With 27 million albums sold and 4 Grammy nominations, you know Jewel through songs including ,’Who Will Save Your Soul’, ‘You Were Meant for Me’, and ‘Foolish Games.’. Click for our interview! Wilbur Theatre Boston, MA, Tue 3/12.more

Chinese New Year celebrations are still around and this parade looks like one of the coolest. Starts in historic Winthrop Park with a lion dance around the ancient oak tree and marches to Mass Avenue to the Hong Kong restaurant. Then, the Hong Kong will have a cultural show with arts and crafts, performers, puppetry, dance, and more. 1-4pm. Harvard Square Cambridge, MA, Sun 3/3.more

Whose side will you be on? This historical re-enactment of the battle between the British and Americans before our independence is really cool… and free! Sat 11:30am & 2:30pm little kids re-enact the massacre. Then 7pm Boston Massacre, arrive at least an hour early to get a good view. Old State House Boston, MA, Sat 3/2.more

They don’t say anything about a Lincoln impersonator at this event, but they will have The Dorchester Banner on display for the first time in decades. It’s an evening full of history and kids will get a unique commemorative Lincoln necklace. 1-4pm. Forbes House Museum Milton, MA, Sun 3/3.more

How about being part of your favorite horror or fantasy story? Join others in this massive improv drama that spans an entire hotel. It’s completely unique and the biggest Live Roplaying event in our region. Radisson Hotel Watertown, MA, Thu 2/28–Sun 3/3.more

All the magic of Bollywood in a two-hour dance class. Learn from real professionals how to pull off an enchanted coreography with all the energy and moves of this fantastic Indian dance style. You can bring your own partner or learn by yourself; they guarantee you’ll have a great time any way. 7:30pm-9:30pm. Cambridge Center for Adult Education Cambridge, MA, Fri 3/1.more

Make sculptures and learn about architecture through these workshops! Although it’s meant for kids, if you bring a kid along you can get involved as well. Just make sure it’s yours, okay? 11am-5pm. Arlington Center for the Arts Arlington, MA, Sat 3/2–Sun 3/3.more

You don’t read too often about a church throwing an indoor festival with mechanical bulls, a moonbounce and martial arts demonstrations. There will also be a making of The Chronicles of Narnia. Sweet, huh? And it’s free! 10am-3pm. Community Life Center Lexington, MA, Sat 3/2.more

March is the month of La Francophonie, and there will be several events around NE to celebrate this magnificient language. This is one where you can learn a lot french-speaking cultures through workshops, performances, music and more. 10am-5pm. Newton Cultural Center Newton, MA, Sat 3/2.more

Is there something about whales that isn’t awesome? I doubt it. But I bet there’s plenty of things about them you still don’t know, like how are they coping with climate change and warmer waters and what’s their favorite pop song. 2pm. Harvard Museum of Natural History Cambridge, MA, Sat 3/2.more

Would you kill a friend if he asked you to? Would you, if he confessed he was a Nazi? Jodi’s the author of Bestseller ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, among others. Join her at the reading of her new book, The Storyteller, at the Coolidge Corner. 6 pm. Brookline Booksmith Brookline, MA, Wed 2/27.more

Engineers, assemble! Looking for a scholarship? A job? Another passionate engineering entrepreneur to join forces with? This is the right place to go, then. Courtyard Marriott Boston Boston, MA, Thu 2/28–Fri 3/1.more

Well, if there’s a Jewish Film Festival, of course there had to be a Jewish Music Festival! I see a lot of violins and odd looking guitars played by smiling people. Definitely worth checking it out. Various Boston, MA, Fri 3/1–Sun 3/10.more

The Lover is a 1962 one-act play by Harold Pinter. There’s the wife, the husband and the lover but one of those characters is also another. This ironic comedy/drama is about sex and burgeois life, all brilliantly executed by the actors on stage. Read our review! Center for the Arts Boston, MA, Sat 3/2–Sun 3/17.more

The author planned to call the play The Product Love (Die Ware Liebe), meaning ‘love as a commodity’. This title was a play on words, since the German term for ‘true love’ (Die wahre Liebe) is pronounced equally. A musical with some heavy philosophy. Fort Point Theatre Channel Boston, MA, Thu 2/21–Sat 3/9.more

One of the most honest and hilarious, yet heartbreaking, plays I’ve seen. Each woman featured in the play transforms their monologue into a shared, vivid experience. Recommended for both women and men. Center for the Arts at the Armory Somerville, MA, Wed 2/27.more

Okay, this show has it all: a 1950s style ‘synchronized swimming’ aerial pole routine, contorsionists, incredible music and a burlesque atmosphere! Don’t miss this reinterpretation of an ol’ style circus, with additional magic and mindblowing aesthetics. 7:30 pm, Adults only. Oberon Cambridge, MA, Thu 2/28–Fri 3/1.more