Things to do around Boston: Week of 9/23
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Monday, 9/23
🪐 The Cambridge Science Festival kicks off with a self-guided tour of our solar system, thanks to MIT, 8am-8pm.
- Other Monday exhibits include an exhibit on humanoid robots by the MIT museum at 3:30pm and an Aeronaut Brewery tour at 5:30pm.
Tuesday, 9/24
📖 The Boston Public Library's Parker Hill branch observes Banned Books Week with a discussion about books that changed the world, 4:30pm-5:30pm.
🍸 Long Live Roxbury hosts a sip & sculpt class, where you can take home two pieces of pottery, 6:30-8:30pm.
- Price: $75-$105. Includes a beginner pottery kit.
Wednesday, 9/25
📖 Poet and translator Danielle Legros Georges joins scholar Marjorie Salvodon to discuss the release of "Blue Fare: Three Contemporary Haitian Poets: Évelyne Trouillot, Marie-Celie Agnant, Maggy de Coster," 7-8pm.
🎶 Conan Gray, a YouTuber turned recording artist, takes the stage at MGM Music Hall for two nights.
Thursday, 9/26
📖 Author M.L. Rio discusses her first novella, "Graveyard Shift," at the Harvard Book Store, 7pm.
Friday, 9/27
🎸 Preppy rock band Vampire Weekend brings its "Only God Was Above Us" tour to TD Garden.
Saturday, 9/28
🐶 Bring your dog and your stein to Barktoberfest at Park-9 Dog Park in Everett, 11am.
- Park-9 will hold several competitions, including a stein holding contest for humans and a treat holding contest for pups.
🎶 Brat summer's not over yet. Charlie XCX plays at TD Garden with Australian singer Troye Sivan as the opener.
Sunday, 9/29
Nibble Kitchen's Back to School Cooking Class Series in Somerville teaches you how to make tasty desi snacks with Desi Yums, 5-7:30pm.
- Price: $60+.