Sing for girl power, hit the park, dust off your disco pants, and more ways to celebrate Mothers Day this weekend.

Watch an avalanche of acrobatic cats, dance it out for hurricane relief, have a very queer pride, and more ways to be fabulous this weekend.

Rock out with your imaginary instrument, hear opera in a garden, learn the titillating history of burlesque, and more ways to have a cheeky weekend.

Delight in a daytime dance party, celebrate solstice on the waterfront, march marvelously with the mermaids, and more ways to party in the sun this weekend.

[Ed note: Reminder, we now have a separate roundup for activism-focused events, which we encourage you to check out here.]  1. Don’t […]

1. Dork out at the Nerd Nite, with lectures on mind-reading, the science of hangovers, and the history of music videos. Come […]

1. Enliven your literary self at the Franklin Park Reading Series season finale, featuring mystery writer and social activist Walter Mosley, plus […]

[Note: We have a whole separate roundup just for Memorial Day events!] 1. Get graphic at the launch party for New York Review […]

1. Get immersed in a “mythic future” with composer and vocalist Samita Sinha’s Bewilderment and Other Queer Lions at the Invisible Dog. […]

1. Geek out at a night of Nerd Nite lectures: topics include supervillains, celebrity scandals from the ’20s, and sci-fi’s killer ladies. (Friday, $10) […]