Local Events in Your Area! 

Arlington and surrounding towns such as Medford, Belmont, Lexington, Cambridge and Somerville!

October 2023

9 October | Monday

• Baby-Friendly Matinees at Capitol Theatre

10 October | Tuesday

• Shed Your Stuff the Green Way at Arlington High School
• Robbins – Sing-A-Long at Robbins Library
• English at Large at Robbins Library
• Gentle Yoga and Meditation at Robbins Library
• Citizenship Exam Prep Class at Robbins Library
• Beehive Poetry with Arlington’s Poet Laureate at Robbins Library
• Handbuilding for Beginners/Intermediates at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Drawing Animals at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Tuesday Kids' Clay at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Tuesday Evening Wheel Throwing at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Breathwork Healing with Heidi Huffman at Massage Therapy Works!
• Arlington Democratic Town Committee Meeting at Donut Villa Diner

11 October | Wednesday

• Writers Go Live at Robbins Library
• Robbins – Story Time Ages 3-5 at Robbins Library
• English NOW! Conversation Group at Robbins Library
• Drop-in Tech Help at Robbins Library
• Verses Book Group at Fox Library
• Creativity Lab at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Pieces & Parts: Combining Thrown & Handbuilt Ceramics at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Gouache Painting Studio at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Afternoon Teen Ceramics at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Stop Motion Animation/ Storytelling Through Movement at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Experimental and Expressive Drawing at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Farmers' market at Russell Commons municipal parking lot
• Little Light: At Home at 13Forest
• We Were Famous, You Don’t Remember: The Embarrassment Feature Documentary & Boston Premiere at The Regent Theatre
• Fall Squash Culinary Experience with Guest Chef Katie from Two Aprons Cookery at Wright-Locke Farm

12 October | Thursday

• Gardening for Biodiversity at Gibbs Junior High School
• Fox – Sing-A-Long at Fox Library
• Rainbow Readers Oct. Book Club at Robbins Library
• Family Game Night at Robbins Library
• Reel Queer: Documentary and Discussion at Robbins Library
• Guys Book Group at Fox Library
• Art Explorers: Fall Fun! at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Portrait Drawing/Painting for Teens at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Thursday Kids' Clay at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Learning to Notice the World: Using the Five Senses at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Queer Pottery at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Thursday Night Folk Dancing at Park Avenue Congregational Church
• Thursday Night Live Music Series – Sonya Rae & Ryan Taylor at Menotomy Grill & Tavern
• MRWA Policy Committee Meeting In Person and via Zoom

13 October | Friday

• Houston Bernard & Friends Country Music Night at The Regent Theatre
• Toddler Music Fun at Robbins Library
• Basics of Acrylics at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Friday Kids' Clay at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Landscape Drawing/Painting for Teens at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Hybrid Wheel Throwing/Handbuilding for Beginners/Intermediates at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Landscape Painting/Drawing for Adults at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Tathunandh Magic -- Art, Ardor and Artifice at the Card Table at The Roasted Granola
• How was the MFA's Hokusai exhibition created? via Zoom
• Houston Bernard and Friends at The Regent Theatre
• Mystic River Field Trip TBA
• Las Chicas Artistas Second Reception at Arts at the Armory

14 October | Saturday

• Oktoberfest at The Old Schwamb Mill
• Arlington Fitness Crawl along Arlington Mass.
• Story Time Ages 1-5 at Fox Library
• Rockabye Beats at Robbins Library
• Seiza Sitting-in-Stillness meditation class taught by Buddhist Minister Reverend Miki Nakura at Fox Library
• Rising Star Quilters 34^th Annual Quilt Show at Arlington Town Hall
• In-Person Psychic Readings with Medium Cheryl Bradley at Portal Crystal Gallery
• Nature’s Canvas, A Journey Through Landscapes. Solo art show of local artist at Jefferson Cutter Art Gallery
• 14th Annual…Blues After Hours Honoring the legacy of Mai Cramer at The Regent Theatre
• Concert for the Earth featuring the “Missa Gaia (Earth Mass)” at First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington
• Lexington Conservation Walk at LexFarm
• Sarah Bradlee Fulton Day! at Medford Square's Salem Street Burying Ground
• "Regenerating Life": documentary film challenges current assumptions about climate change at
• Tufts University, Fletcher School, Cabot ASEAN Auditorium
• Malden River Works Stewardship Workshop at Department of Public Works yard by the boat house
• Malden Pride Pedal Picnic Potluck at Evergreen Park
• Harvest Your Energy Festival at Riverbend Park by the Wind Turbine
• Friends of Belle Isle Marsh’s Harvest Festival at Belle Isle Marsh Reservation
• "Rhythm Delivered" by DrumatiX at Julie Ince Thompson Theatre
• Ripley Presents: Youth Open Mic Night at First Congregational Church in Winchester

15 October | Sunday

• PACC Concert Series: Vox Lucens “If Music Be the Food of Love” at Park Avenue Congregational Church
• Friends of Spy Pond Park Work Day at Spy Pond Park
• Shibori Workshop at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Weekend Wheel Throwing at Arlington Center for the Arts
• Polymer Clay Jewelry at Arlington Center for the Arts
• BIPOC Yoga Flow at Wild Ember
• Rising Star Quilters 34^th Annual Quilt Show at Arlington Town Hall
• CHRIS FUNK…Wonderist! An America's Got Talent Finalist at The Regent Theatre
• Rivergreen Park Volunteer Event at Rivergreen Park
• Friends of the Fells 30^th Anniversary Celebration at Greenwood Park
• "Rhythm Delivered" by DrumatiX at Julie Ince Thompson Theatre
• Tween Yoga at Wright-Locke Farm
• Harvest Fest! at Wright-Locke Farm
• Family Musical Yoga! at LexFarm