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Classics Albums Live: Hotel California

Tickets Available Do you remember listening to an entire album? The thrill of dropping the needle on the greatest music ever recorded? Classic Albums Live does. Since 2003 they’ve been using the world’s greatest musicians to faithfully recreate these albums exactly the way they were recorded: note for note - cut for cut. No cheesy […]

Make a Mess: Paint Like Seurat

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Georges Seurat invented a special style of painting using lots of little dots, called pointillism. Explore some of Seurat’s masterpieces and then try your hand at creating you own work of art inspired by pointillism. The Make a Mess program series introduces STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) concepts through sensory-based hands-on experiences, imagination, […]

Eat Like a Bird

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Over time, bird beaks have evolved to be a variety of shapes and sizes, in order for different species to gather and eat the food they need to survive. Use a variety of common household tools (tweezers, tongs, clothespins, spoons, etc.) to simulate bird beaks and try “eating” like a bird!

Celebrate National Book Lovers Day

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

National Book Lovers Day is August 9, a day for those who can't live without books and reading. Join us as we create our very own books in preparation of this noteworthy day. What will you write about and illustrate? Why not write a tale about your culture, heritage and traditions then share your special story […]

Backyard and Beyond: Nature Textures

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Can you duplicate nature’s textures?  You can if you create a frottage!  Explore Discovery Woods as we search for and collect natural items with different textures, then create a frottage (or rubbing) of your found treasure. Inclement weather may result in changes to the program or cancellation.

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Colin Hay & Band

Tickets Available   Now finding himself in the unprecedented place of having both ’80s fame and Indie credibility, singer-songwriter Colin Hay takes an epic, cinematic step forward with his newest release Fierce Mercy. An influential and celebrated frontman, Hay is most beloved for his intimate, confessional live shows, an experience he’s ready to bring back […]

Fairyborough

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Welcome to Fairyborough – the little city with a big future! Design, build, and explore a mysterious forest environment of fairy houses, gnome homes, and sprite skyscrapers, constructed completely out of natural materials and creativity. This changing and evolving temporary space will be put together by staff and visitors over the course of 6 days. This […]

JJ Grey & Mofro

JJ Grey & Mofro

Lowell Memorial Auditorium Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 E Merrimack St, Lowell, MA, United States

Tickets Available The J. J. Grey concert has been moved indoors due to the heat wave. The new venue is Lowell Memorial Auditorium at 50 East Merrimack Street. It is air conditioned and there is a lot of room for social distancing.   So please do not come down in the morning to place chairs […]

Tower of Power

Tower of Power

Tickets Available   The horn-driven Tower of Power has been rocking their renowned sound since 1968, infusing Soul (with a capital S) into the music industry for 52 years - and now, they're celebrating with their new album STEP UP, a collection of sounds guaranteed to funkifize, energize, and provide the soundtrack for new American […]

Mirror, Mirror, What do You See?

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Have you ever wondered how you can see yourself in a mirror? Join us as we play with different kinds of reflections and experiment by using mirrors to create symmetry, refract light, and expand your field of vision.

Celebrate National Aviation Day

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

National Aviation Day is a holiday that commemorates the development in aviation and its revolutionary impact on scientific and technological progress. It falls on the birthday of Orville Wright, one of the Wright brothers, who were the first people in the world to successfully build a motor-operated airplane, and the inventors of aircraft controls. We […]

Backyard and Beyond: Sink or Float

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Experiment with all sorts of natural materials, what’s your prediction: will it sink or float?  The results might surprise you! This program will happen light rain or shine. Heavy rain or other inclement weather may result in changes to the program, or cancellation.