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March 15 to 22, 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pictured above: The \u201cBoston People\u2019s Climate Mobilization\u201d at Boston Common, April 29, 2017. (Greg Cook)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Friday, March 15, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/strong>
\nMA Youth Climate Strike<\/a> at Massachusetts State House, Boston. <\/em>
\nYouth rally \u201cto fight for our futures & demand that our lawmakers put an end to climate change.\u201d One of some 500 protests across 50 nations.<\/p>\n

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\"\u201cThe<\/a>
\u201cThe Figure is Queer\u201d at Dorchester Art Project, Boston.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friday, March 15, 6 to 9 p.m.<\/strong>
\nReception for \u201cThe Figure is Queer\u201d<\/a> at Dorchester Art Project, Boston. The exhibit continues through March 22.<\/em>
\nA showcase of local queer figure artists from the \u201cQueer\/Trans Figure Drawing\u201d group and colleagues.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, March 16, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/strong>
\nMaple Syrup Boil Down<\/a> a Groundwork Somerville\u2019s South Street Farm, 138 South S., Somerville.<\/em>
\nExperience the process of boiling sap\u2014from sugar maple trees on the Tufts campus\u2014into maple syrup.<\/p>\n

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\"Yana<\/a>
Yana Payusova, \u201cFairy tales\u201d from \u201cRevolution\u201d series, ceramic, 9 x 11 x 8 inches, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday, March 16, 4 to 6 p.m. <\/strong>
\nOpening reception for \u201cRevolutions: Works in ceramic by Yana Payusova\u201d<\/a> at Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston<\/em>
\nSoviet-born artist, now based in Tucson, Arizona, paints ceramic vessels with scenes exploring \u201csexuality, motherhood, and ageing\u201d as well as \u201cthe dynamics of power and gender.\u201d Exhibit continues through April 16.<\/p>\n

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\"Second<\/a>
Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band performs at the HONK! Festival 2017 Volunteer Appreciation Pizza Party at Aeronaut in Somerville, Feb. 18, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday, March 16, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.<\/strong>
\nGragger!5779<\/a> at SEIU 32BJ Meeting Hall, 26 West St., Boston.<\/em>
\nThe annual grown up \u201cevening of gender-bending, ancestral-healing, world-transforming Purim festivities.\u201d Featuring Klezmer Jam, Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band, dance party. \u201cCome dressed in costume!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, March 20, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
\nThe Scarlet Tongue Project<\/a> at Dorchester Art Project, Boston.<\/em>
\nFeminist film and performance art exploring \u201cthe taboo of anger.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, March 20, 7:15 p.m.<\/strong>
\nBoston Poetry Slam Featuring Devin Devine and Clementine von Radics<\/a> at Cantab Lounge, Cambridge.<\/em>
\nSlam poetry by Devine, a stand-up comedian who writes about trauma, mental health, sexuality and love, and queer poet von Radics, author of \u201cDream Girl\u201d and \u201cMouthful of Forevers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Brett<\/a>
Brett Johnson\u2019s \u201cPoly-Theist.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thursday, March 21, 9:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nBrett Johnson\u2019s \u201cPoly-Theist\u201d<\/a> at Wonderbar, Allston.<\/em>
\nThe Boston comedian\u2019s one-man show tells his story of \u201cbeing married 21-year-old monogamous Evangelical, then the opposite. So of course it’s a whole thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Alessandro<\/a>
Alessandro Trincone, \u201cAnnodami (detail),\u201d January 2016. (Photographer: Gioconda & August. Model: Andrea Antonelli)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thursday, March 21<\/strong>
\n\u201cGender Bending Fashion\u201d <\/a>at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.<\/em>
\nMore than 60 \u201cboundary-pushing designs\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

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\"Fritz<\/a>
Fritz Buhler, “Merrent 40 Jahre – Basel,” c. 1964. (Courtesy International Poster Gallery, Boston)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friday, March 22, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nReception for \u201cMad Men Style: Mid-Century Modern Posters\u201d<\/a> at International Poster Gallery, Boston.<\/em>
\nPosters by pioneers of the mid-20th century modern cool style, including David Klein, Stan Galli, Paul Rand, Herbert Leupin and Josef Muller-Brockmann.<\/p>\n

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\"Karen<\/a>
Karen Aqua, “Perpetual Motion.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friday, March 22, 8 p.m.<\/strong>
\nAnimated Films of Karen Aqua<\/a> at Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston<\/em>
\nFilms by the late, award-winning independent animator Karen Aqua (1954\u20132011) 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.<\/p>\n

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Friday, March 22, and Sunday, March 24<\/strong>
\nArts Equity Summit<\/a> at Hibernian Hall, District Hall, Institute of Contemporary Art and Nonprofit Center, Boston.<\/em>
\n\u201cA three-day summit and arts-integrated experience examining issues of equity both in, and through, the arts.\u201d<\/p>\n

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To be considered for Recommended, email your events<\/a> by Monday the week (or so) before your event. Please include links to event info. Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n

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