Here are our favorite things to do North of Boston this upcoming week:
Scroll down for links to local public library and recreation department calendars! There is always something fun to do in our local communities.
Zoolights November 17-January 7, 2023, Stone Zoo, Stoneham, Massachusetts
Winterlights ticket sales for November 24-December 31, Stevens-Coolidge House and Gardens, North Andover, Massachusetts
Fresh Paint Art Show, through December 2023, Munroe Center, Lexington, MA
2024 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest, Rolling applications through January 12, 2024
Friday, December 22nd, 2023

A Christmas Carol, 7:30pm, North Shore Music Theater, Beverly, Massachusetts
Annual Fin McCools Christmas Throwdown Plus Ugly Sweater Contest at Bunratty Tavern, Reading, Massachusetts
Scottish Fish Holiday Shows at Club Passim, 5pm and 8pm, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Winter Forest Explorations, 9:30am-12pm, Stoneham, Massachusetts
ÁINE MINOGUE Annual “To Warm the Winter’s Night Show”, 5pm & 7:30pm shows, Club Passim, Cambridge, Massachusetts
A Charlie Brown Christmas Jazz Concert, 5:30pm & 7:30pm shows, Parish Center for the Arts, Westford, Massachusetts
White Christmas Sing-A-Long Version of the 1954 Classic Movie, 7pm, Regent Theater, Arlington, Massachusetts
2024 Pot of Gold Raffle Tickets On Sale for the Boys and Girls Club of Woburn
Sunday, December 24th, 2023
Christmas Eve Morning with the Shamrocks, 7am, Woburn, Massachusetts
Christmas Eve at Sogno, 11am-10pm, Woburn, Massachusetts
Monday, December 25th, 2023
Merry Christmas!
Tuesday, December 26th, 2023
10-10:45am & 11-11:45am

Tune Inward Meditation Class, 10-10:45am, Woburn Public Library, Woburn, Massachusetts
Sound of Music Sing-A-Long with On Screen Lyrics!, 1pm, Regent Theater, Arlington, Massachusetts
Wednesday, December 27th, 2023
Story & Movement time with Daisy! Whitelam Books, Wednesdays at 10:30am, Reading, Massachusetts
Sound of Music Sing-A-Long with On Screen Lyrics!, 6pm, Regent Theater, Arlington, Massachusetts
Teen Movie Night: Ice Age, 6-8:30pm, Woburn Public Library, Woburn, Massachusetts
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Sound of Music Sing-A-Long with On Screen Lyrics!, 1pm & 6pm shows, Regent Theater, Arlington, Massachusetts
Candlelight Deck The Halls Tours, Hammond Castle Museum, 8pm, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Saturday, December 30th, 2023
Maxwell’s Winter Farmer’s Market, 10am-1pm, Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Board Game Cafe, 2-4:30pm, Woburn Public Library, Woburn, Massachusetts
Sunday, December 31st, 2023
Rockport New Year’s Eve, 4pm-12am, Rockport, MA
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January 17th, 2023
WOW: “ENERGIZE YOUR LIFE: UNLEASH YOUR SUPERPOWER” with local expert, Heather Maguire, 12-1:30pm, Woburn Chamber of Commerce Women of Woburn (WOW), Woburn, Massachusetts
Theater – Upcoming Shows
December 8 – December 23, 2023
ALL IS CALM: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Greater Boston Stage Company, Stoneham, Massachusetts
Art Classes
Arts Arlington, Arlington, Massachusetts
Munroe Center for the Arts, Lexington, Massachusetts
Julie’s Art School, North Andover, Massachusetts
Music Classes and Lessons
Group Piano Classes for Kids, Wednesdays 1:30 pm & 2:30 pm, Arlington, Massachusetts
Second Monday of Each Month for adults
Guitar League, 7:30pm, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Music Lessons
Stage Music Center, Winchester and Acton, Massachusetts
National Music Inc, Woburn, Massachusetts
Book Clubs
Story & Movement time with Daisy! Whitelam Books, Wednesdays at 10:30am, Reading, Massachusetts
First Thursday of every month
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club at Whitelam Books, 7:00- 8:00 pm, Reading, Massachusetts
Second Thursday of every month
Non-Fiction Book Club with Nina at Whitelam Books, Reading, Massachusetts
Fitness and Health
Public Library Calendars
Woburn Public Library Calendar
Burlington Public Library Calendar
Arlington Public Library Calendar
Reading Public Library Calendar
Wakefield Public Library Calendar
Winchester Public Library Calendar
Lexington Public Library Calendar
Town Recreation Departments
Woburn Recreation, 10 Common Street, Woburn, Massachusetts, 781-897-5805
Burlington Parks & Recreation, 61 Center Street, Burlington, Massachusetts, 781-270-1695
Reading Recreation Division, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts, 781-942-9075
Wakefield Recreation, Americal Civic Center, 467 Main Street, Wakefield, Massachusetts, 781-246-6389
Stoneham Recreation Department, 35 Central Street, Stoneham, Massachusetts, 781-279-2609
Lexington Recreation & Community Programs, 39 Marrett Road, Lexington, Massachusetts, 781-698-4800
Winchester Recreation Department, 263 Main Street, Winchester, Massachusetts, 781-721-7125
Thursday, January 25th, 2023
Full Moon Tours at DeCordova, 7-8pm, Lincoln, Massachusetts

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