Senior Van Trip: Shop Till You Drop – Merrimack Outlets

Medford Senior Center 101 Riverside Ave., Medford

Spend Thursday, December 4 shopping at the Merrimack Outlets! Depart at 10:00 AM and enjoy lunch on your own before returning at 2:00 PM. Cost: $3.00 per person. Sign-ups open November 12.

Claire Beckett ‘Defense Language’ Book Launch & Signing

Palm Press Bookstore 19 High St., Medford

The photographs in Claire Beckett’s debut monograph Defense Language (Gost Books) shows costumed role-players, elaborate Hollywood-inspired sets and staged tableaus on military bases across the United States. Beckett embedded herself on these bases between 2006 and 2023 to explore the depiction of Arabs and Muslims during counterinsurgency training for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Claire will be …

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Holiday Traditions in Boston: Holiday Party, Presentation & Toy Drive

Medford Historical Society & Museum 10 Governors Avenue, Medford

In 1659, the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony banned by law the celebration of Christmas as it was deemed to be a time of seasonal excess with no Biblical authority. Though repealed in 1681, it would not be until 1856 that Christmas Day became a state holiday in Massachusetts. In his book on Christmas Traditions …

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Tufts Opera Ensemble: From Handel to Hamlisch

Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford

The Tufts Opera Ensemble, directed by Carol Mastrodomenico and Thomas Stumpf, presents scenes of love and laughter from the worlds of opera, operetta, and musical theater.