If you’ve seen the video I posted about the fun we had at stART In The Park, you’ll see that we paid a visit to The Snow Ghost show (also taping at the festival). I’ve found the video they made and thought I’d share. It’s fun stuff

Snow Ghost Community Show #17: Making your own fun | WCCA TV13

Here’s the episode of The Snow Ghost Show that we dropped in on while we were at stART In The Park.

Snow Ghost Community Show #17: Making your own fun | WCCA TV13

It was great to meet Snow Ghost and his friends.

This is the first video I’ve gotten done. I have some other really fun stuff to post but I don’t have those videos edited yet. For now, this is some of what happened at stART In The Park.

Wormtown Taxi has a great post about the festival. It was indeed a very cool event. The park was a great place to have it. It was nice to get out there and see people and enjoy the beautiful weather.

I expect to be posting more video from the event including parts of the soon-to-be-famous “Worcester Love” song (see Wormtown Taxi’s post for explanation).

Here’s links to the web sites of people in the video:

• Mississippi Jon Short, Have Blues Will Travel
• Tina Zlody, stART In The Park
• ActionGeek
• Scott Holloway, Painting Loft
• Scott Boilard

Other posts about the event

• “Made In Lowell”, stART from an artist’s point of view
• worcesterite.com has posted the “official stART In The Park aftermath thread. It’s a place for all the Worcesterites to post links to their stART stuff
• 4-rilla is for real! has some cool pix of artist, Erik Nasinnyk’s

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stART on the Street, originally uploaded by Claudia Snell.

Last weekend I was trying to figure out what to do for fun. I have to say, it was a bit of a task. Despite all the great online tools for getting the word out, it still seems hard to find something to do with the kids on the weekends.

This week there’s been a change in that. I’ve been getting information about great stuff going on from all directions. I guess if you complain enough, people start sending you email to shut you up or something.

I decided to share some of what I’ve got so far. I’m just posting things I’ve got through the July 4 fireworks. I’ve actually been sent information about things out into September. Wow. I guess I won’t be able to complain about having “nothing fun to do” for a while now.

So, here it is, the big list so far:

stART in the Park
June 1st, 11 am to 4 pm
Beaver Brook Park, Mann Street, Worcester, MA
100+ artists and crafters, performers, food vendors, kids activities, local farms and organizations and more!

A day-long celebration of arts, crafts, culture, cuisine and fun in the sun! And it’s FREE! stART events are always fun. stART web site has more information.

Worcester Firefighters Memorial 6k Run/Walk
June 8, 2008 -1:00 p.m.
Institute Park, Worcester, MA
This annual event raises money for local charities in the names of Paul Brotherton, Timothy Jackson, Jeremiah Lucey, James “Jay” Lyons, Joseph McGuirk and Thomas Spencer.

This year they are raising money for:
The Molly Bish Foundation
Alzheimer’s Association - Massachusetts Chapter
Connecticut Burns Care Foundation
The Firefighters Memorial Fund

They have planned “a day of fun for the entire family with free food, live entertainment, raffles, a Kiddie Corner and more.” It sounds like a great time!
Check their web site for more

Grecian Festival
June 6, 7 & 8, See site for times
St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 102 Russell Street, Worcester, MA
Great food, live music, dancing, kids fest, church tours, art exhibits.
For information about the event:
Grecian Festival web site

Irish Music Festival
June 14th & 15th, Saturday 12 noon to 11 pm & Sunday 11 am to 6 pm
Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, 19 Temple Street, Worcester, MA

Live Irish music, Irish step dancers, a traditional Irish Seisiun and the first ever Boiled Cabbage O’Lympics. You’ll need to go to the web site for information about the O’Lympics. It sounds like it will be hilarious.

Tickets are on sale on their web site, $10 for a one day ticket, $15 for two days. At the door they are $12/1 day and $18/ 2 days. Kids under 12 are FREE.
Tickts and information on their site

5th Annual Asian Festival
June 29th, 12 noon to 6 pm
Italian-American Cultural Center, 28 Mulberry Street, Worcester, MA

The Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts hosts a celebration featuring music, food and traditional dances from Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Laos, Korea, Japan, Philippines and India.
FREE ADMISSION

Independence Day Celebration
July 3rd, 6 to 10 pm
Cristoforo Columbo Park, Shrewsbury Street, Worcester, MA

Enjoy a concert by the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, children’s activities and a spectacular fireworks display.

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Ok, if you’re having an event or know of something fun to do with the kids, please drop me an email. I’ll be happy to post it.

If you are a grown up looking for cool stuff to do, check out Worcesterite.com and Worcester Magazine. They’ve got it all covered over there.

New in 2008 from the stART On The Street crew…stART in the Park!
Sunday June 1, 2008 11am - 4pm (rain date: Sunday June 8th)
FREE ADMISSION!
Beaver Brook Park, Mann Street in Worcester, MA

I’ve been out to the other stART events and they are a lot of fun. This is great stuff for the kids - all ages! My daughter loves going out to these events. Check out all the fun we had at the Holiday event at the DCU and the stART On The Street event last year.

Check out the stART web site for more information. There is also information on the site for vendors, artists, performers and farmers who would like to participate.

Holiday Arts Event at the DCU, originally uploaded by Claudia Snell.

I know, I’m a couple of days late with this but here’s the “Holiday Arts Happening” post.

We saw a lot of really cool stuff. Did some shopping. Saw some friends and met some new people. It was really a nice way to spend the day.

The little guys in the picture above are created by “Converse Creations”. Converse Creations is artist, Wendy Converse and her partner Tina Atwood. Tina helps with framing Wendy’s paintings. I really liked these - so cute and funny. Go see for yourself online - Converse Creations: www.conversecreations.com

I also got myself a super cool paintingloft.com shirt at the booth of “Three Scotts”. Can’t wait to wear it

For those who weren’t at the event, the “Three Scotts” are:
Scott Boilard: www.scottboilard.com

Scott Halloway: www.paintingloft.com
Scott Erb: .comwww.erbphoto.com

They all are fantastically talented. It was fun to meet them and talk to them a bit. Check out their sites. They’ve all got portfolios online.

Here’s the link to the rest of my pictures. I’ve also posted links to the artist’s sites so you can shop online if you like what I posted.

Thanks to Tina @ stART on the Street and all her people for making another fun day for us all!