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-
Summer Festival at the Greater Boston Stage Company, July 7th to August 10th, Locations vary, 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 mor information email [email protected] or just show up!
UPCOMING LIVE MUSIC-
Jane Lynch & Kate Flannery: The Trouble with Angels – tickets on sale now for Aug 9 show 8pm, Cary Hall, Lexington, Massachusetts
HAPPENING THIS WEEK –
Try a FREE online (recorded) cooking class compliments of Effortless Kitchen with Arlington Personal Chef, Debbie Brosnan!
Friday, August 8th, 2025
Summer Concert Series, 6-8pm, Woburn, Massachusetts
Live Music – Overserved Again, 8:30pm, Goodnight Johnny’s, Burlington, Massachusetts
Saturday, August 9th, 2025
Beer Garden & Live Music at the Jason Russell House & Museum, 1-4pm, Arlington, Massachusetts
Live Music – Matt Borello Duo, 7pm, Goodnight Johnny’s, Burlington, Massachusetts
Waltham Farmers’ Market, 9:30am-2pm, Waltham, Massachusetts
Sunday, August 10th, 2025
Kids Painting on the Green, 10-11am, Burlington, Massachusetts
Karaoke, 7pm, The BrickYard, Woburn, Massachusetts
Karaoke, 6-9:30pm, Waves Restaurant & Bar, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Free Sunday Comedy Show at Bossmama Taproom, 7-10pm, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Monday, August 11th, 2025
Billerica Farmers Market, 3-7pm, Billerica, Massachusetts
Guitar League Boston North, 7:30pm, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Seinfeld Trivia, 6-8pm, Woburn, Massachusetts
Tuesday, August 12th, 2025
Whitelam Woolies: Drop-in Knitting Circle, 10:30-11:30am, Reading, Massachusetts
Summer Farmers’ Market, 2-6:30pm, Lexington, Massachusetts
Cornhole Tournament Tuesday, 6-9pm, Burlington, Massachusetts
Outdoor Movie – Inside Out 2, 7pm, Woburn, Massachusetts
THEATER – Grease! – 7:30pm, Beverly, Massachusetts
Wednesday, August 13th, 2025
Oake Knoll Farms at Arlington Farmer’s Market, 2-6:30, Arlington, 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, 6:30-8:30, Lord Hobo, Woburn, Massachusetts
Thursday, August 14th, 2025
Stoneham Farmers Market, 2:30-6:30pm, Stoneham, Massachusetts
Pop-Up Beer Garden, 5-8:30pm, Woburn, Massachusetts
Medford Farmer’s Market, 3-7pm, Medford, 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, 781-721-71
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