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  • Mosaic Coasters @ AML

    Acton Memorial Library Meeting Room (1st floor) 486 Main Street, Acton, MA, United States

    Sign up on the program page on our website here! Join for some chatting, music, and crafting!

  • Acton Exchange All-Hands Meeting

    Acton Exchange All-Hands Meeting
    ActonTV offices 16a Craig Road, Acton, MA, United States +1 more

    The Acton Exchange team holds monthly meetings that are open to our active volunteers and anyone who might want to become a volunteer. If you have an Acton connection and want to contribute to independent community journalism in our town, it is likely that the AE has a role for you, whatever your skill sets and interests might be. Each meeting begins with an opportunity to learn what has been going on at the Acton Exchange, followed by an opportunity to improve our journalism skills. Meetings are either  hybrid (in-person or zoom) or zoom-only.   For this month's venue and

  • Acton COA Presents: Reminiscing Round Table: 20th Century Review 1980-1989 with Dawn Gomez

    Acton Senior Center 30 Sudbury Road Rear, Acton, MA

    Our journey continues and this month we will be discussing the 1980’s. Life in the United States during that decade had an undeniable sense of momentum. Many people enjoyed a booming economy, rising consumer culture, and the excitement of rapid technological change. Personal computers were  beginning to enter homes, cable TV expanded entertainment options, and pop culture thrived.  But the 80’s also carried serious challenges. Economic gains were uneven and many communities faced widening inequality. The AIDS crisis devastated countless lives. Even the cultural energy of the decade came with pressure—materialism, intense competition, and a sense that success was measured by consumption.

    Free

  • Library and Friends of Pine Hawk: “Tahattawan’s World” author talk

    Acton Memorial Library Meeting Room (1st floor) 486 Main Street, Acton, MA, United States

    Who were the Indians who lived in the Acton area before the English arrived? It is widely understood that this band, led by their sachem Tahattawan, transferred Musketaquid/Concord to the English in the 1630s, adopted Christianity, settled down nearby at Nashobah/Littleton, endured rough handling during King Philip’s War in the 1670s, and then merged into the general diaspora of Christian Indians in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Local historian Brent Ranalli has undertaken a fresh, close reading of the source documents from the seventeenth century for a new book project.  This talk presents some of his findings, enhancing our understanding of

    Free

  • Acton Community Band Concert

    Dragonfly Theater (RJ Grey Jr HS) 16 Charter Road, Acton, MA

    The Acton Community Band will be playing songs from famous animated films, shorts, and shows. Come hear some of your favorites and test your knowledge!  

    Free

  • Proscenium Circus presents Disney’s Descendants

    Acton Boxborough Regional High School 36 Charter Road, Acton, MA

    Audiences of all ages are invited to join us for Disney’s Descendants! Based on the popular Disney Channel Original Movies, Disney's Descendants: The Musical is a brand-new musical jam-packed with comedy, adventure, Disney characters, and hit songs from the films! Tickets available at abdrama.org.  

  • Theatre III: Nice Work If You Can Get It

    Theatre III: Nice Work If You Can Get It
    Theatre III 250 Central St., Acton

    A fun and joyous comedy musical, Nice Work If You Can Get It thrusts us into a light-hearted version of the Prohibition era, complete with bootleggers, socialites, chorus girls, and a vice squad, all set to the amazing songs of George and Ira Gershwin. Highlights from the score include “Fascinating Rhythm,” “Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off,” “Someone To Watch Over Me,” “Sweet and Low Down,” “Delishious,” and the title song.

    $10 – $30

  • Acton Garden Club annual plant sale

    The Red House 468 Main Street, Acton, MA

    The Acton Garden Club will hold its Annual Plant Sale on Saturday, May 16th. Come early for the best selections of Annuals, Perennials, Native Plants, House Plants and locally grown herbs, vegetables, shrubs, and trees. Take advantage of our Master Gardeners for answers to all your gardening questions.  Visit our Resource Table for information on topics ranging from Ticks, Garlic Mustard and Managing Invasive to Natives, Gardening Tips and Membership. Proceeds of the Annual Garden Sale support our community, through scholarships for graduating ABRHS seniors, maintaining town gardens and planters, and educational programs for the community and club members.

  • Library: Mosaic Coasters @ West

    West Acton Citizens' Library 21 Windsor Avenue, Acton

    Sign up on the program page on our website here! Join for some chatting, music, and crafting!

  • Proscenium Circus presents Disney’s Descendants

    Acton Boxborough Regional High School 36 Charter Road, Acton, MA

    Audiences of all ages are invited to join us for Disney’s Descendants! Based on the popular Disney Channel Original Movies, Disney's Descendants: The Musical is a brand-new musical jam-packed with comedy, adventure, Disney characters, and hit songs from the films! Tickets available at abdrama.org.  

  • South Acton Mill Walking Tour

    Faulkner House 5 High Street, Acton

    Join tour guide Amy Cole for a walking tour of South Acton’s historic Mill Corner. You will learn about Acton’s earliest colonial settlement and its development into a hub of industry and commerce, while also learning about the people, the places and the practices that shaped our town’s, as well as our nation’s, history. Space is limited and registration is required. Register at: tinyurl.com/May16-Acton250. Registrants will be emailed parking and meeting details

    Free