After a week that felt like summer, reality starts setting in this weekend with a dose of rain. Yet rain or not, there are still ways to touch grass and keep busy.
Bow Market turns into an Enchanted Forest for the second Ren Faire, with makers and live performances, workshops and a final dance party at Remnant to close out a full day of medieval merriment. Kendall's new performing arts center The Platform opens its doors and Lamplighter turns ten. Plus a pie swap, a pumpkin smash and speed dating for anyone done with the apps
Gear up for a busy and muggy weekend ahead.
Kendall Square's new performing arts center, The Platform, opens this Saturday with a free afternoon of music, dance and art, including dancers performing off the side of 585 Kendall · The Platform
Miami açaí spot Pura Vida opened its first Massachusetts cafe in Harvard Square today, taking over the ground floor at 95 Mount Auburn St · Connect CRE
A Harvard Square restaurant now charges non-customers $3 to use its restroom, with proceeds going to the Y2Y youth shelter · Only in Boston on X
Somerville and the Somerville Museum will honor local veterans next Wednesday at Milk Row Cemetery, the city's oldest burial ground · City of Somerville
Lebanese favorite Cafe Barada will close its North Cambridge dining room December 5 after more than four decades between Arlington and Mass Ave · NBC Boston
Speed Dating @ CanalSide, CambridgeSide - Done swiping? Boston Single Mingle takes over the C-Side Bar tomorrow night for up to 15 first dates, with your matches landing in your inbox within a day
Speed Dating @ CanalSide, CambridgeSide - Ditch the apps for up to fifteen mini first dates Friday night and get your matches in your inbox the next day | $35 • 6:30PM
Godzilla: Minus Zero + Movie Club Meetup @ AMC Assembly Row, Somerville - Meet up with Somerville Movie Club for Godzilla Friday night, with an optional bite at Pokemoto beforehand and drinks afterward | 6:30PM
Board Game Night @ Aeronaut Brewing, Somerville - Come solo or bring a friend Friday night, grab a table and pick a game off the shelf. Wear red to find the group | 7PM
Great British Bake Off Watch Party @ Lamplighter Broadway, Cambridgeport - Watch the new season with fellow baking fans in the back taproom Friday night, with pizza and a special apple crumble sour on tap | 7:30PM
Bow Market Renaissance Faire @ Bow Market, Union Square - Bow turns into an Enchanted Forest Saturday with makers, performances, combat demos and workshops before a dance party at Remnant | FREE • 10AM
Collage Workshop for Adults @ East Branch Library, East Somerville - Cut, paste and play Saturday morning with artist Cara Foster Karim | FREE • 10AM
Pumpkin Smash @ Chuckie Harris Park, East Somerville - Give your jack-o'-lantern a satisfying sendoff Saturday by smashing it into compost, then stick around for games and a bake sale | FREE • 11AM
The Platform Opening Day @ The Platform, Kendall - Kendall's new performing arts center opens Saturday with ten regional artists across four stages, a local art market and BANDALOOP dancing straight up the side of the building | FREE • 12PM
Touch Grass + Meet IRL Cuffing Season Finale @ Seven Hills Park, Davis Square - Wear green if you're single or red if you're friend or wingperson Saturday, or join the friend-making track with Amigas en Boston | FREE • 2PM
Lamplighter's 10th Anniversary Party @ Lamplighter Brewing, Cambridgeport - Lamplighter turns ten Saturday night with balloons, games, music, cupcakes and Major Tom and After Midnight back on tap | FREE • 6PM
The TUNEabomber @ The Rockwell, Davis Square - Ted Kaczynski tells his life story through song at a parole hearing in this deeply unhinged musical comedy Saturday night, 18+ only | $20 • 9:30PM
Bow Market Renaissance Faire @ Bow Market, Union Square - Bow becomes an Enchanted Forest Saturday with makers, performers, combat demos and medieval workshops, then a dance party of fantastical proportions at Remnant
Pumpkin Smash @ Chuckie Harris Park, East Somerville - Give your jack-o'-lantern a proper send-off Saturday by smashing it into compost, with family games, a bake sale and a walk to one of the city's new food scrap bins
Somerville Art Fair Auction Night @ Bow Market, Union Square - Bid on original work from this year's Somerville Art Fair artists at a silent auction upstairs at Bow Sunday, where every dollar from the art goes straight to the artists
Fall Bake Exchange @ The Foundry, East Cambridge - Bring one homemade pie Sunday afternoon and leave with a whole box of slices from everyone else | $10 • 3PM
Somerville Art Fair Auction Night @ Upstairs at Bow, Union Square - Browse original art at a silent auction Sunday night and place a bid knowing the artwork proceeds go directly to the artists | $35 • 4PM
Trivia Night at An Sibin @ An Sibin, Inman Square - Bring a team or join the crowd for competitive Sunday trivia, prizes and plenty of food and drinks at the pub | 8PM
Boston Comedy Festival Contest Finals @ Somerville Theatre, Davis Square - The final eight comics battle for $7,000 next Saturday in the contest that helped launch Nate Bargatze, hosted by Boston comedy legend Tony V
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