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January 2025
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration
The West Medford Community Center invites you to its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, "Your Piece of the Dream," at the St. Raphael Church Parish Center. In poetry, music, dance and more, the event will celebrate Dr. King's crucial work as a global advocate for racial equality, peace, and social justice. The keynote speaker will be Celia Johnston Blue, founding member, president and CEO of the Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition. The coalition's framework challenges ethnic, anti-Black racism,…
Find out more »Senior Knitting and Crochet
The Medford Council on Aging presents its weekly knitting and crochet program at the Medford Senior Center. Come make beautiful handmade creations. The program welcomes all levels of experience, from beginners to experts.
Find out more »Play Dough Club (Ages 2-5)
The Medford Public Library hosts its monthly Play Dough Club for ages 2 to 5. Why play dough? Playing with play dough helps young kids develop their hand-eye coordination, creativity, and fine-motor and literacy skills. And sharing tools and colors of dough helps littles with their social skills, too. The library will provide the dough and tools; all you need to bring is your imagination. Registration is not required. All ages are welcome to join, but this program is best…
Find out more »Reading Buddies
The Medford Public Library introduces its new Reading Buddies program for kids. Come practice your reading skills by reading aloud to teen volunteers. Reading Buddies will be available for 30-minute increments and happy to listen to you read whatever book(s) you'd like. Buddies will offer an encouraging ear and will only jump in to help if asked for it. Registration is not required. Please note that you may need to wait for a Buddy on busy afternoons. Reading Buddies will…
Find out more »Cookbook Club: The Moosewood Cookbook
The Medford Public Library continues its monthly Cookbook Club. This month's title is "The Moosewood Cookbook," the 1974 classic by Mollie Katzen. "The Moosewood Cookbook" has inspired generations to cook simple, healthy, and seasonal food. Register for the book club meeting using the library's new online calendar, then ask for your copy of the book at the circulation desk. Read it and pick one recipe to prepare and share with the group at tonight's meeting.
Find out more »Makeout Palace, Frogs at Deep Cuts
Deep Cuts presents another Know Your Scene night showcasing local bands, tonight headlined by Makeout Palace. Makeout Palace describes itself as a "band of friends" — Eva Levin (Vocals, Bass) Colin Ratcliff (Guitar) Aidan Shapero (Drums) — "who make music for people to dance to, laugh to, cry to, and kiss to (not necessarily in that order)." Also performing: Frogs. Suggested donation is $5 through Dice.
Find out more »Tween Graphic Novel Book Club: Art Club
The Medford Public Library's Tween Graphic Novel Book Club for readers ages 10 to 14 meets in the Maker Space to discuss "Art Club" by Rashad Doucet. Pick up a copy of the book at the Children’s Desk or in the Teen Room. Registration is required through the library's new online calendar.
Find out more »Glass Fusing Workshop
The Medford Public Library is offering a Glass Fusing Workshop for adults led by Michel L’Huillier. Participants will learn the basics of glass fusing by creating one 8-by-10-inch tile that will be kiln-fired at 1,400 degrees — a low temperature that allows the glass elements of the design to stay three-dimensional. To create your composition, you will work with powders, frit, confetti, copper shapes, stringers, and glass pieces. Landscapes and flowers are popular sources of inspiration, but you are welcome…
Find out more »Medford Public Schools Grade 5 Orchestra Concert
The Medford Public Schools' winter concert series continues with a performance by the districtwide fifth-grade orchestra at Marsha Caron Theatre at Medford High School. Admission is $5.
Find out more »Sinful: A Queer Wrath Rager at Deep Cuts
Deep Cuts invites you to a night of debauchery and rage at Sinful: A Queer Wrath Rager. Featuring performances by TOAST, Zoe Dela-lu Ho, Mollie Guac, Jean Sequins, and more. Tickets are $10 through Dice.
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