Events in the Square

Discover what’s happening in Harvard Square every day of the week. From live music and author talks to community festivals, markets, exhibitions, and family events, this calendar is your guide to the cultural energy and experiences that make the Square unique.
  • On Location: Drawing the Outdoors (Harvard Art Museum)

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Discover how an intimate and reflective relationship with nature can shape artistic vision. Meander through visions of the outdoors to discover how landscapes offered 19th-century European artists freedom, renewal, and […]

  • 1972

    A.R.T 65 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    When a pregnant Hannah flees an abusive relationship, she finds unexpected camaraderie with three outcasts riding the rails of America, outrunning ghosts of their own. After barely escaping an illegal […]

  • Catherine Weinfield-Zell | Faculty Debut Recital with Wind Quintet

    Longy School of Music of Bard College 27 Garden St, Cambridge, MA, United States

    The woodwind quintet has a reputation for good manners. This program ruins it. Valerie Coleman, Paquito D’Rivera, and Oscar Navarro hand five well-behaved instruments Cuban dance rhythms, Roma-inflected fire, and […]

    Free
  • Elsinore

    The Brattle Theatre 40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Ian Charleson is widely known as the real-life star of CHARIOTS OF FIRE winner of the Oscar for Best Picture in 1981. Its piano-led ubiquity in pop culture follows the […]

    $14 – $16
  • Free Comedy Open-Mic

    Free Comedy Open-Mic
    The Comedy Studio 5 John F. Kennedy St, Cambridge, MA, United States

    18+ w/ Suggested 2-Item Minimum. Door & List at 6pm. Free Show. No Ticket Needed. The Globe described the night as “Comedy Hell” when we were upstairs in Somerville’s Union […]

    Free
  • Defy the Dusk with Danielle L. Jensen

    Lovestruck Books

    Overview When darkness means certain death and survival depends on reaching the dawn, the woman whose magic broke the world will defy the dusk. Gather round at First Parish for a release-day […]