LIVING HISTORY Next weekend, Framingham Centre may feel more like Sturbridge Village as costumed reenactors bring Civil War days to life during a two-day encampment.
“Given the popularity of our 2012 encampment, it seemed like a fitting way to wrap up our observation of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War,” said Anne Murphy, executive director of the Framingham History Center. “Living history allows visitors to be a part of the action. An encampment is so much more captivating than reading about the war in a text, or even seeing artifacts in a museum.”
The event will invite visitors to not just view, but also take part in, a re-creation of life in the mid-19th century. In addition to Union and Confederate soldiers, their tents, drills, and cannon fire, scheduled events include demonstrations of a Civil War medical tent, a company drill, how telegrams were sent and signal flags hoisted, a dress parade, and songs of the Civil War. Children can visit the American Girl tent and join a scavenger hunt that will bring Addy Walker’s story to life.
Admission is free to the encampment, which will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. next Sunday, Oct. 4, on Framingham Centre Common, at Oak Street and Edgell Road. For more information and a complete schedule of events, go online to www.framinghamhistory.org.
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AMERICAN SONGBOOK “Music Through the Decades” will be presented by musician David Polansky at a Hudson Historical Society meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the First Federated Church’s hall at 200 Central St. in Hudson. Using keyboard, trumpet and vocals, Polansky brings alive the music of George M. Cohan, Irving Berlin, Fats Waller, George Gershwin, and others. Admission is free.
IMAGES OF CAPE COD An exhibition from the acclaimed Provincetown Art Association and Museum, featuring works by several decades of artists inspired by the settings of Cape Cod, opens next Sunday, Oct. 4, in the South Café Gallery at the Newbury Court senior living complex in Concord, with a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. The display will be open for visitors from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through November. For more information, go to www.newburycourt.org.
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WOMEN’S LIVES The MetroWest Commission on the Status of Women, established by the state to identify and address the challenges facing women and girls in area communities, is hosting a public forum covering local issues Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the auditorium at Massachusetts Bay Community College’s campus at 19 Flagg Drive in Framingham. Residents and community leaders will be invited to provide oral or written testimony during the hearing. For more information, call 508-612-5950 or e-mail metrowestwomen@gmail.com.
MIDCENTURY MODERN TOUR This fall’s exploration of midcentury modern architecture in Lexington continues with a house tour featuring both original and renovated examples of the design style next Sunday, Oct. 4. In addition, the Lexington Historical Society will feature a midcentury modern market from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square. Advance tickets to the house tour are $30, or $25 for society members, and can be purchased up to Saturday at www.lexingtonhistory.org/events. Same-day tickets are $35 or $30, and may be purchased starting at 9 a.m. at the Lexington Depot. The self-guided house tour runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants are strongly encouraged to carpool on the tour.
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STEPPING BACK IN TIME A new documentary by Bedford video producer Leslie Wittman entitled “Bedford Memories: Stories of a Small Town” will be featured in a free screening at the Bedford Free Public Library next Sunday, Oct. 4, at 2 p.m. The film includes recent interviews with 11 longtime Bedford residents now in their 80s and 90s about what life was like when the town was a farming community, and the many changes they’ve witnessed over the decades. The documentary will be shown later on the Bedford cable-access station and available for purchase at Carleton-Willard Village, a senior residential community that sponsored the project. For more information, call 781-275-9440 or go to www.bedfordlibrary.net.
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