Kids Fun Run at Hormel kicks off race weekend

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Run Medford kicks off with Kids Fun Run at Hormel Stadium

Run Medford's fifth annual weekend opens Friday, Sept. 25, at 4:30 p.m. with a Kids Fun Run at the Dave McGillivray Track at Hormel Stadium, featuring age-based races of a quarter-mile, half-mile, three-quarter mile and one mile. The event is hosted by the Dave McGillivray Finish Strong Foundation and benefits school PTOs. Racing continues Saturday with 5K and 10K races; the 5K is named for Jerry Panarese, longtime director of Wakefield's Run of All Ages.

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Terry Fator brings 'Pure Imagination' tour to Chevalier Theatre

Vocal impressionist and ventriloquist Terry Fator performs 'Pure Imagination: Once Upon a Voice' at Chevalier Theatre, 30 Forest St., Friday, Sept. 25, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., mixing comedy, impressions and music.

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Medford Mustangs face Woburn Memorial in Friday football

Medford's varsity football team plays at Woburn Memorial on Friday, September 25, at 6 p.m.

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Kids can make mini mosaics at Arts Collaborative Medford

Art Explorers: Mini Mosaics, Friday, Sept. 25, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 162 Mystic Ave., lets students design and create a clay-and-bean mosaic piece; the class costs $40.

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School of Rock Medford hosts free family music night

School of Rock Medford's house band plays a free family music night Friday, Sept. 25, from 7 to 8 p.m. at 616 Fellsway.

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Graham Hunt and Tanner York play Deep Cuts

Graham Hunt and Tanner York perform Friday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. at Deep Cuts, 21 Main St.

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Reunion BBQ pops up at Medford Brewing

Reunion BBQ serves a barbecue menu Friday, Sept. 25, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Medford Brewing Company, 30 Harvard Ave.

Reunion BBQ

Friends library book sale holds members-only preview

The Friends of the Medford Public Library hold a members-only preview of their fall book sale Friday, Sept. 25, at 6:30 p.m. at the library.

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Library hosts Poetry Connect with Vijaya Sundaram

Medford Public Library hosts a poetry session for reading, discussing and sharing original work Friday, Sept. 25, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.; registration is required.

Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library

Great American Beer Hall plans second Oktoberfest day

The Great American Beer Hall hosts Oktoberfest Saturday, Sept. 26, from noon to midnight, with German-inspired food, seasonal beer, and live sets from Forrest McCurren at 3 p.m. and Audawind at 9 p.m.

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Free Japanese knotweed walk planned for Sunday

A free walk at the Mustang Loop Trailhead Sunday, Sept. 27, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. covers identifying and safely disposing of Japanese knotweed; registration is open to those 12 and older.

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Tufts graduate students host Hollywood Fall Ball

Tufts' Graduate Student Council hosts a Hollywood Fall Ball Friday, Sept. 25, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Breed Memorial Hall in Medford, open to graduate students and their plus-ones.

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Tufts Hillel hosts Farm to Table Shabbat for Sukkot

Tufts Hillel's Farm to Table Shabbat starts Friday, Sept. 25, with services at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., and storytelling, songs and sweets in the sukkah; the Sukkot program runs through Sunday, Sept. 27.

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Red Sox-Cubs game shown at Great American Beer Hall

The Great American Beer Hall, 142 Mystic Ave., shows the Chicago Cubs at Boston Red Sox game on its big screens Friday, Sept. 25, at 7:10 p.m.

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