Weekend Event Picks, July 18-20
Making plans? Short on ideas? No worries. See Milva DiDomizio’s picks for the top things to do around the Hub this weekend.
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WYETH IN REVIEW Jamie Wyeth comes from a long line of artists, including his dad, Andrew Wyeth. That legacy no doubt informs his work, but so does his study of anatomy at a New York City morgue, and his time spent in Andy Warhol’s studio. The retrospective “Jamie Wyeth’’ features paintings, works on paper, illustrations, and assemblages, including portraits of John F. Kennedy, Rudolf Nureyev, and Andy Warhol, and landscapes of the Brandywine River Valley and Monhegan Island. Fri 10 a.m.-9:45 p.m., Sat-Sun 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Through Dec. 28. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. 617-267-9300, www.mfa.org
SUMMER BREWS Farmhouse ales originated in Belgium, where employers provided a light, low alcohol beer for their farm hands during the hot summer months. At the Drink Craft Beer Summerfest, sample more than 90 farmhouse ales and summer beers from New England brewers. New this year is the B. Good Shandy Station, offering plain or rosemary lemonade to mix with your beer. July 18-19, 6-9:30 p.m. July 19, 1-4:30 p.m. $50. Space 57, 200 Stuart St., Boston. www.drinkcraftbeer.com/summerfest
SAND ART What will the expert sand sculptors make this year? Check out their masterpieces in the sand at the 11th annual Revere Beach National Sand Sculpting Festival. In addition to the sculpting competition, there’s live entertainment, food trucks, children’s activities, and fireworks. July 18-19, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. July 20, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Revere Beach. www.reverebeach.com
SILENT SCI-FI Filmmaker Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent film “Metropolis’’ laid the groundwork for many of the science fiction films that followed it. The classic, presented with piano accompaniment by Martin Marks, kicks off “The Complete Fritz Lang,’’ a series that includes screenings of “The Big Heat’’ and “Ministry of Fear’’ (July 19), and “The Tiger of Eschnapur’’ and “The Indian Tomb’’ (July 20). July 18, 7 p.m. Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge. 617-495-4700, hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/
ART IS HATCHING Somerville’s annual summer arts festival ArtBeat takes over Davis Square with more than a dozen bands, dance troupes, crafters, food, a magic bus, and family activities. This year’s theme is “Hatch.’’ Performers include the Beantown Social Club, Andre Obin, Zoe Dance Company, and Branches Steel Band. Don’t forget to stop at the Hatch-o-Matic, where you can make an egg, pop it in the machine, and watch it roll. July 18, 6-10 p.m. July 19, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Suggested donation $3. Davis Square, Somerville. www.somervilleartscouncil.org
YO HO HO, RUM The works and travels of Ernest Hemingway serve as inspiration for a National Daiquiri Day bash featuring passed appetizers, lessons on how to make the perfect daiquiri, and drinks made with locally distilled Privateer Rum. July 19, 3-5 p.m. Painted Burro, 219 Elm St., Somerville. 617-776-0005, www.thepaintedburro.com
MAGIC WORDS Calling all witches, wizards, squibs, dementors, house elves, grindylows, and just plain Muggles to The Geeky Cauldron: A Harry Potter Quiz. There, your knowledge of the Boy Who Lived, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, and all things Hogwarts will be tested. July 19, 3 p.m. $5. White Horse Tavern, 116 Brighton Ave., Boston. www.geekswhodrink.com
INDIE POP DESIRED Life events like having kids can keep a band from touring, but despite such roadblocks, Glasgow’s Camera Obscura is on the road again. Their latest release is last year’s “Desire Lines.’’ Laura Cantrell opens. July 20, 7 p.m. $26.50. Paradise Rock Club, 967 Comm. Ave., Boston. 617-562-8800, www.crossroadspresents.com
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