July 22 to 31, 2019:
Pictured above: Cedric Douglas sketches in the beginnings of his mural, one of 15 painted around downtown Lynn for “Beyond Walls,” July 15, 2017. (Greg Cook)
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Monday, July 22
“FringePVD” in Providence
Theater festival of short performances. Presented by the Wilbury Group at venues across Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood. Continues through July 27.
Wednesday, July 24, 3 to 4 p.m.
Lesa Cline-Ransome at Malden Public Library
A talk by the author of celebrated children’s and young adult books about Venus and Serena Williams, Harriet Tubman, Louis Armstrong, Frederick Douglass. Free.
Thursday, July 25, 4:30 p.m.
“Her Flag” Women’s Suffrage Celebration at Old State House, Boston
How did activists transform the idea of women’s right to vote from unthinkable to radical, to hotly debated, to fashionable, to obvious? Find out strategies used by Massachusetts suffrage activists when artist Marilyn Artus brings her national “Her Flag” project to Boston. She has enlisted Malden artist Kari Percival to create a stripe that she’ll sew onto a massive flag at the event. Cambridge’s Jen Deaderick, author of “She the People,” will also perform. Free.
Thursday, July 25, 6 p.m.
Deborah Spears Moorehead talks at Dirt Palace, Providence
The artist discusses her installation “Parcel 1 A. Providence River from 1600 to Contemporary,” on view in the Dirt Palace’s Storefront Window Gallery.
Thursday, July 25, 6 p.m.
Meet the Beyond Walls Artists in Lynn
A panel discussion by this year’s lineup of mural artists for Lynn’s Beyond Walls project.
Thursday, July 25, 6:45 p.m.
beheard.world performs “Watermark” at Sennet Park, Cambridge
beheard.world, the dance troupe led by Anna Myer and Jay Paris, celebrates and explores our cultural and racial differences in a free performance of “Watermark” at Sennott Park, on the green off Broadway between Norfolk and Scouting Way, Cambridge, on Thursday, July 25, 2019. The evening begins at 6 p.m. with free food, followed at 6:45 p.m. by the free performance by the dance troupe, accompanied by musicians, singers and composer Nate Tucker.In case of rain, both food and performance will be held at the Moses Youth Community Center 243 Harvard St., Cambridge.
Thursday, July 25, 7 p.m.
Meet the creators of Battlebot Valkyrie at Artisan’s Asylum, Somerville
Team Questionable Designs, a combat robotics team of hardware engineers from across Boston, share their knowledge and experiences with us, including the story of their bot Valkyrie, which is featured on Discovery and Science Channel’s Battlebots.
Thursday, July 25, 7:30 p.m.
“Medusa: Reclaiming the Myth” at Museum of Science Planetarium, Boston
Animations and a 360° video performance projected across the planetarium dome, an audio play and live band performance led by Brian King and his cabaret band What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? reimagine the Medusa tale for the modern era—as a story of “female empowerment, cunning, collaboration, and triumph.”
Friday, July 26
International Sand Sculpting Festival at Revere Beach
Fifteen artists compete in the Master Sand Sculpting Competition through July 28. Free.
Friday, July 26
Lowell Folk Festival in Lowell
A dazzling range of traditional music, dance, food and crafs. Continues through July 28. Free admission.
Friday, July 26, 12:30 to 6 p.m.
Fly, Buzz and Hop! Festival at Alewife Linear Park, Cambridge
Green Cambridge and Cambridge Wildlife Puppetry Project host their free annual festival, featuring wildlife-themed art activities, dance (learn from Metamovements Youth), and a parade led by the School of Honk brass band.
Saturday, July 27, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Figment at Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston
Art installations and activities. Free. Continues on July 28.
Saturday, July 27, 7 p.m.
Leedz Hip Hop Fest at Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge
Apathy, STL GLD. Dutch Rebelle, Jefe Replay, Justin Clancy, Jarv, The Dunnas (Oak Lonetree & Big Dese) and Problemattik perform.
Saturday, July 27, 5 p.m.
Water Lantern Festival at Hatch Shell, Boston
Floating lanterns light up the water. Tickets required.
Tuesday, July 30
“List Projects: Farah Al Qasimi” at MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge
The photographs of Farah Al Qasimi, who splits her time between New York and Dubai, explore “ideas of national identity as they relate to consumerism and taste, while simultaneously offering covert critiques of the gender divide in the Gulf States and its colonial and religious origins,” according to exhibition organizers. Continues through Oct. 20.
Wednesday, July 31, 7:30 p.m.
Ann Charters talks at Gloucester Writers Center
Beat historian discusses how the late poet Charles Olson influenced her a young writer. Free.
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