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Thursday, Oct. 29
5 to 7 p.m.
Somerville City Hall, 93 Highland Ave., Central Hill.
Truck O’ Treat at City Hall
Free. Costumes are encouraged at this family-friendly event, which will include safe trick or treating on the City Hall concourse, a spooktacular visit from a decorated City of Somerville truck, lawn games, light refreshments, and more. Rain date: Nov. 5.
5 to 9 p.m.
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., in the Baldwin neighborhood near Harvard Square.
ArtsThursdays: Halloween at the Museum
Free. Trick or treat your way through the galleries and encounter mysterious specimens rarely seen by the public. Face unusual insects, reptiles, invertebrates, strange plants and treacherous minerals. Wear a Halloween costume and snap photos at the photo booth or decorate a trick or treat bag.
Friday, Oct. 30
4 to 6 p.m.
Most Cambridge Fire Houses (except Headquarters at 491 Broadway, which is closed for reconstruction).
Halloween Open Houses at Cambridge Fire Houses
Free. All are welcome to visit local Cambridge fire houses, meet firefighters and get an up-close look at fire apparatus, tools and equipment. Children are encouraged to wear costumes. Candy donated by Cambridge Brands will be distributed to visitors, along with glow sticks and vouchers, while supplies last.
8 p.m.
First Parish Cambridge Unitarian Universalist, 3 Church St./1446 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square.
The Folk Collective: MAGIC IS REAL!
$25 to $27. “The MAGIC IS REAL!” live album recording for Justine Bowe’s Boston-based project, photocomfort features a performance of a new collection of harp-based songs, storytelling about magic and the accompaniment from the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Choir and a live ensemble.
10:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square.
FYI: Halloween
$10. FYI: Halloween honors “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” with the DJ collective to dance to 1 a.m. Bring your best Halloween fit and dancing shoes.
Saturday, Oct. 31
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border.
Spooky Science Weekend
Admission included with exhibit halls admission, $28 to $33.. Festivities include drop-in activities, design challenges, live presentations, a costume dance party with DJ Ooch and a member-only raffle. Family-friendly costumes encouraged.
10 a.m.
CambridgeSide, 100 CambridgeSide Place, East Cambridge.
Cambridge 5K
$50 to $148. The Cambridge 5K is a 3.1-mile course that starts and finishes at CambridgeSide.
Noon to 8 p.m.
Central Square, Cambridge.
Official Cambridge Halloween Bar Crawl
$5 to $10. Ten bars along Massachusetts Avenue, each taking on a different genre of music for the last four decades. Expect ‘90s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s at select venues. Check in, grab your wristband, download the route map, then spend the afternoon taking over the street.
Sunday, Nov. 1
7 a.m.
CambridgeSide, 100 CambridgeSide Place, East Cambridge.
Cambridge Half Marathon
$50 to $148. The Cambridge Half Marathon is a 13.1-mile USATF certified course that starts and finishes at CambridgeSide. It is a flat course along Memorial Drive featuring views of the Charles River, MIT, John W. Weeks Footbridge, Harvard University Stadium, and more.
7:30 to 9 p.m.
First Parish Cambridge Unitarian Universalist, 3 Church St./1446 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square.
Eudaimonia Voices presents Consent of the Governed: Singing 250 Years Toward Democracy
$20 suggested donation. “Declare” is a new piece by Boston-area composer John Howell Morrison, commissioned by Eudaimonia Voices on the occasion of the nation’s bisesquicentennial. The world premiere is part of Consent of the Governed: Singing 250 Years Toward Democracy, the fall concert by Eudaimonia Voices, a unique ensemble that melds music and activism.
Monday, Nov. 2
11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Kendall/MIT Open Space at 292 Main St., Kendall Square.
Bright Spot: Cookies and Film Screening
Free. Enjoy an Elmendorf cookie (while supplies last), and watch a short film, “Presence,” exploring how public life has been staged, recorded and remembered on screen. “Presence” is a film installation by Jingrong Zhang, supported by the Council for the Arts at MIT, which draws on archival and cinematic footage across cultures and historical periods.
7:30 p.m.
The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Davis Square.
Menopunks Podcast Live!
$20. Menopunks Founder Alicia J. Rose, who directed over 3 dozen music videos for artists like First Aid Kit, Cake and Bob Mould, hosts this live podcast focused on the intersection of rock and roll and menopause.
Tuesday, Nov. 3
6:30 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Building W15: MIT Chapel, 48 Massachusetts Ave.
What is Your Light?
Free. Presented by the MIT Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life, “What is Your Light?” transforms the MIT Chapel into a living canvas of light, sound and reflection. Visitors are invited to first strike a tam-tam, activating lanterns of light on the building and sending ripples of sound across the Kresge Oval.
7 to 9 p.m.
First Parish Cambridge Unitarian Universalist, 3 Church St./1446 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square.
Danielle L. Jensen reads from “Defy the Dusk: Book One of The Sundering Duet”
$49, with book. The no. 1 New York Times bestselling author, Danielle L. Jensen’s latest release, “Defy the Dusk: Book One of The Sundering Duet” is a post-apocalyptic fantasy duology. Jensen creates the Sundered world, where darkness means certain death and survival depends on reaching the dawn. New York Times bestselling author Elise Kova joins.
Wednesday, Nov. 4
6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill.
Party Around the World: Celebrating Language, Culture and Connection
$25 to $75. Found in Translation celebrates 15 years of empowering bilingual women, advancing language access and building a thriving interpreter workforce at this family-friendly event. Children 12 and under are free.
7:30 p.m.
Arrow Street Arts, 2 Arrow St., Harvard Square.
Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul
$26. Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame and Arrow Street Arts present an exclusive screening of “Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul,” the full-length feature documentary exploring the life and work of the late Gregg Allman.
Thursday, Nov. 5
Noon to 1 p.m.
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., near Harvard Square and The Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., Harvard Square.
Multi-Site Exhibition Tour: Artists Enzo Camacho and Ami Lien
Free. Join visual artists Enzo Camacho and Ami Lien for a multi-site exhibition tour of “Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage” (through April 11, 2027) at the Harvard Art Museums and “Knowledge Is Myth: Chimeric Continuities” (through Dec. 13, 2026) at the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts.
7 to 8:30 p.m.
Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., near Harvard Square.
Arts for Life’s Sake: A Conversation with Yo-Yo Ma and Stephen Colbert
Free, but tickets required. Yo-Yo Ma and Stephen Colbert share insights about the work of artists in connecting to humanity and community.
8 p.m.
Somerville Theatre’s Crystal Ballroom, 55 Davis Square.
Emancipator performs
$37. Emancipator, known for blending downtempo beats and live instrumentation, promotes “Chrysalis,” his first studio album in 6 years.
Friday, Nov. 6
7 to 10:30 p.m.
Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill.
A Night To Be Heard
$25 to $125. Enjoy live performances, storytelling, documentary films and a first look at some of the work from beheard.world, a nonprofit that supports inner-city artists and grassroots arts organizations through creative collaborations.
7:30 p.m.
Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge.
Opera Cambridge: “Down in the Valley”
$8 to $45. Inspired by Kurt Weill’s love of classic American folk songs, “Down in the Valley” tells the sad story of doomed love between Brack and Jenny. Runs through Nov. 8.
Saturday, Nov. 7
Noon to 4 p.m.
The Platform, 315 Kendall St., Kendall Square.
The Platform Opening Day
Free. Designed for artists, audiences, community gatherings and creative exchange, the venue opening features two performances from internationally renowned vertical dance company BANDALOOP, regional musical artists, participatory dance, family activities, a vendor market, and more.
2 to 5:30 p.m.
MIT Green Building (Building 54), Room 54-100, 21 Ames St.
Pursuit of Discovery: An Afternoon with Marie Curie and Lise Meitner
Free, but RSVP. Presented by STEM on Stage, Pursuit of Discovery features two digital theater showings (filmed living history portrayals), each paired with a modern science talk, celebrating two pioneering women of nuclear physics, Marie Skłodowska Curie and Lise Meitner. Meitner is portrayed by MIT Physics Professor Anna Frebel, who also delivers the afternoon’s astrophysics talk.
Sunday, Nov. 8
3 p.m.
Harvard Film Archive at The Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., Harvard Square.
Harvard Film Archive: “Dark Passage”
$5 to $10. Directed by Delmer Daves, with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Bruce Bennett, this 1947 film is told from the point of view of an escaped prisoner rushing with mysterious purpose towards San Francisco.
4 p.m.
McCarthy’s, 1920 Massachusetts Ave.
Somerville Songwriter Sessions Upstairs at McCarthy’s
$15 to $20. Singer songwriter Rachel Marie hosts multi-genre-inspired Mary Leissinger and musician and visual artist Ray Marie Johnson.
Monday, Nov. 9
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Cambridge Main Library, Community Room, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge.
Cambridge Cooks with Chef Ashley Lujares
Register. Chef Ashley Lujares is a Boston-based Filipina American chef and creator of Mango Tao, a pop‑up culinary experience that showcases modern Filipino cuisine and Southeast Asian flavors. A Food Network Chopped champion and former executive chef of Myers + Chang, Chef Ashley blends her cultural heritage with contemporary culinary techniques to craft inventive dishes rooted in Filipino tradition.
7 p.m.
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave.
Lloyd Schwartz reads from “Artur Schnabel and Joseph Szigeti Play Mozart at the Frick Collection (April 4, 1948) and Other Poems”
Free. Schwartz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism and Poet Laureate of Somerville, presents his newest book of poetry using wit, intimacy and musical acumen.
Tuesday, Nov. 10
7 p.m.
Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Porter Square.
Sarah Bruhn reads from “Holding On to Home: Immigrant Women and the Promise of Sanctuary”
RSVP. After five years of fieldwork and over 100 in-depth interviews, Sarah Bruhn presents a book that aims to illuminate how immigrant women’s care work in their families, schools and communities makes real the promise of sanctuary. Brown University cultural anthropologist Andrea Flores joins.
8 p.m.
The Comedy Studio, 5 John F. Kennedy St., Harvard Square.
Boston Comedy Festival Contest Round
$30 and 18-plus. The Boston Comedy Festival Comedy Competition brings 96 comedians from across the country to Boston for one of New England’s biggest stand-up competitions. Over eight preliminary rounds, 12 comedians take the stage at each show, all hoping to impress the judges and earn one of just 32 spots in the semifinals.
Wednesday, Nov. 11
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sheraton Commander Hotel, 16 Garden St.
Veterans Day Observance Event
Free but RSVP. The City of Cambridge Department of Veterans Services hosts a Veterans Day Observance event followed by an informal luncheon from noon to 3 p.m., at the Sheraton Commander Hotel, Liberty Revolution Ballroom.
7 to 8:30 p.m.
The Mad Monkfish, 524 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square.
Joshua Costa-Pozo Quartet
$10 plus dinner purchase. Boston saxophonist Joshua Costa-Pozo makes his Monkfish debut, playing music inspired by John Coltrane. Performing with Costa-Pozo are Mimi Terry (piano); Shani Bar-On (bass); and Wesley McDaniels (drums).
Thursday, Nov. 12
6 p.m.
The Row Hotel at Assembly Row, 360 Foley St.
Bill McGoldrick’s Acoustic Duo
Free. The Bill McGoldrick Acoustic Duo, featuring Lauren Scudder along with a backing cast of Greater Boston’s best female vocalists, plays classics and today’s hits.
7:30 to 9 p.m.
MIT Theater Arts, 345 Vassar St., in the MIT/Area II neighborhood.
Beowulf
$10. This is a reimagining of the Old English epic “Beowulf” set inside a surreal corporate office where a low-level bureaucrat descends into a dreamscape of monsters, memory and myth.
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