Bird Walk at Fruitlands
Fruitlands Museum will host a free Bird Walk and Exploration with local birder Pat White Saturday, June 5, from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the museum grounds. Bring binoculars and field guide for the two-mile trail walk.
Sharing Songs in Harvard
Sharing A New Song (SANS), a community chorus known for its international tours, will perform a concert of a cappella and accompanied music Sunday, June 6, at 5 p.m. at the Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church on the Common. SANS will sing a selection of classical, folk, spirituals, gospel, Broadway, and world music, including songs from Cuba, Africa, and Russia, where the group will tour in June. The 50-voice chorus is directed by Diane Winchester, accompanied by Haera Sarah Tocco. Tickets are $10 at the door; $8 for seniors and students.
LemonAID Stand ‘n’ More
Thirsty visitors to the town center will find lemonade, baked goods, candy, and bracelets for sale at the LemonAID Stand ‘n’ More on the Common Sunday, June 6, from 9 to 12:30 p.m., rain or shine. One cup at a time, friends of Charlotte and Meg hope to make a difference at this benefit for Charlotte O’Shea and Meg James.
Transcendental Poetry as Music at Fruitlands
Fruitlands Museum will host musician Dillon Bustin performing “Messenger of Dawn: Transcendental Poetry as Music” at its Sundays at One concert Sunday, June 6, at 1 p.m. Bustin will demonstrate how the Transcendentalists related birds to music, nature, and human sensibilities. Program fee is $8 for members and seniors, $10 for other adults, and $5 for children 12 to 14.
A Closer Look: Focus on the Fruitlands Farmhouse
In part 3 of Fruitlands’ Curatorial Lecture Series, “A Closer Look,” museum director Mike Volmar will focus on the Fruitlands farmhouse Tuesday, June 8, from 7 to 8 p.m. Volmar will discuss Joseph Palmer’s Freelands, the lesser known but successful experiment that followed Alcott’s abandonment of Fruitlands. Lecture fee is $10 for members and seniors, and $15 for nonmembers. Reservations are suggested.
Harvard Republicans to meet
The next meeting of the Harvard Republican Town Committee will be Thursday, June 10, (rescheduled from June 3), at 7:30 p.m. at the old library. All are welcome.
Farmers’ Market Volunteer Meeting
Learn about volunteering on Market Saturdays and other HFM opportunities Wednesday, June 9, or Sunday, June 13, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the old library. Contact lisa.frack@gmail.com for more information.
Saab Story Harvard Premiere
There will be a free screening of Saab Story Thursday, June 10, at 7 p.m. in Volunteers Hall at the Harvard Public Library. The feature-length narrative video, which was written, directed, and edited by Bromfield graduate Chris Byler as his senior thesis for Hampshire College, was shot primarily on location in Harvard. It features several Harvard residents in roles ranging from extras to main characters. For more information call 978-407-5300 or e-mail cwb05@hampshire.edu.
Car Wash for Camp Sunshine
Camp Sunshine volunteers will hold a car wash and bake sale Saturday, June 12, from 8 to a.m. to 2 p.m. at the transfer station for their drive to raise $1,000 for the camp. The camp is for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Donations provide families a chance to attend the camp free of charge. For more information about the camp or how to help, contact Anne Marie Rowse at amarowse@charter.net or go to www.campsunshine.org.
Sundays at One at Fruitlands
Fruitlands Museum will host author John Matteson at its Sundays at One series Sunday, June 13, from 1 to 2 p.m. Matteson will talk about his 2008 Pulitzer Prize winning book, Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father. Fee is $8 for members and seniors, $10 for other adults, and $5 for children 12 to 14.
Well-Adult Clinic
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health and D’Ambrosio Eye Care will hold a Well-Adult Clinic Tuesday, June 15, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Hildreth House. The clinic will include free screenings for vision, blood pressure, and pulse. No appointment is necessary. For more information, call 978-772-3335, ext. 333.
OUT OF TOWN
Jazz Jam at Indian Hill
Amateur jazz instrumentalists and vocalists are invited to an open jam session led by Indian Hill Music School faculty Friday, June 4, from 7 to 10 p.m., at Indian Hill Music School, 36 King St. in Littleton. Admission is $5 per person. Call 978-486-9524 for more details and to sign up, or visit www.indianhillmusic.org.
Run-Walk for Cancer
Emerson Hospital and the Thoreau Club will hold their annual 5K (3.1 miles) Run-Walk for Cancer and inaugural Cancer Survivorship Celebration Saturday, June 5, starting at 10 a.m. at the Thoreau Club field, 275 Forest Ridge Road in Concord. The Cancer Survivorship Celebration will include lunch, music, yoga, a meditation area, a “heroes wall” to post messages, art expression activities from the Virginia Thurston Healing Garden and noa Gallery of Groton, and booths featuring tie-dye T-shirt-making, face-painting, an inflatable obstacle course, and pool activities. All cancer survivors are invited, along with the general public, to celebrate in this day of family fun. Runner and walker registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. Registration is $25 per person. Children under 12 may participate at no charge. Participants are encouraged to go the “extra mile” by recruiting sponsoring pledges. Free T-shirts are available the day of the race to the first 250 participants.
Masonic Breakfast
The Ayer Masonic Association will hold its monthly fundraising breakfast Sunday, June 6, from 7:30 to 10 a.m. at the Ayer Masonic Center, 11 Sculley Road in Ayer. The menu will include eggs cooked to order or pancakes with bacon or sausage, potatoes, toast, juice, and coffee. All are welcome.
PMC Kids Ride
The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC) Bolton Kids Ride invites kids ages 2 to 15 to join other cyclists across New England in mini bike-a-thons Sunday, June 6, from 11:30 a.m to 3 p.m. at the Florence Sawyer School in Bolton, to raise money for cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Participants are encouraged to ride as part of a team in honor of a family member or friend. Registration is $10. Contributions can be made payable to the Pan-Mass Challenge. To register, visit http://kids.pmc.org. For more information call 978-634-1400, e-mail kristen@keaneville.com, or call 800-WE-CYCLE.
Nature Hike at Oxbow NWR
Rona Balco, of the Friends of the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, will lead an interpretive walk on the Esker Loop trail located off Walker Road in Shirley Sunday, June 6, from 10 a.m. to noon. This walk includes moderate hiking at times and will explore the dynamics of the area’s geological formation, along with discovering local flora and fauna. To find out more and to preregister, call Rona at 978-779-2259.
Whisker Walk Pet Benefit
The third annual Whisker Walk animal shelter benefit will be held Sunday, June 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lancaster Fairground on Route 117. The free, fun day for families and their dogs will include a pet walk at noon, a dog walk-a-thon fundraiser to benefit New England animal shelters and rescue groups, a photo contest, and other activities. For more information on sponsor, vendor, or participant details contact leigh13@ix.netcom.com or visit www.whiskerwalk.org.
Bird Walk at Great Meadows
Jason Forbes will lead a bird walk sponsored by the Brookline Bird Club Sunday, June 6, at 6:30 a.m. at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, beginning at the refuge parking lot on Monsen Road.
Afternoon Walk in Lancaster
Walk ‘n’ Mass Volkssport Club will sponsor a walk Tuesday, June 8, from 3 to 6 p.m. starting at Atlantic Union College, Thayer Performing Arts Center, 438 Main St. in South Lancaster. An ice cream social will follow. Volkssporting events promote fun, fitness, and friendship by providing walking and other noncompetitive events free to the public. Volkssporting also offers an achievement awards program. For more information contact 978-365-5021 or joypeach@verizon.net, or visit www.ava.org/clubs/walknmass.
NRWA Evening Stroll
The Nashua River Watershed Association (NRWA) will offer a free mid-week evening stroll Wednesday, June 9, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., beginning at the Sheldon St. entrance to the proposed Gateway Park in Fitchburg. Gateway Park will be a “gateway” to the North Nashua River and the historic mill district. Wear sturdy shoes. To RSVP or for more information, contact Al Futterman, NRWA Land Programs and Outreach director, at 978-448-0299, or AlF@NashuaRiverWatershed.org.
Fitchburg Benefit
The Fay Club will host a gala benefit for five Fitchburg-based nonprofit organizations from the Good-Wil Initiative Friday, June 11, from 5 to 9 p.m. at 658 Main St. in Fitchburg. The event will include a champagne cocktail reception, gourmet dinner, live music, silent auction, and live auction. Tickets are $50 and are available in advance by calling 978-660-8631. For more information visit www.Good-Wil.org.
Hot Rods for Hounds
The Worcester Animal Rescue League (WARL) will present “Hot Rods for Hounds” Saturday, June 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (rain date June 13) at 139 Holden St. in Worcester. The day-long benefit for homeless pets is suitable for all ages and includes an auto show, barbecue, music, Worcester Tornadoes’ Twister, Pick of the Litter, car show voting contest, animal-related vendors, and more. (Exhibitor deadline was June 1.) WARL staff will be on hand to assist visitors interested in adopting a new pet. Animals currently available for adoption at WARL can be previewed at www.worcester-arl.org.
Indian Hill Garden Tour in Groton
Indian Hill Music’s garden tour, “Rhapsody in Bloom,” will take place Saturday, June 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Groton. A map of the garden locations is available with each Garden Tour ticket purchase. The schedule of music being performed in each garden is available on the day of the tour, which is held rain or shine. Lead sponsor is Shepherd’s of Townsend. All proceeds from the Garden Tour benefit the music education and performance programs of Indian Hill Music. Tour tickets are $20 in advance ($25 day of tour). For more information call 978-486-9524, ext. 116 or visit www.indianhillmusic.org.
Annual Fishing Event and Riverfest
The annual Fishing Event and Riverfest will be held rain or shine Saturday, June 12, from 10 a.m. to at 5 p.m., at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, 73 Weir Hill Road in Sudbury. Events will include learning how to how to fly-cast, spin-cast, and tie a fly from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with all equipment and instruction provided, exploring wildlife along the riverbed from 10 a.m. to noon, and combating invasive water chestnuts from 2 to 5 p.m. Registration is required for the chestnut pull by calling 978-443-4661, ext. 34.
Board-A-Palooza in West Acton
Friends of the West Acton Boardwalk, along with Douglas and Gates Elementary Schools, will present Board-A-Palooza Saturday, June 12, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., rain or shine, at Douglas Elementary School, with parking at Gates Elementary School, 75 Spruce St. in Acton. The music festival and craft fair will benefit the wetlands boardwalk between Douglas and Gates. A family-friendly outdoor movie at 8 p.m., will end the event. Tickets are $5 each or $20 per family, maximum. For more information call Jill Maxwell at 978-263-7650.
Marion Stoddart Film Premier
The world premier of Marion Stoddart: The Work of 1000, a documentary film about Massachusetts environmental pioneer Marion Stoddart, will be Saturday, June 12, at Lawrence Academy’s Richardson-Mees Performing Arts Center in Groton. Marion Stoddart has committed to a lifetime of grassroots organizing and coalition building. She led the charge in the 1960s to clean up the Nashua River which was once named as one of the United States’ 10 most polluted rivers and is now an internationally recognized environmental success story. The evening will begin at 6:15 p.m. with mingling and light hors d’oeuvres. At 7 p.m., the film will be screened. At 8 p.m. all are invited to a celebration party held across the street at the Groton Inn’s Carriage House. Tickets to the pre-premier mingle and the screening are free, but must be reserved. Tickets to the celebration party are $25. For more information about reserving and/or purchasing tickets, visit www.workof1000.org/screenings.
Concord Band Solstice Concert
The Concord Band will perform a free concert Sunday, June 13, at 2 p.m. on the grounds of the Old Manse, by the North Bridge on Monument Street in Concord. The concert will feature summer-themed music in celebration of the summer solstice. Bring a picnic and a chair. The concert is cosponsored by Minute Man National Historical Park and the Trustees of Reservations. A rain date is scheduled for June 20. For more information, visit www.concordband.org or www.oldmanse.org.
Concert for Senior Citizens
The Worcester Chamber Music Society will perform music of Mozart, Roussel, and Brahms for senior citizens Tuesday, June 15, at 2 p.m. at the Briarwood Continuing Care Retirement Community, 65 Briarwood Circle in Worcester. Admission is free for senior citizens; general admission is $25. Reservations are recommended by phone, 978-456-2730, or e-mail, Tracy@Worcesterchambermusic.org.
Tick Talk
The Nashua River Watershed Association (NRWA) will present a free Tick Talk Wednesday, June 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the NRWA River Resource Center, 592 Main St. in Groton. Alan Eaton, UNH Extension Professor/Specialist in Entomology, will present the program with a focus on the black-legged tick (formerly called the deer tick) which carries Lyme disease. Preregistration is requested by contacting Al Futterman, at 978-448-0299, or AlF@NashuaRiverWatershed.org.
Bach’s Lunch Concert
Indian Hill Music School’s monthly free faculty series concludes its season with the Justin Meyer Swing Quartet, featuring Dixieland and swing hits with two show, Thursday, June 17, at 11 a m. and 1:30 p.m., 36 King St. in Littleton. Coffee, tea and cookies served; bring your lunch. Reserve a table at 978-486-9524. Learn more at www.indianhillmusic.org.
Call for Artists and Crafters
The Worcester Animal Rescue League (WARL) will sponsor its first Arts for Animals show and sale, Saturday, July 17, from noon to 5 p.m. (rain date Saturday, July 24) at WARL, 139 Holden St. in Worcester. The event is open to fine artists and crafters, with a $35 fee for a 10-by-10-foot space. Exhibitors may show photography, painting, paper craft, handmade toiletries, jewelry, home décor, ceramics, textiles, and more. All fees directly support the programs and services at WARL. Deadline for application is June 17. Artist exhibition guidelines and applications are available online at www.worcester-arl.org.
Moscow’s Men’s Choral Ensemble
The Moscow’s Men’s Choral Ensemble will perform “Blagovest” Friday, June 18, at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Russian Icons, at 203 Union St. in Clinton. Tickets are $5 per person and include museum admission. Advance ticket purchase is recommended.
NRWA Father’s Day Paddle
The Nashua River Watershed Association (NRWA) will sponsor a guided paddle Father’s Day, Sunday, June 20, from 1 to 4 p.m. on the Squannacook River. NRWA River Classroom Director Stacey Chilcoat will guide paddlers through the a section of the Squannacook known for its rich wildlife habitat and natural beauty. Field guides and other identification materials will be provided. The single or family outing is free, but donations are welcome. Space is limited: preregistration is required, whether or not you bring your own boat. Registration deadline is June 17. To preregister or for more information, call NRWA at 978-448-0299, or e-mail ElizabethH@NashuaRiverWatershed.org. The Nashua River Watershed Association is a nonprofit environmental organization that depends on memberships for support.
Cast call for Annie
Indian Hill Music invites young singers, actors, dancers, and theater-minded boys and girls ages 8 to 18 to its summer production of Annie. Registration is under way for its four-week SummerDayMusicalTheater festival, which will begin June 28 from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. at Indian Hill Music School, 36 King St. in Littleton. For more information call 978-486-9524 or visit www.indianhillmusic.org.
Summer Basketball League
Monty Tech will hold basketball leagues for junior varsity and varsity boys and girls this summer at 1050 Westminster St., at the Fitchburg-Westminster town line. All teams will play twice a week for five weeks, starting at the end of June. Boys will have games on Fridays and Sundays and girls will play on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For more information or to register contact Bob Bourque at 978-345-9200, ext. 5228, or at burkieball13@msn.com.
