PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO

To see more or to submit your own event,  go to our calendar. You can also check out these ongoing events.

Art exhibit: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Art Complex Museum, 189 Alden St., Duxbury. Opening reception for “Some Assembly Required,” three-dimensional pieces assembled from smaller objects.Through Sept. 1. 

Living with coyotes: 7 p.m., Thomas Crane Public Library, 40 Washington St., Quincy. A presentation by Chalis Bird of MassWildlife. For more information, visit thomascranelibrary.org or call 617-376-1300, x3.

Island Grove Chorus: Women’s a cappella group holds open rehearsals Tuesday nights at 7:15 p.m. at the UCC Church, 10 Bedford St., Abington. For more information, call 508-864-2676 or go to islandgrovechorus.org.

Ballroom dancing: 7:30 to 11 p.m. Tuesdays, South Shore Viking Club, 410 Quincy Ave., Braintree. Live bands every week. Singles and couples welcome. Admission is $10. For more information: 781-784-2678, 781-335-3171.

Square dance lessons: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, First Congregational Church, 12 Church St, Rockland. The Hobomock Hoedowners Square Dance Club. First class is free. For more information, call 781-812-2944.

Fine Arts Chorale: Open rehearsal at 7:30 Wednesday nights at the Old South Union Church, 25 Columbian St. Weymouth. For more information, visit fineartschorale.org, or call 1-800-230-7555.

Farmer's market: 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, O'Brien Towers, 73 Bicknell St., Quincy. SNAP and Healthy Incentive Program benefits accepted. Mandarin and Cantonese interpreters will be available.

Farmers’ Market: 2:30 to 6:30 p.m., second and fourth Thursday, Henry Hornblower II Visitor Center, Plimoth Plantation, 137 Warren Ave., Plymouth. For more information, visit plymouthfarmersmarket.org.

Gurnet Light: 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Shuttles every 30 minutes from the Duxbury Bay Maritime School, 457 Washington St., Duxbury. Project Gurnet and Bug Lights offer a trip to the country's oldest operating wooden lighthouse, the Keeper’s Cottage and Fort Andrew. A $5 donation is recommended, up to $20 a family. For more information, visit buglight.org.
 

Concert fundraiser: 7 p.m., First Parish Duxbury, 842 Tremont St., Duxbury. Livingston Taylor will perform to raise money for the Silent Spring Institute in Newton, in honor of author Rachel Carson's birthday. Tickets are $35 and include access to a reception, which begins at 5:30 p.m. For more information visit brownpapertickets.com/event/4104157.

Quincy Unplugged, an open mike event, 6:15 to 8:30 p.m., Thomas Crane Public Library, 40 Washington St.

1686 QUINCY HOMESTEAD: 1 to 3:30 p.m., 34 Butler Road on the corner of Hancock Street. Home to the first five generations of the city’s namesake family. Open for tours 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday and Saturdays, June 1 and 15, July 6 and 20, Aug. 3 and 27, Sept. 7 and 21. To arrange a private tour, call 617-742-3190 or emailing dames@nscdama.org. For more information, visit nscdama.org. Free, donations welcome.

Documentary and exhibit: 4 p.m., Hingham Town Hall, 210 Central St., Hingham. After a 30-minute documentary chronicling the local production of World War II ships, guests will get to view five historic vessels and other related memorabilia. Free. For more information, contact jermynk@hingham-ma.gov.

Author talk: 7 p.m., Kingston Council on Aging, 30 Evergreen St., Kingston. Daniela Lamas, an author and doctor, will speak about her book, "You Can Stop Humming Now: A Doctor's Stories of Life, Death and in Between." Free. Register at kingstonpubliclibrary.org. 

Tea: 2 to 4 p.m., Daniel Webster Estate, 238 Webster St., Marshfield. Upcoming: Sept. 22, Oct. 20, Nov. 10. Tickets are $20, including a tour of the mansion. Reservations are required; call 781-834-7818. For more information, visit thedanielwebsterestate.org

Walk for Hospice: 7 to 10 a.m., Weymouth High School, 1 Wildcat Way, Weymouth. Activities and photo opportunities will coincide with walking in support of South Shore Health's hospice program. Register for free or sign up to volunteer at southshorehealth.org/walk. 

Concert: 7:30 tonight, Mayflower Church, 207 Main St., Kingston, Saturday, First Trinitarian Congregational Church, 381 Country Way, Scituate, Saturday, June 29, St. Bonaventure Parish, 801 State Road, Plymouth Sunday, June 30, First Congregational Church, 254 Main Street, Plympton. "America Sings," by the Pilgrim Festival Singers. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased at the door or at pilgrimfestivalchorus.org.  

Church of the Presidents: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Quincy Square. Open for tours of the church and the crypt where Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams and their wives are buried. For more information or to volunteer as a tour guide, contact Bob Damon at 617-773-0062 or email visitorsprogram@ufpc.org.

South Shore Quests: Any time, any day through Nov. 15. Developed by an all-volunteer committee, Quests are clue-directed walks through local parks, woodlands and public places of historic interest. Buy a Quest book for $5 and use it to find a hidden box containing a notebook, rubber stamp and ink pad. This year's edition contains nine new trails and six from past years. For more information, visit southshorequests.org

ONGOING EVENTS

Whether you're a first-time visitor (welcome!) or you've lived here forever, there's no shortage of things to do and places to go on the South Shore. Let us know if we missed your favorite spot.