Read on for low-cost or free entertainment of community music, films, food, dance, and photo exhibits, as a summer of sizzling (that’s a cross between sizzling and dazzling: Sazzling) neighborhood events heats up.

Read on for low-cost or no-cost entertainment spotlighting some of the new month’s community music, films, food, and women’s empowerment, as a summer of sizzling events and leisure programs continues.

As far as we know, no medals will be awarded at these upcoming local food, film, music, and literary events listed in our FunTimes column this week. But if you attend, they promise to be as joyful as watching the age-old Olympics.

Let’s go around the horn with an array of entertainment featuring everything from tasty tacos to old-school filthy funk.

Here are a few educational as well as engaging music-dance events to keep you jammin’ in July.

Here are some no-cost or low-cost events — featuring fathers, families, music, and salsa dancing — to keep you riveted to the next chapter of hot (or chill) summer entertainment.

On this patriotic holiday celebrating America’s independence and 248th birthday, the best events are the loud ones that sparkle!

Now it’s time for a June finale filled with fireworks, holiday concerts, American hoagies, and home-style food from the Diaspora — all setting the stage for sizzling summer fun.

Let’s get going into the sun-kissed adventure of June by exploring these low-or-no-cost entertaining educational and cultural activities.

These low-cost or no-cost offerings focus on fun for kids — as the Latin for June is juvenis, meaning ‘young people.’ It also highlights Juneteenth, the Black Music Month event, and other cultural activities that will entertain and enlighten.