“What’s
Happening”
April 29,
30, May 1
30 -
Saturday, May Day Celebration at the Templeton Fish and Game Club, 8:00
a.m.-5:00 p.m. Make May baskets and Dance around the May Pole. Admission $2.00
– 200 Club Rd., E. Templeton MA - www.templetonfishandgame.org.
30, Saturday
– Primrose Show at Tower Hill Botanic Garden – 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Most people probably know Primroses as the
ubiquitous potted plants with bright pastel flowers that land in every garden
center and grocery store in February and March to brighten winter’s darkest days.
However, few gardeners are aware of the amazing versatility in the genus
Primula, and the wonderful contribution these plants can make to the home
landscape.
There are actually more than 450 species of Primula
in the wild, ranging in height from a few millimeters to over a meter tall, and
their flowers can be red, blue-purple, yellow, white, and all shades in
between. They are attractive to gardeners for their early spring bloom and
adaptability to garden and greenhouse cultivation. Many are especially adaptable
to shade and rock garden environments. 10am–2pm and 3:30–5pm: Plant sales
10:30am–5pm: View the judged Primula exhibition
2–3:30pm: Lecture “From Early Beginnings”, Ian Christie, Christie’s Nursery,
Kirriemuir, Scotland – 11 French Dr., Boylston MA 508-869-6111 www.towerhillbg.org
30 –
Saturday, Spring Fling Dinner Dance with Vappu Flavor – 5:30
p.m.-8:00 p.m. “Vappu” is a national spring holiday in Finland for students (in their
white caps) and workers, who celebrate with brightly colored balloons,
pom-poms, noise makers, whistles, etc., making for a carnival- or festival-like
atmosphere. A fun night is planned for Saturday, April 30, at the Finnish
Center at Saima Park, with appetizers at 6, a smorgasbord of hot and cold
dinner selections at 7, and dancing to the music of the Central Mass Accordion
Club until 10 p.m. Tickets are $15.00. Bruce Blais will offer a pre-party
dance lesson at 5:30. Reserve by calling Mauri or Laila at 978-827-4387 or emailing
mlauvinen@aol.com.
Saima Park is located at 67 Scott Rd. in Fitchburg.
30, 1 – Saturday and
Sunday - Art Workshop: Introduction to Digital Photography with Norm Eggert – 10:00
a.m.-4:00p.m. Fruitlands Museum - Learn how to take pictures like a pro! Photographer
Norm Eggert leads beginning and intermediate students through the essentials
for capturing stunning pictures in the two-day introductory digital photography
workshop. Students will learn some basic concepts needed to take great
photographs: composition, lighting, and balance as well as key features of a
DSLR camera. Students will then venture out into the Fruitlands campus to
photograph the grounds and learn to see with a photographer's eye through
one-on-one coaching and group tutorials. At the end of day two, students will
share their best works in a group critique that will include tips for
exercising newly acquired skills after the workshop is complete. Space is
limited. To register, contact programming@fruitlands.org
or
call (978) 456-3924, ext. 239. www.fruitlands.org
30, Saturday – Cinco
de Mayo Rail Jam at Wachusett Mountain Ski Area- 11:00 a.m. – 4:00
p.m. Join us for
the 4th Annual Cinco de Mayo Rail
Jam. This epic event gives skiers and riders one more chance to dazzle
on the rails before summer break finally kicks in. $10.00- www.wachusett.com
30, Saturday – Arbor
Day Celebration at Garden in the Woods, 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
180 Hemenway Rd., Framingham, - Come to Garden in the
Woods for a family day to celebrate native trees. There will be children’s
games, art projects, guided tours, tree-climbing demonstrations, an arborist
truck, workshops on planting and pruning, and a native plant sale. Five hundred
trees will be given away, on a first-come, first-served basis. Adults age
18-64, $12; seniors, $9; youth age 3-17, $6. 508-877-7630 www.newenglandwild.org
1, Sunday –
Historical Piano Concert featuring Randall Love, - 4:00 p.m.-5:00
p.m. Historical Piano Concert featuring Randall Love, piano, at Ashburnham
Community Church, 84 Main Street (Rte.12) Ashburnham. Preludes and fugues by
J.S. Bach, Mozart and Clementi, A Capriccio by Clementi, a Nocturne by Field,
and Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata. Piano by Katholnig, Vienna, c.1805-1810.
Admission $10; children and students, free. Visit frederickcollection.org.
30, 1 Saturday and
Sunday –MET: Elektra, 1:00 p.m. Peterborough Players – Strauss Shortly after conquering
the opera world with his scandalous masterpiece Salome, Richard Strauss turned to Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s recent
adaptation of Sophocles’s Electra
for his next project. The resulting opera is an intense and still-startling
work that unites the commanding impact of Greek tragedy with the unsettling
insights of early-20th-century Freudian psychology. The drama unfolds in a
single act of rare vocal and orchestral power. The genius director Patrice
Chéreau (From the House of the Dead)
didn’t live to see his great Elektra production, previously presented in Aix
and Milan, make it to the stage of the Met. But his overpowering vision lives
on with soprano Nina Stemme — who portrays Elektra’s primal quest. Presented
on-screen in brilliant HD Digital projection and Dolby® Surround Sound. $25.00,
www.peterboroughplayers.org
1, Sunday – New
England Vegfest – 11:00-a.m. – 5:00p.m. DCU Center, Worcester - The New England VegFest is a free
festival that brings the local community together to celebrate vegetarianism:
an animal-friendly, environmentally sustainable, and healthy lifestyle. 50
Foster St., Worcester MA - For more information, visit the website www.newenglandvegfest.com,
508-755-6800, infor@dcucenter.com
1, Sunday – Demo and book signing:
Food, Gift, Love by Maggie Battista, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Tower Hill Botanical Garden,
Maggie Battista, food-gift guru and founder of Eat Boutique, will demonstrate
how to make madeleines, a sweet treat included in her book, Food Gift Love.
She'll also offer creative guidance on how to wrap food gifts with style, just
in time for Mother's Day. Event is free with admission, Pre-registration
required. 11 French Dr., Boylston MA - www.towerhillbg.org
-774-230-7153
