6th Annual Festival of Trees at the Gardner Museum, 26 Pearl St., Gardner, through Dec. 3 The beloved event is open to the public Wednesdays,Thursdays 1–4 pm; Fridays 1–7 pm; Saturdays, Sundays 10 am – 4 pm.
Exhibit runs until Dec 18 with Sept. 1, 1 pm. Opening of Gardner Theatre Guild exhibition at The Gardner Museum, 26 Pearl St., Gardner. From 1939 until the early 1960s, local residents produced top-notch “Broadway Shows” at the Miller's Opera House, The Little Theater, and Pearson Auditorium and supported several organizations with funds raised by […]
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.
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 […]
Those encouraging words by 14th century mystic and anchoress, Julian of Norwich, have soothed humanity during its darkest times. Now is the time to revisit her words as we struggle through our greatest human reckoning to date. Presenter is Will Darcangelo, M.Div. Minister of First Parish of Fitchburg and First Church of Lancaster, columnist and […]
Published Boston/RI poet Ryk McIntyre has toured nationally and in Canada, opening for varied acts, and has performed his work at NYC’s New School, Boston’s ICA and Strand Theater, among others. He will present his poems, and the role of sobriety in his life.
Exhibit runs until Dec 18 with Sept. 1, 1 pm. Opening of Gardner Theatre Guild exhibition at The Gardner Museum, 26 Pearl St., Gardner. From 1939 until the early 1960s, local residents produced top-notch “Broadway Shows” at the Miller's Opera House, The Little Theater, and Pearson Auditorium and supported several organizations with funds raised by […]
Kara Fossey, Executive Director of the Fort Devens Museum and the Groton History Center will present an illustrated program about the various roles American Women played during World War II: military, civilian, and volunteer. WWII has been known as a time of liberation for women, and on the heels of the 100th anniversary of the […]
Annual Smithsonian Day Sept. 17 at the Gardner Museum – free admission - no reservation needed Participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry on this Museum Day. During regular opening hours 1-4 pm; event hosted by Smithsonian Magazine
A Taste of Art, Sept. 15, 7 pm Award-winning local artist Kathryn Swantee, will explain and demonstrate watercolor uses, techniques and skills, and give an overview of color theory and composition, at the Gardner Museum in Gardner. Ms. Swantee is a children’s book illustrator, teacher, and graduate of The School of the Worcester Art Museum, […]
Thursday, Sept. 8, 6 pm. Tinseltown Inventor: Hedy Lamarr at The Gardner Museum, 26 Pearl St., Gardner. Artistic director and performer Judith Kalaora will be back at the museum with a portrayal of Austrian refugee Hedy Lamarr who became “the most beautiful woman in the world” and was not only an actress, and film producer, […]
Exhibit runs until Dec 18 with Sept. 1, 1 pm. Opening of Gardner Theatre Guild exhibition at The Gardner Museum, 26 Pearl St., Gardner. From 1939 until the early 1960s, local residents produced top-notch “Broadway Shows” at the Miller's Opera House, The Little Theater, and Pearson Auditorium and supported several organizations with funds raised by […]
