October 12, 13, 14, 2018

“What’s Happening”

October 12, 13, 14, 2018

12, 13, 14, Friday, Saturday, Sunday – Theatre at the Mount presents Neil Simon’s Rumors, 8:00 p.m. Fri and Sat.; 2:00 Sunday, 444 Green St., Gardner MA – The action is set in a large home just outside of New York City. As the guests arrive to celebrate the tenth wedding anniversary of the deputy mayor and his wife, they find he is in bed with a gunshot wound and she is missing, and so if the kitchen staff. The story gets bigger, weirder, and more hysterical with each arriving guest in a frothy mix of cover-ups, deceptions, and mistaken identities. It’s what Neil Simon does best, creating great characters and making the mundane…insane! For tickets visit mwcc.edu. 

12, 13 Friday and Saturday – 35^thAnnual AppleFest at Wachusett Mountain, 10:00-5:00, Our most popular fall festival celebration including over 150 craft exhibitors, a farmer’s market, kids entertainment, and peak fall foliage viewing from the SkyRide. Also enjoy live music, Apple Pie Baking and Eating Contests, and more family entertainment. Coming from Boston? Take the Free Shuttle service from Boston! For a list of vendors and a schedule of events visit wachusett.com.

13, Saturday – Ashburnham Conservation Trust presents, Moose Jam 2018! 2:00-6:00, at The Fitchburg Sportsmen’s Club, Rt. 289 Rindge State Rd., (Rt. 119), Ashburnham – Performances by The Darlings, featuring Johnny Girouard; Honky Tonk Hangover, and Jane Fallon. Cornhole tournaments, raffles, snacks, cash bar, and more. Free Parking. For tickets and more information visit ashburnhamconservationtrust.org.

12, 13, 14, Friday, Saturday, Sunday – Weekends at the Farm at Hollis Hills – Friday, 7:00-10:00 p.m., Evan Foisy performs; Saturday from 2:00-5:00, The Maniac Loves You performs, and Sunday from 12:00-3:00 Sean Daley performs. Along with live music there will be PYO apples and pumpkins, homemade cider donuts, bar and kitchen, and a whole lot more! For more information visit hollishillsfarm.com.

12, 13, Friday and Saturday – Athol Lions Club presents the 20^thAnnual Haunted Hayrides, 5:45-10:00 p.m., Silver Lake Playground, Pequoig Ave., Athol, MA –Family-friendly, tractor-pulled hayrides around the perimeter of Silver Lake to view various Halloween-themed skits put on by Club members and other volunteers. It is one of the Athol Lions Club’s major FUNdraisers held during the year to support various local charities and causes. Food and beverages will be for sale. For more information visit e-clubhouse.org.

12, 13, 14, Friday, Saturday and Sunday – Great Pumpkin Nights at the Ecotarium! 6:00-9:00 p.m., 222 Harrington Way, Worcester MA -Celebrate Halloween at the EcoTarium’s annual family-friendly Great Pumpkin Festival! Wander the EcoTarium grounds to see striking funkin displays of dinosaurs, safari animals and more. Inside, enjoy the museum’s fascinating exhibits while also getting to trick-or-treat. Don’t forget your costume!

Friendly Halloween costumes are encouraged! Bring a flashlight to light your way at night and be sure to dress for the weather. This event takes place rain or shine. 

Proceeds benefit EcoTarium. No passes, coupons, or discounts, including the EBT program, apply. Great Pumpkin Festival is a special event to support the museum. For tickets and more information visit ecotarium.org.

13, Saturday – Peak into Peterborough 2018, The Monadnock Region’s Quintessential Fall Festival! 10:00-4:00, Downtown Peterborough, NH – Horse-drawn Hay Rides, Live Music in Putnam Park, Food and Crafter’s Fair in Memorial Park, and a whole lot more! For a list of vendors and more information visit peterboroughchamber.com.

12, 13, Friday and Saturday - Old Sturbridge Village Apple and Agriculture Days, 9:30-4:00 - Celebrate the harvest and the beautiful New England autumn at the peak of fall color. Learn how food makes its way from the farm to the dining room table. Meet our oxen and see multiple guest teams (October 6 – 8 only) demonstrate plowing and field preparation.

Join our costumed interpreters as they harvest apples, potatoes, carrots, and beets, conduct garden, and root cellar tours and discuss food preparation, thresh and winnow grain, and shell corn and beans. One of the most popular items of the fall harvest is apples. In New England, cider making is to autumn what maple sugaring is to spring. However, 19th-century farmers would not recognize the sweet cider we enjoy from farm stands today. Cider in the 1800s was not merely the apple juice, but was fermented “squeezings” from apples, which meant the cider would keep through the spring planting, summer heat and into the harvesting of the next apple season. Throughout the day, our interpreters will be cooking and preserving this special fall fruit and operating the ox-powered Cider Mill. For more information visit osv.org.

14, Sunday – A Celebration of Cider and Music at Old Sturbridge Village, 11:00-4:00, This year Old Sturbridge Village is pleased to announce its first Celebration of Cider and Music Festival. Building on our popular craft beer festival in July, we plan to showcase hard cider as part of our fall Apple and Agriculture Days. Along with these tastings we will feature several musical acts at multiple stages throughout the event. With paid admission (or an active membership or season pass) to Old Sturbridge Village our guests (who are 21 and older and have shown a valid ID) will be given coupons to sample offerings (2 oz. pour) from 6 of their favorite ciders participating at the festival. They will also have the opportunity to purchase additional sample tickets (6 for $7) or full pours ($7) of each of the ciders featured in the festival. Those with free passes to the Village may purchase sample tickets for $7. While guests enjoy the ciders and tunes they can also tour our historic village learning the importance of cider in early New England and visit our working 19th-century cider mill. For more information visit osv.org.

11, 12, 13, 14, Thursday-Sunday - Brattleboro Literary Festival, 2018, 9:00-6:00, - Brattleboro Literary Festival is a 4-day event held in downtown Brattleboro VT. This event is a celebration of those who read books, those who write books, and of the books themselves. The Festival includes readings, panel discussions, and special events, featuring emerging and established authors. For a schedule of events visit brattleboroliteraryfestival.org.

14, Sunday – Frederick Piano Collection presents Stephen Porter on Piano, 4:00 p.m., Ashburnham Community Church, 84 Main St., Ashburnham – Mr. Porter will be performing Spirituel, the Music of Franz Liszt (1811-1886). For tickets and more information visit frederickcollection.org.

October 4-8, 2018

Fine Art by Mary Iselin

“What’s Happening”

October 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2018

4, Thursday - 3^rdAnnual Cannoli Festival in Leominster, 5:00-9:00, Monument Square (downtown Leominster), Hosted by Leominster Community Development - Cannoli vendors include: Aunty Ellen’s, Cape Cod Cannoli, The GazBar Sports Grill, Joni’s Cannolis, Joyce’s Pies and Bakery, Roma’s Bakery, Stillman Farm, Uncle Joey’s Cannoli, Wholly Cannoli, and more. Live entertainment. 

4-8, Thursday-Monday – Columbus Day Ski and Snowboard Sale and Swap at Wachusett Mountain, 499 Mountain Rd., Princeton, MA – Thursday and Friday 12-8; Sat.-Mon. 10-5 - Bring in your used equipment to sell for cash or Wachusett credit, then grab something new, or at least new to you while you’re here! Enjoy craft veers outside along with a BBQ and live music! There’s even a moonbounce in the kids ski slope learning area. For more information visit wachusett.com.

4, Thursday – Free First Thursdays at Fitchburg Art Museum, 3:00-7:00 with a guided tour at 4:30, 185 Elm St., Fitchburg MA – For more information visit fitchburgartmuseum.org.

5, Friday – Climb Watatic, hosted by Ashburnham Walks, 3:00-6:00, Climb to our highest peak in town and take a peek at the beauty of the area. Bring water and flashlights. Friendly dogs on leashes are welcome. We will meet at the parking lot on Rt. 119. Led by Garry Sager.

5, Friday – Lanni Orchards Corn Maze after Dark,6:00-9:00 p.m. 294 Chase Rd., Lunenburg, MA – Thought it was a challenge when the sun was out? Try it in the dark on Friday nights in October. Bring a flashlight! Campfires will be ready for s’mores! For more information visit lanniorchards.com

5, 6, Friday and Saturday – Theatre at the Mount presents Neil Simon’s Rumors, 8:00 p.m., 444 Green St., Gardner MA – The action is set in a large home just outside of New York City. As the guests arrive to celebrate the tenth wedding anniversary of the deputy mayor and his wife, they find he is in bed with a gunshot wound and she is missing, and so if the kitchen staff. The story gets bigger, weirder, and more hysterical with each arriving guest in a frothy mix of cover-ups, deceptions, and mistaken identities. It’s what Neil Simon does best, creating great characters and making the mundane…insane! For tickets visit mwcc.edu. Repeats October 12, 13, at 8:00 and October 14 at 2:00 p.m. 

6, 7, 8, Saturday, Sunday, Monday – Fall Festival at Hollis Hills Farm, 340 Marshall Rd., Fitchburg - Hollis Hills is excited to host their annual Fall Fest! A weekend of celebrating all things autumn, the festival activities will run Saturday, Sunday & Monday 11-4. N0 admission price! Live music throughout the day! 

9: 00 store opens for pyo apples/pumpkins, hot cider donuts, retail sales, etc.
11:00: Bar, kitchen, ice cream open, hay rides begin {$3 tractor led, $5 horse drawn}, face painting, pumpkin painting 
11:30-3:30- Pony rides4:00: Activities end
6:00 Ice cream, retail and bar/kitchen close 

6, 7, 8, Saturday, Sunday, Monday – Fall Harvest Festival at Sholan Farms, 10:00-4:00, 1125 Pleasant St., Leominster, MA  - Join us Columbus Day Weekend for our Annual Harvest Festival. Fun for the whole family! Wagon rides, food trucks, live entertainment, 50/50 raffle, kids games, cider donuts, make your own scarecrow, farm animals, and of course APPLE PICKING!   

6, 7, 8, Saturday, Sunday, Monday – Columbus Weekend Festival at Lanni Orchards, 8:00-6:00, 294 Chase Rd., Lunenburg MA – PYO apples, pumpkins and grapes; FREE hayrides, Wizard of Corn Maze, Playland with Bouncy House, Caramel Apples, Snack Shack, Desserts, Crafts, Cider Donuts and Cotton Candy, Face Painting on Sunday from 12-4, Admission is free but individual activities have a fee. For more information visit lanniorchards.com

6,7, 8, Saturday, Sunday, Monday – Monadnock Art Annual Open Studio Art Tour– 10-5, Monadnock Art presents the Art Tour each October during the peak of colorful fall foliage season in southwestern New Hampshire. The Tour is self-directed, and it’s free for the interested public. Art lovers from all over New England, and beyond, enjoy touring the beautiful countryside, following the distinctive Art Tour signs, and discovering the often tucked-away places where artists work. For a downloadable map and more information visit monadnockart.org.

6, 7, 8, Saturday, Sunday, Monday – Paradise City Arts Festival, 54 Old Ferry Rd., Northampton MA  - 250 outstanding artists and makers from every corner of America travel to Northampton for 3 days of astounding visual arts, eye-popping designs, scrumptious food, lively music and special events. The Festival is held inside 3 large, airy Exhibition Buildings connected by covered walkways and under the 12,000 square foot Festival Dining Tent. This sprawling, thrilling showcase for the arts in an experience like no other-beautiful, unique, festive and fun! For hours and a list of artists visit festivals.paradisecityarts.com.

6, Saturday – Opening Reception for Christopher Di Nunzio at Creative Connections, 56 Main St., Ashburnham – 12:00-2:00, Christopher Di Nunzio was born and raised in Boston to a working-class Italian-American family. He is a director/photographer known for his films, “A Life Not to Follow” and “Delusion”. His lifelong passion for cinema inspired his decision to attend film classes at Mass College of Art and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, as well as photography classes at New England School of Photography. 

7, Sunday – Frederick Historic Piano Collection presents, Jerilyn Jorgensen on violin and Cullan Bryant on piano, performing Beethoven Sonatas for Piano and Violin, 4:00 p.m., Ashburnham Community Church, 84 Main St., Ashburnham, - Admission $15.00/adults; Children and Students/ $5.00. For more information visit frederickcollection.org.