Wine guru T.J. Douglas and marketing extraordinaire Hadley Douglas might just change your life. Their fresh approach to the wine shopping experience takes form in The Urban Grape, the spanking new addition to the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center.

A friend recently said, “I’ll put up with a humid, hot Boston summer day for a Boston summer night anytime.” So true, so true. The city has emptied out and now is the time to sample the best of Boston nightlife. And, the best part is, even though the streets aren’t crowded with co-eds, the clubs and bars of Boston are still jam-packed with the sounds and sights of the best the city has to offer.

Joshua Decosta, better known as local rapper HW, first got his start in his hometown of Fall River. “I started when I was 14. I was heavy into rap–bad rap. A lot of Insane Clown Posse,” he admits. “I started trying to make rap songs and they were terrible. I listen to the recordings when I feel bad about where I am now.”

Kirsten Amann is living what might be considered an upscale tippler’s dream. When not behind the bar at South End hotspot Toro, this multi-talented lady can be found helming her eponymous PR company. And as if that weren’t enough boozy goodness, Amann is a founding member of the Boston chapter of LUPEC: Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails.

When you hear Camden play with one another, this seminal connection rings true in every note they play. Taking production styling of artists such as Caribou and Passion Pit, and incorporating song forms that could be translated into the likes of Modest Mouse, and even the Smashing Pumpkins, the result is a heavy hearted, yet relentlessly optimistic release entitled Vale EP.

Man, the week after July 4th is pretty rough. All those cookouts, fireworks, drinky fun times with good friends and summer night breezes to make it all so perfect, and then back to work. WAIT– not so fast there, friend!

If you strongly prefer witty repartee and tilted fedoras to this summer’s explosions-and-gore film offerings, you might want to check out the Boston Public Library. The epic, inimitable pairing of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy is the focus of the BPL’s Summer Film Series.

El Bugalu Beat Train, born Ari Rosenfield, is a self-professed “one man DJ collective.” Beat Train got his start crafting dance nights like Mambo Beat Club and Cheap Thrills a Go-Go for mod kids with a hankering for all things retro.

Oranjuly’s debut album could not be coming at a better time. I just can’t think of a better soundtrack to a July 4th barbecue.

Coming to help you work it out, may we present The Fire and Reason, electro/baile-funk/dance carnival from New York. The easy-on-the-eyes duo are coming to Boston for a performance with Bodega Girls at Cool Ranch on June 30th. We got to drill them for a few tibdits of information before they make you dance. And dance you will.