Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the Big To-Do: Short Cuts, our midweek round-up of what’s going on around Boston, as selected by Boston Globe critics and writers.

Thursday

• “The Office” spinoff, “The Paper,” makes its highly-anticipated premiere on Peacock.

Friday

• Spike Lee’s latest film “Highest 2 Lowest,” starring Denzel Washington, makes its Apple TV+ debut.

• Comic Olivia Carter brings laughs to Goofs Comedy Club in Somerville.

• See a showcase of filmmakers with local ties as the first Jamaica Plain Film Festival takes over the Loring Greenough House Friday through Sunday.

Saturday

• Visit the Boston Athenaeum for free as part of its fourth annual Community Day celebration.

• Catch free steelpan music performances at Cambridge’s Pacific Park as part of the Pan in the Park event.

• The annual No Hype Fest, curated by Boston DJ duo SuperSmashBroz, hits Harvard Square’s Church Street parking lot (across from the Sinclair) on Saturday.

• The Boston Arts Festival is back for its 22nd year, bringing a showcase of local artists and musicians to the Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park.

• The Pogues and Dropkick Murphys headline the Seisiún, a new two-day fest at The Stage at Suffolk Downs, Saturday and Sunday.

Sunday

• From kimchi to kombucha, celebrate fermented foods when the first Somerville Fermentation Festival sets up shop at the Center for the Arts at the Armory.

• Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, and Sheryl Crow perform at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield as part of Nelson’s touring Outlaw Festival.

• “Task,” the new limited series drama starring Mark Ruffalo, premieres on HBO Max.

Ongoing

• The exhibition “Making History: 200 Years of American Art” continues at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum through Sept. 21.

• “Boston Tea Party Remix,” featuring the works of ceramicist Robert Lugo, is on display at the Praise Shadows Art Gallery in Brookline through Sept. 27.

Last Chance

• See “Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits” exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston through Sunday.

Thanks for reading our new Wednesday newsletter. Keep an eye out for Friday's regular Big To-Do email written by Marie Morris. Send comments to arts@globe.com.