Free Stuff September 2-9

"Literary Lives" Opening Celebration | Portraits of Irish writers by Irish visual artists, accompanied by coffee, dessert, and live music | Boston College, McMullen Museum, Devlin Hall, 140 Comm Ave, Boston | September 5: 7-9 pm | 617.552.8587

Schumann Liederfest VI | Schumann program: Minnespiel, "Der Contrabandiste," and Spanisches Liederspiel | Church of St. John the Evangelist, 35 Bowdoin St, Boston | September 6 @ 5:30 pm | 617.227.5242

Daphne Kalotay | Russian Winter reading | Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St, Brookline | September 7 @ 7 pm | 617.566.6660 or brooklinebooksmith.com

"Laugh Dungeon Open Mic" | Stand-up comedy | Roggie's, 356 Chestnut Hill Ave, Brighton | September 7 @ 8:30 pm | 617.566.1880 or roggies.com

Ryan Dragon and the Kamora Quartet | Original jazz compositions | Harvard Longwood Campus, 25 Shattuck St, Boston | September 8 @ 12:30 pm | berklee.edu

"Early American Cookbook Authors and Slavery: Direct and Indirect Traces of African-American Cooking" | With journalist Mark Zanger | Jamaicaway Books & Gifts, 676 Centre St, Jamaica Plain | September 9 @ 7 pm | 617.983.3204 or jamaicawaybooks.com