A Progressive Dinner in Dorchester, Cheese 101

SOUTH END- Union Bar and Grille has announced a new menu featuring super-small plates, aka snacks. Offerings range from $2 to $4 and include grilled Island Creek oysters, piquant tomato and tuna canapés and confit cherry tomatoes. [Official Site]

DORCHESTER - Chefs John Rush at Ashmont Grill and Nuno Alves at Tavolo are teaming up for a progressive dinner: the kind where you go from place to place, not the kind where you occupy somewhere. Email tara@ashmontgrill.com for reservations. [BostonChefs]

CAMBRIDGE - Formaggio Kitchen has posted a new schedule of classes and events including "Cheese 101," "DIY Charcuterie with Jamie Bissonnette" and "Ancient Grains" with cookbook author Maria Speck. [Formaggio]

THEATER DISTRICT - A suspect in the shooting outside of the nightclub Venu has been identified and arraigned with bail set at $50,000. [Boston Globe]