Things to do this week: Burlesque, Twain biography, Halsey tour

Monday, 6/2

📖 Writer Ron Chernow discusses his new biography, "Mark Twain," at First Parish Church in Cambridge, 7pm.

• Price: $15; $50 for admission and the book.

🌑 If you love burlesque and classic rock, catch "Dark Side of the Boob," a burlesque tribute to Pink Floyd at the Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain, 8:30-10pm

Tuesday, 6/3

🎤 Halsey brings her "For My Last Trick" tour to the XFinity Center in Mansfield.

Wednesday, 6/4

💗 Bow Market in Somerville hosts its Big Singles Bash, 7-9pm.

• Price: $30

Thursday, 6/5

📖 Author Patricia Falvey discusses her historical fiction novel, "The Famine Orphans," at East End Books in the Seaport, 6pm.

• Price: $6.24 in person and virtual; $27.24 for a ticket with a copy of the book.

Friday, 6/6

🎤 Time Out Market hosts its "Drag Star Showdown," hosted by Big Atlas, 8-10pm.

• Want to compete? Apply here.
• Free admission, but RSVP encouraged.

Saturday and Sunday, 6/7 and 6/8

🖼️ Stop by Dorchester Open Studios this weekend at Humphreys Street Studios in Upham's Corner, 12-5pm.