• Brookline Booksmith offers a Queer Book Club that meets (generally) on the first Monday of every month at 7 p.m. The next meeting will be about Casey Plett’s “On Community” on Monday, July 1.
• All She Wrote Books is an “intersectional feminist/queer bookstore” in Somerville that is participating and hosting events all through Pride Month. The bookstore will be at the Pride Pop Up Vendor Market at Sam Adams Taproom on Wednesday, June 19.
• The Boston Public Library has plenty of events this month. At its next event, teens are invited to make Pride bracelets + flags on Friday, June 14.

• “Dot Girl” | Wednesday, June 12 | 7-9 p.m. | City Hall Plaza Civic Pavilion, 5 Congress St., Boston | Free | Local author Linda Carney-Goodrich will read from her memoir “Dot Girl,” plus hear musical guest Mr. Curt.

• Roslindale Film Society: “A League of Their Own” | Thursday, June 13 | 6:30 p.m. | Square Root Cafe, 2 Corinth St., Roslindale | $10-$12 | Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the 7:15 p.m. screening + food and drinks will be available for purchase.

• Cascada | Friday, June 14 | 10 p.m. | Royale Boston, 279 Tremont St., Boston | $48 | The “Everytime We Touch” dance-pop sensation hits the stage.

• Basket Weaving | Saturday, June 15 | 5:30 p.m. | Studio by Garden Streets, 100 CambridgeSide Pl., Cambridge | $75-$90 | Learn weaving techniques as you create a five-to-seven inch basket.

• Central Square Cambridge Food and Mural Arts Tour | Sunday, June 16 | 12-2:30 p.m. | Central Square Meeting Location, 765 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge | $80 | Unleash your inner art + food critic on this exploration of Central Square.

• Streamer Meet & Greet hosted by the Jimmy Fund at Harpoon Brewery | Tuesday, July 16 | 6-9 p.m. | Harpoon Brewery, 306 Northern Ave., Boston | Free | Meet other streamers in person, learn about the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s “Quest 2 Defy Cancer,” and enjoy drinks, pretzels, and stand a chance to win fun prizes.*

What we tried:

• ‘47 — a multi-generational sports apparel brand — enters a new era. The Boston company founded in 1947 has been sold to Buffalo-based New Era. Current president Dominic Farrell will continue at the helm of ’47. (Boston Business Journal)

• The MBTA lifted nine speed restrictions on the Orange Line as well as the shutdown between Wellington + Back Bay now that critical track work has been completed. (7 News)

• 86%. That’s the overall water quality of Boston Harbor-area beaches in 2023. The beaches had “among the safest” water quality according to the annual Metropolitan Beaches Water Quality Report Card. (Boston Globe)

• UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester just opened its new research facility. The 350,000-sqft facility will provide space for 70 principal investigators + departments like neurological surgery, neurobiology, and psychiatry will move into the building. (Boston Business Journal)

• Maker/Scholar will be selling pet portrait totes at the Seaport pop-up market at 100 Seaport Blvd. on Saturday, June 15 from 12 to 4 p.m.— first come, first served. Can’t make the event? We’ve got Maker/Scholar’s cards, mugs, and prints at Six & Main.

• Sarah Silverman will bring her stand-up comedy tour, “Postmortem” to The Wilbur on Saturday, Jan. 25. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 14 at 10 a.m.

• We got our presidential locations confused. Reilly Memorial Swimming Pool is in Cleveland Circle — not Coolidge Corner, as we wrote in our guide. As reader Jeff G. pointed out, you can take the same Green Line C train, “just a little farther.”

Welcome to Boston

• Hannah Bilka, Forward | Boston used its first-round selection to scoop Bilka — a star Boston College player for four seasons before she nabbed a national title with Ohio State.
• Daniela Pejšová, Defender | Boston made a trade to move up three spots in order to score this defender from the Swedish Women’s Hockey League.
• Sydney Bard, Defender | Defense was the name of the game for Boston. Bard joins the team with five seasons at Colgate under her belt.
• Shay Maloney, Forward | Another player from the Swedish Women’s Hockey League, Maloney played four seasons at Brown.
• Ilona Markova, Forward | The first Russian player drafted by a PWHL team, Markova was drafted by Boston using a draft-night trade with New York.
• Hadley Hartmetz, Defender | A former teammate of Bilka, Hartmetz played two seasons at BC + three at Ohio State.

• “Boston Shamrocks” — Paul C.
• “Boston Bruisers” — Bethe C.
• “Lady Bears” — Dana M.
• “Boston Freedom” — Anne Marie W.
• “Sirens” — @ste_le92
• “Boston Rush” — @pat_.ricck