Mary Curtin Productions

HONK! Festival: a festival of activist street bands, held in various neighborhoods throughout Somerville, Cambridge, and Boston, Massachusetts.

GARAGE BAND: a post Arlington Porchfest dance party with live music from the Bittersweet Band and School of HONK. To take place at the Arlington Global Service Station. Sponsored by the Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture (ACAC).

The Friends of the Charlestown Branch of the Boston Public Library presents an evening with author and former political adviser Gerard F. Doherty, this year's recipient of the "Friend of the Year" award, w/intermittent serenading by tenor Wes Hunter.

Yosvany Terry headlines the Arlington Jazz Festival, presented with production assistance from Morningside Music Studio; performances taking place throughout Arlington. Mass.

Project RAu: premiere performance presented by Prometheus Dance in collaboration with Korhan Basaran and Kinan Azmeh; sponsored by the Boston Conservatory Dance Division; held at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

Moxie and a Good Sense of Balance: Nancy Drew and the Power of the Teenage Girl; a presentation given by author Lynne Byall Benson.

The New Black Eagle Jazz Band (also known as the Black Eagles by their legion of fans) returns to the Regattabar with a slightly different twist for their spring show.

Alt Fat Tuesday: Club Bohemia Style. Laissez les bon temps rouler with Lynne Taylor, The Rollo Tomasi Quartet, Dirty Water Brass Band, and master of ceremonies Mickey Bliss.

Revolutionary Snake Ensemble celebrates their annual Mardi Gras Party, with special guests Alonzo Demetrius & Brian Richburg Jr., at the Regattabar.

Perpetuating the motion of Karen Aqua: almost eight years after her death, husband Ken Field's musical impulses continue to be influenced by Aqua's animated artistry. A special tribute performance presented by World Music/CRASHarts and the ICA.