It's summer, and that means locals and tourists alike are flocking to arts and cultural events across Massachusetts. As they do so, they'll be in and out of performance venues and other spaces in need of updates to their physical space.

Luzia, Cirque du Soleil, Suffolk Downs, Boston, through August 12. 877-924-7783 or cirquedusoleil.com/usa/boston/luzia/buytickets

Approximately 350 neighbors gathered in O'Day Playground, 85 West Newton Street, on July 5 to welcome the 11th season of the Tito Puente Latin Music Series...

She Did All That-Betty Ford: Speaking Out, Saving Lives, Birch Tree Productions, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, through July 8. bostonplaywrightstheatre.org or 866-811-4111

Born for This, presented by Arts Emerson at Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston, through July 15. 617-824-8400 or artsemerson.org

The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz," Lyric Stage Company of Boston, through July 1. 617-585-5678 Noir Hamlet, Centastage, Plaza Black Box Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, through June 30. 617-933-8600

Red Velvet, O.W.I. (Bureau of Theatre), Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, South End, through June 16. 617-933-8600 or bostontheatrescene

Fall, Huntington Theatre Company at Wimberly Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts, South End, through June 16. 617-266-0800, 617-933-8600 or bostontheatrescene.com

Urbanity Dance, a Boston-based nonprofit dance organization, has announced that it recently took ownership of the Gallery unit at ArtBlock, 725 Harrison Avenue, in Boston's South End.

And Theater District South wins at IRNE Awards