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Community Happenings: MAY 2019

Jill Doucet

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

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Free

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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