100 Things To Do In Tewksbury This Week (August 5-11, 2024)

TEWKSBURY, MA — Below is a list of 100+ things to do in Tewksbury this week…

Monday, August 5, 2024

SPOTLIGHT: Library’s Summer Outdoor Concert Series — The Reminisants (Oldies Cover Band)

The Tewksbury Public Library (300 Chandler Street) continues its summer outdoor concert series this Monday, August 5, 2024, from 6pm to 7:30pm, on its back lawn. The Reminisants have been entertaining audiences of all ages throughout New England since 1973. The band specializes in oldies music from the 1950s through the ’90s, playing a collection of great music for all kinds of musical tastes and generations.  This show is family-friendly and attracts fans from every generation. Bring your own chair. No registration required. Free. [Details]

ALSO HAPPENING ON MONDAY:

• Municipal Meeting: The Tewksbury Board of Assessors meets at 3pm in the Town Hall Annex Conference Room. Read the agenda HERE. The meeting is open to the public.
• Library Event: Tiny Tykes Story Time (for Babies), 11am [Details]
• Library Event: Film Screening of The Boy and the Heron (for Teens), 1pm, Registration Required [Details]
• Library Event: Job Interview Mastery: An Authentic Approach To Flexing Your Talent (for Adults), on ZOOM, 2pm, Registration Required [Details]
• Library Event: Science Squared Book Group Discussion, 7pm [Details]
• Library Event: Author Sara Driscoll will discuss her new book, Echoes of Memory (for Adults), on ZOOM, 7pm, Registration Required [Details]
• Senior Center Weekly Morning Activities: Forever Fit (9am); Tap Dance (9:45am); Men’s Stretch & Strengthen (10:30am); Light Yoga (11am); Yarnaholics (11:30am) [Details]
• Senior Center Weekly Afternoon Activities: Bone Builders (12:30pm); Bone Builders (2pm); Gentle Yoga (3:30pm) [Details]
• Senior Center Special Events: Consignment Boutique Intake (2pm-5pm) [Details]; Cardio Drumming (4:30pm) [Details]
• All Sports Camp: The Greater Lowell YMCA is holding an Outdoor Rec Camp for Ages 7-13, Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm, this week at the Tewksbury Recreation Center (288 Livingston Street). The full 5-day camp costs $225, but families can also select 4, 3, 2 or 1 days. [Details]
• Tewksbury Rod & Gun Club’s Summer Pistol League: 50-Foot Bullseye Competition, 6pm-8pm, $2-$3, Open To Non-Members [Details]
• Mexica Burrito Grill: Weekly $5 Burrito Monday Deal [Details]
• St. Williams Church: Weekday Service (Monday-Friday), 9am [Details]

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

SPOTLIGHT: Library’s Summer Children’s Performer Series — Princess Party

The Tewksbury Public Library (300 Chandler Street) concludes its summer children’s performer series on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, from 3pm to 4pm, in its Meeting Room, with a Princess Party. Two princesses from Alyssa’s Happily Ever Afters — the Glass Slipper Princess and the Tinker Fairy– will join in the stories, music, fun, and photos! No registration required. Free. [Details]

ALSO HAPPENING ON TUESDAY:

• Municipal Meeting: The Tewksbury Select Board meets at 7pm in the Town Hall Auditorium. Read the agenda HERE. The meeting will televised on Comcast (Ch. 99) and Verizon (Ch. 33) and streamed on the Town’s YouTube channel. The meeting is open to the public.
• Municipal Meeting: The Tewksbury Town Manager Screening Committee meets at 6:30pm in the Town Hall’s 1st Floor Meeting Room. Read the agenda HERE. The meeting is open to the public.
• Municipal Meeting: The Tewksbury Council on Aging meets at 3pm in the Senior Center’s Conference Room. Read the agenda HERE. The meeting is open to the public.
• Library Event: Sprouts Story Time (for Toddlers), 11am [Details]
• Library Event: Barks & Books (for Grades K-5), 4:30pm, Registration Required [Details]
• Library Event: Field Trip To Strongwater Farm (for All Ages), 10am, Registration Required [Details]
• Library Event: Armchair Travel To French Wine Regions (for Adults), on ZOOM, 10:30am, Registration Required [Details]
• Library Event: Puzzle Swap (for Adults), 5pm-8pm, No Registration Required [Details]
• Library Event: Puzzle Race (for Adults), 6pm-8pm, Registration Required [Details]
• Library Event: Author Madeline Bilis will discuss her new book, 50 Hikes In Eastern Massachusetts (for Adults), on ZOOM, 7pm, Registration Required [Details]
• Senior Center Weekly Morning Activities: Tai Chi (8:30am); Healthy Living Weight Loss Support (8:45am); Wood Carving (9:30am); Blood Pressure Checks (10am); Piecemakers Quilters (11am) [Details]
• Senior Center Weekly Afternoon Activities: Bingo (12:45pm); Independent Painting (1pm); Fit For All (4:30pm) [Details]
• Weekly Veterans Coffee Social with the Tewksbury Veteran’s Services Office, in Library/Media Room at Senior Center, 10am [Details]
• Weekly BINGO! at Tewksbury-Wilmington Elks Lodge, Doors open at 4pm, Sales begin at 5:45pm, Game begins at 6:45pm, Call 978-657-6333 with Questions [Details]
• 495th RC Squadron (a Tewksbury-based Radio Control Flying Club) races cars from 5pm to dusk at Ogonowski Model Flying Field (200 Pinnacle St.). [Details]
• 3 Amigos Bar & Grill: Weekly $10.95 Taco Tuesday Deal [Details]
• Northeast Christian Church: Tuesday Prayer, 6:30pm [Details]
• Tennis Lessons For Girls: The Tewksbury High School Girls Tennis Team is holding tennis lessons for Girls (8-14) at the TMHS Courts from 5pm to 6pm on Tuesdays & Thursdays in August. $5. Email giannamdorion[at]yahoo.com and eglaperriere@gmail.com with questions.

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

SPOTLIGHT: Barbie Movie Night at Wamesit Lanes

Enjoy a screening of Barbie under the tent on the patio at Wamesit Lanes (434 Main Street) on Wednesday, August 7, 2024 from 8pm to 10pm. While the estimated start time is dusk (8pm), but moviegoers are encouraged to come early and grab dinner. Seating is first come, first served. RSVP HERE.

HAPPENING ON WEDNESDAY:

• Municipal Meeting: The Tewksbury Economic Development Committee meets at 6:30pm in the Town Hall’s 1st Floor Meeting Room. Read the agenda HERE. The meeting is open to the public.
• Library Event: Summer Craft (for Kids), 3pm [Details]
• Library Event: Barks & Books (for Grades K-5), 4:30pm, Registration Required [Details]
• Library Event: Wet Felting (for Teens), 3:30pm, Registration Required [Details]
• Library Event: 50+ Job Seekers Networking Group Meeting (for Adults), on ZOOM, 9:30am, Registration Required [Details]
• Library Event: Film Screening of Challengers (for Adults), 10:30am, Registration Required [Details]
• Library Event: Armchair Detectives Mystery Book Group Meeting (for Adults), 1:30pm [Details]
• Library Event: Sacco and Vanzetti Murder Trial — Inciting Passions a Century Later (for Adults), on ZOOM, 7pm, Registration Required [Details]
• Senior Center Weekly Morning Activities: Bone Builders (8:15am); Blood Pressure Checks (9am); Quilting (9am); Men’s Stretch & Strengthen (9:30am); Country Line Dancing (11:30am); Reiki (11:30am) [Details]
• Senior Center Weekly Afternoon Activities: Cribbage (12:30pm); Mah Jong (12:30pm); Bone Builders (12:30pm); Chair Yoga (2pm); Shuffleboard (3:30pm) [Details]
• Senior Center Special Events: Technology Class (10am); Brains & Balance Class (11am); Meditation (3:30pm) [Details]
• 495th RC Squadron (a Tewksbury-based Radio Control Flying Club) is holding its monthly meeting at the Tewksbury Congregational Church at 7:30pm. [Details]
• Cafe Sicilia Italian Restaurant & Bar: Weekly Wednesday Date Night Deal (Buy One Entree, Get One 50% Off), 5pm-9pm [Details]
• Wamesit Lanes: Cribbage League, 7pm, $12 [Details]
• Tewksbury Congregational Church: Bible Study, Church Office, 6:30pm-8pm [Details]
• Family Ceramic Night at Magic Brush Pottery (361 Main St.), LGBTQIA+ Friendly, 5:30pm-7:30pm, $35, Registration Required [Details]

Thursday, August 8, 2024

SPOTLIGHT: Tewksbury Community Market @ Livingston St. Park

The Tewksbury Community Market takes place on Thursdays, from 4pm to 7pm, from June 6, 2024 from September 26, 2024, in the parking lot behind the Tewksbury Recreation Center at Livingston St. Park (288 Livingston Street). The market boasts 70 vendors overall, with 30-35 vendors present on any given week. Among this week’s featured vendors are: Birds Nest Italian Street Food Truck; Bittersweet Herb Farm; Black Sheep Craft Ice Cream; Blisspoint Meadery; Eggroll Café Food Truck; Farmer Palmer; Fudge n Stuff; Kiss The Cook; Kona Ice; Milk+Sugar Food Truck; Pleasant Valley Gardens; Purple Carrot Bread; Sophie’s Apples; The Stand “Shaken Not Stirred”; Tewksbury Honey; and Tewksbury Public Library Community Garden. [Details]

SPOTLIGHT: Red Cross Blood Drive At The Tewksbury Masonic Lodge

The American Red Cross is holding a Blood Drive on Thursday, August 8, 2024, from 9am to 7pm, at the Tewksbury Masonic Lodge (70 Victor Drive). Schedule an appointment online HERE or by calling 1-800-RED CROSS. Learn more about the donation process HERE.

ALSO HAPPENING ON THURSDAY:

• Library Event: Preschool Playgroup (for Kids), 11am [Details]
• Library Event: Harry Potter Fandom Fest (for Kids), 3pm [Details]
• Library Event: Teen Anime Club Meeting, 3:30pm, Registration Required [Details]
• Library Event: Off With Their Heads! The Art Of The French Revolution (for Adults), on ZOOM, 10:30am, Registration Required [Details]
• Library Event: Non-Fiction Book Group Meeting (for Adults), 10:30am [Details]
• Library Event: Author Kirsten Miller discusses her new book, Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books (for Adults), on ZOOM, 7pm, Registration Required [Details]
• Library Event: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted To Know About Whole Body Anatomical Donation, on ZOOM, 7pm, Registration Required [Details]
• Senior Center Weekly Morning Activities: Wii Bowling League (9:30am); Piecemakers Quilters (10am); Body Works (10:25am); Fit For All (11:15am) [Details]
• Senior Center Weekly Afternoon Activities: Light Yoga For Seniors (12:30pm); Whist (12:30pm); Bone Builders (2pm); Chair Yoga (3:30pm) [Details]
• Senior Center Special Events: Men’s Group Meeting (9am) [Details], Cardio Drumming (4:30pm) [Details]
• The Tewksbury Rotary Club generally meets on Thursdays at 12:15pm at TJ Callahan’s Pub (1475 Main St.).
• Free Meditation Class inside the Tewksbury State Hospital Chapel (365 East St.), 4pm [Details]
• Public Health Museum: Tours, 10am-2pm, Registration Required, $10-$15 [Details]
• 495th RC Squadron (a Tewksbury-based Radio Control Flying Club) provides training to new pilots from 5pm to dusk at Ogonowski Model Flying Field (200 Pinnacle St.). [Details]
• Wamesit Lanes: Ladies Night Luau, 7pm-11pm, Free [Details]
• Main Street Sports Grille: Musical Bingo, 7pm-10pm, Free [Details]
• Tennis Lessons For Girls: The Tewksbury High School Girls Tennis Team is holding tennis lessons for Girls (8-14) at the TMHS Courts from 5pm to 6pm on Tuesdays & Thursdays in August. $5. Email giannamdorion[at]yahoo.com and eglaperriere@gmail.com with questions.

Friday, August 9, 2024

SPOTLIGHT: Library’s Family Fun Friday Series — Touch A Truck At Livingston St. Park

The Tewksbury Public Library (300 Chandler Street) concludes its Family Fun Friday series this Friday, August 9, 2024, from 11am to 1pm. The Library will be hosting its third annual Touch-A-Truck event. Due to sidewalk construction near the library, this year’s event will take place at Livingston St. Park (288 Livingston St.). [Details]

SPOTLIGHT: Teen Summer Reading Challenge Finale

The Tewksbury Public Library (300 Chandler Street) concludes its Teen Summer Reading Challenge with an afterhours party on Friday, August 9, 2024, from 6pm to 9pm. Teens are invited to join One Up Games and library staff to play video games, mini golf, and eat pizza. To attend this event, you must have a signed permission slip from your parent or guardian. Registration required. [Details]

ALSO HAPPENING ON FRIDAY:

• Library Event: 1-on-1 Tech Help (for Adults), 30-minute sessions, 10:15am to 1:45pm, Registration Required [Details]
• Library Event: Mindfulness & Meditation Class with Lauren Masse (for Adults), on ZOOM, noon, Registration Required [Details]
• Senior Center Weekly Morning Activities: Walking Group (8:30am); Bone Builders (9:30am); Meditation (11am) [Details]
• Senior Center Special Event: Film Screening of Ezra (10am) [Details]
• Weekly Car Show: Members of the former Merrimack Valley Car Club organize an Antique Car Show on Friday nights, from 4pm to dark, in the Ocean State Job Lot/Papa Gino’s plaza parking lot (553 Main St.).
• Weekly BINGO! at St. Williams Church, Game begins at 6:45pm, Call 978-640-0859 with Questions, $15-20 [Details]
• TJ Callahan’s: Live Music from Category 5, 9am-12:30am [Details]
• Batter Up: Weekly Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament, 6:30pm-10pm, $5 [Details]
• Northeast Christian Church: Celebrate Recovery, 6:30pm-8pm [Details]

Saturday, August 10, 2024

SPOTLIGHT: Wamesit Friends & Family Foundation Cornhole Tournament 

Wamesit Lanes (434 Main Street) is holding its annual Wamesit Friends & Family Foundation Cornhole Tournament on Saturday, August 10, 2024, from 5pm to 9pm. Teams of two will be placed in a bracket and play Round Robin and Double Elimination style. There is a maximum number of 32 teams. 2 games are guaranteed for each team. 1st and 2nd place teams will earn cash prizes. Entry fee for teams is $80. Register HERE.

HAPPENING ON SATURDAY:

• Public Health Museum: Tours, 10am-2pm, Registration Required, $10-$15 [Details]
• Batter Up: Weekly Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament, 3pm-6:30pm, $5 [Details]
• St. Williams Church: Saturday Service, 4pm [Details]
• Northeast Christian Church: Men’s Breakfast, 9am-noon [Details]

Sunday, August 11, 2024

HAPPENING ON SUNDAY:

• Tewksbury Community Pantry: Food Distribution, 9am-11am, Application Required [Details]
• Northeast Christian Church: Sunday Service, 10:30am [Details]
• St. Williams Church: Sunday Services, 7:30am, 9:30am, 11:30am, 5pm [Details]
• Tewksbury Congregational Church: Traditional Service, 9am; Praise Service, 11am [Details]
• Tewksbury Methodist Church: Sunday Worship, 9am

Do you have an event you’d like highlighted next week (Monday, August 12, 2024 to Sunday, August 18, 2024)? Please email Robert Hayes at wilmingtonapple@gmail.com by Friday, August 9, 2024 at 11:59pm.