61 likes, 1 comments - somervillemuseum on April 11, 2025: "Beep, beep! 🚃 The Revolutionary Line Trolley Tour arrives April 25 and runs at select times through April 27! Tickets are moving faster than Paul Revere’s horse. Visit the link in the bio to get your ticket for a historic ride through Somerville. 🐴🇺🇸 #ma250 #ourfirst250 #massachusetts250 #rev250".
<h2><strong>The 2025 Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place</strong></h2> <h3><strong>Saturday, April 26, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Rain or Shine!</strong></h3> <h3>Subscribe <a href="https://goreplace.org/landing/join-our-email-list">to our email list</a> for future Festival updates.</h3> <p><a class="button" href="https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=268751">BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!</a> <a class="button" href="https://goreplace.org/images/uploads/2025_Official_Sheepshearing_Map.pdf">FESTIVAL MAP & SCHEDULE</a> <a class="button" href="https://goreplace.org/sheepshearing-festival/sheepshearing-vendors-and-performers">2025 VENDORS & PERFORMERS</a></p> <p><img alt="" src="https://goreplace.org/images/uploads/Website_2025_Gore_Place_Image14.png" /></p> <h2><strong>Ticket Information </strong></h2> <p>Tickets are available now and can be purchased on our website in advance, or also at the gates on the day of the Festival using cash or major credit cards. Gore Place members do <strong>not</strong> need to purchase advance tickets. You will be admitted for free at the gate with proof of <a href="https://goreplace.org/support/membership">membership</a>!<br /> <a class="button" href="https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=268751">BUY TICKETS NOW</a></p> <h2><strong>About This Festival</strong></h2> <p>Since 1987, this annual event has become a springtime tradition on the grounds of our historic, 50-acre estate. People often tell us that spring doesn't begin until the Sheepshearing Festival! This event features live musical acts, 100+ craft and fiber artists, demonstrations of traditional shearing techniques, herding dogs, historic re-enactors, and hands-on activities for the whole family! On this page, you will find answers to our frequently asked questions, as well as information about the accessibility of our event. <br /> <a class="button" href="https://goreplace.org/sheepshearing-festival/sheepshearing-vendors-and-performers">2025 VENDORS & PERFORMERS</a></p> <h2><strong>FAQs & Accessibility Information</strong></h2> <p>On this page, you will find answers to our frequently asked questions, as well as information about the accessibility of our event. <br /> <a class="button" href="https://goreplace.org/sheepshearing-festival/faqs-and-festival-accessibility-information">READ OUR FAQS</a></p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="https://goreplace.org/images/uploads/Website_2025_Gore_Place_Image25.png" /></p> <h3><strong>PARKING INFORMATION</strong></h3> <p>Visitor parking at the Sheepshearing Festival will be free and off-site at nearby parking lots coordinated by Gore Place. Most lots are within walking distance. There will be free shuttles running during the Festival to take visitors to and from the parking lots. The parking shuttle stops at all Festival parking lots. The last shuttle departs from Gore Place at 5:00 p.m. Please reference the stops marked on our <a href="https://goreplace.org/images/uploads/2025_Official_Sheepshearing_Map.pdf">2025 Festival Map</a>.</p> <p><strong>Festival parking lot addresses:</strong><br /> Parking lots are located at 41 Seyon Street in Waltham, near 132 Grove Street in Waltham, and at 57 Stanley Avenue in Watertown. The parking shuttle stops at these locations. </p> <p><strong>Public transit options:</strong><br /> Gore Place is on multiple MBTA routes. Visit our <a href="https://goreplace.org/visit/directions-parking">Directions and Parking</a> page to learn more.</p> <p><strong>Bicycling:</strong><br /> Gore Place has bicycle racks located near the Carriage House parking lot at 52 Gore Street, Waltham, for visitors to use from dawn until dusk. </p> <p><strong>Free accessible parking for visitors with disabilities:</strong><br /> Free accessible parking for vehicles with state-issued HP placards/plates is located at 52 Gore Street, Waltham. Reference our <a href="https://goreplace.org/images/uploads/2025_Official_Sheepshearing_Map.pdf">2025 Festival Map</a> to view the accessible parking location on our property.</p> <p><strong>Visitors using the Ride from the MBTA:</strong><br /> Visitors using the Ride from the MBTA can find directions on our <a href="https://goreplace.org/visit/directions-parking">Directions and Parking</a> page.</p> <h3><br /> <br /> <strong>Thank you to our 2025 FESTIVAL SPONSORS:<br /> <img alt="" src="https://goreplace.org/images/uploads/2025_Logos.png" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <img alt="" src="https://goreplace.org/images/uploads/Website_2025_Gore_Place_Image25.png" /></strong><br /> <br /> <img alt="pencil_icon" src="https://goreplace.org/themes/ee/pro/img/edit.svg" />Gore Place has something for everyone year-round! Join us for concerts, tours, outdoor programs, festivals, and more. <strong>Sign up for our email list below</strong>, and get all of our latest events delivered right to your inbox.</h3>
12 likes, 0 comments - bike_together_waltham on April 11, 2025: "Join Bike Together Waltham for our April group ride! This month we are switching it up. First, note the 2:00 start time. We are going to meet up with Family Bike Ride (https://www.familybikeride.org/waltham), who is riding from Cambridge to the Gore Place Sheepshearing Festival. We will meet the Family Bike Ride group at Lowell Field on Grove Street, and enjoy snacks and our company. We will then ride with their group along the river path, before they return to Cambridge and we return through Newton back to City Hall. If you are attending the Sheepshearing Festival, you can meet us at Lowell Field at 2:30.".
116 likes, 0 comments - mutualaidmamas on April 11, 2025: "Want to show up for your community and get involved with MAMAS but don’t know where to start? Join us for a virtual MAMAS Intro Session on Sunday, April 27th from 3-4:30. We’ll talk about mutual aid, our history, what working groups we have currently, and ways to get involved. For this event, we will only have the capacity to offer English discussion. We are always hoping that community members who can speak other languages that are prevalent in the community, particularly Spanish, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole will join so that we can speak with more neighbors! The sign up link is tinyurl.com/Welcome2MAMAS (also in the linktree in our bio). We can’t wait to see you there! ** [Image description: At the top, “Virtual MAMAS Intro Session” is written in black text with a periwinkle background. “Sunday, April 27 3:00-4:30pm” is written in black text, with a periwinkle splatter background. To the right, a lime green square has a doodle of a reaching hand. On the bottom left is a dark pink square with a flower doodle with a light pink circle. To the right is a white square with a laptop doodle, with a light pink circle. “Register at tinyurl.com/Welcome2MAMAS “ is written in black text with a lime green background. End image description] ** ¿Quieres presentarte en tu comunidad e involucrarte con MAMAS pero no sabes por dónde empezar? Únase a nosotros para una sesión de introducción virtual a MAMAS el domingo 27 de abril de 3 a 4:30. Hablaremos sobre ayuda mutua, nuestra historia, qué grupos de trabajo tenemos actualmente y formas de involucrarnos. Para este evento, solo tendremos la capacidad de ofrecer debates en inglés. ¡Siempre esperamos que los miembros de la comunidad que hablan otros idiomas que prevalecen en la comunidad, particularmente español, portugués y criollo haitiano se unan para que podamos hablar con más vecinos! El enlace de registro es tinyurl.com/Welcome2MAMAS (también en el árbol de enlaces de nuestra biografía). ¡Estamos ansiosos por verte allí!".
ReSCHEDULED to rain date Sun - Earth day stuff at #SomervilleMA Growing Center https://www.thegrowingcenter.org/2025
Earth Day: Rooted in Resilience (Seasonal)
Sun, April 27, 2:00-4:00 pm
Come to the Center for the afternoon of Somerville's Earth Day celebration, following the morning events at South St Farm with #Groundwork Somerville ! Learn about ways to sustain yourself and the Earth. Demonstrations of #vermicomposting and making ink from natural materials. Explore volunteer opportunities with the Growing Center and activism with local #climate & justice focused groups. Visit the #Pollinator Gardens and make native seed balls. Pot up a Red Fire Farm herb seedling to take home (limited supply). Exchange garden supplies with other gardeners. Check our social media for updates on developing details.
#BostonWeekend 7/x
Somerville’s most illuminating party of the year in support of advancing our mission to provide an inclusive and accessible venue, create opportunities for artists and cultural workers, bring diverse audiences together, enrich and transform lives, and promote the creative economy.
Join us for Halfoween, Somerville’s best party for people who can’t get enough horror in their life. Halfoween features burlesque performances, audience participation games with cool prizes, and a costume contest, all set to live music from Somerville’s own Your Friends in Hell and Thou Merciless Graves, and New York’s Sea Urchin. We all know that
Thursday - recharge with Bread and Puppet Theater at the #SomervilleMA Armory
https://artsatthearmory.org/events/bread-puppet-theater-the-obligation-to-live/
Puppet show! Puppet show! Bread & Puppet Theater is excited to announce their spring tour, traveling from #Vermont down the Eastern Seaboard. As always, the show will include #puppets large and small, music, up-to-the-minute #politics, and spectacles not to be missed. After the show Bread & Puppet will serve its famous sourdough rye bread with aioli, and Bread & Puppet’s “Cheap Art” – books, posters, postcards, pamphlets and banners from the Bread & Puppet Press – will be for sale.
Of their latest show, The Obligation to Live, director Peter Schumann reminds us that, “The obligation to be alive and act against the actors of death is just one of humanity’s many obligations. We also have the obligation to courage and the obligation to plant garlic in the rubble of the empire. Possibilitarians know this and bring giants, dragons, horses, sheep, butterflies, and the exact dance of death required for this exact moment.”
#BostonWeekend 18/x
Thu - #Peacekeeping and #deescalation training with #ExtinctionRebellion #Boston - get plugged in to help organize for our climate - online, free
"Come learn about support roles for Extinction Rebellion Boston and different ways you can show up for the climate crisis movement.
Peacekeeping & deescalation: Learn how to keep protesters and bystanders safe during actions by acting as a guide in parades, marches, and blocks, and strategies for dealing with harassment."
https://xrboston.org/action/training-peacekeeping-and-de-escalation-apr-25/
#Boston #BostonWeekend 23/x
Sun 830am - Fundraiser - 19th Walk For Change @ Constitution Beach, East Boston.
supporting #Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
https://support.barcc.org/event/barcc-walk-for-change-2025/e654816
#BostonWeekend 32/x
Sun #Queer Artists Market - @ #ArtisansAsylum, #Boston, Noon-5
"Join 45+ incredible local Queer Artists and community groups. Market goers can expect vibrant #art heartfelt stories, and passion in every brushstroke and stitch in a a magical gathering where creativity and community collide. 🌸
🕺 Come one, come all! Support Boston Queer Artists!"
https://partiful.com/e/whFnaUbLvu25aAZy0Xlg
#BostonArt #BostonWeekend 33/x
🪩 It’s our Queer Artists Market at Artisan’s Asylum in Allston-Brighton on Sunday, April 27th! 🏳️🌈 For Greater Boston’s LGBTQIA+ and ally community 🏳️⚧️ Join 45+ incredible local Queer Artists and community groups. Market goers can expect vibrant art, heartfelt stories, and passion in every brushstroke and stitch in a a magical gathering where creativity and community collide. 🌸 🕺 Come one, come all! Support Boston Queer Artists! _____ TQNC is a queer community collective fostering queer joy, advocacy, and arts for Greater Boston’s LGBTQIA+ and ally community. TQNC hosts queer community events where we can safely exist as our whole selves, advocates for our queer community, and provides support services for queer community members facing threats to their basic physical and mental health. Find us on Instagram & Bluesky @tqncboston or TQNC.org
Sat Noon - #StopCopCity: Imaginary Crimes Tour @ North American Indian Center of #Boston, 12 pm
"ATLANTA, GA — Supporters of people facing racketeering charges in Georgia for their alleged involvement in protesting #CopCity are launching a public education tour this week to draw attention to the ongoing criminal cases and increased repression against social movements. The "Stop Cop City: Imaginary Crimes" tour starts in Atlanta on April 4 and will include events in over 60 cities across the country through April and May. The tour will feature panel discussions, anti-repression resources, and merchandise. The tour also aims to provide direct support to defendants by raising morale and much-needed funds.
Dozens of people arrested at various times and locations around #Atlanta since 2021 were indicted in August 2023 under the #Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. More than 17 months later, none of the 61 people charged with #RICO have been tried."
https://mailchi.mp/726b785d6da5/press-release-cross-country-stop-cop-city-imaginary-crimes-tour-begins-this-week-to-educate-public-about-rico-cases-and-ongoing-repression
#activism #BostonWeekend 35/x
128 likes, 3 comments - skatehags on April 26, 2025: "The pope of trash John Waters celebrated his birthday this week and what better way to celebrate than to bring some of his iconic characters to the hag rink? Big hair, tall eye brows, trashy, queer, strange, unusual and beautiful. Bring it all to Smith Field street hockey rink (by Trader Joe’s in Allston!) 6:30-8:30 pm this Monday! Wear whatever you want!!".
@knizer I look forward to this thread every week, thank you so much for the thoughtfulness you put into creating it!
There’s also the Japan Festival Boston this Sat and Sun at the Boston Common - with live performances, workshops, food stalls and more fun stuff https://www.japanfestivalboston.org/2025-festival #BostonWeekend
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