The Rock & Blues Concert Cruises is featuring ‘The Evan Goodrow Band’ on 6/21 and I’m giving away two pairs of tickets! Email johnny@eventsinsider.com for a chance to win. Bay State Cruise Company Boston, MA, Fri 6/21.more

StorySLAMS are great! You can register to this one to tell your own story, or just come watch and listen to other people. Either way, it’s always fun. 8pm. Club Oberon Cambridge, MA, Tue 6/18.more

C’mon Cambridge, let’s show Noah Tarnow how smart we all are. It’s The Big Quiz Thing live! 8pm, free. Club Oberon Cambridge, MA, Mon 6/17.more

If not now, when? I’ve never been to the Boston Harbor Islands – how sad. Get out there and explore the Boston Harbor Islands, because the ferries are free this day. 9am-5pm. One Long Wharf Boston, MA, Wed 6/19.more

This is a full-of-food beach festival that dos not actually happen at the beach. You can expect to find eating contests, live music and cook offs! City Hall Plaza, One City Hall Square Boston, MA, Fri 6/21–Sun 6/23.more

It’s a relaxing three-hour paddling tour. Just remember to go to the bathroom first or it won’t be relaxing at all! 7pm. Charles River Canoe & Kayak Newton, MA, Fri 6/21–Sat 6/22.more

Larz Anderson is world-class auto museum, and it holds outdoor festivals all summer for us ‘neighbors’. Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the day. 10am-2pm. Brookline, MA, Sun 6/23.more

More than 70 local, regional and national artists gather for this festival. It’s all outdoors, and free! Musicians will be accepting donations, though. 2-10pm. Harvard Square Cambridge, MA, Sat 6/22.more

This food tasting+live entertainment evening sounds fun. What’s it like to be inside a zoo at night? You should find out! Ages 21+. 5:30-9:30pm. Boston, MA, Sat 6/22.more

25 of the most popular restaurants in Quincy offer tastings, it costs $30. But hey, there will be live music!5-8pm. Gazebo at Best Western Adams Inn Quincy, MA, Tue 6/18.more

This is a 9-day festival of storytelling, theatre and playwriting. Check their website to find out more about specific events. The Charlestown Working Theatre Charlestown, MA, Tue 6/18–Wed 6/26.more

Meet MTI award-winning inventors and their cool toys! Also, a design competition of wind powered stuff. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Museum of Science Cambridge, MA, Thu 6/20–Sat 6/22.more

Real guitars usually sound better than air-guitars, I give you that. Find real instruments, real workshops and guitar competitions at this festival. New England Conservatory Boston, MA, Wed 6/19–Sun 6/23.more

Feel like listening to music, while a storyteller performs and leads you on a tour through the woods? Yes, this event has it all together… It costs $25, but it’s like 3 events in one! 6:30-8:30pm. Arnold Arboretum Boston, MA, Fri 6/21–Sat 6/22.more

Enjoy 6 hours of amazing Jazz music. It’s free, it’s outdoors… don’t miss this one. 12pm. Powderhouse Park Somerville, MA, Sat 6/22.more

Learn how to fix your bike’s flat tires! This is a free clinic for those 2-wheeler warriors. 8-9pm. Bikes not Bombs Jamaica Plain, MA, Wed 6/19.more

Roger Miller is part of the Alloy Orchestra, but he is also a fan of other types of art, one of them is Frottage, a technique mastered by Miller’s idol, the surrealist Max Ernst. It’s a great opportunity to learn a new form of expression and to enjoy good music. Workshop at noon, concert 7pm. Milton Art Center Milton, MA, Sat 6/22.more

How about a bit of auto criticism, with a comical twist? People share with strangers parts of their teenage angst artifacts! 8pm. Club Oberon Cambridge, MA, Fri 6/21.more

What was it like to serve on a mansion back in 1800? The words of Robert Roberts shed some light to the topic. Not what people would call fun, but highly interesting, though.7:30pm. Gore Place Waltham, MA, Fri 6/21.more

A scavenger hunt is the highlight of this event. Not very original, but there will be live music, and some other activities for everyone. 6-8pm. Condor Street Urban Wild East Boston, MA, Fri 6/21.more

There’s a bit of Portugal in MA. Enjoy the float parade, listen to the marching bands and try the great food that came from across the sea. 2pm. Portuguese Square (Concord Square) Somerville, MA, Sun 6/23.more

I track 270 outdoor summer music series in New England. Here’s an easy one to get to, right in Cambridge. These ‘pops’ are by the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, not the Boston Pops. (Are they rivals? Do they have gang fights, and with what weapons? Well, you can at least hear the *music* of West Side Story.) 3pm. Sennott Park Cambridge, MA, Sun 6/23–Sun 6/23/’013.more

It’s summer and Janelle Gilchrist Dance Troupe knows it! they will perform at Foss Park. 8:30pm. Foss Park Somerville, MA, Sun 6/23.more

Forest Hills is home to many notable people, who unfortunately have passed away. This time you can learn more about 20Th century poets. 2pm. Forest Hills Cemetery Boston, MA, Sun 6/23.more

Dances by Isadora presents us with dances from 1910. Interesting, indeed. 12pm. Seven Hills Park (Behind Holland Street T Entrance, along bike path),\nDavis Sq. Somerville, MA, Tue 6/25.more

Comedy, music, auctions, poetry and much more get together to support ONE FUND and #BostonStrong — this sounds like a fun evening and it also helps a good cause. 7pm. The Green Briar Brighton, MA, Sun 6/23.more

Fiesta Shows is bringing the fun to Revere. With unlimited rides specials, and magic shows from Wednesday through Sunday. As usual, there will be games and food. Ocean Blvd. Revere, MA, Thu 6/6–Sun 6/23.more

$25 get you all-you-can-eat pizza and allowance to this 50s dance party. Not bad! 8pm. Regent Theatre Arlington, MA, Fri 6/21.more

This ‘killer’ Tony and Oscar-winning musical follows two merry murderesses and their slick lawyer through 1920s Chicago. Click for our review (to come Monday 6/17)! Reagle Music Theatre Waltham, MA, Thu 6/13–Sun 6/23.more

So this is what happens when you mix basketball, hip-hop and dancing. This dance performance is refreshing and hip! 8:30pm. Conway Park Basketball Court, Somerville Ave Somerville, MA, Thu 6/20.more

Kit Cat Cabaret combines the traditional dance forms of Jazz, Tango, Ballet, and …tap and mixes it with the humor and style of cabaret. 8pm, $18. The Dance Complex Cambridge, MA, Sat 6/22–Sun 6/23.more