Sunday, 1-4:30 p.m.
… Leather boots need repair? Leather purse need a new strap? Cobbler Shop West on Pond Street is open; call 508-653-1064.
… Optica at 23 Main St. is open by appointment for eyeglass sales and repairs, as well as eye exams. Call 508-655-2594 for an appointment.
… Join the Natick Lodge of Elks and be part of a spirited, friendly and charitable organization. They support veterans, local charities, drug awareness programs and many more community related charities and activities. For more information on the lodge, including programs and events, contact Club Manager Paul Sanford at 508-653-9792, ext. 215, or manager.natickelks@comcast.net, or visit https://natickelks.org/
Sullivan s Travels: A look back at 2020 in Natick
Goodbye and good riddance.
Between a coronavirus pandemic that stretched wwwaaayyy too long, and an election season that got wwwaaayyyy too intense, it’s small wonder we’re not in a dark corner, peeking over the parapets from time to time and waiting for all this to just go away.
And yet, there were good moments, mainly from those who managed to adapt to the new demands imposed by the pandemic.
Take Family Promise Metrowest, for example. In the spring, they usually hold a walk featuring most of the participating congregations; the walk was dropped, and an online fundraiser took its place. That fundraiser raised nearly $250,000.
Sullivan s Travels: Join Sound & Spirit for a virtual holiday concert
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Like everyone else stuck in the pandemic vortex, Sound & Spirit had to find a way to perform without the benefit of a live audience.
The group will present its first virtual concert, called “Thankful.”
Guaranteed to delight its audience just as it does the 84 choir members who bravely jumped into the virtual realm, this true multigenerational performance choir ranges in age from 8 to 80-plus. The concert spotlights songs of every genre and era, from Regney’s majestic “Do You Hear What I Hear” to Delanoy’s stunning setting of the folk “Shalom Chaverim,” and then straight onto classic Broadway with “It’s a Hard Knock Life.”
Sullivan s Travels: Help clean up Natick s Coolidge Hill next weekend
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Pat Conaway and his “Keep Natick Beautiful” team will be cleaning up the top of Coolidge Hill on Dec. 12 from 9 a.m.-noon (postponed from Dec. 5 due to weather).
According to Conaway, the site’s been used for some heavy-duty partying over the past couple of months, and means lots of trash and broken glass.
If you can spare an hour or two, come on down the grassy triangle at the foot of the hill on Jefferson Street, or the shoulder near the sledding hill on School Street.