Local journalist and author Chris Woolf will talk about his new book, “Bumbling Through the Hindu Kush: A Memoir of Fear and Kindness in Afghanistan.” What happens when a regular person accidentally finds themselves lost in the middle of a war? In 1991, BBC journalist Chris Woolf traveled to Afghanistan. The government in Kabul was […]
Local journalist and author Chris Woolf will talk about his new book, “Bumbling Through the Hindu Kush: A Memoir of Fear and Kindness in Afghanistan.” In 1991, he travelled to Afghanistan to visit a BBC colleague. They hitched a ride with an aid convoy and bumbled straight into the war.
Saturday November 5th, 6 pm. Fitchburg History Trivia, Turkey Day Edition at the Fitchburg Historical Society, 781 Main St., Fitchburg. Tickets: $25. Visit fitchburghistoricalsociety.com.
Sunday November 6th, 2 pm. Lydia Maria Child: The Frugal Housewife program at Townsend United Methodist Church, 265 Main St., Townsend. The Townsend Historical Society will hold a brief business meeting, followed by Lydia Maria Child: The Frugal Housewife. Best known as the author of the holiday classic Over the River and Through the Woods, […]
Saturday November 19th, 10 am—12:30 pm. Workshop: Mushroom Tinctures with Rachel Goclawski at the Museum of Russian Icons, 203 Union St., Clinton. Explore native wild medicinal mushrooms and how you can forage them during this info-packed workshop and lecture! Learn these mushrooms and identification, preparation, and therapeutic qualities with an interactive lecture and presentation while […]
Saturday November 19, 1 pm. “The Cocoanut Grove Fire” at Fort Devens Museum, 94 Jackson Road, Devens, Historian Bob Begin returns to the Fort Devens Museum with an illustrated program of the devastating November 1942 fire at the Cocoanut Grove, a popular nightspot in Boston. Several soldiers from Fort Devens perished in the fire as […]
Learn how to recognize an opioid overdose and what to do if one occurs. Instruction on when, and how, to use. Resource tables from area providers starts at 6:30 pm Narcan will be provided. Narcan will be distributed at no cost. Harm reduction information regarding the prevention of overdose will be discussed. Question and answer […]
Come build with us! 1st Wednesday of each month, 4-4:45pm PM in the Makerspace Room.
Know your trees? Join a Winter Tree Identification hike led by Dick O’Brien on Jan. 8 at 10 am to 1 pm, at Doyle Community Park. For this 2-miles, easy hike, ark in Visitor Parking lot at Doyle Center. 10X hand lens is helpful. Snow date: January 15, 2023, (Snowshoe hike if sufficient snow on […]
The Art Department at Mount Wachusett Community College is celebrating the accomplishments and success of students in the Annual Exhibition of Student Work in the first in-person student exhibit since pandemic restrictions moved the exhibits virtual in 2020. Work by students in the Painting II and III and Drawing III courses is currently on display in The East […]
The Brew Barn at Red Apple Farm hosts a Let's Paint event Jan. 15, by Let's Paint Mobile Events. Join us in painting these adorable love birds! The $25 cost includes 16x20 canvas, use of supplies, and house drink!
The Art Department at Mount Wachusett Community College is celebrating the accomplishments and success of students in the Annual Exhibition of Student Work in the first in-person student exhibit since pandemic restrictions moved the exhibits virtual in 2020. Work by students in the Painting II and III and Drawing III courses is currently on display in The East […]
