This week’s Tiny Shed Arts & Discovery Series features music from Ben Sparrow and Friends on Sunday, May 24, from 12:30 – 2 pm. Mystic Open Studio is on hand with arts and crafts for the whole family.

Historian Richard Duffy explores how Menotomy recovered after the Battle of Menotomy, examining the culture, daily life, and resilience of this rural community as the American Revolution continued nearby.

The Arlington Human Rights Commission invites the community to a talk and a conversation on the Declaration of Independence and its meaning for us today.

This week’s Tiny Shed Arts & Discovery Series features a free concert with Arlington Express on Sunday, May 31, from 12:30 – 2 pm. The “midnight rider” William Dawes will also pay a visit as part of the Arlington250 celebration. Get a selfie!

Join True Story Theater for an evening of Playback Theatre, "Stories of Being Queer in These Times," at the Arlington Center for the Arts on Friday, June 5, 2026 from 7pm-8:30pm.

The Old Schwamb Mill is pleased to welcome the Monday Art Collective for its Summer 2026 exhibition with an exhibit titled “Driven By Abstraction.” The exhibition will open with a public reception on Saturday, June 6, from 2:00-4:00 PM.

Come paint a fish or two for Arlington's newest public art project. Join us on Sunday, June 7 from 10 am to 12 pm at Mystic Open Studio, 785 Mass Avenue, Arlington.

Poets will present their works inspired by sculptor Chris Frost’s installation, "Unseen/Unforgotten: A Remembrance of Menotomy’s Everyday Defenders, 1775"

Move to the music of the world and meet new people!

Monthly poetry event where participants read poems by other poets, celebrating diverse voices and cultures while welcoming even non-poets to share their heritage. We are honored to have Arlington Poet Laureate Teresa Cader as our chief guest.

Bridging Mind: Science Talks for Everyone is a community event series that makes science, society, and human experience accessible to all through engaging public discussions.

Coming to a porch near you... Arlington's free, festive, one-day-only music extravaganza returns to our community in 2026!

Prepare or sight-read chamber music pieces with other adults, have some refreshments, and meet other music enthusiasts!