Natick Powwow: Annual Harvest Moon & Creator Celebration

Cochituate State Park 43 Commonwealth Rd, Natick, MA

Hosted by the Massachusett Praying Indians of Natick Tribe. Host Drum: Generations Natick Praying Indian wedding ceremony, singing, dancing, storytelling, food, flute and more!

Virtual: Who REALLY Wrote Shakespeare? with Author and Historian David Kruh

Bacon Free Library - 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States

Who Really penned all the works attributed to Shakespeare?  The doubts have been around for over 300 years.  How could William Shakespeare — a man who never sailed — have written with such accuracy about sailing in The Tempest?  Or how — without studying law — could he have written with such insight about lawyers, courts, and legal […]

Virtual: The Politics of Chocolate with Cocoa Beantown

Bacon Free Library - 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States

It’s hard not to smile when there’s chocolate around, but behind the deep, rich taste, there’s a whole world of serious –and fascinating– issues.  Dive into the world of chocolate, exploring its entanglements with child labor; its aspirations with women-owned cooperatives and the Fair Trade movement; and its intrigues, including corporate espionage.  The experts at Cocoa […]

Robin Baratz Oil Paintings

Robin Baratz Oil Paintings

Bacon Free Library - 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States

Robin Baratz creates oil paintings that depict her instinctive connection to natural land and water and to the people. She motors and sails to reach and capture countrysides, harbors, and cityscapes of the United States, Ireland, Scotland, Europe, and Canada on her canvas.  But, no matter what the actual locales, the scenes have broad appeal, […]

Jammin with You

Jammin with You

Bacon Free Library - 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States

Be prepared to laugh, dance, sing, and jam your way through 30 minutes of non-stop family fun at the Bacon Free Library! This performance is geared toward kids ages 1 – 7, but fun for the whole family. With modern takes on children’s classics and classic original tunes, you’ll be humming and bopping all the […]

No Safety for Us: The internment of Native Americans on Deer Island

Natick Historical Society Museum

This year marks the 350th anniversary of King Philip’s War.   This 14-month rebellion, which was led by the Wampanoag chief Metacom (later known as King Philip), was the Native Americans’ last-ditch effort to resist English authority and stop English settlement on their lands (history.com). Soon after the war began, colonists set up an internment camp […]

VIRTUAL: The Allure of Vampires with Bill Thierfelder

Bacon Free Library

Vampire stories have captivated people for centuries.  Books, games, TV, and film have drawn audiences in with a mix of horror, sensuality, and the appeal of eternal life.  The first mention of vampires was over a thousand years ago and since then their legend has become a part of our culture, with Bram Stoker’s Dracula, […]

John Gorka

The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN) 14 Summer Street, Natick, MA, United States

John Gorka is a world-renowned singer-songwriter who got his start at a neighborhood coffeehouse in eastern Pennsylvania. Though small, Godfrey Daniels was and is one of the oldest and most venerable music institutions and has long been a hangout for music lovers and aspiring musicians. In the late 1970’s, John was one of these aspiring […]

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