Events

At SAORI Worcester: 131 Highland St.

See and touch creative, colorful, improvisationally hand-woven artwork. Also try SAORI weaving, enjoy light refreshments, hear live music, and meet Nimbus the Angora Rabbit. All ages welcome! (Exhibit runs through July 28 with some rotation of artwork)

E-mail: mihoko@saoriworcester.com
Phone: 508-757-4646

At First Unitarian Church,Bancroft Room, 90 Main Street, Worcester

$10 Suggested Donation

Sponsored by: Elm Park School Field Improvement Committee

Local Fixture Nat Needle gives this thundering yet delicate, muscular yet sensitive Jazz Piano and Vocals concert to benefit the restoration of the Elm Park Community School field. Classic jazz, blues, and swing tunes from 1920-1960 to be mixed with Nat's funny (ha-ha funny) original songs about animals, Worcester, fruit, Buddhism, exercise, life in Japan, love, and who knows. Bring your houseplants - Nat's music will affect them in a positive way. Suggested donation: $10. Info 508-757-0116

The Fifth Annual Worcester Walk-A-Thon To Cure Scleroderma will take place from the Bancroft School on Sunday, May 6, 2007.
Sign-in will begin at 10 a.m. in the Bancroft School Gymnasium, 110 Shore Drive, Worcester, and the 3.5-mile Walk around Indian Lake steps off at noon.
Scleroderma is a chronic, often progressive, autoimmune disease. It literally means “hard skin” which can cause thickening and tightening of the skin, as well as causing damage to internal organs. It occurs about four times more often in women than in men, and also attacks children. Its cause is unknown, and presently there is no cure.
Funds raised by the May 6 Walk will be used by the New England Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation to help people with Scleroderma and their families cope with the disease through support programs, physician referrals, educational information and research.
For further information, e-mail SCWorcester@gmail.com or call the Chapter’s toll-free number in Topsfield – 888-525-0658.

Phelan Center
Blessed Sacrament Church
551 Pleasant St (Newton Hill)

WHO: Volunteers from all corners of the state

WHAT: Park Serve Day, sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs and Governor’s Public Liaison Office

WHEN: May 12, all day

WHERE: About 50 parks statewide, from the Berkshires to Cape Cod, including Moore State Park in Paxton and others in Worcester County. For a full list of parks and projects and to sign up go to www.mass.gov/parkserve

WHY: To spruce up the state’s parks and beaches for spring. Pick up litter, clear trails, paint park buildings, clean beaches, plant flowers, and much more. Volunteers have signed up already, but many more are needed and welcome.

HOW: Visit mass.gov/parkserve to find a park near you and sign up. DCR will provide most of the equipment needed for the work, as well as water and snacks, but volunteers are welcome to bring their own work gloves, trowels, rakes, etc. (Please do not bring power tools, however.) Wear sturdy shoes, and bring sunscreen and bug repellent if needed.

The Photography by Teya studio in North Oxford will be open all Mother’s Day weekend for “Portraits for Progress.” For just $20, daughters, mothers and grandmothers are invited to stop by for a portrait session and receive a professional 5x7 print. Additional 5x7 prints will be available for $10, half off their normal price.

All proceeds from this event will benefit Komen Massachusetts, the local affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and will fund breast cancer research, education, screening and testing.

Visit http://teyaphoto.com for details.

The Photography by Teya studio in North Oxford will be open all Mother’s Day weekend for “Portraits for Progress.” For just $20, daughters, mothers and grandmothers are invited to stop by for a portrait session and receive a professional 5x7 print. Additional 5x7 prints will be available for $10, half off their normal price.

All proceeds from this event will benefit Komen Massachusetts, the local affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and will fund breast cancer research, education, screening and testing.

Visit http://teyaphoto.com for details.

On June 1, 2007, The 4th Annual DECA Hunger Awareness Event will be held at the NEW Worcester Technical High School at 1 Skyline Drive. Registration begins at 7:30 am, program at 8:00 am followed by breakfast.

A panel of speakers will present information to help us create awareness of the growing problem of hunger in our community. Speakers include State Senator, Edward Augustus, City Councilor Dennis Irish and former Red Sox player, Rich Gedman.

Please join us, tickets are $15.00, please call 508-799-1587 or email foisyj@techhigh.us to reserve your seat at this wonderful fundraiser.

All proceeds will go to the Worcester County Food Bank.

First Unitarian Church, 90 Main St., Worcester

508-757-2708

A one-woman show by actress-singer Lee Dratfield (with Nat Needle, pianist). $8 donation to benefit the Helen A. Bowditch Health Center at Elm Park Community School, a program of the Family Health Center of Worcester.

Lee Dratfield, actress and cabaret artist, recaptures the unforgettable songs of composer Kurt Weill - songs and music from the smoky clubs and theaters of raffish Berlin in the early 1920's and 30's. The show then moves on to Weill's music during the golden age of the broadway musical theater in the 1940's and 50's. Hear the sardonic bitter songs, the romantic ballads, and the up-tempo melodies as singer-actress Lee Dratfield brings them to vivid life.

Friday, June 1, 7:30pm.