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Thursday, Sept. 24
6 to 8 p.m.
Cambridge Main Library, Rossi Room, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge.
Overdose Prevention Kit Assembly event
Free. In honor of Save a Life Day and Recovery Month and part of the You Can Initiative, which addresses overdose deaths by increasing access to lifesaving skills and resources statewide, volunteers put together overdose prevention kits that they can then take home. Each kit contains naloxone (also known as Narcan), fentanyl test strips and other vital resources.
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge.
Valeria Luiselli reads from “Beginning Middle End”
Free but register. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Valeria Luiselli, recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the winner of two Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, an American Book Award, the Rathbones Folio Prize and the 2021 Dublin Literary Award will read from her latest. Poet Eloisa Amezcua joins.
Friday, Sept. 25
5 to 8 p.m.
Statue Park in Davis Square.
Dolly Parton tribute
Free. Hosted by Evan Greer, this event features the city’s best musicians singing Dolly Parton’s songs with you.
9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Remnant Satellite, 877 Cambridge St., Wellington-Harrington.
Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square.
Cambridge NITES
Free. The Cambridge NITES grant is intended to highlight the success of Cambridge’s nightlife and entertainment industry. At Remnant Satellite, this event highlights the power of women through their SheRocks the Local Scene. At Lilypad, celebrate its 20th anniversary. Continues on Saturday, Sept. 26.
Saturday, Sept. 26
2 p.m.
Dana Park, 70 Magazine St., Cambridgeport.
Cambridge 2026 Cat Tour & Meowfest
Free. Hosted by Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui and co-produced by Rayna Jhaveri, this is a walking tour of the city’s porch greeters, the professional loafers, the one who lets everybody pet them and the one who never has. Cosponsored by the Cambridgeport Neighborhood Association and the Cambridge Peace Commission as part of Meet Your Neighbor Month this September.
6 to 8 p.m.
Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mount Auburn St., West Cambridge.
Rencontres Poétiques: Poetic Encounters Concert Series
$15 to $20. This poetry-focused international concert series was created by composer and former Mount Auburn Artist-in-Residence Mary Bichner and Christina Goh. The series features musical settings composed by Bichner and Goh for classic poems in both French and English; inspired by the works of Phillis Wheatley, Ovid, Edgar Allan Poe, Benjamin Franklin, Emily Dickinson and more.
Sunday, Sept. 27
1 to 4 p.m.
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., in the Baldwin neighborhood near Harvard Square.
¡Celebremos Puerto Rico!
Free. Jorge Arce & Humano deliver bomba and plena music to get you dancing. Expert carver Carlos Santiago introduces you to traditional carvings of saints. Explore a variety of activities, including listening to coqui calls, learning about the island’s native birds and making simple crafts to take home. Test your skills preparing cassava and dive into the history of coffee production. Enjoy delicious Puerto Rican food, available for purchase.
5 to 7 p.m.
Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Porter Square.
“Your Voice is Your Vote” workshop
Free but RSVP. Porter Square Books’ September Be the Change event is a “Your Voice is Your Vote” workshop led by The League of Women Voters of Massachusetts. This is an interactive workshop meant to help attendees gain a deeper understanding of their ballot. Attendees will get a chance to learn about what offices are on the ballot, how to utilize Vote411.org to make a voting plan and compare candidates.
Monday, Sept. 28
8 p.m.
Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Harvard Square.
almost olive performs
$30. The alternative folk duo, fiddler and multi-instrumentalist Jacqui Armbruster and multi-style cellist Karl Henry, debut their EP, “almost album” which is out now.
10:30 p.m. to midnight
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave.
Midnight Release Party: “Threshing Day”
$27, includes admission and book. This special midnight release party event is for “Threshing Day,” the next book in Rebecca Yarros’ Empyrean series, containing 13 stories. Enjoy Empyrean-themed activities, including photo opportunities, a costume contest, and more. Come dressed as your favorite character.
Tuesday, Sept. 29
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Cambridge Public Library’s Central Square Branch, 45 Pearl St.
Polyam Education Discussion with The Queer Neighborhood Council
Register. Facilitated by The Queer Neighborhood Council, Poly Talk is an intimate discussion dedicated to the complexities of polyamory and consensual non-monogamy through the queer lens.
7 p.m.
First Parish Cambridge Unitarian Universalist, 3 Church St./1446 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square.
Jill Lepore on “The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State”
$39, includes book. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jill Lepore discusses AI and its effect on global democracy. MIT Technology Review journalist James O’Donnell joins.
Wednesday, Sept. 30
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
MIT Museum, 314 Main St., Kendall Square.
Museum Exhibit: Crochet Coral Reef
$10 to $20. Centered on the work of Margaret and Christine Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring, the Crochet Coral Reef exhibition presents hand-crocheted explorations of the complex geometries hidden within nature’s most delicate sea creatures. Exhibit runs through Feb. 14, 2027.
6 p.m.
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square.
Anthony Scaramucci at The Brattle Theatre
$13, $40 with book. Anthony Scaramucci, host of the podcast “The Rest Is Politics: US,” discusses his new book, “All the Wrong Moves: How Three Catastrophic Decisions Led to the Rise of Trump.” Harvard University’s Kenneth Rogoff joins.
Thursday, Oct. 1
7:30 p.m.
The Comedy Studio, 5 John F. Kennedy St., Harvard Square.
Comedian Hassan Phills
$29. One of Canada’s fastest rising comedians, he has made appearances on the original series “The Office Movers,” “Just For Laughs” and at the Moontower Comedy Festival.
8 p.m.
Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge.
Lift Every Voice Play Festival
$35. Lift Every Voice amplifies the work of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) playwrights, poets, and spoken word artists through staged readings and performances. This year’s features six new works by emerging and established playwrights: “Sibling Rivalry” by Jamie Lin; “Love & Hair” by Ciera-Sadé Wade; “Conditions of Readiness” by Hortense Gerardo; “In the Aftermath” by Michelle M. Aguillon; “Peace Plan” by Shay McQueenie; and “Sunflowers and George” by Kori Alston. Runs through Friday, Oct. 2.
Friday, Oct. 2
9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Various locations at MIT
MIT Future Fest
$149 for a day pass. At this inaugural event, speakers share what’s next across AI, engineering, technology, architecture, art, design, and more. Nobel Prize winner Daron Acemoglu, Dataland founder Refik Anadol, Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess, inventor of the iPod Tony Fadell, MIT Quantum Initiative faculty director Danna Freedman, AI researchers Asu Ozdaglar, Marzyeh Ghassemi, Daniela Rus, Sherry Turkle, and Pat Pataranutaporn are amongst those presenting. Runs through Sunday, Oct. 4.
7 p.m.
Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill.
Boston Fuzzstival
$20 to $40. This two-day music festival runs Friday, Oct. 2, and Saturday, Oct. 3 and features 18 local and regional bands including Dino Gala, Spirit Ghost, Pew Pew and others.
Saturday, Oct. 3
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Joan Lorentz Park at Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge.
Celebrating Disability Pride
Free. Celebrating Disability Pride is a gathering for the whole community, presenting arts and crafts, silent disco, power lifting with Special Olympics medalists REM and Sebi, giveaways and more.
1 to 4 p.m.
Founders Memorial Rink, 8 Garden Court.
Fall Festival
Free. Celebrate the beginning of fall by enjoying bounce houses, pumpkin decorating, music, a magician, face painting and more.
Sunday, Oct. 4
Noon to 4 p.m.
Kendall/MIT Open Space at 292 Main St., Kendall Square.
Cambridge Science Carnival
Free. This family-friendly science extravaganza features more than 100 activity booths, live demonstrations and musical performances. The carnival is STEAM-themed for all ages.
2 to 8 p.m.
Davis Square.
Food Nation Celebration
Free. This two-day food and culture festival, beginning on Saturday, Oct. 3, features live music, a beer garden, family-friendly activities and affordable all-you-can-eat tasting pass options.
Monday, Oct. 5
5 to 7 p.m.
Gallery 344 is on the second floor of City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge.
Reception: See How Playground Structures Are Hand-Crafted By Cambridge Artist Mitch Ryerson
Free. See how play spaces take shape, from first sketch to finished structures, in a hands-on exhibition, called “Joyful Anarchy: Mitch Ryerson – Playgrounds,” of playground design by Cambridge artist Mitch Ryerson.
6 p.m.
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square.
New Yorker cartoonists Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein
$40, includes book. Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein introduce their new graphic novel, “The Two Saddest Kitchens: A Comics Conversation,” a look at what’s really going on in our kitchens from Tupperware Drawer Tetris to the cabinet over the fridge where the forgotten yard-sale ice bucket sits. Northeastern University’s Hillary Chute joins.
Tuesday, Oct. 6
5:30 to 11 p.m.
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square.
An Evening with Alice Hoffman: “Practical Magic” on Screen and in Print
$50 to $100. Lovestruck Books presents author of “Practical Magic” Alice Hoffman in conversation with actress and debut author of “Grimoire Girl,” Hilarie Burton Morgan. General admission tickets include pre-signed copies of both “Practical Magic 2” and “Grimoire Girl.”
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge.
Theaster Gates and Henry Louis Gates Jr. give us “Another View”
$5 donation. Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Theaster Gates, award-winning artist and professor at the University of Chicago, and Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University, for a discussion of their new book “Another View: The Vibrant World of Contemporary Black Artists.”
Wednesday, Oct. 7
6 to 7:15 p.m.
Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall, Lower Level , 32 Quincy St., near Harvard Square.
American Art Curators in Conversation
Free. The 2026 Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge Lecture features curators Candice Hopkins, Ilona Katzew and Stephanie Sparling Williams for a discussion about the possibilities and stakes of curating American art in the 21st century.
7:30 p.m.
Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge.
Yarumi González: Artist in Residence Showcase
$35 to $45. The Artist in Residence Showcase showcases the Multicultural Arts Center’s residency program, highlighting works developed through sustained artistic exploration and experimentation. During Yarumi González’s residency, she has been developing a multidisciplinary, autobiographical work exploring identity, migration and the American Dream through poetic and ritual-inspired storytelling, movement, video, photography, installation and performance.
Thursday, Oct. 8
5 p.m.
Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., near Harvard Square.
Hutchins Center Honors presents The W. E. B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony
Free. The W. E. B. Du Bois Medal is Harvard’s highest honor in the field of African and African American studies, awarded to individuals in the U.S. and across the globe in recognition of their contributions to African and African American culture. Honorees this year include Angela Bassett, actress; Didier Drogba, professional soccer player; Theaster Gates, visual artist; Reed Hastings, business executive and philanthropist; James Manyika, technologist; Mavis Staples, singer and Civil Rights activist; Lena Waithe, writer, actor and producer; and Fletcher Wiley, attorney and civic leader (awarded posthumously).
7 p.m.
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave.
Kevin Galvin reads from “Troubled Times: The Boston Courthouse Bombing of 1976”
Free. Kevin Galvin, former deputy national editor of The Boston Globe and correspondent for the Associated Press and The Seattle Times, discusses his new book about the 1976 bombing of the Suffolk County Courthouse, injuring 22 people.
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