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Ten Great Things to Do in Central Massachusetts/Sturbridge Massachusetts

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A Doggone Wild Experience  A Doggone Wild Experience

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Dog sledding is not just for Sergeant Preston of the Yukon. If you love dogs and the outdoors, a dog sled ride or lessons in mushing could give you wonderful memories for a lifetime. At Northern Illusion on Old Winchester Road in Warwick, in the upper central part of the state, expert dog handlers and mushers offer short or long rides, multiple-day rides with overnight accommodations, and instruction on operating your own dog sled, from harnessing to unharnessing and everything in between. The experience is relaxed, giving you time to spend with the dogs, and never overbooked. Look into it for a really different winter adventure. It’s a pawzi-traction, fur-wheel drive. Phone: 978-544-5515.



Art of the World on Display in Worcester  Art of the World on Display in Worcester

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Worcester Art Museum on Salisbury Street in Worcester is a hidden gem that features contemporary and classic masterpieces in the vibrant city of Worcester. World-renowned for its 35,000-piece collection, WAM features must-see masterpieces spanning the globe from ancient mosaics to contemporary art. Treat yourself to a delectable lunch in the Museum Café or browse the Shop for unique gifts and mementos. Enhance your museum experience by joining a tour, lecture, gallery talk, concert, performance, family day, party or other event offered throughout the year. This is a busy place, with many imaginative ways to enjoy the art that is at the center of it all. Phone: 508-799-4406.



Brick Is Also for Baking  Brick Is Also for Baking

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Olde Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge is a 200-acre re-creation of a 1830s New England community with more than 40 original buildings and staff members in period costume demonstrating daily life in a typical New England town of the mid-19th century. Many seasonally themed events throughout the year as well as tours and lectures. Perfect for stimulating children’s imaginations through fun. Phone: 508-347-3362



Broad Meadow Also Offers Woods, Streams, and Marshes  Broad Meadow Also Offers Woods, Streams, and Marshes

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Within the 400 acres of woods, fields, streams, and marsh at Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary on Massasoit Road in Worcester, visitors can hike, cross-country ski, watch birds, look for 78 species of butterflies, prowl for owls, or learn to snowshoe. The lobby of the new conservation center has interpretive exhibits, including a large 3-D model of the entire sanctuary and a wall-to-ceiling map of the Blackstone River watershed. Nature-related gifts, children’s books, assorted field guides, and conservation advocacy and community resource information are available at the center, which also serves as a visitor site for the National Park Service’s Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. Trails are open daily, dawn to dusk, and the Nature Center is open daily except Mondays. Phone: 508-753-6087.



Butterflies Like a Warm Home  Butterflies Like a Warm Home

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You’ll find out when you visit the steamy glass conservatory at Magic Wings in South Deerfield that butterflies like it warm. Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory & Gardens consists of an 18,400-square foot facility that includes a large glass conservatory filled with butterflies, moths, and tropical vegetation. The heart-shaped pond with Japanese koi graces the center of the conservatory. Other attractions are the Iron Butterfly Outdoor Garden, planted with flowers that attract butterflies; food court; Monarchs Restaurant; and gift shop. Open daily, year-round. Phone: 413-665-2805.



By All Means, Dribble Here  By All Means, Dribble Here

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The rich history of basketball comes alive at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on West Columbus Avenue in Springfield. This state-of-the-art venue has dozens of hands-on exhibits, a regulation-sized basketball court and more than 900 artifacts on display. Phone: 877-4HOOPLA.



Canterbury Offers Skiing, Skating, <br>Snowshoeing, Soup  Canterbury Offers Skiing, Skating,
Snowshoeing, Soup


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Do your cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and ice skating in a beautiful country location. Canterbury Farm on Fred Snow Road in Becket has 14 miles of double tracked and corduroyed trails, skating lanes, a complete ski, snowshoe and skate rental shop, and lessons. If you want to explore, the property is surrounded by 2000 acres of private and state lands, October State Forest, and three mountain lakes. After skiing, hot chili, soup, and snacks are available. Phone: 413-623-0100.



Did Someone Say “Shop”?  Did Someone Say “Shop”?

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The Shoppes at Blackstone Valley Mall is an open- air mall that is becoming popular with area shoppers and visitors. Located at Route 146 and McCraken Road in Millbury, and very close to Route 20 and the Massachusetts Turnpike, the Shoppes has a megaplex cinema, many restaurants, and every big-name or boutique store you have every visited, yearned to visit, or hope to visit again. Why wait?



Fourteen Galleries; No Waiting  Fourteen Galleries; No Waiting

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The Fitchburg Art Museum on Elm Street in Fitchburghouses permanent collections of American, European, and Asian works. Fourteen galleries house a diverse collection of American and European paintings, prints, drawings, ceramics and decorative arts as well as Greek, Roman, Asian and pre-Columbian antiquities. In addition, the Museum organizes temporary exhibitions of works from other museums and private collections. There is always something new to enjoy at this treasure house of world art. Open Wednesday-Sunday, year-round. Phone: 978-345-4207.



Hold On to Your Toes!  Hold On to Your Toes!

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Have you ever fall fallen from 13, 500 feet? No? Well you can, now. Take a sky ride with help from JumpTown, located at the Orange Municipal Airport, in Orange , for a lifetime experience you’re not soon to forget. Jumptown’s licensed United States Parachute Association instructors consider safety the top priority and offer tandem and AFF, Accellerated FreeFall jumps. Customers are invited to try skydiving as a company team-building experience or a special birthday or anniversary party. Go ahead, climb aboard; we’ll hold the coats. Phone: 800-890-JUMP



The Irish Experience -- Salem
March 12, 2010 to March 13, 2010
Open Hearth Cooking Class: Breads, Cakes and Biscuits -- Deerfield
March 13, 2010
Sisters in Soul – New Bedford
March 13, 2010
Winter Fiesta -- Winchester
March 13, 2010
St. Patrick's Day Celebration -- South Yarmouth
March 13, 2010
Roomful of Blues & Bellevue Cadillac-- Salisbury Beach
March 13, 2010
Jazz Vocalist Rachel Price -- Rockport
March 13, 2010
The Seventh – Boston
March 13, 2010 to March 14, 2010
Maple Sugar Days at Brookwood Farm -- Milton
March 13, 2010 to March 14, 2010
Gustafer Yellowgold's Show -- Northampton
March 14, 2010
Maple Festival -- Norwell
March 14, 2010
South Boston Saint Patrick's Day Parade
March 14, 2010
Worcester St. Patrick's Day Parade 2010
March 14, 2010
Scituate St. Patrick's Day Parade 2010
March 14, 2010
Three Choirs Festival Concert -- Worcester
March 14, 2010
Erin Go Bragh Whiskey Tasting -- Boston
March 17, 2010
Celtic Crossroads -- Worcester
March 17, 2010
St. Patrick's Day Activities at the Children’s Museum – Boston
March 17, 2010
The Glengarry Bhoys -- Salisbury
March 17, 2010
Richie Havens-- Salisbury Beach
March 19, 2010
Plymouth Rock Blues Festival -- Plymouth
March 20, 2010
Le Grand Cirque -- Springfield
March 20, 2010
Opening Day at Plimoth Plantation -- Plymouth
March 20, 2010
Robert Cray Band -- Salisbury Beach
March 21, 2010
Lawrence St. Patrick's Day Parade 2010
March 21, 2010
Holyoke St. Patrick's Day Parade 2010
March 21, 2010
Manchester St. Patrick's Day Parade 2010
March 21, 2010
Wine Dinner Series: Tempranillo -- Boston
March 22, 2010
Flavors of Neponset Valley – Foxboro
March 25, 2010
Lighten Up with Loretta LaRoche -- Worcester
March 26, 2010
Gershwin's “Porgy and Bess” -- Worcester
March 27, 2010 to March 28, 2010
Blackstone Valley Bluegrass Band -- Lancaster
March 27, 2010
Stuart Highland Pipe Band Concert -- North Chelmsford
March 27, 2010
Ray Charles Tribute with the Boston Pops -- Boston
March 29, 2010 to May 29, 2010
Harriet Tubman's Freedom Train - Foxboro
March 31, 2010
The Fabulous Thunderbirds -- Salisbury Beach
April 1, 2010
Jo Dee Messina -- Salisbury Beach
April 2, 2010
Judy Collins – New Bedford
April 2, 2010
Bunny Bonanzoo -- Stoneham
April 3, 2010
“Sleeping Beauty” Performed by Moscow Festival Ballet -- Worcester
April 6, 2010
The United States Air Force Band of Liberty -- Worcester
April 7, 2010
Riverdance Farewell Performances -- Worcester
April 9, 2010 to April 11, 2010
Richard Marx & Matt Scannell -- Salisbury Beach
April 10, 2010
Wine Dinner Series: Alsace – Maison Hugel -- Boston
April 12, 2010
In The Mood -- Worcester
April 12, 2010
Celebrate Seafood Dinner Series -- Boston
April 13, 2010
“Girls Night: The Musical” -- Worcester
April 15, 2010
Joan Osborne -- Salisbury Beach
April 17, 2010
Defending the Caveman -- Worcester
April 17, 2010
“Oliver” -- Worcester
April 23, 2010
Curtis Adams -- Springfield
April 24, 2010
Earth Day at Garden in the Woods -- Framingham
April 24, 2010
Beaucoup Blue -- Lancaster
April 24, 2010
Wine Dinner Series: Austria -- Boston
April 26, 2010
Wine Dinner Series: Austria -- Boston
April 26, 2010
Sampling of International Wine & Food -- Worcester
April 30, 2010
Donna Lee and Landslide: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac -- Chicopee
May 1, 2010
Boston Pops Season Opening Night -- Boston
May 4, 2010
Idina Menzel and the Boston Pops -- Boston
May 5, 2010 to May 6, 2010
Lord of the Dance -- Springfield
May 6, 2010 to May 7, 2010
Wine Dinner Series: Blind Tasting -- Boston
May 10, 2010
The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers -- Boston
May 21, 2010 to May 22, 2010
Maureen Mcgovern and the Boston Pops -- Boston
May 25, 2010 to May 26, 2010
Ray Charles Tribute with the Boston Pops -- Boston
May 29, 2010
Dave Brubeck with the Boston Pops -- Boston
June 1, 2010 to June 2, 2010
A Tribute to Duke Ellington with the Boston Pops -- Boston
June 4, 2010 to June 5, 2010
From the Top with the Boston Pops -- Boston
June 8, 2010
An Evening with Cole Porter with the Boston Pops -- Boston
June 9, 2010 to June 11, 2010
Gospel Night with the Boston Pops -- Boston
June 12, 2010
The World of Arlo Guthrie with the Boston Pops -- Boston
June 17, 2010 to June 18, 2010
Father's Day Family Concert With Daniel Bernard Roumain and the Boston Pops -- Boston
June 20, 2010
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