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Winchendon Farmers Market

Winchendon Farmers Market 1 Pleasant Street, Winchendon, MA, United States

This is a "local Producer Only" market focusing mainly on locally grown, produced and handcrafted items. Our vendors have fruits, vegetables, garden plants, baked goods, herbs, crafts and pasture-raised beef. Photo courtesy of the Winchendon Farmers Market

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A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library

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

In honor of the Concord Free Public Library’s 150th anniversary, the Concord Museum and the Library have collaborated on a special exhibition featuring the Library’s art collection. Featured objects will include paintings by Washington Allston, N.C. Wyeth, May Alcott Nieriker, Charles Hovey Pepper, Alicia Keyes, and Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, among other artists, as well as […]

Free with museum admission

A Perpetual Invitation Gallery Talk with the Curators

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

Curators from the Concord Museum and the Concord Free Public Library lead guided tours of the special exhibition A Perpetual Invitation: 150 Years of Art at the Concord Free Public Library. No advanced registration necessary.  Free with Museum admission.  Members visit free.

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Westminster Farmers’ Market

Academy Hill Academy Hill Road, Westminster

Welcome to the Westminster Farmers' Market, bringing you the best local farmers, producers, artisans, and musicians! Every Friday afternoon the Westminster Farmers' Market brings you live entertainment, from bagpipes to big band or blues, so you'll be able to shop, sit and sip at the market. Join us August 25th for our very special "Peak […]

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Sterling Farmers Market

Sterling Town Hall 1 Park Street, Sterling, MA, United States

The Sterling Farmers Market proudly offers a wide variety of local fresh farm produce, bread, ice cream, soaps, honey, meats, baked goods, and lots MORE!! Photo courtesy of the Sterling Farmers Market https://www.facebook.com/SterlingFarmersMarket

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Groton Farmers Market

Williams Barn 160 Chicopee Row, Groton, MA, United States

The Williams Barn Committee is proud to host the 20th season of the Groton Farmers Market! Come and support local vendors, meet people in your community, and enjoy live music! Meet many vendors from farmers and bakers to herbalists and crafters. You'll find a variety of goods, including vegetables, baked goods, fruits, berries, sweets, jams, […]

Free Screening & Talkback: GLORY

The Umbrella Arts Center 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, United States

The Umbrella Arts Center is proud to partner with the Town of Concord Visitor Center and DEI Commission to celebrate the sacrifice of Concord's native son, George Washington Dugan, who served in the Massachusetts 54th during the Civil War. On FRIDAY JULY 16, 7PM, join us for a free public screening of the Oscar-nominated film […]

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A Walk in Thoreau’s Concord

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

Henry David Thoreau is known for the two years he spent living at Walden Pond.  Did you know that he lived in other homes in Concord throughout his life?  Take a tour of the domestic side of Thoreau’s wholly human life visiting the homes where he lived and hearing the stories told of him by […]

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New Ipswich Farmers Market

New Ipswich Town Hall 661 Turnpike Road, New Ipswich

A community run market providing locally grown herbs,vegetables & fruits, locally raised and produced meats, eggs & handmade crafts, breads & maple syrup. Photo courtesy of the New Ipswich Farmers Market

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Lincoln Arts & Farmers Market

Lincoln Station 145 Lincoln Road, Lincoln, MA, United States

Lincoln Arts and Farmers Market is an outdoor, small, quaint and delightful place to gather, enjoy live music, shop for arts, handy crafts, fresh cut flowers, home baked muffins, and produce. Even have your headshot or family photo taken at Studio at the Market. Photo courtesy of Lincoln Arts & Farmers Market

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Maynard Farmers’ Market

Mill & Main Place Main Street, Maynard, MA, United States

The mission of the Maynard Farmers’ Market is to provide area residents the opportunity to buy Massachusetts grown and produced products and support local farmers and specialty vendors. Since 1996, the Market has offered shoppers the freshest local produce and products in a vibrant and friendly atmosphere that makes shopping an enjoyable experience! Held every Saturday […]

Connecting Communities: Walks & Talks — Operation Pollination with Tufts Pollinator Initiative

Tufts University "Pollinator Plaza" 574 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA, United States

Join us as we celebrate the return of Freedom's Way National Heritage Area's Connecting Communities: Walks & Talks program after a two-year hiatus! This year’s series titled “Operation Pollination” focuses on native pollination systems specific to the Heritage Area, highlighting the work of our partners while sharing ways in which you can help these systems […]

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