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May 18 to 15, 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pictured above:\u00a0Revere Beach Kite Festival, May 17, 2015. (Greg Cook)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Saturday, May 18, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/strong>
\nKite & Bike Festival <\/a>at Franklin Park, Boston<\/em>
\n50th annual festival of picnicking, kite flying, bicycles and music.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, May 18, 3 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cBrand New Books by Fascinating Ladies\u201d<\/a> at Arts at the Armory, Somerville<\/em>
\nLocal authors Toni Bee, Jen Deaderick, Grace Talusan, and Gilmore Tamny read.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, May 18, 4 to 6 p.m.<\/strong>
\nReception: \u201cCall of the Wild\u201d<\/a> at 13 Forest gallery, Arlington<\/em>
\nExhibition of animal-themed artworks by numerous local artists.<\/p>\n

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\"Craig<\/a>
Craig Bailey’s “Faces of the AIDS Crisis” photos 1991-1997.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday, May 18, 7 to 10 p.m.<\/strong>
\nReception: \u201cFaces of AIDS” by Craig Bailey<\/a> at Medicine Wheel, Boston<\/em>
\nReception for an exhibition of the Boston photographer\u2019s set of 1990s portraits of friends who died of AIDS. \u201cWe will have music, read the texts accompanying the photos aloud, share memories of family, friends or acquaintances in the photos.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Stephanie<\/a>
Stephanie Benenson’s “Im|Migration” at Salem’s Punto Urban Art Museum, May 11, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday, May 18, 8 to 10 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cIm|Migration\u201d by Stephanie Benenson<\/a> at 34 Peabody St., Salem<\/em>
\nThe Hamilton artist\u2019s laser and sound installation honors and celebrates local immigrants. Note: This is one of the Creative County Initiative projects I\u2019ve been commissioned by the Essex County Community Foundation to help document\/promote.<\/p>\n

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Revere Beach Kite Festival, May 17, 2015. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sunday, May 19, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/strong>
\nKite Festival<\/a> at Revere Beach<\/em>
\nKite-flying, live music, professional kite flyers, and free kite decorating for kids. \u201cThe first 300 kids (12 and under) will receive a free kite.\u201d
\nKids can fly kites high into the sky, while enjoying live music, professional kite flyers, and FREE kite decorating for the kids. The first 300 kids (12 and under) will receive a free kite.<\/p>\n

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Boston Arm Wrestling Dames Fight Night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sunday, May 19, 7:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nBoston Arm Wrestling Dames Fight Night<\/a> at Oberon, Cambridge<\/em>
\n\u201cEight wrestlers with big personas and money hungry entourages will throw down in an all-out arm wrestling brawl. Will TinkerHell be able to defend her title as Grand Champ?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Monday, May 20, noon<\/strong>
\nMalcolm X Day RBG Flag Raising<\/a> at Boston City Hall Plaza<\/em>
\nRaising the RBG flag in honor of Malcolm X (el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz).<\/p>\n

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Monday, May 20, 6 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cSolidarity Gathering for Center for Jewish Life of Arlington\/Belmont\u201d<\/a> at Arlington Town Hall<\/em>
\nIn response to recent suspicious fires at Chabad rabbi\u2019s home in Arlington and a rabbi\u2019s home in Needham. \u201cWe gather in support and solidarity for the Jewish community and to empower us to take action against all acts of hate, bias and discrimination that so often lead to acts of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Monday, May 20, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
\nJohn Waters<\/a> at First Parish Church, Cambridge<\/em>
\nFilmmaker John Waters speaks about his new book \u201cMr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder\u201d in this Harvard Book Store event.<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, May 21, noon<\/strong>
\nStop The Abortion Ban rallies in Boston, Somerville<\/em>
\nRallies are planned across the nation \u201cto speak out and fight back against this unconstitutional attempt to gut Roe and punish women. Together we say: Stop the bans.\u201d Boston\u2019s<\/a> will be at the Massachusetts State House. Somerville\u2019s<\/a> will be at the Davis Square Plaza.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, May 22, 7:15 p.m.<\/strong>
\nShay Alexi Features at the Boston Poetry Slam<\/a>, Cantab Lounge, Cambridge<\/em>
\nThe writing of the Atlanta poet, performance artist, and author of \u201cDiary of a Ghost Girl,\u201d explores \u201cthe intersections of tenderness and aggression, navigating queerness, girlhood and various forms of softness.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, May 22, 7:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nJoeAnn Hart and Greg Gibson read<\/a> at Gloucester Writers Center<\/em>
\nHart reads from \u201cStamford ’76: A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race, and Feminism in the 1970s,\u201d her book about the unsolved murder of a young white woman followed by police killing her black boyfriend. She\u2019s joined by Gibson, author of \u201cGone Boy,\u201d about the murder of his son in a 1992 school shooting, and an advocate for gun laws.<\/p>\n

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Thursday, May 23, 6 to 8 p.m.<\/strong>
\nReception: \u201cMaking is Taking: Consent in Photography\u201d<\/a> at Harvard Ed Portal, Allston<\/em>
\nCurator and photographer Anna Rae presents four Boston-area photographers\u2014Atma, Kat Waterman, Lucas Hall, and Jaypix Belmer\u2014who explore the role of consent in their portraits.<\/p>\n

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