ARTS FESTIVAL South Shore Art Center’s 61st annual Arts Festival will include three art exhibitions, more than 90 juried craft and fine art exhibitor tents, artist demonstrations, food booths, and live music throughout the weekend. American Idol finalist Siobhan Magnus will perform at 1 p.m. Sunday.
The festival will kick off when photographer Ron Pownall exhibits more than 40 photographs of the ’70s and ’80s rock ’n’ roll music scene Thursday night, June 16. Powell photographed Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Elton John, Queen, and many others.
Cohasset Common, Friday, June 17, 1-7 p.m.; Saturday, June 18, 10-7; and Sunday, June 19, noon-5 p.m. For ticket information, go to www.ssac.org.
CHAMBER MUSIC Local vocal ensemble Genesis Chamber Singers performs in “The Gift of Music’’ fund-raiser for The James Library & Center for the Arts. Extending over three floors of the center, the event will include art, hors d’oeuvres, wine, and sweets as the group’s eight singers perform throughout the evening.
24 West St., Norwell, Friday, June 17, 7-9 p.m.; $25, www.genesischambersingers.com.
SNUG WALKING Town historian Tony Kelso will guide a walking tour of Snug Harbor, an iconic waterfront including the Duxbury Yacht Club, Duxbury Bay Maritime School, Sweetser Building, 1803 Winsor House Inn, and local churches.
Nathaniel Winsor Jr. House, 479 Washington St., Saturday, June 18, 2 and 4 p.m.; RSVP required, call 781-934-6106.
WILDFLOWERS WALK Mass. Audubon South Shore Sanctuaries will hold a guided Wildflower Walk at the Colby-Phillips Property in Hanover on Friday, June 17, 5-6 p.m.; sign up at www.massaudubon.org/southshore.
PURE TREBLE South Shore Conservatory’s Pure Treble chorus, consisting of students in grades 2 to 5, will present a spring concert.
Ellison Center for the Arts, 64 St. George St., Duxbury, Sunday, June 12, 1 p.m.; free.
FAMILY LUNCHEON The Braintree AARP Chapter 4042 will host a family-style turkey luncheon served by Fasanos Catering, with entertainment.
Sons of Italy Hall, 161 King Hill Road, Braintree, Tuesday, June 21, 1 p.m.; $25 per person, call Jean at 781-848–4283.
FATHER’S DAY RACE The Children’s Museum in Easton, an educational, cultural, and social learning center for children and families focusing on children ages 1-8, will host its 22nd annual Father’s Day Road Race and Walk.
9 Sullivan Ave., Sunday, June 19, 9 a.m. start; www.racewire.com/register.php?id=5868.
BLOCK PARTY The “Weyfest’’ celebration, a free family-oriented block party offering a day of activities and music, begins with a torch-lighting ceremony at the original landing spot of the first settlers at Wessagussett in 1622.
A series of runners, community members of distinction and merit, will advance the torch through the streets of Weymouth, with the final leg by Weymouth’s 1992 Olympian, Tim Sweeney.
“Weyfest’’ will offer an assortment of family-friendly events, including a children’s “Color Fun Run,’’ Wiffle ball tilt, a touch-a-truck event, and a variety of field competitions. A music festival at 1 p.m. will include five bands with Weymouth connections, leading to Danny Klein’s “Full House’’ J. Geils tribute band.
SouthField, Weymouth, Saturday, June 18, 11-8 p.m.; www.weymouth.ma.us/home/news/town-of-weymouth-announces-weyfest.
POETRY READING Susan Nisenbaum Becker, author of “Little Architects of Time and Space,’’ and Rich Berg, who produces “For the Love of Words’’ at Easton Cable TV, will read their work.
Plymouth Center for the Arts, 11 North St., Sunday, June 12, noon; free, refreshments.
LITTLE NATURALISTS Retired teacher Marilyn Christmann will lead a Little Naturalists program focused on frogs for children 3 to 5 accompanied by an adult.
North River Wildlife Sanctuary, 2000 Main St., Marshfield, Tuesday, June 14, 9:30-10:30 a.m.; $7, $5 members, preregistration required at www.massaudubon.org/southshore.
HOUSE TOURS The Suffolk Resolves House, the site where Colonists met and approved 19 resolutions formally rejecting British rule, will be open for tours on Sundays, June 12, July 10, and Aug. 14, 1-3 p.m..
1370 Canton Ave., Milton; www.miltonhistoricalsociety.org.
FATHER’S DAY Mass. Audubon’s Moose Hill invites families to celebrate Father’s Day weekend at the wildlife sanctuary on a self-guided scavenger hunt from the visitor center to the walking trails.
Moose Hill, 293 Moose Hill Parkway, Sharon, Saturday-Sunday, June 18-19, 11-3; $9, $6 members, register at www.massaudubon.org/programs.
PIANO Concert pianist, composer, and recording artist Silvard, who is also a professor of marine biology, will perform at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Middleborough, a space noted for its acoustics.
25 South Main St., Sunday, June 12, 3 p.m.; donation $15.
STILL MAD Sponsored by The Friends of the Sharon Public Library, television reporter and commentator Ted Reinstein will speak on his book, “Wicked Pissed,’’ a look at some of New England’s fascinating feuds.
11 North Main St., Tuesday, June 14, at 7:30 p.m.; free.
CHAMBER MUSIC NOW Pianist and composer Erik Lindgren and his quartet will perform music from their new CD, “Bespoke: Chamber Music for the Now Generation.’’
Unitarian Universalist Church of Middleborough, 25 South Main St., Saturday, June 18, 7:30 p.m.; $10.
Fuller Craft Museum, 455 Oak St., Brockton, Sunday, June 19, 2 p.m., $5.
Send information about events at least two weeks in advance to Robert Knox at rc.knox2@gmail.com.
