Arts & Entertainment
Stay Close for Musicals and Festivals
Weekend events, indoors, outdoors and in between for all-ages.
The Sound of Music
Where/When: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 2 p.m.; at The Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston, 617 Lexington St, Waltham.
Why Go: For the songs.
Pricing: $35 - $57.
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Shakespeare on the Common
Where/When: Parkmand Bandstand at the Boston Common on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 7 p.m.; 2 hours and 45 minutes duration.
Why Go: Professional actors reciting famous lines in a beautiful park.
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Pricing: Free. Park at Alewife and take the T in.
Nature Play Day
Where/When: Saturday from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Drumlin Farm and Wildlife Sanctuary, 208 South Great Road, Lincoln.
Why Go: To spend the day in the hay playground, the nature obstacle course and the Forest Discovery Trail playing "The Old Fashioned Way."
Pricing: Admission to farm and to event is free for all on Saturday.
15th annual Massachusetts Marketplace Festival
Where/When: Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at The Gardens at Elm Bank 900 Washing St., Wellesley.
Why Go: A largescale farmers and crafts market with craft and specialty food vendors from across the state. Bring a picnic blanket, enjoy the gardens, browse the market stands - there are plenty of kids activities, too.
Pricing: Adults $6; Children under age 12: $2.
New England Forests Exhibition
Where/When: Through Sept. 1 at Harvard Museum of Natural History. 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily.
Why Go: This is a new, interactive gallery that explains the regional forests and ecology, including wildlife from wolves to lichen; 26 Oxford St., Cambridge.
Pricing: Adults: $9; Children: $6