Arts & Culture

Program from the Modern Women in Acton’s History Month event

Acton Women Honored for Women’s History Month

April 12, 2024

On Wednesday, March 20th, a Women’s History Month Celebration took place at the Acton Memorial Library to honor women who have played significant roles in shaping Acton’s contemporary history. Host Ann Chang greeted a packed audience, both in-person and online, to recognize the remarkable contributions of women who…

Artist Kay Hartung by the entrance to her exhibit at the Acton Memorial Library.

Local Artist Kay Hartung Featured in Library Exhibit

April 1, 2024

by Nancy Knoblock Hunton

It’s often said that stripes and plaids don’t mix, but artist Kay Hartung thinks they can. In her artwork, now on display at the Acton Memorial Library until the end of April, she explores how colors and patterns interact. Entitled “Layers,” the exhibit features monotypes, one-of-a-kind prints. Hartung…

Boston Area Gleaners truck at the South Acton site

Boston Area Gleaners receives grants to fight food insecurity

March 23, 2024

by The Acton Exchange Team

This article was adapted from a press release from the office of State Senator Jamie Eldridge. State Senator Jamie Eldridge and State Representatives Simon Cataldo and Danillo Sena announced that Boston Area Gleaners of Acton (the Gleaners) will receive two grants from the MA Department of Agricultural Resources…

There’s No Place Like our Hometown’s Open Door Theater

March 23, 2024

by Alissa Nicol

Open Door Theater’s 2024 production, The Wizard of Oz, opened on Friday, March 15 at the Dragonfly Theater located at the RJ Grey Junior High School on Charter Road. The matinees on both Saturday and Sunday were sold out, with groups attending from the Perkins School, The Learning…

Oliver Klein and service dog Quimby, actor Juliana Sena and actor Maddie Freeman (Tin Man)

Open Door Theater Continues to Make Theater Accessible on Both Sides of the Curtain

March 15, 2024

by Michelle Shoemaker

Preparing a typical musical theater production requires an incredible amount of preparation from the cast and crew. Producing a fully accessible theater production includes preparing for many additional details related to special performances and accommodations for cast, crew and patrons. Training the entire cast and crew on best…

Author Martin Gitlin speaks at the Senior Center. Photo credit: Greg Jarboe.

A funny program about funny programs: The Greatest Sitcoms of All Time

March 14, 2024

by Greg Jarboe

On March 7, 2024, award-winning author and pop culture historian Martin Gitlin hosted a fun and enlightening presentation based on his book, The Greatest Sitcoms of All Time. He is the only author to rank the best of the best, including I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, The Andy…

Cover of Clegg and Kennedy’s book on local journalism.

On Local News: Silver Unicorn Bookstore Event

March 6, 2024

by Alissa Nicol

A standing-room-only crowd of more than forty was packed into The Silver Unicorn Bookstore for “Community News Night” on the evening of Friday, March 1. In partnership with this publication, Acton Exchange, the small indy bookseller in West Acton hosted veteran journalists Ellen Clegg and Dan Kennedy to discuss…

2024 Lunar New Year Celebration at the Westford Academy.

Celebrating Lunar New Year through Volunteering: A Student’s Perspective

February 28, 2024

by Joanna Dong

During Lunar New Year, my teammates from Shine-A-Light Volunteer Team and I volunteered to promote Chinese culture and celebrate the new year. We held our first celebration at the Acton Memorial Library two weeks before the Lunar New Year. We set up some stations there and, at the…

Shine-A-Light event at Acton Memorial Library

Chinese New Year Celebrations in Our Community

February 28, 2024

Dani FengandKaiping Fu

Chinese New Year isn’t just celebrated in Chinatown in big cities; many Chinese bring their biggest holiday to their adopted home communities, in honor of their indigenous culture. In Acton and Boxborough, the Acton Chinese Language School has made it part of their mission since 2004 to create…

Acton Women Honored for Women’s History Month

Local Artist Kay Hartung Featured in Library Exhibit

Boston Area Gleaners receives grants to fight food insecurity

There’s No Place Like our Hometown’s Open Door Theater

Open Door Theater Continues to Make Theater Accessible on Both Sides of the Curtain

A funny program about funny programs: The Greatest Sitcoms of All Time

On Local News: Silver Unicorn Bookstore Event

Celebrating Lunar New Year through Volunteering: A Student’s Perspective

Chinese New Year Celebrations in Our Community

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