The Local Seen

Toast to the Avocado! At the Pembroke COA
2025-03-25 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Pembroke Senior Services, 128 Center Street, Pembroke, MA
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth Nutritionist Marcia Richards, will be at the Pembroke Council on Aging on Tuesday, March 25th from 10:30 to 11:30 to talk about how avocados can reduce your risk of cancer, maintain eye and blood pressure health, and help prevent arthritis. Call 781 294 8220 to register before March 20th.

Spring Fling Mixer at the Plymouth Center for Active Living
2025-03-25 16:30 - 18:30 | Plymouth Center for Active Living, 44 Nook Road, Plymouth, MA, 02360, United States
The Plymouth Center for Active Living is hosting a two-hour Spring Fling on Tuesday, March 25th! The fling starts at 4:30 and is free. Visit My Active Center to register.

Tea, Tories and the Almost Battle of Marshfield Talk at The Duxbury Free Library or Virtual
2025-03-25 18:30 | Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St, Duxbury, MA, MA, 02332, United States
Historian Patrick Browne will be at the Duxbury Free Library on March 25th for Tea, Tories, and the Almost Battle of Marshfield, a talk exploring the festering tensions in this area fueled by resistance to British rule. This event starts at 6:30 pm and can be attended in person at the Duxbury Free Library or online. Register for the online webinar through the Alden House website.

Two Grannies on the Road Presentation at Pembroke COA
2025-03-26 12:00 - 13:30 | Pembroke Senior Services, 128 Center Street, Pembroke, MA
Two Grannies on the Road are making a pitstop at the Pembroke Council on Aging for lunch and a presentation about their adventures on the go! On March 26th, from 12:00 to 1:30 PM, enjoy a midday dish of chicken with red pepper florentine while the Grannies share tales of their Massachusetts travels. Register to attend by calling the Center at 781 294 8220.

Plymouth Pride Planning Meeting
2025-03-26 19:00 | Plymouth Public Library, 132 South St, Plymouth, 02360, United States
Every 4th Wednesday of the month Plymouth Pride holds planning meetings at the Plymouth Public Library. This meeting is open to the public and all are welcome to attend and share ideas. The next meeting is on Wednesday, February 26th at 7pm. Visit the Facebook page for a complete list of upcoming dates.

Nurse Clinics at Kingston COA
2025-03-27 09:30 - 11:00 | MA
No appointment is necessary to take advantage of the twice-a-month Nurse Clinics at the Kingston Council on Aging. The Nurse Clinics are on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from 9:30 to 11:00 AM.

Diane Picot Pembroke COA Director Meet and Greet at Pembroke Senior Center
2025-03-27 10:00 | Pembroke Senior Services, 128 Center Street, Pembroke, MA
What is the new Senior Services Director at the Pembroke Council on Aging’s vision for the future? Find out over a delicious cup of joe at a Meet and Greet event on Thursday, March 27th. This is a great opportunity to welcome Diane Picot to her new position, get to know her and share your thoughts about the future of the Senior Center. The event starts at 10am and is open and free to all.

"How Drones are Utilized by the Mass DOT" - Guest speaker & FREE Gourmet Dinner
2025-03-27 18:00 | Plymouth Masonic Lodge, 116 S Meadow Rd, Plymouth, MA, United States
This Thursday, March 27th at 6:00 PM, Plymouth Lodge will be hosting a FREE gourmet dinner and special guest speaker on the new MassDOT Drone Program at our district lodge of instruction held at Plymouth Masonic Lodge, 116 South Meadow Rd, Plymouth, MA.

This event is open to the public and suitable for all ages. The dress code is suit and tie for Freemasons, guests can wear whatever they want. No dinner reservations are required, however, please let us know if you have any allergies or dietary restrictions.

At 6:00 PM, there will be a free chicken carbonara and broccoli alfredo pasta dinner with fresh baked brownies and cookies for dessert, with a special guest presentation at 7:00 PM by Andrew Mihaleyon on “How Drones are Utilized by the MassDOT.”

Free PSAs For Non-Profits at The Local Seen
2025-03-28 09:00 - 17:00 | The Local Seen Studio A, 4 Collins Ave, Suite B, Plymouth, 02360, United States
We produce FREE public service announcements for nonprofit organizations – thirty minutes of your time in our studio, your script on our teleprompter, and a one week turn-around for a 30-90 second PSA that will air on our channels and be shared with you via YouTube link so you can amplify your mission, message or event is all it takes! Check out some recent PSAs on our YouTube channel.
Email community@thelocalseen.media or call 508-830-6999 Xt. 114 to sign up for PSA day or to learn more!

Broadway Music with Keyboardist Richard Amir at Plymouth CAL
2025-03-28 13:30 | Plymouth Center for Active Living, 44 Nook Road, Plymouth, MA, 02360, United States
Talented keyboardist Richard Amir will be at the Plymouth Center for Active Living on March 28th, performing some of the world’s most popular and beloved show tunes and Broadway hits. The show starts at 1:30pm and this event is free to all. Registration is appreciated but drop-ins are welcome.

Dancing With Our Stars - Dance Through the Decades
2025-03-28 19:30 | MA
On Friday, March 28th, don’t miss seeing our local stars at night Dance through the Decades at the Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Dancing with Our Stars gala event! This fabulous fundraising extravaganza raises money for the Plymouth Area One Fund. Tune in live to our community channel on March 28th at 7:30! You can also catch the show live on the chamber’s Facebook page and live on The Local Seen YouTube channel.

The Human Library at Duxbury Free Library
2025-03-29 13:00 - 16:00 | Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St, Duxbury, MA, MA, 02332, United States
The Duxbury Free Library will be hosting a Human Library event on Saturday, March 29th, when attendees can engage in a ten-to-fifteen-minute conversation and ask the human “book” questions about their lives and experiences, creating a space that encourages open dialogue around topics of identity and bias. Come check out a “book” anytime between 1 and 4pm in the library’s Merry Room, Resource Room or Setter Room. The event will leave you enriched, but is free to attend.

Made In America - Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra
2025-03-29 19:30 | Plymouth Memorial Hall, 83 Court Street, Plymouth, MA, 02360, United States
CLICK HERE FOR INFO AND TICKETS
Join The Phil for a captivating concert of all-American charm and soul-stirring melodies. Bernstein’s brilliantly orchestrated overture to Candide is a time-tested tour de force for orchestra. In 2005, the Phil was the first orchestra in New England to perform Joan Tower’s Made in America. The bold and energetic piece, with America the Beautiful at its core, went on to win a Grammy Award. Aaron Copland’s Symphony No. 3 is larger than life and everything we want America to be: ambitious, confident, heroic, hopeful, and happy.

PROGRAM
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Overture to Candide
JOAN TOWER
Made in America
AARON COPLAND
Symphony No. 3
PERFORMERS
Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor

US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky Performs PoemJazz
2025-03-30 16:00 - 17:30 | Spire Center for Performing Arts, 25 1/2 Court Street, Plymouth, MA, 02360, United States

South Shore Chess Club in Quincy
2025-04-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Bethany Congregational Church, 18 Spear Street, Quincy, MA, United States
The South Shore Chess Club is an entirely free, social chess club for adults and pre-teens.

Parents should register their kids by emailing Michael at thesouthshorechessclub@gmail.com before attending. The kids chess playing session is from 4 to 5pm on Wednesday.

Adults (5:30pm-8:30pm) can just drop in as long as they know how to play. There’s one entrance to the church at 18 Spear St and participants can contact Michael at thesouthshorechessclub@gmail.com for PIN/QR Code.

The club’s mission is to provide a friendly environment for the promotion of good chess camaraderie and positive community strength, while encouraging traditional OTB games of chess!

The demonstration of good chess etiquette is strongly encouraged at The South Shore Chess Club but good-natured Blitz chatter/banter is to be expected and enjoyed as well.

The South Shore Chess Club is located within Bethany Congregational Church at 18 Spear Street in Quincy with plenty of local parking available along surrounding streets and at Crane Library’s nearby lot. The building is handicapped-accessible and less than a half-mile from the Quincy Center MBTA station.

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Plymouth in the Revolution Lecture Series at Plymouth Public Library
2025-04-02 19:00 | Plymouth Public Library, 132 South St, Plymouth, 02360, United States
Join author, historian and Director of the Hanover Historical Society Stephen O’Neill to learn more about the role the Plymouth 1749 Courthouse played in America’s fight for independence on Wednesday, April 2nd at 7:00 PM. This will be the first of five lectures in the Plymouth in the Revolution Lecture Series hosted by the Plymouth Public Library. The series will run on Wednesday evenings through May. Visit their website for additional dates.

Mixed Media Meetup with Sally Dean at the Art Complex Museum
2025-04-03 13:00 - 16:00 | Art Complex Museum, 189 Alden St, Duxbury
Join Sally Dean for Mixed Media Meetup at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury. This gathering of creators happens every first and third Thursday of the month from 1pm to 4pm. April’s dates will be April 3rd and April 17th. There is a fee of $10 per session. You will find the Art Complex at 189 Alden Street in Duxbury.

Live Your Life Well Program with Kellie Blake at Plymouth CAL
2025-04-04 13:30 - 15:30 | Plymouth Center for Active Living, 44 Nook Road, Plymouth, MA, 02360, United States
The Plymouth Center for Active Living’s Social Work intern Kellie Blake invites you to Live Your Life Well on Friday, April 4th. Live Your Life Well runs from 1:30 to 3:30pm and is free to attend.

Teen & Tween Pizza Taste Test at Kingston Public Library
2025-04-04 15:30 - 16:15 | Kingston Public Library, 6 Green Street, Kingston, MA, 02364, United States
The Kingston Public Library invites you to a Pizza Taste Test on Friday, April 4th. From 3:30 to 4:15 Teens and Tweens can congregate with their fellow foodies in the Teen Room, sample a cheese slice from three different pies and rate them. Register for this event though the library’s website. If you have allergy concerns Cat is happy to answer any questions. Email them at cdwyer@kingstonma.gov.

Plymouth Town Meeting
2025-04-05 08:00 | Plymouth North High School, 41 Obery Street, Plymouth, MA, 02360, United States
Link to 2025 Spring Annual Town Meeting Warrant

Toy Donation Drop off at Duxbury Free Library
2025-04-05 10:00 - 20:00 | Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St, Duxbury, MA, MA, 02332, United States
If you have gently used toys for any age group that your children are no longer using and you would like to donate, the Duxbury Free Library will be collecting them for their first ever toy swap on April 26th. Drop off donations to the Children’s Room during the collection period of April 5th to April 19th, any time during the library’s open hours. Please bring toys that are clean, not weapons, complete with all parts and have any batteries required removed. If you donate a toy, you get a special entry ticket that will admit you to the Toy Swap event an hour early, at 10am. No registration is required for donation drop off, or the Toy Swap.

Kids' Spring Pollinator Art Class at Plymouth Public Library Manomet Branch
2025-04-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Plymouth Public Library – Manomet Branch, 12 Strand Avenue, Plymouth, MA, United States
On Saturday, April 5th, your young artists will be a’buzzin’ around the craft table, learning about bees and their pollinating brethren at the Plymouth Library Manomet Branch’s Spring Pollinator Art Class. This hour-long class starts at 11am and is good for kids ages 6 to 11.

Hands Off! Plymouth Fights Back!
2025-04-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Coles Hill, 79 Water Street, Plymouth, CA, United States
FROM THE ORGANIZERS:
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. Plymouth is fighting back!
They are taking our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—and daring the world to stop them. This is a crisis, and the time to act is now.
🚨 On Saturday, April 5th, Fill the Hill to fight back with a clear message: Hands off! 🚨
📍 Where: Coles Hill, Water Street, Plymouth, MA 📅 When: noon, April 5, 2025
This mass mobilization day is a message to the world that we do not consent to the destruction of our government and our economy for the benefit of Trump and his billionaire allies. Alongside Americans across the country, we are marching, rallying, and protesting to demand a stop the chaos and build an opposition movement against the looting of our country.
A core principle behind all Hands Off! events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.
Check out handsoff2025.com for more information.

A Concert of Contemporary Classical Piano Music at Plymouth Public Library
2025-04-05 14:00 | Plymouth Public Library, 132 South St, Plymouth, 02360, United States

Contemporary Classical Piano Music at Plymouth Public Library
2025-04-05 14:00 | Plymouth Public Library, 132 South St, Plymouth, 02360, United States
On Saturday, April 5th the Massachusetts Music Creators Forum is sponsoring a concert of Contemporary Classical Piano Music at the Plymouth Public Library featuring highly distinguished composer Yangfan Xu. Xu. Don’t miss this free to attend afternoon concert – the music begins at 2:00 PM in the Fehlow room.

Pilgrim Festival Chorus: Celebrating 25 Years Concert at Scituate Center for the Performing Arts
2025-04-05 19:30 | Scituate Center for the Performing Arts, 606 Chief Justice Cushing Highway, Scituate, MA, United States
Pilgrim Festival Chorus is celebrating their 25th season by embracing the old and new to transcend the boundaries of time. There will be two shows: April 5th at 7:30pm at the Scituate Center for the Performing Arts, and on April 6th at St Bonaventure Parish in Plymouth beginning at 4:00 PM. Tickets are only $25.00 for adults, with discounts for seniors and students. – Reserve yours through the Pilgrim Festival Chorus website. Children under aged fourteen get in for free.

Pilgrim Festival Chorus: Celebrating 25 Years Concert at Scituate Center for the Performing Arts
2025-04-06 16:00 | St. Bonventure Parish, 803 State Rd, Plymouth, MA, United States

The Stories, Science, and History of Trees with Horticulturist Matthew Fleming - Virtual Event
2025-04-08 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
On Tuesday, April 8th at 2:00 PM, Smithsonian Horticulturist Matthew Fleming, will lead an hour-long online talk that will deepen our knowledge about the history and science of trees. Visit the Plymouth Public Library’s website to get the link to attend.

DSLR Camera Class at Kingston Public Library Faunce School
2025-04-08 18:00 | Faunce School – Kingston Public Library, 16 Green Street, Kingston, MA
On Tuesday, April 8th at 6:00 PM, photographer Stefanie Faherty will be at the Faunce School in Kingston to LENS a hand, and her experience. Register through the Kingston Public Library website.

5000 Eyes: Mapping the Universe & Passport to the Universe at Blake Planetarium
2025-04-08 19:00 - 20:00 | Blake Planetarium, 117 Long Pond Road, Plymouth, MA, United States
On Tuesday, April 8th, the Blake Planetarium is featuring 5000 Eyes: Mapping the Universe & Passport to the Universe, a presentation that will teach us all about DESI, a scientific research instrument that measures the light of a thousand galaxies at once. The presentation will go from 7 to 8pm with a live segment focused on the current night skies, including information about the summer triangle, to follow. And everyone will go home with a map of the summer skies. You can purchase your tickets online only, through Eventbrite .
