ENTERTAINMENT

‘Princess Bride’ Quote-Along
Tonight, 7 p.m.
Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard St., Brookline
MBTA: Green C Line to Coolidge Corner
$9.75, 617-734-2500
www.coolidge.org
“Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles!” Quote, breathe and swoon all over again as the Coolidge Corner Theater hosts its first-ever Quote-Along (a close species cousin to the sing-alongagous), courtesy of Henri Mazza from Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse. “I think he likes to scream at us!”

MUSIC

El Vez
Tonight, 9 p.m.
Middle East Downstairs
480 Mass. Ave., Cambridge
MBTA: Red Line to Central
$15, 18+, 617-864-EAST
www.mideastclub.com
El Vez (born Robert Lopez) marries his Mexican upbringing with his love for all things rock ‘n’ roll. But Elvis isn’t the only one getting wonderfully bastardized by the former Zeros man — the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Steve Winwood and even R.E.M. get slung through his pop culture sieve. A night with the LA gunner and his Spiders from Memphis is the most Mexi-minded fun you can have without losing your el chuck in the bathroom at the Cactus Club.

Wilco with Andrew Bird
Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
Tanglewood
297 West St., Lenox
$26-$36, 888-266-1200
www.tanglewood.org
Wilco come out from the studio cavern to play an al fresco set at Tanglewood. Word from previous tour stops reveals the Chicago band is previewing new tracks. “One Wing” and “Sunny Feeling,” as found on the uber-helpful Hype Machine, see the guys mellowing in similar waters as “Sky Blue Sky” and “Summerteeth,” respectively. Chicago brethren Andrew Bird opens with an indie folk sound that can lean beautiful and big-time downer or rattling and cacophonous.

Clipse
Wednesday, 9 p.m.
Harpers Ferry
158 Brighton Ave., Allston
MBTA: Green B Line to
Packard’s Corner
$25, 18+, 617-254-9743
harpersferryboston.com
Hell hath no fury like a hip-hop duo released from their punk record contract. Virginia Beach duo was mired in label hang-ups with teen-lovin’ Jive Records for years then got out from under with the Pharrell-produced kicker “Hell Hath No Fury.” They whiled away their time with the Mix Tapes series and return this year with two discs — “Clipse Presents Re-Up Gang,” which brings them to Boston this week (track down the thick and juicy lead single “Fast Life”), and “Till the Casket Drops,” promised for November.

LOCAL

Nonprofit Networking Night
Wednesday, 6 p.m.
Kennedy’s Midtown
42 Province St., Boston
MBTA: Red or Green Line to Park Street
$3 donation, 21+,
339-224-0696
www.oyfp.org
The folks at On Your Feet, an organization aimed at partnering volunteers and nonprofits, host a do-gooder mix-n-mingle. Branding consultant Dan Schawbel will be on hand to discuss new media outlets for nonprofits. Because we all know print is dead.
 
Coit Observatory
Open Night
Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m.
Roof of College of Arts & Sciences Building
725 Comm. Ave., Boston
MBTA: Green B Line to BU East
Free, 617-353-2630
www.bu.edu/astronomy
Doesn’t “waning gibbous” just roll right off the tongue? If that gets you purring, Boston University’s Astronomy program hosts an open observatory night every Wednesday (weather permitting). Tonight’s centerpiece? Perseids, a meteor shower care of the comet, Swift-Tuttle. Tuesday and Wednesday fights the light show at its peak, clocking 60 meteors per hour.

CULTURAL

‘The Secret Knowledge of Water’ Exhibit
Through Aug. 17
Friday, 6-8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 1-5 p.m.
The Nave Gallery
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville
Free, 617-625-4823
www.artsomerville.org/nave
The most powerful natural force takes over as inspiration for the Nave Gallery’s most recent exhibit. Nestled in the calming confines of the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church, this show features mixed-media odes to H20, including Moira Barrett’s “Surface Tension #5,” shown.

‘The Art of Black Dance and Music’
Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.
Franklin Park
One Franklin Park Road, Dorchester
Free, 617-989-3742
www.firstnight.org/playhouseinthepark
ParkARTS and the National Center for Afro-American Artists team up for a kid-friendly exploration of African-American heritage.