Here are our favorite things to do North of Boston this upcoming week:
Scroll down for links to local theater, public library, and recreation department calendars! There is always something fun to do in our local communities.
THEATRE – All in the Timing, Quannapowitt Players, Reading, Massachusetts
Words can be very funny, especially with the right timing & rhythm! Whether we use them to express love, use them in a new comic language, or when just landing in ‘a Philadelphia’. David Ives’ short plays are ‘witty, a bit absurd & seriously funny!’
October 7 – October 25, 2024
Annual Whitelam Books Pumpkin Contest!
Through October 27, 2024
Halloween on the Hill, The Trustees, Beverly, Massachusetts
HAPPENING THIS WEEK –
Friday, October 11th, 2024
Adult Maker Space Craft Classes: Ghost in a Jar, 1:30-2:30, Woburn Public Library, Woburn, Massachusetts
Glass, Shell, & Resin Tree Class, 6:30-9pm, Made in Burlington, Burlington, Massachusetts
The Haunted Maze, 9am-7pm, Mahoney’s Garden Center, Winchester, Massachusetts
Saturday, October 12th, 2024
Wakefield Farmers 9am-1pm, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Halloween Weaving Class, 10am-12pm, Made in Burlington, Burlington, Massachusetts
Off-Loom Weaving Class, 1-2:30pm, Granite Coast Brewing, Peabody, Massachusetts
Woburn Porchfest, All Day, See linked guide for locations, Woburn, Massachusetts
Saturday High Tea, 11am-3pm, Inn at Hastings Park, Lexington, Massachusetts
Sunday, October 13th, 2024
Woburn Porchfest Rain Date, All Day, See linked guide for locations, Woburn, Massachusetts
Sugar Skull Mug Painting, 12-3pm, Tin Bucket, Reading, Massachusetts
Paint Nite: Spooky Chores, 11:30am, Lord Hobo Brewing Company, Woburn, Massachusetts
Pumpkin Painting, 10am-2pm, Mahoney’s Garden Center, Winchester, Massachusetts
Monday, October 14th, 2024
Billerica Community Farmers’ Market, 3-7pm, Billerica, Massachusetts
Tuesday, October 15th, 2024
Tween Crafternoon, 3-4pm, Woburn Public Library, Woburn, Massachusetts
Fall Faux Floral Pumpkin Arrangement, 11am-1pm, Made in Burlington, Burlington, Massachusetts
Wednesday, October 16th, 2024
SCI Annual Volunteer Leaf Raking Event for Seniors, 9am, Woburn, Massachusetts
Arlington Farmers’ Market, 2-6:30pm, Arlington, Massachusetts
Thursday, October 17th, 2024
Jon Stetson: America’s Mentalist (Dinner & Show), 7:30-10pm, Goodnight Johnny’s, Burlington, Massachusetts
Medford Farmer’s Market, 3-7pm, Medford, Massachusetts
Pumpkinpalooza 2024, 6-8pm, Woburn Public Library, Woburn, Massachusetts
Vintage Christmas Tree Painting, 6-8pm, brissonte, North Reading, Massachusetts
Farmers Markets
Through October 29, 2024
Lexington Farmer’s Market, 2-6:30pm, Lexington, Massachusetts
Saturdays June 15-October 26, 2022
Wakefield Farmer’s Market, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Thursdays, June 6-October 17
Medford Farmers’ Market, Medford, Massachusetts
Thursdays, June 6-September 26
Stoneham Farmers’ Market, Stoneham, Massachusetts
Thursdays, June 6-October 17
Medford Farmer’s Market, Medford, Massachusetts
Sundays June 9-October 6
Wilmington Farmers’ Market, Wilmington, Massachusetts
Wednesdays, June 12-October 30
Arlington Farmers’ Market, Arlington, Massachusetts
Second Saturday of June last Saturday of October
Winchester Farmers’ Market, Winchester, 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
Friday after every Third Tuesday of every Month
Studio 64 Book Club, Reading Public Library, 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
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
