North Central Mass Events

Rachel Revere History at Play at The Gardner Museum April 27

Gardner Museum 28 Pearl St, Gardner, MA

History At Play, LLC offers living history performances which breathe life into the stories of influential and often forgotten women. Artistic director and performer Judith Kalaora will be back at the museum with a program about a strong female character in the wake of an American Revolution: Rachel Revere, Paul Revere’s young 2nd wife. This […]

Explore Nature at the Gardner Museum on May 4

Gardner Museum 28 Pearl St, Gardner, MA

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 […]

Discover Your Life Through Nature with Matt Landry

Gardner Museum 28 Pearl St, Gardner, MA

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 […]

Event Series Art Exhibit: Paper Town at FAM

Art Exhibit: Paper Town at FAM

Fitchburg Art Museum 185 Elm St, Fitchburg, MA, United States

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 […]

Medieval West Africa at the Gardner Museum on June 8

Gardner Museum 28 Pearl St, Gardner, MA

The presentation “Going for the Gold: Art and Trade in Medieval West Africa” will give an overview of some of the major traditions of West African sculpture from the 10th century CE to the 16th century, with beautiful examples of art from Nigeria (Igbo-Ukwu, Ife, and Benin Kingdom) and Mali (Djenne). Dr. Jean M. Borgatti, Fulbright Scholar (2002-2003, […]