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Nashua Farmers Market

Nashua Public Library Parking 6 Hartshorn Avenue, Nashua, NH, United States

The Nashua Farmers Market is held outdoors each Sunday from 10 am–2 pm in the Nashua Public Library Parking Lot at 6 Hartshorn Avenue. Market is from late-May to mid-October. Photo courtesy of FlipSide ImageWorks

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Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau Farm 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA, United States

Take an inside look at the restored 1730s house listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse/Henry David Thoreau Birth House. Locally, it is also known as “Thoreau Farm.” Tour includes the lovingly restored second-floor room where Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817. Visits to the house are by guided […]

Free
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Shirley Shaker Village Site Guided Tour

Shirley Shaker Village Shirley

This lovely wooden building was built in the early 19th century by the Believers in the Second Coming of Christ, commonly known as the Shakers. Until 1908, they had a village in the southern part of Shirley, Massachusetts where they lived, worked, and worshiped together. The Shirley group was known for the quality of their […]

$20

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Family Program with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers

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

Join us for a program and performance with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers, a group of musicians and artisans from the tribal communities of Mashpee on Cape Cod and Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard on Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Participate in the performance of eastern social songs and dances. Tickets are free, but space is limited. […]

Free

Indigenous People of Concord Walk

For over 10,000 years the indigenous people of the land knew this area as Musketaquid, the land between the grassy rivers. This tour explores the history of the first people and how they lived in a land of abundance seeking to keep and foster balance with the natural world, their mother, who sustained them always. […]

Free
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Devens Farmers Market

Rogers Field Elm & Jackson Roads, Devens, MA, United States

Dick’s Market Gardens returns to Devens this summer with a vibrant selection of locally grown fruits and vegetables. The market will be open on designated Tuesdays (7/18, 8/1, 8/15, 8/29, 9/12, 9/26, and 10/10) from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Located at the corner of Rogers Field, close to the Devens Fire Station at the […]

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Arlington Farmers’ Market

Russell Commons Municipal Lot 29 Mystic Street, Arlington, MA, United States

Founded by Oakes Plimpton and Pat Jones circa 1996, the Arlington Farmers' Market features over a dozen vendors from Massachusetts and New Hampshire. As of 2023, the Arlington Farmers' Market is a program of Arlington EATS, a nonprofit organization with a mission to engage the community in eliminating food insecurity and hunger in Arlington, Massachusetts. […]

Connecticut’s Indigenous Communities: An Introduction

Virtual

Presented by Lucianne Lavin, director of research emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Studies. Over thousands of years, Native Americans in Eastern North America became experts of their natural environments, managing the plant, animal, and human communities for the benefit and survival of all. Indigenous folklore and sacred stories promoted this ecological balance and […]

Free
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Fitchburg Farmers Market

Fitchburg's Historic Upper Common 857 Main Street, Fitchburg, MA, United States

The Fitchburg Farmers Market (FFM) is organized to bring together the local flavor and culture of Fitchburg through local agriculture, artists, craftsmanship and community spirit. Shop for fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, eggs and cheese, artisan breads, locally made soaps and lotions, & handmade goods. In early 2016, the FFM began a partnership with Growing […]

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Medford Farmers Market

Condon Shell 2501 Mystic Valley Parkway, Medford, MA, United States

The Medford Farmers Market strengthens our diverse community of Medford, Massachusetts, through access to fresh, healthy, and local food direct from local farmers & producers. Photo courtesy of Medford Farmers Market

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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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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 […]