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July 10, 11, & 12
Abington - 2019 Summer Concert Series Though we can't get together this year, you're invited to relive last years concerts via YouTube.

Boston - All About the Amazing Nano Brothers Fri, July 10, noon. Have you been missing our friendly jugglers Dan & Joel? Join the Museum of Science in the virtual realm to learn some behind-the-scenes facts and see some science-inspired juggling tricks featuring the Amazing Nano Brothers themselves! Register on Eventbrite to let us know you plan to attend. No time to plan ahead? We will be hosting these live streams on Facebook. You can find upcoming live streams and past presentation recordings here .

Boston - Sailor’s Life for Me From our friends at the USS Constitution, a dynamic online game and educator resource that gives people of all ages a chance to step into the shoes of an 1812 sailor.
Take on the tasks and challenges of life at sea, including scrubbing the deck, whacking rats in the hold, and sailing the ship at sea. Explore Old Ironsides online here .

 Boston - Boston Symphony Orchestra Listen at home to BSO performing the classics.

Boston - Museum of Fine Arts has many exhibits and collections available online for click through FREE of charge! Thank you for creating access and opportunity in this time of need.

Boston - Red Panda Behind-the-Scenes Virtual Tour Through July 11th. Scientists spent years trying to classify red pandas; some thought they were part of the bear family, others the raccoon family. Red pandas were so unique that they decided to give them their own family name, Ailuridae! Register to join us for an upcoming behind the scenes virtual tour with these "firefoxes", from the comfort of your own home!

Bridgewater - Virtual Basics Yoga Class Fri, July 10th, 6:30p. Learn the basics of Svaroopa® yoga from the comfort of your own home. All you'll need are a folding chair, pillows, some books or yoga blocks and you're ready to get started. Enjoy two guided awarenesses and a breathing exercise, as well. Experience the bliss of an open spine and destress, all at the same time.

Bridgewater - Bridgewater Public Library Online Games Choose from Card Games, Minesweeper and Mahjong, Club Penguin Online, Dungeon and Dragons, Playing Cards: play any tabletop game in your browser, Pogo, Sudoku, Trickster Cards: play online with other players or Washington Post Crossword Puzzles.
Brockton - Digital Art Archive Fuller Craft Museum. This Digital Archive is a window into the Fuller Craft Permanent Collection. With a few clicks you can access images and information about a vast selection of craft works from the collection. Search by artist/maker, title, media, and more. Browse specific categories and perform advanced searches with key words or phrases. 

Brockton - Alanon Support Group Sundays, 10a. Open discussion for people whose lives are or may be affected by alcoholism All are welcome.

Brockton - 2020 Brockton Farmers Market Open July 10 and runs through Oct 30.
Vendors include: Freitas Farm , Oakdale Farms ,
Lady C&J Soul Food , Farm & Community Collaborative , Barbosa Family Farm , LaFleur's Wildflower Honey , Jordan Bros Seafood  via  Market 2Day . Order in advance and pickup at the market! HEALTHY LIVING • LIVE MUSIC AT NOON • ACTIVITIES

Brockton - Brockton Car Meet Sat, July 11th, 6p, 435 Westgate Dr. Any make and model is welcome. Let’s make this a great event, spread the word!! No Burnouts, No 2 Step, Be respectful! (We do not own the lot)
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We are pleased to share with you The Children's Museum of Easton's Mind Body Soul Summer activities! We hope these activities help you all to nourish your minds and bodies and continue bringing joy to your family and community.

Activity for the Mind: Nature Scavenger Hunt for Colors
Incorporating time in nature provides a wonderful learning opportunity for children to care for and appreciate mother nature and it’s many beauties. A great way to celebrate the many colorful creations found in nature is to do a colored scavenger hunt!  

Materials:   An empty egg carton, basket or bag (if you plan to collect), a safe place outdoors to explore, markers/crayons are optional

Instructions:
  1. For our instructions, we will use an empty egg carton.
  2. Designate an egg holder(where an egg sits in the carton) for each color in the rainbow. Coloring the space with a crayon or marker is helpful. 
  3. Go on a family nature walk.Try to find something from nature that matches each color in your carton. For example, a red leaf on the ground can be put in the red holder, a piece of grass can go in the green holder, etc. 

Take it a little further: Want to make this more challenging for older children? Incorporate their love for technology for a win-win! For example, they can research each natural item before adding it to the colored holder. Or encourage them to designate each color holder for a designated nature item before going on the hunt!

Activity for the Body: Family Bike Ride Adventures
Learning to ride a bike is a huge milestone and accomplishment children love to celebrate! But not everyone is ready to coast on their own. Thankfully, there are adaptations that can be made to bikes, incorporating non-riders into a family bike trip like training wheels and bike trailers for even the youngest of children.
Most communities in Massachusetts include family-friendly bike trails and great spots for little ones to sharpen their bike-riding skills. Here are some suggestions shared by Mommypoppins.com:
The  Nashua River Rail Trail  offers 11 miles to bike with some great views. The 10-foot-wide paved trail mostly follows the lines of the river and passes through the towns of Ayer, Groton, Pepperell, and Dunstable. The trail is built along the site of former railroad tracks that ran between Worcester and Nashua. Along the route, you’ll see wetlands, ponds, woods, swamps, and farms, as well as plenty of resting stops.

The  Minuteman Bikeway  runs from the end of the Red Line subway in Cambridge to picturesque, small-town Bedford. It’s also 11 miles long, but is 12 feet wide (also paved). It runs through Cambridge, Arlington, Lexington, and Bedford. You can gain access to the bikeway at several locations, but the end points are Alewife Station in Cambridge and Depot Park in Bedford.

Breakheart Reservation  in ­­­­­­­­­­­­Saugus has more than two dozen trails on its 700-plus acres. The five-mile paved loop road goes around the park and offers a wonderful and safe place for kids to ride their bikes. (At one point, the roads were open to cars, but only rangers can use cars now.) There are plenty of places for a picnic and a great playground by the lake.

Borderland State Park  in North Easton is a 1,800-acre recreational wonderland, with opportunities to bike on extensive trails. The three-mile pond loop is perfect for family biking. The property was once a country estate in the 1900s and gets its name from its location straddling the towns of Sharon and Easton.

Wompatuck State Park  in Hingham is a fantastic place to take kids bike riding. Twelve miles of paved bicycle trails, in addition to miles of wooded bridle paths and hiking trails, offer lots of riding options. Kids will love to visit the Mount Blue Spring, a source of fresh drinking water where you can fill up your water containers for free.


Activity for the Soul: Sidewalk Masterpieces
We all love receiving appreciation and love but it also feels wonderful being the one giving the love and appreciation! And what better way to do this then having children help! As a family, create sidewalk art or words of positive messages to others in your neighborhood.  

Materials: Chalk, a paved sidewalk in your neighborhood or another approved location.

Instructions: As a family, create a chalk art masterpiece with drawings and/or words for others to read and feel loved.
Need some suggestions? Think of an object that shouts positivity and love. A heart, rainbow, or peace symbol would be beautiful to share with community members.  

Take it a little further: Create a positivity route in your neighborhood that encourages walkers and runners to look for more of your artwork. For example, add something to your drawing like “Turn left onto Elm Street to see another beautiful picture.”
Encourage others to add to your artwork. Begin a community artwork project by starting a drawing and leaving chalk for others to add to it! Keep your fingers crossed for no summer showers and be amazed at the ideas others have to add to your masterpiece!
Sa EF South Shore Fencing Club
We offer courses in the sport of Fencing on the MA South Shore. 300 Oak St, suite 250, Pembroke. Fencing is an 1- on -1 indoor+outdoor sport, builds character and improves IQ, good for all ages and genders. ADHD and autistic welcome.
Cambridge - Practical Magic: Powerful Objects from Ancient Egypt Fri, July 10, 11a, Harvard Art Museums. Since we are unable to welcome you into the museums at this time, we are bringing our experts and collections to you in an online series, Art Study Center Seminars at Home. Heka, the ancient Egyptian word that we translate as “magic” today, was neither marginal nor deviant in the Egyptian world. It was an important part of life and death, healing and protection. In this seminar, curatorial fellow Jen Thum will explore objects that are the subject of new research and discuss how they put magic to work during life and the afterlife.
This virtual seminar will take place online via Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required. To register, please complete   this online form . 
You will receive an email confirming your registration along with a Zoom link and password for the program.

Greenwich - Fantastic Fireflies (Virtual Online Event) Fri, July 10th, 8p. Join Greenwich Audubon Center for a virtual nighttime adventure to discover one of summer’s most special insects! Fireflies are nature’s own fireworks and their dazzling displays captivate the excitement of people of all ages. Our journey will start with an indoor introduction about the amazing lives of fireflies and how we can help protect them, followed by a virtual walk through our meadow to catch a glimpse of their mesmerizing bioluminescence.

Halifax - Audio books Holmes Public Library. Enjoy your favorite audio books in the mobile app or on your computer.

Hanover - 3rd Annual Quail Release Sat, July 11th, 11a. We will be releasing 500 birds!
Planet Subaru is working to restore the balance of nature. Northern Bobwhite Quail populations have declined by estimates of 90+%. Tick populations are out of control. Help us restore our Quail as an organic tick borne illness control, because they LOVE to eat ticks! The event will be held right at Planet Food Forest located within the dealership, a 50+ tree and bush food forest and nature trail that is an official Boston Food Forest site.
Masks and social distancing will be required and maintained for COVID safety. In order to avoid a large crowd, we also invite you to simply share and talk about this event and it's mission to increase public awareness.

Hanson - Free Live Piano Stream Fridays, 7:30p

Marshfield - Jaws Sat, July 10th & 12th, 8:45p. Join us at the Marshfield Drive-In for Jaws! Movie begins at 8:45p, gates open at 6:45p. Tickets and information at www.marshfielddrivein.com

Middleborough - Soule Homestead This Summer we have an awesome opportunity for you to visit Soule. Want to snuggle a rabbit? Feed a sheep it’s breakfast? Collect eggs and show your kids your chicken catching skills? You can do all that and more at Soule! In order to keep our visitors as safe as possible, we are not offering our First Farm Fun story hours or our Soule Summer Camp program. In the place of these programs we are instead offering small group visits so that you can still do many of your favorite activities on the farm. Each program has a limit that you can work within to have your extended family or friends join you. We require at least one adult per each group visit. On the farm we have a bathroom which is cleaned daily, we have an outdoor hand washing station and our staff will wear a mask the entire time they work with your group. We ask that everyone in your party (over the age of 3) brings a mask to wear for moments that they will be in close contact with our staff.

Middleborough - Abigail Vail LIVE from Soule Homestead Sat, July 11th, 6p. We might not be able to offer in person concerts at Soule just yet but it doesn’t mean that we can’t enjoy some wonderful music live from Soule Homestead. Tune in to Facebook Live on Saturday, July 11th at 6p to hear Abigail Vail LIVE from the backdrop of our beautiful farm. Abigail has been writing music for over 10 years. Support local! Donations will be divided between Soule Homestead and Abigail. You can donate here . Any amount is appreciated.

Plainville - Virtual Unlikely Trivia Fri, July 10th, 6:30p. Join us for weekly trivia hosted by Patrick Kinney live on Facebook! Patrick will bring fun, wit, and, most importantly, trivia, right to the comfort of your home. All you need is to follow us on Facebook, register at least one member of your household by Friday at 12pm (to receive the proper answer sheets), and tune in on the An Unlikely Story Facebook page at 6:30p. You do not need to have the answer sheets in order to play, a blank piece of paper is fine. Randomly selected three registrants to win a $20 gift card to An Unlikely Story. The three winners will be notified via email during the live game.
Plymouth - Cradles to Crayons Stuff-A-Truck Sat, July 11th, 9a. Help stuff the Cradles to Crayons® truck with Clothing & Shoes! Help families in urgent need of essentials by bringing your bagged donations of children's clothing and shoes to the parking lot of Old Navy in Plymouth for a safe, contact-free drop-off. See event for guidelines. Plan on participating? Let us know by filling out this rsvp form . While not required, signing up will help us to coordinate!

Plymouth - Storytime with a Princess Sun, July 14th, 10a. Everyone is welcome to join this FREE event! To participate in this event, simply email [email protected] for the Zoom link! Join some of your favorite Princesses and fairytale friends as you enjoy a book together! Each week, a different beloved character will read fun and educational books over Zoom, and chat about the lesson each book offers. Children will have the opportunity to discuss the book and ask their favorite character questions! Books are geared towards children between the ages of 2-7.
This weeks princess is Elsa.

Raynham - Explore Raynham HIstory Browse historical photos of Raynham in,  Raynham Remembers . This collection is part of the library’s local digital history collection which includes histories, yearbooks, and centennial celebrations.

Raynham - Local Trails Hewitts Pond Conservation Area – North Main St: Pond, trail, dam, bird watching (No hunting is allowed at the Hewitt Pond Conservation Area located on North Main St or the Kransberg Conservation Area located on King St at Dam Lot Brook.). Forge River Conservation Area – South Main St: River, forest trail, historical site, bird watching. Raynham State Forest – Locust St: Upland forest, trail.

Storytime Fridays through Aug 14th, 11a Join us on FB Live for Mother Goose on the Loose style storytime, ideal for children ages 0-18 mo, learn nursery rhymes and sing songs, as well as heart a couple short stories.

Taunton - Old Colony History Museum Virtual Tour 66 Church Green. Thanks to TCAM TV, if you can’t join us in person enjoy a walking tour of some of Taunton’s oldest homes and buildings hosted by the OCHM’s Community Programming Coordinator Saria Sweeney. Check out our blog .

Taunton - Local Parks Links to parks in your area: Hopewell Park, Playground & Splash Pad ;

West Bridgewater - Free Public WiFi WB Public Library. Access right out side the library even when they are closed. Network: WB-Library-Guest, Password: hoWard80. Contact the library for info about printing and curbside pickup.

West Bridgewater - Conservation Area Trail Maps Wondering where you can walk and keep your distance while staying close to home? Enjoy some of our towns open spaces while getting some much needed exercise and fresh air. 

Whitman - Libby by Overdrive Whitman Public Library. Access to thousands of eBooks and audio books. You can borrow them, instantly, for free, using just the device in your hand.

Whitman - Heart Saver CPR/AED Class Sat, July 11th 10a. This class is for anyone who wants to learn CPR for adults, children and infants. We will also go over how to use an AED and the Heimlich Maneuver