Ten Valentine’s Day events to know about, whether shopping, celebrating or rejecting
Valentine’s Day is Wednesday, officially. For those participating or opposed, here are some of the more interesting, inexpensive ways to take part, whether you’re in love, are single, have kids or are a kid.
Club Passim’s BCMFest grows to four days, adds The Sinclair to January event venues
The growth, coming in the January festival’s 15th year, “will enhance the BCMFest experience for performers and audiences,” said Sean Smith, a festival organizer, “while retaining the character of BCMFest as a grassroots community event.”
Abundant Life Church marks its 100 years in Riverside with documentary’s premiere
The film, premiering Friday at a semi-formal event at the Putnam Avenue Upper School, weaves together the stories of generations touched by the church since it opened its doors a century ago as a spiritual refuge for immigrants.
Annual free Dance Party, coming June 30, expected to surpass crowds seen last year
The free annual Cambridge Dance Party that started with only 500 attendees in 1996 will likely have more than 30,000 this year, when it takes its place in front of City Hall for four hours on the final Friday in June.
Inman Eats! festival gives Sunday spotlight to restaurants putting square on the map
The East Cambridge Business Association introduces a festival Sunday – an annual event to complement its Smoke This Rib Fest held each October since 2010 – to show off local shops and restaurants.
Celebration of Harvard Artists, part of fair, to be crowded with home-grown celebrities
Harvard’s annual Arts First festival runs Thursday through April 30, including a fair with 100-plus free performances in 11 locations, Make Art stations and a Friday celebrity-studded Celebration of Harvard Artists – also free to attend.
Behind-the-scenes music greats to be feted, marking Western Front, Scullers changes
A changing of the guard in the local music biz will be held March 5 at Pagu, with legendary jazz booking agent Fred Taylor on hand, as well as a sentimental farewell to the Western Front reggae club.
Danehy Park Family Day is set for Sept. 17, training tradition of free music, rides, food
The 21st annual free Danehy Park Family Day, sponsored by the city, attracts more than 4,000 people to its children’s amusement rides, arts and crafts, music and roving performers.
Sinclair’s Hump night to blur Wednesday into the weekend with monthly DJ’d party
Just in time for returning college students pining for weekdays they can treat like weekends, The Sinclair in Harvard Square is using August to introduce Hump – a dance party taking place the last Wednesday of every month.
‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ release brings Hogwarts Square return on July 30
The release of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the play script that catches up with J.K. Rowling’s boy wizard 19 years later, will turn Harvard Square into Hogwarts Square on July 30, including special deals and events leading up to a midnight book release.
