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Summer is just around the corner in Central Massachusetts! Come celebrate New England's Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival in Worcester on June 3rd. If you're a science lover, stop by WPI's Touch Tomorrow, a free hands-on technology festival with NASA exhibits, robot demonstrations and more on June 10th. Calling all Mark Twain fans! The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, an outdoor musical performance, retold on the shores of Quinebaug River at Old Sturbridge Village, will run June 14-July 9. Take your picture with the Patriots' 5th Lombardi Trophy on June 16th at City Hall in Worcester. And bring your favorite guy to a Father's Day Tractor Show with tractor pulls, a parade, food and a petting zoo at Hardwick Vineyard & Winery on June 18th. Learn more here!

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Double Edge's Ashfield Town Spectacle and Culture Fair will be held June 3 & 4 from 1 to 9 pm, with the parade starting at 7 pm. Explore how active participation defines the intersection of art, culture and democracy! Grown directly from the theatre's questions about the roots of identity, the Town Spectacle extends this search to include the whole community through a kaleidoscope of history, art, and spectacle. This performance will not take place in a theatre - the territories of the town will be the stage map, and the ensemble will be joined by all walks of the Ashfield, Hilltown, and western MA community. Find more information on Franklin County.

BOSTON - Simply ARTrageous! June finds our performing arts venues filled with old favorites and newly popular productions: Ripcord, Hedwig, Arrabal, Wicked, Mama Mia, Diana Krall and Camelot. It's also perfect for outdoor festivals: Cambridge Arts, PRIDE and Sail Boston. Additionally, the good weather brings an explosion of public art and performances across the city. The sounds of Concerts in the Courtyard at the BPL, Berklee student melodies on The Steps and tunes from the annual Donna Summer Disco Party can be heard throughout Boston. Meander along the Greenway for the interactive Make and Take, the optimistic Spaces of Hope, the playful "confetti hug" by Virdee, the rising (or sinking) Meeting House and Playful Perspectives, delightfully exposing the frailty of one's perspective. And take time to smell the flowers. Find more information on Greater Boston. 

Kick off summer in true Cape Cod fashion at the 9th Annual Quahog Day! Come hear our mascot Doug the Quahog make his annual prediction for how many weeks of beach weather lie ahead at 2 pm Wednesday, June 21st at the oceanfront Blue Water Resort in South Yarmouth. A Cape Cod tradition!  Also in June, over 300 classic cars will be on display Sunday, June 18th at the Father's Day Car Show in Hyannis, and the prestigious Provincetown International Film Festival is set for June 14-18!  Find more information on Cape Cod.

Celebrate the art of local craft beer during Western Mass Beer Week, June 10-17, with daily events at breweries, restaurants, and shops in all four counties of western Massachusetts! Events include beer dinners, collaboration releases, outdoor beer gardens, and so much more. For a taste, check out BLDG8's Courtyard Party (6/10), Abandoned Building  and Beerology's Manhan Trail Pale Ale Release (6/12), or The Foundry's famed "Firkin Faceoff" (6/14)! Sign up for our newsletter to stay on top of a full summer of festivals visithampshirecounty.com.  Find more information on Hampshire County.

The Clark Art Institute's summer season opens on June 3 with two special exhibitions! Picasso: Encounters looks at Pablo Picasso's collaborations as he experimented with large-scale printmaking. The exhibition also includes two important paintings on loan from the Musée national Picasso-Paris: his seminal Self-Portrait from his Blue Period and Portrait of Dora Maar, one of Picasso's favorite muses and models. Orchestrating Elegance: Alma-Tadema and Design reunites most of the original furnishings of one of the most opulent Gilded Age rooms ever created and provides an opportunity to study the fascinating story behind Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's designs. Find more information on The Mohawk Trail Region. 

Cruise over for Nantucket's Spring Restaurant Week (June 5-11) when a number of acclaimed restaurants offer attractively priced prix fixe menus.  Nantucket Book Festival (June 16-18) - a celebration of the written word - features renowned literary figures, lectures, staged readings, and meet-the-author events; we welcome Alice Hoffman, Jodi Picoult, Robert Pinsky and others.  From June 21-26, the Nantucket Film Festival delivers a variety of eclectic films and features Late Night Storytelling, staged readings, and a glittering Screenwriter's Tribute.  Find more information on Nantucket Island.

Cape Ann Artisans' Open Studios Tour takes place on June 3rd & 4th! Come explore the artisans exquisite natural surrounding and see the fine art and craft inspired by the scenic North Shore. Later in June, don't miss St. Peter's Fiesta, a five day festival honoring the patron saint of the fisherman, on June 21-June 25. Find more information on North of Boston.

Don't miss the annual Strawberry Country Festival at Carpenter Museum in Rehoboth on Sunday, June 4th from 1-5 pm! Basket-weaving, corn-grinding, butter-making and (of course) strawberry shortcake! Then, Attleboro presents its 9th Annual Expo for the Senses on Saturday, June 10th from 12-5 pm at Capron Park! The five hours of free fun include live music, crafters selling handmade pieces of art, local jewelers, food by local eateries, kids activities and a Ferris wheel.  FFind more information on Southeastern Massachusetts.