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Women in Business Networking Breakfast – 7:30-9am. Join Dr. Elizabeth Rafferty, Director of Breast Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital for this networking opportunity. $20. Embassy Suites Boston/Waltham, 550 Winter St, Waltham. 781-890-9097. WalthamChamber.com.
Artis Talk – 6-8pm. Lectures by and conversations with some of today’s most thought-provoking artists. Artistic practice is an essential form of intellectual inquiry and cultural critique. Free. Harvard Art Museums Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge. 617-495-9400. HarvardArtMuseum.org. Sauce Making – Also Nov 30. 6-8:30pm. Spend an evening in the kitchen with Chef Jason exploring the world of four types of pasta sauces: olive oil, tomato, cream and pesto. $50. Dave’s Fresh Pasta, 81 Holland St, Somerville. 617-623-0867. DavesFreshPasta.com. Columbus: The Four Voyages – 7-9pm. Author Laurence Bergreen retraces the voyages of Christopher Columbus, placing the 15th-century explorer into the context of the Age of Discovery. Free. Cambridge Forum, First Parish, 3 Church St, Cambridge. 617-495-2727. CambridgeForum.org. Home(town) Security – 7-9pm. Majora Carter shares inspirational lessons of how to bring out the best in surrounding communities. Majora’s firm specializes in advanced urban agriculture job creation and food distribution systems. $15. Museum of Science, Science Park, Boston. 617-723-2500. MOS.org.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Flu Clinic – 9-11am. Watertown Health Department will be offering influenza vaccine
to residents 55 and over. Free. Senior Center, 31 Marshall St, Watertown. 617-972-6446. CI.Watertown.MA.US. Pasta Making – Also Nov 16. 6-8:30pm. Learn to make fresh pasta at home with ease. A hands-on pasta making class on basic dough technique, cutting pasta and quick ravioli making. $50. Dave’s Fresh Pasta, 81 Holland St, Somerville. 617-6230867. DavesFreshPasta.com.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Elemental Transformation: The 118 Messages for Personal and Planetary Healing from the 118 Elements of the Periodic Table – 12-2pm. Author Barbara Allys Brandt gives an interactive presentation about the 118 Messages for Personal and Planetary Healing. $1. Fox Library, Massachusetts Ave, Arlington. ElementMessages.com.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Waltham City-Wide Spelling Bee – 6:30pm. Waltham Partnership for Youth old-fashioned spelling bee. Watch teams of adult spellers compete or show off your spelling skills in the audience challenge. Free. McDevitt Middle School, 75 Church St, Waltham. 781-314-3031. WalthamPartnershipForYouth.org. Cheese Making – 7-9pm. Learn how to make ricotta and mozzarella cheese. Learn about required equipment, supplies and procedures and take samples home to enjoy. $27/Friends of Farm, $30/general. Newton Community Farm, 303 Nahanton St, Newton. 617-916-9655. Newton CommunityFarm.org.
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Fall Orchid Sale – Nov 4-6. 10am-4pm. Hundreds of orchid plants for sale, including many hard to find varieties. Visit the greenhouses and enjoy gorgeous floral colors, shapes and scents. Free. Lyman Estate Greenhouses, 185 Lyman St, Waltham. 781-891-1985. HistoricNewEngland.org. Michelle Lougee & Mary Sherman Exhibition – 5-8pm. Tactile woven sea forms inspired by microscopic ocean creatures and a piece which takes painting out of wall-bound constraints into the realm of space, sound and the social sphere. Free. Boston Sculptors Gallery, 486 Harrison Ave, Boston. 617-482-7781. BostonSculptors.com.
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Junior Creative Crafts – 2:30-3:30pm. Glue, paint, color, cut, sprinkle, make a mess. Meet new friends and create special works of art to treasure for a life-time. Encourages creativity and teaches children to be proud of their accomplishments. $30/residents, $40/non-residents. Hosmer School, 1 Concord Rd, Watertown. 617-972-6495. Watertown-MA.gov.
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A Mexican Mole Dinner – 6:30-9:30pm. Learn to cook a dinner centered around the Mexican kitchen, combining chicken, pumpkin seeds, chiles, tomatillos, cilantro and spices as well as some side dishes. $59. Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 42 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617547-6789. CCAE.org. Shake Your Soul Dance Event – 7:30-9:30pm. Embody joy, power, freedom, strength and grace in a guided movement and dance experience with powerful healing energies and molecules of emotion living in the body’s cells. $45. Samadhi, 796 Beacon St, Newton Center. 617-243-0034. SamadhiIntegral.com.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Greening the School Conference – 8:30am3pm. Four workshop sessions on composting and healthy soils, gardening at the school, natural resource conservation and healthy local foods. $50. Clay Center for Science and Technology at the Dexter and Southfield Schools, 20 Newton St, Brookline. BostonLocalFood.com. Waltham Mills Artist Association Open Studios – Nov 5 & 6. 12-6pm, Sat; 12-5pm, Sun. Visitors are invited to walk through more than 80 artists’ studios, meet the artists and view and buy their work. Free. Waltham Mills, 144 Moody St, Waltham. WMAAStudios.org. Fall Wine Fest – 12-10pm. Celebrate Fall and taste wines of the world. See web site for pricing. Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St, Boston. BostonEventGuide.com. Yoga for Healing – 2-4:30pm. An all-level workshop accompanied by the healing music of Christine Tulis. Ethereal harp compositions will dissolve away tensions in body and mind. An inner journey into peace, stillness and self healing. $25. Queen Screw & Manufacturing Co, 60 Farwell St, Waltham. 781-609-2497. Tri YogaBoston.org. Yoga Master Class: The Art of Integration – 2:30-5pm. Investigate the art and science of Anusara Loops and Spirals, how energy moves through the body and how to engage muscle energy and organic energy to align with the highest potential. $35/pre-registration, $40/day of. Samadhi, 796 Beacon St, Newton Center. 617243-0034. SamadhiIntegral.com. Kirtan – 7-9pm. Claim inner authority through direct experience of source energy with Dave Russell. Feel totally adequate, worthy and enough. Use chants to experience the place inside that is totally in the moment. $15. Samadhi, 796 Beacon St, Newton Center. 617-243-0034. SamadhiIntegral.com.