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Backyard and Beyond: Working in the Garden

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

Learn what plants need to grow and help us take care of the Discovery Woods Garden. We will water our plants, check for weeds, and see how our plants are growing. Be on the lookout for insects that help our plants to grow!

Free with admission

Third Annual Robert D. Richardson III Annual Forum: A Conversation with Daegan Miller

Concord Museum Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA, United States

Writer, critic, and landscape historian Daegan Miller joins us with Guggenheim Fellow and environmental writer Sven Birkerts for a conversation on Daegan’s first book This Radical Land: A Natural History of American Dissent and the literary tradition laid down by Emerson and Thoreau that offers a new way of seeing the American past and of […]

Art in the Park with Raksha Soni: Sunflower in Watercolors

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

Participants will work to create a sunflower in watercolor with tips and help from the instructor. Suggested Audience Ages 10 and Up About the Artist After 20 years of diligent work as a software Engineer, Raksha Soni began an epic second act: to follow her true calling for Art. She founded Brush & Paisley in […]

American Inheritance: A Conversation with Edward Larson

Concord Museum Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA, United States

Pulitzer Prize winning author Edward Larson joins us for a conversation on his new book American Inheritance: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795, in which he discusses how liberty and slavery were intertwined during the nation’s founding. Professor Larson examines the role of Black Americans during the Revolutionary War and in […]

Church of the Wild: A Conversation with Victoria Loorz

Church of the Wild places Thoreau’s intimacy with nature into a community of spiritual practice. With a fresh look at a beloved community larger than our own species, this book uncovers the wild roots of faith to undergird our commitment to a groaning and glorious earth. Simple practices of sacred reconnection with the land, waters […]

Free

Full Bloom V | May 31-June 25, 2023 | Reception: June 3, 3-5 pm | Loading Dock Gallery

Loading Dock Gallery 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, United States

Loading Dock Gallery 122 Western Avenue Lowell, MA Show: Full Bloom V Show dates: May 31 - June 25, 2023 Reception: June 3, 3-5 pm From May 31 through June 25, Full Bloom V blossoms with flowers to last year-round. Enter the garden at Loading Dock Gallery in Lowell. Wander among garden-themed art and craft: […]

Free

Make a Mess: Kitchen Chemistry

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

A dash of this and a sprinkle of that. A pinch of that and a smidge of this. Try your hand at a few simple experiments to uncover the special color changing properties of some common household ingredients.

Free with admission

Evening at Gropius House 2023

Gropius House 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, MA, United States

Fridays, June 9, July 7, August 11, September 15 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Gropius House, 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Mass. During this evening slide show and house tour, see how Walter Gropius’s innovative lighting scheme comes to life at night. Gropius, founder of the German design school the Bauhaus, was one of the […]

$65 – $75

Heartless – Tribute to Heart and Led Zeppelin

NARA Park Nara Park, 25 Ledge Rock Way, Acton, MA, United States

HEARTLESS is the Ultimate New England Tribute to Ann Wilson of Heart. Heartless is a touring act for the upper East Coast and New England with a goal of playing each song as a true to live version of Heart's performances. This band packs the house with each gig with fans who sing along with […]

$20 – $25

FESTA ITALIANA: ITALIAN STYLE FESTIVAL

610 Main St. Waltham , MA 02452 610 Main St., Waltham, MA, United States

Festa Italiana: Italian Style Festival Hosted by Italian American Alliance www.theitalianamericanalliance.com Cheers everyone! La Festa Italiana; The Italian Style Festival is returning this year to Waltham for an encore at 610 Main St. Waltham , MA 02452 (Waltham Common), Saturday, June 10, 2022  from 10 am – 5:00 pm. It’s an enjoyable day, packed with […]