March 15 to 22, 2019:
Pictured above: The “Boston People’s Climate Mobilization” at Boston Common, April 29, 2017. (Greg Cook)
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Friday, March 15, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
MA Youth Climate Strike at Massachusetts State House, Boston.
Youth rally “to fight for our futures & demand that our lawmakers put an end to climate change.” One of some 500 protests across 50 nations.
Friday, March 15, 6 to 9 p.m.
Reception for “The Figure is Queer” at Dorchester Art Project, Boston. The exhibit continues through March 22.
A showcase of local queer figure artists from the “Queer/Trans Figure Drawing” group and colleagues.
Saturday, March 16, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Maple Syrup Boil Down a Groundwork Somerville’s South Street Farm, 138 South S., Somerville.
Experience the process of boiling sap—from sugar maple trees on the Tufts campus—into maple syrup.
Saturday, March 16, 4 to 6 p.m.
Opening reception for “Revolutions: Works in ceramic by Yana Payusova” at Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston
Soviet-born artist, now based in Tucson, Arizona, paints ceramic vessels with scenes exploring “sexuality, motherhood, and ageing” as well as “the dynamics of power and gender.” Exhibit continues through April 16.
Saturday, March 16, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Gragger!5779 at SEIU 32BJ Meeting Hall, 26 West St., Boston.
The annual grown up “evening of gender-bending, ancestral-healing, world-transforming Purim festivities.” Featuring Klezmer Jam, Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band, dance party. “Come dressed in costume!”
Wednesday, March 20, 7 p.m.
The Scarlet Tongue Project at Dorchester Art Project, Boston.
Feminist film and performance art exploring “the taboo of anger.”
Wednesday, March 20, 7:15 p.m.
Boston Poetry Slam Featuring Devin Devine and Clementine von Radics at Cantab Lounge, Cambridge.
Slam poetry by Devine, a stand-up comedian who writes about trauma, mental health, sexuality and love, and queer poet von Radics, author of “Dream Girl” and “Mouthful of Forevers.”
Thursday, March 21, 9:30 p.m.
Brett Johnson’s “Poly-Theist” at Wonderbar, Allston.
The Boston comedian’s one-man show tells his story of “being married 21-year-old monogamous Evangelical, then the opposite. So of course it’s a whole thing.”
Thursday, March 21
“Gender Bending Fashion” at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
More than 60 “boundary-pushing designs” recount a century of haute couture and ready-to-wear fashion that has challenged rigid, binary definitions of dress. Including designs by Rad Hourani, Jean Paul Gaultier, Alessandro Michele for Gucci, Palomo, and Rei Kawakubo, as well as pieces worn by Marlene Dietrich, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix and Young Thug. Exhibit continues through Aug. 25.
Friday, March 22, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Reception for “Mad Men Style: Mid-Century Modern Posters” at International Poster Gallery, Boston.
Posters by pioneers of the mid-20th century modern cool style, including David Klein, Stan Galli, Paul Rand, Herbert Leupin and Josef Muller-Brockmann.
Friday, March 22, 8 p.m.
Animated Films of Karen Aqua at Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Films by the late, award-winning independent animator Karen Aqua (1954–2011) accompanied by a live soundtrack of alto saxes and drums led by her husband, Cambridge saxophonist-composer Ken Field of Birdsongs of the Mesozoic and Revolutionary Snake Ensemble.
Friday, March 22, and Sunday, March 24
Arts Equity Summit at Hibernian Hall, District Hall, Institute of Contemporary Art and Nonprofit Center, Boston.
“A three-day summit and arts-integrated experience examining issues of equity both in, and through, the arts.”
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