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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Friends of the Medford Public Library Spring Book and Bake Sale 9AM-3PM, Medford Public Library, 111 High Street.

Medford Garden Club Spring Plant Sale 9-noon, Medford Public Library parking lot, 111 High Street. Select from a wide variety of very reasonably priced plants: perennials, veggies, annuals, shrubs, and house plants. All plants are donated by garden club members and are sure to grow well in Medford gardens. A major fundraiser, the proceeds benefit the educational programs and beautification projects of the club. The plant sale is in connection with the library book sale, which has a nice selection of gardening books.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Friends of the Medford Public Library Spring Book and Bake Sale 2PM-5PM, Medford Public Library, 111 High Street.

16th Annual Mystic River Herring Run and Paddle Join the Mystic River Watershed Association for a fun day along the Mystic River. The day’s events include a 5K run/walk race, three paddling races (3, 9, and 12 miles), a bicycle tour, educational booths, children’s activities, and more. Information available at http://mysticriver.org/herring-run-paddle/.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Andrews Middle School Fame Jr. Fundraiser at Pizzeria Regina 4-9PM, Pizzeria Regina Medford, Station Landing. 20% of meal goes to support the school play. More details available on Andrews Middle School website.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Medford Businesses Salute the Military! Please join us in honoring our local military heroes. 12PM, Medford City Hall, 85 George P. Hassett Drive. Tickets are $25 and are available from the Medford Chamber of Commerce. Medford veterans are free. More information: www.medfordchamberma.com.

Traces of the Trade- An Evening with C. S. Manegold 7PM, Medford Public Library, 111 High Street. We are delighted to welcome C.S. Manegold, the author of this year’s Community Read book. Ms. Manegold will speak about her history of the five generations of slave owners in colonial New England who owned Ten Hills Farm. C.S. Manegold served as a foreign correspondent, a national correspondent, a war reporter, and an editor in New York with The New York Times, Newsweek, and the Philadelphia Inquirer before turning her attention to longer work. Manegold’s first book, “In Glory’s Shadow: Shannon Faulkner, The Citadel and a Changing America,” (Knopf, 2000) was included in the Los Angeles Times list of best non-fiction in 2000. Now at Mount Holyoke College in Western Massachusetts, Manegold teaches a range of writing classes and is engaged in research. The Community Read is funded by the Friends of the Medford Library, and by the Medford Arts Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

St. Joseph Parish and Grace Episcopal Church Ecumenical Evening Prayer Service 7pm, Grace Episcopal Church, 160 High Street, Medford. St. Joseph Parish, Medford, together with Grace Episcopal Church, Medford, will be hosting an Ecumenical Evening Prayer Service at Grace Church on Thursday evening, May 31st, at 7pm. Fr. Noah Evans, pastor of Grace Church, will be presiding, and the combined choirs of both churches will join together in leading the music for the service. There will be refreshments following the service in the church hall. We hope that many members of both communities, as well as those of neighboring churches will join us for this special service. All are welcome! For further information, please contact Betsy at stjosephmusic@msn.com or 781-391-1457.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Annual Mustang Stampede 1:00-4:00PM, football practice field, behind Medford High School. 9th annual push-up-athon; Mustang Stampede Youth Football Clinic; Parent/Coach Meeting; Vendors On-T-Shirts, Sweatshirts and Varsity Wool/Leather Jackets, by Thunder Sportwear; BBQ-Hot Dogs, Snacks & Refreshments; Freshmen Football Sign Ups; Medford Jr. Mustangs Sign – Ups; Bocce Ball, Horseshoes, Wiffle Balls on site; Mustang Football Family Day, Alumni and Patrons welcome. For further information contact gomedford@aol.com. More info also available on www.medfordfootball.com.

Medford Youth Football and Cheer Fundraiser The Medford Jr. Mustangs… first big fundraiser of the season! Join us for a night out of pizza, comedy and great company on June 2 starting at 6:30 PM at Giggles Comedy Club, Saugus. $30 per person includes the show and plenty of pizza. Leave the kids at home, only 21+ at the event. Thanks for your support, see you there! For tickets contact mpowerathletics@yahoo.com or call: 781-254-3362. Event will feature comedian Steve Sweeney. Dubbed by one admirer “the undisputed King of Boston comedy,” Sweeney embodies, almost literally, the city he calls home. A master of dialects and character voices, Sweeney can riff on everyone from Dorchester church ladies to Beacon Hill.

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Royall House & Slave Quarters Annual Benefit Event Please join us at the annual event to benefit the Royall House & Slave Quarters! “Giving Voice: An Afternoon with Playwright Lydia Diamond,” 3-5 pm. We are honored that Lydia R. Diamond will be the featured speaker at our annual benefit event. Ms. Diamond recently made her Broadway debut with her play Stick Fly, produced by Alicia Keys. Her many award-winning plays, produced at theaters and universities around the country, address complex issues of race and slavery. She says she finds it healing to tell such stories, that giving these issues a voice and a context is empowering. Ms. Diamond is currently on the faculty at Boston University. Please join us for this special afternoon of conversation, music, house tours, museum exhibits, and refreshments. For more information, and to purchase tickets and/or sponsor this event, visit www.RoyallHouse.org … and please follow the museum on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RoyallHouseSlaveQuarters.

Medford/Malden Collaborative “We Remember” Liturgy 11AM at Sacred Hearts Parish, Malden, 297 Main Street. The parishes in the Malden/Medford collaborative will be hosting a special liturgy entitled, “We Remember”, for anyone who has experienced the loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth or abortion, or the loss of a child or sibling at any age. This Mass will take place on Saturday morning, June 9th, at 11AM, at Sacred Hearts Parish in Malden Square. Perhaps coming together with others who share a similar loss and grief will help to ease your own. If you would like further information, please contact Betsy at stjosephmusic@msn.com or at 781 -391-1457.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

1st Annual Health and Fitness Expo Medford High School, 489 Winthrop Street, 10 am to 3 pm. There will be interactive and complimentary health screenings and demonstrations and sports clinics throughout the day as well as the kickoff of Fitness Together’s Citywide Weight Loss Challenge. Exhibitors Categories will include: General Health; Preventive Health; Nutrition; Exercise/Fitness/Sports; Merchandise for Sale; Aging in Place. This event is free to the public.