Save the date!  Life is good festival.

http://www.lifeisgood.com/festivals/2010-festivals-info/default.aspx

The festival is a two-day celebration of music and optimism, featuring three stages of diverse live music, hands-on games, interactive arts activities and the "Good Kids" zone — home to the top acts in kids entertainment. The Life is good Festival is a unique music event that every age group can enjoy.

100% of Life is good's profits from the Festival will go towards The Life is good Kids Foundation, helping kids overcome life-threatening challenges such as violence, illness and extreme poverty.

Good music, fun time, great cause.

Did you ever want to experience first hand working a farm?  Check out Farm School.

http://www.farmschool.org/programs.html

The Farm School
Sentinel Elm Farm
488 Moore Hill Road
Athol, MA 01331
978.249.9944
Children as well as adults can take part in learning what it takes to be stewards of the earth.

Multi-day residential school-year and summer programs for the over 1,500 young people and their teachers, a year-long program to train adults in practical sustainable agriculture, and an on-site one-room middle school.

Young people work the land and take home the cultural history, vital experience, and personal identity that farms nurture. Teachers work alongside their students and leave with new insights into their craft and children they teach. Adults learn to farm and carry essential knowledge from one community to the next.

Spartan Race
Saturday, August 28
Amesbury, MA

The Spartan Race is an international running series that revives the spirit of an adventurous age. The race is designed to test your resilience, strength, stamina and ability to laugh in the face of adversity. This unique 5k includes 12 crazy obstacles and will demand every ounce of your strength and ingenuity.

Check it out:
http://www.spartanrace.com/