Friday, Sept. 22
“Blue: The Celebration of a Color” exhibition from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Road, in the Spring Hill neighborhood (and continuing Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 2). $5. This brand-new exhibit curated by collector Martha Friend invites visitors to explore different meanings and uses of blue through art, artifacts, household objects, fashion and concepts. Information is here.
Negin Farsad presents “The Case for American Exceptionalism by a Lady Muz” from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s W97 Theater, 345 Vassar St., Area II, Cambridge. Free, but registration is required. The film director, author of the memoir-meets-social-justice-comedy manifesto “How To Make White People Laugh” and host of the political comedy podcast “Fake the Nation” describes this as “an evening of standup-comedy-meets-TED Talk-meets-ethnic-lady that through (occasionally dumb) jokes and (surprisingly elegant) PowerPoint, defines patriotism, deconstructs Dave Matthews fans and solves the curse of soggy sandwich bread.” Information is here.
Dancing on the Row from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on the green space near Smoke Shop BBQ at 325 Assembly Row, Assembly Square East, Somerville. Free, but register. MetaMovements’ artist collective members from Cuba, Dominican Republic and the United States created “animaciones” (choreographed group dances/follow-alongs) for this year’s dance series. The evening begins with a Cuban-style mini-class with special guest Yoandry followed by DJs spinning Latin music for social dancing, ruedas and timba line dances. Information is here.
Black in Design 23: The Black Home from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Piper Auditorium of Gund Hall, 42 Quincy St., near Harvard Square, Cambridge (and continuing from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday). $45 to $100. During this fifth biannual conference organized by the Harvard Graduate School of…
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