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Category: Activities for Kids
Activities for children in Newton, Massachusetts.
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Fun Free Fridays 2016
The Highland Street Foundation Free Fun Fridays program.
For the 8th year in a row, Highland Street Foundation has partnered with 80 different cultural institutions across Massachusetts to offer free admission to varying museums, zoos, and gardens every Friday starting June 24, 2016 and ending August 26, 2016.
June 24
Tanglewood
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Clark Art Institute
MASS MoCA
Worcester Art Museum
Children’s Museum at Holyoke
International Volleyball Hall of Fame
The Mount: Edith Wharton’s Home
July 1
Boston Children’s Museum
The Sports Museum
Heritage Museums & Gardens
Falmouth Museums on the Green
Cape Cod Maritime Museum
Amelia Park Children’s Museum
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Wenham Museum
July 8
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Plimoth Plantation
Peabody Essex Museum
Cape Ann Museum
Buttonwood Park Zoo
Children’s Museum in Easton
The Hall at Patriot Place
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
July 15
Edward M. Kennedy Institute
Boston Athenӕum
Larz Anderson Museum
Cape Cod Children’s Museum
Edward Gorey House
Danforth Art Museum\School
Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History
Fitchburg Art Museum
July 22
Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
New Bedford Whaling Museum
Cape Cod Museum of Art
Pilgrim Hall Museum
The Eric Carle Museum
Fruitlands Museum
Museum of Russian Icons
July 29
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
Commonwealth Museum
Battleship Cove
Marine Museum at Fall River
Sandwich Glass Museum
Nantucket Whaling Museum
Tower Hill Botanic Garden
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
August 5
Harvard Museum of Natural History
The Old State House
The Greenway Carousel
Springfield Museums
Historic Deerfield
Hancock Shaker Village
The Old Manse, The Trustees
Worcester Historical Museum
August 12
MIT Museum
The Museum of the NCAAA
Concord Museum
Garden in the Woods
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Naumkeag, The Trustees
Emily Dickinson Museum
Waterworks Museum
August 19
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
USS Constitution Museum
The Discovery Museums
EcoTarium
The Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Fuller Craft Museum
Griffin Photography Museum
August 26
Franklin Park Zoo
Old Sturbridge Village
Freedom Trail Foundation
Museum of African American History
Norman Rockwell Museum
Berkshire Museum
Ventfort Hall
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
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STEM for Kids at Newton Free Library
Minecraft Club: Come play Minecraft with your friends on the library’s server. We’ll have different challenges each session. Don’t have an account? No problem, use one of the library’s. The club meets the first Thursday of every month. Minecraft Club is brought to you with federal funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Grades 6-12. Register online. Thursday, June 2, 4:00 pm, second floor Computer Center.
Teen Tinker Club: Learn how to code LEGO WeDos using Scratch! Tinker Club is brought to you with federal funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Grades 6-12. Space is limited, please register online (registration begins April 28) . Thursday, May 19, 4:00 pm, second floor Computer Center. -
Shimmer & Shine Movie Event $5
Showcase Cinemas Presents Shimmer & Shine: A Movie Event Divine
WHAT: On May 21 and 22, select Showcase Cinemas are proud to present Shimmer & Shine: A Movie Event Divine, an hour-long animated movie for kids. The showing is part of Kidtoons, a series of family matinees that was reintroduced to Showcase theatres in February.
WHEN: Saturday, May 21 & Sunday, May 22
10:30am
WHERE: Showcase Cinema de Lux Revere
Showcase Cinema de Lux Legacy Place, Dedham, MA
Showcase Cinema de Lux Patriot Place, Foxboro, MA
Showcase Cinema de Lux Randolph
Showcase Cinema de Lux Lowell
Showcase Cinemas Woburn
TICKETS: $5; visit http://www.showcasecinemas.com/kidtoons to purchase or for more information. Information on future showings will be available soon.
Special offer: Receive a 123 Go Box for only $5 with the purchase of a Kidtoons movie ticket (visit http://www.showcasecinemas.com/kidtoons for more information on this promotion).
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FREE Soccer Clinic for Kids Ages 5-8
Soccer clinic for kids in Kindergarten, First Grade and Second Grade hosted by Soccer Without Borders Ambassadors, Sidnie and Maia (7th graders). Sidnie and Maia are both on NEFC’s first team, which is ranked #1 in the state. Sidnie’s mom, Alison Foley, is Boston College’s Head Coach for women’s soccer. She will be the assistant at this event.
Boston College Soccer Field in Newton Location
Saturday, May 21
11am to Noon
Great FREE soccer training for young boys and girls at Boston College Newton Campus (where the Boston College Women’s Soccer Team competes near the Boston College Law School).
Please help these 7th graders out as they give back to their community!
To register, email Sidniekulik8888@gmail.com
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Valeo FC IRONMAN 2016 – Registration NOW OPEN!
Valeo FC IRONMAN 2016 – Registration NOW OPEN!
SPOTS FILL UP QUICKLY! SIGN UP NOW!! Registration Link: https://valeofc.sportngin.com/
register/form/640798787 
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WatertownMA: Free Earth Day event for kids tomorrow at Arsenal Center for the Arts
WatertownMA: Free Earth Day event for kids tomorrow at Arsenal Center for the Arts 1-3pm.
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Open Arts Day 2016 at Arsenal Center for the Arts
Arsenal Center for the Arts Hosts
Open Arts Day 2016
The Arsenal Center for the Arts hosts its annual Open Arts Day, a Watertown favorite, this year as part of ArtWeek Boston!
This family-friendly, free event takes place on Saturday, May 7, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA. The drop-in open house features visual and performing arts workshops taught by the skilled arsenalARTS & Watertown Children’s Theatre staff.
Participants can experiment with Clay (handbuilding and pottery wheel), Printmaking, Mixed-media and other art activities for the whole family. This year’s event will again feature a very special outdoor Steamroller Printing Project where artists will carve printmaking plates, ink them up, and then roll over them with an industrial steamroller to create Relief print masterpieces!
Watertown Children’s Theatre will present workshops and performances highlighting music, movement and more. Watertown Children’s Theatre and resident Theatre Company New Repertory Theatre will also reveal their 2016-2017 seasons.
The day will also feature a special check presentation from Whole Foods Market for the funds raised on the Arsenal Center’s 5% Community Giving Day (happening May 4, 2016 at the Newton and Newtonville Whole Foods Market locations.
For more information, visit www.arsenalarts.org or call 617-923-0100. Open Arts Day is made possible in part by the Belmont Savings Bank, the Belmont Cultural Council, and the Waltham Cultural Council – supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Spring ArtWeek Boston (April 29 – May 8) is a tri-annual 10-day collection of events throughout the city that features unexpected and creative experiences that are interactive or offer behind-the-scenes access to artists or the creative process. ArtWeek Boston’s mission is to be a champion for nonprofit innovation in Boston and provide arts and entertainment to the greater community.
