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July 22 to 31, 2019:<\/p>\n

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)<\/p>\n

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Monday, July 22<\/strong>
\n\u201cFringePVD\u201d<\/a> in Providence<\/em>
\nTheater festival of short performances. Presented by the Wilbury Group at venues across Providence\u2019s Olneyville neighborhood. Continues through July 27.<\/p>\n

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“Finding Langston” by Lesa Cline-Ransome.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wednesday, July 24, 3 to 4 p.m.<\/strong>
\nLesa Cline-Ransome<\/a> at Malden Public Library<\/em>
\nA talk by the author of celebrated children’s and young adult books about Venus and Serena Williams, Harriet Tubman, Louis Armstrong, Frederick Douglass. Free.<\/p>\n

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\""Her<\/a>
“Her Flag” illustration by Massachusetts artist Kari Percival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thursday, July 25, 4:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cHer Flag\u201d Women\u2019s Suffrage Celebration<\/a> at Old State House, Boston<\/em>
\nHow 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 \u201cHer Flag\u201d project to Boston. She has enlisted Malden artist Kari Percival to create a stripe that she\u2019ll sew onto a massive flag at the event. Cambridge\u2019s Jen Deaderick, author of \u201cShe the People,\u201d will also perform. Free.<\/p>\n

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Thursday, July 25, 6 p.m.<\/strong>
\nDeborah Spears Moorehead talks<\/a> at Dirt Palace, Providence<\/em>
\nThe artist discusses her installation \u201cParcel 1 A. Providence River from 1600 to Contemporary,\u201d on view in the Dirt Palace\u2019s Storefront Window Gallery.<\/p>\n

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\"Cambridge<\/a>
Cambridge artist Caleb Neelon works on one of 15 murals artists painted around downtown Lynn for “Beyond Walls,” July 15, 2017. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thursday, July 25, 6 p.m.<\/strong>
\nMeet the Beyond Walls Artists<\/a> in Lynn<\/em>
\nA panel discussion by this year’s lineup of mural artists for Lynn\u2019s Beyond Walls project.<\/p>\n

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\"beheard.world<\/a>
beheard.world performed “Invisible Imprints” at Cambridge’s Clement Morgan Park on July 18, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thursday, July 25, 6:45 p.m.<\/strong>
\nbeheard.world performs “Watermark”<\/a> at Sennet Park, Cambridge<\/em>
\nbeheard.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.<\/p>\n

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Thursday, July 25, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
\nMeet the creators of Battlebot Valkyrie<\/a> at Artisan\u2019s Asylum, Somerville<\/em>
\nTeam 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.<\/p>\n

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\"\u201cMedusa:<\/a>
\u201cMedusa: Reclaiming the Myth\u201d from Brian King and his cabaret band What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? and friends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thursday, July 25, 7:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\n\u201cMedusa: Reclaiming the Myth\u201d<\/a> at Museum of Science Planetarium, Boston<\/em>
\nAnimations and a 360\u00b0 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\u2014as a story of \u201cfemale empowerment, cunning, collaboration, and triumph.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Friday, July 26<\/strong>
\nInternational Sand Sculpting Festival<\/a> at Revere Beach<\/em>
\nFifteen artists compete in the Master Sand Sculpting Competition through July 28. Free.<\/p>\n

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\"Asociacion<\/a>
Asociacion Carnavalesca de Massachusetts performs at the Lowell Folk Festival, July 26, 2013. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friday, July 26<\/strong>
\nLowell Folk Festival<\/a> in Lowell<\/em>
\nA dazzling range of traditional music, dance, food and crafs. Continues through July 28. Free admission.<\/p>\n

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Friday, July 26, 12:30 to 6 p.m.<\/strong>
\nFly, Buzz and Hop! Festival<\/a> at Alewife Linear Park, Cambridge<\/em>
\nGreen 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.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, July 27, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/strong>
\nFigment<\/a> at Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston<\/em>
\nArt installations and activities. Free. Continues on July 28.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, July 27, 7 p.m.<\/strong>
\nLeedz Hip Hop Fest<\/a> at Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge<\/em>
\nApathy, STL GLD. Dutch Rebelle, Jefe Replay, Justin Clancy, Jarv, The Dunnas (Oak Lonetree & Big Dese) and Problemattik perform.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, July 27, 5 p.m.<\/strong>
\nWater Lantern Festival<\/a> at Hatch Shell, Boston<\/em>
\nFloating lanterns light up the water. Tickets required.<\/p>\n

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\"Farah<\/a>
Farah Al Qasim, “M Napping on Carpet,” 2016, archival inkjet print. (Courtesy the artist; Helena Anrather, New York; and The Third Line, Dubai)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tuesday, July 30<\/strong>
\n\u201cList Projects: Farah Al Qasimi\u201d<\/a> at MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge<\/em>
\nThe photographs of Farah Al Qasimi, who splits her time between New York and Dubai, explore \u201cideas 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,\u201d according to exhibition organizers. Continues through Oct. 20.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, July 31, 7:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nAnn Charters talks<\/a> at Gloucester Writers Center<\/em>
\nBeat historian discusses how the late poet Charles Olson influenced her a young writer. Free.<\/p>\n

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