The Natick Center Cultural District

Natick Garden Club Plant Sale 2025
2025-06-01 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Natick Community – Senior Center
The Natick Garden Club invites all interested parties to our annual PLANT SALE. Doors open 10 am – 2 pm, Sunday, June 1, 2025. Rain or shine, as the event is held indoors at the Natick Community-Senior Center, 117 East Central St., Natick, MA. The sale is our major fundraiser for the year. We offer a variety of plants that have been proven to grow successfully in our sometimes challenging weather conditions. Most of the plants are perennials from members’ gardens, and are labeled for bloom time and season, height, spacing needed, and sun and moisture requirements. We promote native plants as well, meaning they are native to our area, and tolerant of drought conditions and excellent at providing habitat for good insects and birds. There will be a sizable houseplant section this year, thanks in part to an in-kind estate gift. As always raffle tickets for a variety of items will be available and you need not be present to win. All proceeds from the sale fund the Natick Garden Club, a group devoted to civic beautification and service in the Natick community. Cash, check and credit card accepted. For more information please visit us at http://www.natickgardenclub.org/ or find us on Facebook or Instagram.
Info on our club:
Our mission is to promote a positive educational environment for sharing gardening, horticultural, and conservation information and to encourage civic planting, beautification, and service in the Natick community. Organized in 1998 by three women, the Natick Garden Club currently has over 100 members. Members represent a range of ages, genders, and gardening acumen. All have a passion to learn, share, and volunteer in service to their garden club. The NGC has evening meetings September through May at Morse Library featuring a keynote speaker, with time for socialization and NGC business at the start. We have deep roots in Natick although draw members from several communities, and can be found around town in a variety of capacities throughout the year. The plant sale is our main fundraiser.

Virtual: Death in the National Parks with Author Randi Minetor
2025-06-02 19:00 - 20:00
Why do some people lose their lives in America’s national parks? Randi Minetor, author of seven books in the nonfiction Death in the National Parks series, will explore the fatal mistakes people make when they venture into unfamiliar wilderness. Some forget critical steps in their preparation, forging off into wild lands far too challenging for their level of experience. Some refuse advice, ignoring warnings from rangers and more seasoned adventurers. Others are simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, becoming victims of a lightning strike or a falling rock—or ravenous grizzly bears. And some fall prey to human predators.
Randi will share highlights of her in-depth research and what it reveals about the people who perish in the parks. Most importantly, she will provide tips on how to avoid your own disaster in a national park. Be ready for your summer vacation plans with this pertinent and, probably, humorous presentation!
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and is in collaboration with the Bacon Free Library and the Chelmsford, Groton, and Tewksbury Libraries and is in partnership with a multitude of MA & NH libraries.
Please register here for the Zoom link.

About the Author
Born and raised in Rochester, NY, Randi Minetor discovered the backcountry wonders of America’s national parks in 1992 with her husband, photographer/lighting designer Nic Minetor. That first trip changed her life, and by 2000, the Minetors had pledged to see all 391 (now 429) national parks in their lifetimes. They found a way to subsidize this passion in 2006, when they began writing and photographing books on the parks for The Globe Pequot Press (now Rowman & Littlefield). Today Randi has written more than 90 books, including seven books in the nonfiction Death in the National Parks series, ten hiking guides in New York State, several bird-finding guides, and even reference books on health topics. To date, they have visited 354 national parks. In addition, Nic’s photography appears in eight Quick Reference Guides to the Birds, Trees, and Wildflowers of New York City and New York State, and The Trees and Wildflowers of the Mid-Atlantic States. The Minetors live in Rochester, NY.

Note: This program will be recorded and a link will be sent to all registrants soon after the program. It will be available on YouTube for one month.

Art Exhibit: Maps of Natick
2025-06-04 08:00 - 17:00 | Bacon Free Library – 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States
Stop by the Bacon Free Library to view a selection of Natick Historical Society’s maps of Natick, on display May 21st to June 30th. These fascinating reproductions show the streets, properties, and bodies of water of Natick, while some also display sketches of trees & buildings, and in one case, the handwritten names of property owners. Among the historic gems are:

an 1830 land survey of Bigelow Mills
an 1887 map of Cochituate
an 1887 rendering of South Natick including sketches of noteworthy buildings
a map of Felchville, circa 1908
an illustrated map reproduced in 1976 by Natick Five Cents Savings Bank for the Town of Natick Bicentennial Committee

These maps are available for viewing and for sale year round in the Natick History Museum. For more information, visit www.natickhistoricalsociety.org

Walnut Hill Freshman/Sophomore Theater Revue
2025-06-04 20:00 - 21:00 | Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Keiter Center, 146 Bacon St, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Join us in the Keiter Center and support our Theater Department Freshmen and Sophomores as they perform a delightful revue! Admission is free and no tickets are required.
The Theater Department at Walnut Hill offers a comprehensive program designed to engage passionate, dedicated, and curious young artists. Our approach is Stanislavsky-based and actor-centric. This intensive training of the mind, body, and voice develops an actor who communicates an honest, compelling story through the use of text, movement, and song. Through studio work, performance opportunities, and one-on-one coaching, student artists develop the professional skills and attitudes needed to excel in university or conservatory training.

TCAN Players: And Then There Were None
2025-06-06 19:30 - 2025-06-15 14:00 | The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN), 14 Summer Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
The TCAN Players return with Agatha Christie’s masterwork of suspense, And Then There Were None – where ten strangers are summoned to a remote island—and justice waits in the shadows.
Ten strangers, each harboring a dark secret, are lured to a secluded island estate under false pretenses. Their mysterious hosts are nowhere to be found—only a chilling recording accuses each guest of a terrible crime. Then, one by one, the guests begin to die, their fates eerily mirroring the verses of a sinister nursery rhyme displayed in the house.
With the island cut off by a storm, suspicion grows as the survivors struggle to understand the method behind the madness. Is the killer among them? Or is there someone—or something—else pulling the strings?
Christie’s most celebrated and harrowing whodunit is the world’s best-selling mystery and one of the best-selling books of all time. The plot unfolds with taut pacing, sharp dialogue, and an atmosphere thick with dread, exploring themes of morality, retribution, and the human psyche under pressure. Its surprise ending, considered one of the greatest in crime fiction, will leave audiences breathless.
Prepare for a night of riveting theatre that proves no sin goes unpunished… and no one is beyond suspicion.
Directed by Paul Dixon
Produced by Jeannie Baycroft and Richard Mandel
CAST
Mr. Rogers – Lou Fuoco (Cambridge)
Mrs. Rogers – Susan Diller (Brookline)
Vera Claythorne – Laura DeCesare (Arlington)
Philip Lombard – Eric Cheung (Boston)
Anthony Marston – Sam Deans (Marlborough)
William Blore – Dan Henderson (Needham)
General MacKenzie – Mark Adams (Norwood)
Emily Brent – Pamela Schweppe (Maynard)
Justice Wargrave – Julian Willard (Marlborough)
Dr. Armstrong – Bill Novakowski (Ashland)
PERFORMANCES
Friday, June 6, 2025 | 7:30pm
Saturday, June 7, 2025 | 7:30pm
Sunday, June 8, 2025 | 2:00pm
Thursday, June 12, 2025 | 7:30pm
Friday, June 13, 2025 | 7:30pm
Saturday, June 14, 2025 | 7:30pm
Sunday, June 15, 2025 | 2:00pm

Natick Farmers Market
2025-06-07 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-06-14 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-06-21 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-06-28 09:00 - 13:00 | Natick Common
The Natick Farmers Market is a year-round program of the Natick Center Cultural District and is open every Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm.

Visit natickfarmersmarket.org for current location and vendors.
Spring and Summer
Natick Town Common
The intersection of Routes 27 and 135
Natick

Fall and Winter
Common Street Spiritual Center
13 Common Street
Natick

Circus Tots Class
2025-06-09 11:00 - 11:30 | Bacon Free Library – 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States
Kids can take their first steps into the magical world of circus with this class from our neighbors at Eastern Acrobatics! Kids ages 3-6 will learn some simple and fun circus skills outdoors on the BFL lawn.
Registration is required for each child attending.

Juggling Class for Kids
2025-06-10 16:30 - 17:30 | Bacon Free Library – 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States
Kids will learn some basic juggling skills in this fun outdoor class from our neighbors at Eastern Acrobatics!
Geared toward kids ages 7 and up.
Registration is required.

Juggling Class for Adults
2025-06-10 17:30 - 18:30 | Bacon Free Library – 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States
Learn some basic juggling skills in this fun outdoor class from our neighbors at Eastern Acrobatics!
This session is for adults.
Registration is required.

Sip & Paint @Planted Collective
2025-06-11 18:30 - 20:30 | The Planted Collective, 37 S Main Street, Natick, 01760, United States
🌿 Paint Your Own Planter Night – Pride Edition! 🎨🌈
Celebrate creativity and community with us at our Paint Your Own Planter Night—a colorful evening of art, laughter, and good vibes in honor of Pride Month!
Here’s what’s included:

🎨 Two (2) 5-inch round planters to paint your way—go minimal, go maximal, go YOU
🖌️ All painting and decorating materials
🍷 Wine, beer, and non-alcoholic drinks
🍿 Light snacks
🌟 A safe, welcoming space to relax, connect, and express yourself

📅 Date: Wednesday , June 11
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
📍 Location: Planted Collective, 37 S Main St, Natick, 01760
🎟️ Tickets: $40 per person
👥 Who: Any and everyone!
Bring your creative spirit and your Pride energy. Whether you’re new to painting or a seasoned pro, there’s room for everyone at the table.
🎟️ Limited spots available—reserve your spot now!

VANISH: Disappearing Icons of a Rural America – streaming documentary film
2025-06-13 08:00 - 2025-06-27 17:00
VANISH chronicles the “visual preservation” adventures of fine art photographer, Jim Westphalen, as he travels across the country seeking out and creating stunning imagery of America’s disappearing rural structures. Equal parts art, history, and storm chasing, this film takes you on a road-trip with Westphalen as he races against time and the unrelenting elements to capture the extraordinary beauty of aging barns, one-room schoolhouses, grain elevators, prairie churches, and other classic structures that our country’s rural heritage was built upon. Vanish also features deep-dive interviews with preservation experts as well as the passionate people who strive and struggle to save these fading treasures, sharing their intimate stories of dreams, loss, and triumphs.
Please register to view the film. You will receive the link to screen the film on June 13th. The link will be good through June 27th.
The streaming link may not be shared with anyone outside of your class, campus event or community event, or posted on any website or social media page that is accessible to the public. Do not post this on Youtube, Facebook or any public platform. GOOD DOCS film and video content is protected by United States copyright law. Duplication, reproduction, alteration, television broadcast or cablecast, (except for on- campus closed circuit), loaning for a fee, leasing, sublicensing to others or use for any commercial purposes (i.e. charging admission) is strictly prohibited without express written permission from GOOD DOCS.

Read-a-Story, Dance-a-Story
2025-06-13 10:30 - 11:00 | Bacon Free Library – 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States
Join us on the lawn of the Bacon Free Library for an outdoor dance class inspired by the enchanting tale, The Firebird. We’ll glide through spellbound forests, flap like mystical birds, and break a powerful curse with our dance. Perfect for young movers and curious minds, this class blends storytelling, dance, and music for a joyful and expressive experience. Recommended for ages 3-8. No dance experience needed – just bring your imagination!
This class will be taught by Ms. Ashlie from the Community Dance Academy at Walnut Hill School for the Arts.
Registration is required.

Virtual: Summer Romance Beach Read Recommendations with Lorelei of Lorelei’s Lit Lair
2025-06-16 19:00 - 20:00
If you know romance, you probably know Lorelei! Affectionately referred to as a passionate romance ambassador, Lorelei has been offering book recommendations through social media since 2010. In this program, Lorelei will chat about the books she’s looking forward to reading this summer — the best of romance beach reads! If your TBR pile isn’t already groaning, it will be! Grab a cool drink and join us.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and is in collaboration with the Bacon Free Library, the Chelmsford, Groton, and Tewksbury Libraries and is in partnership with a multitude of MA & NH libraries.
Register here for the Zoom link

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

The Song Remains The Same (1976)
2025-06-18 19:30 - 22:00 | The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN), 14 Summer Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
The Song Remains the Same is a 1976 concert film featuring the English rock band Led Zeppelin. A box office success and cultural touchstone for Led Zeppelin fans, the soundtrack received a Platinum Award from Atlantic Records.
The filming took place during the summer of 1973, during three nights of concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City, with additional footage shot at Shepperton Studios. The film premiered three years later on 20 October 1976 at Cinema I in New York, on 21 October 1976 at Fox Wilshire in Beverly Hills, and at Warner West End Cinema in London two weeks later. It was accompanied by a soundtrack album of the same name.
On the morning of 20 July 1973, during the band’s concert tour of the US, Peter Grant made contact with American-born director Joe Massot. Massot was already known to Grant as he and his wife had moved into a house in Berkshire in 1970, where they made friends with their neighbours, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and his girlfriend Charlotte Martin. Grant had previously turned down offers by Massot to make a film of the band, but with the huge success of the band’s current tour, Grant changed his mind and offered him the job of director. As Grant recalled:
“It all started in the Sheraton Hotel, Boston. We’d talked about a film for years and Jimmy had known Joe Massot was interested – so we called them and over they came. It was all very quickly arranged”.
Musical highlights of the film include “Black Dog,” “Dazed and Confused,” “Stairway to Heaven,” “Whole Lotta Love,” and “Rain Song,” performed live at Madison Square Garden.
Director: Peter Clifton, Joe Massot
Cast: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones
Rating: PG
Runtime: 2 hours 17 mins
Released: 1976
Format: Blu Ray
Audio: 5.1 Surround
Accessibility: Z-Screen subtitles
Visit: https: songremainsthesame.com

Juneteenth in Natick
2025-06-19 10:30 - 15:00 | Natick Common
The Natick Historical Society and Natick is United will co-host a community reading of Frederick Douglass’ powerful 1852 speech, “What to a Slave is the 4th of July?” at 10:30 AM on Natick Common. Historian and Natick resident, Brenna Greer, will offer an introduction to the speech and facilitate dialogue afterwards. Do you want to be a reader? Sign up here.
The afternoon continues with Natick Center Cultural District’s Juneteenth event on Natick Common from 12:00 – 3:00 PM. There will be delicious food, fun activities, and musical performances by Drum Nomads, Crocodile River Music and Squeezebox Stompers. All are welcome!
Booths by
Black Lives Belong
Bucky Lew Alliance – spreading awareness about Basketball’s first Black professional, Bucky Lew
Natick Center Cultural District
Natick For Black Lives Matter MetroWest
Natick is United
SPARK Kindness
Food
Baha Mexican
Kona Ice
Mig’s Dogs
Say Cheese Food Truck
ASL Interpreting Services will be available during the event.

Skerryvore
2025-06-19 20:00 - 22:30 | The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN), 14 Summer Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Three-time winners of Scotland’s ‘Live Act of the Year’ award, Skerryvore have evolved from their humble beginnings to become one of the country’s leading forces in a thriving live music scene. At the forefront of a movement that has reinvented and reignited a traditional Scottish scene for a modern, multicultural audience, the band have brought their high energy performances to audiences across the globe. From their early days in Scottish West Coast halls and bars, to festival crowds in the USA, Canada, Australia and throughout the UK and Europe, Skerryvore’s wide range of influences and talent produce a musically expansive, immersive yet intimate set that excites and captivates audiences.
With a mix of bagpipes, fiddles, accordions, and whistles, alongside guitar and vocals, underpinned by driving bass, drums and keys, Skerryvore represent the best in contemporary Scottish traditional music. Their now 7 studio albums demonstrate the wide range of influences the individual musicians bring to the mix – a unique fusion of folk, trad, pop and rock.
Three singles from the latest album ‘Tempus’, released in April 2023, all featured on the BBC Radio 2 new music playlist, and the album went to number 1 in both the Official Scottish Album and UK Folk Albums charts, and entered the top 40 in the Official UK Charts. Skerryvore took their Tempus Tour to audiences across the UK, Europe and USA, with their unique fusion appealing to a wider mix of age groups and tastes.
Visit: skerryvore.com

Ice Cream Festival: Scoopapalooza 2025
2025-06-21 11:30 - 15:00 | Natick Common
The Charles River Rotary Club, www.crrclub.org, invites you to Scoopapalooza, an ice cream festival raising funds and awareness for important youth scholarship programs as well as local and international non-profits.
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Natick Common
11:30am – 3:00pm

Awaken: The Music of YES
2025-06-21 20:00 - 22:30 | The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN), 14 Summer Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
YES music – the way you remember it.
By combining elements from the original studio recordings along with the inspirational power of past live Yes performances, Awaken provides a truly authentic and dramatic musical experience that will impress even the most critical and passionate Yesfans.
Every song is researched, analyzed and dissected to create arrangements combining elements of the original studio material with the most powerful and beloved live performances from Yes’ Golden Age.
Each AWAKEN set is crafted to take the concertgoer on a specific journey: be it a selection of hits and fan favorites, or a specific album or theme. Accompanying the live shows are custom created HD videos played behind the band (at venues that provide screen projection). And AWAKEN brings state of the art sound quality to each show, by providing direct audio signals to venue soundboards and eliminating all stage volume. AWAKEN uses no amps, nor requires stage monitors.
Visit: awakenyestribute.com

Digital Wellbeing Workshops: Promoting Adolescent Wellbeing
2025-06-23 13:00 - 15:00 | Wellesley College
The Youth Media and Research Lab at Wellesley College is pleased to offer a free STEM workshop for girls and allies 11-15 focused on digital wellbeing and media literacy. This engaging, hands-on session will explore how technology intersects with mental health, online presence, and digital balance—while fostering curiosity and confidence through interactive STEM activities.
Online: June 23-27, 1:00-3:00 PM
In Person: Monday, July 21, 10:00 AM-3:00 PM
More information can be found here: https://www.wcwonline.org/Active-Projects/early-adolescents-social-technology-use-2 you may also send inquiry emails to: youthmediawellbeing@wconline.org

Virtual: “Dead End Road” with True Crime Author E.C. Hanson
2025-06-23 19:00 - 20:00
In June 1977, Renee Freer, nicknamed Giggles, went out to play with her friends. A few hours later, she was found bludgeoned to death with a rock. In a true crime book unlike most others, E.C. Hanson stumbles upon an unsolved murder case that haunted his former stepfather. Unable to get specifics from the old and new guard of detectives, Hanson forges ahead, mining what he can from previously released articles and people who lived in the neighborhood at the time. An unusual yet passionate text, Dead End Road honors Renee Freer’s memory and asks “how will you help?”
Join us for this conversation with E.C. Hanson as he discusses this book, his research, and his goal in pursuing this cold case.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and is in collaboration with the Chelmsford, Groton, and Tewksbury Libraries and is in partnership with a multitude of MA & NH libraries.
Register here for the Zoom link
RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

Big Bubbles with Mr. Vinny the Bubble Guy
2025-06-24 16:00 - 16:45 | Bacon Free Library – 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States
Kick off Summer Reading with some running, jumping, and bubble-popping fun! With his giant, homemade bubble wands, Mr. Vinny gets kids and adults involved in bubble chasing games. Silly, interactive entertainment for all ages!
This program will be held outdoors at the Bacon Free Library. If it rains, the fun will move to the Morse Institute Library and Mr. Vinny will share his shadow puppet show instead.

The Ballad of Wallis Island
2025-06-24 19:30 - 2025-06-29 16:00 | The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN), 14 Summer Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
The Ballad of Wallis Island follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island. Charles, the world’s biggest fan of now-defunct indie folk band McGwyer Mortimer, dreams of getting his favorite musicians (Tom Basden & Carey Mulligan) back together. His fantasy turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.
Director: James Griffiths
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Tim Key, Tom Basden, Sian Clifford, Akemnji Ndifornyen
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 1 hour 39 mins
Released: April 18, 2025
Format: DCP (2:39 SCOPE)
Audio: 7.1 Surround
Accessibility: Z-Screen subtitles, Audio Description (headphones), Assisted Listening (headphones)
Visit: Movie Website

2025 Natick Nights!
2025-06-26 17:00 - 20:00 | Natick Common
(Updated June 23)
Join us for a fantastic evening of food, shopping, and family-friendly entertainment in the vibrant Natick Center Cultural District! Sponsored by Drink Dion’s Wine, Spirits & Market.
Beer Garden on Common Street: Featuring drinks from Jack’s Abby, Lookout Farm, and Stateside Vodka/Surfside Vodka Teas
On Natick Common:
Featuring:

Musical Guest The Max Klau Band
Balloon Art with Jonah’s Twisters, Close Up Magic with Theodore Rorschach & Face Painting with Imagine That
Food from Amir’s Natural Foods, Baha Mexican, The Cravery, Kids Connect Pizza by-the-Slice, Kona Ice, Mig’s Dogs, & Say Cheese

Plus:

Abodio: Natick’s newest start up that caters to homeowners trying to simplify homeownership with a digital home management platform and in person handyman services
Bach to Rock will be bringing out multiple instruments for kids and families of all ages to try!
Bloom and Grow Creative: Join local craft studio and play space, Bloom and Grow Creative, for free sensory play and a hands-on craft activity—perfect for young and young at heart to explore and create while enjoying all of what makes Natick Nights so special!
Boston Body Pilates: Private & group training for all ages and fitness levels. We offer Pilates mat, reformer, tower & chair privates & group classes. Stop by our table for promotional items.
Citizen’s Bank: Stop by our table for some fun giveaways, and scan our QR code to enter to win concert tickets through citizens live.
Danforth Art Museum and Art School: Stop by our table to learn more about our programs and make some art!
Family Promise Metrowest: FPM works with families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Visit our table to learn more, find out how you can get involved, and let the kids enjoy a fun craft while you’re there!
GEO Afterschool: Come to our table for Challah Making and information about our afterschool! All supplies will be provided including a vegan dough and pans for taking home.
GrowWithGuidance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering high school students through mentorship. Participate in fun activities while learning about how you can help support our mission.
Little Sprouts – Early education and childcare. Drop by our table and make a nature-based craft!
MetroWest Physician Services and MetroWest Medical Center: Providing continuity of care for all stages and ages of life. Stop by our table for a a blood pressure clinic and information.
The Natick Community Organic Farm: We will have information about the Farm as well as a Farm-based free craft activity that will be appropriate for all ages.
Natick Health Department: Stop by to learn more about the Natick Health Department and our community resources! Free giveaways and youth-friendly activities will be provided.
Natick Outdoor Store: Come to our table for fun games, stickers, tattoos and giveaways.
Natick Service Council: Join NSC in a fun family craft & learn how we can all help share our mission of neighbors helping neighbors.
New England Sci-Tech: Space Science & Robotics. Launch an air-powered paper rocket, hold a rock from Outer Space, and get a selfie with R2D2 the Star Wars Robot!
Nurture Haven Nannies: Visit our sensory station, bubbles and safety kits for families.
Poppin Beans Children’s Books: Selling children books with ethnic characters for all families to enjoy & playing Earth Bingo. All Poppin Beans Books will be 10% off.
Pretty Esthetics Beauty Bar: Selling permanent jewelry / custom-sized jewelry (14kt solid and gold blend bracelets, necklaces, anklets, rings and belly chains)
ReadyMED: ReadyMED Plus in Natick offers walk-in care 7 days a week from 9am-8pm. Bring your favorite stuffed animal for a checkup at our Teddy Bear Clinic at Natick Nights!
Sound & Spirit: Sound & Spirit is a nonprofit, intergenerational choir, welcoming both aspiring and accomplished musicians of all ages. Stop by our table for coloring pages and bubbles!
Spark Kindness: Say hello to the Spark team, pick up resources, and learn about upcoming programs for parents, caregivers and the community! Celebrate love + kindness + community + connection with a free, fun craft activity for all ages!
TCAN:Within a historic firehouse in Natick center, TCAN connects hundreds of artists with thousands of patrons each year. From top-tier concerts, movies and community theater, to family programs, gallery exhibits and arts education workshops, TCAN provides access to the arts and a cultural center to the MetroWest region.
Temple Israel of Natick: Say hello to your neighbors and friends at Temple Israel of Natick. Celebrating 80 years of serving the Natick community.
Ten Trees Books will be hosting Find Waldo Local, an exciting month-long scavenger hunt to find Waldo in twenty-five participating local businesses.
Twirling Bird Creative: Take home a painting kit from Twirling Bird Creative and use our unique screen-printed canvas designs to begin your artistic journey. we will have posters of our unique design with washable paint sticks for kids to color in during the event.
United Home Experts: United Home Experts is a local, family-owned exterior home remodeling company. Stop by our table to play some fun games and a chance to win a prize!

Activities Off the Common:

Drink Dion’s: Come by the store at 4 South Ave for a free wine tasting.
First Congregational Church: – Love Is (Still) Louder Join local leaders, neighbors and members of area houses of worship as we stand in support of our LGBTQIA+ community. Pride swag, and art project, and blessings-to-go! (2 E Central St)
Paper Fiesta & Hedgehog Belly Designs: Celebrate creativity and color at Paper Fiesta with a drop-in rainbow bracelet-making activity during Natick Nights! Whether you’re making one for yourself or as a gift, it’s a joyful way to show your colors and support Pride in Natick. Free, family-friendly, and full of sparkle—come craft with us! Bracelets are $5 all proceeds will benefit OUT Metrowest.
St. Paul’s Natick: As you stroll around town on June 26th for Natick Nights, swing by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (across the Crosswalk from our friends at FCC!) for crafts, music, conversation, and a joyful atmosphere of celebrating Pride as neighbors!
Morse Institute Library Lawn: Celebrate Pride with Library swag, lawn games, and arts & crafts.

Natick Nights! Special Offers:

Baylee Bee – 10% off all jewelry for June 26th Natick Nights!
Boston Body Pilates – First month of membership 50% Off – use code NATICKNIGHTS, Class Cards 30% off – use code SAVE30
Uni-T – 10% discount on any single item (excluding clothing) with the Uni-T Natick Night Special. Remember to mention it when you make your purchase!
Planted Collective – 25% off all Pride merchandise & fabulous giveaways!

Public bathrooms are located at Natick Town Hall & the Morse Institute Library
Limited spaces are still available on Natick Common. If you’d like to host a table for June 26th or Natick Nights! in July & August, please apply HERE.

Firefall
2025-06-26 20:00 - 22:30 | The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN), 14 Summer Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Firefall is an American country rock band that formed in Boulder, Colorado, in 1974. Their radio hits include “You Are the Woman”, “Just Remember I Love You”, “Strange Way”, “Cinderella”, “Headed for a Fall”, and “Staying with It”.
50 years after their debut, founder Jock Bartley and the gang are still going strong, touring the world and bringing their music to the fans. The band was founded by Rick Roberts, former member of the Flying Burrito Brothers, and Jock Bartley, who had been Tommy Bolin’s replacement in Zephyr. Other members have included Mark Andes, Larry Burnett, David Muse, and Michael Clarke, the latter also formerly of the Flying Burrito Brothers and an original member of the Byrds.
Visit: officialfirefall.com
Generously Sponsored by:

Professor Bugman’s Insect Safari
2025-06-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Bacon Free Library – 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States
Come to the Bacon Free Library to explore the arthropod biodiversity outside in your own community with a real entomologist! Professor Bugman will bring the equipment and expertise; you bring the curiosity!
Geared toward ages 4-12. Registration is required.
If it rains, this program will be held indoors at the Morse Institute Library.
Registration is required for each child attending.

Jon Butcher Axis
2025-06-28 20:00 - 22:30 | The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN), 14 Summer Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Grammy-nominated guitarist and New England Music Hall of Famer Jon Butcher created a signature sound unlike anyone else. His powerful soul-infused vocals and his guitar work reflect a skillful mix of Rock and R&B, Funk and Soul, Jazz and Americana, all of it focused through a prism built from the Blues. Jon’s powerhouse live performances with bandmates Chris Martin ( bass), Marty Richards (drums) are electrifying and not surprisingly playing to packed venues everywhere.
Jon Butcher’s newest recording NUTHIN’ but SOUL is classic R&B inflected Roots music, at once fresh and familiar. It’s also Jon’s best songwriting to date. “I love the blues – Otis Rush, Freddie King, and the soul of Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett. That music represented a chaotic time in America. It also produced some of the most memorable music the world had seen. That for me was the eternal groove. Nuthin but SOUL rides that groove.”
This is Jon Butcher’s signature album, rich in cinematic stories and intense in raw performances by Jon and his cast of players.
Visit: jonbutcher.com

Drop-In Plein Air Art Studio
2025-06-30 13:30 - 16:00 | Bacon Free Library – 58 Eliot Street Natick, MA 01760 United States
Join Natick landscape artist Barbara Levine this summer for drop-in plein air (outdoors in natural light) painting on the grounds of the Bacon Free Library. (Other locations may be considered as well.)
All levels of painters, and all mediums are welcome. Supplies will not be provided, so please bring your own equipment including: easels, paints, brushes, any solvents or mediums used, painting surfaces, paper towels, drinking water, hats, garbage bags, sunscreen and good humor.
Barbara will be on hand to offer suggestions during this recurring 2-hour program. Come to as many sessions as you like and please arrive by 1:30pm in order to have time to set up. Please register for the sessions you will be attending, so that we have an idea of how many artists to expect each week and so we may contact you if the program is canceled due to inclement weather.
This program is for adults only.
Please register in advance.
