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August 2021
YA Cliches Escape Room
The Medford Public Library invites young adult readers to complete the puzzles and fulfill the prophecy in mini YA Clichés Virtual Escape Room created by members of the library's Teen Advisory Board! Make your way to the end to earn some bonus raffle tickets for the library's 2021 Teen Reading Challenge. This escape room will be available through Friday, August 6. This is a non-Zoom event that you can complete on your own time. Any YA fan is welcome to…
Find out more »Senior Knitting and Crochet
The Medford Council on Aging presents its weekly knitting and crochet program at the Medford Senior Center. Join instructors Jean for knitting and Dolores for crochet in creating beautiful handmade creations. The program welcomes all levels of experience, from beginners to experts. You may knit or crochet for yourself or for one of many charities.
Find out more »Ultimate Tango: Tango Permutations
Ultimate Tango School of Dance offers its final four-week virtual series on Tango Permutations. The order of tango elements matters; learn how modifying the order of steps can enrich your vocabulary exponentially. Add new permutations to your repertoire and apply immediately through the proposed Short Sequences. Cost for the series, which runs weekly on Zoom through August 24, is $120. Register through the Ultimate Tango website: https://courses.ultimatetango.com/courses/tango-permutations-August
Find out more »Senior Arts & Crafts
The Medford Senior Center invites seniors to create free summer craft projects with student leaders in the Center for Citizenship and Social Responsibility (CCSR) program at Medford High School and the Medford middle schools. All materials will be provided and no experience is necessary. Please sign up in advance in the Senior Center Office or call 781-396-6010.
Find out more »Medford Family Concert: Alastair Moock
The Medford Family Network continues its outdoor summer concert series with former Medford resident Alastair Moock performing at Harris Park. Long one of Boston’s premier folk artists, Moock turned his attention to family music after the birth of his twins in 2006. He is a 2013 Grammy nominee for children’s music, a three-time Parents’ Choice Gold Medal Winner and recipient of the ASCAP Joe Raposo Children’s Music Award. Family activities will take place in the park from 5 to 6 p.m.,…
Find out more »B3 Kings at The Porch
The Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint at River's Edge welcomes back the B3 Kings for a Wednesday night residency. Influenced by Dr. Lonnie Smith, The Meters, Booker T. and the MGs, the B3 Kings are a Hammond B3 organ trio playing soul, boogaloo, blues, funk and rock. Members are Chris Cote on guitar and vocals, Johnny Trama on guitar, Rusty Scott on Hammond B3 organ, Mark Hickox on bass and Tom Arey on drums. Dinner reservation required.
Find out more »Senior Artitude
The Medford Senior Center holds its Artitude class, with Debbie Corleto leading the instruction of various art mediums and projects. You might work in acrylics, watercolor, graphite, pastels, colored pencil, crayons, and more. To sign up for the class, call the Senior Center at 781-396-6010. There is a limit of 16 people per class.
Find out more »Medford Farmers Market: Dexter; Ellery Klein Fiddle/Violin; Nate & Friends
Week 10 of the Medford Farmers Market will feature live music by Dexter from 3 to 5 p.m.; Ellery Klein and her fiddle/violin students from 5 to 6 p.m. ; and Nate & Friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Dexter's sound combines the simplicity of folk music with the soulful reflection of the modern singer-songwriter. Klein is a fiddler and teacher with a studio in the Medford and Belmont. Her fiddle students explore a variety of fiddle traditions from Boston…
Find out more »Staxville at The Porch
The Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint at River's Edge presents another edition of Staxville: A celebration of Stax Records. Some of Boston's most talented musicians will pay tribute to Stax Records, the Motown of Memphis. Fronted by Nephrok!, this Boston supergroup will takes you down to Memphis as they perform the hits and the deep cuts from the legendary Stax Records catalog. Johnny Trama (The Silks, Dub Apocalypse, Band of Killers, B3 Kings), Darby Wolf (Rubblebucket, Band of Killers,…
Find out more »Big Jon Short at The Porch
It's the first Friday of the month, which means one-man band Big Jon Short provides an evening of blues at The Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint at River's Edge. Armed with foot percussion, a National Reso-phonic Guitar and Lowebow cigar-box reso-hillharp, Short’s high-energy performances tap into the heart of the songs, regional styles, and folklore of the blues and its importance to American music. Free admission, but a dinner reservation is required.
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