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Her dreams

According to Stevie Nicks, writing and recording "In Your Dreams" in her home studio was "the key element in how this music turned out. It made the whole process seem very similar to how we used to work back in the day." The album by back-in-the-day Fleetwood Mac chanteuse is a combo of rock anthems, Italian love ballads, and Dylan-inspired folk tunes. Marc Cohn opens. July 10 at 8 p.m. $35-$125. Bank of America Pavilion, 290 Northern Ave., Boston. 800-745-3000. www.livenation.com

MONDAY

Reubens-esque The first feature directing gig for Tim Burton is a pip. It's the 1985 cult comedy "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" written by Paul Reubens and the late Phil Hartman. Namesake Reubens scours the country looking for his stolen bike and meets up with a cast of characters including bikers, dinosaurs, and escaped convicts. 7 p.m. $9.75, $6.75 seniors. Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline. 617-734-2500. www.coolidge.org/programs/big-screen-classics

Fabric and family In 2009, Marian Brown asked family members for a "fiber of meaning" that resulted in "Marian Brown: Fabrics of Meaning." The Harvard grad student made paper from the cotton fabric for her "family tree" exploration of identity's changeability. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. through Aug. 31. Free. The Open Door Gallery, 89 South St., Boston. 617-350-7713. www.opendoorgallery.org

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Holding court Spend Monday evenings in the courtyard at Courtyard Series: Berklee at the Regattabar, a partnership between the Harvard Square hotel and Berklee College of Music. Pianist and composer Ariadna Rivas, the first Spanish musician recipient of the school's Presidential Scholarship, is this week's artist. 6-8 p.m., weather permitting (Mondays through Aug. 27). Free. Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. 617-395-7757.
www.regattabarjazz.com

Patti pieces As soon as you enter the Berkshire Museum you'll see two permanent works commissioned for the venue. One is in the vestibule, the other in the lobby next to the front desk, both part of "Tom Patti: Velocity Echo and Echoes in Space." The temporary exhibit, "Echoes in Space," showcases other Patti pieces and models and sketches for the commissions. Monday hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (through Oct. 8). $13, $6 kids, free under 4. Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield. 413-443-7171. www.berkshiremuseum.org

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Let's be Franco The Boston Public Library's "Monday Night Film Series: Summer Romances" presents Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 blockbuster "Romeo and Juliet." And if you need to brush up on the story, you're at the perfect venue. 6 p.m. Free. Boston Public Library Rabb Lecture Hall, 700 Boylston St., Boston. 617-536-5400. www.bpl.org

TUESDAY

Him, the people Is Kevin Bleyer's new book sitting on the nightstands of our Supreme Court Justices? The Emmy-winning writer for "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" will talk about "Me The People: One Man's Quest to Rewrite the Constitution of the United States of America" with WBUR's Meghna Chakrabarti at "A New and Improved Constitution." July 10 from 5:30-7 p.m. Free (reservations recommended). John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum's Stephen Smith Hall, Columbia Point, Boston. 617-514-1643. www.jfklibrary.org