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Weekly Highlights in Massachusetts

Every featured event of the week, past and present

Bat Week at UMass
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Bat Week at UMass

UMass's Natural History Collections open Room 146 in Morrill Science Center II from October 26 to 30, 2026, for a free, drop-in Bat Week exhibit with live local bats, a mystery-jar contest, and prizes for costumes on Halloween Friday.

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Dalai Lama Succession Talk
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Dalai Lama Succession Talk

The 13th Kundeling Tatsak Rinpoche, heir to a lineage of Tibetan regents, discusses the Dalai Lama's reincarnation and its geopolitical stakes at UMass Amherst's Old Chapel on October 26, 2026.

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Satia on 1776's Other
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Satia on 1776's Other

Stanford historian Priya Satia asks who else opposed monarchy in 1776 in a free Feinberg Series lecture at UMass Amherst's Student Union Cape Cod Lounge on October 22, 2026.

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Drive-In Movie: IT
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Drive-In Movie: IT

A free drive-in screening of Stephen King's IT comes to a parking lot on Monday, October 19, 2026, with lawn seating for anyone without a car.

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Holyoke Fire Dept. Open
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Holyoke Fire Dept. Open

Holyoke's downtown fire headquarters at 600 High Street throws open its doors for a free morning of Touch-a-Truck, station tours and fire-safety demos during Doors Open Holyoke.

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Southwest at 60
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Southwest at 60

Architectural historian Timothy Rohan and campus planner Ludmilla Pavlova-Gillham lead a free walking tour of UMass Amherst's Southwest Residential Complex on October 24, 2026, starting at Berkshire Dining Commons.

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Russian Phrasebook at UMass
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Russian Phrasebook at UMass

Exiled dissidents Maria Kuznetsova and Dan Storyev bring "How to Survive Authoritarianism: A Russian's Phrasebook for Everyday Life in America" to UMass Amherst's Integrative Learning Center on October 20, 2026.

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Ruckus! at Old South
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Ruckus! at Old South

Ruckus!, the 25-minute immersive show that turns Boston's 1729 Old South Meeting House into a projection-mapped stage for the Revolution, runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on October 21, 2026, at 310 Washington Street.

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Amherst's 13th Block Party
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Amherst's 13th Block Party

The 13th annual Amherst Block Party closes North Pleasant Street in downtown Amherst on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, for a free evening of live music, street performers, and local businesses.

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Doors Open Holyoke 2026
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Doors Open Holyoke 2026

Doors Open Holyoke returns Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, for its sixth year, throwing open City Hall's ballroom, the Victory Theatre, a Masonic Temple and the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round for free tours across the nation's first planned industrial city.

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Westfield Riding Club Food
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Westfield Riding Club Food

The Westfield Riding Club Food Festival returns to 29 Fowler Road in Westfield, MA on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, with food trucks, pony rides, vendors, and a visit from Boomer.

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Ruckus! at Old South
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Ruckus! at Old South

Ruckus!, a 25-minute immersive show inside Boston's historic Old South Meeting House, runs October 15, 2026, projecting the debate that sparked the American Revolution onto the walls where it happened.

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Green Mountain Chamber
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Green Mountain Chamber

Violinist Elizabeth Chang and pianist Jiayan Sun play Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert in a free lunchtime recital at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington, Vermont on October 15, 2026.

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Drag Queens Call the Numbers
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

Drag Queens Call the Numbers

A free drag bingo night at UMass Amherst's Du Bois Library carries a campus tradition of outreach into a study-break space built for exactly this kind of loud, joyful gathering.

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Free Mini Football Field
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

Free Mini Football Field

A free drop-in craft morning at UMass Downtown turns popsicle sticks and felt into tabletop gridirons on Homecoming weekend.

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Franklin Park, Car-Free
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

Franklin Park, Car-Free

Ride & Chill returns to Boston's largest park with free group rides for every skill level, a festival at the newly reimagined Shattuck Picnic Grove, and six hours of car-free Circuit Drive.

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Three and a Half Centuries
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

Three and a Half Centuries

A school founded in 1676 with donated corn and land celebrates its improbable survival with art-making, a graffiti wall, and a pay-what-you-can party in Jamaica Plain.

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The Station That Wouldn't
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

The Station That Wouldn't

A Newton native who started at WBCN as a 14-year-old volunteer brings his documentary about Boston's renegade rock station back to the West Newton Cinema.

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Coming Home to the
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

Coming Home to the

For the first time since 1786, more than 160 Stockbridge-Munsee Mohicans are returning to their ancestral homelands for a powwow built on healing, memory, and fire.

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Cops, Cadets, and a Costume
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

Cops, Cadets, and a Costume

A free public safety festival lands at Look Park, the latest stop for a youth cadet program that its founders say is as much about recruiting kids as it is about rebuilding trust.

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A Quarter-Century of
Weekly Highlight Sep 14–21, 2026

A Quarter-Century of

For 26 years, the neighborhood's favorite block party has transformed East Broadway into a music-filled, food-packed celebration of the small businesses and people who make South Boston home.

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A Walk of Fame for the
Weekly Highlight Sep 14–21, 2026

A Walk of Fame for the

On opening day of the 2026 Big E, Eastern States Exposition unveils Showmen's Park, the first permanent walk of fame honoring the families, showmen, and innovators of the American fair and amusement industry.

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Massachusetts flag
Weekly Highlight Sep 7–13, 2026

Believe in Magic

A new nonprofit's immersive celebration of fairy folklore, artisan craft, and community wonder is set to transform Nonotuck Park this September—with a Guinness World Record attempt in the works.

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Pedal Power, Electrified
Weekly Highlight Sep 7–13, 2026

Pedal Power, Electrified

On September 9, Bostonians can test ride electric bikes, explore adaptive cycling options, and learn about the city's groundbreaking voucher program that's putting e-bikes within reach for residents who need them most.

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Shredding the Evidence
Weekly Highlight Sep 7–13, 2026

Shredding the Evidence

On September 12, the bank's new Easthampton branch hosts a drive-through ShredFest, helping neighbors turn sensitive paperwork into recycled goods and peace of mind.

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A Medieval Autumn in
Weekly Highlight Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

A Medieval Autumn in

On the first Saturday of September, the Barony of Carolingia brings the Middle Ages to life at the Middlesex County 4-H Fairground with tournaments, archery, equestrian feats, and a vibrant community.

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Boston's Fisherman's Feast Turns 116: A Century of Faith and the Flight of the Angel
Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

Boston's Fisherman's Feast Turns 116: A Century of Faith and the Flight of the Angel

For more than a century, Sicilian fishermen's descendants have filled the North End's narrow streets with sausage smoke, marching bands, and one of the city's most improbable rituals—the Flight of the Angel.

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Boston's Fisherman's Feast
Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

Boston's Fisherman's Feast

For more than a century, Sicilian fishermen's descendants have filled the North End's narrow streets with sausage smoke, marching bands, and one of the city's most improbable rituals—the Flight of the Angel.

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