Events

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Events:

JUNE

MUSEUMS ON US

Where:  At participating museums
When:  June 1st & 2nd
Cost: FREE

On the first full weekend of each month, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch cardholders can get free access to more than 150 participating museums in 91 cities as part of their Museums On Us program!  {more}

FREE FUN FRIDAYS

Where:  Various local museums & cultural venues
When:  Every Friday between June 28th – August30th
Cost:  Free

Free Fun Fridays are back for 2013!  Sponsored by the Highland Foundation, Free Fun Fridays offers FREE admission to 60 local museums and cultural venues throughout the summer, (six venues each week), starting June 28th.  Check out this year’s schedule and mark your calendars now!   The full schedule, with links to each venue’s hours of operation, etc., can be found here.  For more information on Free Fun Fridays, visit highlandsstreet.org or call 617.969.8900.

June 28th
Freedom Trail Foundation
Mass MoCA
Worcester Art Museum
Heritage Museum & Gardens
Tanglewood

TEDDY BEAR CHECK-UP DAY AT THE STONE ZOO

Where:  The Stone Zoo, Stoneham
When:  June 1st, 10am-3pm
Cost:  Adults $14, children (ages 2-12) $10, Seniors $12. Children under age 2 are free.
Bring your favorite teddy bear for a day of cuddly fun on June 1! Stone Zoo staff will be on hand to give your bear a check-up and clean bill of health. Later, march through the Zoo in the Teddy Bear Parade and say hello to Smoky and Bubba, Stone Zoo’s resident black bears!Throughout the day, there also will be zookeeper encounters at the black bear exhibit. This is the perfect time to learn more about the bears and ask questions.   {more}
FREE KIDS WORKSHOPS AT HOME DEPOT

Where:  Your Local Home Depot Store
When:  June 1st, 9am-12pm
Cost:  Free

On the first Saturday of each month, Home Depot offers FREE Kids Workshops from 9am-12pm at each of their locations.  Workshops are designed for kids between 5 and 12 years old.  In addition to their completed project, each child goes home with their own work apron, commemorative pin, and certificate of achievement.  Craft themes generally revolve around holidays or current kids movie releases, and may require some assistance from mom or dad for the younger builders.   This month, make a Lawn Mower Pencil Holder!

INTERNATIONAL FAIR

Where:  Bay Farm Montessori Academy Campus, 145 Loring Street, Duxbury, MA
When:  Sunday, June 2nd from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM (rain or shine)
Cost:  Free

Bay Farm Montessori Academy is pleased to announce its Fourth Annual International Fair to be held on Sunday, June 2rd.  Open to the general public, families are invited to come and enjoy a day filled with international flavors and artistic beauty from around the world.  The fair will feature exhibits offering multicultural arts, crafts, merchandise, fun games, children’s activities, international cuisine, and performances by a variety of artists.  The headliner this year:  Bamidele Drummers and Dancers from West Africa!  For More Information or to Exhibit:  Contact Event Organizer Toni Clark at (781) 934-7101; email: internationalfair@bfarm.org or visit www.bfarm.org.

JIMMY FUND SCOOPER BOWL

Where:  Bay Farm Montessori Academy Campus, 145 Loring Street, Duxbury, MA
When: Tuesday, June 4 – Thursday, June 6, 2013.  12-8pm every day
Cost:  Tickets are $10 for adults (ages 10+) and $5 for kids (ages 3-9). Kids under 3 are free!

The 31st annual Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl presented by FedEx, the nation’s largest all-you-can-eat ice cream festival, will take place on June 4-6, 2013 at Boston’s City Hall Plaza. The event served up ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sorbet from nine of the nation’s leading ice cream companies from noon to 8 p.m. each day.  Since its inception in 1983 the Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl has raised more than $3 million for cancer research and care.  {more}

BOUNCE HOUSES AT PATRIOT PLACE

Where:  Patriot Place, Foxboro
When:  Thursday, June 6th, 11am-2pm
Jump around all afternoon in inflatable bounce houses. Located in the North Marketplace outside of Red Robin, enjoy the afternoon as the kids bounce the day away!   {more}
PUPPET SHOW AT PATRIOT PLACE

Where:  Patriot Place, Foxboro
When:  Saturday, June 8th, 12-1pm
Cost:  FREE
Join us for a FREE puppet show in the Patriot Place Activity Center (located next to Berry Yogurt and across from Charming Charlie and Kidville.)  {more}
KIDS CLINICS AT LOWE’S

Where:  Your Local Lowe’s Home Improvement Store
When:  Saturday, June 8th & Sunday, June 9th at 10am
Cost:  Free

It’s going to be a monster summer at Lowe’s! Bring your child to Lowe’s this Saturday and they can build these awesome Mike and Sulley Scarers inspired by Disney•Pixar’s upcoming release Monsters University! REGISTRATION OPENS ON MAY 22nd.  {more}

BOUNCE HOUSES AT PATRIOT PLACE

Where:  Patriot Place, Foxboro
When:  Thursday, June 13th, 11am-2pm
Jump around all afternoon in inflatable bounce houses. Located in the North Marketplace outside of Red Robin, enjoy the afternoon as the kids bounce the day away!   {more}
58th ANNUAL SOUTH SHORE ARTS FESTIVAL

Where:  South Shore Arts Center, 119 Rigley Road, Cohasset
When:  June 14-16
South Shore Art Center Arts Festival celebrates its 58th year and showcases craft and fine artists from New England and beyond. In addition to almost one hundred juried exhibitor booths, the Arts Festival features a juried art exhibition and members’ show, live music performances, artist demonstrations, children’s art activities and a young artist exhibition. The Arts Festival draws over 9,000 visitors from the Greater Boston region to historic, ocean side Cohasset Common.  Find out more here.
CELEBRATE FATHER’S DAY AT THE ZOO

Where:  Franklin Park Zoo, Boston
When:  Sunday, June 16th
Help us celebrate your dad (and all of ours!) at Franklin Park Zoo this Father’s Day, Sunday, June 16, with FREE ADMISSION for all fathers throughout the day. Be sure to visit all of the resident animal dads at both Zoos including Franklin Park Zoo’s western lowland gorilla Kitombe (Kit) and his daughters, and James, a Grant’s zebra, and his offspring Nemo. Bring Dad along with the entire family to Franklin Park Zoo for a memorable day with the unforgettable animals!  {more}
BUTTERFLY LANDING RE-OPENS AT FRANKLIN PARK ZOO

Where:  Franklin Park Zoo, Boston
When:  Saturday, June 15th, 10:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. on weekends, 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. days weekdays
Cost:  Adults $17, children (ages 2-12) $14, Seniors $11. Children under age 2 are free.
When Butterfly Landing reopens for the season, guests will once again have the opportunity to stroll through this tranquil environment filled with nearly 1,000 free-flight butterflies. This tented, outdoor exhibit also features several garden beds, a waterfall and pond, and soothing surround-sound music. This seasonal exhibit is free with paid admission and will be open through mid-September.   {more}
FATHER’S DAY ROAD RACE AT THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM IN EASTON

Where:  The Children’s Museum in Easton
When:  Sunday, June 16th, race starts at 8am
Start Father’s Day off on the right foot by participating in the Museum’s Annual Road Race or Fun Walk. Whether you walk or run, you’ll enjoy the gently looping course that begins on Main Street and winds through the tree-lined streets of historic North Easton Village, past H.H. Richardson buildings and F.L. Olmsted landscapes. The picturesque course is mostly flat, with a few rolling hills. A festive post-race party plus raffles and an awards ceremony follows the finish. Results are posted immediately following the race. T-shirts will be given to all runners who pre-register by June 1.  {more}
BOUNCE HOUSES AT PATRIOT PLACE

Where:  Patriot Place, Foxboro
When:  Thursday, June 20th, 11am-2pm
Jump around all afternoon in inflatable bounce houses. Located in the North Marketplace outside of Red Robin, enjoy the afternoon as the kids bounce the day away!   {more}
BOSTON BALL

Where:  Salvatore’s Event and Conference Center in Lawrence
When:  Sunday, June 23rd, 7-11pm
Cost:  Individual tickets are $30, or purchase a “ticket and a tee” for $45.

Treat yourself to a night out and support the One Fund at the same time at The Boston Ball, on Sunday, June 23rd!  The event, held at Salvatore’s Event and Conference Center in Lawrence from 7-11pm, will feature live music from Lois Lane and the Daily Planets, with Best Night Entertainment spinning your favorite hits.  Enter to win fabulous raffle prizes like spa treatments, premier photo sessions and electronics and more, plus premier silent auction items!  Through the talented work of designer Jayson Chabre The Boston Ball will be selling a custom t-shirt with the Certified Boston Strong Logo.  {more}

KIDS CLINICS AT LOWE’S

Where:  Your Local Lowe’s Home Improvement Store
When:  Saturday, June 22nd & Sunday, June 23rd at 10am
Cost:  Free

The monster fun continues at Lowe’s this weekend! Your child will love building this chest inspired by Disney•Pixar’s Monsters University. REGISTRATION OPENS ON JUNE 5th.  {more}

POOCH A PALOOZA

Where:  Prowse Farm, Canton
When:  Saturday, June 22nd & Sunday, June 23rd at 10am-7pm
Cost:  $15 for adults, $8 for children, and $12 for seniors.  Dogs are admitted free of charge but must be leashed.
Ticket prices day of the festival will be $20 for adults, $10 for children, and $15 for seniors.  Children 2 and under are free.

The first ever Pooch-A-Palooza Festival, scheduled to be held  in Canton, MA on June 22-23, will host more than 10,000 attendees and many of their dogs, taking over Prowse Farm at the base of the Blue Hills for this two-day outdoor family-friendly festival.   {more}

BOUNCE HOUSES AT PATRIOT PLACE

Where:  Patriot Place, Foxboro
When:  Thursday, June 27th, 11am-2pm
Jump around all afternoon in inflatable bounce houses. Located in the North Marketplace outside of Red Robin, enjoy the afternoon as the kids bounce the day away!   {more}
SUMMER KICKOFF FESTIVAL

Where:  Derby Street Shoppes, Hingham
When:  Saturday, June 29th, 6:30-10pm
Cost:  FREE
ZOO NIGHTS

Where:  Buttonwood Park Zoo
When:  Fridays, June 28, July 26, and August 23 from 5:30pm-8:00pm
Cost:  Members: $6/adult; $3/child; Non-Members: $10/adult; $6/child

Zoo Nights are designed to offer families an opportunity to enjoy the Zoo on cool summer nights.   Enjoy animal encounters, entertainment, and children’s activities.  {more}

WICKED ETSY HINGHAM

Where: Sons of Italy, 88 Chief Justice Cushing Hwy, Hingham MA
When:  June 30th, 9am-5pm
Cost:  Free

Shopping event featuring local Etsy Shops and other local artisans  {more}

JULY

MUSEUMS ON US

Where:  At participating museums
When:  July 6th & 7th
Cost: FREE

On the first full weekend of each month, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch cardholders can get free access to more than 150 participating museums in 91 cities as part of their Museums On Us program!  {more}

FREE FUN FRIDAYS

Where:  Various local museums & cultural venues
When:  Every Friday between June 28th – August30th
Cost:  Free

Free Fun Fridays are back for 2013!  Sponsored by the Highland Foundation, Free Fun Fridays offers FREE admission to 60 local museums and cultural venues throughout the summer, (six venues each week), starting June 28th.  Check out this year’s schedule and mark your calendars now!   The full schedule, with links to each venue’s hours of operation, etc., can be found here.  For more information on Free Fun Fridays, visit highlandsstreet.org or call 617.969.8900.

July 5th
Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center
Cape Cod Museum of Art
Martha’s Vineyard Museum
Children’s Museum at Holyoke
Volleyball Hall of Fame
Peabody Essex Museum

July 12th
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Larz Anderson Auto Museum
Cape Cod Children’s Museum
Pilgrim Hall Museum
Museum of Russian Icons
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival

July 19th
JFK Library & Museum
Reagle Music Theatre
Buttonwood Park Zoo
Danforth Art
Hancock Shaker Village
Garden in the Woods

July 26th
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
New England Historical Genealogical Society
American Textile History Museum
Children’s Museum in Easton
Amelia Park Children’s Museum
Higgins Armory Museum

FREE KIDS WORKSHOPS AT HOME DEPOT

Where:  Your Local Home Depot Store
When:  July 6th, 9am-12pm
Cost:  Free

On the first Saturday of each month, Home Depot offers FREE Kids Workshops from 9am-12pm at each of their locations.  Workshops are designed for kids between 5 and 12 years old.  In addition to their completed project, each child goes home with their own work apron, commemorative pin, and certificate of achievement.  Craft themes generally revolve around holidays or current kids movie releases, and may require some assistance from mom or dad for the younger builders.   This month, make a Despicable Me 2 Craft!

SUMMER DROP IN DAYS - TIE DYE

Where:  The Children’s Museum in Easton
When:  Thursday, July 11th, 10am-3pm
Cost:  No Registration Required, Free with museum admission

It’s everybody’s favorite activity! Bring your own or buy a t-shirt from us for just $5, then get creative! Noon-2pm -Enjoy Free ice cream from the Mix 104.1 Ice Cream Truck!  Summer Drop-in Days are a series of fun, educational events held each summer in the Wild Place, the Museum’s outdoor learning center. Each event combines performers and presentations from experts with hands-on art and science activities focusing on a different theme each day.  {more}
SUMMER DROP IN DAYS – ROLIE POLIE GUACAMOLE

Where:  The Children’s Museum in Easton
When:  Thursday, July 25th
Cost:  No Registration Required, Free with museum admission

10am – Rolie Polie Guacamole -Rock & Roll with Rolie Polie Guacamole, a hip “kindie” band. Their high energy, interactive shows are a mix of funk, rock and folk music mashed into original tunes about natural living, eating healthy and staying active.
Noon-2pm -Come Join the Circus with Ollie and Bianca! Two young clowns bring the magical atmosphere of the circus to The Children’s Museum, where visitors will be treated to old-word accordion music with a modern twist, as the clowns juggle and giggle their way into your hearts. Get a balloon twisting lesson and choose your own clown make-up.Play alongon a variety of rhythm instruments while you and your friends follow the Banjolele, leading a special circus parade just for you. Everyone can be a clown with Ollie and Bianca!  {more}
ZOO NIGHTS

Where:  Buttonwood Park Zoo
When:  Fridays, June 28, July 26, and August 23 from 5:30pm-8:00pm
Cost:  Members: $6/adult; $3/child; Non-Members: $10/adult; $6/child

Zoo Nights are designed to offer families an opportunity to enjoy the Zoo on cool summer nights.   Enjoy animal encounters, entertainment, and children’s activities.  {more}

AUGUST

MUSEUMS ON US

Where:  At participating museums
When:  August 3rd & 4th
Cost: FREE

On the first full weekend of each month, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch cardholders can get free access to more than 150 participating museums in 91 cities as part of their Museums On Us program!  {more}

FREE FUN FRIDAYS

Where:  Various local museums & cultural venues
When:  Every Friday between June 28th – August30th
Cost:  Free

Free Fun Fridays are back for 2013!  Sponsored by the Highland Foundation, Free Fun Fridays offers FREE admission to 60 local museums and cultural venues throughout the summer, (six venues each week), starting June 28th.  Check out this year’s schedule and mark your calendars now!   The full schedule, with links to each venue’s hours of operation, etc., can be found here.  For more information on Free Fun Fridays, visit highlandsstreet.org or call 617.969.8900.

August 2nd
Boston Children’s Museum
Franklin Park Zoo
Arnold Arboretum
Fuller Craft Museum
Wenham Museum
The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

August 9th
Boston Harbor Island Alliance
The Sports Museum
Battleship Cove
Ocean Explorium
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
The Eric Carle Museum

August 16th
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
USS Constitution Museum
Edward Gorey House
Springfield Museums
Berkshire Museum

August 23rd
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Museum of African American History
New Bedford Whaling Museum
Fitchburg Art Museum
Fruitlands Museum
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

August 30th
Plimoth Plantation
The Discovery Museums
New Repertory Theatre
Ecotarium
Norman Rockwell Museum
The Mount: Edith Wharton’s Home

SUMMER DROP IN DAYS 

Where:  The Children’s Museum in Easton
When:  Thursday, July 11th, 10am-3pm
Cost:  No Registration Required, Free with museum admission

Summer Drop-in Days are a series of fun, educational events held each summer in the Wild Place, the Museum’s outdoor learning center. Each event combines performers and presentations from experts with hands-on art and science activities focusing on a different theme each day.  {more}
Friday, August 2
10am – Birds of Prey - Meet and learn about hawks, owls and vultures in this program presented by New England Reptile and Raptor.
12:30-2:30 -Touch Tanks -Explore and compare the creatures that live in fresh water and salt water environments.
Thursday, August 8
11am-2pm – Petting Zoo -Pet and Fall in love with different baby farm animals, they enjoy it just as much as you!
Friday, August 9
10am-3pm – Tie Dye It’s everybody’s favorite activity! Bring your own or buy a t-shirt from us for just $5, then get creative!
Noon-2pm -Enjoy Free ice cream from the Mix 104.1 Ice Cream Truck!
Thursday August 15
10am-3pm - Dog Days -Come meet a variety of dogs—some that perform important service jobs and others who can do some pretty funny tricks.
Friday, August 16
10am-11:30am -Come make music with Tony Fonseca of All Hands Drumming. Move to the beat, play along and make some noise in this participatory session.
Friday, August 23
What a croc! Or a lizard, or any number of other reptiles which will be presented in this crowd-pleasing, interactive program from Curious Creatures.  Shows at 11am & 1pm
Thursday, August 29
11am & 1pm – Vegetable Circus -Come enjoy this special circus that teaches kids growing up healthy can be fun!
Friday, August 30
Bubble Mania
Make bubbles large and small. Play with bubbles and enjoy a bubble show featuring DJ Rob Peters at 10am

WICKED ETSY SOMERVILLE

Where: 1 Assembly Square Drive, Somerville MA
When:  August 10th, 11am-4pm
Cost:  Free

Shopping event featuring local Etsy Shops and other local artisans  {more}

ZOO NIGHTS

Where:  Buttonwood Park Zoo
When:  Fridays, June 28, July 26, and August 23 from 5:30pm-8:00pm
Cost:  Members: $6/adult; $3/child; Non-Members: $10/adult; $6/child

Zoo Nights are designed to offer families an opportunity to enjoy the Zoo on cool summer nights.   Enjoy animal encounters, entertainment, and children’s activities.  {more}

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