"People, Plants & Revolution" Public Art Banners and Audio Tour
2025-04-04 - 2025-05-31 | Town of Arlington, MA, Massachusetts Avenue 730, Arlington, MA, 02476, United States
April 4 to May 31, 2025
Public Art: Commemorative Banners and Audio Tour
Arlington Center, outside along Mass Avenue
People, Plants & Revolution is the theme for a series of colorful banners and an audio tour commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution in Arlington, MA. Organized by ArtsArlington, the banners portray the landscape elements and important plants that shaped life in 1775 in Menotomy, as the town was known at the time, a colonial farming village. Learn more about these plants and how people lived, interwoven with revolutionary history, by listening to the audio tour – available anytime and anywhere at www.PlantStories.us. The original silkscreen art used to make the banners is on view at 13FOREST Gallery (through May 23) and the Old Schwamb Mill (through May 31). See versions of the banners up close at Robbins Memorial Town Hall (through September 6) on the second floor. All of the banners and text versions of the audio tour are available at https://artsarlington.org/plants-and-people/.
About the Artists
ArtsArlington’s Public Art Curator Cecily Miller invited artists Suzanne Moseley and Liz Shepherd to design commemorative banners; they were assisted by Lily McDonald and Andrew Palladino.
Suzanne Moseley is an experimental artist, working in printmaking, cyanotype and sculptural formats. She often collaborates, recently with co-artist Liz Shepherd. Her work is in private collections, is often grant-funded and has been exhibited in the US and abroad. Her sculptures from repurposed materials, created with fellow artist Adrienne Shishko, have been featured in Fiber Art Now, The Boston Globe, and New Visionary Magazine. Her ability to work collaboratively garners its own attention, with invitations to discuss her experience, most recently at Berklee College of Music, Harvard Art Museum’s Maker Space and for an upcoming program on Newton Cable News.
Liz Shepherd produces large-scale sculptural installations, which bring to mind ideas about the earthly and the divine. She uses printmaking to enhance objects made of wood or paper. She also produces small, hand-pulled print editions. In the past 15 years she has exhibited in the United States and internationally. Shepherd’s work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Edinburgh College of Art, Syracuse University, Boston Children’s Hospital, the Hanoi (Vietnam) Contemporary Art Centre and the Bernard Zuckerman Museum of Art in Kennesaw, Georgia as well as numerous corporate and private collections. Originally from New York City, Shepherd now lives in Boston. She received her MFA in 2006 from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, which awarded her the prestigious Traveling Fellowship in 2015.
About the Audio Producer
Molly Edwards, Ph.D. produced the audio tour portion of this project. Dr. Edwards is a plant biologist turned science communicator who goes by Science IRL (‘in real life’) online. She is dedicated to telling stories that showcase the humanity and joy of being a scientist and foster a sense of belonging in STEM. In 2022 she received her Ph.D. from Harvard University, where she studied the wild and wonderful petals of columbine flowers. During graduate school she realized her science video hobby was quickly becoming a passion project that would shape her future career. Upon graduating she founded Science IRL Productions and now works with scientists and artists to bring STEM stories to life through digital media.
About ArtsArlington
The Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture – ArtsArlington for short – serves as the umbrella organization for all town-related arts and culture activities. Our mission is to cultivate a sustainable and supportive environment for the arts, enliven public space with accessible creative experiences to strengthen and enrich our community, create opportunities for artists, and invigorate the local economy. Our Public Art Curator, Cecily Miller, organized four projects to commemorate Arlington250 including these commemorative banners as well as work by Nilou Moochhala, Christopher Frost, Asia Kepka, and the fiber artists of Princeton Sankofa Stitchers Modern Quilting Guild. See https://artsarlington.org

Untold Stories: Public Art Commemorating Arlington 250
2025-04-05 08:00 - 2025-05-23 17:00 (America/New_York) | 13 Forest Gallery, Massachusetts Avenue 167a, Arlington, MA, 02474, United States
On view April 5 – May 23, this 13Forest Gallery exhibition spotlights three major public art projects commissioned by Arts Arlington and planned by Public Art Curator Cecily Miller to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution and the critical role of Arlington (formerly the Village of Menotomy) on its very first day of fighting, on April 19, 1775.
Featured artists in the exhibition include Chris Frost and Asia Kepka, Nilou Moochhala, and Suzanne Moseley and Liz Shepherd.
Sat April 26, 4-6PM, “Telling Stories”, talk by curator Cecily Miller and the artists of Untold Stories
Sat May 10, 4-6PM, Show and Tell – a demonstration of natural dyeing techniques and sustainability practices in art and fashion with Asia Kepka.

Arlington Restaurant Week
2025-04-12 - 2025-04-21 | Massachusetts
Arlington Restaurant Week
Sunday, April 12-Monday, April 21
Arlington’s diverse cuisine, representing all corners of the world, will be on display during Arlington Restaurant Week. Running from Sunday, April 12 through Monday, April 21, Arlington Restaurant Week will encompass Patriots’ Day Weekend 2025 and will celebrate 250 years since the Battle of Menotomy which took place at the beginning of the American Revolution. Participating restaurants will feature culinary specials and entertainment.
Arlington offers a thriving arts scene, boutique galleries, independent theaters, diverse dining, public art and access to the Minuteman Bikeway all within five square miles. This blend of history, natural beauty and vibrant arts makes Arlington a destination for foodies and history buffs just in time to kick off the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution.

Concord250: Weaving an Address
2025-04-14 09:00 - 2025-06-14 21:00 | The Umbrella Arts Center, Stow Street 40, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Exhibition: April 14 – June 14, 2025
Opening Reception April 14, 6 p.m.
The Umbrella Arts Center in historic Concord Center will commemorate the semiquincentennial of the American Revolution and “the shot heard round the world” with an ambitious outdoor/indoor public and gallery art exhibition, Weaving an Address, curated by artist Marla McLeod.
For the first time, Weaving an Address combines The Umbrella’s popular Art Ramble public art installation, on view April 15 through October 7 at Brister’s Hill in nearby Walden Woods, with an indoor exhibition (on view April 14 through June 14) in The Umbrella’s Allie Kussin Gallery. The exhibition features site-specific work by eight prominent Black artists combining sculpture, fiber art, installation and live performance inspired by little-known experiences of historical Black inhabitants of Concord and its Walden Woods.
Featured artists in the exhibition are Sharon Chandler Correnty, Ifé Franklin, Stephen Hamilton, Whitney Harris, Ekua Holmes, Perla Mabel, Marla McLeod, Kimberly Love Radcliffe, and Anthony Peyton Young.
Outdoors, large-scale work will be installed on Brister’s Hill, named for Brister Freeman, an enslaved man who won his freedom by serving in the Revolutionary War and then bought the property and lived there along with other formerly enslaved.Indoors at The Umbrella, inter-related fiber artworks will weave narratives from fragmented pasts to offer a vision of how history shapes the present and influences the future.
Supporting community activities include an opening reception on April 14, monthly curator talks, a processional with artist Ifé Franklin, and participation in the town-wide Revolutionary Concordians Trading Card program.
This exhibition is presented as part of the Concord250 commemoration, in partnership with The Walden Woods Project and The Robbins House, in association with Gather 2025, a month-long exploration and celebration of fiber and textile art in Greater Boston, and with permission of Concord Natural Resources Division.
See https://TheUmbrellaArts.org/Weaving for more information about special engagements, wayfinding, artist bios, and background to the exhibition.

13th Annual Tough Ruck Marathon
2025-04-20 07:00 - 17:00 | The Fenn School, Monument Street 516, Concord, NC, 01742, United States
On Sunday, April 20, 2025, 1,000 military personnel, first responders, and civilians from across the country will gather before dawn to honor their fallen comrades as part of the 2025 Tough Ruck held in partnership with the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) and the Boston Marathon. Participants will “ruck” 26.2 miles along the paths of the Revolutionary War, many in full military gear, including their rucksacks that weigh as much as 35 pounds on their backs. Tough Ruck raises funds for the Military Friends Foundation, a nonprofit that supports local service members and families of the fallen in times of need. The B.A.A. awards each Tough Ruck finisher an official Boston Marathon medallion. Finish line festivities include food vendors and kid-friendly activities. More information about the event is available at www.toughruck.org.
Schedule:
• 6:55 AM – Opening ceremonies with senior military personnel, Families of the fallen military, and first responders
• 7:30 AM – Ruckers step off on the 26.2-mile certified course
• 12:30-4 PM – Awarding of the official Boston Marathon medals to Tough Ruckers finishers

The Road Where It Happened: Revolution Comes to Mentomy
2025-04-20 10:00 - 2025-04-22 16:00 | Old Schwamb Mill, Mill Lane 17, Arlington, Massachusetts, 02476, United States
This detailed exhibit in a historic mill examines the roadway stretching from the Foot of the Rocks east to Spy Pond that saw the day’s worst fighting and many deaths on both sides. The exhibit sheds welcome light on the diverse people who fought and lived through that historic day that took place amidst their farms, stores, and homes. Known today as Massachusetts Avenue, Battle Road was the route traversed by some 2,000 British regulars marching to Concord and back again on April 19, 1775, sparking the start of the American Revolution.

"Untold Stories" Exhibition Unveiling & Free Tours
2025-04-20 11:00 - 16:00 | Arlington Historical Society, Jason Street 7, Arlington, MA, 02476, United States
Operated by the Arlington Historical Society, the historic Jason Russell House was a witness to the fiercest fighting of the Battle of Lexington, Concord, Menotomy, the conflict that marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Today, the House, still bearing scars from the fight, is at the heart of the Society’s regional history museum, offering guided tours and engaging exhibits that highlight the lasting impacts of the American Revolution and Arlington’s broader history.
On both Saturday, April 19, and Monday, April 21, the Arlington Historical Society at the Jason Russell House will be open for FREE admission from 11am to 4pm, with a special unveiling of UNTOLD STORIES – The Battle of Menotomy, Voices of the Overlooked, & Centennial Celebrations exhibition.
This commemorative exhibition aims to highlight the Battle of Menotomy as an “Untold Story.” It explores the perspectives of often-overlooked communities involved in the battle and examines how the people of the Commonwealth commemorated, memorialized, and celebrated the important anniversaries of this pivotal event, as the first battle of the American Revolutionary War.

il Casale Lexington Live Jazz Brunch
2025-04-20 12:00 - 14:30 | il Casale Lexington, 1727 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, 02420, United States
Located in the heart of Lexington Center, il Casale Lexington will be offering its weekly live jazz brunch with Ethan K. Jazz Duo on Sunday, April 20th from 12-2:30pm. The live music will draw from a vast catalog of jazz standards, as well as bossa nova and popular classics from the seventies, which was during the time that The Battle of Lexington was fought in 1775. Offering equal parts traditional Italian cuisine and exclusive family classics, brunch highlights will include Egg and Cheese Panini on a scali roll with choice of garden salad or fries; Caprese Omelet featuring an egg omelet, tomatoes, basil, mozzarella with a side of arugula cherry tomato salad, grilled bread; Eggs in Purgatory featuring three eggs poached in spicy tomato sauce, angel hair, garlic, basil, grilled pugliese bread; and Spaghetti Ai Frutti Di Mare with shrimp, mussels, white wine saffron broth, garlic, and parsley. All brunch items can be accompanied by a range of mocktails and cocktails including specialty revolutionary rum-inspired cocktails for the occasion. Reservations can be made on Resy.

Arlington250: Battle of Menotomy 250th Reenactment
2025-04-20 14:00 - 17:00 | Town of Arlington, MA, Massachusetts Avenue 730, Arlington, MA, 02476, United States
At 2pm on Sunday, April 20th, the Town of Arlington will be joined by the Menotomy Minuteman and participants from many historical reenactment groups to reenact the Battle of Menotomy. Beginning at Mass Ave and Grove Street in Arlington, this ‘running’ battle will stretch nearly one mile of Mass Ave, ending at Medford Street. Spectators will watch several significant battle engagements. Spectators are only allowed to watch on the northern side of Mass Ave.
About the Battle of Menotomy:
The Battle of Menotomy was the longest and bloodiest engagement of April 19th, 1775. On that fateful day, Menotomy (now Arlington) was a crossroads village of about 400 farmers, millers, tavern keepers, and their families. Here 79 companies of minutemen from 16 towns, 3800 militiamen in all, surrounded and engaged His Majesty’s troops on their retreat from Concord and Lexington. While adding to the grim statistics of the day (forty royal troops killed, and 25 colonials lost), the Battle of Menotomy was decisive proof (as John Adams would argue to the Continental Congress) that the Crown and its colonies were in a state of war.
Visit: https://www.visitarlingtonma.org/arlington-250/

Irish Contribution to America/America 250
2025-04-20 14:00 - 2025-04-22 01:00 | Massachusetts
Celebrate in Menotomy/Arlington where most of the battle was fought. The bloodiest, where the Irish joined the Minuteman, where canons were sunk and history has been hidden.
Sunday 4/20 celebrate the Irish Contribution with Revolutionary War stories and Civil war historian and musician David Kincaid at an all day event in the Irish Social Club of Boston.
