Cambridge Area Events: See What's Coming Up This Week

Cambridge MA

07 June, 2021

12:35 PM

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CAMBRIDGE, MA — Looking for things to do this week? As more local businesses and venues reopen and it becomes safer to gather in small groups, don't miss what's new on your Cambridge Patch community calendar. Here are some events taking place in town this week. Hot tip: If you want to see your event in the next roundup, you can add it to the calendar using this form. As always, it's free to post an event in your community. To reach more people, you can promote your event and share it nearby for $1 per day per community. Featured Event: Artist Talk with Chanel Thervil: Portraits with Purpose When: Tuesday, June 8th at 7:00 p.m. Where: zoom What: Celebrating Character, Resiliency, Strength, and Joy Artist Chanel Thervil's vivid portraits celebrate the essential character and spirit of her subjects. Hear how she uses a combination of conversation and mixed media to develop an image that captures personality and life exp... Learn More Featured Event: Artist Talk with Chanel Thervil: Portraits with Purpose (Arts Arlington) Featured Event: Celebrate Best Friends Day By Sending Your Bestie Flowers When: Tuesday, June 8th at 9:00 p.m. What: Best friends have been by your side through it all — the good times, the bad times and everything in between. And in honor of National Best Friends Day, which takes place on June 8, and they deserve to know just how important they are to you. That's why you should treat them to a ... Learn More Featured Event: Celebrate Best Friends Day By Sending Your Bestie Flowers (FTD Flowers) Virtual Glass Flowers Tour When: Wednesday, June 9th at 6:00 p.m. Where: (Virtual) Harvard Museum of Natural History What: Join us for a virtual tour of the famous Glass Flowers! This docent-led tour will delve into the history, artistry, and significance of the collection and give participants the opportunity to explore the gallery online. These interactive tours are approximately one hour long, and ... Learn More Passim Streams: McKain Lakey (live from Club Passim) When: Wednesday, June 9th at 8:00 p.m. Where: Club Passim What: Sometimes the pursuit of our greater humanity involves jumping into life head first. That's what McKain Lakey does. You can tell by her songs.Armed with George the trusty road cat, a carful of instruments, and all the fight of a rambling, rural-raised, queer femme wanderer, Mc... Learn More Featured Event: MAKE EVERY VOTE COUNT, with Attorney General Eric Holder When: Thursday, June 10th at 9:00 p.m. Where: Zoom What: The 2022 and 2024 elections are more critical than 2020, and we must work NOW to keep them fair. "The biggest rigged system in America is gerrymandering." Eric Holder, former Attorney General, joins Force Multiplier on behalf of the the National Redistricting Action Fund. Help... Learn More Featured Event: MAKE EVERY VOTE COUNT, with Attorney General Eric Holder (Beverly Cooper-Wiele) Divorce? Where to Start! – Boston, MA Hub ~ No-Cost Webinar When: Thursday, June 10th at 6:30 p.m. Where: Zoom Webinar What: Join Vesta for a COMPLIMENTARY ONLINE event; to gather information about all aspects of the divorce process. Are you separated, in the process of divorce, or already divorced? Whatever stage you are in, our Ask the Divorce Experts event has something for you. These no-cost eve... Learn More Lit Crawl Boston 2021 When: Thursday, June 10th at 6:00 p.m. Where: Starlight Square What: Come celebrate the city's literary past, present, and future on a night of irreverent literary programming in Cambridge's unique and culturally rich Central Square neighborhood. Over three evening sessions (at 6, 7, and 8pm), intrepid readers will choose from a variety of uniq... Learn More Lit Crawl 2021 When: Thursday, June 10th at 6:00 p.m. Where: 84 Bishop Allen Drive What: Come celebrate the city's literary past, present, and future on a night of irreverent literary programming in Cambridge's unique and culturally rich Central Square neighborhood. Over three evening sessions (at 6, 7, and 8pm), intrepid readers will choose from a variety of uniq... Learn More Featured Event: Arlington Greek Food Festival - ALL Weekend - Starts Friday! When: Saturday, June 12th at 11:00 a.m. Where: St. Athanasius the Great Greek Orthodox Church What: ALL Weekend - Rain or Shine - Outdoor+Tent Seating - Take Out Too!! The Arlington Greek Festival is Back for 2021! This COVID safe affair will have much of the favorite foods and features of previous years; roast lamb, beef & chicken souvlakia, pastichio, moussaka, Gyro an... Learn More Featured Event: Arlington Greek Food Festival - ALL Weekend - Starts Friday! (Gary G Makredes) Featured Event: Outdated MA Will or Living Trust? Free 5 lesson email course When: Saturday, June 12th at 12:30 p.m. Where: Lexington, MA - on web What: Click here to Register 5 Day Email Course for MA Residents.  After you register, we'll send you an email series for the next 5 days. The first lesson will arrive in a day or two. Why do we do this?  Procrastination in this area of life is legendary. So we've worked hard to ma... Learn More Featured Event: Outdated MA Will or Living Trust? Free 5 lesson email course(Joel Bernstein) Featured Event: Outdated MA Will or Living Trust? Free 5 lesson email course When: Saturday, June 12th at 12:30 p.m. Where: Lexington, MA - on web What: Click here to Register 5 Day Email Course for MA Residents.  After you register, we'll send you an email series for the next 5 days. The first lesson will arrive in a day or two. Why do we do this?  Procrastination in this area of life is legendary. So we've worked hard to ma... Learn More Featured Event: Outdated MA Will or Living Trust? Free 5 lesson email course (Joel Bernstein) QueerFolk Fest When: Saturday, June 12th at 1:00 p.m. Where: https://passim.org What: Queerfolk Festival provides opportunities for LGBTQ+ identifying artists and bands. After recognizing a large volume of queer folk artists and a lack of spaces to support them, Sara Gougeon, a queer folk artist and a graduate of Berklee College of Music, decided to create Quee... Learn More Field of Vision Photography Exhibition at CambridgeSide When: Saturday, June 12th at 2:00 p.m. Where: CambridgeSide What: Enjoy the splendor of the countryside through the talented lens of local photographers. CambridgeSide has announced the opening of Field of Vision, an exhibition from the Photographic Resource Center of Cambridge, MA honoring the New England landscape and its innate beauty. Cu... Learn More Eversource Virtual Walk for Boston Children's Hospital. When: Sunday, June 13th at 8:00 a.m. What: Register for the Eversource Walk for Boston Children's Hospital, taking place on Sunday, June 13, to fundraise for children facing the devastating disease. Similar to last year's event, participants will be able to walk anytime, anywhere to raise funds for kids and families he... Learn More Field of Vision Photography Exhibition at CambridgeSide When: Sunday, June 13th at 12:00 p.m. Where: CambridgeSide What: Enjoy the splendor of the countryside through the talented lens of local photographers. CambridgeSide has announced the opening of Field of Vision, an exhibition from the Photographic Resource Center of Cambridge, MA honoring the New England landscape and its innate beauty. Cu... Learn More See all the local events posted by your neighbors, or add your own, on the Cambridge Patch community calendar. Editor's note: This article was automatically generated based on event information mainly provided by community members. Patch has not independently verified most of this information, always check with organizers to confirm posted events are proceeding as planned. Click on any event in the list for more details. You can also reach out to [email protected] with any questions or other feedback about this article.