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| Fine Art by Mary Iselin |
“What’s Happening”
October 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2018
4, Thursday - 3rdAnnual 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
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.
