
THINGS TO DO: EVENTS
THINGS TO DO: EVENTS
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To have some fun, check out the downstairs of the Arlington Community Center, at 27 Maple St., on Wednesdays, May 3 and 17, from 9 to 10:45 a.m. at the new community center at 27 Maple St.
Sponsored by the Arlington Council on Aging, these get-togethers are free, a news release said. Keep a watch out for future announcements for June and later.
Arlington guys 60 and older are invited to play some serious (or semiserious) pingpong and pool, eat doughnuts, drink coffee/tea and tell jokes.
To join in the fun, those who wish to attend are asked to RSVP to Eva at 781-316-3400. Finding parking in the area can sometimes be difficult; however, the center is only slightly south of Mass. Ave., served regularly by the 77 bus.
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Continuing beautification of the Robbins Town Gardens, between the Library and the Town Hall, is underway.
The Friends of the Robbins Town Gardens and the Arlington Garden Club plan to work in the garden every other Thursday morning from 8:30 to 10:30 and every Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4.
See a work schedule at friendsoftherobbinstowngardens.org
To help keep the garden looking beautiful, email frtg2018@gmail and note which day you would like to work, and you will be connected to the appropriate person.
The Friends of the Robbins Town Gardens and the Arlington Rotary Club sponsored a cleanup day in the gardens on April 22, Earth Day.
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2016 Soapboax Derby winners.
UPDATED May 31: In anticipation of the annual race in June, the Arlington Soap Box Derby has scheduled inspections for Thursday, June 8, at Mirak Chevrolet on Mass. Ave., Arlington Heights, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.
In an announcement, Wendy Barr, representing the derby, wrote: "This is an opportunity to get a car from the club, to work on your car with others and with the help of members of our club."
She added that several experienced racing families are expected to help newer participants with their cars, who can practice driving on the indoor track.
Sign up using the above form or email if you are coming.
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The Menotomy Grill & Tavern, which opened in 2013, brews live music Thursday nights.
The pandemic closed the place in March 2020, and dining returned that June. See who's scheduled to perform at 9 p.m. >>
Plenty of parking, and never a cover.
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The Arlington Greek Festival is set to return on the second weekend of June, starting Friday, June 9, at 11 a.m. and ending Sunday, June 11, at 6 p.m., at the St. Athanasius Greek Orthodox Church, 4 Appleton St.
As always, there is no admission fee, and the venue is handicapped-accessible.
Roast lamb, gyros, salads, souvlaki, loukoumades . . . oh my!
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The Philharmonic Society of Arlington plans to present its annual pops concert and strawberry festival, "The Great American Songbook," with the Arlington-Belmont Chorale and the Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra Friday, June 9, at Arlington Town Hall, 730 Mass. Ave.
The ice cream and strawberry festival begins at 6 p.m., and the concert begins at 7:30 p.m.
Conducting these groups are Music Directors Barry Singer and Orlando Cela and Conductor Sarah Seeber.
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UPDATED June 4: Old Schwamb Mill leaders have announced that the exhibit in the gallery, "Ways of Seeing: Painting, Photography & Printmaking," has been extended through Saturday, June 10, with a 2 p.m. closing reception set for that day. This show features the work of three longtime Arlington artists -- Cathy Garnett (printmaker), Janet Smith (photographer) and Richard McElroy (painter).
The Old Schwamb Mill is at 17 Mill Lane in Arlington.
For more information, call the mill at telephone 781-643-0554 or reach out via email at
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Registration is open at www.ArlingtonCommunityEd.org for the ACE adult summer semester, which runs for six weeks, from July 5 through Aug. 11.
Choose from a sampling of favorite and new fitness, fine arts & crafts, music, home & garden and food & drink classes, languages, walking tours and more.
(Click on a class name to register)
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Real School of Rock: Advanced Ensembles
Vinyl Countdown andGoodbye Abbey Road, with No Privilege, Talking Jimmy, Greene Text Envy, Dad Jeans, Bone2Pick, Primeridian, Modern Marcie and Don't Bite the Apple
Friday, June 9, and Saturday, June 10
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Wright Locke Farm, just over the Arlington border in Winchester, near St. Eulalia, dates from the 17th century and is preserved to be a fun nonprofit tovisit and get involved.
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UPDATED May 22: Come shop our fair-trade Salvadoran crafts and shade-grown coffee from 9 to 3:30 Sunday, June 11, in the lot at Kickstand Cafe, 594 Mass. Ave, Arlington.
Each purchase funds scholarships and community development in Teosinte.
Grab a treat from Kickstand, buy great stuff, and support the Arlington-Teosinte Sister City Project.
Adults and high school students are invited to sign up for a shift. No experience needed. Sign up with a friend, or with your kid.
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UPDATED June 2: Treasures of Armenian Classical Music will be featured at a concert sponsored by the Armenian Cultural Foundation (ACF), co-sponsored by the Amaras Art Alliance, on Sunday, June 11, at 4 p.m., 441 Mystic St., Arlington.
Pianist Naira Babayan and cellist Christina Cullens plan to perform works by Koharik Ghazarossian, Sayat-Nova, Gagik Hovounts, Avet Terteryan, Komitas Vartapet, Edvard Baghdasaryan, and Alexander Harutyunyan.
The concert is part of ACF’s Mirak Chamber Music Series, established in 2017 in memory of John P. Mirak (1907-2000), entrepreneur, philanthropist, community leader, benefactor for decades and late president of the Armenian Cultural Foundation.
The Mirak Chamber Music Series aims to place the world’s finest classical music at the center of the cultural life of the Boston Armenian community in general and Arlington in particular.
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Mystic Brass Ensemble, Arlington’s community brass ensemble, plans to close its season with full wind ensemble works and a soprano soloist on Sunday, June 11, at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 819 Mass. Ave., Arlington.
The program, titled "The Art of Ensemble," features several different configurations of brass choir and guest artists. Soprano Janet Ross will sing selections by Richard Strauss.
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TheArlington Farmers' Market, managed by Patsy Kraemer, has been approved to operate for the 26th year at 29 Mystic St., Russell Common lot, from June 14 to Oct. 25, from 2 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
In approving the market for another year, the Select Board on March 6 learned that the effort to provide farm-grown produce is merging with Arlington EATS.
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UPDATED June 5: Arlington Friends of the Drama is turning 100 this year, and it has planned the bash of the century.
Put on your party clothes, your dancing shoes and join us on Saturday, June 17, from 8 to 11 p.m., at Arlington Town Hall.
Tickets are $35 after Wednesday, May 24.
Cake, DJ, dancing, hot hors d'oeuvres by Beaujolais Catering, entertainment, cash bar.
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Honoring Prince Hall, Memorial Day 2023. / John Burt photo
On Memorial Day at the Prince Hall Mystic Cemetery along Gardner Street, East Arlington, officers and members of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge visited Prince Hall’s grave at Copp's Hill in the North End and then come to Arlington for a short ceremony at the cemetery.
Some introductions and greetings preceded a prayer, taps and a wreath-laying to honor the founder of the Masonic Lodge in Boston in 1776. For more about Hall and the Arlington cemetery's history, click here >>
In 2021, Town Meeting overwhelming approved Beth Melofchik’s article to request that the Select Board declare June 24 “Prince Hall Day,” to commemorate his talk or Charge at African Lodge #1 in Menotomy on June 24, 1797. On June 21, 2021, the Select Board made that proclamation.
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Jeffrey Alexander, who for many years has organized Astronomy Nights at Robbins Farm Park, recently scheduled four free public events, going through the end of September. However, the first one, which was to have been at 8 p.m. tonight, Saturday, May 20, had to be canceled at the last minute due to rain. The next event is Janue 24
The roughly monthly events are informal and fun for all ages, he said in a recent news release.
At each, Alexander plans to have at least one telescope out to view objects in the night sky. The best planets for viewing aren't up until close to the fall, but, nonetheless, viewers will have plenty to look at before then, he said.
On May 20, attendees who arrived slightly early would have had a chance to try to spot the thinnest crescent of the one-day-old waxing new moon. As the sun and then the moon sink below the horizon, the group would have moved focus to Venus and maybe Mars. Venus is showing a phase (about half full), and, with some knowledge of the solar system, the group would have been able to tell where Venus is in its orbit compared to Earth.