Community Activities
Community Activities
Providers of STEM learning experiences for K-12 students, educators and parents, college students, and life-long learners of all ages in MetroWest and across the Commonwealth are welcome to share their events and activities on the MSEN website and email digest.
To do so, you may email the information asked in this PDF form to stemnet@framingham.edu, and we will list your event on this Community Activities page, in the MSEN Bi-Weekly Digest, and on our social media accounts.
MetroWest Community Activities
October
November
Join MSEN for the November Quarterly meeting hosted by MSEN via Zoom. Featuring: Milford High School - Innovation Career Pathways for Clean Energy
Milford High School is part of the first cohort of schools to be designated as an Innovation Career Pathways school for clean energy.
For more information and to register, visit: metroweststem.com
Step into the laboratory and life of two-time Nobel Prize winner Marie Skłodowska Curie. This cinematic adaptation of the acclaimed one-woman show features living history scholar Susan Marie Frontczak masterfully portraying Curie as she recounts her journey from childhood in Poland to groundbreaking research in France. Audiences are invited to join Curie on her quest to isolate polonium and radium as she pioneers the the field of radioactivity. HUMANITY NEEDS DREAMERS: A VISIT WITH MARIE CURIE breaks the digital fourth wall between theater and film, past and present. Hosted by: Dr. Anna Frebel, Professor of Physics at MIT.
For more information or to register, visit: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/nov7curie
Experience Austrian-Swedish physicist Lise Meitner's groundbreaking discovery of nuclear fission through a living history portrayal by MIT Professor of Physics Dr. Anna Frebel. This debut cinematic performance explores how Meitner's century-old discoveries continue to inspire astronomers uncovering the cosmic origins of heavy elements. Following the screening of LISE MEITNER & THE UNIVERSE OF ATOMS, join Dr. Frebel for a live presentation on her research into ancient stars and the stellar creation of elements like silver and gold.
For more information or to register, visit: http://www.eventcreate.com/e/nov8meitner
MEES Invites you to a free EE Practitioner gathering funded by a generous grant from the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). The purpose of these gatherings is to come together with others who work in careers connected to environmental teaching and learning to build community, learn from one another, and rekindle our nature-based joy together. Co-host: North Shore Nature Programs. Camp Denison in Georgetown, MA
For more information, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPPyRS0Wn0acyjCKeDHqRRp8b9enRWMDqdiesp4HKHtoqJ2A/viewform
Join an evening in the planetarium to experience the planetarium film Big Astronomy.
Take a journey through observatories used by professional astronomers in the gorgeous mountains of Chile, one of the best astronomical observing locations on Earth.
For tickets and more information, visit: https://cm-center.org/event/nov21film
Participants of all ages are welcome!
Use telescopes to observe the Moon and Saturn! 🪐 McAuliffe Center staff are available to answer your questions about telescopes and our Universe. FREE - no registration required.
For more information, visit: https://cm-center.org/event/nov25stargazing
December
Remembering the 40th Anniversary of the Challenger disaster: January 28, 1986-2026.
The Christa McAuliffe Center invites multigenerational audiences to a series of conversations that will explore key formative moments in the life of Christa McAuliffe; examine the historical context of the 1986 Challenger mission; and reflect on the lessons learned from the tragedy. Speakers: Kathleen Young, Producer, NHPBS; Anna Tucker, Director, Framingham History Center. In-person event and on Zoom.
For more information or to register, visit: https://cm-center.org/event/challengerseries1
Experience Octave of Light, a planetarium concert of exoplanet music. This groundbreaking show takes audiences on an immersive journey across the stars, exploring distant worlds through sight, sound and live electrosymphonic music. Showtimes at 3PM and 7:30PM.
For tickets and more information, visit: https://cm-center.org/event/octaveoflight
January
February
Remembering the 40th Anniversary of the Challenger disaster: January 28, 1986-2026.
The Christa McAuliffe Center invites multigenerational audiences to a series of conversations that will explore key formative moments in the life of Christa McAuliffe; examine the historical context of the 1986 Challenger mission; and reflect on the lessons learned from the tragedy. Speakers: Jennifer Levasseur, Space History Curator, National Air and Space Museum and Dr. Jon Huibregtse, Professor Emeritus, History, Framingham State University. In-person event and on Zoom.
For more information or to register, visit: https://cm-center.org/event/challengerseries2
March
Remembering the 40th Anniversary of the Challenger disaster: January 28, 1986-2026.
The Christa McAuliffe Center invites multigenerational audiences to a series of conversations that will explore key formative moments in the life of Christa McAuliffe; examine the historical context of the 1986 Challenger mission; and reflect on the lessons learned from the tragedy. Speaker: Jennifer Braggin, Sr. Lecturer, The Gordon Institute, Tufts University. In-person event and on Zoom.
For more information or to register, visit: https://cm-center.org/event/challengerseries3