Natick is fortunate to have a lively arts scene, with various opportunities to engage with or make art at any given time. Check out a concert, theater performance, art gallery opening this month. Here are just a few events happening soon.
Don’t see your free or low-cost Natick cultural event listed? Contact natickreport@gmail.com for inclusion.
Ceramics show at Page Waterman Gallery & Framing
EVENT: Art exhibit by ceramic artist Amy Drury Sullivan
DATES/TIMES: Friday, May 15, 9am-3pm; Saturday, May 16, 9am-3pm
LOCATION: Page Waterman Gallery & Framing, 57 Eliot St (RT.16), South Natick
DESCRIPTION: Following the warm response to her first show last fall, Amy returns this spring with another beautiful collection of handcrafted ceramics — thoughtfully made pieces that balance artistry, texture, form, and everyday usefulness. Amy’s work reflects a lifelong connection to the arts and to craftsmanship rooted in home, family, and tradition.
You’re lookin’ swell, Dolly
TICKETS here
The Walnut Hill Theater Department presents Hello, Dolly! for its spring musical. Based on the uproarious comedy The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder, Hello Dolly! tells the story of widowed matchmaker Dolly Levi, who connects, meddles, and negotiates everyone’s perfect match. Featuring hit Broadway classic songs like Put on Your Sunday Clothes, Before the Parade Passes By, and Hello Dolly by the team of Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart.
Art on the Common
EVENT: Art on the Common (overlaps with Natick Farmers Market)
DATE: Saturday, May 16, 2026
TIME: 9am-1pm (Market); 10am-3pm (Art on the Common)
LOCATION: Outdoors on the Natick Common
DETAILS: There will be about a dozen local artists participating, in addition to dozens of Farmers Market vendors.
MetroWest Student Film Festival 2026
DATE/TIME: Sunday, May 17, 1pm
LOCATION: TCAN Cinema Room, 14 Summer Street, Natick
COST: Pay what you can
DESCRIPTION: Showcases the talents and creativity of the region’s youth ages 14-19, by providing an opportunity for young filmmakers and production teams to explore and create stories through motion pictures. This special event recognizes the work of young filmmakers recognized as finalists in MetroWest Student Film Festival 2025. Category winners will be be awarded festival prizes in three categories: Outstanding Live Action Short Film, Outstanding Documentary Short Film, and Outstanding Animated Short Film.
Outdoor art show at Shaw Park
EVENT: Art in the Park at Shaw Park
DATE/TIME: Sunday, June 7th 10am – 3pm
LOCATION: Shaw Park, 53 Eliot St., (that nice green space across the street from the Bacon Free Library)
DESCRIPTION: The Natick Art Association hosts its twice annual art fair! Art in the Park is a collection of amazing artists with various wares for sale. Come enjoy live music and shop the wide variety of media Natick Art Association artists work in. Past years have included everything from pottery to painting, jewelry to books, and more! This is a family and pet friendly event.
Disney’s Finding Nemo, KIDS
DATES: June 10-14
LOCATION: Wellesley Theatre Project Studios, 219 Washington St. Wellesley, MA
TICKETS coming soon
Micro Gallery—big news
Micro Gallery 01760 is undergoing renovations and will be relaunched later this spring.
The Gallery, located on Adams Street in Natick Center, is devoted entirely to presenting small and beautiful gallery quality miniature art. Previous exhibitors have included Rebecca McGee (found object sculptor); the CowMOOnity exhibit (miniature cows by multiple artists adorned in a multitude of themes and art mediums); and more. The art space typically hosts shows lasting one month each.
Going forward, management of Gallery 01760 will be coordinated by Public Art Natick, a group of artists, business leaders and art supporters functioning as a sub-committee of the Natick Center Cultural District.
For all submission and show inquiries, email executivedirector@natickcenter.org
Beyond Natick—”Something Rotten” at Lyric Stage, Boston
Something Rotten, playing at the Lyric Stage in Boston through June 7, is a high-energy, madcap musical comedy, a well-executed romp through the Renaissance. As the saying goes, “Some are born great, some achieve greatness,”—and then there’s Nick and Nigel Bottom. The two brothers find themselves perpetually stuck in the shadow of the era’s undisputed rock star: William Shakespeare. Desperate to knock the Bard off his lofty perch, the brothers set out to create something entirely new. Their solution? Writing the world’s very first musical.
However, the path to innovation is rarely smooth. A lesson—think twice before you rely on a psychic to help you steal Shakespeare’s future bestseller. As the Bard himself said, “It is not in the stars to to hold our destiny, but in ourselves.”
The 2.5-hour play (including one intermission) has it all. Intellectual property theft. A brewing clergy scandal that just might take down the Puritans. Love at first sight, of which the grownups disapproved. Tortured artists. And plenty of zany. Audiences not only receive a scholarly explanation of the genesis of the musical (um, sort of?), but are caught up in the kind of drama only thespians can create. Filled with double entendres, jealous playwrights, and a relentless quest to be the greatest wordsmith in London, no matter the cost, Something Rottten is fresh as can be.
Under the direction of Ilana Ransom Toeplitz, the production moves with a frantic, infectious pace. Shout-out to the live (but behind-the-scenes) orchestra, which breathed life into the clever music and lyrics by Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick.
Family heads-up—mild profanity and innuendo. Perfect for teens and up.
The Lyric Stage has announced its 2026-27 line-up: All My Sons; Peter Pan Goes Wrong; Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d; King James; A Big, Beloved Musical.
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