5 things to do this weekend, including a tribute to Major Taylor and a graphic novel festival

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School vacation week: the perfect time for family members to test each other’s patience. If you’re looking for reasons to get the kids out of the house this weekend, we’ve got you covered. From a celebration of a groundbreaking bicycle champion to a kids’ comic festival, this lineup includes at least one thing for everyone in the family to enjoy.Puppetry and creation myths seem to go hand in hand.

If you watched this year’s Grammy Awards show, you may remember Taylor Swift taking a moment during one of her acceptance speeches to announce an upcoming album: “The Tortured Poets Department” out on April 19. The time is nigh for the album to drop, and the Rasa String Quartet has assembled a tentative program of all Taylor Swift covers from her back catalog, including “Lavender Haze,” “Love Story,” “All Too Well” and more. There are two performances, and although the 7 p.m.

There’s something inherently musical about cycling. Over the last year, members of Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Concert Band have spent time learning about one of cycling’s greatest athletes: Worcester’s own Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor. This year marks the 125th anniversary of Taylor winning the world cycling championship. To celebrate the occasion, the concert band will perform “The Ride,” a new original composition by local educator Thomas O’Toole.

Massachusetts residents often boast about having the world’s “best” in education and medicine, but what’s perhaps less widely known is that our state also has some of the world’s best beer. Massachusetts brewers often top global competitions, and a few of those winners will be present on Saturday at the Massachusetts Craft Brewers Festival at the Boston Center for the Arts. Hudson’s Medusa Brewing Company, Somerville’s Aeronaut Brewing Company and Cambridge’s Lamplighter Brewing Co.

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