About Wicked Curious
All those venue calendars. One Thursday email.
Few places have as many museums, labs, libraries, nature centers and theaters within a short drive as the towns around Arlington. Each one posts events on its own website, in its own format, on its own schedule. We read them all so you don't have to.
How it works
We read the calendars
Official feeds first, web pages when there's no feed. We follow each site's rules for automated visitors.
We sort and check
Topic, ages, price and place. Every venue is confirmed to be in the right Massachusetts town; Arlington, Virginia need not apply.
You pick what fits
Filter the events page, or save a feed and get it by email every week and in your calendar.
You go
Every listing links to the venue's own page for tickets, registration and the fine print.
What we promise
Fewer exclamation points than our mascot. More care than you'd expect from a free email.
Source first
Every listing names its source and links back to it.
Our words, their facts
We write short summaries and never copy the venue's description or photos.
Checked every week
A human spot-checks listings against their sources.
Accessibility as reported
We pass on what venues say, and say that's where it came from.
Your data stays yours
Name, email and your filters. Never sold, never shared, no ad trackers. Privacy policy.
Easy to leave
One-click unsubscribe. Delete your account anytime.
Where we look
- Arlington
- Belmont
- Cambridge
- Lexington
- Winchester
Plus venues in Boston, Concord, Lincoln, Medford, Newton, Somerville, Stoneham and Waltham, because the good stuff doesn't stop at the town line.
Run a venue?
Want a listing fixed, a feed added, or your events left out? Email hello@wickedcurio.us. We reply within five business days.
Spotted a mistake as a parent? Same address. We're grateful, not defensive.
Our robot
Our crawler identifies itself as WickedCuriousBot. It reads public event calendars and pages, follows each site's robots.txt, and makes at most one request every five seconds to any site. It doesn't log in, fill in forms or download images.
To have your site left out or to ask a question, email hello@wickedcurio.us. We act on opt-out requests within five business days, and adding Disallow rules for WickedCuriousBot to your robots.txt works too.
Why "since 1635"?
That's when settlers arrived in Menotomy, today's Arlington. People here have been asking "but why?" ever since. We just send the answers on Thursdays.