GREAT MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CONCORD, MA
Join the Friends of Minute Man National Park for a free 45-minute tour of the Buttrick Gardens. Learn about the history and preservation of these beautiful gardens. We’ll find shady spots to view the historic plantings and discuss why the Buttrick Gardens recently received a Concord Historical Commission Landscape Preservation Award. Beginning in 1911, two […]
On display at the Bolton Historical Society are examples of one Bolton resident's decades-long hobby of model ship building, both scratch and kit built. From the ill-fated Titanic to the Jefferson Davis, an 1853 Baltimore Clipper, these models demonstrate the patience, skills, and eye for detail of the modeler, the late Deborah Kellett. Open every […]
June 8, 2024, from 3-5PM, The Umbrella Arts Center in historic Concord, MA hosts the world premiere screening of Ellen Garrison: Scenes from an Activist Life, directed by Jennifer Burton and Ursula Burton and produced by Five Sisters Productions and Julie Dobrow, with the Tufts Production Team. In 1835, 12-year-old Ellen Garrison marched in the […]
Celebrate the Nashua River at the Groton Greenway River Festival on June 9, 2024! Enjoy nature displays, live music, great community, and, of course, the always exciting action of the cardboard canoe race. The Festival runs from 11:00am to 4:00pm at the Petapawag Boat Launch on the banks of the Nashua River just off Nod […]
On the Way between Acton Center and Carlisle: a 250+-Year History The second event in the Acton 250 series “Still Here: Houses of Our Patriots” will be a presentation about the Nathaniel Edwards House, 328 Pope Road, on Monday, June 10 at 7PM. at the Acton Memorial Library. The speaker will be the house’s co-owner, David Hardt, who has […]
Co-Chairs Charlie Annand and Marcia Nelson of the The Hutchinson Family Memorial Project will tell us about the Milford Hutchinson Family and the national and international fame of the Hutchinson Family Singers and their plans for a memorial honoring them here in Milford. Huzzah! Huzzah!John Hutchinson has graciously offered to join us and sing a […]
Readers young and old have embraced Barbara Cooney’s Miss Rumphius, about the lupine lady who made the world more beautiful, since its publication four decades ago. Harry & Hilda: Letters Home, The Sparkling Life of the Lupine Lady and the Professor Who Made It Possible is the story of the “real” Miss Rumphius, Hilda Edwards, […]
Come Celebrate Juneteenth at Fitchburg Abolitionist Park! - Listen and discuss Frederick Douglass's influential address, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" - Learn about Fitchburg’s connection to the Abolitionist Movement - Celebrate how far we have come in developing and improving Abolitionist Park over the past seven years! Feel free to bring […]
Join us for a fun and family-friendly walk at Doyle Conservation Area in Leominster as we seek all the colors of the rainbow found in nature! Learn about the many sights and sounds of nature on the first day of summer with Anna Wilkins, NCLT Executive Director. If you visit the Leominster Public Library to […]
The Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft is one of the longest-running juried exhibitions in New England, and we are excited to continue the tradition in 2024! This annual show […]
Join us as we continue Freedom's Way National Heritage Area's 2024 Connecting Communities: Walks & Talks program with a Lexington Celebrates! Walking Tour hosted by the Lexington Historical Society. Space […]
Join the Friends of Minute Man National Park for a free 45-minute tour of the Buttrick Gardens. Learn about the history and preservation of these beautiful gardens. We’ll find shady […]
