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May 2024
Mystic Makerspace: Polymer Clay Pens
The Mystic Makerspace presents a workshop on how to make polymer clay pens. You will use polymer clay to create beautiful and colorful designs to cover everyday pens. Liven up your writing collection or give them as gifts. You will finish making the pens in the class but you will need to bake them in the oven at home to complete the process. This class is for ages 16 and over. Registration is required through the library's online calendar. If…
Find out more »Bonsai Bar at Deep Cuts
Deep Cuts is hosting another beginner bonsai class that teaches you about the art of bonsai and lets you create your very own bonsai tree. Learn the fundamental skills and techniques behind the art of bonsai while enjoying a night out with friends. Teachers will introduce core concepts and guide your experience as you pot, prune, and design your own bonsai tree to take home in your choice of ceramic pot. Tickets are $85 through the Bonsai Bar event web…
Find out more »MFN Playgroup at Victory Park
Victory Park on Winthrop Street hosts today's Medford Family Network Traveling Playgroup in the Park with Miss Andrea Breen. Stop by for art activities, storytelling, music and movement activity, and more. Geared toward children ages birth to 8; siblings welcome. Register on arrival.
Find out more »Family Story Time
The Medford Public Library presents family story time for ages 3 to 7. The session will explore new concepts with books and songs. Parents and caregivers are welcome to join in. After story time, a short craft or activity will be held in the same space.
Find out more »Maker Space Badging: Cricut Cutting Machine
The Medford Public Library is offering the training you need to "check out" the library's Maker Space just like a study room. With this session on the Cricut cutting machine, you can earn a "badge" and gain more exclusive access to the Maker Space and its contents. Once a course is complete, your library card will note you have more access to the Maker Space so you can "borrow" the room when it is available. For ages 16 and over.…
Find out more »Bilingual Storytime: The Real Cinco de Mayo Story
The Medford Public Library presents a bilingual story time for ages 5 and up with a reading of "The Real Cinco de Mayo Story"/"La Verdadera Historia del Cinco de Mayo." Learn the true history behind Cinco de Mayo, an often-misunderstood holiday. Is this the date when Mexico celebrates independence? What does Cinco de Mayo mean to Mexicans and to the U.S.? When did the celebration start? The story will be presented in both English and Spanish. This is a great opportunity…
Find out more »Romance Book Recs with Lorelei
If you know romance, you probably know Lorelei of Lorelei’s Lit Lair. Affectionately referred to as a passionate Romance Ambassador, Lorelei has been offering book recommendations, author spotlights, giveaways, and connecting authors with readers through social media since 2010, providing a safe and friendly environment for book lovers around the globe. Tonight, the Medford Public Library invites you to join a conversation with Lorelei about how (and why) she got started, her most memorable author-meet moments, and books she’s reading…
Find out more »Shane O’Neill at Medford Brewing Company
Boston singer/songwriter Shane O'Neill provides the live music tonight at the Medford Brewing Company. O'Neill says he is influenced by everything from the Delta Blues to hard rock to guilty-pleasure pop. Inspirations include Paul Westerberg, Sting, Wilco, Buffalo Tom, Steve Earle and many others.
Find out more »Buddy Guy: Damn Right Farewell Tour
Legendary Chicago blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy returns to Chevalier Theatre for a stop on his Damn Right Farewell Tour (rescheduled from its original date of October 4, 2023). Guy, 87, is a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side sound, and a living link to the city’s halcyon days of electric blues. He has influenced generations of guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr. and John Mayer. A…
Find out more »Big Jon Short at The Porch
One-man band Big Jon Short, who normally holds down the First Friday Blues at The Porch, is performing this month on the second Wednesday. 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 for the music; table reservations recommended if you plan to have dinner.
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