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3/20/19 - By Clementina Verge

It's officially spring! The temperatures are warming up, and the waterfront, gardens, and hiking trails are starting to call our name. If you're excited to embrace the milder weather, check out a beloved maple festival in Blue Hills. Keep hands busy with a seasonal mushroom or birdhouse craft, or set imaginations soaring at this comic book heroes exhibit. Celebrate with some of our favorite spring activities around Boston, start mapping out family-friendly bike trails in the neighborhood, or make plans for the family's first outdoor dining splurge of the season.  

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Things to Do All Weekend

Maple Sugar Days Festival

Canton
It's sugarin' time in the Blue Hills! Kids can take a walk down "Maple Lane" and meet people who help them handle and use sugar making tools. Activities include games for children and a warming bonfire. READ MORE

CANCELED: Fox Fables

Brookline
Beautiful hand puppets and WonderSpark's signature sense of humor bring this tale to life with lots of fun and audience interactivity. READ MORE

Paradise City Arts Festival

Marlborough
Paradise City's spring Marlborough show includes fine crafts, art, and creative gifts, and features 175 outstanding exhibitors from across America. There are demonstrations and workshops, too. READ MORE

Winter Fest

Harvard
Enjoy sledding runs down many wonderful hills. Go for a nature walk on the trails. See a human dog sled race. There is so much fun to be had for all ages in the winter woods!  READ MORE
Celebrate Nowruz. Photo courtesy of MFA Boston
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Things to Do Saturday

CANCELED: Harlem Globetrotters

Manchester, NH
A star-studded roster will have fans on the edge of their seats to witness the ball-handling wizardry, basketball artistry, and one-of-a-kind family entertainment that thrills fans of all ages. READ MORE

Owl Prowl with Eyes on Owls

Lincoln
Join Farrington Nature Linc for Eyes On Owls, a live owl program in conjunction with Owl Prowl's run by Farrington staff. READ MORE

CANCELED: Wellesley Community Children's Center Fun Run

Wellesley
The Wellesley Community Children’s Center’s 39th Annual Fun Run & Fair provides fun for the entire family with children’s games and races, face painting, silent auction, raffle, and stuffed animal and book sales. READ MORE

CANCELED: Flapjack Fling & Sugaring Tours

Topsfield
Bring family and friends for this special breakfast and enjoy fresh maple syrup on some delicious pancakes. READ MORE

Things to Do Sunday

CANCELED: Revolutionary Women Tour

Boston
Walk the Freedom Trail and explore four centuries of Revolutionary Women who changed history featuring Anne Hutchinson, Mary Dyer, Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Phillis Wheatley, and Susan B. Anthony.  READ MORE

CANCELED or POSTPONED Events

CANCELED: Revels Spring Sing

Watertown
Revels Music Director, Megan Henderson, hosts this joyful family celebration marking the Spring Equinox where families can wake up the animals from their long winter’s nap with songs celebrating the earth and all its creatures coming back into full bloom. READ MORE

POSTPONED: Family Design Day: How Low Can You Go?

Boston
This month, explore the exhibition DURABLE: Sustainable Material Ecologies, Assemblies, and Cultures to learn how about the pros and cons of four universal building materials – wood, masonry, steel, and concrete. READ MORE

CANCELED: Israel Folkdance Festival

Cambridge
This is an annual showcase of Jewish and Israeli dance performed by dance troupes from across North America. READ MORE

CANCELED: World Water Day

Chestnut Hill
This year, the United Nations has chosen the theme of Water and Climate Change for World Water Day so drop by the museum between 11am and 3pm for some free, fun, family-friendly activities highlighting water-related climate solutions and learn more about the role everyone can all play to help protect the planet.  READ MORE

CANCELED: BYSO On Parade

Boston
On Sunday, March 22nd at 3pm, Symphony Hall will be transformed into an explosion of children, music, families and fun. READ MORE

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