Performing Arts

The Connolly Branch’s Spanish-language matinee screens Como agua para chocolate, the 1992 adaptation of Laura Esquivel’s novel. The screening is free and open to the public.

The John Huston retrospective at the North End Branch screens The Maltese Falcon, the 1941 film noir that made Humphrey Bogart a star. The screening is free and open to the public.

The North End Branch’s John Huston retrospective continues with The Man Who Would Be King (1975), the director’s adaptation of the Kipling novella. Boston Public Library film programs are free and open to the public.

Young performers from the Hung Ching lion dance troupe bring traditional Chinese lion dancing to Chin Park on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The Sunday morning performance is free and open to all, with no registration required.

The Comedy Studio’s free Tuesday open mic packs its Harvard Square basement with new comics, seasoned pros testing material, and anyone who wants to watch it all unfold. Doors and sign-up list at 6 PM, comedy from 7 PM; 18+ with a suggested two-item minimum, no ticket needed.

Wind down the weekend with the Comedy Studio’s premier weekly stand-up showcase, curated by Jeff Zamaria of LFM Comedy and featuring some of the best comedians working in Boston. Grab a drink and settle in — no Sunday scaries here. 18+ with a two-item suggested minimum.

Comedian and working school psychologist Kris DiPietra brings a sketch comedy show all about school, learning, and everything that goes sideways in between. A fittingly back-to-school night of laughs in the Rockwell’s underground Davis Square space. Doors at 6:15 PM; 18+.

The Comedy Studio’s legendary Tuesday open mic — once dubbed “Comedy Hell” by the Boston Globe — now lives in a basement room in Harvard Square. It’s a true open mic, but working pros regularly drop in to test new material alongside first-timers. Doors and sign-up list at 6 PM, show at 7 PM; 18+,…

Stand-up comedian Will Burkart headlines a two-night run at Laugh Boston to close out August. The Seaport club seats 300 and hosts touring headliners on its main stage.

Laugh Boston’s recurring showcase gathers a rotating lineup of the city’s strongest working stand-ups for one bill. It is a reliable Saturday-night sampler of the local comedy scene at the club’s Seaport stage.