ROCK SOLID The New York City-based company Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre returns to Cape Ann this summer for “Quarry Dance 5’’ Friday through Sunday, July 29-31.

As artists in residence at the Windhover Performing Arts Center in Gloucester, the company creates and choreographs site-specific dances in a local quarry for the public.

This year, the dancers use the architecture, cliffs, ledges, paths, and water of Barker’s Quarry to celebrate its uniqueness and beauty.

Boston-based saxophonist Russ Gershon accompanies the four dance performances.

The quarry, off Leverett street, sits on the Gabriel and Selma Kleimola Reservation, which is jointly owned privately by a descendant and publicly by the Essex County Greenbelt Association.

Performances, which run about one hour, are 5:30 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Saturday; and 1 p.m. Sunday.

Seating is first-come, first-served with chairs provided. People are welcome to bring blankets to sit on, as well.

Following the dances, Greenbelt offers half-hour educational tours of the quarry.

There is van transportation from the Lanesville Community Center starting 45 minutes prior to performances and following the show.

The events are free and open to the public; donations are welcome. No reservations are required. In the event of rain, the performances will be canceled.

Call 978-546-361, visit windhover.org, or dusantynek.org.

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS A selection of work by artists in the Haverhill and Newburyport OpArt program is on display at Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill through Aug. 18.

Opportunity Works encourages and supports adults with developmental disabilities to enrich their lives through art.

In 2004, the Newburyport Art Association started a weekly art program at Opportunity Works Inc. using basic materials such as crayons, poster paint, and construction paper.

Today, the art education outreach program is managed by coordinators Jenna Signore and Rachel Fort, with the help of volunteers, and includes the involvement of talented local artists.

Participants now work with advanced art supplies and techniques, such as acrylic paints, pastels, water colors, charcoals, photography, and sculpture.

The artists have gained recognition at the regional and state levels for the quality of their work.

Sales of the art in various retail stores and galleries support the artists and Opportunity Works.

Northern Essex is at 100 Elliott St. Call 978-556-3000 or visit necc.mass.edu. For more on OpArt visit newburyportart.org.

FAMILY MUSINGS “The Last Schwartz,’’ a funny and thought-provoking exploration of family life, is presented at Gloucester Stage through July 30.

The show reunites the playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer with director Paula Plum from last season’s “Out of Sterno.’’

The play is about a Jewish family gathering in the Catskills, possibly for the last time, on the one-year anniversary of their father’s death.

The show runs 2 p.m. Sunday, July 24; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, July 27-29; and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 30.

Tickets range from $25 to $38. The theater is at 267 East Main St. Call 978-281-4433 or visit gloucesterstage.com.

TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREETS Beverly Main Streets hosts a downtown party Saturday, July 30.

One block of Cabot Street will be closed so guests can walk around, meet up with friends, and listen to live music.

Food, beer, and wine from local restaurants will be sold at stations set up on the street in the middle of the festival.

Suggested donation at the gate is $5; cash only. If visitors plan to drink, they need an age 21 ID. No pets, bikes, skateboards, roller blades, or hoverboards are allowed.

The event runs 5:30–9:30 p.m. Call 978-922-8558 or visit beverlymainstreets.org.

A STAND-UP NIGHT Laugh Riot Productions presents comedians Shaun Bedgood, Dan Crohn, and Andrea Henry on the stage of the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport Friday, July 29.

Bedgood is a New England headliner who has also carved a niche beyond the area. He’s performed at Mohegun Sun in Connecticut, Atlantic City, Atlanta, and elsewhere

A semifinalist in the NBC Standup Showcase held at Caroline’s in New York, he also opened for the Last Comic Standing Tour.

Crohn, who has become established on the local scene and was a finalist in the Boston Comedy Festival, is now performing around the country.

Henry appeared on “Last Comic Standing’’ and Nickelodeon’s “Search for America’s Funniest Mom,’’ and tours with the Ladies of Laughter.

The show begins at 8 p.m. at the Firehouse in Market Square. Tickets are $20. Call 978-462-7336 or visit firehouse.org.

Wendy Killeen

Wendy Killeen can be reached at wdkilleen@gmail.com