The Museum of Science is getting a glow-up and Jacob Collier is coming to christen it. The Grammy winner headlines Friday’s opening of the new 10,000-square-foot Public Science Common with an intimate performance. Naturally, it’s sold out. You can join the waitlist, or put your luck to better use: we’re giving away a pair of tickets to see Ryan Beatty at House of Blues that same night. Enter to win.

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• Drink for a cause this month. Maple & Ash is pouring the Second Chances cocktail, with $2 from every drink sold going to a charity for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

• Boston Public Market is going big for its annual Harvest Party. Expect festive decor, dancing and Boston’s official pumpkin taking center stage on October 22nd.

• Sabrina the Teenage Witch is officially 30. The original cast is reuniting on Halloween for a night of live skits, bloopers and stories from the people who made the magic happen.

• Calvin Harris is kicking off his first-ever headline tour at TD Garden on April 1st. No joke, Boston gets first dibs on the dance floor.

• More reasons to leave the house →

WIN STUFF WEDNESDAY

$100 worth of sushi sounds like a pretty solid lunch plan to us. Happy Rice just opened in Seaport with fresh fish, vegetarian options and food that leaves you full, fueled and ready to crush your day. Enter to win a $100 gift card, then see what else we’re giving away this week.

• Beck

• Alton Brown

• The Vampire Circus

• Sammy Rae & The Friends

• Wheeler Walker Jr.

• Orville Peck

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• Boston Public Library is becoming the first U.S. public library system to join the Keys of Inspiration program, bringing pianos to four local branches.

• The T’s latest problem solver? Birds of prey. The agency is considering using trained hawks to scare pigeons out of stations, following a similar pilot in San Francisco.

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