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Nanopress Daily — Harvard Square, MA
June 21, 2026
Free Summer Solstice Night at Harvard Museums — Today 5–9 PM
Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (11 Divinity Ave.) opens free tonight with live music from Good Trouble Brass Band and Mariachi Estrellas de Boston, circus acrobatics, a Revels puppet procession, Pride-themed street chalking, flower-crown making, and food trucks. Divinity Avenue closes to traffic for the event.
Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Mount Auburn Cemetery Hosts Solstice Wellness Day — Today 10 AM–6 PM
Mount Auburn Cemetery marks the summer solstice today with mindfulness walks, yoga, cyanotype making, meditation, a poetry reading, and a community concert.
Mount Auburn Cemetery
B.A.A. 10K Closes Longfellow Bridge and Memorial Drive This Morning
The B.A.A. 10K (nearly 10,000 runners) starts at 8 AM today, with rolling closures on the Longfellow Bridge and Memorial Drive from 7:30 to 11 AM as the route crosses the Charles River and finishes at Boston Common.
City of Cambridge
Outdoor Dance Party at One Kendall Square Tonight 6–9 PM
Cambridge NITES brings State Park's all-vinyl DJ dance party to One Kendall Square Plaza tonight from 6 to 9 PM, with food and drinks available.
City of Cambridge
Free Play Reenacts 1976 Cambridge DNA Hearings — Today 2 PM at City Hall
'No Recombination Without Representation' reenacts the landmark 1976 Cambridge recombinant-DNA public hearings today at 2 PM in the Sullivan Chamber at Cambridge City Hall. Admission is free.
City of Cambridge
Antonia Bennett Plays Father's Day Concert at Regattabar Today at 4 PM
Antonia Bennett performs a Father's Day concert today at 4 PM at Regattabar in Harvard Square.
Live Nation
Boston Guitarfest Closes Its Cambridge Run Today at Multicultural Arts Center
Boston Guitarfest 2026 wraps up its five-day run today at the Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., with classical guitar programming.
Multicultural Arts Center
Challapalooza Jewish Music Festival Returns to Kendall Square — Today 11 AM–8 PM
Challapalooza fills Rogers Street (between Second and Third, closed 8 AM–10 PM) today with eight acts including the Klezmer Conservatory Band, kosher food trucks, craft workshops, a challah competition, and art exhibits.
Challapalooza
First Parish Cambridge Hosts Liberation-Themed Service Today at 10:30 AM
Reverend Rob and the First Parish Gospel Choir lead a special service titled 'Though Dwelling in a Land of Freedom' today at 10:30 AM, confronting historical legacies of enslavement and liberation.
First Parish in Cambridge
Ahern Field Synthetic Turf Dispute Goes to City Council Tomorrow
The neighborhood fight over the City Manager's decision to install synthetic turf at East Cambridge's Ahern Field returns for public comment at Monday's City Council meeting, June 22.
Cambridge Day
Broadway Safety Paving Project Ongoing — Expect Lane Disruptions
Milling and paving work on the Broadway Safety Project, underway since June 8, continues this week with lane reconfigurations affecting commuters along the corridor.
City of Cambridge
River Street Construction Continues in West Cambridge
Full-depth roadway work on the River Street Streetscape and Infrastructure Project remains ongoing, with significant impacts on vehicle and pedestrian access in West Cambridge.
City of Cambridge
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