GloRilla + Ezra Klein + Adam Ray And 15 MA Events This Week

MASSACHUSETTS — Are you saving your nights outside of the house for the weekend? In Massachusetts, that can often mean missing out on a bevy of great concerts, art exhibits and other events across the state.

In Patch's latest weekly column, we focus on the events happening throughout the week in the Boston area and beyond.

This week in nearby Providence, Rhode Island, the Amica Mutual Pavillion will welcome Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks, Rick Pitino and St. John's, and John Calipari and Arkansas during the first round of March Madness on Thursday.

The second round of the tournament is slated for Saturday.

But that's far from the only thing on the calendar this week, including big name concerts, book readings and discussions and more.

Here's what to know this week:

Tuesday

• Noliwe Rooks: Integrated at Brookline Booksmith — Brookline
• Kate Fussner, author of 13 Ways to Say Goodbye, in conversation with Sara Farizan at Porter Square Books — Cambridge
• An Evening with Author Vidyan Ravinthiran at The Silver Unicorn Bookstore — Acton
• Last Dinosaurs at The Sinclair — Cambridge
• Dermot Kennedy Presents MISNEACH Festival at Brighton Music Hall — Boston

Wednesday

• Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson at First Parish Church — Cambridge
• Cristina Rathbone with Leah Hager Cohen: The Asylum Seekers at Brookline Booksmith — Brookline
• The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die at Brighton Music Hall — Boston

Thursday

• Omar El Akkad at Odyssey Bookshop — South Hadley
• Third Thursdays Poetry: Daisy Atterbury & Sara Deniz Akant at Brookline Booksmith — Booksmith
• Helmet at Paradise Rock Club — Boston
• GloRilla at MGM Music Hall — Boston
• Adam Ray is Dr. Phil Live at MGM Music Hall — Boston
• Liz Longley at The Center for Arts — Natick