WEEKEND SPOTLIGHT

Le Grand Prix Elmendorf du Pain @ Cambridge Street, Cambridge — Cambridge Street shuts down for a french-style baking competition turned street festival: home and pro bakers face off on their best loaves as East Cambridge fills with French food, local art, and live music

Friday June 12th

Public Art Tour @ MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge — Get a tour of MIT's Public Art Collection featuring artwork by renowned artists like Picasso to large-scale installations. Free to attend but registration is required | FREE • 12:15-1:15PM

Pan in the Park Jamboree @ Magazine Beach Park, Cambridge — A free Caribbean-American culture celebration on the lawn at Magazine Beach, with live steel pan bands, island food, and hands-on craft activities. Put on by Cambridge Carnival International | FREE • 4-8PM

Survivor Aeronaut @ Aeronaut Brewing, Somerville — Outwit, outplay, outdrink. Underground Games brings its 5th-annual Survivor night to Aeronaut with new challenges, team competitions, and prizes earned through gameplay. Only a few tickets left | $23 • 5-10PM

Boston Tango Festival: The Embrace Endures @ Dance Union Studio, Somerville — The Boston Tango Festival hits its 20th year starting tomorrow with three days of classes, live music, and Argentine folklore at Dance Union in Bow Market | Ticket Prices Vary • Fri 6PM-Sun 9PM

Outdoor Movie Night: The Good Dinosaur @ CambridgeSide, Cambridge — CambridgeSide kicks off its summer movie series on the Canal Park lawn with The Good Dinosaur. Come early for a Dino Buddy craft and a fossil imprint station, then light up the night with glow sticks once it's dark | FREE • 7-10PM

The Book Club Live Music @ McCarthy's Toad, Cambridge — A Boston cover band out of a BC jazz ensemble plays its start-of-summer show, running rock, pop, and funk favorites late into the night. Expect a few new covers in the mix | FREE • 10:30PM-2AM

THE STOOP’S PICK

Comedy at Summer Shack @ Summer Shack, Cambridge — Fifteen bucks, free parking, and a night of stand-up over seafood. Summer Shack's weekly show stacks touring comics and surprise drop-ins, some familiar faces across Netflix, HBO and Comedy Central shows

Saturday June 13th

RoLa Summer Soirée: Art Museum & Picnic @ Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge — Practice a language outside the classroom over art and a picnic. RoLa pairs a Harvard Art Museums visit with bites by the Charles, open to anyone practicing Spanish, French, or Portuguese | FREE • 10AM-12PM

Fresh Pond Day @ Fresh Pond Reservoir, Cambridge — Ever wonder where Cambridge's water comes from? This family festival opens up Fresh Pond with a treatment-plant open house, live animals, music, and free popcorn, all at the city's green-space oasis (and one of my favorite after-work spots) | FREE • 11AM-3PM

FOUND Rooftop Vintage Market @ Urban Park Roof Garden, Cambridge — A new rooftop twist on vintage markets as this one sits above Kendall Square, with 50+ secondhand and sustainable vendors all set against skyline views | FREE • 12-5PM

Central Square Watch Party: Haiti vs Scotland @ University Park, Cambridge — The World Cup is on and so is Central Square as it turns into a World Cup fan zone for Haiti vs Scotland. The match live on a big screen with food from local vendors, music and more at this city hall celebration/watch party | FREE • 6-11PM

Comedy at Summer Shack @ Summer Shack, Cambridge — Catch touring stand-ups over dinner and drinks at Summer Shack. A Boston Globe "Critic's Pick" with headliners who've hit Netflix, HBO, and Hulu, plus new acts weekly | $18 • 7:30-PM

Sunday June 14th

Sweat & Social Sundays: Yoga @ Club Volo (Assembly Row), Somerville — The bi-weekly seroes is back - start Sunday with a YogaSix-led flow at Club Volo, open to first-timers and regulars. Mat-and-breath basics plus time an open social hour to meet new people after | $10 • 9-10AM

Le Grand Prix Elmendorf du Pain (Bread Competition) @ Cambridge Street, Cambridge — French flavors comes to Cambridge as the 4th annual bread competition turns East Cambridge into a Paris-style street fest, with bakers competing for the best loaf and food vendors like Formaggio, Clear Flour, and Michette Bakery posting up | FREE • 12-4PM

Community Clothing Swap @ The Loov, Somerville — Clean out your closet as The Loov runs on a simple trade: drop off what you don't wear, pick up something new to you, no cash involved | FREE • 2PM

SomerStreets: Carnaval @ Broadway, Somerville — Rescheduled after last weekend’s rain, one of Somerville's biggest street parties takes over 16 blocks of Broadway for an afternoon, with a Brazilian-style dance performances, dunk tanks, bounce houses | FREE • 2-6PM

Speed Dating in Cambridge (Ages 30-42) @ Theory Bar & Lounge, Cambridge — In-person dating in Kendall Square for the 30-to-42 crowd. Up to 14 five-minute first dates over the night, your first drink covered, matches sent within 24 hours | $43 • 6-8PM

Rueda in the Pahk @ Jill Brown Rhone Park, Cambridge — A weekly outdoor Cuban-style dancing in Cambridgeport every Sunday through mid-September. A free Rueda de Casino lesson opens the night then a social dance through the rest of the night | FREE • 6-9PM

Salsa & Bachata Social @ Cantab Underground, Cambridge — Swing by Cantab for a social dance night. DJ Clave will be spinning nonstop hits, mostly salsa with bachata mixed in. All level welcome | $10 • 9PM-12AM

NEXT WEEK’S WATCHLIST

Cambridge Taste 2026 @ University Park, Cambridge — Three hours, dozens of local kitchens, one lawn. Cambridge Taste returns to University Park with food sampling, wine and cocktails, and money raised going to Cambridge nonprofits

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