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Here is a list of websites to find details on the events below as well as other events taking place this month in and around Boston, Cambridge and Somerville.
May 1
New England in the South Seas: Two Centuries of Trade and Exploration 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Free Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
May 2
The Human Swarm: How Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Free
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Musical Theater Showcase 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm TBD Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway Street, Boston
Berklee World Strings and Berklee Indian Ensemble: Bright Colors on a Dark Canvas
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm $10-$15
Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave, Boston
May 3
The Pied Piper 10:30 am - 12:30 pm $3.75-$5 Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave, Boston
Mudflat Spring Open Studio & Pottery Sale 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Mudflat Pottery School, 81 Broadway, Somerville
May 4
Somerville Spring Clean Up / Comcast Cares Day
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Free
Blessing of the Bay Boathouse, 32 Shore Drive, Somerville
The Pied Piper
10:30 am - 12:30 pm $3.75-$5
Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave, Boston
Taza Chocolate Annual Spring Block Party
Taza Chocolate, 561 Windsor St., Somerville
Erik Lindgren and the Bespoke Consort-in concert
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm $10
The Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Rob Laurens, Esther Friedman, Sam Bayer
7:30 pm - 10:30 pm $10
Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave, Somerville
May 4 - 5
Somerville Open Studios 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm Free 343 Medford St #4b, Somerville
May 5
Jane’s Walk: Somerville’s Winter Hill and Gilman Square: Past, Present, and Future
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Free
Winter Hill and Gilman Square neighborhoods, 425 Broadway, Somerville
May 6
Perfect Pitch
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm $10-$15
Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave, Boston
May 7
Michael Koran Featured at Story Space
6:45 pm - 9:00 pm $5
Havurat Shalom, 113 College Avenue, Somerville
Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra: Spring 2019 Performance 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm $10 - $15 Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave, Boston
May 8
Mattiel
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm $10-$12
The Red Room @ Cafe 939, 939 Boylston st., Boston
May 9
Aeronaut Brewing presents: Fragility ~ Opening Reception 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Free Aeronaut Brewing Company, 14 Tyler Street, Somerville
Introduction to NeuroSculpting 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm $40 Bliss Brain @ Union Wellness, 64 Union Square, Somerville
May 10
Why Patterns? 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm $15 Third Life Studio, 33 Union Square, Somerville
May 11
E-Som Market: May 10:00 am - 3:00 pm La Brasa, 124 Broadway, Somerville
May 12
East Somerville’s Tucked Away Architectural Treasures: Walking Tour 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm Free Mudflat Pottery School, 81 Broadway, Somerville
Lautengalanterie: German Baroque Lute Duets 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm $15-$20 Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Rd, Somerville
AFTer Hours Adult Folktale Telling 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Free Arts at the Armory Cafe, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville
Savoir Faire Presents: A Guitarist Is 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm $15-$19 The Burren Backroom Somerville
May 14
Betty Goldstein Featured at Story Space 6:45 pm - 9:00 pm $5 Havurat Shalom, 113 College Avenue, Somerville
May 16
Aeronaut Brewing presents: Digital Artist Sophie Calhoun 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free Aeronaut Brewing Company, 14 Tyler Street, Somerville
May 17
Kay Hanley 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm $18-$22 The Red Room @ Cafe 939, 939 Boylston st., Boston
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm $20
May 18
East Somerville Family Scavenger Hunt 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Free East Branch Library, 115 Broadway, Somerville
Remnant Brewing 1 Year Anniversary Beer Fest 12:00 pm - 4:30 pm $40 Bow Market, 1 Bow Market Way, Somerville Lucky 13 Amateur Burlesque Competition 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm $15 Club Cafe, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston
Miles Okazaki: WORK 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm $17 Third Life Studio, 33 Union Square, Somerville
Let Me Break You Up: An Anti-Dating Game Show 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm $20 The Rockwell, 255 Elm St, Somerville
May 18-19
Exploring Zapotec Wool-Dyeing Techniques 10:00 am - 3:00 pm $80-$100 Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
May 20
Theatre@First Auditions for “The Revenger’s Tragedy” 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Free Unity Somerville, 6 William St., Somerville
May 21
Preserving Zapotec Weaving Practices
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Free
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Phillip Andrew Bennett Low Featured at Story Space 6:45 pm - 9:00 pm $5 Havurat Shalom, 113 College Avenue, Somerville
May 23
Neurosculpting Workshop | Grief 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm $40
Bliss Brain @ Union Wellness, 64 Union Square, Somerville
May 28
Open Telling Featured at Story Space 6:45 pm - 9:00 pm $5 Havurat Shalom, 113 College Avenue, Somerville
May 29
Shortly / Small Talks 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm $10 - $12 The Red Room @ Cafe 939, 939 Boylston st., Boston
May 31
Burlesque Beach Party
8:00 pm - 11:30 pm $13 thunder road, 379 Somerville Ave, Somerville
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