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Celtic music shines ‘Under the Stars’ in Hingham
Photos of World’s End by David Henningsen are on display in the Hingham Library.
Jeremy Daniel
By Robert Knox
Globe Correspondent

WORLD’S END Photographs of World’s End by David Henningsen, who grew up in Hingham and studied at School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, are on display.

Clemens Gallery, Hingham Public Library, 66 Leavitt St., through July 28.

The library’s Dolphin Gallery is showing Amber Waterhouse’s landscapes and seascapes, also through July 28.

CELTIC SOJOURN South Shore Conservatory’s Evenings Under the Stars concert series presents WGBH’s “A Celtic Sojourn: Roots and Branches’’ with Brian O’Donovan, featuring traditional and contemporary artists from around the Celtic world. Conservatory fiddle instructor and composer Christine Hedden performs as part of the show.

Jane Carr Amphitheater, 1 Conservatory Drive, Hingham, Saturday, July 16, 7 p.m.; $40 pavilion, $25 lawn, preconcert reception $25; www.sscmusic.org/evenings_under_the_stars.html.

SUMMER RUNNING Managed and promoted by local runners, the Narragansett Summer Running Festival cultivates the local active living community, both novice and elite, and offers entertainment. The festival series takes over the rustic Stonehill College campus for two days to offer scenic courses. Races end on campus with live music and a Narragansett beer garden.

Stonehill College, 320 Washington St., Easton, Saturday through Sunday, July 16-17; www.gansettsummer.com.

BLUE RIBBON ART South Shore Art Center holds its Blue Ribbon Members’ Show from Friday, July 15, to Aug. 21. The opening reception takes place Friday, 6-8 p.m.

The art center is also offering courses in drawing, photography, printmaking, ceramics, and other media.

119 Ripley Road, Cohasset; www.ssac.org.

SEASIDE OPENING The Duxbury Music Festival’s Seaside Opening Concert features repertoire programmed by festival director Stephen Deitz at an outdoor venue overlooking Duxbury’s Blue Fish River. The opening concert is the first of the four faculty concerts this month.

Sunday, July 17, 6:30 p.m.; $60; for complete ticket and event information, visit www.duxburymusicfestival.org.

DOWN TO LOVE Grammy-nominated singer Shawn Mullins performs “It All Comes Down to Love’’ and songs from his new album, “My Stupid Heart.’’

River Club Music Hall, 78 Border St., Scituate, Friday, July 15, 8 p.m.; $30-$40; www.theriverclubmusichall.com.

SUNDAY NIGHT SONGS The town of Norwood offers Sunday Evening Concerts through Aug. 28.

The Westwood Swing Band performs on the Town Common, Sunday, July 10, 7-9 p.m.; www.norwoodma.gov.

CONCERTS AND MOVIES The town of Weymouth presents the Summer Concerts & Movie Series at the Ralph Talbot Amphitheatre next to Town Hall on Thursday evenings.

Wayne Potash performs for children Thursday, July 14, 6:30 p.m.; full series information at www.weymouth.ma.us/home/news/summer-concert-movie-series.

MONDAY FUN Turner Free Library presents Monday Nights at Stetson Hall, entertainment for all ages.

IllStyle performs “Positivity, Peace, & Hip-Hop,’’ 6 South Main St., Randolph, Monday, July 11, 7 p.m.; www.turnerfreelibrary.org.

COUNTRY PLATINUM Platinum-selling country music star Dustin Lynch performs at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, opening for Luke Bryan’s Kill the Lights tour.

1 Patriot Place, Friday, July 15, 5:30 p.m.; www.bandsintown.com/event/11582515-dustin-lynch-foxborough-gillette-stadium-2016?artist=Dustin+Lynch.

WINSLOW HOUSE Dianne Legro performs songs from musicals such as “The King and I,’’ “South Pacific,’’ “Camelot,’’ “Oklahoma,’’ “Porgy and Bess,’’ and others.

634 Careswell St., Marshfield, Friday, July 15, 7 p.m.; $20, $15 members, 781-837-5753.

REVOLUTIONARY JULY Also at the Winslow House, author George C. Daughan speaks on “The Revolution on the Hudson,’’ the story of the Revolutionary War fight for the Hudson River Valley. Tuesday, July 12, 7 p.m.

And historian Bob Jackman speaks about the South Shore Militia in 1774-1775 on Thursday, July 14, 7 p.m.; $5 donation, www.winslowhouse.org.

1900s MYSTERIES The 20th- century classics book group reads “Whose Body?,’’ by Dorothy Sayers, the 1923 book that introduces the gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey.

Manomet Branch Library, 12 Strand Ave., Plymouth, Thursday, July 14, 7 p.m.

’50s ROCK Performances of “Grease,’’ the 1950s rock musical, by Americana Theatre Company, Plymouth’s professional theater company, continue this week.

The Spire Center for the Performing Arts, 25½ Court St., Thursday-Friday, July 14-15, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, July 16, 8 p.m., through July 23; $25, $20 students; www.americanatheatre.org.

PROJECT ARTS Free summer concerts take place on the Plymouth waterfront near Plymouth Rock on Wednesday evenings.

Hey Nineteen (a Steely Dan tribute band) performs Wednesday, July 13, 6:30 p.m. July 20 is Irish Night with Inchicore and The Lindsays; www.projectarts.com.

LAWN PICNIC The Satuit Concert Band performs a picnic concert on the lawn at Glastonbury Abbey. Bring chairs and a picnic.

16 Hull St., Hingham, Friday, July 15, 7 p.m.; free, satuitband.com.

BAY GARDENS The Wareham Garden Club garden tour steps off from the Wareham Free Library, 59 Marion Road, on Friday and Saturday, July 15-16, 10-3. Tickets are $25, $22 in advance; e-mail Jen Gady, jwdgady@comcast.net or Michele Heard, mheardri@gmail.com.

FIRST NOVEL Annie Weatherwax speaks on her debut novel, “All We Had,’’ at Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St., on Wednesday, July 13, 7 p.m. Free tickets from the library, www.duxburyfreelibrary.org/general_info/BookBreeze.htm.

Send information about events at least two weeks in advance to Robert Knox at rc.knox2@gmail.com.