8 things to go see around Boston this month
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The Boston arts and entertainment scene has a number of great options this June. Here are just a handful of the shows and performances to go see, from a collaboration between the Boston Pops and Cirque de la Symphonie to a film festival celebrating people of color.
Boston Pops, Cirque de la Symphonie
The Boston Pops and Cirque de la Symphonie will come together to showcase aerial flyers, contortionists, jugglers, and more as they perform in tandem with live music from the Pops. (8 p.m. June 2 and 3 and 8 p.m. June 3; Boston Symphony Hall; $32-102—kids’ tickets 50 percent off for Saturday afternoon performance)
Urbanity’s Spring Revue
Urbanity Dance’s Spring Revue is the company’s season finale. The dancers will be accompanied by live music from the Grammy-nominated chamber orchestra A Far Cry, as well as a new composition by Boston-based musician and composer Rob Jaret. (7:30 p.m. June 2 and June 3; Tsai Performance Center at Boston University; $15-50)
Pride & Prejudice
The Footlight Club will take on Jane Austen’s classic novel in a performance directed by Kristen Hughes, on Fridays and Saturdays from June 2 to 17. (8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, June 2-17; Eliot Hall; $21)
Concerts in the Courtyard
The Boston Public Library is hosting free concerts in its McKim Courtyard on Wednesday evenings and Friday afternoons this summer. If it’s raining, the concerts will be moved to the library’s Rabb Hall. (6 p.m. Wednesdays and 12:30 p.m. Fridays; Boston Public Library’s Central Library; free)
Boston Early Music Festival’s Carnival
The Boston Early Music Festival’s eight-day Carnival will bring a plethora of performances, and other events, to Boston in mid-June. (June 11-18; various locations; various ticket options)
Travis Wall’s Shaping Sound
Travis Wall, of So You Think You Can Dance, will bring his latest show, “After the Curtain,” to Boston on June 17. The “visual musicians” will “tell the story of a man fighting to find his creative voice after the death of his one true love.” (8 p.m. June 17; Boch Center Wang Theatre; $43+)
Juneteenth
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston will celebrate Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, with a night of live performances and artistic demonstrations on June 21. (5-10 p.m. June 21; Museum of Fine Arts Boston; free)
Roxbury International Film Festival
RoxFilm, now in its 18th year, will be 10 days of film screenings, panel discussions, and workshops from June 22 to July 1 at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. The festival celebrates people of color. (June 22 to July 1; Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Haley House Bakery Cafe; various ticket options)
