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May 24 to June 1, 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pictured above: Tim Hall (right) joins Cliff Notez at Hojoko at the Verb Hotel, May 18, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Olga<\/a>
Olga de Amaral \u201cMuro teijido 1 (Wall Hanging 1),\u201d probably 1969, double-woven slit tapestry of hand-spun wool. (Museum of Arts and Design, New York, Photo: Eva Heyd. \u00a9 Olga de Amaral)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friday, May 24<\/strong>
\n\u201cIn the Vanguard: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 1950-1969\u201d<\/a> at Portland Museum of Art, Maine<\/em>
\nIn 1950, an experimental art school opened in Montville, Maine, named for nearby Haystack Mountain. This \u201cfirst major museum exhibition focused solely on this school\u201d showcases artists it attracted in its early years\u2014Anni Albers, Dale Chihuly, Robert Ebendorf, Jack Lenor Larsen, M.C. Richards, and Toshiko Takaezu. As evidenced by 90 textiles, ceramics, glass, metalwork, paintings and prints, as well as correspondence, photographs, brochures, posters and magazine articles. Exhibition continues through Sept. 8, 2019.<\/p>\n

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Friday, May 24, 2:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nBoston Calling Music Festival<\/a> at Harvard Athletic Complex, Allston<\/em>
\nTwenty One Pilots, Tame Impalia and Travis Scott headline this three day shindig, which continues on May 25 and 26.<\/p>\n

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Friday, May 24, 6 to 8:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nReception: Eric Bornstein\u2019s \u201cMasks & Spirit\u201d exhibit<\/a> at First Church in Boston Unitarian Universalist<\/em>
\nBornstein, an artist in residence at the church, exhibits his masks.<\/p>\n

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\"Lani<\/a>
Lani Asuncion\u2019s \u201cHuman Garden | Handmade\u201d at Boston Children\u2019s Museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friday, May 24, 6 to 8 p.m.<\/strong>
\nLani Asuncion\u2019s \u201cHuman Garden | Handmade\u201d<\/a> at Boston Children\u2019s Museum<\/em>
\nInteractive performance and meet the artist event for Asuncion\u2019s immersive multimedia project \u201cthat combines technology and nature, the work asks for a closer look at how both are connected.\u201d The exhibition continues through Sept. 30.<\/p>\n

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\"Cauleen<\/a>
Cauleen Smith \u201cGive It or Leave It\u201d at ICA Philadelphia, 2018. (Courtesy Mass MoCA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday, May 25<\/strong>
\nCauleen Smith \u201cWe Already Have What We Need\u201d<\/a> at Mass Moca, North Adams<\/em>
\nThe LA artist\u2014who creates what she\u2019s called \u201ca cornucopia of future histories\u201d\u2014fills the museum\u2019s first floor galleries with a new immersive video installation dubbed \u201cEvery Sunrise and Every Sunset All at Once\u201d about ecology and our basic needs. Plus tables displaying African figurines, plants, a model sailboat, musical instruments. The show also offers a survey of videos from the past decade, new textiles, banners from her \u201cIn the Wake\u201d series, a manifesto, and drawings.<\/p>\n

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\"\u201cOctopus<\/a>
\u201cOctopus and Shell,\u201d Japanese, Edo period, c. 1820s, woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper. (Courtesy Harvard Art Museums)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday, May 25<\/strong>
\n\u201cJapan on Paper\u201d<\/a> at Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge<\/em>
\nNearly 50 Japanese woodblock prints from the 17th to 20th centuries, including works by Suzuki Harunobu (1725\u20131770), Utagawa Hiroshige (1797\u20131858), Sharaku (active 1794\u201395), It\u014d Jakuch\u016b (1716\u20131800) and Katsushika Hokusai (1760\u20131849). Exhibition continues through Aug. 11, 2019.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, May 25<\/strong>
\nAnnie Lennox \u201cNow I Let You Go\u2026\u201d<\/a> at Mass MoCA, North Adams<\/em>
\nAn exhibition that is \u201cpart material diary, part art installation\u201d by the celebrated pop singer. \u201cJuxtaposed against her public face, as we examine this excavation of remarkably personal objects, we will come to better understand some of the underlying and more private forces that motivate her work in song, and her passionately argued campaigns for justice, global health, and social equity across gender and race,\u201d Mass MoCA Director Joseph Thompson writes.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, May 25, 11 a.m.<\/strong>
\nSpring Planting Moon Pow-Wow<\/a> at Marsfield Fairgrounds<\/em>
\nMassachusetts Center for Natival American Awareness hosts this pow-wow on May 25 and 26.
\nDancing, storytelling, food, demonstrations of basket weaving.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, May 25, 6 to 9 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cInner City Circle: An Intergenerational Show of Boston Artists\u201d<\/a> at Strand Theatre, Boston<\/em>
\nOrganizers write: \u201cThe seasoned artists of Inner City Circle have created their own opportunities for decades, but with a lack of steady recognition and support for artists in Dorchester and Roxbury the resources and accolades generated have not made the impact they could have on the emerging artists of today. The curators behind Inner City Circle propose that if these artists had a place to gather and share their work side by side, they could experience and build the kind of tradition and infrastructure that more affluent communities enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Tim<\/a>
Tim Hall (right) joins Cliff Notez at Hojoko at the Verb Hotel, May 18, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday, May 25, 8:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cHipStory Presents: Boston Answering<\/a>\u201d at Strand Theatre, Boston<\/em>
\nCliff Notez headlines this response to the \u201cBoston Calling Music Festival\u201d in Cambridge from May 24 to 26. HipStory, the organizers, write, \u201cThis is our chance to show the city what incredible talent and power Boston born and bred artists can produce.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Monday, May 27, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/strong>
\nStand with Planned Parenthood Bake Sale<\/a> at Rebel Rebel, Somerville
\n\u201cAll the proceeds go towards supporting our choices and our bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Monday, May 27, 8 p.m.<\/strong>
\nLive Band Beatles Karaoke with Boston Ill Harmonic<\/a> at City Winery, Boston<\/em>
\nThe 7-piece rock orchestra performs “Rubber Soul” in its entirety, followed by a set of live-band Beatles karaoke.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, May 29, 6 p.m.<\/strong>
\nAmanda Kolson Hurley discusses her book, \u201cRadical Suburbs,\u201d<\/a> at 730 Tavern, Cambridge<\/em>
\nThe CityLab senior editor talks about two Lexington communities, Six Moon Hill and Five Fields, built by architects who wanted to bring Modernism to the masses. Free, registration required.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, May 29, 7:15 p.m.<\/strong>
\nToni Bee<\/a> Features at the Boston Poetry Slam at Cantab Lounge, Cambridge<\/em>
\nThe Boston-raised activist and 2011 Poet Populist of Cambridge reads from her first poetry book, \u201c22 AGAIN.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Friday, May 31, 10 a.m.<\/strong>
\nActivist Dolores Huerta<\/a> speaks at Harvard\u2019s Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge<\/em>
\nDolores Huerta, who cofounded what would become the United Farm Workers of America in 1962, will be presented the Radcliffe Medal and speak along with a panel on \u201cNourishing America: Exploring the Intersection of Food and Justice.\u201d Registration required.<\/p>\n

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Friday, May 31, 5 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cCreative Juices Art Show: Play\u201d<\/a> at FableVision Studios, Boston<\/em>
\nThe multi-media production studio crew showcases their projects ranging from artwork to games to food. Free, RSVP required.<\/p>\n

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\"Urbanity<\/a>
Urbanity Dance performs its Spring Review at BU Tsai Performance Center, Boston, Friday, May 31, 8 p.m.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friday, May 31, 8 p.m.<\/strong>
\nUrbanity Dance performs its Spring Review<\/a> at BU Tsai Performance Center, Boston<\/em>
\nThe Boston troupe\u2019s end-of-season spring revue features works by Shura Baryshnikov, Mike Esperanza, and Andy and Dionne Noble, as well as Boston-based artists Chantal Doucett, Jenna Pollack, and Jacob Regan. Additional performance on June 1.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, June 1<\/strong>
\n\u201cA Lasting Memento: John Thomson\u2019s Photographs Along the River Min\u201d<\/a> at Peabody Essex Museum, Salem<\/em>
\nA new exhibition of John Thomson\u2019s 19th century photos of China\u2019s Fujian province: more than 40 landscapes, city views and portrait studies. Photographs by contemporary artist Luo Dan, who was inspired by Thomson to undertake a similar journey in southwestern China, complement the presentation. Exhibition continues to May 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

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\"The<\/a>
The Mermaid Promenade is coming to the Cambridge Arts River Festival on June 1, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday, June 1, 4 p.m.<\/strong>
\nMermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival<\/a>, Central Square.<\/em>
\nI\u2019m helping bring the Mermaid Promenade to the Cambridge Arts River Festival (where I work part-time). Marching bands and giant puppets will dance down Massachusetts Avenue at 4 p.m. All are invited to join in the parade. Just show up in your favorite marine-themed costume and be part of the festivities. It\u2019s part of the 40th anniversary festival, which begins with the madcap People\u2019s Sculpture Race at 11 a.m. Then multiple stages come alive with music, dance and theater from noon to 6 p.m. Plus the Climate Action Extravaganza (featuring protest T-shirt making with Wee The People and Climate Change Carnival Games by my sweetheart Kari Percival), vendors selling crafts, international foods and craft brews. Admission is free.<\/p>\n

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\"\u201cObjects<\/a>
\u201cObjects in the Monitor are Closer Than They Appear\u201d opens at Dorchester Art Project, Boston, Saturday, June 1, 6 to 10 p.m.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday, June 1, 6 to 10 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cObjects in the Monitor are Closer Than They Appear\u201d<\/a> at Dorchester Art Project, Boston<\/em>
\nGroup exhibition of artists repurposing current communication technologies to ask visitors to consider your relationship to the \u201cpost-industrialized world are ceaselessly engaged with.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Drag<\/a>
Drag performance by Just JP at the Big Gay Dance Party, Somerville, June 2, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday, June 1, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nSomerville Arts Council\u2019s Big Gay Dance Party<\/a> in Union Square, Somerville<\/em>
\nCelebrate the beginning of Pride month with a free, outdoor dance party for LGBTQ+ individuals and allies.<\/p>\n

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