To help keep the Central Square community intact under the threat of the coronavirus, the Central Square Business Improvement District is launching Central Square Live – online programming that brings a sense of the Cambridge neighborhood to viewer’s screens, while also paying the participants.

To help performers through an unprecedented time of virus-inspired social distancing, Club Passim has launched the Keep Your Distance Festival – in which musicians share one song about hope, perseverance and coping on a YouTube playlist. It raised $15,000 for performers in just a day.

Lindsay Foote knows life can be a turbulent ride, and the singer-songwriter explores that in her latest EP, “Rollercoaster,” which she celebrates with her first headline show at Club Passim on Friday.

Most people see their weirdness as a negative, but Brooke Barker and Boaz Frankel prove that a person’s quirkiness is what makes them the most interesting in their “Let’s Be Weird Together.” They bring their “date night extravaganza” to Porter Square Books on Monday.

Beatles expert Kenneth Womack visits Harvard’s Kennedy School on Thursday with a talk titled “She Loves You: The Beatles as Rock ’n’ Roll Proto-Feminists.”

Club Passim, a home for folk and acoustic music for 60 year, celebrates its anniversary with a special concert Thursday with a lineup including Joan Baez, Patty Griffin, Josh Ritter, Dar Williams and Peter Wolf – all of whom started their careers at Passim.

Dating in the age of smartphones and social media has made connecting with others easier than ever, but technology has also made it effortless to break off communication without explanation. The sex-positive group Pleasure Pie offers other ways to break ties.

Sitting in a dark concert hall or performance space, it’s easy to feel distant from the musicians on stage. New England Conservatory alumni Rayna Yun Chou is teaming up with Celebrity Series of Boston to change that with her project “Concert for One.”

Although Boston Calling has expanded remarkably since its debut in 2013, nothing is perfect. From the facilities and food to musical cameos and a surprising surplus of animal-themed names, here are some highs and lows from the event this year.

The Boston Calling music festival returns Memorial Day weekend. With so many concerts at once, it can be challenging to catch favorite sets or discover new music. Here’s a breakdown of some of the performers coming this year that fall into some favorite genres.