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August 20, 2011|By June Wulff, Globe Staff
PICK OF THE DAY Weekend update
New York City has him now, but Seth Meyers’s roots are in New Hampshire, where he returns for a rare live appearance. The ‘‘Saturday Night Live’’ head writer and host of ‘‘Weekend Update’’ has an impressions repertoire, which includes Hugh Grant, John Kerry, and Brian Williams. We’d love to see his take on Michele Bachmann. 8 p.m. $29-$39. 18-plus. The Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, N.H. 603-929-4100. www.ticketmaster.com
TODAY The Bronx and a bow
A fiddle champion from the Bronx? Eileen Ivers grew up in Woodland Heights but her music roots are from her parents, who came here from County Mayo, Ireland. The Lowell Summer Music Series welcomes Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul. 7:30 p.m. (rain location is across the street at Lowell High School Auditorium). $25. Boarding House Park, French and John streets, Lowell. 978-970-5200. www.lowellsummermusic.org
Four tops Lenny Solomon, Junko Ogowa, Don Hammondtree, and John Fuzek are singers-songwriters who put their music on the line tonight at Somerville Songwriter Sessions. You can purchase beer, wine, and snacks during the show (just don’t accidentally make yourself part of the show with loud crunching or swallowing). 8-10:30 p.m. $10. The Cafe at Arts at the Armory Center, 191 Highland St., Somerville. 617-718-2191. www.artsatthearmory.org
One night With plenty of hit singles, including “One Week,’’ Pinch Me,’’ and the punctuationless “If I Had $1000000,’’ the Barenaked Ladies are also in TV territory with the theme song (and music video) for “The Big Bang Theory.’’ The band is working on a studio album for next year and is in Webster tonight. 2 p.m. $32.50. Indian Ranch, 200 Gore Road, Webster. 800-745-3000. www.ticketmaster.com
This and that Today’s art history lesson is about Neo-classicism and Romanticism. These two late-18th and early-19th century European movements are characterized by purity, austerity, and clarity (the former) and melodrama (the latter). See examples of both at “Passion and Precision in the Age of Revolution.’’ Today from 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m. (through May 13). $22, $20 students 18 and older and seniors, free under 18 during non-school hours and for kids under 7. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. 617-267-9300. www.mfa.org
TOMORROW Spin city We will hang onto our collection of Frank Sinatra albums forever, so don’t expect to see them with other vinyl gems at the Somerville Rock & Roll Yard Sale. Other music-related items include CDs, cassettes, 8-track tapes, rare music magazines, and vintage clothing. Aug. 21 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (rain date Aug. 28). Free. 90 Union Square, Somerville. 617-625-6600, ext. 2985. www.somervilleartscouncil.org
What a Spectacle The Christian Li Trio heads to the island for this next-to-last program in the Berklee Jazz on Spectacle Island series. Aug. 21 at 1 p.m., weather permitting (series ends Sept. 4). Free concerts. Ferry departs Long Wharf North next to Christopher Columbus Park on the half hour between 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (Tickets available at Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion on Rose Kennedy Greenway). 617-223-8666. www.berklee.edu/events/summer
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