Quiet Drop In Hours: Sensory Space

TDOR Community Care Day is a free-to-attend day of care and connection for Boston's trans and queer community, hosted at The Pryde Community Center on Harvard Avenue in Boston. Drop in between 10am and 5pm to connect with resources, meet neighbors and take a breath during the Transgender Day of Remembrance season. It's a warm, plain-spoken gathering built around showing up for each other.

The Ladies Who Brunch Men's Edition is Club Café's weekend cabaret brunch in Boston's South End, with Rod Ferguson, Nick Panagiotou and Josh Redman singing jazz, Broadway and madcap cabaret in the Napoleon Room. Pull up a chair, order from the à la carte brunch menu, and sip one of the house classics while the show rolls on. Tickets are $30 and $25 plus fee, and the doors open for an 11:30am seating that's made for a slow, delicious Sunday.

Weekend drag brunch at Dani's Queer Bar, Boston's dedicated queer bar — rotating drag performers, no cover charge, and two seatings (11:30am and 1:30pm) every Saturday and Sunday. Expect great food, strong drinks, and a room full of community members ready to celebrate. A neighborhood tradition that actually makes getting up early worth it.

Bear Boutique is a holiday marketplace at Club Café in Boston's South End, featuring artists and craftsmen from the Bear Community plus allied vendors with gift-worthy wares. Browse for holiday giving on a Sunday afternoon, then grab brunch: shoppers get 20% off Club Café's brunch menu. No cover.

Flannel Bear Tea is Club Café's monthly Bear and Otter afternoon in Boston's South End, held on the third Sunday of the month. DJ Darrin Friedman spins 70s disco through today's favorites from 4 to 10pm in the Moonshine Room at 209 Columbus Avenue. It's no cover for Go-Go Bears, so bring your flannel and your appetite.

Jim Rice has been a Napoleon Room favorite for over a decade, and this Sunday open mic at Club Café in Boston's South End is no cover, so you can settle in with dinner and a drink. Jim's one-man shows have played Providence and Key West, and he's conducted Phantom of the Opera across Europe, so expect everything from sublime to hilarious. Doors open at 6pm and the night wraps up at 9pm.