WEEKEND CALENDAR June 26-28
FRIDAY
Free Community Dinner, Live Music & Good Company
Free Dinner, Live Music, and Good Company on Friday, June 26
All are welcome to the next Groton Community Dinners on Friday, June 26. Dinner is held at First Parish Church, intersection of Rtes. 40/119, Groton. Dinner is served continuously from 5:45-7 p.m. Join in for live music, delicious food, and good company. This month's menu includes chips, salsa and guacamole, house salad, chicken fajitas or vegetarian "wheat meat" fajitas, black bean and corn salad, and strawberry shortcake with whipped cream for dessert. Reservations are not necessary. For more information, like us on Facebook, visit www.grotoncommunitydinners.org or call 978-448-3035.
SATURDAY
Family Discovery Day: Curious About Nature
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA, 102 Prospect Hill Road
Explore nature and spend time learning about the plants, animals, and habitats found at Fruitlands during this family-friendly afternoon event. Borrow a naturalist's toolkit and set off for an adventure to find items on our nature scavenger hunt. Use excerpts from Naturally Curious: A Photographic Field Guide to identify specimens and learn about the environment in the summer season. Make seasonal nature crafts to take home, too! This afternoon of outdoor adventure is the perfect way to introduce children to the beauty of the nature, right here in Fruitlands' back yard.
Girl Scout Car Wash
Groton Girl Scout Troop 66530 is holding a car wash, Saturday, June 27 from 9 am. to 1:30 p.m. at Prescott School, Main Street.
Touch-A-Truck Car Wash
ngine and Hose Company 1 Association will host ITS first touch-a-truck/car wash for the season this Saturday, June 27 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Groton Center Fire Station (45 Farmers Row). The fundraising is to assist Firefighter/EMT Paul McBrearty with his opportunity to help teach at the first ever Kenya Fire Academy in Nairobi.
SUNDAY
Solstice Dinner
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA, 102 Prospect Hill Road
Join us in the field at Fruitlands for our 3rd annual Farm to Fork dinner. We'll say adieu to our centennial year and celebrate the beginning of our 101st while supporting Fruitlands Museum's educational programs. The evening will begin with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres under the tent and tours of the museum buildings. Next, wander down the hill for outdoor dining under a summer sky on a delicious locally-sourced dinner provided by Fireside Catering from Gibbet Hill Grill in Groton, along with wine and live music. After dinner it's back to the tent for champagne and dessert. See the full menu below. Tickets are $150 per person or $1200 for a table of eight. This event sells out quickly so purchase your tickets early. Tickets are non-refundable.
