Things to Do
Free Museum Day for Central Mass
This Saturday September 25th the Smithsonian is continuing it’s annual tradition of sponsoring a Free Museum Day across the US. In it’s 6th year this event is a great opportunity to explore area museums for free. Here in Central, Massachusetts there is a wide range of museums. Last year we focused on the Worcester based […]
Central Mass Fall Foliage Season 2010
Tomorrow is the first day of fall/autumn and is the kick off of our fall foliage season. As residents of New England we may sometimes take for granted the beauty of the fall foliage season. The best fall foliage is something many people actually plan for. Vacations and day trips are planned during the Autumn […]
Wachusett Mountain Festival 2010
MusicFest is taking place this Sunday at Mount Wachusett. I know that some of you may be feeling the tease of the cooler crisper air with visions of skiing in your head but there is still some ways to go before we start getting snow here in New England. Though Wachusett hopes to kick of […]
History for Sale in Worcester – Andrew Green Estate
If you are familiar with the Worcester area you no doubt know about Green Hill Park which is Worcester’s largest park. The park land was sold to Worcester by the Green family back in 1903 upon Andrew Green’s death. The Green family had a long history in Worcester and Andrew Green eventually achieved even more […]
Walk and Rock on Shrewsbury Street Tonight
If the weather finally clearing isn’t enough to get you out and about maybe great food and music on Worcester’s hopping Shrewsbury Street will. Tonight a variety of popular restaurants on Shrewsbury St. will be hosting a Worcester event they are calling the the Walk & Rock. From 6-11pm you can visit a variety of […]
Second Annual Worcester Restaurant Week
As promised last year Worcester’s Restaurant Week looks as though it is set to be an annual event. This year’s second annual Worcester Restaurant Week kicked off yesterday and is set to finish up on August 15th, 2010. Like many restaurant “week” events Worcester’s actually lasts for 2 weeks. There are many benefits of having […]
Worcester Common Free Summer Concerts Return
There are still 5 free summer concerts left in 2010 on the Worcester Common. I almost missed this but was thrilled to see that it is back for a second year. This year the free Out to Lunch concert series will have more food offerings from local restaurants though you can still bring your own […]
Worcester Tornadoes Twister Represents at Harvard
Though the Worcester Tornadoes had a pretty hard time the first half ending in last place that hasn’t affected Twister. He is still loved wherever he goes. This past weekend we drove in to see a Boston Breakers soccer game at Harvard Stadium. We were surprised to find that Twister had followed us there. The […]
Don’t Miss Worcester’s Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra
The Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra will be playing it’s last free summer concert this weekend. In Massachusetts it is easy to forget that there is more than one big orchestra to enjoy. Like the Boston Pops the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra put on an Interdependence day performance. It was part of the free summer concert series that […]
Taste of Shrewsbury Street
2011 Update: Taste of Shrewsbury Street will be taking place again on Tuesday June 21st, 2011. The Shrewsbury Street Area Merchants Association continues to put on events to showcase the Shrewsbury Street businesses and this event in particular is one of their more popular ones. People are usually ready to enjoy the promise of a […]
Third Annual Worcester Irish Music Festival
This weekend the annual Worcester Irish Music Festival is taking place at the Worcester Hibernian Centre & Fiddler’s Green on Temple Street. The Telegram did a good write up about the entertainment line up which includes the likes of Irish super group Solas. This event though focused on Irish Music and Celtic tradition is a […]
Kimball Farm Keeps Adding to the Fun
Kimball Farms is a new favorite place for our family. We mainly go there for miniature golf but this weekend we found a new attraction, batting cages. We have written about Kimball Farm before when we visited for the first time last summer. Believe it or not we have yet to have the Ice Cream […]
Old Sturbridge Village Sheep Shearing Weekend
When you think of Memorial Day weekend you don’t think of Sheep Shearing but you do think of Family Fun. Old Sturbridge Village is holding it’s 2010 Wool Days event this Saturday May 29th through Monday May 31st. The Memorial Day Weekend forecast currently looks pretty nice with temperatures in the 80’s and mostly sunny. […]
Don’t Miss Dinosaurs at Worcester’s DCU Center
When you think of “Arena Spectacular” do you think of dinosaurs? I admit it I think of Monster Jam Truck type of events. Walking with the Dinosaurs surprisingly is not new though it may be new to Worcester and Massachusetts. I first heard of this realistic dinosaur show from a friend who had seen it […]
stART On The Street Brings the Art Festival to Spring
“Started” back in 2002 stART on the Street takes Art to the Street in an effort to showcase Worcester’s art and culture. Most people think of the stART on the Street festival as taking place in September and it does but they also are putting on a Spring Edition this weekend. It is taking place […]
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