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

Cambridge MA

11 November, 2021

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CAMBRIDGE, MA — Wondering what there is to do in the Cambridge area this weekend? Below, we've included some of this week's top events from Cambridge. Here are some events taking place in town this weekend. Hosting an event? Whether you're planning a knitting circle, a barbecue, or painting in the park, there's no better place to share it than Patch's event calendar. 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. Here are all of this weekend's events in and around Cambridge: Featured Event: The Boston Comedy Festival All-Stars When: Thursday, November 11th at 8:00 p.m. Where: The Burren What: Boston Comedy Festival all-stars were picked from the galaxy of stars that have performed at the Boston Comedy Festival over the last 20 years. We are proud to bring together this truly All-Star line up to the universe! Paul D'Angelo Named "Best Comedian", Boston Magazine "Bes... Learn More Featured Event: The Boston Comedy Festival All-Stars (Jim McCue) Featured Event: Boston Comedy Festival: Semi Final Round 1 When: Thursday, November 11th at 8:00 p.m. Where: The Rockwell What: Join The Boston Comedy Festival at the Preliminary round of a nationwide stand-up competition. Forty-eight, bright-eyed comics from all over the country compete for $5, 000 dollars in prize money. When it's over, and there will be one comic standing with a nice little bag of money... Learn More Featured Event: Boston Comedy Festival: Semi Final Round 1 (Jim McCue) Featured Event: Boston Comedy Festival: Semi Final Round 2 When: Thursday, November 11th at 9:30 p.m. Where: The Rockwell What: Join The Boston Comedy Festival at the Semi Final round of a nationwide stand-up competition. Forty-eight, bright-eyed comics from all over the country compete for $5, 000 dollars in prize money. When it's over, and there will be one comic standing with a nice little bag of money ... Learn More Featured Event: Boston Comedy Festival: Semi Final Round 2 (Jim McCue) Featured Event: Celebrate Your Favorite Veteran With Patriotic Flowers When: Thursday, November 11th at 9:00 p.m. What: Veterans Day is a time to reflect and recognize the courage and dedication of active and former military service members. This year, honor your favorite veteran by sending a patriotic floral arrangement. FTD Flowers has beautiful bouquets and gifts that are perfect for the occ... Learn More Featured Event: Celebrate Your Favorite Veteran With Patriotic Flowers (FTD Flowers) Deadline for Allston Brighton Boston College Community Fund $3,000 Project Grant Application When: Thursday, November 11th at 5:00 p.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Thursday, November 11 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PMGrant applications for the Fall 2021 Cycle of the Allston Brighton/Boston College Community Fund $3,000 Project Grant must be submitted no later than 5:00pm via email (bcneighborhoodce... Learn More Featured Event: Best of Boston Comedy Festival When: Friday, November 12th at 8:00 p.m. Where: DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Boston - Cambridge What: For over twenty one years the Boston Comedy Festival has been the "Comic's Comedy Festival," building a reputation for the best comedians anywhere in the world. Here are some of the very best in the business don't miss these truly funny folks. Jim McCue went viral this year w... Learn More Featured Event: Best of Boston Comedy Festival (Jim McCue) Application Deadline: Harvard-Allston Partnership Fund When: Friday, November 12th at 12:00 a.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Friday, November 12 (all day) A total of $100,000 is available in one-year grants to community-based organizations that provide programs and services to residents of Allston-Brighton. The Harvard Allston Partnership Fund is commi... Learn More Bill Staines When: Friday, November 12th at 9:00 a.m. Where: Club Passim What: A New England native, Bill Staines became involved in the Boston-Cambridge folk scene in the early 1960s and, for a time, emceed the Sunday hootenanny at Club 47. Staines has been the quintessential folk troubadour, singing his songs at the country's top festivals, concerts, c... Learn More How to Read a Wine Label [Nov 12] When: Friday, November 12th at 6:00 p.m. Where: Commonwealth Wine School What: Ever found yourself staring at a wall of wine bottles at your favorite shop, stuck like a deer in headlights? There are so many place names, grapes, producers, styles…how to make a decision? Even if you know a fair bit about wine it's still easy to get confused by the things y... Learn More 2021 Virtual Fall Lecture Series: Poetry of Science When: Friday, November 12th at 6:00 p.m. Where: Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Park What: Event listing from Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Park: Friday, November 12 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PMThe Poetry of Science, a Cambridge Arts Council funded project, brought together scientists, poets, and photographers of color whose subsequent conversations... Learn More Featured Event: TOWNIE - Steve Sweeney When: Saturday, November 13th at 9:00 a.m. Where: The Rockwell What: Steve Sweeney, comedian, actor, producer, writer and key figure in Boston's cultural landscape, headlines in his much acclaimed one-man-show, TOWNIE, as part of the "One Man Festival" He employs observational humor and imagery to transport audiences back to his hardnosed child... Learn More Featured Event: TOWNIE - Steve Sweeney (Jim McCue) Featured Event: Open Range Saturday When: Saturday, November 13th at 11:00 a.m. Where: Gore Place What: Experience something unique this weekend at Waltham's historic Gore Place Estate with your family and friends learning the sport of TRADITIONAL recurve archery! This Zen-like martial art requires only patience, focus and determination to succeed, but don't let that fool you in... Learn More Featured Event: Open Range Saturday (On the Mark Archery) Featured Event: Peter and the Wolf When: Saturday, November 13th at 12:00 p.m. Where: Symphony Hall What: PETER AND THE WOLFby Sergei Prokofiev BSO FAMILY CONCERTSaturday, November 13, 2021 at 12pmSymphony HallFederico Cortese, ConductorGenevieve Lefevre, BYSO Alumna '15, Narrator Reserve your seat today for one of Boston's favorite family events!Tickets are $20 per adult, childre... Learn More Featured Event: Peter and the Wolf (Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras) Featured Event: Free Intro to Body & Brain Yoga Taichi When: Saturday, November 13th at 1:30 p.m. Where: Body & Brain Yoga Tai Chi What: Gain a deeper awareness of your body and mind condition. Experience how Body & Brain principles and exercises can create positive change. New to Body & Brain? Our programs have helped thousands of people worldwide improve their health and live with greater joy and purp... Learn More Featured Event: Free Intro to Body & Brain Yoga Taichi (Cambridge Body & Brain Center) Featured Event: Boston Classical Guitar Society Presents Berta Rojas When: Saturday, November 13th at 7:30 p.m. Where: First Lutheran Church of Boston What: Join the Boston Classical Guitar Society as it revives its annual concert series after a year hiatus due to the pandemic. Program includes music by Torroba, Sergio Assad, and many others.Berta Rojas ranks among today's foremost classical guitarists. She has been praised as "…g... Learn More Featured Event: Boston Classical Guitar Society Presents Berta Rojas (Dave Mclellan) Featured Event: Women of the Boston Comedy Festival When: Saturday, November 13th at 8:00 p.m. Where: DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Boston - Cambridge What: You can catch some of the funniest comedians around performing on the Women of the Boston Comedy Festival show. This hilarious comedy show is devoted to inspiring, encouraging, discovering, and promoting ladies in comedy. Women of the Boston Comedy Festival Host Niki Luparell... Learn More Featured Event: Women of the Boston Comedy Festival (Jim McCue) Featured Event: Boston Comedy Festival Gala When: Saturday, November 13th at 8:00 p.m. Where: Somerville Theatre What: BOSTON COMEDY FESTIVAL GRAND FINALE November 13, 20218:00-10:00 PMSomerville TheatreCombining iconic comedians with icons-in-the-making, the 22nd Annual Boston Comedy Festival Gala will showcase some of the best established and new comedic talents. The final eight up-and-comin... Learn More Featured Event: Boston Comedy Festival Gala (Jim McCue) Featured Event: Free 5-Day Email Course: MA Wills & Living Trusts When: Saturday, November 13th at 6:00 p.m. Where: Email Course begins for you after you enroll What: MY GIFT TO YOU So many people I spoke with wanted to learn more about Massachusetts Wills and Trusts that I decided to write it down. In the simplest way I could. The response has been enormous! Join the thousands who have taken the course so you can start feeling confident ab... Learn More Featured Event: Free 5-Day Email Course: MA Wills & Living Trusts (Joel Bernstein) Featured Event: Free 5-Day Email Course: MA Wills & Living Trusts When: Saturday, November 13th at 6:00 p.m. Where: Email Course begins for you after you enroll What: MY GIFT TO YOU So many people I spoke with wanted to learn more about Massachusetts Wills and Trusts that I decided to write it down. In the simplest way I could. The response has been enormous! Join the thousands who have taken the course so you can start feeling confident ab... Learn More Featured Event: Free 5-Day Email Course: MA Wills & Living Trusts (Joel Bernstein) United South End Artists Open Studios When: Saturday, November 13th at 12:00 a.m. What: The annual South End Open Studios is back as the United South End Artists (USEA) showcase the eclectic talent that makes up Boston's artist community. Now in its 35th year, the event showcases the work of more than 150 established and emerging artists creating art in a wide va... Learn More Alastair Moock's Pasture Plenty When: Saturday, November 13th at 9:00 a.m. Where: Club Passim What: feat. Vance Gilbert, Cloudbelly (Corey Laitman & Anand Nayak), and Hazel Royer Learn More Brighton Brewfest - All Bright Community Center When: Saturday, November 13th at 4:00 p.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Saturday, November 13 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM     Brighton Brewfest, benefiting both Brighton Main Streets & PSF Community Center, will tak... Learn More We are Family! A Lambrusco Grape Showdown [November 13] When: Saturday, November 13th at 6:30 p.m. Where: Commonwealth Wine School What: Get the scoop on these iconic wines with Noell Dorsey, and taste them side by side as you tour a region that can easily be considered the food Mecca of Italy, Emilia-Romagna. This sparkler has charmed many with its vibrancy and versatility. Sweet, dry, tannic or bright these w... Learn More Featured Event: ABC Preschool Stroll and Open House When: Sunday, November 14th at 10:30 a.m. Where: Arlington Boys & Girls Club What: Come check out ABC Preschool, nestled within the Arlington Boys & Girls Club on the banks of beautiful Spy Pond.  With four classrooms for Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten serving students ages 2.9 to 5.11 years, the EEC licensed ABC Preschool welcomes your child for the 202... Learn More Featured Event: ABC Preschool Stroll and Open House (Jennifer Goodwin) Featured Event: Open Range Sunday! When: Sunday, November 14th at 11:00 a.m. Where: Gore Place What: Get outside this fall and learn archery! Enjoy the great outdoors at the historic Gore Place Estate mansion while experiencing a community engagement event unlike any other. Come solo or invite your family and friends along to participate in this Zen-like martial art requires ... Learn More Featured Event: Open Range Sunday! (On the Mark Archery) Featured Event: Gala/Fundraiser When: Sunday, November 14th at 1:00 p.m. Where: Canadian-American Club Inc What: Please join us for an afternoon of Gaelic singing, dancing and local musicians performing on pipes, fiddle, piano, and guitar. The bar is available to buy drinks and free food provided.  There will be raffles too. Donations accepted at the door.  Time:  1:00-7:30 pm Proof of v... Learn More CambridgeSide Hosts Canned Food Drive for The Salvation Army When: Sunday, November 14th at 11:00 a.m. Where: CambridgeSide What: Help make Thanksgiving brighter for neighbors in need. Now through Sunday, November 14, 2021, CambridgeSide is hosting a canned food donation drive to benefit The Salvation Army of Cambridge. Donations of canned food items will be included in Thanksgiving Baskets for local fam... Learn More Verite When: Sunday, November 14th at 7:00 p.m. Where: Brighton Music Hall, 158 Brighton Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02134, United States What: A year in isolation has fundamentally shifted how VERITE is approaching her world. As an independent artist, her career has always been an exploration of how to create and build outside traditional structures and the current landscape feels like familiar terrain for the artist... Learn More Bruce Molsky When: Sunday, November 14th at 7:00 p.m. Where: Club Passim What: He's a self-described "street kid" from the Bronx who bailed on college and big city life for a cold-water cabin in Virginia in the 1970s. His mission? To soak up the passion that was dramatically upending his parent's life plan for him – authentic Appalachian mountain music... Learn More WSET Level 2 Certificate In Wines [Nov 15 - Jan 24] When: Monday, November 15th at 6:00 p.m. Where: Commonwealth Wine School, 35 Dunster Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, United States What: 8 Mondays, November 15, 2021 - January 17, 2022, 6-8pm No Class December 27 or January 3 Exam January 24, 2022 6-7PM Register by November 7, 2021 If you know the basic wine grapes—that Chardonnay is a white wine and Cabernet Sauvignon is usually red—then begin at Level 2. This... Learn More O'Neill Branch Book Group (O'Neill/Virtual) When: Monday, November 15th at 6:30 p.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Monday, November 15 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PMNovember selection The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich: A book discussion group for adults at the O'Neill Branch Library, reading a mixture of fiction and nonfiction. Past titles include G... Learn More School Committee Regular Meeting - Cambridge Public Schools When: Tuesday, November 16th at 12:00 a.m. Where: Cambridge Public Schools What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Schools: Tuesday, November 16 (all day) This event was originally posted on a public calendar and distributed by Burbio. Please confirm event details with the host before attending. Have a correction? Contact us at [email protected], ... Learn More MCAS ELA retest - Rindge School of Technical Arts When: Tuesday, November 16th at 12:00 a.m. Where: Rindge School of Technical Arts What: Event listing from Rindge School of Technical Arts: Tuesday, November 16 (all day)MCAS ELA retestsession 1CBT NextGen or PBT Legacy This event was originally posted on a public calendar and distributed by Burbio. Please confirm event details with the host before attendin... Learn More Boston University Community Office Hours When: Tuesday, November 16th at 9:00 a.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Tuesday, November 16 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM   Boston University Community Office Hours Government & Community Affairs at Boston University 9-10am, the third Tuesday of the month    Community Office Hours are an op... Learn More XR Lab 101 (Main) - Cambridge Public Library When: Tuesday, November 16th at 4:00 p.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Tuesday, November 16 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PMExtended reality (XR) opens the door to worlds and experiences outside the everyday through virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality equipment. Test drive our Microsoft HoloLe... Learn More College Apps 101: The Essay - All Bright Community Center When: Tuesday, November 16th at 4:30 p.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Tuesday, November 16 from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PMWhat's the 411, the down and dirty, the need-to-know about college applications? What kinds of schools are even out there? How do we pick where to apply? Can I just copy-and-paste the s... Learn More Rebuild Cash Flow Post-Pandemic for Small Businesses When: Tuesday, November 16th at 5:30 p.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Tuesday, November 16 from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM This virtual workshop is designed for business owners who need a better understanding of the cash demands required to successfully manage a business before, during, and after critical ... Learn More Contemporary Book Group - Cambridge Public Library When: Tuesday, November 16th at 6:00 p.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Tuesday, November 16 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PMNovember read: What Are You Going Through, by Sigrid NunezReading Interests: The group concentrates on fiction, memoirs, and popular nonfiction. Some past selections include: Lost Children... Learn More Financial Literacy 101: Managing a Checking Account (Virtual) When: Tuesday, November 16th at 6:00 p.m. Where: Cambridge Public Library What: Event listing from Cambridge Public Library: Tuesday, November 16 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PMManaging one's own money in today's world is tricky. Checking accounts provide us with convenient access to our money and help us manage our finances carefully. Understanding how to keep ... Learn More Q1 Grading Collection Closes 11:59 PM When: Wednesday, November 17th at 12:00 a.m. Where: Rindge School of Technical Arts What: Event listing from Rindge School of Technical Arts: Wednesday, November 17 (all day) This event was originally posted on a public calendar and distributed by Burbio. Please confirm event details with the host before attending. Have a correction? Contact us at content@pat... Learn More Family Conferences (Special Schedule) When: Wednesday, November 17th at 12:00 a.m. Where: Community Charter School of Cambridge What: Event listing from Community Charter School of Cambridge: Wednesday, November 17 through Thursday, November 18 This event was originally posted on a public calendar and distributed by Burbio. Please confirm event details with the host before attending. Have a correction?... Learn More Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Mental Health Closer (Session 2) When: Wednesday, November 17th at 10:00 a.m. Where: All Bright Community Center What: Event listing from All Bright Community Center: Wednesday, November 17 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Public School Partnerships' Out-of-School Time Learning Community is BACK! Join us for the second session of our two-part series on supporting mental health in young people — while... Learn More Check out 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.