ArtsMedford Concert: Ruby Grove
Riverside Avenue Plaza Riverside Avenue and River Street, MedfordArtsMedford continues its free 2022 concert series, "Live and Local: Music in Medford Square," with a performance by Ruby Grove at the Riverside Avenue Plaza. A new Somerville-based project, Ruby Grove aims to soothe anxious hearts and minds in the pandemic era with their soul, lofi hip-hop, indie alternative, and rock-inspired dance music. …
Drunken Prayer at The Porch
The Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint 175 River's Edge Drive, Medford, MADrunken Prayer, aka Morgan Geer, brings a unique brand of Americana music to The Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint. “It's Americana in the sense that America is a place of menace, hybrid vigor and unending strangeness,” writes Robert Duncan in CREEM Magazine. The latest Drunken Prayer releases have been 2019’s acclaimed LP "Cordelia Elsewhere" …
Words and Music: Medford Rocks the Vote
West Medford Community Center 111 Arlington St., Medford, MA"Medford Rocks The Vote" is the theme as the West Medford Community Center resumes its Words and Music program, hosted by Terry E. Carter. With the primary election passed, it's time to gear up for the general election in November. With so much at stake, WMCC wants to do its part by hosting a thoughtful …
LIZZIE the Musical
Hotung Cafe, Tufts University 44 Professors Row, Medford, United StatesTorn Ticket II, the only student-run musical theatre group at Tufts University, presents "LIZZIE" by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Tim Maner and Alan Stevens Hewitt. The four-woman rock musical is about the story of Lizzie Borden, the Fall River woman aquitted in a celebrated 1892 double murder case. The event is free and open to the public. …
Tufts Outdoor Movie: Encanto
Tufts University Medford, MATufts University's Department of Community Relations presents and outdoor showing of the Disney film "Encanto," which was postponed due to bad weather in June. "Encanto," a computer-animated musical fantasy comedy, won a 2022 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. The movie (1 hour, 42 minutes long) will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on Fletcher …
Films on the Green: A Tale of Love and Desire
Tufts University Residential Quad , United StatesThe Department of Romance Studies at Tufts University is presenting a French film with English subtitles, shown outdoors on a large screen on the Residential Quad. The event is free and open to the public. Bring a blanket to sit on!
Boy George and Culture Club
Chevalier Theatre 30 Forest St., Medford, MAChevalier Theatre welcomes the Grammy Award-winning group Boy George and Culture Club for their first Medford appearance. The 1980s pop sensations from the U.K. are best known for their top-t0 singles "Karma Chameleon," "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," Church of the Poison Mind," and "Miss Me Blind." Tickets are $39 to $125 through …
Mystic Makerspace: Block Printing
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAMystic Makerspace presents a class on block printing at the Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library. In this starter class you will learn the basics of block printing, including an explanation of the tools and materials used, how to transfer images or designs to the block, and how to safely carve the block to …
Chess in Medford Square
Saltonstall Building 121 Riverside Ave., Medford, MAThe Medford Chess Club invites you to drop by the gazebo outside the Medford Housing Authority's Saltonstall Building for a friendly game of chess. The club has chess sets, chess clocks, and helpful members who are willing to teach you the rules if you're new to the game. There are no membership dues or fees …
Opening Reception: Katie Cornog Watercolors
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Public Library invites you to an opening reception for an exhibition of watercolor paintings by Medford artist Katie Cornog in the second-floor gallery of the new Charlotte & …