I've already published my article,
Huge List of Things to Do in Boston: Events September 12-18,
but a few other cool events came to my attention after the fact that I thought were worth mentioning, so I will describe them below:
Public Astronomy
Night
Tuesdays, September
13-Decemeber 6:30pm-8:30pm
Clay Center for
Science & Technology, 20 Newton St.,Brookline 02445
617-454-2718
All Ages
Free
The
Clay
Center for Science & Technology offers a free night of telescope
viewing at the observatory every week from September through December and April
to June. Night sky viewing is free, but
registration is requested.
Register
26th
Annual Oak Street Fair
Saturday, September
17 11am-2pm
Josiah Quincy
Elementary School, 885 Washington St., Boston 02111
617-635-5129
All Ages
Free
The Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center presents its
26th
Annual Oak Street Fair at the Playground Plaza of the Josiah Quincy
Elementary School in Chinatown. The free afternoon of festivities will feature
watermelon eating contests, arts and crafts, an inflatable obstacle course,
magician and balloon twister, pony rides, community resources tables, and
dental and health screenings.
Urban-Ag Fair in
Harvard Square
Sunday, September
18 11am-5pm
Harvard Square
(Winthrop Park, Mt. Auburn & JFK Streets)
All Ages
Free
The 3
rd Annual
Urban-Ag
Fair will feature a marketplace and festival featuring local farmers and the
foods they grow. Along with delicious
local foods to purchase and sample, there will be cooking demonstrations by
local chefs, a book swap table, a beer garden at Grendel’s Den, contests, and
local gardening experts on hand to answer questions. Club Passim will provide a
lineup of live music performances for the event.
Somerville Dog
Festival
Sunday, September
18 10am-3pm
Conway Park,
Somerville Ave., Somerville 02143
617-628-5588
All Ages
Free
The 2
nd Annual
Somerville Dog Festival
will feature a huge variety of doggie demonstrations and activities, including doggie
skateboarding and other skill presentations, a doggie fashion show, best trick
contest, owner-dog look-alike contest, and much more. See the
entire list of events. The event is being presented by Porter Square
Veterinarian, the City of Somerville, and City Dog Training. The festival is
free to attend but donations are requested. Proceeds will benefit the Animal
Rescue League (ARL).
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That's all for now, but if more events come up, I will continue to post them here. Check back for updates.
