Pictured above: Boston Dyke March, June 12, 2015. (Greg Cook)


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Dewitt Hardy "Reclining-Figure on Victorian-Couch," c. 1966, watercolor on paper. (Ogunquit Museum of American Art)
Dewitt Hardy “Reclining-Figure on Victorian-Couch,” c. 1966, watercolor on paper. (Ogunquit Museum of American Art)

Friday, June 7
“DeWitt Hardy: Master of Watercolor,” Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine
Spanning more than five decades of paintings by Maine artist DeWitt Hardy (1940-2017) of the southern Maine coast, woods, fields, houses, factories and people. Continues through Oct. 5, 2019.


Ukranian folk punk quartet DakhaBrakha. (Photo: Sergey Sivyakov, Courtesy PVD Fest)
Ukranian folk punk quartet DakhaBrakha. (Photo: Sergey Sivyakov, Courtesy PVD Fest)

Friday, June 7
PVDFest 2019 in Providence
The free, four-day festival of spectacle, music, art and ideas in downtown Providence continues through June 9. Including eVenti Verticali aerial dance performance from a crane-suspended wall at 8:30 p.m. June 7 and Circus Dynamics, Providence’s local circus and fire entertainment company, at 8:45 p.m. Also Ukranian folk punk quartet DakhaBrakha (pictured) performs at 7:30 p.m. June 8. Plus much more.


Jake Swamp and the Pine (Drew Zieff and Stuart Babcock ).
Jake Swamp and the Pine (Drew Zieff and Stuart Babcock ).

Friday, June 7, 5 p.m.
BMA Ones 2 Watch: Jake Swamp and the Pine at Hojoko, Boston.
Free performance (RSVP required) by Americana/folk duo Drew Zieff (guitar and lead vocals) and Stuart Babcock (mandolin and harmonies).


Boston Dyke March, June 12, 2015. (Greg Cook)
Boston Dyke March, June 12, 2015. (Greg Cook)

Friday, June 7, 6 p.m.
Boston Dyke March begins at Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common
“A non-commercial, intersectional, and fundamentally grassroots alternative to Boston’s Pride celebration.”


Friday, June 7, 6 to 8 p.m.
Reception: “Together” by Lee Kilpatrick at Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston
Photographer Lee Kilpatrick, director of Somerville’s Washington Street gallery and studios, presents photos of group gatherings at holidays, outings with family or with a regular group of friends. At 530 Harrison Ave.


Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola. (Courtesy Boston Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture)
Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola. (Courtesy Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture)

Friday, June 7, 7 p.m.
First Fridays Open Mic featuring Porsha Olayiwola at First Baptist Church, Jamaica Plain
City of Boston Poet Laureate and Individual World Poetry Slam Champion Porsha Olayiwola performs.


Friday, June 7, 7 p.m.
Stephanie Burt at Harvard Book Store, Cambridge
Local poet and critic Stephanie Burt for a discussion of her latest book, “Don’t Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poems.”


Friday, June 7, 7 to 10 p.m.
Salem Arts Festival in Salem
Mural slam, music, dance, poetry, visual art. Continues through June 9.


Friday, June 7, 8 p.m.
Boston Hassle presents “Public Access // Radical Queer Art” at Dorchester Art Project
Activist folk punk by Evan Greer and poetry by AJ Addae, John-Francis Quiñonez, Lin Pang and Lauren Klotzman.


Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919), "Boy with a Cat," 1868. Oil on canvas. (Courtesy Clark Art Institute)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919), “Boy with a Cat,” 1868. Oil on canvas. (Courtesy Clark Art Institute)

Saturday, June 8
“Renoir: The Body, The Senses” Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
The museum marks the centenary of the death of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) with this showcase of the French Impressionist’s depiction of the human body—especially naked people—in paintings, pastels and sculptures. Plus art by his predecessors, contemporaries and followers. Through Sept. 22, 2019.


Peter Sís, "Flying Man," tapestry design honoring Czech Republic President Václav Havel. Commissioned by Václav Havel Airport Prague, 2011. (© Peter Sís.)
Peter Sís, “Flying Man,” tapestry design honoring Czech Republic President Václav Havel. Commissioned by Václav Havel Airport Prague, 2011. (© Peter Sís.)

Saturday, June 8
“The Picture Book Odysseys of Peter Sís,” Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst
More than 80 original illustrations from 25 picture books recounting the lives of Christopher Columbus, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Galileo Gallilei and Charles Darwin. Through Sept. 29, 2019.


Arnold Skolnick, concert poster for the Woodstock festival, August 1969.
Arnold Skolnick, concert poster for the Woodstock festival, August 1969.

Saturday, June 8
“Woodstock to the Moon: 1969 Illustrated,” Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge
In celebration of Norman Rockwell Museum’s 50th Anniversary, a look at the politics, music and moon landing of 1969 through the iconic poster for the Woodstock music festival, Rockwell’s album cover for “The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper,” and other illustrations and vintage archival material from that period. Through Oct. 27, 2019.


Saturday, June 8, 11 a.m.
First Came Love, Then Came Protest: A Loving Day Celebration at Cambridge Public Library
Wee The People and the City of Cambridge offer a kid-powered celebration of Loving Day, the annual nationwide event honoring the Supreme Court’s 1967 ruling banning laws against interracial marriage. Join the interactive storytime, sign-making and kids’ march to Cambridge City Hall.


Boston Pride Parade, June 9, 2012. (Greg Cook)
Boston Pride Parade, June 9, 2012. (Greg Cook)

Saturday, June 8, noon
Boston Pride Parade
From Copley Square to Boston City Hall Plaza.


Ekua Holmes. (Greg Cook)
Ekua Holmes. (Greg Cook)

Saturday, June 8, noon to 3 p.m.
2019 Roxbury Sunflower Project Launch at Grove Hall Public Library, Boston
Boston artist Ekua Holmes gives away free sunflower seeds for people to plant as part of this growing neighborhood project.


School of Honk plays at Arlington Porchfest, June 9, 2018. (Greg Cook)
School of Honk plays at Arlington Porchfest, June 9, 2018. (Greg Cook)

Saturday, June 8, noon to 6 p.m.
Arlington Porchfest
More than 200 performances on 119 porches all across the city. Free.


Saturday, June 8, noon to 7 p.m.
Brookline Porchfest
120 bands perform across 81 porches all throughout town. Free.


Saturday, June 8, noon
Somerville News Garden Founding Meeting at VoxPop
Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism launches its Somerville News Garden, aimed at strengthening and expanding news coverage of the city.


Saturday, June 8, 3 p.m.
Queer Independents: A Pride Indie Music Showcase at Boston Public Library
Home Despot, Anjimile, Phil and the Flying Leap perform a free show in the Copley Square library’s central courtyard.


Saturday, June 8, 7 p.m.
“I Am A Man” by Castle of Our Skins at Hibernian Hall, Boston
Spoken word, dance, multimedia and music by Black male composers, including a world premiere by Castle of our Skins 2018-2019 Composer-in-Residence Brian Raphael Nabors.


Boston Dragon Boat Festival on Charles River, Cambridge, June 10, 2012. (Greg Cook)
Boston Dragon Boat Festival on Charles River, Cambridge, June 10, 2012. (Greg Cook)

Sunday, June 9, noon to 5 p.m.
Boston Dragon Boat Festival on Charles River, Cambridge
Racing, dancing, music, parade by John W. Weeks Foot Bridge on the Charles River between Cambridge’s JFK Avenue and Western Avenue. Free.


Gloucester Grow Fest 2019. (Poster by Kari Percival)
Gloucester Grow Fest 2019. (Poster by Kari Percival)

Sunday, June 9, noon to 3 p.m.
Gloucester Grow Fest at Burnham’s Field
Celebrate the start of the growing season with goats, gardening how-to’s, dancing, music, food, community yoga, art projects, games. Free.


Jen Deaderick's 2019 book “She The People."
Jen Deaderick’s 2019 book “She The People.”

Monday, June 10, 6:30 p.m.
Jen Deadrick reads “She The People” at Adams Branch Library, Boston
Jen Deadrick reads from her history of the women’s movement. Free.


Taste of Somerville
Taste of Somerville

Wednesday, June 12, 5 to 8 p.m.
Taste of Somerville at Assembly Row
Food, drink and entertainment from more than 60 restaurants, bars, beverage providers and local artisans.


Thursday, June 13, 6 p.m.
Somerville Artists Forum: SomerVision 2040 at Lowell Street VNA
“As part of SomerVision2040, City staff is organizing a forum for local artists to let us know their concerns and ideas about how the City can better support our arts and creative economy.”


Thursday, June 13, 6 p.m.
Neal Stephenson reads at Brookline Booksmith
The celebrated sci-fi novelist (“Cryptonomicon,” “Snow Crash,” “Seveneves,” “Anathem”) tours with his new novel “Fall; Or, Dodge in Hell,” which his publisher calls a “science fiction thriller—Paradise Lost by way of Philip K. Dick—that unfolds in the near future, in parallel worlds.” Tickets: brooklinebooksmith.com/events.


Boston Fuzzstival 2019
Boston Fuzzstival 2019

Friday, June 14, 6 p.m.
Boston Fuzzstival 2019 at Once, Somerville
Seventh annual celebration of fuzzy local and regional music. Continues on June 15.


Friday, June 14, 6 p.m.
State of Black Music & the Arts across Greater Boston at Hibernian Hall, Boston
A two part conversation: a one-on-one conversation with cofounder of Black Music Month, Dyana Williams, as well as panel discussion with music historians, arts educators and practicing artists of color who discuss the current condition and future of Black music and the arts at a local and national level.


Saturday, June 15, noon to 9 p.m.
Rhode Island Pride in downtown Providence
PrideFest offers more than 200 vendors in the marketplace, social resource organizations, food trucks, Hasbro Kid’s Zone, live entertainment. Illuminated Night Parade at 8 p.m.


Fox Festival Parade in Arlington, June 16, 2018. (Greg Cook)
Fox Festival Parade in Arlington, June 16, 2018. (Greg Cook)

Saturday, June 15, noon
Fox Festival Parade begins at Fox Library, Arlington
The parade kicks off the Feast of the East in Capitol Square.


Saturday, June 15, 1 p.m.
Boston Rally to #ImpeachTrump at Brewer Fountain, Boston Common
Part of a national day of action. Organizers say: “Donald Trump has broken the law, violated the Constitution and put the safety and future of the American people at risk.”


StreetTheory. (Courtesy)
StreetTheory. (Courtesy)

Saturday, June 15, 2 p.m.
“Underground Mural Project Launch // Urban Renaissance” at Gardner Museum, Boston
Panel discusses “impact of street art on the urban landscape, communities, and the people who live in them.” Plus DJ and multi-media installation. Free, but RSVP required.


Saturday, June 15, 3 p.m.
Vigil for Immigrant Children Who Have Died in Detention at Boston Common
“To honor the lives of immigrant children who have died in detention,” organizers write. “We will also send our care and love to children currently held in detention.”


“Ballerina” from “Body Worlds. (Courtesy Museum of Science, Boston)
“Ballerina” from “Body Worlds. (Courtesy Museum of Science, Boston)

Sunday, June 16
“Body Worlds & The Cycle of Life,” Museum of Science, Boston
More than a hundred human bodies marvelously/creepily preserved through Gunther von Hagens’s signature technique of “Plastination” detail human development “from infancy to old age.” And check out how Hagens liked to pose the corpses as acrobats, football players and ballerinas. In past exhibitions, he flayed muscle to sculpt into “clothes” for the deceased. Through January 5, 2020.


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