at 2 p.m. while Erin Shea Hogan & The Kind Strangers go on stage at 3 p.m. Starting at 7 p.m., Isabel Oliart Band, Torrin Ryan & Amy Law and Leland Martin with Janine Randall and Eamon Sefton performs.
5 to 8 p.m.
Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge.
Pico Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti
$20 to $25. “Lucia di Lammermoor” is the tragic story of Lucia Ashton, who is trapped in a deadly feud between her family and the Ravenswoods. While her brother, Enrico plots to save his failing fortune by forcing her to marry his wealthy ally, Arturo Bucklaw, Lucia secretly pledges her love to her family’s sworn enemy, Edgardo of Ravenswood.
Monday, July 6
7 p.m.
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square.
Christopher M. Finan reads from “Freedom of Speech: A People’s History of Democracy’s Most Essential Right”
Free. The former executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship and the former president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression Christopher M. Finan discusses how free speech throughout history has been used to advocate for change and can be used today to expand on democracy. Harvard Law’s Randall Kennedy joins.
7 to 10 p.m.
McCarthy’s, 1920 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge.
Traditional Irish Music Sessions
Free entry. Live traditional sessions with fiddles, flutes, whistles and bodhráns weave together tunes that have traveled generations.
Tuesday, July 7
5 to 7 p.m.
Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square.
Owen Reinders performs
Free. Owen Reinders is a bassist, arranger and composer musically influenced by the RH Factor, Derrick Hodge and Butcher Brown. His music is a blend of jazz, funk and rock.
6 to 8 p.m.
Danehy Park, 99 Sherman St., in Neighborhood 9 just east of Fresh Pond.
Danehy Park Summer Concert Series: Rebecca Mac
Free. Rebecca Mac, a Boston-based violinist and violist, performs at this weekly summer concert series. Sponsored by Club Passim in partnership with The Cambridge Arts Council.
Wednesday, July 8
Noon
Urban Park Roof Garden at Kendall Center, 325 Main St., Kendall Square.
Lunchtime Concert: Noble Dust
Free. Folk pop band Noble Dust is a 2023 and 2024 New England Music Award nominee for Americana Band of the Year, 2023 Falcon Ridge Grassy Hill Emerging Artist and received Club Passim’s inaugural Gecko Award for creative narrative works in 2023.
7 p.m.
The Burren, 247 Elm St., Davis Square.
Grain Thief performs
Free entry. This Americana band performs in the front room and includes Patrick Mulroy (guitar, vocals), Zach Meyer (mandolin, vocals), Michael Harmon (bass, vocals), Tom Farrell (resonator guitar) and Alex Barstow (fiddle).
Thursday, July 9
7 p.m.
The Foundry, 101 Rogers St., East Cambridge.
Alphabet: Youth Contemporary Circus Show
$17 to $28. Through the foundational disciplines of acrobatics, juggling, aerial, balancing and clowning, Alphabet is a youth circus show for all ages.
7 to 9 p.m.
Lou’s, 13 Brattle St., Cambridge.
R&B Soul: Lisa Bello
$30 to $50. Lisa Bello is a vocalist and songwriter with a sound rooted in jazz, soul and late-night storytelling.
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