Get your motor running at “GARAGE BAND” – the Arlington Porchfest “after party” featuring The Squeeze Box Stompers playing zydeco, Cajun and more that is sure to get you up and dancing! Free and family friendly! Saturday, June 18th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Arlington Service Station, 334 Mass Ave (next to Walgreens just past Arlington Center) (Rain date […]
Join us for a special seasonal celebration of community in Arlington Heights on Saturday, June 10, 2 – 5pm! Spring Fling Festival 2023 will feature live music, poetry readings, a variety of family-fun activities, 29 community information tables on environmental sustainability, and beautifully painted storefront windows with colorful spring themes! SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 2023 FAMILY […]
Arlington’s homegrown music dance party makes its rockin’ return on Saturday June 17 at 6pm. Featuring the local band BackPocket, tuning up now for its appearance at Arlington’s coolest outdoor venue, Arlington Global Service Station on Mass Ave. Abe’s gas station gets a re-design with a stage and some sound equipment, and we’ll close a side street […]
Arlington will observe Juneteenth on Monday June 19th with a gathering in the Town Hall Garden from 11a.m. – 2:00p.m. with performances by internationally acclaimed jazz artist Jacques Schwarz-Bart, the Arlington High School Performing Arts Students, and members of Arlington Black Joy Project, as well as ice-cream and refreshments. Presented by Arlington Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Division, and the Arlington […]
Please join ArtsArlington on Saturday, December 9, 11am to 2pm for a celebration of art and community at Arlington’s Robbins Memorial Town Hall featuring * a tour of the Town Hall exhibition with artists Maria Fonseca, Larry Terry, and TJ Reynolds * a special one day exhibition of 20 beautiful quilts by members of Sisters […]
April 4 to May 31, 2025 Public Art: Commemorative Banners and Audio Tour Arlington Center, outside along Mass Avenue People, Plants & Revolution is the theme for a series of colorful banners and an audio tour commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution in Arlington, MA. Organized by ArtsArlington, the banners portray the landscape elements and […]
In celebration of the American Revolution’s ideals of freedom and equality, ArtsArlington has invited the fber artists of Princeton Sankofa Stitchers Modern Quilt Guild to share their powerful quilt blocks on Patriots Day Weekend. Guild members Mada Coles Galloway, Lesyslie Rackard & Tarsha-Nicole Taylor will be at Mystic Open Studio during visiting hours to share their perspectives […]
Poets will present their works inspired by artist Chris Frost’s “Unseen/Unforgotten: A Remembrance of Menotomy’s Everyday Defenders, 1775,” an art installation that commemorates the 250 anniversary of the American Revolution in Arlington. Attendees will visit the pedestals at the library in Robbins Memorial Garden and hear artist Chris Frost speak about the project. Featured poets […]
Join Arlington’s State Rep. Sean Garballey, co-chair of the Special Commission on 250th Anniversary Celebration of the American Revolution, and members of Arlington Historical Society and Arlington 250 for a reading of the Declaration of Independence as it arrives in “old Menotomy”. The faithful replicas of Ezekiel Russell’s 1776 Declaration were faithfully hand-printed by Gary […]