Waltham YMCA Pumpkin Dash 5K
2025-10-18 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Waltham YMCA, 725 Lexington St, Waltham, MA
Together We Move is a celebration of the Y’s commitment to improving community health across Greater Boston. Activities include our 2025 5K race series, dozens of neighborhood fitness events for adults and families across our 13 locations, and our city-wide Million Minutes of Movement challenge to inspire and encourage everyone in our community to get moving to strengthen their health and well-being this fall.
To learn more about Together We Move, visit our website.

Indivisible 'No Kings' rally
2025-10-18 10:30 - 12:00 | Main and Moody, 1 Moody Street, Waltham, MA
Indivisible is holding its part of the No Kings rally at Main and Moody streets adjacent to the Waltham Common.
Join Indivisible nationwide to once again holler “No kings in America!”

WHS homecoming parade
2025-10-18 12:30 - 14:00 | Waltham High School, 554 Lexington St, Waltham, MA
Join us for a special celebration of Waltham High School’s homecoming parade!
The parade will begin at the the Valor School (former Waltham High School), travel down Lexington Street to Bacon Street, and continue to Leary Field, where the homecoming football game will begin at 2:00 p.m. Route map here.
Many Waltham High School student groups and organizations and Waltham youth groups will march in the parade or take part with decorated floats. There will be a float decorating competition for students.
Go Hawks!

15th Annual Farm Day
2025-10-18 13:00 - 16:00 | Waltham Fields Community Farm, 240 Beaver St, Waltham, MA, 02452, United States
WFCF’s annual festival celebrating locally grown food, sustainable agriculture, community, and the land we steward.
This outdoor, family-friendly event features hands-on farm activities, educational demonstrations, live music, agricultural-infused magic show, pick-a-pound carrot patch, farm crafts, kids’ games, temporary tattoo parlor, and more!
Free Tick Tock Trolley service 1-4 p.m. Continuous loops between Waltham Common and Waltham Fields Community Farm.
Sign up to be a community volunteer to support farm day behind the scenes during the event (or email volunteer coordinator Marla Rhodes at for more info). Teens seeking service learning or community service hours for school requirements can sign up for special teen shifts.
Sign up as a participating organization to set up a table within the community stroll! Space is limited so register soon to secure your spot.
Calling all bakers of treats! We would love your goodies to help raise funds to support WFCF programs. Register as a farm day bake sale baker!
Sponsor Farm Day! Become a sponsor and get year-long recognition as a local business hero! Contact Amanda with questions about sponsorship.

Opportunities for Inclusion annual harvest breakfast
2025-10-19 08:00 - 12:00 | Embassy Suites, Waltham, 550 Winter Street, Waltham, 02451
Now in it’s 53rd year, Opportunities for Inclusion’s annual harvest breakfast has become a time-honored event in the community, offering delicious breakfast fare, fabulous silent auction prizes, and crafts lovingly made by OFI participants. With support from a multitude of wonderful local businesses and establishments, proceeds from this event go toward the life-changing programs and services Opportunities for Inclusion provides to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Arrive any time between 8:00 a.m. and noon. There will be plenty of fun for the family including music and a dance performance, face painting, a balloon artist, a magician, and more.
Tickets: $24 adults, $17 seniors/special needs adults, $12 children 3-12 (children under 3 free.) Remaining available tickets can be purchased at the door on the day of the event.
For more information: 781-899-1344 x4121 or mmaloney@oppsforinclusion.org
Opportunities for Inclusion is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Kabbalah in the sukkah
2025-10-19 11:00 - 12:00 | MA
Join TBI member and Kabbalah student Susan Holbert for an explanation of the themes and practices of Kabbalah in her lovely outdoor sukkah space.
Contact Andrea Baron in the Temple office to register for this class and receive the address.

Create your own mosaic jewelry
2025-10-19 14:00 - 16:30 | Amy Marks’ Mosaic Studio, 111 Riverview Avenue, Waltham
Enjoy a fun afternoon of making your own jewelry. I will supply the silver-plated pendant bases, rings, bracelets and earring blanks and all the glass, china, beads, jewels and bling that you will need to make a unique gift for yourself or for others. The best part—no previous jewelry or mosaic experience is needed.

Fiesta del Mes de la Herencia Hispana — Celebración para adolescentes / Hispanic Heritage celebration for teens
2025-10-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Waltham Public Library, 735 Main St, Waltham, MA, 02451, United States
For teens and tweens in grades 6 to 12.
This event promises free food and fun: bachata lessons, music, lotería, and delicious dishes from across the Hispanic world, provided by Waltham favorites Juanita’s Kitchen, Athens Pizza, and Cowboy Supermarket.
In the Teen Room.

Waltham Clothing Exchange—open on Tuesdays!
2025-10-21 10:00 - 16:30 | Waltham Clothing Exchange Thrift Shop at First Parish, 50 Church St, Waltham, 02451
First Parish’s Waltham Clothing Exchange thrift shop has started it’s 68th year serving the greater Waltham community. The fall season runs until December 16, open only on Tuesdays from 10:00 to 4:30.
There is plenty of good stuff: clothing for men, women, children and infants; toys, games, crafts, housewares, small appliances, giftware, linens, lamps, artwork, jewelry, shoes, handbags, accessories, holiday items and more! Every week our consignors add to our ever-changing inventory. Help yourself to a bargain while helping to save the environment.
Susan and Joel would welcome volunteer interest! You don’t have to help the whole day. Drop them a line or drop in to shop and talk!
Joel & Susan Weddig, Co-Directors (781) 330-0389.

Tuesday trivia at Tempo Bakbar
2025-10-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Tempo Bistro, 474 Moody Street, Waltham, MA
Tuesday trivia at Tempo Bakbar.
21+. $5 cover.

League of Women Voters candidates' event: Councilors-at-Large
2025-10-22 19:00 - 20:00 | City of Waltham Government Center, 119 School Street, Waltham, MA
The League of Women Voters of Waltham is presenting three candidates’ events during the month of October.
These events are:

Councilors-at-Large, Wednesday, October 22.
School Committee, Thursday, October 23.
Ward Councilors, Wednesday, October 29.

Mill Talk: The stories of women war workers at Raytheon, 1941-1945
2025-10-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, 154 Moody Street, Waltham, 02453, United States
From suffragette to war worker – and military ranks open to women, presented by Chet Michalak, Raytheon historian and archivist.
The suffragette movement ends the 100-year struggle for women’s rights in 1920 and is followed by a home front effort that dramatically increases the ranks of female war workers. The call goes out for women workers by recruitment posters, newspaper and radio ads.
Speaker bio:
Chet Michalak, Principal Technical Support Engineer with honors with 38 years at Raytheon. In 1977 he joined the U.S. Army 3/2nd Armored Cavalry followed by a tour with the Massachusetts Army National Guard. Chet became Raytheon’s volunteer company historian and archivist after studying with the previous historian, Norman Krim.
Mill Talks at the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation are free and open to the public and are made possible by the generous support of the Lowell Institute.
Free to the pubic, but registration required.

Watercolor workshop with Lizzie Rutberg
2025-10-23 18:30 - 20:00 | Waltham Public Library, 735 Main St, Waltham, MA, 02451, United States
Join us for a wonderful watercolor workshop with talented local artist, Lizzie Rutberg! Materials will be provided.
In the lecture hall.

League of Women Voters candidates' event: School Committee
2025-10-23 19:00 - 20:00 | Waltham Government Center, 119 School Street, Waltham, MA, 02452, United States

Live band karaoke every Thursday at Tempo Bakbar
2025-10-23 20:00 - 23:00 | Tempo Bistro, 474 Moody Street, Waltham, MA
Live band karaoke every Thursday at Tempo Bakbar.
21+. $5 cover.

Sunset mocktails in the perennial garden
2025-10-24 16:00 - 18:00 | Waltham Fields Community Farm, 240 Beaver St, Waltham, MA, 02452, United States
Visit the no-till perennial garden in the center of the farm and explore the many early-season plants and herbs we can use to flavor and color our summer mocktails.
Build your own creations or follow a few recommended recipes provided by the WFCF Education and Perennial Garden Teams at the making stations. Stick around for a demonstration from our very own Director of Education and Community Engagement, Jessica Herwick, at the Education Shed to learn best methods for using and preserving the late-season harvests in fun ways.
Hors d’oeuvres and all mocktail supplies provided.
This program is geared towards adult audiences and will take place outdoors.
Information and sign up here.

Gorey Stories: Tales from the Gore mansion
2025-10-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Gore Place, 52 Gore Street
Join a tour of the beautiful 1806 Gore Mansion. You’ll hear creepy stories from Gore Place’s rich history: tales of lady pirates, escapees, drownings, and strange goings-on over the 300 years of the Gore estate. Along the way you’ll see the mansion in a new (and slightly creepy!) light.
This event is sold out.

Voter registration deadline
2025-10-25 00:00 - 23:30 | City of Waltham
Deadline to register to be eligible to vote in the November 4, 2025, election.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth notes:
Voter registration forms submitted online must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on the date of the voter registration deadline.
Details and answers to common questions can be found here.

Halloween Spooktacular
2025-10-25 11:00 - 20:00 | Greenwood Tree Farm, 96 Dudley Road, Billerica, MA
Celebrate Halloween with us! Come for a howling good time!
Witches’ Walk 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Food trucks 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Trunk-or-Treat starts at 5:00 p.m.
$5 per person/$20 up to 5 people
Greenwood Tree Farm
96 Dudley Road
Billerica MA 01821
Contact the Middlesex 4-H Advisory Council at askmac4h@gmail.com with questions. Vendor and Trunk-or-Treat spots available.

Bike Together Waltham—October group ride
2025-10-25 12:00 - 14:00 | Waltham City Hall, 610 Main St., Waltham, MA, United States
Our next weekend ride will leave from behind City Hall. We will do a shorter loop through some of Waltham’s cemeteries.

Halloween needle felting workshop
2025-10-25 12:30 - 14:30 | Gore Place, 52 Gore Street
Join us for a spooktacular needle felting workshop. Employing the magic of needles and wool, Rachel Benson of The Fiber Web will guide us through the creation of a felted black cat. No prior knowledge of magic spells or felting necessary! All supplies will be provided. Participants will take home their “felt-familiar” as well as have the option to purchase needle felting supplies to try new projects at home. Space is limited, so make sure to reserve your spot. This workshop is part of our Traditional Skills series and is intended for ages 13 and up.

Service celebrating the Waltham Clothing Exchange
2025-10-26 10:30 - 13:30 | First Parish Church, 50 Church St, Waltham, MA
First Parish in Waltham UU is inviting the public to a special service, open to the public. The service celebrates the Waltham Clothing Exchange, a project of First Parish for 68 years. Remembering the monthly theme of compassion, there will be personal testimonies expressing love of the Clothing Exchange experience. And a fashion show. And a show-and-tell on how it operates. And of course, what it has accomplished for the Waltham Community.
The Waltham Clothing Exchange has been a historical forerunner to the present community support efforts of First Parish such as the Jones Partnership Fund, which was a featured service last month.
Following the service, the Waltham Clothing Exchange will be opened from 11:45 to 1:30. It is located on the lower level of the building, with direct access from the lower parking lot off School Street.
For those interested in volunteering, they can call the Waltham Clothing Exchange at 781-330-0389 and leave a message. Or email to WalthamClothingExchange@gmail.com. More information.

Waltham Land Trust's Western Greenway 5k & first ever Monster Dash for kids!
2025-10-26 12:00 - 14:00 | Met State McLaughlin Building, Metropolitan Parkway, Waltham, 02452
Celebrate Halloween by taking to the trails in your costume (if it’s safe to do so) and help raise money for the Waltham Land Trust in a super fun, family-friendly way!
Since 2013, the Waltham Land Trust has held the Western Greenway 5K walk and run benefit event where people of all ages traverse a 5K distance through the Western Greenway. Help preserve open space in Waltham while enjoying one of the properties maintained by WLT’s trail stewards for everyone to enjoy.
The 5K (3.1 mile) course goes through and around a variety of habitats in Beaver Brook North Reservation and Rock Meadow, including cattail marshes, forests, vernal pools, and open meadows. This year’s race route is new for 2025!
Before the main race kicks off, kids ages 10 and under can join our 50-yard Monster Dash at 11:30 a.m., a quick, fun sprint where every child gets a small treat for participating. Free for children who attend with an adult running the 5K, $5 suggested donation otherwise. Perfect for little ghosts and goblins who want in on the action!

Solving the healthcare crisis: A single-payer model for Massachusetts
2025-10-29 18:30 - 20:15 | Waltham Public Library, 735 Main St, Waltham, MA, 02451, United States
Healthcare costs continue to balloon, far exceeding growth in wages, income, and inflation and placing an unsustainable burden on residents, employers and cities and towns. Total healthcare costs in Massachusetts surged 8.6% in 2023, reaching over $71 billion, far exceeding the 3.6% annual benchmark goal set by the state. The state has outstripped the benchmark for the last five years. The average annual premium for employer-sponsored coverage for families in Mass is $26,355. More than 40% of Massachusetts residents struggle to pay for healthcare while access to care declines. More than half of Massachusetts hospitals are operating in the red.
Come hear about the options for a more sustainable, effective, compassionate and equitable system. We already spend more than enough to get the job done.
This event is sponsored by MassCare, a coalition of over 100 member organizations advocating for a universal, single-payer healthcare system in Massachusetts. They work to pass legislation that would establish a publicly financed system, free of out-of-pocket costs at the point of care. They are supporting H. 1405 S. 860 An Act Establishing Medicare for all in Massachusetts.

League of Women Voters candidates' event: Ward Councilors
2025-10-29 19:00 - 20:00 | Waltham Government Center, 119 School Street, Waltham, MA, 02452, United States

Wee-WaW: Fall 2025
2025-10-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Common Good Co., 419 Moody Street, Waltham, MA, 02453, United States
A mini “We are Waltham” storytelling show with featured tellers and a curated open mic. Bring your story ideas and maybe get picked to tell. No hate, violence, fiction or poetry please: memories and true anecdotes that happened to you.
This evening of diverse personal stories from Waltham will make you laugh, cry and forge connections with your community and each other. Join us for a night of true stories—in which you might be a teller too!

Hear true stories from featured tellers.
Listen to live music interludes from a local musician.
Talk to other attendees and create community.
Participate in a raffle.

Waltham Open Studios
2025-11-01 12:00 - 17:00 | 144 & 289 Moody Street, 144 Moody Street, Waltham, MA
A free, family-friendly event on Moody Street in the heart of Waltham, where artists open their studios to share their work and creative process.
Saturday and Sunday, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.

"Fall Back" rabbit hosted tea
2025-11-01 16:00 - 18:00 | Waltham Fields Community Farm, 240 Beaver St, Waltham, MA, 02452, United States
Enjoy one final sunset before we turn back our clocks on the farm along with Ms. Jess and the Fiber Rabbit Adventure Bunnies.
Sip delicious teas made with herbs from the farm and enjoy seasonal teatime snacks in the fresh fall air. Listen to some of our favorite books about rabbits (and community) in English and Spanish.
Bunny cuddling and photo opportunities included.
Sign up here.

Music bingo—Games, fun and prizes! Scholarship fundraiser
2025-11-01 18:30 - 20:00 | Pvt. Charles J. Shutt Detachment, 215 Mt. Auburn St, Watertown, MA
Please join us for a fun night of music bingo! Come with your friends for games, fun and prizes. Cash bar. Bring your own snacks.
Help support our non-profit organization’s scholarship fund for the benefit of the children and grandchildren of the members of the Marine Corps League Detachment. We also support the veterans of the community in providing assistance in all aspects of their lives.
Watertown Shutt Detachment.
