A mix of jazzy pop and Bollywood songs

COst: grab a drink or a little treat from Zing!

Come over and play Mahjong with friends and strangers! Beginners and seasoned players are equally welcome. We'll have a friend providing two Mahjong sets and instruction in Hong Kong style mahjong for those who have never played.

If you have your own set, please bring it! We have a couple of sets, but lots of people show up to this event. :)

RSVP here! RSVPs are optional but they help us get a sense of how much space to reserve.

Free! Just be sure to get a little something from Cafe Zing!

Love books? Want to meet new people? Come to the book swap!

Bring a book (or two! or three!) you’ve read or board game you’ve played to the swap and leave it with a stranger. Leave with your new favorite title! We’ll sit at the big table, answer some bookish ice breakers, and then swap books.

Cost: grab a drink or treat from Cafe Zing!

Known for her eclectic taste, Sally (DJ SYLLA) is a Boston-based DJ whose versatile sets span from soul and disco-infused grooves to electronic pop and tech house. She started her journey playing piano as a child and making playlists for her friends, and now mixes at private parties, cafes and bars, curating music for the moment.

Cost: be sure to get a drink or treat from Zing!

Better Late is a Boston-based band that performs an eclectic mix of folk/rock/country/blues and original music

You can check them out on insta or facebook or youtube!

Come enjoy some sweet tunes and be sure to grab a drink or treat from cafe zing :)

Chess Night is officially every 4th Wednesday of the month at Zing! (not a tournament, just a chess night)

sign up here

bring your friends, and bring your own chess set & clock if you have one :)

p.s. Be sure to get yourself a drink or a tasty treat from Cafe Zing! :P

Join us on Thursday for live music by Lars Wicklund!

Lars Wicklund is a Singer/songwriter and musician from Medford Mass. Drawing influences from the Airborne Toxic Event, John Lennon Tom Petty and the Avett brothers Lars' songs carry a heartfelt messages of unity, peace, positivity and perseverance. 

Come grab a drink or a treat from the cafe and enjoy some tunes :)

Join us for an acoustic set by local singer songwriter, Janet Connerney! Janet is a folk rock musician who plays original music as well as covers. She’s played at Club Passim, The Burren, Sally, O’Brien’s, and more!

You can learn more about Janet here!

LIVE MUSIC at cafe zing! come listen to @bluecloudsboston

contemporary folk & indie with rich harmonies

ps. cafe zing! has a 1-drink minimum :P

Back by popular demand!! We’ll have a few games available, but feel free to bring your favorite game to play with friends and strangers. From Candyland to Gloomhaven, all levels of complexity are welcome. Rumor has it some of your favorite baristas will be there playing Dutch Blitz :p

RSVP here!

ps - be sure to get yourself a drink or a treat from the cafe! :D

Come over and play Mahjong with friends and strangers! Beginners and seasoned players are equally welcome. We'll have a friend providing two Mahjong sets and instruction in Hong Kong style mahjong for those who have never played.

If you have your own set, please bring it! We have a couple of sets, but lots of people show up to this event. :)

RSVP here! RSVPs are optional but they help us get a sense of how much space to reserve.

Free! Just be sure to get a little something from Cafe Zing!

Get your horoscope read by Susan DeLeo!

All Things Galactic and Earthly

Astrology is the Ancient practice of reading the map of the Cosmos at the time of your birth to help Reveal and Navigate your:

• Mission and Purpose

• Strengths, Gifts and Challenges

• Career and Relationships

• Transits: How current outer Planets are affecting your Life

20 minute Reading - $30

30 minute Reading - $40

Be sure to grab a drink from Cafe Zing!

Marina, Zach, and Colby are three Somerville-based musicians who play a variety of genres (jazz, singer-songwriter, soul) and are excited to play an acoustic set at the lovely Cafe Zing!

Cost: get yourself a drink or treat from Cafe zinG!

aka RAT (she/they) is a house DJ based in Boston. She draws on her love for RnB and mixes disco house, groovy house, and ambient house.

Join us at Zing for an ambient/lounge mix by aka RAT!

cost: please grab a drink or treat from Zing :p

Chess Night is officially every 4th Wednesday of the month at Zing! (not a tournament, just a chess night)

sign up here

bring your friends, and bring your own chess set & clock if you have one :)

p.s. Be sure to get yourself a drink or a tasty treat from Cafe Zing! :P

FIRST LIGHT playing LIVE MUSIC at cafe zing!

“a guitar, violin and bass trio playing a unique blend of original instrumental jazz and jazz-adjacent music”

cost: come on in and grab a treat or a drink from cafe zing!

you can listen to First Light here

RSVP on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fantasy-writing-civic-imagination-workshop-tickets-1988286380086

Learn more at https://www.thisoceanbetween.art/​ or my LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliviarpowell/​

Join me in writing new fantasy stories...but actually be co-creating the real world we want to live in.

Love fantasy stories?

But tbh tired of the same plots and far-out worlds? Wish you didn’t have to go from rags to riches or save the entire universe just to make things better for your community, your family? Still believe, despite it all, that fantasy (in all its flavors) is essential and expansive and can be more than just escapist?

Also love our world?

But overwhelmed by the scale of change, worn out by the news, and not sure where to start to actually make things better?

In this workshop, we’ll use fantasy symbols, themes and worldbuilding techniques to reimagine real-world systems of community, power and resource sharing and collectively create the stories we’ll need to guide us. No writing or civic experience is required; just your wild imagination and desire for a better world!

A few special notes:

• Help support Cafe Zing and the community they're building – treat yourself to a hot drink or pastry to enjoy during the workshop.

• While this first workshop is free, your feedback will be greatly appreciated.

• Anything we create together during the workshop will be free for any participant to take, remix, build upon, use in their own creative work, etc.

About Olivia, your facilitator:

I'm someone who grew up with story, always wondering what else stories can be and do. A being for whom narrative served as both world and frame, both method for being and mediator with reality. Someone, or something, quite like a character from a story by the sea, looking out at the ocean (or somewhere in between).​​

I think a lot about the stories I grew up with and how these stories have reflected, influenced, shaped and reinforced my sense of what's possible in the "real" world. This makes me think of the stories I wish I had growing up and the stories I want to help create for generations in the future.

So, with an intense thoughtfulness, playful curiosity, and poetic sensibility, I wander across and between roles and realms, helping others:

• Cultivate their awareness of where/when/how imagination and stories shape their relationship with Life

• (Re)develop their skillfulness and confidence with imagination and storytelling

• Co-create experiences that nurture wonder, expand potential and bring regenerative systems to life.

For all those who have frustrated by feeling like victims of the daily bombardment of news headlines that get more cruel and more farcical every day, "Remixing the News" is a collaging event that will allow us cut and paste the current horrors into something more hopeful, more horrible, more absurd, more chaotic, so we can regain some sense of control over the storylines of our lives.

Folk music at Cafe Zing! with guitarist and vocalist Ruth Rappaport!

Come enjoy some sweet tunes and be sure to grab a drink or treat from cafe zing :)

Love books? Want to meet new people? Come to the book swap!

Bring a book (or two! or three!) you’ve read or board game you’ve played to the swap and leave it with a stranger. Leave with your new favorite title! We’ll sit at the big table, answer some bookish ice breakers, and then swap books.

Cost: grab a drink or treat from Cafe Zing!

Back by popular demand!! We’ll have a few games available, but feel free to bring your favorite game to play with friends and strangers. From Candyland to Gloomhaven, all levels of complexity are welcome. Rumor has it some of your favorite baristas will be there playing Dutch Blitz :p

RSVP here!

ps - be sure to get yourself a drink or a treat from the cafe! :D

Danny Sea is a well-known cellist in the New England music scene. Inspired by bands like Crooked Still, his music blends folk rock and bluegrass through a creative, innovative approach to the cello. Joined by Sam Vittetoe on bass and Elias Cardoso on guitar, the group performs both original tunes and songs.

cost: be sure to grab a drink or treat from Zing! ;p

Yani Batteau is Americana Soul.

Her roots run deep encompassing the sounds and lore found in her history of the hill in Kentucky. Where people live in the holler and drink moonshine.

Yani plays the open back banjo claw hammer style with a unique picking stretching the “traditional “ sound.

Her rustic voice and clear delivery is matched with her original songs. She will take you on a journey of love, redemption, and the everyday experiences that we all share.

Cost: be sure to get a lil something from zing! :p

Chess Night is officially every 4th Wednesday of the month at Zing! (not a tournament, just a chess night)

sign up here

bring your friends, and bring your own chess set & clock if you have one :)

p.s. Be sure to get yourself a drink or a tasty treat from Cafe Zing! :P

Get your horoscope read by Susan DeLeo!

All Things Galactic and Earthly

Astrology is the Ancient practice of reading the map of the Cosmos at the time of your birth to help Reveal and Navigate your:

• Mission and Purpose

• Strengths, Gifts and Challenges

• Career and Relationships

• Transits: How current outer Planets are affecting your Life

20 minute Reading - $30

30 minute Reading - $40

Be sure to grab a drink from Cafe Zing!

Buy Tickets Here

Hosted by Pottery with a Purpose

Love coffee? Love getting creative? This beginner-friendly pottery workshop blends both. Dive into hand-building pottery your own one-of-a-kind ceramic coffee mugs, tea cups, or espresso cups. With step-by-step guidance from an expert Pottery with a Purpose host, you’ll learn pottery basics, how to create and decorate ceramic mugs, and how to add handles and surface designs that make each piece uniquely yours.

You’ll make 1–2 mugs, tea cups or espresso cups that we’ll professionally fire and glaze so they’re food-safe and waterproof — perfect for your favorite cozy-weather drink. Plus, enjoy a complimentary drink from Cafe Zing!'s beverage menu to sip on while you sculpt!

Come over and play Mahjong with friends and strangers! Beginners and seasoned players are equally welcome. We'll have a friend providing two Mahjong sets and instruction in Hong Kong style mahjong for those who have never played.

If you have your own set, please bring it! We have a couple of sets, but lots of people show up to this event. :)

RSVP here! RSVPs are optional but they help us get a sense of how much space to reserve.

Free! Just be sure to get a little something from Cafe Zing!