Hourly rentals are available weekend days at the Spy Pond public boat ramp at Spy Pond Park, Pond Lane.

"An Evening With Opera on Tap: is set for Thursday, May 30, from 7 to 9 p.m. connection with their new exhibit. "Tangent," at 13Forest Gallery. See more at 13forest.com/OOT.

The Boston A-List named the gallery tops in 2012.

Arlington Friends of the Drama ends its 90th season with the British play "The Memory of Water."

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A free dress rehearsal for senior citizens is set for Thursday, May 30, at 7:30.  Performances are held at AFD Theatre, 22 Academy St., behind Town Hall and across from the senior center. The play opens Friday, May 31, with a champagne reception. Other performances: June 1, 7 and 8 at 8 p.m.; as well as 4 p.m. June 2, including a talkback with the cast; and June 9 at 4 p.m.

Award-winning director, Nancy Curran Willis, says: "The best comedy comes out of how we deal with life’s tragedies, and 'The Memory of Water' takes on tragedy with a comic vengeance."
The plot revolves around three sisters who return home for their mother's funeral, each haunted by her own demons and memories of the past. As the bereaved sisters indulge in witty bickering and dope-induced dress-up, their quarrels over the funeral arrangements, their well-worn family roles and their mixed memories of a feminine working-class mother are as hilarious as they are painful.

Playwright Shelagh Stephenson skillfully charts the joyous and distressing territory of family relationships that with insight and compassion in this dark comedy.
Tickets are $20, and may be purchased at the website, www.afdtheatre.org, or by calling 781-646-5922 or emailing the box office at, boxoffice at afdtheatre.org.
The theater is wheelchair-accessible and has assisted-listening devices.

Arlington Friends of the Drama is one of the nation’s oldest continuously operating community theaters.

This story was published Monday, May 20, 2013.

Saint Athanasius the Great Greek Orthodox Church is holding its annual festival on the following dates:

Friday, May 31, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Saturday, June 1,  from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Sunday, June 2,  from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Rain or shine, the events will be under the big tent at 4 Appleton St., and admission is free.

Free parking is available in lots off of Appleton Place and Acton Street, as well as along Mass. Ave. and the surrounding residential streets.

Please be considerate of neighbors and do not block driveways.

The 77 and 79 buses also stop directly in front of the parish, and the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway is a few streets away.

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This story was published Sunday, May 5, 2013.