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last updated: 7/24/2026 @ 11:22 AM
JULY 2026
Saturday, July 25 | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
*Every Saturday plus 2 Wednesdays/month (venues change weekly)*
@ Cambridge Public Library - 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Instagram: @BostonAreaCraftCircle (only instagram for contact) | View July Dates Flyer"
Event description from organizers:
"BACC is a queer centered craft circle with all people, crafts, and skill levels welcome.
Additional dates:
- 7/4 Corner Art Room (in Brighton)
- 7/8 Cambridge Library (449 Broadway)
- 7/11 Cambridge Library (449 Broadway)
- 7/18 Boston Central Library (Copley)
- 7/22 Cambridge Library (449 Broadway)
- 7/25 Cambridge Library (449 Broadway)
Accessibility Info
- Masks required (no cloth masks)
- ADA-Accessible building including restrooms
Saturday, July 25 | 7 PM
@ *VIRTUAL screening*
BLACK FOLKS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR ONLY GARDEN
Contact: Email link
Registration/RSVP here
Event description:
"A film screening and talkback of short film, Bittersweet, written and directed by Nigerian artist and writer, Soe Noire. Synopsis: Jhené, a 20 something ~aspiring tech genius helps their best friend, Candy, find a date through a speed dating website. A story about romance and friendship.
FILM SCREENING DATES (MORE DATES TBA):- THURSDAY, JULY 23 2026 - LAST DITCH, GREENFIELD MA, 7PM EST
- SATURDAY, JULY 25 2026 - BLACK FOLKS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR ONLY GARDEN (VIRTUAL), 7PM EST
- TUESDAY, JULY 28TH - VIRTUAL SCREENING
- SATURDAY AUGUST 1 2026 - LUCY PARSONS CENTER BOSTON MA, 4PM EST
Sunday, July 26 | 11 AM
*Monthly on the Last Sunday*
@Bookends - 80 Maple St, Florence, MA
Contact: Contact Form
Accessibility Info
- Masks are required
- Masks can be provided
- Air purifiers will be used
Tuesday, July 28 | 2:00 PM - 7PM - 8:30 PM
@ Location shared upon RSVP - Brookline, MA
RSVP/Regiser
Event description from organizers:
"We’re going to be hosting a workshop and action hours supporting the push for rent control in MA and exploring how it connects to policing, incarceration, and the work of abolition . . . ‘cause EVERYTHING is rent! Can you join us? And share this invite with three people who want to live in an AFFORDABLE Massachusetts and LIBERATED world? "
Accessibility Info
- Masks required when not actively eating/drinking
- Light refreshments served
- Wheelchair accessible
Tuesday, July 28 | 7 PM
@ *VIRTUAL screening*
Contact: Email link
Registration/RSVP here
Event description:
"A film screening and talkback of short film, Bittersweet, written and directed by Nigerian artist and writer, Soe Noire.
Synopsis: Jhené, a 20 something ~aspiring tech genius helps their best friend, Candy, find a date through a speed dating website. A story about romance and friendship.
30% of ticket sales from this screening with go to Black Trans Direct aid. (Nyori’s Survival Fund)
- THURSDAY, JULY 23 2026 - LAST DITCH, GREENFIELD MA, 7PM EST
- SATURDAY, JULY 25 2026 - BLACK FOLKS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR ONLY GARDEN (VIRTUAL), 7PM EST
- TUESDAY, JULY 28TH - VIRTUAL SCREENING
- SATURDAY AUGUST 1 2026 - LUCY PARSONS CENTER BOSTON MA, 4PM EST
*Weekly on Thursdays*
@Dance Unilon Studio (upstairs) - 16 Bow St. Pl., Somerville, MA
Contact: BostonBluesUnion@gmail.com
Tickets: $10-25 Sliding Scale, nobody turned away for lack of funds
Event description from organizers
Blues dance is a family of Black American social dances (some solo, some partnered) that coevolved with different styles of Blues music throughout history, starting in the late 1800s and extending through today. Blues dance celebrates freedom of expression within community, improvisation, rhythm, and more.
Additional Dates: 6/4, 6/11, 6/25
Accessibility Info
- Masks-required (N95, KN95, or KF94 specified, but not enforced)
- Air purifier used
- Explicit ask of community to not attend if sick or have been exposed to COVID-19.
- Contact tracing
- attendees asked to email BostonBluesUnion@gmail.com if they test positive within 10 days of attending an event at Blues Union
- Not wheelchair accessible; one flight of stairs into space
- Gender-neutral single-stall restrooms
- Fragrance-free event (please do not wear cologne/perfume/etc)
- Dance roles are not gendered/people choose what role(s) they take
Full COVID policy, Anti-Harassement Policy, and more can be found at https://bluesunionboston.com/code-of-conduct/