Arts & Entertainment
5 Things To Do This Weekend
Spread some dirt in the name of softball. When you're done, shovel ice cream in the name of you-name-it.
The weather looks fine but cool for outdoors activities on Saturday.
It looks less fine on Sunday, and more fine on Marathon Monday.
Here are some ideas to Get Out and about.
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1. Big Blue Girls Softball vs. Danvers
Where/When: on Friday at 4 p.m.
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Why Go: You can't beat high school sports for entertainment.
Pricing: Free.
2. Volunteer At Upper Softball Field
Where/When: , Saturday.
Why Go: They need help spreading infield mix. If you can help, even if it is only for a few hours, please email either Jim Capone, jmclandscaping.capone@gmail.com, or Jim Nisbet, jimnisbet@comcast.net to let them know when you can help.
3. Ice Cream
Where/When: and for two places. Any time.
Why Go: They are open.
Pricing: Depends. One scoop or two.
4. Handel's Messiah
Where/When: Old North Church, 35 Washington St., Marblehead/ Sunday at 7 p.m.
Why Go: It's music, a chorale presentation.
Pricing: Free-will offering.
5. Watch the Boston Marathon
Where/When: It starts in Hopkinton and ends in Copley Square on Monday. Different race categories. They start at 9 a.m. The elite runners start at about 10 a.m.
Why Go: It's a New England tradition, a grand human spectacle, and there are more than a dozen Swampscott runners in it.
Pricing: Free.
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