USA vs Australia Watch Party @ Club Volo, Somerville — Team USA aims to go 2-0 after an emphatic opening win vs Paraguay. Club Volo is hosting the big game under the tent with beach volleyball, soccer, tennis, lawn games plus a bar underneath the tent | FREE • 2-6PM

Reading with Plants @ Somerville Community Growing Center, Somerville — Yes, it's what it sounds like: you read to the plants. The Growing Center hosts this easy-going summer hang where you settle into the garden with a book and keep the greenery company | FREE • 2:30-4PM

Bonde Social Club @ Bonde, Cambridge — Want a wine bar tasting without the wine bar? Bonde lets you build a flight of three pours for $19 every Friday and Saturday - no signups, just show up and hang out | $19 • 5-9PM

Sh!t-Faced Shakespeare: Macbeth @ The Rockwell, Cambridge — What happens when you take Shakespeare's bloodiest play seriously, then get one cast member hammered? You get a chaotic two-hour Macbeth where the booze rewrites the script in real time | $43 • 7-9PM (also performing Sat 7/19 8PM)

Avenue at the Park @ Sennott Park, Cambridge — The Avenue Fellowship throws open a free afternoon in Sennott Park, and the whole idea is connection, meeting neighbors, making friends, and settling into summer over good food and music. Bring lawn chairs + blankets to settle in | FREE • 11AM-2PM

Backyard BBQ Party: How to Feed 20 Without Losing Your Mind @ The Smoke Shop BBQ, Somerville — Hosting a cookout for 20 sounds great until you're actually cooking for 20. This Smoke Shop class has a pitmaster walk you through doing it without melting down, plus pizza, burgers, smoked chicken sliders, and complementary cocktails on the side | $125 • 11:30AM-2PM

Harvard Square Vintage Block Party @ Brattle Street, Cambridge — Brattle Street shuts down for a summer vintage block party with 60+ vendors, games, live jazz, and photo booths in Harvard Square. Over 8000 people showed up to the last one | FREE • 12-6PM

Candle Making Workshop @ Craft Loft, Cambridge — Make two of your own soy candles from scratch at Craft Loft, scented with seasonal essential oils and poured into lidded glass jars you take home | $71 • 5-6PM

Vendorama Summer '26 @ First Street Market, Cambridge — Whether you're hunting for a piece or just want to know the artists working around Camberville, Organs Studio night market puts 40+ of them under one roof at First Street Market | FREE • 5-10PM

Sweat & Social Sundays: Pilates @ Club Volo, Somerville — Start your Sunday with a 45-minute all-levels Pilates flow at Club Volo, then stick around to hang out and meet people. Drop in whether you've done Pilates for years or never set foot on a mat | $10 • 9-10AM

Summer Solstice: Mindfulness Walk @ Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge — Move in a group through one of Cambridge's most scenic green spaces at a deliberate crawl, stopping to sit, breathe, and notice. A guided mindfulness walk through Mount Auburn Cemetery | $12 • 10-11:30AM

Color and Unwind Art Hangout @ Mothership, Cambridge — Take a break from the weekend chaos and try out a less formal art class that combines weekly reset with creative company. All materials provided and only two spots left | $25 • 12PM

Hyper-Local Art Night Market @ Boston Figurative Art Center, Somerville — Take advantage of the longest day of the year and spend it scouring 30+ vendors at this Union Square art night market. Plus a free clothing swap running simultaneously | FREE • 3:30-8PM

Summer Solstice Celebration @ Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Cambridge — Get a free after-hours run of Harvard's four science and culture museums, the world-famous Glass Flowers, gems, and ancient Egypt included, while a solstice party lights up the block with performances, a dance party, and food trucks | FREE • 5-9PM

Sunday Summer Solstice Yoga & Live Music @ Museum of Modern Renaissance, Somerville — Mark the first day of summer with an unforgettable 75-minute yoga class inside the Museum of Modern Renaissance, all while a pianist plays in the background to help you relax | $39 • 6-7:30PM

The Great Outdoors Dance Party @ State Park (One Kendall Square Plaza), Cambridge — Kendall's plaza turns into a dance floor as State Park's all-vinyl DJs spin outdoors for a free summer party. Bring your dancing shoes, drinks and food on hand | FREE • 6-10PM