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Thursday, Nov. 12
6 p.m.
The Row Hotel at Assembly Row, 360 Foley St., Assembly Square.
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 to 9 p.m.
Lovestruck Books, 44 Brattle St., Harvard Square.
The Art of Romance
$5. An evening of art and conversation celebrating Elaine Gignilliat’s romance cover paintings.
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.
Friday, Nov. 13
8 p.m.
The Platform, 315 Kendall St., Kendall Square.
Tamara Jokić
$28. Serbian-born singer and composer Tamara Jokić performs Balkan, Mediterranean and contemporary jazz traditions, singing in 10 languages.
9:30 p.m.
Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square.
Andrea Gibson’s Love Letter from the Afterlife
$59 to $101. This multimedia experience of film, poetry and live music features a screening of Andrea Gibson’s final poetry performance, backed live by the Goosebump Orchestra, with Megan Falley, and others.
Saturday, Nov. 14
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border.
Native American Heritage Month Celebration 2026
$28 to $34. Indigenous scientists, STEM professionals, artists, performers and community members share their work, knowledge, cultures and perspectives through conversations, performances, hands-on experiences and special programs.
Noon to 5 p.m.
Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St., near Union Square.
Lagers and Leaves: A Fall Festival
Register and 21-plus. Enjoy folk and fiddle vibes brought to you by live performances from Hound & Handler, a Bluegrass/Americana string band from Boston, and others. Show off your fall fits with scarves, mittens and sweaters.
Sunday, Nov. 15
1 to 4 p.m.
Upstairs at Bow Market, 1 Bow Market Way, Union Square.
El Día de Canción Criolla Celebration
$10 (includes one Chiqui’s Kitchen empanada). This afternoon event honors Peruvian Música Criolla. Orchestrated by Chef Krysia of Chiqui’s Kitchen and hosted by the local storyteller Karina Liendo, this event brings together music, dance and authentic cuisine.
6 p.m.
The Comedy Studio, 5 John F. Kennedy St., Harvard Square.
Comedian Ian Edwards
$30. Ian Edwards’ latest special, “Untitled,” was released independently on YouTube and landed on Vulture’s Top 10 Comedy Specials of 2025. It’s the only special on the list not backed by a streamer.
Monday, Nov. 16
7 p.m.
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square.
Shaul Magid and Zev Mishell read from “Jewish Anti-Zionism: A Historical Anthology”
Free. Shaul Magid, professor of Modern Judaism in Residence at Harvard Divinity School, and Zev Mishell, graduate student at Harvard University’s Committee on the Study of Religion, examine reasons why Jews have contested or rejected the Zionist ideal over more than a century.
8 p.m.
The Sinclair, 52 Church St., Harvard Square.
The War and Treaty
The soulful duo The War & Treaty, the husband-and-wife team of Michael and Tanya Trotter, was lauded by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Grand Ole Opry and the Americana Music Association, which named them Duo/Group of the Year for two consecutive years.
Tuesday, Nov. 17
2 p.m.
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., near Harvard Square.
Pop-Up Renaissance Concert
Free. The Harvard Viol Consort, a group of students from Harvard’s course Performance and Culture: Renaissance Music, perform at a pop-up concert in the Calderwood Courtyard. The performers play compositions for viol by William Byrd, John Dowland, Diego Ortiz, Anthony Holborne, and other Renaissance composers.
5 to 6 p.m.
Somerville Public Library, 79 Highland Ave., Central Hill.
Cold Weather Preparedness Workshop
Free. Learn how to build an emergency kit, keep family and pets safe during cold weather and more.
6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill.
The Moth: Boston StorySLAM: Keeping the Faith
$20. The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night’s theme. This month, talk about a time when you believed without seeing, threw a Hail Mary pass, or were surprised by a stranger’s kindness.
Wednesday, Nov. 18
6 p.m.
Cambridge Main Library, Lecture Hall, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge.
Sacred Songs and Rituals: In The Roundhouse: A Celebration of Indigenous Music
Register. In celebration of National Native American Heritage Month, this event features Thea Hopkins, Asa Peters and Jim Peters. Hopkins, a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe, is an award‑winning songwriter known for her Red Roots Americana style.
7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Regattabar, 1 Bennett St., Harvard Square.
EARFULL
$41. Music, stories and food featuring New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, plus Boston musical supergroup Morning Camera, actor M.L. Rio and Boston-based songwriter and recording artist Amy Fairchild.
Thursday, Nov. 19
5 p.m.
Tufts Administrative Building, 167 Holland St., near Teele Square.
Transgender Day of Remembrance and Resilience
Free. In honor of those who have lost their lives to anti-trans violence, the event includes a short speaking program with live ASL interpretation, as well as an arts activity. The event is open to the public.
6:30 p.m.
Cambridge Public Library’s Central Square Branch, 45 Pearl St.
Fighting for Freedom: Black Cambridge from the Revolution to the Early 1800s
Register. Join Cambridge Black History Project for an illustrated talk about Cambridge’s Black Patriots and the Black Cantabrigians who lived and worked here in the years following the Revolutionary War.
7 p.m.
Museum of Science, William and Charlotte Bloomberg Public Science Common, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border.
Breaking Barriers: Women in Space
$15 and 18-plus. Join astronauts Dr. Sian Proctor, Amanda Nguyen and Sirisha Bandla, with moderator Athena Brensberger for a panel on the women breaking barriers in space.
Friday, Nov. 20
7 p.m.
Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Spring Hill.
Boston Fiddle Funk Folk Festival
$35 to $40. Boston-based Scottish fiddle band Scottish Fish joins forces with Neil Pearlman’s Celtic-Funk collective Neil Pearlman & the Wallbreakers for a night of Celtic, funk and jazz music.
7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St., near Union Square in Ward 2.
Somerville Ciné-Club Presents: SpliceTape
Free but register. SpliceTape is a new film series effort of the Somerville Ciné-Club, with a focus on presenting nontraditional formats for nontraditional venues. Screening from 16mm and 8mm film, or Betamax and VHS tapes, these recurring SpliceTape screenings feature mystery movies that remain a secret until they hit the screen.
Saturday, Nov. 21
10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Somerville Public Library West Branch, 40 College Ave., near Davis Square.
Holiday Decor Swap
Free. Refresh your holiday decor by dropping off your gently used decorations on Nov. 19 and 20 and then come back on Nov. 21 to grab some “new to you” decorations.
5:30 p.m.
Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square.
Project “Café Gherkinforke”
$10. Project “Café Gherkinforke” invites composers around the world to work with saxophone and string quartets in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Kosovo, The Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, The United Kingdom and the United States to create a suite featuring 15 three-and-a-half minute pieces.
Sunday, Nov. 22
Noon to 6 p.m.
Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St., near Union Square in Ward 2.
Somerville Chocolate Presents: Choco Fête
Free but register and 21-plus. Meet, sample and shop from Somerville Chocolate alongside guest local chocolate makers Sotto, Wild Child and Sueños. Also, play themed games and snag a chance to win delicious prize packs (Somerville Chocolate has golden tickets hidden in their bars all day.)
12:30 p.m.
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., near Harvard Square.
New on View: Community and Self-Representation in the David and Jane Shapiro Collection
Free. Beginning in the late 20th century, Black artists created scenes of leisure and interior life to assert an alternative visual presence to media representations of trauma in Black life. Join Leah Yeshitila for a discussion of her installation featuring renowned artists of this period.
Monday, Nov. 23
7 p.m.
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave.
Alice Miranda Ollstein on “Side Effects: How Abortion Bans Impact Everyone’s Health”
Free. Politico’s senior healthcare reporter Alice Miranda Ollstein discusses her investigation into how the fall of Roe v. Wade changed American healthcare beyond reproductive rights. Director of External Affairs at Eastern Bank and the Eastern Bank Foundation MaryRose Mazzola joins.
7:30 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Thomas Tull Concert Hall, 201 Amherst St.
Boulez at 100
$5. As part of the worldwide celebration of Pierre Boulez’s centenary, acclaimed pianists Gloria Cheng and Ralph van Raat bring their touring program “Boulez at 100” to MIT. The program interweaves Boulez’s seminal piano works with music by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Frank Zappa, Magnus Lindberg and Olivier Messiaen.
Tuesday, Nov. 24
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
CambridgeSide, 100 CambridgeSide Place, East Cambridge.
Pumpkin Pie: A Cake Decorating Experience
$50. Transform your own 4-inch round cake into a pumpkin pie lookalike, complete with pumpkin orange frosting, a piped buttercream “crust” and little white buttercream dollops to look like whipped cream. This is a beginner-friendly class.
8 p.m.
Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Square.
The Ya-G’s
$10 plus donation. The Ya-G’s, a band created during COVID-19 by neighborhood dads deprived of live music, perform a set list that might include Prince, VU, Waterboys, Beatles, XTC, Replacements, Talking Heads, Tarbox Ramblers, Kinks, and some originals too. All proceeds will benefit Nourish a Neighbor local food pantry fundraiser.
Wednesday, Nov. 25
7 p.m.
The Burren, 247 Elm St., Davis Square.
Hot Start
$20 to $25. Hot Start is Boston’s newest indie rock band, playing its repertoire of indie classics, including The Strokes, The Beatles, The Backseat Lovers and originals.
7:30 p.m.
The Comedy Studio, 5 John F. Kennedy St., Harvard Square.
Comedian Laura Severse
$25 and 18-plus. Comedian Laura Severse has been featured as a Best of Boston Comic and has opened and featured for national headliners including Iliza Shlesinger, Big Jay Oakerson and Tim Dillon.
Thursday, Nov. 26
2:30 and 7 p.m.
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square.
Film: “The Maltese Falcon”
$14 to $18. In John Huston’s 35 mm film, Humphrey Bogart embodies the intellectual private eye Sam Spade as he finds himself on the hunt for an elusive black bird statue thought to be a priceless treasure.
10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
McCarthy’s, 1920 Massachusetts Ave.
Cowboy Country Karaoke with Lauralie & Band
Free admission. Lauralie & Band brings classic country anthems to modern Nashville favorites to life, and this is your chance to take center stage and sing with a live band.
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