On Thursday, June 14th, party like a block-star at the first of Eataly’s summer block party series. Once a month, all summer long, you can head to the patio at 800 Boylston for Eataly’s Piazza All’Aperto (open plaza) for an Italian-style, open-air shindig featuring all of Eataly’s culinary delights including gelato, cannoli, pasta, cheese and grilled meats. There’ll be rosé (and frosé) along with beer and cocktails, live music, lawn games, and you can even learn a little Italiano with free lessons.

And for this season’s kick-off event, the folks from both the Boston Public Market and the Museum of Fine Arts will be getting in on the good times. The market will be bringing some of their vendors for a whole New England-meets-Italy mashup and the MFA will be offering a mini drawing tutorial with one of their expert instructors.

Entry to these monthly events is totally gratis, with food and drink tickets available at the door or online here.