Spotlight Of The Week

Community Tango & Clothing Exchange @ Friends Meeting House, Cambridge — Clear out the closet and bring it to Practica Spark, a weekly Cambridge tango practice that's running a one-off community swap (clothes, baked goods and more are welcome) tomorrow. Trading opens a half hour before the usual 7pm dance start time

Monday June 29th

City of Cambridge World Cup Screening @ Donnelly Field, Cambridge - Part of the city's free Cambridge United series, this screening moves to Donnelly Field for the Round of 32: Germany vs Paraguay followed by Netherlands vs Morocco | FREE • 3:30-7PM

Community Tango Social & Clothing Exchange @ Friends Meeting House, Cambridge - Practica Spark is a weekly Cambridge tango practice night, and this session doubles as a community clothing swap. Bring clothes or shoes you're ready to pass on and trade them between dances | $10 • 6:30-9:30PM

Summer Plant Walk @ Stone Pl. Park, Somerville - Walk through Union Square with a local herbalist to meet the plants growing around the neighborhood and learn their medicinal uses, from weeds to trees | $5-20 • 5:30-7PM

Tuesday June 30th

Norway vs Ivory Coast World Cup Screening @ Kendall/MIT Open Space, Cambridge - The World Cup’s round of 32 is here and the MIT Open Space is showing the Norway vs Ivory Coast match (if you haven’t seen Haaland play I highly recommend) on the big screen on the Kendall lawn, free and open to anyone | FREE • 1-3PM

All-Day World Cup Screening @ Lamplighter Brewing, Cambridge - If you’re looking to catch the games all day with an intimate crowd, Lamplighter will be playing all the games starting at 1PM with Norway vs Ivory Coast, followed by France vs Sweden and ending with Mexico vs Ecuador | FREE • 1-10PM

Goats and Giggles @ East Branch Lawn (Somerville Public Library), Somerville - The Somerville Public Library is bringing baby goats (yes, baby goats) to its East Branch lawn, and yes, you can pet and hold them. A free hour of goat cuddling and photo ops, courtesy of Chip-In Farm | FREE • 2-3PM

Froca Fitness @ Canal District Kendall, Cambridge - Another Froca Fitness free outdoor dance fitness class set to African and Caribbean music, running every other Tuesday at Kendall's South Plaza | FREE • 5:30-6:30PM

Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration @ Trum Field, Somerville - Somerville's Fourth of July, a few days early: a free night at Trum Field with food, live music, and a fireworks show over Magoun Square at 9 | FREE • 6-10PM

Full Moon Yoga & Soundscape @ Museum of Modern Renaissance, Somerville - A rare chance to do yoga inside a Somerville art museum, with a special full strawberry moon theme and a sound bath featuring crystal bowls and percussion | $39 • 7-9PM

The Moth StorySLAM: Holiday Gone Wrong @ The Armory, Somerville - The Moth's monthly storytelling competition comes to the Armory, where anyone can sign up to tell a true five-minute story or just watch. This month's theme is travel gone wrong, stolen passports and multiple days of delays | $20 • 7:30-10PM

Wednesday July 1st

Boston Social Conversations Hosted By Millennial Crisis @ Aeronaut Brewing, Somerville - Get past the small talk at this guided social experience where an app sorts you into small groups with curated prompts across four rounds and where everyone gets a chance to talk and listen | 6:30-8:30PM

Cambridge Public Library Book Club Talk @ Lamplighter Broadway, Cambridge - Every other month, Cambridge Public Library and Lamplighter run a book club over craft beer. July's pick is Death of the Soccer God | FREE • 7-8:30PM

The Stoop’s Pick

Independence Day Fireworks Celebration @ Trum Field, Somerville — The City of Somerville lights up Magoun Square with a Fourth of July Fireworks celebration. Stop by for a night of community, food, music and a countdown to the light show around 9 at Trum Field

Thursday July 2nd

Beginner Watercolor Workshop @ Craft Loft, Cambridge - Craft Loft walks you through how to paint a seasonal scene with traditional bamboo and horsehair brushes, picking up color mixing and a few loose, low-stakes techniques | $61 • 6-7:30PM

Portico Point to Pint Run Club @ Portico Brewing, Somerville - A weekly Thursday 3-mile run starting and ending at Portico, with a beer to finish if you want to stick around after. All paces welcome, BYO reflective gear | FREE • 6:30-9:30PM

Weekend Sneak Peek

Baile Tropidélico @ State Park, Cambridge - Back at State Park, the monthly all-vinyl Latin and tropical dance party Baile Tropidélico has two DJs going deep on cumbia, Caribbean, and African records

Summer Saturday Movie Nights: Zootopia 2 @ Urban Park Roof Garden, Cambridge - This weekend’s Urban Park movie rooftop series is screening Zootopia 2. Bring a blanket to hang with friends or bring the whole family

Around The Corner

Picture + Panel: Seeing Japan @ Boston Figurative Arts Center, Somerville - Picture + Panel is a monthly series bringing graphic-novel creators in to talk shop. July's pairs two artists who've drawn Japan for a conversation on travel, fandom, and outsider curiosity

Boston Open Decks: Session 09 @ Naco Taco, Cambridge - Bring a USB or some records and put your name down to play, Session 09 is a women-dedicated open-decks night, outdoors and free, with ten DJ slots and as always, tacos going

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