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Free Throw Contest, Holiday Skating and Tubing at Fenway Park

Looking for plans this weekend in Boston? Here's what's happening in West Roxbury and surrounding neighborhoods.

Boston Elks Hoop Shoot Free Throw Contest

The Boston Elks will hold a 2013-2014 Hoop Shoot Free Throw Contest on Friday, Dec. 27 at the Roche Family Community Center in West Roxbury. 

The contest will feature girls and boys, aged 8-13 years; age groups are determined by their ages as of April 1, 2014. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. and the contest will run from 12-3 p.m. For more information, contact Gavin Flanagan at 617-930-2309.

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Holiday Skating Exhibition

The Jim Roche Arena on the VFW Parkway in West Roxbury will host a holiday skating exhibition on Saturday, Dec. 28 at 2 p.m.

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Local figure skating students will take to the ice on Saturday, and the event will be followed by public skating. Admission is $2.

Tubing at Fenway Park: Citi Frozen Fenway 2014

Feel like tubing at Fenway Park? This weekend is your chance. As part of Citi Frozen Fenway 2014, a 17-day ice event that runs through Saturday, Dec. 28, the park is featuring a "monster" 20-foot high sledding tubing ramp. 

The sled has a 75-foot run that features five separate paths and end at the Red Sox bullpen. For more information, click here

Disney on Ice

Wrap up the holiday week with a family trip to the Agganis Arena, which will host Disney On Ice at 3 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 27 and through the weekend. 

Concert at Symphony Hall

On the flip side, head over to Symphony Hall on Massachusetts Avenue in Boston to see a performance by singer-songwriter Tom Rush on Saturday, Dec. 28 at 8 p.m. The show will also feature the Jim Kweshin Jug Band, Bill Keith, Geoff Muldaur and Maria Muldaur, as well as Patty Larkin, Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion. 


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