Here are our favorite things to do North of Boston this upcoming week:
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Scroll down for links to local theater, public library, and recreation department calendars! There is always something fun to do in our local communities
THEATER-
Feather Baby at the Greater Boston Stage Company, September 12th to 28th, Stoneham, Massachusetts
ART CLASSES
Upcoming Bimonthly Watercolor Classes are in the 1st Baptist Church Hall in Woburn Center, 6:00 to 8:00 PM are:
August 28, Sept 11, 25, October 2, 23, Nov 6, 27, and Dec 11.
Expressive Art Classes start August 23, 12:30 to 2:30, then Sept 20, and October 18.
For more information, email [email protected] or just show up!
HAPPENING THIS WEEK/MONTH –
Try a FREE online (recorded) cooking class compliments of Effortless Kitchen with Arlington Personal Chef, Debbie Brosnan!
Friday, August 22nd, 2025
JamBaby on the Green – 9:30am-10am, Burlington, Massachusetts
Cousins Maine Lobster at Medford Brewing Company – 4-8pm, Medford, Massachusetts
Summer Music Series – 6-8pm, Woburn, Massachusetts
Dine & Dig: A Variety of Tastes – 7-10pm, Reading, Massachusetts
Outdoor Movie: The Day the Earth Stood Still – 7:46 PM, Melrose, Massachusetts
BCAT Cinema Series: Outdoor Movie Night – 7:30 PM, Burlington, MA
Live Music – Gain 211, 8pm, Goodnight Johnny’s, Burlington, Massachusetts
Saturday, August 23rd, 2025
Wright’s Pond Regatta – 8am, Medford, Massachusetts
Bay State Hot Jazz Festival – 11am-3 PM, Medford, Massachusetts
Brews, Bites & Beats – at the NEW Clippership Pop-Up Park! 1-5 PM, Medford, MA
Beer Garden & Live Music, 2-7pm, Arlington, Massachusetts
Waltham Farmers’ Market, 9:30am-2pm, Waltham, Massachusetts
End of Summer Celebration – Stoneham – Stone Zoo, 5-7pm Stoneham, Massachusetts
Sunday, August 24th, 2025
Bay State Hot Jazz Festival – 11am-3 PM, Medford, Massachusetts
Back-to-School Craft Fair – 11am-4pm, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Cousins Maine Lobster at Lord Hobo Brewing – Dog-Tober fest, 12-4pm, Woburn, Massachusetts
Live Music – Elvis Pressley, 7pm, Goodnight Johnny’s, Burlington, Massachusetts
Kids Painting on the Green, 10-11am, Burlington, Massachusetts
Books & Brews – 2-5 PM, Medford, Massachsuetts
Karaoke, 7pm, The BrickYard, Woburn, Massachusetts
Karaoke, 6-9:30pm, Waves Restaurant & Bar, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Monday, August 25th, 2025
Billerica Farmers Market, 3-7pm, Billerica, Massachusetts
Tuesday, August 26th, 2025
Whitelam Woolies: Drop-in Knitting Circle, 10:30-11:30am, Reading, Massachusetts
Summer Farmers’ Market, 2-6:30pm, Lexington, Massachusetts
Meet the Cheesemakers – Vermont Cheese Council – 6:30-8 PM, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Cornhole Tournament Tuesday, 6-9pm, Burlington, Massachusetts
Reading Community Singers – Open Rehearsals – 7:30–9:30 PM, Reading, Massachusetts
Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Oake Knoll Farms at Arlington Farmer’s Market, 2-6:30pm, Arlington, Massachusetts
Shamrock Running Club – 6-8:30pm, Woburn, Massachusetts
Story & Movement Time with Daisy, 10:30-11:30am, Whitelam Books, Reading, Massachusetts
Shamrock Running Club, 6-8:30pm, Lord Hobo, Woburn, Massachusetts
Wednesday Trivia, 6:30-8:30pm, Lord Hobo, Woburn, Massachusetts
Thursday, August 28th, 2025
Stoneham Farmers Market, 2:30-6:30pm, Stoneham, Massachusetts
Herbal Tincture Workshop for Aspiring Herbalists at LexFarm, 5pm, Lexington, Massachusetts
Pop-Up Beer Garden with Ipswich Ale Brewery – 5–8:30 PM, Woburn, Massachusetts
Medford Farmer’s Market, 3-7pm, Medford, Massachusetts
Movies on the Green: Jumanji (1995) – 7 PM, Woburn, Massachusetts
Karaoke, 8pm, The BrickYard, Woburn, Massachusetts
Book Clubs
Thursday Book Clubs at Whitelam Books
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club at Whitelam Books, 7:00- 8:00 pm, Reading, Massachusetts
Non-Fiction Book Club with Nina at Whitelam Books, Reading, Massachusetts
Art Classes
Arts Arlington, Arlington, Massachusetts
Munroe Center for the Arts, Lexington, 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
Fitness and Health
Sh;ft Fitness Classes, Woburn, Massachusetts
High Function Fitness, Woburn, Massachusetts
Public Library Calendars
Woburn Public Library Calendar
Burlington Public Library Calendar
Arlington Public Library Calendar
Reading Public Library Calendar
Wakefield Public Library Calendar
Tewksbury 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
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