Week of Events
Birds!
Fivesparks and the Boxborough Birders present BIRDS!, a curated art exhibition exploring and celebrating the wonder, beauty, and diversity of birds. Featuring works that interpret the theme of BIRDS! that reflect not only birds themselves, but also their habits, homes, interactions, impacts, and traces. Come enjoy wonderful bird-themed artwork by local, regional and artists across the …
Sunday, May 24, 2026
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May 24, 2026 -Birds! Exhibit Event: Painted Perches
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May 24, 2026 -Birds Exhibit Event: Tweet Treats
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May 24, 2026 -Fivesparks Theater Presents: Talley’s Folly
Birds! Exhibit Event: Painted Perches
Painted Perches is a family-friendly, hands-on program where participants design and paint their very own birdhouse together! Each birdhouse is locally built and designed for native bird species, making it both a meaningful art project and a way to support local wildlife. Families will enjoy spending quality time exploring color, creativity, and personal expression while …
Birds Exhibit Event: Tweet Treats
Tweet Treats is a kid-friendly, hands-on program where participants will make their very own birdfeeder to take home and feed their resident feathered friends! One birdhouse per child ($20). This workshop is appropriate for kiddos aged 4 years and up. Saturday, May 24th, 11:00am-12:00pm. Register HERE. This workshop is proceeded by another kid-friendly Birds! Exhibit …
Fivesparks Theater Presents: Talley’s Folly
Fivesparks Theater announces its next production, Talley’s Folly, by Lanford Wilson. Directed by Kathleen Sills, performances will take place on: Friday, May 15 (7:30pm) Saturday, May 16 (7:30pm) Sunday, May 17 (2:00pm) Friday, May 22 (7:30pm) Saturday, May 23 (7:30pm) Sunday, May 24 (2:00pm) PURCHASE TICKETS HERE Lanford Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning romantic drama is set in 1944, in the …
Monday, May 25, 2026
No events on this day.
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
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May 26, 2026 -Paint & Popcorn
Paint & Popcorn
Make afternoons something to PoP about! Join us for a six week guided painting class filled with color, creativity and plenty of savory snacks. Painting paired with an epic popcorn bar will be sure to curb those afternoon snack cravings and unlock some pent up creativity! All popcorn and painting supplies included! $300 for 6 …
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
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May 27, 2026 -Slime Time with Miss Lisa
Slime Time with Miss Lisa
Join Miss Lisa for a fun, hands-on slime club where kids will learn how to make a different type of slime each week! Participants will mix their own slime and customize it with fun add-ins like glitter, sequins, and foam beads. Each session includes time for slime play, creativity, and cleanup, and kids will take …
Thursday, May 28, 2026
No events on this day.
Friday, May 29, 2026
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May 29, 2026 -Music is Meditation
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May 29, 2026 -The Drawing Room – May
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May 29, 2026 -Birds! Exhibit Event: Night Owl Night – PJ Storytime Author Visit & Activity
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May 29, 2026 -Birds! Exhibit Event – Open Poetry Reading
Music is Meditation
Age-old practices of meditation, such as Zen, remain an effective means of promoting stress-reduction and attaining self-awareness. This series, entitled “Music is Meditation,” will explore the possibilities of using “musical mantras” in the place of verbal ones in the practice of collective meditation. Each session will entail two 20-minute meditation periods, each employing recurrent musical …
The Drawing Room – May
The Drawing Room – May: An open drawing studio with artist guidance The Drawing Room offers a welcoming space for focused drawing, creative exploration, and artistic community, led by artist and teacher Mara Levin. These open studio sessions invite artists to work at their own pace, with guidance available whenever it’s helpful. Drawing on decades …
Birds! Exhibit Event: Night Owl Night – PJ Storytime Author Visit & Activity
Children and caregivers, come to Fivesparks for a fun bird-themed PJ Storytime! Children learn fun facts about owls and try out their owl voices before a reading by author Susan Edwards Richmond of her Mass Book Award Honor title, NIGHT OWL NIGHT. In the story, Sova follows her dream of encountering a favorite animal in …
Birds! Exhibit Event – Open Poetry Reading
To start the closing of the Birds! exhibit, let's gather and celebrate birds in written word! Listen to and read poems about birds (and flight, and feathers and nests and birdsong...anything bird-related!) while surrounded by amazing bird-themed artwork. Join area professional/semi-professional poets and read your favorite poem at a welcoming and low-key open-mic-style event. This …
Saturday, May 30, 2026
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May 30, 2026 -Birds! Exhibit Event: Live Bird Show!
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May 30, 2026 -Birds! Last day to view
Birds! Exhibit Event: Live Bird Show!
Don't Miss This! Come to Fivesparks to see the Birds! exhibit one last time and be marveled by some REAL feathered friends! Join Bethany Boucher of Amazing Animal Ambassadors to learn about a wide range of birds from parrots, birds of prey and more. Some of the birds you might see include a macaw, cockatoo, …
Birds! Last day to view
Don't miss the amazing celebration of Birds! Last day to view is Saturday, May 30, 2026. 12:00-4:00pm.