Weekend at a Glance: Dramas at ARHS, reading to dogs, Button making for teens, Pancake Breakfast and concert

Here are highlights of what’s happening around town this weekend and at the high school.

(Don’t forget, ARHS also has sports competitions fans are invited to come out and cheer for on Saturday.)

Friday, February 28, 2020

• ARHS Winter Play: The Laramie Project (7:00 pm) @ Algonquin Regional High School, Black Box Theater, 79 Bartlett St, Northborough: The Dramahawks production of the play about the 1998 brutal hate crime in Laramie, Wyoming. Warning: The show has “adult language” and discusses violence. This performance is free for students and $10 for adult tickets at the door. For details, see dedicated post.

Saturday, February 29, 2020

• Read to Furry Animals (10:30 am – 12:00 pm) @ Southborough Library: Kids in grades K-3 can sign up to read to dogs at the library. For details, see dedicated post.

• ARHS Winter Play: The Laramie Project (2:00 pm) @ Algonquin Regional High School, Black Box Theater, 79 Bartlett St, Northborough: This performance is part of the Mass HS Drama Guild Festival and will also include entries from Gloucester HS and St. Sebastian. Admission is $12, which covers all three shows. For details, see dedicated post.

• Button Making Saturdays (2:00 – 3:00 pm) @ Southborough Library, Teen Room: Ages 13 & Up – Join us in the new Teen Room Idea Lab for an hour of button making fun. Bring in clip art from an old magazine or design your own image at the “Creation Station” and turn it into wearable art! For details, see dedicated post.

Sunday, March 1, 2020

• Boy Scout’s Pancake Breakfast (8:00 am – 1:00 pm) @ Neary School cafeteria: Troop 1 Boy Scouts 50th annual fundraiser. The menu also includes sausage, ham, and beverages. Tickets cost $6 for adults, $3 for seniors and kids 6-12, and children 5 and under eat for free. You can get your tickets from a Troop 1 Boy Scout or buy them at the door. For details, see dedicated post.

• Southborough Sounds: Delightful Duets (3:30 pm) @ St. Mark’s School, Putnam Family Arts Center, Class of ’45 Hall: The fourth concert of the St. Mark’s public concert series. Delightful Duets: Piano Music for Four Hands. Pianists Ellina Blinder and Irina Kotlyar Vulikh will perform pieces including ones by Mozart, Debussy, Ravel and De Falla Pre-concert talk – 2:45-3:15 pm. Tickets may be purchased at the door. For details, see dedicated post.