Get going and take on the so-called “Month of the Harvest Moon,” with these free or low-cost block parties, pop-up gardens, art festivals, carnivals, jazz concerts, and more.

September gifts us with events that avail us of stories of the Black experience, the Black wine-making industry, the struggle for freedom in educational systems, making homemade remedies to heal, movie screenings with a famous actor, and a book fair.

Here are some mostly low-cost or free festivities focusing on art, photography music, and books. Many of these engaging activities take a deep dive into the untold and historical impact of the Black experience.

Here are some engaging low-cost or free festivities focusing on Labor Day Weekend fun, parades, music, and movies

Seize the last drop of summer before it ends. To inspire you, check out these engaging low-cost or free festivities focusing on art, music, films, food, and topical book discussions.

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.