Enjoy Fitchburg on the first Thursday of each month with an outdoor exploration of Main Street, throughout the summer. Music, literature, visual art and theatrical performances will be featured at businesses and cultural organizations. Walk the street to find them all! Details for each month with be released in the weeks before the event. Stay […]
Join Athol Bird & Nature Club president and Millers River Environmental Center director Dave Small to learn more about being in nature! Visit with Dave Small as he explores the transformation of his yard from a boring suburban lot dominated by lawn to a rich habitat for our native wildlife. Removing invasive species, planting native plants, and […]
Visit New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill for a weekend full of hundreds of cut daffodil flowers in many different vibrant colors. What says “spring” better than daffodils? With their trumpet-shaped flowers, daffodils are true heralds of warmer weather to come. At the annual Seven States Daffodil Society Show, experience hundreds of cut daffodil […]
Sunday 10 am–4 pm. Free First Sunday at the Museum of Russian Icons, 203 Union St., Clinton. Enjoy free admission to the museum on the first Sunday of each month, courtesy of the Nypro Foundation. Visit museumofrussianicons.org.
Visit New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill for a weekend full of hundreds of cut daffodil flowers in many different vibrant colors. What says “spring” better than daffodils? With their trumpet-shaped flowers, daffodils are true heralds of warmer weather to come. At the annual Seven States Daffodil Society Show, experience hundreds of cut daffodil […]
Pass through liminal spaces of ruin and beauty alike with photographer Rania Matar’s stunning portfolio SHE in the exhibit Oceans at My Door at the Fitchburg Art Museum through Aug. 3 Matar is a Lebanese-American photographer internationally renowned for her explorations of cross-cultural identity and femininity. The arresting, intimate portraits in SHE evoke the transitional states of Becoming, […]
The Conant Public Library is pleased to present Sheryl Faye on May 10. She will portray Sally Ride: America’s first female astronaut. This historical theater presentation is great for adults and older children as we learn more about Sally Ride and her passionate journey to space. This program is supported in part by a grant […]
Piano and Baritone concert on May 14 featuring Thomas Meglioranza and Reiko Uchida Some of the following works will be played: Impromptu in Gb, D.899/3 (1827) Andante Der Sänger, D.149 (1815) Mäßig, heiter Der König in Thule, D.367 (1816) Etwas langsam Der Fischer, D.225 (07.1815) Mäßig Schäfers Klagelied, D.121 (1814-19) Mäßig Geheimes, D.719 (03.1821) Etwas geschwind, zart Nähe […]
Learn about The Language of Icons: Art as Revelation on May 18 Dennis Sardella, docent at the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, will give an illustrated lecture about Byzantine and Russian icons, their history, symbolic language, and role in the liturgical and spiritual life of the Eastern Church. Signed copies of his book Visible Image of the […]
The Gardner Area League of Artists hosts its annual art and music show Friday, May 19 through Sunday, May 21 at the scenic Red Apple Farm in Phillipston.
The Gardner Area League of Artists hosts its annual art and music show Friday, May 19 through Sunday, May 21 at the scenic Red Apple Farm in Phillipston.
The photo exhibit In the Eye of the Beholder at Fitchburg Art Museum through Sept. 10 delves into the museum’s permanent collection to explore how photographers have used the “gendered gaze” across the early 20th and 21st centuries. This exhibition highlights some of the museum’s iconic favorites and recent acquisitions—including work from Gertrude Kasebier, Cindy […]
The Gardner Area League of Artists hosts its annual art and music show Friday, May 19 through Sunday, May 21 at the scenic Red Apple Farm in Phillipston.
Railroad buff, artist, and co-owner of Frames/Ink in Petersham Ken Levine will talk about the Swift River Valley, the 4 towns lost during the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir (North Dana, Enfield, Greenwich and Prescott), the development of railroads in New England, and the Rabbit Run Railroad on May 25. This “stoppingest railroad” (with 19 […]
Enjoy Fitchburg on the first Thursday of each month with an outdoor exploration of Main Street, throughout the summer. Music, literature, visual art and theatrical performances will be featured at businesses and cultural organizations. Walk the street to find them all! Details for each month with be released in the weeks before the event. Stay […]
Forward, Upward, Onward is presented by the Gardner Museum on June 1 Westminster nature-lover Matt Landry will present 10 life changing lessons from hiking the 48 4,000-foot mountains of New Hampshire. He will share his surprising discoveries and the stepping stones to re-evaluate and assess his life: the gained self-respect, confidence, discipline, and healthy habits […]
Fitchburg Art Museum's Paper Town exhibit that runs through June 4 pays tribute to Fitchburg’s history of paper manufacturing, with transformative and personal twists. Exhibiting artists May Babcock, Erik and Martin Demaine, Andrea Dezsö, Tory Fair, Hong Hong, Fred Liang, Michelle Samour, Wendy Wahl, and Heidi Whitman use paper to explore personal histories and cultural […]
Sunday 10 am–4 pm. Free First Sunday at the Museum of Russian Icons, 203 Union St., Clinton. Enjoy free admission to the museum on the first Sunday of each month, courtesy of the Nypro Foundation. Visit museumofrussianicons.org.
Pass through liminal spaces of ruin and beauty alike with photographer Rania Matar’s stunning portfolio SHE in the exhibit Oceans at My Door at the Fitchburg Art Museum through Aug. 3 Matar is a Lebanese-American photographer internationally renowned for her explorations of cross-cultural identity and femininity. The arresting, intimate portraits in SHE evoke the transitional states of Becoming, […]