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| June 2009 |
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CAPE COD | GREATER MERRIMACK VALLEY | PLYMOUTH COUNTY | |
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FEATURED REGION: CAPE COD Mark your calendar now for Sunday, June 21, 2009 on Cape Cod! Start the day off in downtown Hyannis at the Father’s Day Auto Show and WCOD Chowder Festival, and then make your way to Bourne for the first annual Cape Cod Quahog Day at the Quahog Republic Waterfront Eatery. |
 Setting the President's Table: American Presidential China from the McNeil Americana Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be on display at the Concord Museum through October 12, 2009. This special exhibition showcases over 100 pieces of porcelain used by American presidents from Washington to Lincoln and Roosevelt to Reagan as they entertained distinguished gatherings of diplomats, celebrities, and royalty at the national "First Table." The exhibition is free with Concord Museum admission. Visit www.concordmuseum.org for additional information. Click here to plan your stay! |
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 GREATER BOSTON |
| SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS |
 MARTHA'S VINEYARD Click here to plan your stay! |
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RiverFest in Shelburne Falls will be held Saturday, June 13, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Musicians and vendors stroll throughout the village amid the scenic beauty of Deerfield River during this annual family celebration, which includes singing, storytelling and children’s games. Also, a new film about the history of the watershed will be shown at Pot Hole Pictures Friday evening and there will be two hikes on the Mahican-Mohawk Trail on Sunday. To hike, register with Polly Bartlett at 413-625-6628. |
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See the artful Berkshires as never before at two new aerial adventure parks! The Deerfield Valley Canopy Tours in Charlemont is a three-hour tour among the trees tops. Use zip-lines and suspended bridges to get from place to place above the forest floor. And at the Catamount Adventure Park in South Egremont, navigate an aerial-forest rope course walking or jumping from tree platform to tree platform. Both attractions are one-of-a-kind in this region. Click here to plan your stay! |
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The Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown will soon present “Prendergast in Italy,” the first exhibition devoted exclusively to the Italian watercolors, monotypes, and oil paintings of Maurice Prendergast. The exhibition features over 60 views of Venice, Rome, Siena, and Capri and includes the artist’s personal sketchbooks, letters, photographs, and guidebooks from the turn of the last century. After opening at the museum on July 18, 2009, Prendergast in Italy travels to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice Italy. Admission is free. |
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CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS |
 Food and Film! Two great reasons to visit Nantucket in June 2009. During Nantucket’s Spring Restaurant Week, set for June 1-7, enjoy 3-course dinners with special prices ranging from $25-$45. Come find out what a culinary treasure Nantucket is! Then, June 18-21, the Nantucket Film Festival returns to Nantucket for its 14th year, when screenwriters, filmmakers, actors, film lovers and industry veterans come together in an inspired atmosphere of collaboration and creativity. |
 GREATER SPRINGFIELD |
 NORTH OF BOSTON Gloucester is the go-to place in June! Gloucester Stage kicks off its 30th season with “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” June 4-21, 2009. Buccaneers raid Stage Fort Park June 20-21 for the New England Pirate Faire. Seafood lovers sample a tasty buffet at the New Fish Festival on June 24th at Gloucester House Restaurant. St. Peter’s Fiesta, June 24-28, honors the patron saint of fisherman with music, food, sports, a parade, and religious activities. For more on these and other events North of Boston, visit www.escapesnorth.com. |
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