Guillermo Sexo play Zuzu on Monday
MassArt
Spring Sale | No admission to browse hand-blown glass, ceramics,
oil paintings, handmade jewelry, and more at the Massachusetts College of Art
and Design on Thursday, May 10- Saturday, May 12 from 10 am-7 pm | inside.massart.edu/springsale
"Endowment
for Unexceptional Humans presents a Storytelling Auction" | Nine local
authors, including William Giraldi and Christopher Boucher, read stories about
personal items of significance -- including signed books and childhood art
projects-- and then auction off the items to benefit the local JP non-profit at
the First United Church in Somerville on Friday, May 11 @ 8 pm [donations
accepted] | unexceptionalhuman.org
SMFA
Sidewalk Sale | No admission to browse the school's sidewalk sale
which has paintings, jewelry, clothing, prints, and more at the School of the
Museum of Fine Arts on Friday, May 11 -Saturday, May 12 from 10 am-5 pm | smfa.edu
"Rolling
Gallery" | Bring art, art materials, mementos, and personal
artifacts to add to the ongoing experimental community art project -- an
enormous ever-growing spherical sculpture-- at Union Square Plaza on Saturday May
12 from noon-3 pm | rollinggallery.org
Springtime
Celebration | Participatory jam session with drum ceremony, dance
performances, and more to welcome spring at the Alewife Reservation on Saturday,
May 12 @ 1 pm | friendsofalewifereservation.org
SoWa
Open Market | SoWa officially opened for the season last weekend.
The every-Sunday indie art and design market has got everything from jewelry to
homemade food and baked goods to artwork to clothing and more (plus food trucks
on site) at 460 Harrison Ave on Sunday, May 13 from 10 am-4 pm | sowaopenmarket.com
"Lilac
Sunday" | Tours,
live music, activities, food vendors, and more at the Arnold Arboretum on Sunday,
May 13 from 10 am-4 pm | arboretum.harvard.edu
Guillermo
Sexo | Best Music Poll nominess plays with special guests Zachary Cale and Trummors at ZuZu on
Monday, May 14 @ 10 pm | zuzubar.com
Ann
Packer | Swim Back to Me:
Stories reading at Porter Square Books on Monday, May 14 @ 7 pm |
portersquarebooks.com
"Science
Café" |
Science and beer! Science talk with local experts at Middlesex on Tuesday, May
15 @7 pm | middlesexlounge.us
Boston
Biz Lab | A "test kitchen"
for early stage business and consumer products, services and ideas that showcases
innovative new products at the Hynes Convention Center on Wednesday, May 16 | bostonbizlab.com
"Storyliars"
| The theme of this month's edition is "Townies;" the audience decides
whose townie story is a big lie at the Milky Way on Wednesday, May 16 @ 9 pm | milkywayjp.com
"Journeys
Into Hidden Worlds" | Readings of
and talks about Leaving Mundania and The Cornbread Mafia by two journalists
who have ventured into "fringe" subcultures for their writing, Lizzie Stark and
James Higdon at the Brookline Booksmith on Wednesday, May 16 @ 7 pm |
brooklinebooksmith.com
"Psyience Fiction" |
Tasteful drum-and-bass night" with Keith Mattar, Anya, Mad Mauritan, Basek, and
Pressplay at Good Life on Wednesday, May 16
@ 9:30pm | goodlifebar.com
Wearable Art
Workshop | Workshop to create wearable sculpture from recycled objects
and clothing at the Mills Gallery at the Boston Center
for the Arts on Thursday, May 17 @ 6 pm | bcaonline.org
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