PICK OF THE DAYSomething's brewing It’s hard to pronounce Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg under any circumstances. After enjoying samples of more than 25 craft beers today at Indian Ranch’s Fourth Annual Summer Brewfest, don’t even try. Just relax near the shore of the aforementioned lake and eat Southern barbecue, listen to the Racky Thomas Band, and take a paddle boat ride. Participating breweries include Blue Hills Brewery, Ipswich Ale, Watch City Brewing Company, Kona Brewing Company, and Innis & Gunn. Aug. 27, 2-6 p.m. $25. Rain or shine. Indian Ranch, 200 Gore Road, Webster. 508-943-3871, www.indianranch.com
TODAY Like father, like daughter Young jazz singer Hannah Rose Diamond grew up surrounded by music. Her father is pianist Harvey Diamond, whose long career includes gigs with Sheila Jordan and Art Farmer. He joins his daughter with bassist Rick Maida and drummer Scott Goulding for a concert of swing standards and sultry ballads. Aug. 27, 8-11 p.m. No cover. Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Square, Concord. 978-369-9200, www.concordscolonialinn.com/entertainment
Good things in small packages Composer George Tsontakis’s “Knickknacks’’ are playful little pieces written for violin and viola. The Boston Chamber Music Society presents them in the last of a four-concert summer series. The program also features Brahms’ Cello Sonata in E minor and Faure’s Piano Quartet in C minor. Performers include violinist Steven Copes, violist Maiya Papach, cellist Ronald Thomas (inset), and pianist Benjamin Hochman. Aug. 27, 8 p.m. $33, $30 seniors, $10 students. Longy School of Music, Pickman Hall, 27 Garden St., Cambridge. 617-349-0086, www.bostonchambermusic.org
SUNDAY In the square In 1997, Utne Reader included Davis Square in its list of “The Hippest 15 Places to Live’’ in the US and Canada. Join the 90-minute Davis Square Walking Tour, learn about the ’hood’s history, and make your own judgments about the coolness factor. Aug. 28, 2 p.m. $15. Meet 10 minutes before start time at the plaza across from the Somerville Theatre. Rain or shine. 617-367-2345, www.bostonbyfoot.org
Divine verse We think that we shall never see a poetic form as lovely as the sonnet. In The Art of the Sonnet, poet Stephen Burt and critic David Mikics read from and discuss their book of the same name, a collection of 100 sonnets from the 16th century to the contemporary era with commentary. Aug. 28, 4 p.m. Free. Longfellow House, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge. 617-876-4491, www.nps.gov 
