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A<\/span><\/span>s the temperatures start to heat up in Boston, Globe critics and contributors have put together an all-encompassing guide to help you make the most of summer in the city. From outdoor music festivals to comedy shows that will have you falling out of your seat, here all the top events in Boston and beyond to add to your calendar. \u2014 Gitana Savage<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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May<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

LUCY RAVEN: ROUNDS<\/b> It\u2019s summer, or almost, which means the return of the Watershed, the ICA\u2019s seasonal annex on the East Boston side of the harbor. This year, Lucy Raven, known for her meditative film installations that set the heroic landscapes of the American West on a collision course with the historic exploitation and extraction economies that have left it heavily scarred. Case in point: \u201cMurderers Bar,\u201d a 2025 film that witnesses the removal of a colossal concrete dam in northern California, and the cathartic, destructive deluge of release. May 21-Sept. 7<\/i>. 256 Marginal St., East Boston<\/i>. 617-478-3100, <\/i>icaboston.org\/ica-watershed<\/i> \u2014 Murray Whyte<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ALEX KATZ: OUT OF SIGHT: A DRAWING SURVEY<\/b> Katz, pushing 100, had his first big retrospective at 95, at the Guggenheim in 2022. There are reasons for that, not least of which his stubborn devotion to figure when the world went abstract some 70-plus years ago. But he\u2019s always had a home at the Colby Museum of Art, near his summer home in Lincolnville, Maine, and to which he\u2019s given almost 1,000 works. On the edge of his centenary, this show feels reflective, eschewing his big, bold, colorful canvases for small scale drawing. May 21-Oct. 11<\/i>. Colby Museum of Art, 5600 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, Maine<\/i>. 207- 859-5600, <\/i>www.colby.edu\/museum<\/i> \u2014 MW<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

LUCINDA WILLIAMS <\/b>Released earlier this year, \u201cWorld Gone Wrong\u201d is the second album Lucinda Williams has made since her 2020 stroke, and on this one she is p.o.-ed. She has called the aptly titled album a \u201ccommentary on modern America,\u201d and it\u2019s one that rocks as hard as it punches. May 22, 8 p.m. Chevalier Theatre, Medford. 800-745-3000, <\/i>chevaliertheatre.com<\/i>\u2014 Stuart Munro <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

BOSTON DANCE THEATER: \u201cTHE CAROL KAYE PROJECT\u201d <\/b>Back in 2022, Jessie Jeanne Stinnett\u2019s company presented this 75-minute program inspired by legendary session bassist Carol Kaye at the Institute of Contemporary Art. Now the troupe is taking the quartet of pieces \u2014 Karole Armitage\u2019s \u201cCarol\/Karole,\u201d Rena Butler\u2019s \u201cFor the Record,\u201d Rosie Herrera\u2019s \u201cOfrenda,\u201d and Stinnett\u2019s \u201cLegacy\u201d\u2014 to Maine. May 23, 7:30 p.m. $15-$35. Strand Theatre, Rockland, Maine. <\/i>bostondancetheater.com<\/i>\u2014 Jeffrey Gantz<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

SAMANTHA FISH<\/b> \u201cEvery song\u2019s a feminist anthem when you\u2019re a woman writing from your own experience,\u201d Samantha Fish has said of the title track from her incendiary new album, \u201cPaper Doll.\u201d The provocative singer and songwriter \u2014 and fearsome guitar shredder \u2014 comes to the Cabot joined by opener Solomon Hicks. May 23, 8 p.m. The Cabot, Beverly. 978-927-3100<\/i>, thecabot.org<\/i>\u2014 Jon Garelick<\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

JACKRABBIT.<\/b>Dermot Mulroney played an aspiring country singer in the 1993 flick \u201cThe Thing Called Love.\u201d Now he\u2019s pursuing the same aspiration off-screen by teaming up with fellow actor and brother Kieran to form the band jackrabbit. (yes, that\u2019s how they\u2019ve rendered the band name), which will be playing original, harmony-forward country music on its debut tour. May 26, 8 p.m. The Center for Arts in Natick. 508-647-0097, <\/i>tcan.org<\/i>\u2014 SM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

NEW MASADA QUARTET <\/b>Former enfant terrible of new music John Zorn leads this latest iteration of his celebrated quartet, with guitarist Julian Lage, bassist Jorge Roeder, and drummer Kenny Wolleson, playing, in Zorn\u2019s words, \u201cOrnette Coleman with Jewish scales.\u201d May 28, 7 p.m. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. <\/i>gardnermuseum.org\/calendar<\/i>\u2014 JG<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

BOSTON BALLET: \u201cTHE SLEEPING BEAUTY\u201d <\/b>The company closes out its 62nd season with 12 performances of the ballet audiences seem to love the most, with Princess Aurora and Prince D\u00e9sir\u00e9, the Lilac Fairy and her entourage, Bluebird and Princess Florine, Puss in Boots and the White Cat, Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, even bad fairy Carabosse and her scary grotesques. Throw in Tchaikovsky\u2019s sumptuous score and Petipa\u2019s choreography that includes the Rose Adagio and one can hardly go wrong. Last time out, in 2022, the production ran close to three hours, but three hours with this \u201cBeauty\u201d is time well spent. May 28\u2013June 7. $36-$239. Citizens Opera House, Boston. <\/i>www.bostonballet.org<\/i>\u2014 JGantz<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

EUREKA DAY<\/b> In Jonathan Spector\u2019s timely satire, a mumps outbreak triggers a dispute over vaccinations that quickly spirals out of control at a progressive elementary school that prides itself on inclusivity. Featuring Nancy Lemenager, Ken Cheeseman, Japhet Balaban, Sasha Diamond, Eunice Woods, and Ebonie Marie. Directed by Margot Bordelon (\u201cJohn Proctor is the Villain\u201d). May 28-June 28. The Huntington. At the Huntington Theatre, Boston. 617-266-0800, <\/i>huntingtontheatre.org<\/i>\u2014 Don Aucoin<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY <\/b>H+H puts its professional chorus firmly in the spotlight with \u201cVoices Carry,\u201d a program including Sch\u00fctz\u2019s German Magnificat, Gesualdo\u2019s striking \u201cMiserere mei,\u201d Scarlatti\u2019s mournful Stabat Mater, and more, conducted by former Boston Symphony Orchestra director of choral activities James Burton. May 29 and 31. New England Conservatory\u2019s Jordan Hall. <\/i>www.handelandhaydn.org<\/i>\u2014 A.Z. Madonna<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

DUKE ROBILLARD<\/b> The cofounder of Roomful of Blues has been dishing his infallibly swinging guitar blues in multiple contexts \u2014 including straight-up jazz (with Herb Ellis), Texas blues-rock (with the Fabulous Thunderbirds), and always a core of T-Bone Walker-style jump blues \u2014 for close to six decades. He remains a singer and guitarist of learned, impassioned eloquence. May 30, 7 p.m. Regattabar, Cambridge. 617-661-5099, <\/i>regattabarjazz.com<\/i>\u2014 JG<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

ALEX EDELMAN: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO<\/b> Following the massive success of his show \u201cJust For Us,\u201d the Brookline native has been building a new show for the past year, and brings the current version to the Emerson Colonial Theatre. May 30, 7 p.m. $48.80-$200. Emerson Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston St., Boston. <\/i>www.us.atgtickets.com<\/i>\u2014 Nick A. Zaino III<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

BOSTON BAROQUE X-TET: SOUNDS FROM TURKEY <\/b>Boston Baroque\u2019s chamber music squad teams up with members of global music ensemble D\u00dcNYA for an intermissionless hour and a half of new and old music from Turkey and the Ottoman Empire, all performed on period instruments. The program includes the world premiere of a new piece by local Turkish-American composer and D\u00dcNYA director Mehmet Ali Sanl\u0131kol. May 30 and 31. Multicultural Arts Center, East Cambridge. <\/i>www.baroque.boston<\/i>\u2014 AZM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

WILLIAM PRINCE <\/b>This Indigenous Canadian singer-songwriter writes songs that traverse country, folk, and other flavors of roots music with ease, and delivers them with resonating, well-deep, bourbon-smooth vocals. His music has been racking up accolades, including two JUNO awards and the John Prine Songwriter fellowship. May 31, 7 p.m. Club Passim, Cambridge. 617-492-7679, <\/i>passim.org<\/i>\u2014 SM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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SOHIP BOSTON <\/b>The Society for Historically Informed Performance presents its 40th season of eclectic weekly concerts from various small ensembles. Among the season\u2019s offerings: Pandora Consort with the American woman-focused folk opera \u201cThe Fire Within\u201d (June 9-11); a wild musical bestiary from multi-instrumental quartet Hesperus (June 16-18), and songs of hope from medieval France from Duo Tarasque, featuring soprano-harpist Howell Petty and vielle player-lutenist Luce Burrell. Starts June 2. Tuesdays, Lincoln; Wednesdays, Andover; Thursdays, Boston. <\/i>www.sohipboston.org<\/i> \u2013 AZM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

BAD BOOKS<\/b> After discovering her son with a book she considers obscene, a mother (Aimee Doherty) confronts a local librarian (Therese Plaehn.) Matters quickly escalate, and soon the entire town is embroiled in the dispute. Sharyn Rothstein\u2019s play is directed by M. Bevin O\u2019Gara. June 4-27. Gloucester Stage Company. At Natti-Willsky Performance Center, Gloucester. 978-281-4433, GloucesterStage.com \u2013 DA<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

IMPROV WITH MY FRIENDS FROM WORK \u2014 WITH CAST AND WRITERS FROM SNL<\/b> \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d writer, Boston College alum, and former Improv Asylum director and mainstage actor Ceara O\u2019Sullivan leads this longform improv show with \u201cSNL\u201d cast members Chloe Troast and Ben Marshall, \u201cSNL\u201d writers Carl Tart, Asha Ward, and Jimmy Fowlie, plus fellow Improv Asylum alums Ryan Gaul and Alex Kagy. June 5, 7:30 p.m. $45-$55.<\/i> The Wilbur, 246 Tremont St., Boston. <\/i>www.thewilbur.com<\/i>\u2014 NZ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

CHARLIE MARIE <\/b>Providence\u2019s Charlie Marie decided to leave the business after she released her last album, \u201cRamble On,\u201d in 2021. Lucky for us, she changed her mind, and now she\u2019s back with a new record of her beautiful iteration of country music entitled \u201cSigns.\u201d She made the record with local band These Wild Plains; together they celebrate its release with this show. June 5, 8 p.m. Lizard Lounge, Cambridge. 617-547-0759, <\/i>lizardloungeclub.com<\/i>\u2014 SM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

DANCE FOR WORLD COMMUNITY FESTIVAL <\/b>Jos\u00e9 Mateo Ballet Theatre\u2019s 17th annual free, public, all-day festival will offer dance classes and performances in the JMBT studios and on four outdoor stages between Bow Street and Putnam Avenue in Cambridge. This year\u2019s line-up will include Evolve Dynamicz, Ultimate Tango (Andi Babbs and Brian Spielman), SambaViva, Novum Dance Collective, Asian American Ballet Project, and Kathak dancers Kohal Das and Ananya Goswani, with more to come. The day will end with a dance party from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Old Baptist Church parking lot. June 6, noon\u20138 p.m. Free. Harvard Square, Cambridge. <\/i>www.danceforworldcommunity.org<\/i>\u2014 JGantz<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

FREDDIE GIBBS<\/b> The lyrically adept MC from Gary, Ind., shows off the rhyming skills that have attracted top-tier producers like The Alchemist and Madlib to collaborate with him. June 5, 8 p.m. Roadrunner Boston. <\/i>roadrunnerboston.com<\/i>\u2014 Maura Johnston<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

AMERICAN STORIES: FROM REVOLUTION TO ROCKWELL<\/b> What\u2019s a semiquincentennial without Norman Rockwell, thrust for much of the 20th century into the role of America\u2019s kindly artistic grandpa? Incomplete, I\u2019d say, but not for those reasons at all. In sharp contrast to the nostalgic idealism for which he remains best-known, Rockwell was an active campaigner for civil rights and against injustice of all kinds, using his considerable fame in his later years to help craft a better, stronger, more inclusive version of the country he loved. This show, at his eponymous museum, groups Rockwell with his spiritual kin from the Revolution to the present day; he shares space with such luminaries as Paul Revere, Aaron Douglas, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, and Faith Ringgold, united in the singular cause of a broad vision of freedom. June 6-Oct. 26<\/i>. Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Route 183, Stockbridge<\/i>. 413-298-4100, <\/i>www.nrm.org<\/i> \u2014 MW<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

FUTUREBIRDS<\/b> Futurebirds arrive in town a week after their latest, a double album they\u2019ve dubbed \u201cFar Out Country I & II,\u201d comes out (on vinyl only, at least to begin with). The record is chock full of their vintage indie\/country-rock; the band advises that \u201c\u2019Far Out Country\u2019 is a place, not a sound.\u201d June 11, 8 p.m. Royale. 888-929-7849, <\/i>axs.com<\/i>\u2014 SM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

ROSALIA<\/b> \u201cLux,\u201d last year\u2019s album from this Spanish pop visionary, is a breathtaking dive into religious mysticism that explodes the divide between \u201chigh\u201d and \u201clow\u201d music with nerve and gusto. Judging by early reports, the tour behind it is doing the same, with The Heritage Orchestra in tow for a dazzling multi-act show. June 11, 8:30 p.m. TD Garden. 617-624-1000, <\/i>tdgarden.com<\/i>\u2014 MJ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

LEAH RUDICK<\/b> Originally from the Midwest, Rudick says she gets guff from her family when she goes back. \u201cI\u2019ll come home and they\u2019ll be like, \u2018Oh, here comes Leah, fancy bougie city girl, doing all her fancy bougie city things,\u2019\u201d she says, \u201cand I\u2019m like, \u2018All I did was throw out your expired milk.\u2019\u201d June 12 at 7 p.m. and June 13 at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. $39. Off Cabot, 9 Wallis St., Beverly. 978-927-3100, <\/i>www.offcabot.org<\/i>\u2014 NZ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL <\/b>Rockport\u2019s picturesque Shalin Liu Performance Center hosts a wealth of chamber music between mid-June and mid-July, including a recital by Simone Dinnerstein of music by Bach, Rameau, Philip Lasser, and Keith Jarrett (June 13); performances by young prizewinners Galvin Cello Quartet (June 25) and Poiesis Quartet (June 27); chamber orchestra fare from A Far Cry with clarinetist Anthony McGill (June 19) and Delirium Musicum (July 1); and grab-bag \u201cAnd Friends\u201d evenings anchored by pianist Piers Lane (June 21) and violinist Augustin Hadelich (June 28). June 12-July 12. Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport. 978-546-7391, <\/i>www.rockportmusic.org<\/i>\u2014 AZM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

IN OLD AGE<\/b> The widowed Abasiama Ufot (Chavez Ravine), whom Boston audiences have gotten to know from earlier installments in Mfoniso Udofia\u2019s nine-play cycle about three generations of a Nigerian-American family, develops a late-in-life spiritual bond with Azell Abernathy (Marvin Bell), a gentle-spirited carpenter. Directed by Dawn M. Simmons. June 13\u201328. Production by Front Porch Arts Collective. Presented by ArtsEmerson at Emerson Paramount Center, Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre, Boston. 617-824-8400, ArtsEmerson.org <\/i>\u2014 DA<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

AN EXQUISITE EYE: INTRODUCING THE ASO O. TAVITIAN COLLECTION<\/b>The Clark Art Institute made a splash in 2024 when it announced it had received a coveted private collection from the Aso O. Tavitian Foundation, named for the late software billionaire who was also once a member of its board of trustees. A trove of 331 artworks by renowned European artists from the 15th to the 19th century \u2014 Peter Paul Rubens, Elisabeth Louise Vig\u00e9e Le Brun, and Jan Van Eyck top the marquee \u2014 the gift came with a $45 million check to fund a curator to care for them and a new wing to house them. This summer the Clark offers a long look before its permanent home is set to be complete in late 2027. June 13-Feb. 21, 2027.<\/i> Clark Art Institute, 225 South St., Williamstown<\/i>. 413-458-2303, <\/i>clarkart.edu<\/i> \u2014 MW<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

UNDERSCORES<\/b> Producer and songwriter April Harper Grey has been making music since her early teens; now in her mid-20s, her latest album, the kitchen-sink reimagining of electropop \u201cU,\u201d feels like being immersed in a music player that\u2019s always on shuffle in the most exhilarating fashion. June 14, 8 p.m. Royale. 617-338-7699, <\/i>axs.com<\/i>\u2014 MJ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

MATT SHORE DOES SONGS AT YOU<\/b> Shore and his Anxiety Possum, the creature who sometimes interrupts his music to stoke his fears about everyday life, are headed to the studio to record a debut album with a fall release, and to the Studio in June. With host Ari Dhar and featuring Tyler Durniak. June 17, 7:30 p.m. $23.95. The Comedy Studio, 5 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge. <\/i>www.thecomedystudio.com<\/i>\u2014 NZ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

THE BAD PLUS<\/b> Jazz mavericks the Bad Plus \u2014 who broke out 26 years ago with jazz piano trio renditions of Black Sabbath, Nirvana, Neil Young, and, later, Stravinsky, as well as several handfuls of sui generis originals \u2014 hang it up with a farewell tour in their current configuration as a quartet. June 18, 8 p.m. Groton Hill Music Center, Groton. 978-486-9524, <\/i>grotonhill.org<\/i>\u2014 JG<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

DELIRIUM<\/b> As chaos envelops the outside world, a man (Andrey Burkovskiy) and a woman (Chulpan Khamatova) are mired in a perpetual, petty argument. Eventually, as \u201cthe boundaries between reality and delusion dissolve,\u201d according to press materials, \u201cconflict becomes connection, and contradiction becomes a form of devotion.\u201d Igor Golyak directs his own new adaptation of Eug\u00e8ne Ionesco\u2019s \u201cFrenzy for \u201cTwo.\u201d June 18-July 2. -ARLEKIN!. At Wimberly Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts. <\/i>www.arlekinplayers.com<\/i>\u2014 DA<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

PRIZE FIGHT<\/b> Playwright-actress Brenda Withers, one of the most original voices around, has written what she describes as a \u201cscrappy, comic battle of ideals and idolatry\u201d between a novelist (Samantha Steinmetz) who wants to reject a distinguished literary award and the smooth-talking agent (Robin Bloodworth) who wants the writer to \u201cchoose prestige over principle.\u201d Directed by Jonathan Fielding. June 18-July 11. Harbor Stage, Wellfleet. 508-258-9167 (year-round); 508-349-6800 (after Memorial Day); <\/i>www.harborstage.org<\/i>\u2014 DA<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

THE AMERICAN FIVE<\/b> Through the eyes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King, Bayard Rustin, Stanley Levison and Clarence B. Jones, this drama, by Chess Jakobs, explores the strategy and sacrifice in the days that led up to the 1963 March on Washington. Cast to be announced. Directed by Gerry McIntyre. June 18-July 11. Berkshire Theatre Group, Larry Vaber Stage, Unicorn Theatre, Stockbridge. 413-997-4444, <\/i>berkshiretheatre.org<\/i>\u2014 DA<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

BOSTON FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA<\/b>\u201cThe Sound of Revolution,\u201d the final free program in the orchestra\u2019s 2026 chamber season, features orchestra members performing work by composers for whom music is or was an avenue of resisting oppression; Erwin Schulhoff, Reza Vali, and more (June 18). Later, Boston Public Library\u2019s Rabb Hall Founding conductor Alyssa Wang directs two mainstage concerts at New England Conservatory\u2019s Jordan Hall, with the first featuring Chorus Pro Musica (dir. Jamie Kirsch) in the Boston premiere of Christopher Tin\u2019s expansive \u201cThe Drop That Contained the Sea\u201d (July 11) and the second pairing Mozart\u2019s \u201cSinfonia concertante\u201d with Bruckner\u2019s titanic Symphony No. 6 (July 26). www.bforchestra.org<\/i>\u2014 AZM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

THE BLACK CROWES<\/b> Since reuniting in 2019, the Robinson brothers \u2014 Chris and Rich \u2014 have put out two rock records full of grit and swagger, with this year\u2019s \u201cA Pound of Feathers\u201d cementing their legacy as Southern rock torch-bearers on cuts like the grunged-up \u201cCruel Streak\u201d and the growling \u201cIt\u2019s Like That.\u201d June 19, 6:30 p.m. Xfinity Center, Mansfield. 800-745-3000, <\/i>ticketmaster.com<\/i>\u2014 MJ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: AMERICA AT 250<\/b>A celebratory occasion turned fraught and contentious by a radical turn in American government, the semiquincentennial this summer is shaping up to be yet another battleground in the daily culture war grind. At the MFA, there\u2019s no backing down: It turned down a $400,000 federal grant for the full do-over of its Art of the Americas wing for fear of meddling, and will go ahead with its vision of an inspiring, imperfect, still-in-progess nation with much left to aspire to \u2014 a far more hopeful view than the simple-minded celebration the administration touts. Opens June 19<\/i>. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave<\/i>. 617-267-9300, <\/i>www.mfa.org<\/i> \u2014 MW<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

ABILITIES DANCE BOSTON: \u201cFIREBIRD, PART 2\u201d<\/b> In 2021, this company founded by Ellice Patterson presented her reimagining of the 1910 Stravinsky\/Fokine ballet \u201cFirebird.\u201d Now Abilities Dance Boston is back with the world premiere of \u201cFirebird, Part 2,\u201d a two-act, evening-length sequel in which Patterson asks the question \u201cWhat happens when the Firebird stops saving everyone else \u2014 and saves herself?\u201d The original score is composed by Abilities Dance music director Andrew Choe; the performances will include audio description for visually impaired and low-vision audiences and open captions and ASL interpretation for hard-of-hearing audiences. There will also be free and sliding-scale ticket options to ensure financial accessibility. June 19\u201320, 8 p.m.; June 21, 2 p.m. $45. John and Edgar Booth Theatre at Boston University. <\/i>abilitiesdanceboston.org<\/i>\u2014 JGantz<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA <\/b>The summer orchestra celebrates its 25th anniversary this season; details are still forthcoming, but the orchestra is planning several free performances at the Hatch Shell and various neighborhoods around Boston. A Juneteenth-themed concert begins the season on June 20th, and there will be concerts at the Hatch Shell on Wednesday evenings throughout July and August, including a performance of Verdi\u2019s \u201cRequiem\u201d on Aug. 5 with the Cantata Singers and One City Choir. DCR Hatch Memorial Shell and various venues. <\/i>www.landmarksorchestra.org<\/i>\u2014 AZM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

BOSTON DANCE THEATER: \u201cCROSSCURRENTS\u201d <\/b>Last November, Boston Dance Theater became a company-in-residence at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, and \u201cCrosscurrents\u201d is its first presentation in its new home. The program will include selections from BDT\u2019s repertoire, new works created for BDT\u2019s Trainee Program, and a guest performance from Indian classical dancer Anugraha Raman rooted in Bharatanatyam and yogic philosophy. June 20, 7 p.m.; June 21, 2 p.m. $35-$83. Theater at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown. <\/i>bostondancetheater.com<\/i>\u2014 JGantz<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

THE ANIMEROS <\/b>Taking their name from the word for Colombian shamans, this Austin, Texas, trio pulls in cumbia, bolero, and psychedelic rock and soul to come up with their own explosive, eminently danceable mix. Dan Auerbach had a chance encounter with the band\u2019s music and liked what he heard so much that he\u2019s issuing their debut full-length on his Easy Eye Sound label. June 21, 8 p.m. Deep Cuts, Medford. 781-219-3815, <\/i>deepcuts.rocks<\/i>\u2014 SM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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JACOB\u2019S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL<\/b> The 2026 season of America\u2019s premier summer dance festival will include Paul Taylor Dance Company (June 24-28), Urban Bush Women (July 1-5), Akram Khan Company (July 8-12), A.I.M by Kyle Abraham (July 15-19), Faye Driscoll with \u201cWeathering\u201d (July 15-19), Circa Contemporary Circus (July 22-26), Gauthier Dance (July 29-Aug. 2), San Francisco Ballet (Aug. 5-9), Ephrat Asherie Dance (Aug. 5-9), Martha Graham Dance Company (Aug. 12-16), Ballet Hisp\u00e1nico New York (Aug. 19-23), and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (Aug. 26-30). Through Aug. 30. Tickets free and up. Becket. <\/i>www.jacobspillow.org<\/i>\u2014 JGantz<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

EMMET COHEN<\/b> The fluent and ebullient pianist and composer, who brightened the dark early days of COVID-19 with his massively popular livestream \u201cLive from Emmet\u2019s Place,<\/i>\u201dcomes to Scullers following the release of \u201cUniversal Truth\u201d (arriving May 29), with drummer Joe Farnsworth and bassist Reuben Rogers. June 26-27, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Scullers Jazz Club. <\/i>scullersjazz.com<\/i> \u2014 JG<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

LUCINDA CHILDS: \u201cMOMENTARY REPRISE\u201d<\/b> A member of the Judson Dance Theater in the 1960s, Childs went on to collaborate with Philip Glass and Robert Wilson in the 1976 opera \u201cEinstein on the Beach\u201d and has become a leading choreographer for opera. She has a best actress Obie for her performance in \u201cEinstein on the Beach\u201d as well as a Lifetime Achievement Bessie Award and a Golden Lion from the Venice Dance Biennale. This appearance by the Lucinda Childs Dance Company will feature collaborations with Glass, Wilson, John Adams, and Anri Sala. June 26, 7 p.m.; June 27\u201328, 2 p.m. $31.50-$101.50. Fisher Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. <\/i>www.fishercenter.bard.edu<\/i>\u2014 JGantz<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

COMEDY BANG! BANG! GROUND BEEFING TOUR<\/b> Scott Aukerman has built \u201cComedy Bang! Bang!\u201d from a podcast with offbeat friends into a seventeen-year party with almost a thousand episodes logged, and hits the road with improvised episodes. With frequent co-conspirator, Paul F. Tompkins. June 27, 8 p.m. $49-$194. Chevalier Theatre, 30 Forest St., Medford. <\/i>www.chevaliertheatre.com<\/i>\u2014 NZ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

TANGLEWOOD <\/b>As per usual, the Boston Symphony Orchestra presents a smorgasbord of programming at its summer home in the Berkshires. A few highlights: Philip Glass\u2019s brand new Symphony No. 15, \u201cLincoln\u201d (July 5); an all-Tchaikovsky evening with music director Andris Nelsons, including the Piano Concerto No. 1 with Seong-Jin Cho and excerpts from \u201cSwan Lake\u201d featuring Boston Ballet principal dancers (July 10); a week\u2019s worth of community-oriented events and concerts curated by Yo-Yo Ma in early August, a solo piano recital by Yuja Wang (Aug. 18), and popular artists such as Paul Simon (June 27 and 28), Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (July 28), and Brandi Carlile (Aug. 18). Tanglewood, Lenox. 617-266-1200, <\/i>www.bso.org<\/i>\u2014 AZM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

ENSEMBLE ALTERA <\/b>As the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence approaches, the Providence-based professional chamber choir debuts \u201cDeclarations,\u201d an evening-length piece by composer Piers Connor Kennedy based on texts by a tapestry of American writers including Thomas Jefferson, Tracy K. Smith, Langston Hughes, and I\u00f1upiaq poet dg nanouk okpik.June 27, Old South Church, Boston; June 28, Providence<\/i>. <\/i>www.ensemblealtera.com<\/i>\u2014 AZM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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WINSLOW HOMER: PAINTER, ETCHER<\/b>Audiences will never get enough of Homer, presented every which way, though recent years have cast a more critical eye on his obvious gifts as a realist to a worldview that made him much more modern than meets the eye. This straightforward look at his forays into new media \u2014 he took up etching to produce his works in series \u2014 may not reach much further than the technical, but the simmering intent of the artist himself will be present all the same. July 3-<\/i>Oct. 18<\/i>. Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland, Maine<\/i>. <\/i>207-775-6148<\/i>, <\/i>portlandmuseum.org<\/i> \u2014 MW<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

SHAKIRA <\/b>The day after Gillette Stadium\u2019s hosting of World Cup games comes to a close, the artist fronting its theme song (for the second time) comes to town for a de facto afterparty that\u2019ll highlight her forward-thinking artistry and perpetual-motion stage presence. July 10-11, 7:30 p.m. TD Garden. 617-624-1000, <\/i>tdgarden.com<\/i>\u2014 MJ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

BATES DANCE FESTIVAL<\/b> Bates College\u2019s summer performance series will feature Cynthia Oliver Co. Dance Theatre in \u201cTurn. Turning. Turnt\u201d (July 10 and 12, 7:30 p.m.); Kyle Marshall Choreography in \u201cFemenine\u201d (July 17\u201318, 7:30 p.m.); Leslie Cuyjet in \u201cFor All Your Life\u201d (July 24, 7:30 p.m.); and Jesse Factor in \u201cThe Marthaodyssey\u201d (July 30\u201331, 7:30 p.m.). $5-$40. Schaeffer Theatre, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. <\/i>www.batesdancefestival.org<\/i>\/performances <\/i>\u2014 JGantz<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

CHRIS FLEMING<\/b> \u201cLive At the Palace,\u201d the stand-up special Fleming released on HBO in February, was both an artistic and commercial breakthrough. Fleming has since been everywhere, from \u201cConan O\u2019Brien Needs A Friend\u201d (Conan executive produced the special) to \u201cThe Drew Barrymore Show.\u201d July 10 at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., July 11-12 at 7 p.m. $49-$94. The Wilbur, 246 Tremont St., Boston. <\/i>www.thewilbur.com<\/i>\u2014 NZ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: A NEW STORY LIVE ON STAGE<\/b> Inspired by the horror film series, \u201cParanormal Activity\u201d features a script by Levi Holloway (\u201cGrey House\u201d) with a new story. A couple named James and Lou moves from Chicago to London, where Lou becomes convinced that \u201csomething isn\u2019t right\u201d in their new home, according to press materials. Directed by Felix Barrett, with illusions by Tony Award winner Chris Fisher. The show\u2019s next stop will be Broadway, where performances will begin in August. July 11-30. Emerson Colonial Theatre. <\/i>emersoncolonialtheatre.com<\/i>. <\/i>\u2014 DA<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

DANIELA RIVERA: HACIA CUANDO (TO WHEN)<\/b> Sometimes you have to trust the artist. According to the description on the Mass MoCA website, Rivera\u2019s installation at the sprawling Berkshires museum will \u201cdecenter the physical experience of the space, as well as upending traditional expectations of museum behavior.\u201d I\u2019m not sure exactly what that means, but Rivera\u2019s track record of thoughtfully oblique, evocative installations rooted in the destructive legacies of colonialism leaves me expecting more than words seem able to convey. Drawing on ancient Mexican ceramics, Rivera plans a stage set of sorts that honors past cultures while crafting connection to the present day: Her work will be the platform for contemporary performance, connecting past to present across the fraught colonial epoch. Opens July 11. Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, 1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams. 413-662-2111, <\/i>www.massmoca.org<\/i>\u2014 MW<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

NEWPORT DANCE FESTIVAL<\/b> Presented by Newport Contemporary Ballet, the festival will feature visiting dance troupes to include Alison Cook Beatty Dance (New York), Artistic Ventures in Dance (Colorado), Breathing Art Company (Italy), DaYoung Jung, Choreography (Oklahoma), and East Coast Contemporary Ballet (Connecticut). July 15\u201319. $40-$50. Great Friends Meeting House, Newport, R.I. <\/i>newportcontemporaryballet.org<\/i>\u2014 JGantz<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

ASTON MAGNA FESTIVAL <\/b>The long-running early music summer festivalputs up four programs, offering a musical grand tour with destinations including the French Baroque and 17th-century Venice under the artistic direction of Daniel Stepner. Guest director Julia Glenn, violinist of the Lydian String Quartet, heads up an intriguing program of \u201cmusic from less expected places,\u201d including China and Scotland. Thursdays starting July 16, Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham. <\/i>www.astonmagna.org<\/i>\u2014 AZM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

JASON CARTER AND MICHAEL CLEVELAND <\/b>Two of the premier bluegrass fiddlers on the planet are pooling their talents. Jason Carter spent 30 years in Del McCoury\u2019s band while Michael Cleveland led his own band, Flamekeeper. They teamed up last year to make an album (\u201cCarter & Cleveland\u201d) together, and now they\u2019re presenting what resulted from their collaboration live.July 16, 8 p.m. Groton Hill Music Center, Groton. 978-486-9524, <\/i>grotonhill.org<\/i>\u2014 SM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

WEIRD AL YANKOVIC THE BIGGER & WEIRDER TOUR<\/b> It looked like Al was having the time of his life on the \u201cBigger & Weirder Tour\u201d in 2025, with a full band with a horn section and frequent costume changes, so he decided to do it again in 2026. With special guest Puddles Pity Party. July 18, 7:30 p.m. $63-$354. TD Garden, 100 Legends Way, Boston. <\/i>www.ticketmaster.com<\/i>\u2014 NZ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

A NEW ERA<\/b> In the premiere of Miranda Austen ADEkoje\u2019s drama, inspired by a real-life 1895 reform conference in Boston of Black women from around the country, Patrice Jean-Baptiste plays Boston activist Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, leader of an effort to outlaw lynching. The cast also includes Regine Vital, MaConnia Chesser, Frances Domond, Tolu Asade, Aislinn Brophy, Sydney Jackson, and Aliyah Harris. Directed by Summer L. Williams. July 18-Aug. 8. Company One Theatre. At Strand Theatre, Boston. <\/i>companyone.org<\/i>\u2014 DA<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT\u2019S DREAM<\/b> Shakespeare\u2019s comedy of enchantment and revelation is the latest offering in the Free Shakespeare on the Boston Common program, helmed by founding artistic director Steven Maler, with choreography by John Lam. Cast includes De\u2019Lon Grant as Theseus\/Oberon, Nora Eschenheimer as Hippolyta\/Titania, Nick Cearley as Puck, Meghan Carey as Hermia, Jaime Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez as Lysander, Jack Greenberg as Demetrius, Annika Burley as Helena. Also: Paul Melendy as Bottom, Karen MacDonald as Quince, and Brooks Reeves as Egeus\/Starveling. July 22-Aug. 9. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common.<\/i>commshakes.org<\/i>\u2014 DA<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

WAYNE HANCOCK<\/b> I can\u2019t remember the last time Wayne Hancock made it to these parts, so seeing his name pop up in concert listings was a welcome sight, although Hancock\u2019s singular \u201cjuke joint swing\u201d may be more suited to a honky-tonk than to the comparatively genteel environs of this venue. July 23, 7:30 p.m. City Winery Boston. 617-933-8047, <\/i>citywinery.com\/boston<\/i>\u2014 SM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

RON FUNCHES<\/b> \u201cThere is no such thing as an alpha male comedian,\u201d says comedian and recent \u201cTraitors\u201d star Funches. \u201cYou cannot be an alpha male when our entire job is just going, \u2018Guess what I heard?! No, I need you to shut up so I can tell you!\u2019\u201d July 25, 7 p.m. $37-$91.<\/i> The Wilbur, 246 Tremont St., Boston. <\/i>www.thewilbur.com<\/i>\u2014 NZ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

CAMBRIDGE JAZZ FESTIVAL <\/b>The Cambridge Jazz Foundation presents the 11th<\/sup> annual free two-day festival. Saturday: Las Nenas Del Swing, directed by Kristalis Sotomayor Matos; singer and composer Kavita Shah; Eguie Castrillo y Su Orchestra; and a salsa dance party. Sunday: powerhouse alto saxophonist and composer Tia Fuller; Ron Savage\u2019s quartet, featuring saxophonist Antonio Hart. More acts TBA. July 25-26,<\/i><\/i>noon-6 p.m. Danehy Park, Cambridge. 617-562-4111, <\/i>cambridgejazz foundation.org<\/i>\u2014 JG<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

MARINA FRANKLIN<\/b> \u201cThat\u2019s what I do when I\u2019m not with a man,\u201d says Franklin. \u201cI look amazing. Not when I\u2019m with you, that\u2019s not the time. I got you. The trick worked. Like, if I\u2019m in a relationship with you and you see me doing air squats and sit-ups? It\u2019s over. That is not for you.\u201d July 31, 7 p.m. $39.90. Laugh Boston, 425 Summer St., Boston. 617-725-2844, <\/i>www.laughboston.com<\/i>\u2014 NZ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

CAPE COD CHAMBER MUSIC <\/b>Prefer the beach to the Berkshires during the summer? Worry not, there\u2019s plenty of musical offerings through this long-running festival, mostly in string quartet form this year \u2014 specifically the Danish, Borromeo, Harlem, and Renaissance string quartets. But that\u2019s not all; the festival also hosts Imani Winds; the jazz trio of Steve Wilson, Renee Rosnes, and David Wong both on their own and in a collaborative performance with the Harlem Quartet; and the piano-clarinet duo of artistic directors Jon Manasse and Jon Nakamatsu, who this summer mark 20 years heading up the festival. July 31-Aug. 21, various venues on Cape Cod. <\/i>www.capecodchambermusic.org<\/i>\u2014 AZM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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SULLIVAN FORTNER<\/b> The pianist and composer \u2014 whose all-over orchestral approach to the keyboard made him an ideal partner for singer C\u00e9cile McLorin and won him a best instrumental jazz album Grammy for his 2025 release \u201cSouthern Nights\u201d \u2014 comes to Rockport Music with bassist Tyrone Allen and drummer Kayvon Gordon. Aug. 1, 7:30 p.m. Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport. 978-546-7391<\/i>,rockportmusic.org<\/i>\u2014 JG<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

WINDHOVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS <\/b>This Rockport multicultural center\u2019s summer dance offerings on the Windhover Outdoor Stage include Alison Cook Beatty Dance \/ Nattie Trogdon + Hollis Bartlett, a double bill of New York-based artists (Aug. 8, 7 p.m.); Lim\u00f3n Dance Company celebrating its 80th season (Aug. 14\u201315, 7 p.m.); Boston\u2019s BoSoma Dance Company (Aug. 27, 7 p.m.); and \u201cSamagata: Solo Dances from the Indian Tradition\u201d (Sept. 5, 7 p.m.). $22-$37. Rockport. <\/i>windhover.org\/performances<\/i>\u2014 JGantz<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

FABIOLA M\u00c9NDEZ<\/b> The first graduate of Berklee College to play the cuatro as her principal instrument, this Puerto Rican cuatrista offers original music that fuses traditional Puerto Rican folk, jazz, and Afro-Caribbean threads. Manuela S\u00e1nchez Goubert plays her own melding of jazz and various Latin American folk traditions to open the show. Aug. 9, 5 p.m. Groton Hill Music Center, Groton. 978-486-9524, <\/i>grotonhill.org<\/i>\u2014 SM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

OLIVIA DEAN<\/b> Last year, this British singer\u2019s second album \u201cThe Art of Loving\u201d became a cross-genre smash, uniting audiences behind breezy soul-pop offerings, like the plush \u201cMan I Need,\u201d that get an emotional heft from her thoughtful yet resolute observations on 21st-century romance. Aug. 10, 7:30 p.m. TD Garden. 617-624-1000, <\/i>tdgarden.com<\/i>\u2014 MJ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

HAMLET<\/b> In its first summer of programming after the January death of legendary cofounder Tina Packer, Shakespeare & Company presents the towering tragedy that is \u201cHamlet\u201d in the theater named after Packer. Featuring David Gow in the title role, Yaala Muller as Ophelia, \u201cranney\u201d as the usurping Claudius, Kristin Wold as Gertrude, Jonathan Epstein as Polonius, and Boston favorite Eddie Shields as Laertes. Directed by Ariel Bock. Aug. 13-30. Shakespeare & Company, Tina Packer Playhouse, Lenox. 413-637-3353, <\/i>www.shakespeare.org<\/i>\u2014 DA<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

LARRY McCRAY <\/b>The Arkansas-born, Michigan-raised McCray brings distinctive personal depth to his soul-infused songwriting, with a warm and capacious baritone and a succinct, stinging guitar attack, all descended from heroes like the Kings (Albert, B.B., Freddie), Johnnie Taylor, and Bobby Blue Bland. Aug. 14, 8 p.m. Spire Center for Performing Arts, Plymouth. 508-746-4488, <\/i>spirecenter.org<\/i> \u2014 JG<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

CHRIS STAPLETON <\/b>The mainstream country outlier brings his power trio to the ballpark on his \u201cAll American Road Show\u201d tour. For this stop, he\u2019s joined by neo-neo-traditionalist Zach Top, while Allen Stone brings a little soul to the proceedings. Aug. 14-15, 5:30 p.m. Fenway Park. 877-733-7699, <\/i>redsox.com\/ChrisStapleton<\/i>\u2014 SM<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

DAVID CHESNUT JAZZ FESTIVAL<\/b> The fourth annual edition of this open-air festival at the Eustis Estate features a seasoned Boston-based lineup representing a broad palette of progressive original music: singer \u00c5sa Runefelt\u2019s quintet, keyboardist Witness Matlou\u2019s quartet, guitarist Eric Hofbauer\u2019s EHX ensemble, and Jared Sims & Aftershock. Aug. 15, 3-7 p.m. Eustis Estate, Milton. 617-994-6600, <\/i>mandorlamusic.net<\/i>\u2014 JG<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

YARD ACT<\/b> Since the release of their 2022 debut, this Leeds act has been at the forefront of England\u2019s post-post-post-punk movement, pairing churning riffs with bleakly witty lyrics about modern life. In July they\u2019ll release their third album, \u201cYou\u2019re Gonna Need A Little Music,\u201d which features the grinding lead single \u201cRedeemer.\u201d Aug. 16, 8 p.m. The Sinclair, Cambridge. 617-547-5200, <\/i>axs.com<\/i>\u2014 MJ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

KYLE KINANE<\/b> After slowing down a bit from his peak party days, Kinane is looking for cheap thrills. \u201cI use words in conversation that I don\u2019t really know what they mean,\u201d he says. \u201cThat\u2019s my bungee jumping at this point. It\u2019s just like, \u2018I don\u2019t know, man, sounds pretty ubiquitous to me! Non-sequitur!? I think that\u2019s perfect sequitur!\u2019\u201d Aug. 20 at 7 p.m., Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and Aug. 22 at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. $42.10. Laugh Boston, 425 Summer St., Boston. 617-725-2844, <\/i>www.laughboston.com<\/i>\u2014 NZ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

BAY STATE HOT JAZZ FESTIVAL <\/b>Some of the bands included in the fourth annual free fest of \u201chot\u201d traditional jazz (mostly 1920s and \u201930s) include the Wolverine Jazz Band, the Smack Dabs, the Banjo Juice Jazz Band, the Catnip Junkies, Josiah Reibstein and the Hubtones, the Dixie Diehards, and Annie and the Fur Trappers. Aug. 29-30, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Condon Shell, Medford.781-393-2486, <\/i>baystatehotjazzfestival.com<\/i>\u2014 JG<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

GRUPO FRONTERA<\/b> This regional Mexican band from the Rio Grande Valley had its first top-10 hit in 2023 when it backed Bad Bunny on the swaying \u201cun x100to\u201d; since then they\u2019ve released three albums where they\u2019ve honed their take on norte\u00f1o music, including last year\u2019s melancholic \u201cLo Que Me Falta Por Llorar.\u201d Aug. 30, 8 p.m. MGM Music Hall at Fenway. <\/i>crossroadspresents.com<\/i>\u2014 MJ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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ROBYN<\/b> On her ninth album, \u201cSexistential,\u201d the electro sage gets, well, exactly what the title says, ruminating on life, lust, motherhood, and her status as one of the women who made crying at the club not just acceptable, but an opportunity for dance floor bliss. Sept. 3, 8 p.m. Agganis Arena. 800-745-3000, <\/i>agganisarena.com<\/i>\u2014 MJ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

JOHN CONSTABLE: THE LANDSCAPE REIMAGINED<\/b> America isn\u2019t the only one celebrating a 250th birthday this year. The Yale Center for British Art is marking the birthday of John Constable, a giant of British Romantic painting, with this exhibition of many of his beloved landscapes, and an emphasis on his pioneering turn of painting \u201con the spot\u201d \u2014 the practice of getting brush and canvas out of the studio and into the world, which would evolve into the \u201cplein air\u201d practice we know today. Sept. 3-July 25, 2027<\/i>. Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven<\/i>. 877-274-8278, <\/i>britishart.yale.edu<\/i> \u2014 MW<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

BRUNO MARS<\/b> Riding high off his successful collaborations with pop chameleon Lady Gaga and punchy K-popper ROS\u00c9, as well as his game-show-ready confection \u201cI Just Might,\u201d the pop savant \u2014 and absolutely killer live performer \u2014 celebrates the lovelorn \u201cThe Romantic,\u201d his first solo album in a decade. Sept. 5-6, times TBA. Gillette Stadium, Foxborough. 508-543-8200, <\/i>gillettestadium.com<\/i>\u2014 MJ<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

AMERICA IN THE MAKING<\/b>Joining the not-overly-populous ranks of exhibitions marking the United States\u2019 semiquincentennial this year, this show puts on view a vast array of the Addison\u2019s formidable collection of American art, which stretches from well before the 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence to right about now. Taking over the entire building, it aims to be the opposite of conclusive, instead offering a view of the centuries of flux that combined to make America what it is \u2014 and making clear that the project can and never will be finished. Sept. 8-Jan. 31, 2027<\/i>. Addison Gallery of American Art\u200b at Phillips Academy, 3 Chapel Ave., Andover<\/i>. 978-749-4015, <\/i>https:\/\/addison.andover.edu<\/i> \u2014 MW<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

ISAMU NOGUCHI: I AM NOT A DESIGNER<\/b>In the title of this exhibition, Noguchi protests just enough. Of course<\/i> he was a designer \u2014 of wildly popular Akari light sculptures beloved by mid-century aesthetes everywhere, and maybe the most knocked-off coffee table of all time. But notice how the Akaris, in which delicate rice paper is wound around a barely-there slim wooden armature and then fitted with a light bulb, aren\u2019t called \u201dlight fixtures.\u201d They\u2019re sculpture<\/i> \u2014 testament to Noguchi\u2019s guiding ethos that utility did not strip an object of artistic intent or social purpose, but augmented it instead. Sept. 19-Jan. 3, 2027.<\/i> Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, 161 Essex St., Salem<\/i>. 978-745-9500, <\/i>pem.org<\/i> \u2014 MW<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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