Events This Weekend To Benefit Your Spirits and Community

It’s Thursday, and you’ve got no idea what you’ll do for the weekend.

 Holliston Patch is coming to the rescue. We’ve got the best bets for your "done-work, outta-here" time. Check our picks for the activities to explore.

1.

WHERE/WHEN: Holliston Veterans of Foreign Wars (310 Woodland St.; 508-429-5272) — Saturday, 7 p.m.—12 a.m.

WHY GO: Come out and support our veterans. You will be thoroughly entertained by the eight-piece band, Horns In The House. There is a cash bar, buffet dinner and raffle.

PRICING:  $20 in advance/$25 at the door

2.

WHERE/WHEN: (725 Washington St.; 508-429-8608) — Saturday, 7-10 p.m.

WHY GO: Maeve Gilchrist's Scottish folk roots are fused with a modern jazz sound that is like no other! This is one concert not to be missed!

PRICING: $12 at the door/$10 in advance

3. ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARTY TO BENEFIT HOLLISTON YOUTH LACROSSE

WHERE/WHEN: Upper Town Hall (703 Washington St.) — Saturday, 7-11 p.m.

WHY GO: Support local youth sports while having fun dining and dancing the night away.

Tickets can be purchased from any board member or picked up at Gilfoy's Art Studio downtown.

PRICING: $40

4.

WHERE/WHEN: (49 Lexington St.; 508-532-5570) — Sunday at 3 p.m.

WHY GO: Pianist Igor Lovchinsky returns to perform selections from Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. Refreshments will be served.

PRICING: Free

5.

WHERE/WHEN: (160 Hollis St.; 508-405-2787) — Friday at 8 p.m.

WHY GO: The music! Kick up your heels with American composers Jay Unger and Molly Mason. You don't want to miss this performance! This show is co-sponsored  by Amazing Things and Framingham Reads Together 2011, the Framingham Public Library's "One Book, One Community" program based on the theme: "The Civil War — On The Battlefield And The Home Front "

PRICING: $24; Students/Seniors — $23; Members — $21