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Massachusetts has had to rapidly expand its emergency assistance shelter program, given the simultaneous housing crisis and migrant influx of families from places like Haiti and Central and South America.

This weekend in the arts: Max Lofano, Kanthy Peng and more at a big night at Bread and Salt; kelp cyanotypes and gyotaku fish prints at Perspectives; Aklasan Filipino punk festival at the Che Cafe; The Jazz Crusaders tribute at Dizzy's; "Passengers" at The Old Globe; "SIX: The Musical" at Civic Theatre; Adam Gnade and friends at Verbatim; and Liberty Station's First Friday.

New violence-prevention center designed to connect neighborhoods with resources.