Bodega Girls are at Middlesex on Wednesday

Eddie Money | "Free Concerts at the Esplanade" series | Hatch Memorial Shell, Esplanade, Boston | June 23 @ 7 pm | 617.626.4970

Ronald Reagan | Part of "Passim Summer Stage" Series | Palmer Street, by Club Passim, Cambridge | June 23 @ 1 pm | clubpassim.

Margaret Glaspy

Margaret Glaspy | Club Passim Summer Stage Series | Palmer Street (by Club Passim + Harvard Coop), Cambridge | June 16 @ 1 pm | clubpassim.org

"Free Friday Flicks at the Esplanade" | Daddy Day Care screening | Hatch Shell, Charles River Esplanade, Cambridge | June 17 @ dusk | mass.

Michael Bronski discusses A Queer History of the United States at the HBS on Thursday

Chris North Dream Quartet + Manners | ZuZu, 474 Mass Ave, Cambridge | June 13 @ 10 pm | zuzubar.com

Marie Paquet-Nesson and Daphne Kalotay | From Ballet to the Corps and Russian Winter readings and discussions | Porter Square Books, Porter Square Shopping Center, Cambridge | June 14 @ 7 pm | portersquarebooks.

Oscar Hijuelos is at the Brookline Booksmith on Wednesday @ 7 pm

"Boston Book Bloggers Summer Reading Suggestions" | Bulk up your beach reading list with picks from those in the know | Porter Square Books, Porter Square Shopping Center, Cambridge | Tonight @ 7 pm | portersquarebooks.com

Cultural Survival Bazaar | Music, short films, Native American storytelling, educational displays, craft-making demos, and ethnic cuisine | Copley Square, Boylston + Dartmouth Sts, Boston | Saturday, June 4 from 10 am-6 pm | cs.

Eli Pariser is at the Harvard Book Store on Wednesday

Brothers Donovan | Middle East corner, 472 Mass Ave, Cambridge | Friday, May 27 @ 11 pm | mideastclub.com

"This Has Been a Disaster, Thanks For Having Us" | Live podcast with Steve Almond and Ryan Walsh interviewing local musicians | Toad, 1912 Mass Ave, Cambridge | Sunday, May 29 @ 9 pm | thishasbeenadisaster.

Sebastian Junger discusses War [with Karl Marlantea] at Porter Square Books on Wednesday

Geeks Who Drink | Weekly pub triva, inaugural nights at new bars this week | 8 pm: Thursday, May 18 @ Phoenix Landing, 512 Mass Ave, Cambridge + Wednesday, May 24 @ Tommy Doyles, 96 Winthrop St, Cambridge | geekswhodrink.

Brittain Sullivan and Matt Finkle | I love My Bike release party, with free ice cream + snack | Marc Jacobs International, 81 Newbury St, Boston | marcjacobs.

Streight Angular is at the Milky Way on Saturday, 1 pm

Victoria Zackheim, Maxinne Leighton, Christine O'hagan, and Clea Simon | He Said What?: Women Write About Moments When Everything Changed readings and discussions | Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St, Brookline | Friday, May 6 @ 7 pm | brooklinebooksmith.

Demetri Martin is at the Brookline Booksmith on Thursday the 28th

Demetri Martin | This Is a Book discussion | Thursday, April 28 @ 7 pm at the Harvard Coop, 1400 Mass Ave, Cambridge | 617.489.0519

Pockets Mo Fuller | Friday @ 10 pm at the Middle East Corner , 480 Mass Ave, Cambridge | mideastclub.

Former governor (of prostitution scandal infamy) talks government and finance at
MIT on Tuesday, April 26

"Godzilla In Japan And The World" | Godzilla screening and presentation by Japanese historian Gregory Pflugfelder of Columbia University | Boston University Photonics Center, 8 St.

TV on the Radio sign copies of their new album at Newbury Comics on Saturday, April 16

Maria Menounos | The EveryGirl's Guide to Life reading and signing | April 15 @ 5 pm at Barnes & Noble at Emerson, 114 Boylston St, Boston | 617.824.8696

"Funk Friday" Featuring E-Mon | April 15 @ 10 pm at Middle East Corner, 480 Mass Ave, Cambridge | mideastclub.

It might not be the white picket fence version of the ‘American Dream'- far from it- but nobody familiar with Wesley Willis' story can deny that the late schizophrenic-turned-artist and musician's story is pretty damn incredible. Willis, the man behind "Casper the Homosexual Friendly Ghost" and "I Whupped Batman's Ass" got his unlikely start as a homeless street artist in Chicago, battling his inner demons with his unique brand of music.

Streight Angular: At ZuZu Bar Monday, April 11 @ 10 pm

"Bittersweet Humanitarianism" | With Ashley Judd and Candelaria Silva | C. Walsh Theatre, 55 Temple St, Boston | April 8 @ 6:30 pm | 617.573.8680

Boston National Poetry Month Festival | Poetry marathon featuring published poets, celebrities, student participation, and open mike | Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St, Boston | April 9-10 @ 10 am | bpl.

Xanadu

Robert Pinksy | Selected Poems reading | Boston University Photonics Center, 8 St. Mary's St, Boston | March 24 @ 7:30 pm | 617.975.0600

"Small Animal Project Reading Series" | With Nathan Hoks, Sandra Lim, and James Shea | Outpost 186, 186 1/2 Hampshire St, Cambridge | March 24 @ 8 pm | 617.

A Taste of Iceland

Maxxtone | Brighton Music Hall, 158 Brighton Ave, Allston | March 17 @ 9 pm | brightonmusichall.com

A Taste of Iceland, Amiina, Thick As Thieves, and Twin Berlin | Middle East downstairs, 480 Mass Ave, Cambridge | March 19 @ 9 pm | mideastclub.com

Neil Strauss | Everyone Loves You When You're Dead: Journeys into Fame and Madness discussion | Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St, Brookline | March 20 @ 6 pm | 617.