Celebrate OUT Metrowest’s 14th Birthday! LGBTQ+ youth and their families are invited to join us in Framingham for a drag performance, brunch, and Birthday Party festivities. Registration required!
Join us as we connect the community of LGBTQIA+ neighbors in Natick, and beyond. We will gather to get to know each other, learn what's on our minds, discuss the possibility of future activities and meet-ups, and create belonging in these times of uncertainty and uneasiness.
Hosted By Common Street Spiritual Center
Join Spark Kindness, Keep Natick Beautiful, Natick AMVETS Post 79, and the Natick Rotary Club at our community clean-up to improve the environment along the Cochituate Rail Trail in the area of AMVETS, from Rt. 9 to Rt. 30. Connect with neighbors, enjoy nature, and help us take care of this special place. RSVPs aren't required but are encouraged to help us plan!
Come Nerd OUT with OUT MetroWest, friends, family, and community members!
Sky is OUT MetroWest's newest program, running the first Thursday of the month starting in March. This will be a virtual program, that youth can access from anywhere they have Wi-Fi! Sky was developed to help meet the needs of youth who otherwise cannot get to our Framingham or Satellite locations. Additionally, we hope Sky will help us reach youth who may not be out to their communities and are looking to explore their identity.
On behalf of Natick Interfaith Clergy, we are excited to invite you to Natick's inaugural Interfaith Harmony Week. Established by the UN in 2010, World Interfaith Harmony Week is an annual, week-long series of local, interfaith programming, observed during the month of February. Through local, in-person house of worship visits, discussions, and celebrations of our community's diverse faith traditions, participants will gain deeper appreciation and understanding of our community's range of religious traditions and build bonds with our neighbors.
Hosted By Natick Interfaith Leaders
Join us on Zoom! Learn how to recognize when Black teens may need mental health support, understand the barriers they face, and discover ways to help them access the care they deserve.
Hosted by Natick 180, Natick Public Schools, and Families for Depression Awareness.
Join us as we connect the community of LGBTQIA+ neighbors in Natick, and beyond. We will gather to get to know each other, learn what's on our minds, discuss the possibility of future activities and meet-ups, and create belonging in these times of uncertainty and uneasiness.
Hosted By Common Street Spiritual Center
Join Spark Kindness for an inspiring evening and opportunity to informally connect around the unifying power of gratitude!
Come join us for a free fun-filled storytime and a special meet-and-greet with author Nancy Churnin, who wrote the picture book Rainbow Allies. Kids and adults will have an opportunity to listen to a read-aloud, do crafts and coloring activities, enjoy refreshments, purchase PEACE flags, purchase books, and get their books signed by the author!
Hosted by Morse Institute Library and Spark Kindness
How can we make our communities more welcoming and accessible for people with disabilities? Join us for a special screening of "Lives Worth Living," a documentary film that highlights the story of activists fighting for equal access and opportunity for people with disabilities, which culminated in the 1990 passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Hosted by SPARK Kindness
A community Reading of Frederick Douglass’ “What to the slave is the Fourth of July.
Special Guest, Brenna Greer, Professor of History at Wellesley College
Kindness has never been more important and Kindness Week is a time to shine a spotlight on the good that happens every day in our communities, and to inspire people to SPARK Kindness through simple but powerful actions. SPARK Kindness invites community members, organizations, and businesses to all come together to help celebrate our 6th annual Kindness Week.
Join us for Natick Days!
Join us on Saturday, September 10 for the annual Natick Days Festival! The day will be full of food, fun, and entertainment while highlighting the work of the service organizations and volunteers that make the Town of Natick such a great place to live, work and play.
Hosted By The Town of Natick
Each year, we celebrate the many cultures within our community through the offering of native foods, music, dance, and performances. This event is free and open to the public and strives to build deeper connections among community members through education, entertainment, and fun.
Hosted by Natick Center Cultural District
Award winning illustrator and artist Ekua Holmes reads “Dream Street” about a special street bursting with joy, hope, and dreams and shares about the creative process of illustrating the book. Families will also be able to participate in hands-on activities during this special family story hour that will take place at the Natick High School library.
Hosted by SPARK Kindness
Join Britt Hawthorne (they/she), author of the highly-anticipated, New York Times Bestseller, Raising Antiracist Children: A Practical Parenting Guide (Simon Element, 2022). The book is an interactive guide for strategically incorporating the tools of inclusivity into everyday life and parenting and it received a starred review from Kirkus.
Hosted by Morse Institute Library
Grab your sneakers, strollers, and leashes and join Family Promise for their largest fundraiser of the year! All funds raised support the programs that help families stabilize their housing and build brighter futures.
Hosted by Family Promise Metrowest
Mark your calendars: Earth Day All Around Natick is happening April 29-30! From the common to the trails to our neighbors backyards, there are dozens of ways you can celebrate and learn about our planet.
Hosted by EcoNatick.
Celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy that inspires and empowers us all. Our program will feature performances from student groups, Middle and High School MLK Day Creative Contest winners, community leaders and partners, Interfaith Clergy representatives, a moving keynote, and more! We hope you will join us immediately following the program (at 11:15am) for a Community Connection Event, including special MLK Day activities for all ages, and time to meet student groups, community organizations, neighbors and friends.
Paint diyas & make lanterns
Draw chalk art on sidewalks
Capture memories in the photo booth
Participate in the community Garba dance
Make Diwali cards in the children’s room
Take & make Rangoli kit - available Monday, October 3rd
Hosted By Morse Institute Library
Join us for Natick Days!
Join us on Saturday, September 10 for the annual Natick Days Festival! The day will be full of food, fun, and entertainment while highlighting the work of the service organizations and volunteers that make the Town of Natick such a great place to live, work and play.
Hosted By The Town of Natick
Each year, we celebrate the many cultures within our community through the offering of native foods, music, dance, and performances. This event is free and open to the public and strives to build deeper connections among community members through education, entertainment, and fun.
Hosted by Natick Center Cultural District
Join us as award winning author Rajani LaRocca reads her new book about a girl in America and her grandmother in India, whose love stretches between languages and cultures—and across the world. This special story hour will take place at the Morse Institute Library.
Hosted by SPARK Kindness
Celebrate the spirit of multi-culturalism of our town with Holi! Holi (/holi/;Sanskrit: हो ली Holi) is a spring festival celebrated in the Indian subcontinent, also known as the "festival of colors" or the "festival of love".
There will be eco-friendly dry powdered color available for all, Bollywood music with a DJ, and delicious Indian food for purchase. This is a free event, with the exception of the food. The Morse Institute Library will partner with us to provide activities on the library lawn. 1:00 - 2:00 pm at the Morse Institute Library will be Holi-related craft activities and book readings.
Co-Hosted by Natick Center Cultural District & Morse Institute Library
Come learn about Natick Is United, and participate in our latest community art project using upcycled materials. Information and art for all ages!
ACCESSIBILITY - The event location has uneven ground and a steep slope.
WEATHER - Event will be held rain or shine.
Celebrate our amazing life-supporting planet with events that are educational, hands-on, and FUN! Visit EcoNatick.org to see the growing lineup of Earth Day activities on the EVENTS page - there are over 40 activities now! What will YOU do for Earth Day?
Hosted By Eco Natick
This presentation will equip participants with up-to-date vocabulary, answers to frequently asked (and frequently awkward!) questions, and basic tools for effective allyship.
Hosted by SPARK Kindness
Roxy Manning, PhD, psychologist and expert in Nonviolent Communication, will offer strategies to address conflict (and stand up for ourselves and others) with a compassionate approach.
Hosted by SPARK Kindness
Katie Sugarman, Prevention & Outreach Program Manager for the Natick Health Department and Director of the
Natick 180 Coalition presents on “How Understanding Current Trends, Tips and Resources Can Help Prevent & Reduce Addiction in Our Community.”
Hosted by Natick 180.
Come, Celebrate Diwali - The Hindu Festival of Lights at the Morse Institute Library! Build a giant Rangoli on the Library lawn, make lanterns, create chalk art on the sidewalks, capture your festive memories at the photo booth and join in for the Grand Finale - a community Garba dance!
Hosted by Morse Institute Library
Online Event For high school students and educators, parents, caregivers and community members
Celebrated activist Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins will discuss the extraordinary efforts that led to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and her role in that history-making event. We invite educators, students, and community members to learn this important history of disability rights and how to be more involved. ASL interpretation will be provided at this event.
Hosted By Spark Kindness
Join Ruth and Jordan in this yoga class for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) only--a space for BIPOC to be able to bring their entire selves to the mat. All those identifying as BIPOC are welcome to practice - together we will move, breathe and connect. The class is offered as donation based with monies going towards community actions.
Hosted by Roots & Wings Yoga & Healing Arts
