Free Stuff November 4-11

Travel Channel host Adam Richman

"For Billy Ruane" | Memorial exhibit; the public is invited to contribute art and memories | Fourth Wall Project, 132 Brookline Ave, Boston | Through November 18 | fourthwallproject.com

Dennis Lehane | Moonlight Mile discussion | Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Boston | November 4 @ 6 pm | bpl.org

Boston Lyric Opera Open House | Backstage and dressing room tours, open orchestra pit, costume dress-up station, performances, and more | Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St, Boston | November 6 @ 11 am | blo.org/open_house.html

Bell & the Bees + Polly Pockets + Thundersun | CD release party for Bell & the Bees' Meadowtapes | Frida Bee, 1297 Cambridge St, Cambridge | November 6 @ 7 pm | myspace.ccom/suebellband

Louis Gossett Jr. + Phyllis Karas | An Actor and a Gentleman discussion | Boston Public Library, Rabb Auditorium, Copley Square, Boston | November 8: 6:30-8 pm | 617.557.2007 or fordhallforum.org

"Meat Glue Mania" | With wd~50 chef and Top Chef Masters star Wylie Dufresne | Harvard University Science Center, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge | November 8 @ 7 pm | seas.harvard.edu/cooking

Adam Richman [Man v. Food] | America the Edible discussion and signing | BU Barnes & Noble, 660 Beacon St, Boston | November 10 @ 7 pm | 617.267.8484

Alex Ross | Listen to This discussion | Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass Ave, Cambridge | November 10 @ 7 pm | 617.661.1515 or harvard.com

Ran Blake's "Chabrol Noir" | Audio-visual tribute to the films of the late Claude Chabrol featuring NEC students and faculty | Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston | November 10 @ 8 pm | 617.585.1260 or necmusic.edu

NEC Wind Ensemble Conducted by Charles Peltz | Selections from Susato's Dances for Brass; Gounod's Petite Symphonie for Nine Wind Instruments; Skrowaczewski's Music for Winds; Amram's Ode to Lord Buckley | Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston | November 11 @ 8 pm | 617.585.1260 or necmusic.edu