Friday, Feb. 2
10 a.m. Groundhog Day at Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm in Lincoln.
Noon: Art: “Let Us March On: Lee Friedlander and the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom” photo exhibit at Boston University.
5 p.m. Art: “Bodywaves : Denise Marika” opening reception at Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston.
6 p.m. Art: “40th Anniversary: Artists M – V” reception at Gallery Naga, Boston.
6 p.m. Art: Opening reception for “Forms & Alterations,” an exhibition exploring how gender and identity are expressed in clothing. At Boston University’s 808 Gallery.
6:30 p.m. Film: “Psychedelic Cinema” screening at DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln.
7 p.m. Poetry: Nikki Giovanni reads at Brookline Booksmith.
7 p.m. Music: Break the Chains presents the “Art Funds Art Tour” featuring bell’s roar, Anjimile and Billy Dean Thomas at Make Shift Boston.
Saturday, Feb. 3
10 a.m. Art: “M. C. Escher: Infinite Dimensions” opens to the public at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
2 p.m. Art: “Pop Up Artist Walk Through with Bren Bataclan” at Pao Arts Center, Boston.
3 p.m. Art/Writing: “Tortilla Social: Communal Experience & Writing Workshop” at Urbano Project, Boston.
4 p.m. Poetry: Ruth Lepson and Fanny Howe read at Outpost 186, Cambridge.
6 p.m. Art: “Shut Up and Listen” exhibition reception at High Five Arts, Lowell.
6 p.m. Art: “Culture Hustlers: Artists Minding Their Business” exhibition reception at Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery.
6 p.m. Art: “Quickening the Dust” Inaugural Artist In Residence Exhibition with Allison Maria Rodriguez at Dorchester Art Project, Boston.
6 p.m. Art: “Boston Does Boston XI” exhibition reception at Proof Gallery, Boston.
Sunday, Feb. 4
9 a.m. Art/Science: “A Mirror Maze: Numbers in Nature” exhibition debuts at the Museum of Science, Boston.
Monday, Feb. 5
6:30 p.m. Nature: “Coyotes in Suburbia” talk at Stevens Memorial Library, North Andover.
7:30 p.m. Poetry: Mass Poetry’s “Evening of Inspired Leaders” brings together “leaders from diverse fields to read a favorite poem and reflect on its connection to their life and work.” at Huntington Theatre, Boston.
Tuesday, Feb. 6
6:30 p.m. Dance: “Swing Dance Night” at Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston.
Wednesday, Feb. 7
10 a.m. Art: “Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today” debuts at Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
3 p.m. Activism/Kids: “Little Voices Big Change: What Is Racism?” a workshop for kids by Wee The People at Adams Branch Library, Boston.
5:30 p.m. Books/History: “Reconsidering King Philip’s War” talk at Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston.
6 p.m. History/Activism: “People before Highways: Boston Activists, Urban Planners, and a New Movement for City” talk at Boston Public Library, Copley Square.
6 p.m. Art: Opening reception for “Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974-1995” at MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge.
7:30 p.m. Theater: Actors’ Shakespeare Project begins its run of “Richard III” at Swedenborg Chapel, Cambridge.
Thursday, Feb. 8
1 p.m. Film: “Into the Inferno” screening followed by Q&A with director Werner Herzog at Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline.
5 p.m. Art: Opening Celebration for “Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55,” an exhibition at the Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge.
6 p.m. Snow/History: “Blizzard of ’78: 40th Anniversary Exhibit” opening reception at Marblehead Museum.
6 p.m. Activism: “Public Interest Potluck,” an evening to “meet others interested in public interest opportunities and to learn about nonprofit and community betterment efforts in Massachusetts.” At Garment District, Cambridge.
8 p.m. Music: “Music Industry Hangout Night” at Plough and Stars, Cambridge.
Friday, Feb. 9
11: 30 a.m. Activism: Shaun King speaks at Northeastern University, Boston.
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