NOTE: Community bulletin board-type items are welcome for inclusion in the Happenings! section of the Xpress newspapers. Please allow enough lead time for publication. Email your calendar or event notice to [email protected]. 

Monday, May 27

• GFWC, Auburn Junior Woman's Club is holding their 21st Annual Duck Race on Memorial Day this year (5/27)!  After the Memorial Day Parade is finished our duck race will commence at Mirror Pond behind the Auburn Public Library on Southbridge Street.  The duck race is our largest fundraising event.  Proceeds from the event go towards scholarships for Auburn Seniors.

saturday, june 1

• Saint Peter’s Parish in Northbridge will be holding a Yard Sale on Saturday, June 1st , 7:30am to 3:00pm in the parish hall. If you are moving, spring cleaning or just have too much clutter, bring us your gently used items for our yard sale. You may drop-off your donations every Saturday from 10:00-1:00pm April through May, starting on Saturday, April 6th at the parish garage. We are accepting kitchen items, home goods, toys, sporting goods, books, small furniture

items, clothing for donation and much more. Please see our website for a complete list of what we are accepting. You may also call or email the parish office, if you have any questions: 508-234-2156 or email: [email protected].

• The Charlton Garden Club is holding its annual Plant Sale on Saturday, June 1st on the Charlton Common from 9 am to 12:30 pm. Stop by for a choice selections of plants from annual and perennials to vegetables and woody plants. Come chat with our members. A Massachusetts Master Gardener Association volunteer will be on hand to test your soil’s pH and make limestone recommendations if necessary. Bring a half cup of soil for free testing. When collecting your soil sample, take several subsamples from the soil surface down 4 to 6 inches. Mix these together and place about half a cup of soil in a container to bring to the plant sale. Plant sale proceeds are used for program support, community activities like Earth Day and the Old Home Day Flower Show, and town beautification projects such as the Common plantings. We appreciate your support!

• On Saturday, June 1st at 2 p.m. Booklovers' Gourmet is hosting an author talk and signing with James L. Parr, author of World War II Massachusetts, a collection of stories that could well be subtitled “The Hidden History of the War in the Bay State.”  The book is filled with unusual and forgotten tales of ordinary citizens doing their part to support the war effort.  Grandparents, moms and dads, school kids and even the family pet worked and sacrificed as the country suffered through blackouts, shortages, rationing and uncertainty. Jim gives a one hour slide presentation with fascinating images, highlighting the strange events and forgotten heroes of this unique time in American history. The event is free and open to the public. Signed books will be available for purchase. To RSVP, please call 508-949-6232 or email [email protected].

Saturday, June 8

• Please join us for our Annual Community Yard And Plant Sale! As we’ve done in the past, we will rent spaces and tables, plus we’ll do all the advertising and remember, our prime location can’t be beat! Spaces Are $25 For Non-Members. Tables Are Available To Rent For $5 Each. Last year our Community Yard Sale and Plant Sale was so successful that we had to implement a wait list! We anticipate the same level of interest again this year, so don’t delay in reserving your spot. We are very excited at the thought of gathering, again, with our church family and our neighbors on the church’s front lawn. Call the church office, 508-832-2845, to reserve your spot! All are welcome! First Congregational Church of Auburn, 128 Central Street, Auburn.

• Annual Church and Community Yard Sale

Soorp Asdvadzadzin Armenian Church, 315 Church Street in Whitinsville holds its Annual Church and Community Yard Sale on the front lawn facing Church Street on Saturday, June 8th from 8:00am to 2:00pm.

Vendor space is available for a donation of $15 per spot so if you were contemplating your own yard sale but don't have the space you can't been the green lawn, tree shade and great traffic exposure along Church Street. Since this is an outdoor event, please provide you own tables, tarps and canopies if desired.  Admission to the buying public is free with plenty of parking along both sides of Church Street or behind the church. For details and reservations, please email Jeff at [email protected].

• On Saturday, June 8th at 2:30 p.m. come hear Fred Gerhard read from his new poetry book, Drifting to “Hello” (Khotso Publishing) at Booklovers' Gourmet, 72 East Main Street, Webster, MA. His poems have also appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. A 2023 winner of Poetry in the Pines, he writes from Ashburnham, MA, where he leads monthly poetry workshops. The event will also include an open mic portion. To sign up to read, please call 508-949-6232 or email [email protected]. Space is limited.

SATURDAY, JUNE 15

• The Sutton Historical Society, Inc. will be hosting the Annual Sutton Town-Wide Yard Sale on Saturday, June 15 from 8 am to 1 pm.  The Society publishes a map of locations throughout town including limited spaces for rent at the M. M. Sherman Blacksmith Shop, 6 Singletary Avenue, Sutton.  Registration fee is $10 to be listed on the participating location map.  Map will be posted on Facebook and uploaded to suttonhistoricalsocietyinc.org prior to the event.  Registration forms are available at suttonhistoricalsocietyinc.org.  Questions can be directed to [email protected].  Don't want to have a yard sale, but have items to donate?  Members of the Society will pick up your donations.  Contact Brian Stevenson at 774-708-0582 or email us at [email protected].

SATURDAY, JUNE 29

• Sutton Fourth of July parade kicks off from Sutton Center at 10 am.  Fun community events will be held at the Sutton Schools from 11 am to 4 pm.  Information on the parade, participants, and the post parade events can be found at thesuttonfourth.org.  The Historical Society will be set up with the civil war cannon for ole tyme photos.  Stop by and learn about what the Society has to offer, and how we are preserving local history and preparing for the Nation's 250th anniversary.  Visit www.thesuttonfourth.org for more information.

HIKES WITH BLACKSTONE VALLEY HERITAGE CORRIDER HIKES

Led by volunteer Trail Ambassador Phil. Phil’s hikes begin at 10 a.m. 

Saturday, June 15: Douglas State Forest Hike, Douglas

Friday Night at the Tuttle Post

88 Bancroft Street,Auburn

May 24  at 7:30 p.m. Ed Sullivans 

May 31 at 7:30 p.m. Steven George

Karaoke with Brian at 8 p.m. every Friday night in the Tuttle Lounge.

The New England Country Music Club 

Dances with live classic country bands - Progressive Club, 18 Whitin St., Uxbridge

Sunday, June 9, “Rustic Country”

Sunday, June 23, “Angela West & Showdown”

Doors open at 12:15, live music 1-5pm

Snacks may be brought in, cash bar for beverages. www.facebook.com/NECountryMusicClub