The Acton 250 Lecture Series presents: The Empire Strikes Back, and Resistance Becomes Revolution with Prof. Robert Allison
2024-05-29 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Acton Town Hall, 472 Main Street, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Last September Professor Bob Allison inaugurated the Acton 250 Lectures Series with an account of the Boston Tea Party of 1773 and the pivotal events that sparked the American Revolution. He returns to explain the critical changes occurring in the year 1774 when the Crown’s response solidified the colonial opposition. Register at https://tinyurl.com/AllisonMay29. Remote Participation: You can participate in the Q&A using ZOOM http://tinyurl.com/Acton250-ZOOM or watch live at Acton TV http://tinyurl.com/Acton-TV. This is the fifth lecture in the Acton 250 Series.
Prof. Allison is renowned for his expertise in American colonial history, and the political, social, and economic factors that converged in the 18th century, leading to Massachusetts’ significant role in the creation of the American nation. He has taught history at Suffolk University since 1992 upon receiving his doctorate at Harvard University. He chairs Revolution 250, a consortium of organizations planning commemorations of the Revolution’s 250th anniversary and is a life-trustee of the USS Constitution Museum.
Please see https://www.actonma.gov/250 for more programming information and don’t forget our Acton250 store at https://tinyurl.com/ACTON250STORE. Recordings will be on our website and ActonTV (http://tinyurl.com/Acton-TV) shortly after. Generously supported by the Acton Lions Club.

Exhibit Opening: The Portuguese In Lowell: The Familiar And The New
2024-06-05 08:00 - 17:00 | Lowell National Historical Park – Boott Cotton Mills Gallery, 115 John Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
Join Lowell National Historical Park and the Saab Center for Portugues Studies at UMass Lowell for the opening of a new exhibit “The Portuguese In Lowell: The Familiar And The New” at the Boott Cotton Mill Museum (115 John St.)
The event will begin at Boarding House Park with a performance by the Holy Ghost Band at 2:30. The band will lead participants to the gallery which will be open from 3-5 p.m. A reception and remarks will take place after the procession to the Boott Cotton Mills Museum.
The exhibit will be on view from June 8. 2024 through February 24, 2025.
For more information visit, https://www.nps.gov/lowe/learn/portuguese-connections.htm.

Summer Garage Sale & Book Sale
2024-06-08 10:00 - 16:00 | Museum of Printing, 15 Thornton Ave, Haverhill, MA, 01832, United States
The Printer’s Garage Sale is full of treasures for the admirer, amateur, enthusiast, and professional alike.
We have printing presses of all sizes, ancillary equipment, cabinets, ink, sooooo much paper, and, of course, type cases (with type) along with books on typography, graphic arts, and printing.
All this and more Saturday, June 8th from 10am to 4pm at the Museum of Printing, 15 Thornton Ave., Haverhill, MA.

Wine-INN Wednesday
2024-06-12 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-07-10 17:00 - 19:00 | The Inn at Hastings Park, 2027 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA, 02421, United States
Lexington’s Inn at Hastings Park, Boston area’s ONLY Relais & Châteaux property, is hosting a complimentary wine tasting of the world’s best wines every second Wednesday of the month throughout 2024 at Town Meeting Bistro’s beautiful bar beginning on March 13, 2024. Meet and learn from the industry’s top experts, leaders, distributors, and winemakers as you sample the delicious aromas and flavors of each month’s featured varietals. Make a night out of it and book a reservation at Town Meeting Bistro after the tasting and order a bottle of your favorite! These events are for adults only, 21 and older.

Bedford Cultural District Music Arts Festival
2024-06-15 10:00 - 15:00 | Bedford Town Common -75 Great Road, 75 Great Road, Bedford, MA, 01730, United States
The Bedford Cultural District Partnership (BCDP) will be holding a Music & Arts Festival 2024 on Saturday, June 15th, on the Bedford Common (75 Great Road).
Entertainment, education, and fun for all ages. Features diverse musical groups performing during the day, interactive art projects, open houses, local community booths, activities for kids and adults, and artisans selling or demonstrating their crafts.

Acton Pride Festival
2024-06-15 12:00 - 15:00 | NARA Park, Nara Park, 25 Ledge Rock Way, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Join Acton Pride for a fun-filled afternoon at NARA’s Beach! Beach admission will be free throughout the event. Games and fun including music! This is a free event open to the general public.

Greater Lowell PRIDE
2024-06-15 12:00 - 16:00 | Lowell City Hall, Lowell City Hall, 375 Merrimack St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Greater Lowell PRIDE is celebrated annually in Lowell, with the intention of uplifting the LGBTQIA community.
12:00PM – 12:30PM: Flag Raising at Lowell City Hall, 375 Merrimack Street
12:30PM – 1:00PM: Parade from Lowell City Hall to Boarding House Park
1:00PM – 4:00PM: Festival at Boarding House Park, 40 French Street

Concert in the Courtyard ft. Just One Sip
2024-06-15 18:00 - 21:00 | The Groton Inn, The Groton Inn, 128 Main St, Groton, MA, 01450, United States
We’re excited to announce an amazing evening of live music in the Courtyard featuring one of our favorite local bands Just One Sip!
Bring your friends and family to enjoy an unforgettable night of great music, delicious food, and fun vibes. We’ll have bites from the new Forge & Vine food truck, full outdoor cash bar, and plenty of space to dance and enjoy a beautiful summer evening.
Free to attend, no reservations required. Seating is first come, first serve, but feel free to bring a blanket or chair to enjoy the music from the lawn! Food and drinks available for purchase.

Lord Hobo 6.17k Charity Run
2024-06-16 10:00 - 17:00
Join Lord Hobo for their annual 6.17k Charity Run! Runners of all ages and abilities are welcome. Following the race, enjoy the parking lot party with local food vendors, activities and live music.
Please visit Lord Hobo’s website for registration details!

Tuesday Trivia at The Groton Inn
2024-06-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-06-25 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-09 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-16 19:00 - 21:00 | The Groton Inn, The Groton Inn, 128 Main St, Groton, MA, 01450, United States
Bring your A-game and get ready for a night filled with laughter, competition, and fun at The Groton Inn’s new Trivia Night! Gather your friends, family, or colleagues and head over to our Courtyard for a great evening out.
Tickets are free and the maximum team size is six. Grab tickets for your whole group here. We’ll be waiting with fun questions, good music, and prizes for our winners. See you there and game on!
Free to attend, pre-registration encouraged but not required. Food & drink available to purchase.

Classic Car Show ft. Allen James Band at The Groton Inn
2024-06-19 16:00 - 19:00 | The Groton Inn, The Groton Inn, 128 Main St, Groton, MA, 01450, United States
Join us at Forge & Vine for a great evening of autos, set right on our lawn overlooking stunning Gibbet Hill. Enjoy live music by the Allen James Band, explore a variety of classic cars, mingle with other car enthusiasts, indulge in refreshing drinks, and dine on delicious bites from the new Forge & Vine food truck.
Free to attend, no reservations required.

Untold Stories of Our Region featuring Chichi Enu
2024-06-21 17:00 - 20:30 | NARA Park, Nara Park, 25 Ledge Rock Way, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
This event will highlight stories of women, Black, Indigenous peoples, and other communities traditionally overlooked in historical records. The event is a celebration of diversity, aiming to increase cultural awareness and strengthen community bonds.
Art Display from local high school students from 5-7 p.m.
Interactive opera performance by artist-in-residence Chichi Enu from 7-8:30 p.m.
“NOT REQUIRED – BUT ENCOURAGED — PLEASE PRE-REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE (NO COST) IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND. You do not need to bring a print-out or show your eventbrite registration. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/acton-westford-pride-festival-2024-tickets-876798898107?aff=oddtdtcreator
ALL PRE-REGISTRANTS TO THIS EVENT WILL BE ENTERED TO WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO A CONCERT OF YOUR CHOICE FOR THE 2024 NARA SUMMER CONCERT SERIES. WINNER MUST BE PRESENT AT EVENT.
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All events are open to non-Acton residents.

Fix It Clinic
2024-06-22 13:00 - 16:00 | Chelmsford Public Library, Chelmsford Public Library, 25 Boston Rd, Chelmsford, MA, 01824, United States
Come with your broken items and learn to fix your stuff from local volunteers! Please register to let us know you are coming and what item(s) you need to fix.
Examples of what can be fixed:
Clothing/ textiles
Device and computer hardware
Jewlery
Bicycles
Household Appliances
We will even have a 3-D printer!
Contact Jess at jfitzhanso@chelmsfordlibrary.org or 978-256-5521 with questions.
Are you interested in being a fixer? Fill out the form here: https://forms.office.com/r/SZXC2JBXHJ

Connect, Create, Discover: Art in Movement
2024-06-23 11:00 - 13:00 | Boarding House Park, Boarding House Park, 40 French St, Lowell, MA, United States
Join two local, Lowell artists as they share their stories and combine their beautiful artforms. Learn traditional Cambodian dance movements and feel the flow as you then transfer the beauty of movement onto paper with watercolor and charcoal. Hear from the artists experiences firsthand and delve deeper into why the city of Lowell is so special.
To reserve your spot in this free program, please call 978 970-5000.
Attendees can plan to meet outdoors in Boarding House Park, located at 40 French Street. Lowell National Historical Park visitors may park at the Hamilton Canal Innovation District parking garage at 350 Dutton St., Lowell. Parking in this garage (only) is available to National Park visitors at no cost provided they obtain a valid parking voucher at either the Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street, or at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum at 115 John Street.

Eco-Film Series: "Up on the Mountain"
2024-06-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States
“Up on the Mountain” follows Southeast Asian refugees, Latino immigrants, and rural Americans on a year-round migration to harvest wild mushrooms in the American West. It aims to shine light on race and class inequities in natural resource policies and on the resourcefulness of disenfranchised communities.
The 2024 Eco-Film Series is presented by the Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust on the last Tuesday of every month, January through June. This free series is offered annually in partnership with the Lowell Film Collaborative and are screened at the Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center.
All events in the Eco-Film series can be rsvp’d through the Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust. They can also be reached by phone at (978)934-0030 or by mail at LP&CT, PO Box 7162, Lowell, MA 01852 (street: 660 Suffolk St., Suite 335, Lowell, MA 01854).
Lowell National Historical Park visitors may park at the Hamilton Canal Innovation District parking garage at 350 Dutton St., Lowell. Parking in this garage (only) is available to National Park visitors at no cost provided they obtain a valid parking voucher at either the Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street, or at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum at 115 John Street.

3rd Annual Evviva Car Show
2024-06-30 14:00 - 18:00 | 129 Parker St., Maynard MA, Parker Street, Maynard, Massachusetts, 01754, United States
We have teamed up with the Boys and Girls Club of Assabet Valley to host the 3rd Annual Evviva Car Show!
Enjoy an acoustic guitar performance by Jae Mannion. 50/50 Raffle (proceeds benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Assabet Valley). There will be giveaways, cornhole, vendor samples and free slices of cheese pizza!
Rain Date: 7/7/2024

Building Independence
2024-07-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States
Women have found different ways to claim independence over time, even when it wasn’t readily given. Join a ranger for this 1-hour walking tour of downtown Lowell to learn how the buildings that created the city of Lowell also offered women a chance at independence previously unheard of. Explore some of the ways the women of Lowell were able to gain access to bank accounts, own and manage property, and decide how to spend their hard-earned wages.
The walk will cover .75 mile of walking and will involve up to an hour of walking and standing. This event is free and open to all.
This tour will meet the ranger at the park Visitor Center (246 Market Street). Lowell National Historical Park visitors may park at the Hamilton Canal Innovation District parking garage at 350 Dutton St., Lowell. Parking in this garage (only) is available to National Park visitors at no cost provided they obtain a valid parking voucher at either the Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street, or at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum at 115 John Street.

Park Pop-Ups: A Post-Card for School
2024-07-03 13:30 - 16:30 | Shedd Park Pavilion, 433 Rogers Street (Rt. 38), Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Come join Lowell National Historical Park and Pollard Memorial Library for Pop-Ups in the Park! Borrow books or get a free library card from the bookmobile. Design your own postcards, trying different art styles to decorate them. You can even leave it with a park ranger to have it mailed to you in time for the first week of school.
This free event will be held at Shedd Park, located at 495 Rogers Street.

Chelmsford 4th of July Parade
2024-07-04 10:00 - 12:00 | chelmsford, Chelmsford, MA, 01824, United States
Please join us for our Annual 4th of July Parade! This parade starts at Mccarthy Middle School and ends in the Chelmsford Center of town. Expect live bands, performers, dancers, characters, antique cars and more! There are events the night before on the 3rd and the 4th! Concerts, fairs and art festivals. Come join!

Declaring Independence Then & Now
2024-07-04 19:00 - 20:30 | The Depot
This dramatic presentation, created by Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area, aims to find out how our local towns read and reacted to the Declaration of Independence. Across the colonies, and particularly in Massachusetts, towns debated what freedom meant to them, and grappled with the grievances aired in the official Declaration. What did the words in the final document mean to them? Costumed reenactors will bring life to the words of the past, with narration by former State Representative Jay Kaufman. Rounding out our evening will be a performance by the Lexington Historical Society Colonial Singers. Some of our favorite tunes from the 18th century were highly political, and many of them were also taken from popular English military music!
FREE!

Acton’s Independence Day Celebration – 2024
2024-07-04 19:00 - 22:00 | NARA Park, Nara Park, 25 Ledge Rock Way, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
This is a free event (donations are very much appreciated). Parking will be off various parking lots along Nagog Park Drive where free shuttle buses will bring guests to and from the NARA starting at 5:30 p.m. until the end of the event. There will be a variety of food vendors. A free concert featuring the Nation’s #1 Cars Tribute Band – Best Friends Girl from 7-9:30 p.m. Fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Please follow yellow directional signs to parking areas.

Free Friday Nights at Discovery Museum!
2024-07-05 16:30 - 20:00, 2024-07-12 16:30 - 20:00 | Discovery Museum, Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Join us with free admission and explore the Museum and Discovery Woods at night, every Friday night through Labor Day!
We will gratefully accept non-perishable food donations for Open Table and the Acton Food Pantry. Reservations are recommended and can be made 10 days in advance; we cannot guarantee walk-in admission if at capacity.

Park Pop-Ups: Plates of Play-Doh
2024-07-10 14:30 - 15:30 | McPherson Park, Hildreth Street, Lowell, Massachusetts, 01850, United States
Come join Lowell National Historical Park and Pollard Memorial Library for Pop-Ups in the Park! Borrow books or get a free library card from the bookmobile. Using clay-like material, sculpt it into food on mini plate. What do you like most to eat?
This event will take place in McPherson Park, located at 185 Hildreth Street.

NOA Artist Reception
2024-07-14 17:00 - 19:00 | The Groton Inn, The Groton Inn, 128 Main St, Groton, MA, 01450, United States
Join us for a magical evening celebrating creativity and talent at the NOA Gallery Artists Reception. Mingle with the artists behind the masterpieces and connect with fellow art lovers in a vibrant and inspiring atmosphere.
Event Highlights:
-Delicious small bites
-Full cash bar
-Exclusive chance to meet and chat with the artists
-A welcoming environment to network and share your passion for art
Don’t miss out on this unique experience to immerse yourself in the world of art. We look forward to seeing you there!

Woburn Summer 2024 Outdoor Movie Series: Kung Fu Panda 4
2024-07-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Library Park, Woburn, Library Park, Harrison Ave, Woburn, MA, 01801, United States
Movie begins at Dark. Family Night at Library Field
We suggest you arrive early to pick out space on the lawn. Feel free to bring snacks & drinks with you, but in an effort to help keep our parks clean please make sure you take all your trash with you when you leave! Please also be respectful of others watching the movies by keeping talking to a minimum while the movie is showing! Movies that begin at Dark start around 8pm and we suggest you get there around 7:30. Movies with times associated start on time as they are shown on an LED screen. *Movie selections are subject to change per availability.
