BATTLE OF GENERATIONS Who are more creative? Kids or adults?
Find out during the Ultimate Imagination Build-Off Challenge in Somerville this weekend, July 22-23, at the Legoland Discovery Center located at 598 Assembly Row.
Exercise your creative muscles in this playful competition pitting youth vs. grown-up in 5-minute challenges to construct the most innovative creations using only Lego bricks. Expert playmakers will be available to teach grown-ups how to play.
Megan Amaral, Legoland’s resident master model builder, and her staff will judge for the most imaginative creation. The grand prize winner will receive a private build session with Amaral, plus a four-pack of admission tickets to Legoland.
The challenges take place in the Master Builder Academy at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. Advance registration is not required but admission to the park starts at $17.50 for adults and children if you book online (the walk-up price is $23). Visit boston.legolanddiscoverycenter.com.
PREMIER POLO Ever experience an international polo match? Here’s your chance.
Teams USA and South America are featured in a world-class polo exhibition for a good cause in South Hamiltonon Sunday, July 30 — rain or shine — at the Myopia Hunt Club, 435 Bay Road.
Proceeds from this fourth annual fund-raising event will benefit the Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, which develops new ways to treat and prevent cancer, infectious diseases, and diabetes.
The event begins at 2 p.m. and includes a silent auction, reception under the grandstand VIP tent, and parade of foxhounds with the hunt master. Attendees can join polo players and horses for a traditional divot stomping on the field at halftime.
General admission is $50 per person and includes parking, light food, and one drink ticket. For tickets or more details, go to because.massgeneral.org/events and search “VIC at Myopia Polo 2017.’’
CLASSIC SING-A-LONG Enjoy classical music in the “SummerSing’’ series performed by the Paul Madore Chorale in Salem on Monday nights at 8 p.m. from July 24 through Aug. 14 at Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square.
The series features guest conductors directing a volunteer orchestra. Sing or hum along to “Carmina Burana’’ (July 24), “Gabriel Fauré Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine (July 31), “Mozart Requiem’’ (Aug. 7), and “Brahms’ Requiem’’ (Aug. 14).
Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students. No charge for orchestra students. For information, call 978-744-4898 or e-mail mpelletier9@gmail.com.
DRY DRAMA Can you name the play that was produced on three mediums: on Broadway (1954), as a motion picture (1956), and on television (1982)?
It’s “The Rainmaker’’ by N. Richard Nash, now being staged through Aug. 5 by the Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main St.
The story takes place during the Depression. A middle-aged woman’s marriage prospects, her father and brothers fear, seem as dry as the paralyzing drought that is killing the family’s cattle. Katharine Hepburn starred in the film as Lizzie Curry, the sister who falls for Starbuck (Burt Lancaster), who promises to make it rain if they pay him.
Robert Walsh, Gloucester Stage’s artistic director with over 20 years experience, directs the cast, which includes Jessica Bates as Lizzie Curry; Joe Short and Sean McCoy as Lizzie’s brothers; Brian Homer as the con man, Starbuck; Dave Rich as File; and Norm Jones, a veteran professor of Theatre Arts at Gordon College in Wenham, as Sheriff Thomas. David DeBeck makes his Gloucester Stage debut as Lizzie’s father, H.C. Curry.
Performances are 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday through Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with a special performance at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1.
Stay for free post-show discussions with cast members July 23 and July 30 after the 2 p.m. Sunday matinees.
Tickets range from $32 to $42. Discounts are available for Cape Ann residents, seniors, and patrons under 25 years old. Call 978-281-4433 or visit gloucesterstage.com.
Kathy Shiels Tully can be reached at kathy@kathyshielstully.com.
