If you have kids out of school this week, or just have extra time for yourself, here are some places to go – to see more of Boston and MetroWest, have some family fun, and practice your English:
- Swan Boats at the Boston Public Garden
Now open for the season
GPS: 4 Charles Street, Boston - Watch the Runners in the Boston Marathon – Monday April 15
It starts in Hopkinton and goes through MetroWest along Rt. 135 - Patriots Day Activities – Monday, April 15
- Boston Patriots’ Day Parade – Monday April 15th
- Patriots’ Day activities in Lexington & Concord April 13-15
- Spring Carnival – Pinefield Shopping Center, Framingham
Thursday-Sunday April 18-21, Rides, Games, Food - Garden in the Woods – Now open for the season
GPS: 180 Hemenway Rd, Framingham - Danforth Art Museum – Now re-opened in Framingham Center
Free open house – Sunday, April 14th Noon to 4pm
GPS: 14 Vernon St. Framingham - Vacation Week Activities at these museums:
- Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Story Telling, Art projects, more - Boston Children’s Museum
Special Story Telling events April 16-20 - Franklin Park Zoo
Special talks with the zookeepers April 15-19 - Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston
Special activities April 16-19 - Discovery Museum in Acton
Special activities, including Tinytropolis April 15-20 - Animal Adventures in Bolton
- Ecotarium in Worcester
Earth Week
- Boston Museum of Fine Arts
- Cambridge Science Festival – Now through April 21
250 events – in Cambridge, and around Boston - Big Apple Circus – now through May 5th
At the North Shore Mall in Peabody
GPS: 210 Andover Street, Peabody - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston
Special day for visitors named Isabella on Wed. April 17th. (It’s free for Isabellas every day)
Take a virtual tour of the museum
GPS: 25 Evans Way, Boston - Society of Arts & Crafts
Small, free museum in new home at …
GPS: 100 Pier 4 Boulevard, Seaport area of Boston (next to Ocean Prime restaurant) - Rotary Club Craft Fair – Sat. April 20th from 10-4
At Keefe Tech High School in Framingham
More than 100 crafters - Lots more to find on…