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July 24, 25 & 26

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

Abington - RFA / Animal Care Expo Online Fri, July 24th, 12:45 - 1:45p.The circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have ushered the transition of annual conference events into virtual experiences. Rauhaus Freedenfeld & Associates is attending The Humane Society of the United States' Animal Care Expo Online. We will engage in one-on-one chats with conference attendees, similarly to how we would in-person! We are thrilled to be a part of this new experience for the Animal Care Expo and hope that you will (virtually!) join us.

Boston - Virtual Planetarium: The Sky Tonight - #Livestream Fri, July 24th, 2p. Join us for this free live presentation of #MOSatHome MOS Live as we bring the museum to you! Are you curious what is up in the sky? What IS that really bright object in the west? Come learn from one of the Museum's very own planetarium educators what you can search for in the nighttime sky right from your own backyards!

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.

Bridgewater - CHARITY YARD SALE! Saturday July 25th (rain date, July 26), 9am-noon. Sale is a fundraiser for the Women’s Guild & Fellowship at Central Square Congregational Church UCC, to benefit the Guild’s philanthropic efforts to help those locally in need. 46 Cedar Crest Drive. Come by -- you might find a real bargain! Books, clothes, household items, and much more. Please keep your social distance and wear a mask.

Bridgewater - Virtual Basics Yoga Class Fridays @ 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.

Brockton - Story Time with Mayor Sullivan Fridays @ 11a. Join us for Virtual Storytime with Mayor Robert F. Sullivan! Mayor Sullivan is the mayor of Brockton and he will be joining us via Facebook Live for storytime! All ages are welcomed! For questions please contact Samantha Westgate at [email protected]

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

Brockton - Workin' Hard Meet & Greet Sun, July 26th 4p. Looking to network and exchange info with all artists, producers, managers, promoters, etc.

Brockton - 2020 Brockton Farmers Market Open 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

Carver - DCR offers self-guided tours in many state parks. Locally, Myles Standish State Forest has multiple tours for you to choose. Try Rocky Pond Cranberry Bogs Trail Guide ,

Frost Pocket Loop Trail Guide ,

East Head Reservoir Trail Guide or

Recommended Paved Bike Path Routes .

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: Animal Nature Art Combining the beauties of nature and a creative imagination can produce amazing art! This activity involves spending some time collecting items from the outdoors. *While leaves and flower petals can add bold colors, we encourage you to find items already separated from it’s life source.  

Materials:   Here are some suggestions: Leaves, sticks, pine cones, petals, etc. Paper and glue

Instructions : Use your nature collection to design pictures of animals, people or landscapes. We suggest planning the entire picture before gluing to the paper.  

Activity for the Body: Frisbee Toss or Frisbee Golf! Summer is a great time to get outside and explore news hobbies/sports! Have you ever played Frisbee Golf, a fun sport played casually in your backyard or competitively at your local course. For example, Boarderland State Park in Easton has an expansive course throughout the park, used by people of all different levels and ages.  Frisbee Golf not your game? All you need is a frisbee and a little space. Toss the disc with family or friends for some fun exercise. The rules to basic frisbee golf are provided by the West Sound Disc Golf Association.  Visit their website here to learn the basic rules of play.

Activity for the Soul: Sidewalk Masterpieces Empathy and compassion are at the foundation of a positive contributing member of society and prosocial behavior. Providing children with the opportunities to develop empathy, is so valuable, especially in the formative years.  The concept of empathy is easier for children to comprehend when it’s tangible. An example is helping those in need around us. While self-isolation can be difficult for most of us, it can be especially wearing on our most vulnerable- the elderly. Many of our elders live alone and may not have loved ones to check on them. Seek out an elder in your family or in your neighborhood to see if they need anything or could use your help. Making a card, helping with a chore or cooking a meal for someone in need will be greatly appreciated and a wonderful way to teach your young one about compassion!  

Signe Whitson , a contributor for the HuffPost, shares eight ways to teach compassion to children. Below are a few highlights. 

 

Walk the Talk - Children may listen to your words, but more importantly, they learn from observing your actions. When you have a chance to practice a random act of compassion, do so!

Put the Child on the Receiving End of Compassion - While showing compassion to others is a top way to teach this value to a child, allowing a young person to experience compassion first-hand is even more impactful.

Talk the Talk - Most children can learn about true compassion by seeing and feeling this trait acted out, but when parents talk explicitly about acts of compassion, they communicate its importance as a prized family value.

You may read the entire article here.

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Easton - The Original Easton Farmers Market Saturdays, 10a - 2p. Located at 591 Depot St/Rte 123,, along the "S" curve. We are open rain or shine. 

Easton - Outdoor Adventures in Nature: Local Leaf Scavenger Hunt Fri, July 24th, 10a. Join NRT staff for an hour-long outdoor class at the Sheep Pasture property. Learn how identify the leaves of different trees in our area. Talk a hike around Sheep Pasture with an NRT naturalist collecting different leaves through an engaging scavenger hunt! Activities include leaf rubbings and ID. The class is suitable for all ages and is open to children over the age of 5, as well as adults. Individuals or families are welcome! Registration of $10 per person is required; each individual must register for a space, including both adults and children. Children under age 16 must be accompanied by an adult. To register multiple family members at the same time, please add the number of people who will be coming as "quantity" during your checkout; all registrations must be completed online. Classes are planned rain or shine. Pre-registration is required; registration will end no later than the day before the class at 4 pm, or when capacity has been reached, and walk-ins will not be available at the door. The maximum number of participants (including children and adults) in this class is 10, and due to regulations, additional spaces cannot be added. All participants are required to wear a mask and maintain social distancing at all times during the class. Please meet no earlier than five minutes before the beginning of class near the NRT Carriage House, and signage will direct you; please wait in your vehicle prior to that time. Visit us here to learn more and register.

Easton - Replace The Race Fundraiser for The Children's Museum of Easton You still have time to accept the #CMEREPLACETHERACE Challenge! Starting on Sun, July 26, we are replacing the race all week long! That's right, the whole week! You can replace the race with us every day with a different activity, or pick one day that works for the whole family. How do you replace the race, you ask? The choice is yours! Go for a run, take an online yoga class or play hopscotch with your kids in the driveway. As you get up and moving, you're helping CME to do the same. Want a replace the race buddy? Forward this email to a friend or family member and challenge them to #CMEREPLACETHERACE with you! Or screenshot this email and send it in your family group chat to brainstorm some unique replace the race activities. We can't wait to hear all about how you're replacing the race in our  Facebook Replace the Race event page  with the hashtag #CMEREPLACETHERACE. Are you ready for next week?  Accept  the challenge!

Your  registration  for our Replace the Race is a direct donation to the Museum. Your support means so much as we get ready to re-open as soon as we can. Thank you for supporting CME!

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

Hingham - Conscious Crafting Fridays, 11a through Aug 28th, Weir River Farm. Come to the farm with your children and leave with a useful, sustainable craft such as a Self-Watering Planter or a Mason Jar Suncatcher. After you craft, walk the trails and see our ponies and cows out grazing in the fields! Separate materials will be provided for each individual and crafting stations will be spaced out and outside. Crafts are appropriate for elementary schoolers and preschoolers, with younger crafters needing some parental assistance. Participants should park across from the Yellow House at 140 Turkey Hill Lane and then we will gather on the lawn outside the Yellow House for our crafting session.

Hingham - Private Barnyard Tours Saturdays through Sept 26, 10a - 2p, Weir River Farm. Summer has arrived at the farm and our young chicks, lambs, calves, and piglets that arrived in the spring are growing up! Our fields are green and growing and our cows and horses are out grazing, when not cooling down in the shade. Visit the barnyard with your family to meet our sheep, chickens, goats, pigs, cows, and bunnies! Talk to a friendly farmer and learn more about life of the farm. While you’re here, take a walk on one of our many farm trails and experience all that Weir River Farm has to offer! Tours are offered for families/quarantine groups every half hour. Groups must pre-register for this event in order to participate. Parking located at 140 Turkey Hill Lane, then walk down the farm “chute” to the barnyard. (Consider using a baby carrier in lieu of a stroller; the walk down the hill isn’t well suited for average strollers.)

Marshfield - Marshfield Drive-In Fri - Sun, July 24th & 26th, 8:45p. Join us at the Marshfield Drive-In for Trolls World Tour, Fri; Blake Shelton and Very Special Guest, Sat; Dirty Dancing, Sun! Movies begin at 8:45p, gates open at 6p. 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 - Ol' Rattlebones Goes Live! Sun, July 26th, 5p. Hey everyone! So we are finally going to get to play live for you all on a live stream that is! We are going to play one 40 minute set with a combination of tunes off our debut album and brand new material!

Plainville - Virtual Unlikely Trivia Fri, July 24th, 6:30p. Join us for weekly Virtual Unlikely 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 below by Friday at 12p (to receive the proper answer sheets), and tune in on the An Unlikely Story Facebook page at 6:30p. Please note you do not need to have the answer sheets in order to play, a blank piece of notebook or printer paper is fine. For our virtual trivia nights, there will be no official scoring. Patrick will go over the answers after each round so you can score your own answer sheets. Instead of prizes for the winning teams, we will randomly select three registrants to win a $20 gift card to An Unlikely Story. The three winners will be notified via email during the live game. See you on Facebook!

Plymouth - Fresh Air Flicks Fridays, through Aug 7th at Holmes Field. This summer we’re excited to offer Fresh Air Flicks, Friday-night drive-in movies. Fresh Air Flicks will offer a safe way for you and your family to enjoy movie night under the stars. This weeks movie is Mrs. Doubtfire.

Plymouth - Enjoy & Protect Beach-nesting Birds: Online Program Fri, July 24th, 7p. The beaches of Massachusetts are a popular destination in the summer months - for people and for birds. Several of the birds that nest on our sandy coast, such as Piping Plovers, Least Terns, and American Oystercatchers, face many survival challenges. This online presentation will introduce these shorebirds, the challenges they face, their population trends in Massachusetts, and what actions and tools we can all use to protect them. There will be some time available for questions and discussion. 24 hours prior to start you'lll receive login info & instructions to join program via Microsoft Teams. Registration required.

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 - The Bridgewater Raynham Special Olympics is having a YARD SALE to benefit their teams on Saturday, July 25th from 8:30 am - 2:30 pm at 65 Ramshead Rd. Raindate: Saturday, August 1st. Bikes, housewares, toys, clothes, furniture, etc. All money raised will go to purchase uniforms and equipment for the Bridgewater Raynham Special Olympics athletes.

Raynham - Lightning McQuarintine Virtual Car Show Sun, July 26th, 6p. Registration fee is $5. All proceeds will be split between the Relay for Life Greater Taunton and a Family with a loved one Battling Cancer. For more information feel free to message us and we will answer as fast as possible. Registration Fees can be paid by Venmo (@Kelsey-Adomaitis) , PayPal or Check or money order made payable to Kelsey Adomaitis and mailed to 512 King Philip St Raynham, Ma 02767.

Everyone that registers will receive a dash plaque.

The way this will work is once we receive your fee we will have you send a picture and some information on your car and we will post it to be judged by the public.The Cars with the most likes will win a trophy! We will keep the voting open until Sun, July 26. We will have trophies for the following categories: Best Ford, Best Chevy, Best Pontiac, Best Oldsmobile, Best Mopar, Best Import, Best Truck, Best Motorcycle, Best Tractor, Best in Show. All Vehicles are welcome and All Entries MUST Be Your Own Personal Vehicle.

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.

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 - Virtual Mother Goose on the Loose

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 - M is for Museum Sat, July 25th, 10:30a. M is for Museum is a new initiative to encourage early literacy in our future historians by providing a sensory-friendly space to hear a story at the Old Colony History Museum. Books will be middle-elementary level and we’ll have a station for coloring and legos and fidget boxes available.

Families of all ages are welcome! Drop in on one, a few, or all our story times! To ensure the health and safety of our visitors, we ask you to register so that we can maintain social-distance for all.

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

Gertrude M Boyden Wildlife Refuge (aka the Bird Sanctuary) ; Massasoit State Park ; Memorial Park ; Taunton Green ; Watson Pond State Park ; Weir Riverfront Park

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. 

West Bridgewater - 2020 WBYAA Drive-In Movie Night Sun, July 26th, 7:45 - 10:15p, Town Hall Parking Lot. Due to COVID-19, the WB Youth Athletic Association are switching things up a bit for Movie Night this year. Instead of setting it up on South Field, it will be held drive-in style in the Town Hall/St. Ann's parking lot! They rented a larger screen and an FM transmitter, so you'll be able to tune in from your car! This year's movie will be Onward, and the film will start at approximately 8:15p. Please note that the Snack Shack will NOT be open, so feel free to bring your own drinks and snacks.