Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe presents One Act Wonders
2025-09-04 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-09-05 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-09-06 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-09-07 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-09-08 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Gloucester Stage, 267 East Main St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe presents “One-Act Wonders”, a program of four modern one-act plays exploring boundaries, loyalties, and the absurdities of life. The program will run for four performances only, at Gloucester Stage Theater, April 17th (7:30pm) 18th (7:30pm), and 19th (3pm + 7:30pm). Tickets are $28.

THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams
2025-09-04 19:30 - 21:30 | Gloucester Stage Company, East Main Street 267, Gloucester, M, 01930, United States
Through Tom’s cinematic eyes, his family’s life isn’t the dream he imagined. In a rundown St. Louis apartment the matriarch, Amanda Wingfield, is desperately clinging to a past of parties and endless callers. Her adult children, Tom and Laura, become victims of her delusions as she pushes for Tom to provide for the struggling family and Laura to find a husband. The two seek solace in ways of escaping their mother and their own misery until a visit from a gentleman caller presents the possibility of new opportunities.
Renowned playwright Tennessee Williams opens the 2025 Season with this classic drama, directed by Doug Lockwood. Running from June 5 to 28, all performances are at Gloucester Stage’s Theater 267 East Main Street, Gloucester. Showtimes are Wednesdays & Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00pm, and matinees Saturdays & Sunday at 3:00pm.

Gloucester Harbor - The Soul of Cape Ann
2025-09-05 - 2025-09-07 | MA
“Gloucester Harbor – The Soul of Cape Ann” is the focus for a weekend of multidisciplinary talks, readings, and tours exploring Gloucester’s amazing natural harbor and its impact on Cape Ann’s history, commerce, and the arts. Organized by the Jonathan Bayliss Society in partnership with Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute, Gloucester Writers Center, Maritime Gloucester, Mass Oyster Project, Neptune’s Harvest, Sawyer Free Library, and Schooner Adventure. Advance registration required via jonathanbayliss.org/harbor. Multiple locations in Gloucester, Mass.

Step Aboard History: FREE Deck Tours of the Schooner Adventure
2025-09-05 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-06 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-08 10:00 - 16:00 | The Schooner Adventure, 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, M, 01930, United States
Climb aboard the Schooner Adventure and step back in time! Our guided deck tours offer a unique opportunity to explore one of Gloucester’s most treasured maritime landmarks. Originally launched in 1926 as a working fishing schooner, Adventure has been lovingly restored and is now a floating museum dedicated to preserving the rich legacy of New England’s fishing heritage.
On your tour, you’ll walk the very decks where dorymen once hauled in their catch, learn about life at sea in the 1920s, and hear the incredible story of how this National Historic Landmark was saved from decay. Knowledgeable and passionate docents—many of whom have sailed Adventure themselves—will bring her stories to life, from the golden age of sail to her current role as an ambassador for maritime history and education.
Whether you’re a maritime buff, a curious traveler, or a family looking for a fun and educational outing, a deck tour of the Schooner Adventure is a hands-on experience you won’t forget. Come feel the salt air, ring the ship’s bell, take a picture at the helm, and discover how this proud vessel continues to inspire new generations.
Tours start at the end of the Harriet Webster Pier.

Museum of Old Newbury Guided Tours - August, September, October, 2025
2025-09-05 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-06 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-07 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Old Newbury, 98 High Street, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Our friendly, knowledgeable tour guides share fascinating stories in each of the museum’s period rooms and galleries.
You will walk through this Federal-period house, from its 1808 beginning as a ship captain’s home to its ownership by multiple generations of the Cushing family. See parts of the home as it was lived in, as well as galleries featuring maritime trade, the churches of Old Newbury, and art works by Newburyport native Laura Coombs Hills.
Tours are on the hour, 11-4pm, Thursday – Sunday. Pre-order of tickets is encouraged as space cannot be guaranteed without tickets. Please arrive 10 minutes before your tour starts.
Tours are $10, $8 for seniors, $5 for those under 18. Free for members and residents of “Old Newbury ” but tickets should still be reserved here. See membership levels at : https://www.newburyhistory.org/membership.
We look forward to seeing you!

Newburyport Art presents September at 65 Water Street: The Art of Giving
2025-09-05 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-06 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-07 11:00 - 17:00 | Newburyport Art Association, 65 Water St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Newburyport Art (NAA) is thrilled to announce a month-long fundraiser and special events during the month of September!
Art of Giving is a month-long fundraiser that includes an online auction (bidding open now until September 20th), membership drive, and a ticketed Art Block Party on September 20th from 4:00-7:00pm. The Block Party will feature The Cookie Monstah food truck, Metzy’s food truck, live music, lawn games, giveaways, and more! Tickets to the event can be purchased here: https://givebutter.com/c/art-of-giving (discounted rates for Newburyport Art members!)
A free, open to the public reception for the Art of Giving will be held on Friday, September 5th from 5:00-7:00pm. Light refreshments will be served. The online auction can be viewed here: https://givebutter.com/c/art-of-giving/auction
In addition to the fundraiser, Newburyport Art will be hosting a free Sketchbook pop-up event on Saturday, September 6th from 2:00-5:00pm. Artists Grodon Przybyla, Susan Spellman, James Tinguely and Peter Erickson will be in the gallery with their sketchbooks and invite visitors to flip through their sketchbooks and chat with them.
On Friday, September 12th, Newburyport Art is partnering with the Museum of Old Newbury to host a lecture by freelance writer and historical researcher Kathleen Lagone, titled The Miniature Painter Revealed: Amalia Kussner’s Gilded Age Pursuit of Fame and Fortune. This lecture will be held at Newburyport Art, from 6:30 to 8:00pm. This lecture is free to Museum of Old Newbury and Newburyport Art members and $10 for non-members. Registration is required.
The galleries are free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00am–5:00pm and Sunday from 1:00pm–5:00pm. Newburyport Art is closed on Mondays. The ground-floor Hills Gallery has an accessible entrance. More information, as well as an online gallery is available at newburyportart.org.
Founded in 1948, Newburyport Art is dedicated to promoting and exhibiting members’ work and to providing art education and access to the visual arts for the entire community.

Rephrasing | Exhibit at Cove Gallery
2025-09-05 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-06 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-07 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-08 12:00 - 17:00 | Cove Gallery, 37 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester, MA, 01930
Curated by Janice Brand
Exhibit Dates: August 21 – September 14
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 21, 4-7 pm
Closing Reception: Sunday, September 14, 2-5pm
Gallery Hours: Sunday & Monday, 12-5pm; Thursday – Saturday, 12-7pm
Rephrasing, an exhibition curated by Janice Brand, encompasses the mixed-media work of Shira Karman, Tobi Klein, Helen Tory, and Patricia Wellenkamp, who utilize the concepts of adaptation and revision. This show, the fifth for the 2025 season at Cove Gallery, takes into consideration memory, family, story-telling, and definitely redefinition, or rephrasing.
Shira Karman focuses on fragments that relate to some other time or place, whether known or unknown. She is interested in how these fragments tell a story that she may know or hope to uncover.
Tobi Klein explores mono-printing, collage, and other mixed-media techniques, taking inspiration from the continual shifting of light, color, and pattern of the granite quarries and the sea. She builds a story, inviting viewers to peel back the layers and look below the surface.
Helen Tory uses diverse media to express her connection with birds described in her father’s 1930s nature diaries. A variety of paint, mark-making, torn papers, and string elicit each bird’s particular characteristics.
Patricia Wellenkamp uses a series of carved linoleum blocks to print on cotton and other fabrics. She incorporates embroidery, paper, and other elements to add ornamentation and complexity to images that might come from an ancestor’s dress, dahlias in her garden or imagined landscapes.

Navigating Art & Science | Exhibit at The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
2025-09-05 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-06 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-07 12:00 - 17:00 | The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, M, 01930, United States
Navigating Art & Science
Curated by Cynthia Roth, Marge Rack, and Ronda Faloon
August 28 – October 13
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 14, 4-6pm
Gallery Hours: Thursday-Sunday, 12-5pm
Exhibiting Artists: Resa Blatman, Daisy Braun, Georgie Friedman, Perri Lynch Howard, Michelle Lougee, Michelle Samour, Jessica Straus, and Christopher Volpe
Navigating Art & Science featuring eight artists who are deeply involved in scientific inquiry and activism. While local scientists search for ways to help ocean species be more resilient to survive the rapidly changing marine environment, these artists, alert to the predicament, are creating art with urgent messages for stewardship and action.
The exhibit coincides with a city-wide initiative STAND UP for Art & Science, coordinated by Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute volunteers.
While all the work in the exhibition has been created in response to human impact on the environment, in addition, several of the artists have been inspired by expeditions to the Arctic Circle and Greenland and residencies in marine laboratories on Cape Ann and beyond. The seven-week exhibit shows how art can transform the impact and implications of science into something concrete, visible and personal.
Related Events
The public is invited to celebrate Navigating Art & Science at the Opening Reception on Sunday September 14, 4–6pm.
Mark your calendars for exhibition-related programming at the Cultural Center:
September 7, 7pm: A sneak preview of Ken Riaf’s new play, Copy and Acknowledge read by Lanes Coven actors
Sunday, September 28 at 4:00pm: Ocean of Uncertainty: an artists’ panel discussion on moderated by artist and writer, Chris Volpe

Concert Series in an Intimate Setting
2025-09-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Me and Thee, Harrison Avenue 52, Boston, M, 02111, United States
Enjoy a quiet evening with a wonderful acoustics and affordable prices. The concerts are up close and personal. Concerts are twice a month from September through November and February through May.

Children's Witch Hat Decorating at The Hawthorne Hotel
2025-09-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Hawthorne Hotel, 18 Washington Sq. West, Salem, 01970, United States
Children’s Witch Hat Decorating at The Hawthorne Hotel
Activity Length: 30 minutes
Location: The Hawthorne Hotel 18 Washington Square West, Salem MA 01970 Second Floor, Pickman Room
Hosted By: This is a self-guided activity overseen by Good Witch Apprentices
Decorate a magical witch hat in the color of your choice with craft gems, stickers, ribbon, tulle and a charm.
Under age 4 may participate with the help of a supervising adult.
Ticket purchase only admits one (1) participating child.
Please note: Event ticket purchases are non-refundable at this time.

Sun Prints with Photographer Patricia Scialo
2025-09-06 11:00 - 13:00 | Cape Ann Museum Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Saturday, September 6, 2025
11:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m.
$25 for Members. $35 for Non-Members.
Registration Required
Rain date: Sunday, September 7, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Create sun prints on fabric using drawings and cut paper designs using the historic cyanotype process. The fabric can be used as pillow covers or added to clothing. We will also incorporate found objects and botanicals. Bring found objects from home for a personalized print!
Plus, join Scialo for a pop-up exhibition of her cyanotype work in the White-Ellery House from 2:00—3:00 p.m. Pop-up is free and open to the public.
About the artist: Patricia Scialo is a fine art photographer specializing in historic photographic processes and hand printing techniques, drawing inspiration from light, nature, and the human form. She is the 2020 winner of the Julia Margaret Cameron Gala Awards, Barcelona, professional section, in the categories of Abstract, Alternative Processes, and Children.
Image Credit: Patricia Scialo, cyanotype print on a silk scarf. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Outdoor Hard Cider Bar & Free Live Music Series at Cider Hill Farm
2025-09-06 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-07 11:00 - 16:00 | Cider Hill Farm, 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, 01913, United States
Every weekend at Cider Hill Farm farm brings FREE family-friendly live music on the main lawn from 12-3 pm and extended music on festival dates 11 am – 4 pm. Grab a drink from the Outdoor Hard Cider Bar 11 am – 4 pm on Saturdays and 12-4 pm on Sundays.
Food – Grab lunch at the food truck 11 am – 4 pm and snacks in the farm store 8 am – 6 pm. Guest food trucks and vendors pop-ups regularly.
Play – Parking, play areas and barnyard are always free and open 8 am – 6 pm daily. Bee observatory, chickens and goats arrive mid-May.
Weather – Music, food truck and hard cider bar are weather dependent. We make decisions 8 am on the day of in case weather shifts overnight. Check website at 8:30 am.

Pop-Up Cyanotype Exhibition with Photographer Patricia Scialo
2025-09-06 14:00 - 15:00 | Cape Ann Museum Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Saturday, September 6, 2025
2:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m.
White-Ellery House, CAM Green
13 Poplar St, Gloucester, MA 01930
Free and open to the public.
Space is limited, reservations are required.
Join photographer and arts educator Patricia Scialo for an hour-long pop-up exhibition of her cyanotype work in the White-Ellery House. Cyanotype sun prints were developed and popularized as an art form in the 19th century. Join Patricia earlier in the day to create your own cyanotype print.
About the artist: Patricia Scialo is a fine art photographer specializing in historic photographic processes and hand printing techniques, drawing inspiration from light, nature, and the human form. She is the 2020 winner of the Julia Margaret Cameron Gala Awards, Barcelona, professional section, in the categories of Abstract, Alternative Processes, and Children.
Image Credit: Patricia Scialo, cyanotype print on a silk scarf. Photo courtesy of the artist.

CAM Talk – Cape Ann Camera Club, with Madeline Schatten
2025-09-06 15:00 - 16:00 | Cape Ann Museum Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Saturday, September 6, 2025
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Janet & William Ellery James Center
CAM Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
CAM Members Free, Non-Members $10
Registration is required as space is limited
Take a deep dive into the CAM archives with Photo Archivist Madeline Schatten, who will share materials from Ernest L. Blatchford’s fellow amateur photographers, and insight into the history of the Cape Ann Camera Club.
Image Credit: Schooners at wharf, including Rita A. Viator and Edith Silveria, and the tugboat Priscilla, 1907, photograph by Ernest L. Blatchford (1868-1947). Gordon W. Thomas Collection of the Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Gloucester, MA. Museum Purchase/Gift [2794].
