Thursday Happenings

Food

-- Taste of Cambridge allows you to sample delectable treats from all those restaurants you've been meaning to try but never got around to visiting. Participating restaurants include East Coast Grill, Chez Henri, Hungry Mother, Ole, Redline, Savenors, Taza Chocolates, Upper Crust, and more. 5:30-8:30pm in Technology Square, Cambridge. Advance tickets $50; $60 at the door; $75 for VIP tickets that include free drinks. Proceeds to Community Servings and Harvard Square Homeless Shelter. (KS)

Harps and Harbors

-- Harpist Maeve Gilchrist performs with Argentinians Andres Rotmistrofsky, on bass, and Marcelo Woloski, on percussion. Its a gumbo of traditional Scottish music, jazz, and Latin jazz. Part of the HarborWalk Sounds series. Institute for Contemporary Art, South Boston, 6:00pm-8:30pm. Free.

Multimedia Tributes

-- In its prime, Sun City Girls could only be called bananas. Over the course of 25 years and more than 40 recordings, the band explored psych rock, world music, and the outer limits of cheesiness. Charles Gocher, the band's drummer and most batshit member, died last year. Alan and Richard Bishop, the remnants of the band, pay tribute to Gocher with film screenings and a live performance of the Sun City Girls back catalogue, with an emphasis on tunes Gocher wrote. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge, 8:00pm. $15.

Kerry Skemp contributed to this post.