Recapping Everything in Reading, MA

🎭 "Curtains the Musical" by the Parker Middle School Drama Club
2025-03-06 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Reading Memorial High School, 62 Oakland Rd, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
CURTAINS THE MUSICAL is playing at Reading Memorial High School on March 6th at 6:30 pm, March 7th at 7 pm, and March 8th at 2 pm. The show, put on by the Parker Middle School Drama Club, is a musical comedy about a murder mystery that takes place backstage at a 1959 Boston theater. The Parker Drama Club cast and crew are led by director Stephen MacDonald, musical director Jennifer DiMuzio, and choreographer Nancy Katz. All performances of CURTAINS THE MUSICAL are open to the general public at RMHS Performing Arts Center. Admission is $15 per adult and $12 per student/senior. Purchase tickets at https://cur8.com/19736/project/129934

❄️ Winterfest 2025
2025-03-06 17:00 - 20:00 | Town Common, 680 Main Street, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
Our Third Annual Winterfest is shaping up to be another great event. If you’ve never been, you have missed out on seeing hundreds of your local customers socializing and sipping on Reading Common as the March sunsets.
What is Winterfest? Winterfest is the annual outdoor celebration of downtown Reading. Established in 2022 by the Reading-North Reading Chamber of Commerce. It was created to bring the community together in a family-friendly environment as the coldest days of winter start to fade.
This year, there will be fire tables and s’mores, music, local food and beer vendors, lit ice sculptures, and more. Stroll the downtown, pop into stores and restaurants, and make memories.
This is a rain-or-shine event.

🍔 Fuddruckers 3-lb Burger Challenge
2025-03-04 11:00 - 18:00 | Fuddruckers, 50 Walkers Brook Dr, Reading, MA, 01867-1515, United States
Fuddruckers 3-lb burger challenge is back!

For $34.99, challenge yourself to eat our 3-lb burger on a 3-lb bun, with 1-lb of our famous wedge cut fries. Don’t worry, you’ll have a bottomless fountain beverage to wash it down!

Anyone who completes this challenge in 45 minutes or less receives $50 in gift certificates and undeniable respect. The winner who completes this challenge in the fastest time throughout the day will receive $100 in gift certificates and a trophy for this incredible achievement.

Held every hour on the hour from 11-6pm on March 4th, 2025.

Whether you participate, or are just there to watch, we hope you join us in the Fat Tuesday Festivities!

To register, visit:
https://forms.gle/w1PFXjNKv5Vb52Lu8

Please email marketing@myfudds.com with any questions! Or, send me a message!

Fuddruckers Reading
50 Walkers Brook Dr. Reading, MA 01867

💬 Auschwitz Survivor to Speak in Reading
2025-03-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Reading Memorial High School, 62 Oakland Rd, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
On March 3, 2025, the Reading community will have a rare opportunity to hear first hand testimony from 97-year-old Holocaust survivor Helga Melmed. Hosted by Chabad of Wakefield, the event will take place at the William E. Endslow Performing Arts Center at Reading Memorial High School and is open to the public.

Born in Berlin, Melmed’s childhood was shattered by the rise of Nazi Germany. At just five years old, she was called a “dirty Jew” and beaten by her teacher. By the time she was thirteen, she and her parents had been deported to the Lodz Ghetto, where her father perished. She was later sent to Auschwitz, forced into labor camps, and endured a brutal death march to

Bergen-Belsen, where she was near death when the British liberated the camp in 1945.

Now residing in Florida, Melmed is making a special trip to Massachusetts for this event, recognizing the urgent need to share her story amid rising antisemitism.

“There is so much hate in the world today,” Melmed says. “I speak so people understand where hate leads, and why we must choose kindness instead.”

The evening will feature a moving performance of the theme from Schindler’s List, setting the tone for reflection and remembrance.

Tickets are $18 for adults and $10 for students and can be purchased at

www.JewishWakefield.com/tickets or by calling 781-205-9593.

This event is made possible by Chabad of Wakefield and generous corporate sponsors, ensuring that Melmed’s message continues to educate and inspire generations to come.

🥡 Refugee Community Alliance Fundraiser at Mandarin
2025-02-28 11:30 - 22:30 | Mandarin, 296 Salem Street, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
Does your family love Asian food?
Do you dread figuring out what to make for dinner?!
Why not take the night off from cooking and support the Refugee Community Alliance at the same time?!
On Friday, February 28th, the Refugee Community Alliance hosting a restaurant fundraiser at the Mandarin Reading Asian restaurant! (296 Salem Street in Reading).
Dine in OR order take-out and the Refugee Community Alliance receives 20+% of sales!
The Mandarin Reading is open for lunch or dinner (11:30 AM – 10:30 PM), and our fundraiser runs all day!
Please see our flyer for more information and please bring your flyer to the restaurant on Friday, February 28th. Thank you!

PDF – CouponBenefit-Refugee Community Alliance

🚆 MBTA Turnback Track Public Meeting
2025-02-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Pleasant Street Center, 49 Pleasant Street, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
The MBTA will host an in-person public meeting on its Reading Turnback Track project on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 7:00 – 8:30 PM, at the Pleasant Street Center, 49 Pleasant Street in Reading. The purpose of the meeting is to provide an update on the progress and benefits of the project and answer questions. The project will allow the MBTA to increase weekday Commuter Rail train frequency into and out of Boston to 30-minute intervals all day.

🧠 Black History Trivia Night
2025-02-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Reading Public Library, 64 Middlesex Ave, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
Join us on Tuesday February 25, 6:30 pm for an evening of Black history trivia at the Reading Public Library Studio and for the unveiling of a Harriet Tubman portrait painted by Reading’s own, Rob Surette. There will be prizes for the trivia winners!

🌳 Birch Meadow Phase II Public Forum
2025-02-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
The Town of Reading will be holding a Public Forum on Tuesday February 25th, 2025, at 6:30 for the Birch Meadow Phase II Project, located off Bancroft Ave. This project is part of the Birch Meadow Master Plan and will include renovations to the two basketball courts, the tot lot playground, and additional parking on Bancroft Ave.

If you’re interested in learning more about the impact of this project or have any questions, we encourage you to attend the meeting in person, in the Town Hall conference e room or via Zoom. Link here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89984900072…

If you have any questions prior to the meeting, please reach out directly to Recreation Administrator Jim Sullivan at jsullivan@readingma.gov.

🖼️ Reading Art Association February 12 Demonstration
2025-02-12 19:30 - 21:30 | First Congregational Church, 25 Woburn Street, Reading MA, 01867
On February 12, 2025 the Reading Art Association will host a demonstration by Traci Thayne Corbett. She will demonstrate her oil landscape technique.
The meeting will be held in Guild Hall, First Congregational Church (middle side door), Sanborn Street, Reading, Wednesday February 12, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
More information about Tracy and this demo is available on the RAA website.
http://www.readingart.org/feb2025demo.shtml
Traci is best known for bold compositions and expressive brushwork which she employs to depict rustic marine scenes, landscapes and portraits. Her work is painterly, with the textures creating a sense of emotion and movement.
You can see some of Traci’s work at her website: https://artcloud.market/artist/traci-thayne-corbett

🎶 Reading Community Singers “Open Rehearsals”
2025-02-11 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-02-04 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-01-28 19:30 - 21:30 | Old South Methodist Church, 6 Salem Street, Reading, 01867
Reading Community Singers ~ New and Returning Singers Welcome!
Reading Community Singers has 2 more “Open Rehearsals” for their Spring Concert ~ “For the Beauty of the Earth”, on Tuesday, February 4th and 11th, from 7:30 to 9:30 at Old South United Methodist Church, 6 Salem St., Reading. New Singers may attend these 2 rehearsals to “try RCS out”, before registering. Please arrive early for check-in.
Founded in 1919, Reading Community Singers is a non-audition chorus and New Members are always welcome ~ of every voice and experience level, ages 16 to whatever! And as with most choruses – RCS is always looking for “just a few more good men”! They only ask that Singers can carry a tune and match pitch – both of which are much easier to do working together as a chorus. Commitment to attending rehearsals is also a must.
Music for the Spring Concert will include the title song — Rutter’s “For the Beauty of the Earth”, as well as the Medley – “Forever Motown”, and Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind”, among many others. Elijah Botkin is returning for his third season as Spring Artistic Director for RCS and Joe Beninati will again be the Rehearsal and Concert Accompanist. Beninati has worked with RCS for over 20 seasons.
Rehearsals continue every Tuesday, with the Concert on Saturday, May 10 at 7:30 pm Reading Memorial High School.
Online Registration is now Open, or you can Register in person at these 2 rehearsals. For more information about Rehearsals, this Concert, or RCS in general, please go to www.ReadingCommunitySingers.org, or send an email to info@ReadingCommunitySingers.org.
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This Concert is funded in part by a Grant from the Reading Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

💨 Reading Rotary Movin’ to End Polio at the Burbank YMCA
2025-02-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Burbank YMCA, 36 Arthur B Lord Dr, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
In lieu of the Polar Plunge this year, the Reading Rotary is going to “Get Movin to End Polio” at the Burbank YMCA in Reading.

Event Date: Tuesday, February 11th

Time: 6:30pm arrival for photos and sign waiver/Events begin at 7:00pm

Who can attend: EVERYONE! Please bring your friends, spouses, families, neighbors and Interact.

Events: Spin Bikes, Treadmills, Ellipticals, Basketball, and Pickle Ball (modified). Please use the link below to RSVP for your preferred activity.

The Reading Rotary has created a Raise for Rotary fundraiser page for their challenge. Please use and send the link below for people donate on your behalf. All donations will automatically be sent to The Rotary Foundation and credited to the Club.

Donation Link: https://raise.rotary.org/Reading-Rotary/challenge

🎭 RMHS Drama Club Presents "An Unoriginal Original"
2025-02-09 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-02-08 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-02-07 19:30 - 21:00 | Reading Memorial High School, 62 Oakland Rd, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
Title: RMHS Drama Club Presents “An Unoriginal Original”
When:
Feb 7th & 8th at 7:30 pm
Feb 9th at 2:00 pm
Where: RMHS Endslow Performing Arts Center, 62 Oakland Rd, Reading, MA 01867
Tickets: https://www.rmhsdrama.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1De85epEgu/
Description:
Get ready for a wild ride in the RMHS Drama Club’s fast-paced comedy, “An Unoriginal Original”! This uproarious one-act play takes a sharp and hilarious dive into the world of “ART-ificial Intelligence,” where creativity meets technology in the most unexpected ways. Watch as the cast navigates a chaotic and comical exploration of what it means to be truly original in a world of endless influences and algorithms. From surprise twists to laugh-out-loud moments, this show promises to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Don’t miss this truly one-of-a-kind production, which will be entering the prestigious METG One Act Play Festival in March!
Adapted by the Cast
Directed by Mrs. Natalie Cunha
Assistant Directed by Ms. Katie Donovan

🥡 Coolidge French Trip Fundraiser at Mandarin
2025-02-07 11:30 - 22:30 | Mandarin, 296 Salem Street, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
Does your family love Asian food?
Do you dread figuring out what to make for dinner?!
Why not take the night off from cooking and support the Coolidge Middle School at the same time?!
On Friday, February 7th, our PTO is hosting a restaurant fundraiser at the Mandarin Reading Asian restaurant! (296 Salem Street in Reading).
Dine in OR order take-out and the 8th Grade French Trip to Quebec, Canada receives 20+% of sales!
The Mandarin Reading is open for lunch or dinner (11:30 AM – 10:30 PM), and our fundraiser runs all day!
Please see our flyer for more information and please bring your flyer to the restaurant on Friday, February 7th. Thank you!

🛤️ Resident Organized MBTA Turnback Track Meeting
2025-02-01 13:00 - 15:00 | Reading Public Library, 64 Middlesex Ave, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
Residents to share health concerns and alternatives to MBTA proposal to add turnback track idling 18 hours a day along side soccer field, school, elderly housing, conservation land and hundreds of homes.
Reading Library, Saturday-February 1st, 1 to 3 pm. Community room
Come, hear and help!
Contact Pat Crowley (email patcplum@yahoo.com) with questions.

🔉Reading Center for Active Living Public Forum
2025-01-28 19:00 - 20:00 | Pleasant Street Center, 49 Pleasant Street, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
If you missed the Reading Center for Active Living forum on December 17th, you can view the recording from RCTV here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB2jH2JV1V8. The next public forum for the project will be held on Tuesday January 28 at 7pm at the Pleasant Street Center. Refreshments will be served, and it will also be aired on RCTV.
Do you have feedback or thoughts to share on the project, or want to learn more? Visit the website at readingma.gov/recal or reach out to ReCAL@readingma.gov.

🥡 Friends of Reading Seniors Fundraiser at Mandarin
2025-01-25 11:30 - 22:30 | Mandarin, 296 Salem Street, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
Does your family love Asian food?
Do you dread figuring out what to make for dinner?!
Why not take the night off from cooking and support the Friends of Reading Seniors at the same time?!
On Saturday January 25th, the FORS60+ is hosting a restaurant fundraiser at the Mandarin Reading Asian restaurant! (296 Salem Street in Reading).
Dine in OR order take-out and the FORS60+ receives 20+% of sales!
The Mandarin Reading is open for lunch or dinner (11:30 AM – 10:30 PM), and our fundraiser runs all day!
Please see our flyer for more information and please bring your flyer to the restaurant on Saturday, January 25th. Thank you!

💺 Reading Police Department Child Car Seat Event
2025-01-25 11:00 - 13:30 | Reading Police Station, 15 Union Street, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
Mark your Calendars!

Car Seat Installation Event
Saturday, January 25th
11:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Reading Police Department

Ensure your child’s safety! Certified technicians will be available to assist with proper car seat installation and provide valuable safety tips. No appointment needed—just show up!

🎨 Arts & Culture Action Plan Community Showcase
2025-01-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Reading Public Library, 64 Middlesex Ave, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
Please join us on January 22, 2025 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Reading Public Library for a Community Showcase. The Town of Reading and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) will be presenting goals and strategies from the Arts and Culture Action Plan that will help the town to support the existing work of creative, arts, historical, and cultural organizations in Reading. Come learn about the plan and share any feedback on the plan goals and strategies!
For more information, please visit the project website.

See more about the Arts & Culture Action Plan here

Dickens Holiday Marketplace and Craft Fair
2024-12-14 10:00 - 15:00 | Reading Memorial High School, 62 Oakland Rd, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
You are invited to the Dickens Holiday Marketplace and Craft Fair.
This event is a wonderful holiday marketplace featuring approximately 50 craft vendors exhibiting and selling their creations. The RMHS Main Street hallway will be transformed with seasonal decorations and musical performances throughout the day. We look forward to strolling carolers, Shakespearean actors, dance troupes, musicians, refreshments – and 50+ crafters/vendors, all under one weather-proof roof. Patrons will enjoy shopping, relaxing with a cup of cocoa, and taking in the holiday spirit. Free admission! Free parking!
The Dickens Fair is a fundraiser for Parents Supporting Student Theatre (PSST), which supports The RMHS Drama Club. All fundraising enhances our students’ experiences by paying for extracurricular teachers (Playwriting, Shakespeare, Improv, and Technical Directors), providing student scholarships, covering extra production costs (mic batteries, fog machines, shop tools, etc.), and feeding working students who spend 8 hours on a Saturday building sets!
Admission is Free.

Reading Community Singers – Annual Holiday Concert on December 7
2024-12-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Reading Memorial High School, 62 Oakland Rd, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
Reading Community Singers wants to invite everyone to their Annual Holiday Concert on December 7, at 7:30 at Reading Memorial High School – This year entitled “Light Up the World ~ Holidays in the Movies.” They’ve been rehearsing for months, a great mix of music to celebrate the season – Christmas, Hanukkah, Winter, Family – with Classic and Modern Favorites, and a Sing-Along, with some very special guests. As the title suggests, there’s some music to make the Holidays a little brighter – like “Getting’ in the Mood (for Christmas)”, as well as selections from your favorite movie musicals! It’s a wonderful evening for all ages.
In addition to a featured youth choir, their Guest Artists this year are The Sniveling Norburys (aka The Jingling Noel-berries for the holiday season), made up of five very talented RCS members, who are always sure to be entertaining.
Whatever Holidays you celebrate, take a well-deserved break from your preparations and plan to join RCS for an enjoyable evening of Musical Merrymaking! Tickets are available from any Chorus member, as well as on-line and at the door, with discounts for Seniors and Students. For Advance Tickets go to: www.ReadingCommunitySingers.org/tickets/
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RCS is a Non-profit Community Chorus, founded in 2019. Their Current Membership of more than 60 Singers is made up of Residents from Reading and the surrounding communities – including North Reading, Andover, Burlington, Lynnfield, Stoneham, Wakefield, Peabody, Woburn, Wilmington, and more!

Reading Art Association October Demonstration
2024-10-09 19:30 - 21:30 | First Congregational Church, 25 Woburn Street, Reading MA, 01867
On October 9, 2024 the Reading Art Association will host a demonstration by Mary Rose O’Connel. She will demonstrate a painting using Gouache.
The meeting will be held in Guild Hall, First Congregational Church (middle side door), Sanborn Street, Reading, Wednesday October 9th, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
More information about Mary Rose and this demo is available on the RAA website.
http://www.readingart.org/oct2024demo.shtml
Mary Rose O’Connell is best known for her dynamic oil paintings of the New England coast. Other genres she has mastered are her sensitive portrait, still life, and landscape paintings. She paints in her studio and en plein air in a representational style. Classically trained in the Boston School Tradition, her work shows a strong grounding in composition and design combined with the color and light of the 19th century Impressionists.
You can see more of Mary Rose’s art at her website, https://www.oconnellfineart.com/

🎡 The 16th Annual Reading Fall Street Faire
2024-09-08 12:00 - 17:00 | Town Common, 680 Main Street, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
The 16th annual Reading Fall Street Faire
Sunday September 8, 2024
Noon – 5:00PM

🎶 Summer Concert Series: Squeezebox Stompers
2024-08-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Memorial Park, 53 Harrison St, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
Squeezebox Stompers – Americana, Cajun, zydeco, blues, Folk

Concerts will be held at Memorial Park this year. There is street parking on Charles Street and Harrison Street and there is a small parking lot off of Salem Street. Bring your blanket or chairs and enjoy these free summer concerts.
There are no rain dates for our summer concerts. For information regarding weather cancellations, please visit the home page of our website at www.readingrec.com after 5:00PM on the day of the concert. We will try to post the cancellation notice as close to 5:00PM as possible but please understand that a last-minute cancellation could happen.

♻️ Electronics Recycling Event
2024-08-17 09:00 - 14:00 | Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
Join us for a day of decluttering, community, and environmental action. We’re accepting a wide range of electronics, including TVs, computers, and more. Help reduce e-waste and learn about sustainable practices.
The First Congregational Church is hosting its annual Electronics Recycling Event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday August 17. The collection event will be held in the Town Hall Parking lot at 16 Lowell Street.
All electronics, appliances, items with a plug and/or batteries, as well as bicycles in any condition will be accepted and recycled for a small cost as follows:
Cost to You:
• $5 each for Computers, Laptops, Video Game Consoles, DVD Players, VCR’s, Small Printers, Radios, Alarm Clocks, Speakers, Table Lamps, Fans, Hair Dryers, Curling Irons, Projectors, Power Tools, Drills, Cameras, Clocks, Trophies, Frying Pans and Cookware, Holiday Lights, Other Small Electronics.
• $10 each for Vacuum Cleaners/Roomba, Toaster Ovens, Ceiling Fans, Floor Lamps, Air Fryers, Electric Grills, Hot Plates, Small Radiators, Keyboard Pianos, Coffee Makers, Ice Makers, Small Household Appliances
• $20 each for Flat Screen Computer Monitors, Microwaves, Dorm Sized Refrigerators, Dehumidifiers, Air Conditioners, Artificial Christmas Trees, Water Coolers, Large Printers/Copiers, Leaf Blowers, Chainsaws, Heat Lamps, Heaters, Fire Extinguishers, Propane Tanks (Empty)
• $25 each for TVs up to 26,” CRT Monitors, Outdoor Grills, Snow Blowers, Lawn Mowers, Rototillers, Power Washers, Large Yard Equipment, Large Generators, Motors, Water Tanks.
• $30 each for TVs between 26” and 35,” Washing Machines, Dryers, Stoves, Dishwashers, Other Large Appliances, Treadmills, Exercise Equipment
• $35 each for TVs over 36,” Large Refrigerators, Ride-On Lawn Mowers.
• $40 each for Projection TVs
• NO CHARGE (Cash Donation Appreciated): Cell Phones, Bicycles in any condition, Video Game Media and Accessories, Wires, Cables, Chargers, Car Batteries, Household Batteries, VHS/DVD’s, Keyboards, Tablets.
When you arrive, please follow the cones and directions from the workers. Bring your vehicle as close to the truck or dumpster as possible. Feel free to remain in your vehicle, our workers will unload your items for you.
Residents from all towns and communities are welcome to recycle. The event will be rain or shine. Computer hard drives will be destroyed during the recycling process, but can be removed on-site at the event for an additional charge. Cash payment is preferred, but checks will be an acceptable form of payments over $30.
For more information or if you have additional questions, email GreenDayRecyclingMA@Gmail.com

🐨 Killam School Building Community Meeting – Preferred Solutions
2024-08-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Reading Public Library, 64 Middlesex Ave, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
The community will have the opportunity to review and provide feedback on the preferred solution with cost estimate.

Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Location: Reading Public Library
For questions, please contact the
Superintendent’s Office at 781-944-5800

🎶 Summer Concert Series - The Reminisants
2024-08-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Memorial Park, 53 Harrison St, Reading, MA, 01867, United States
The Reminisants – Oldies Cover Band – Music from the 50’s to the 90’s

Concerts will be held at Memorial Park this year. There is street parking on Charles Street and Harrison Street and there is a small parking lot off of Salem Street. Bring your blanket or chairs and enjoy these free summer concerts.
There are no rain dates for our summer concerts. For information regarding weather cancellations, please visit the home page of our website at www.readingrec.com after 5:00PM on the day of the concert. We will try to post the cancellation notice as close to 5:00PM as possible but please understand that a last-minute cancellation could happen.
