Portrait of a Sculptor: Walker Hancock & Michael Lafferty
2025-01-17 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-01-18 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-01-19 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-01-22 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-01-23 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-01-24 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-01-25 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-01-26 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) and 5 more dates | Cape Ann Museum Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Walker Hancock was one of the premier American sculptors of the 20th century and a highly engaged and respected member of the Cape Ann community. Michael Lafferty is a skilled photographer who spent hours photographing Hancock in his Lanesville studio, creating a series of intimate portraits of the sculptor at work. This exhibit will combine the work of Lafferty and Hancock.
The CAM Green offers free general admission, vehicle reservations are recommended .
Image: Michael Lafferty, Walker Hancock recasting Arion, 1995, digital print from 35mm film. Gift of the artist, 2022 [2022.074].

Children's Witch Hat Decorating at The Hawthorne Hotel
2025-01-18 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-02 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.

Winter Witch Spa Day
2025-01-18 10:00 - 11:00 | The Good Witch of Salem, 2 North St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Winter Witch Spa Day January 18, 2025
Workshop Time: 10:00AM – 11:00AM
Location: The Good Witch of Salem @ 2 North Street, Salem MA 01970
Hosted By: Apprentice Witches
Let’s have a Spa Day! Join us for a little pampering and relaxation with our Witch Apprentices. Children will create their own “winter witch” magic with snowflake wishes, potion making, and shimmery nails and hair.
This workshop is limited to 8 children, pre-registration is required. Under age 4 may attend with the help of a supervising adult.
Due to space constraints, please refrain from bringing in strollers and wagons. Ticket purchase only admits one (1) participating child and one (1) supervising adult.

Adopt a Snowman
2025-01-19 10:00 - 11:00 | The Good Witch of Salem, 2 North St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Workshop Time: 10:00AM – 11:00AM
Location: The Good Witch of Salem @ 2 North Street, Salem MA 01970
Hosted By: Witch Apprentices
Children will stuff their own snowman plush, create accessories, and learn about crystal magic!
This workshop is limited to 5 children, pre-registration is required.
All ages are welcome! Children age three (3) and up may be dropped off with a signed Consent Form. Any child under the age of three must have an adult alongside participating. We thank you for encouraging your child to take part in magical play!

Arctic Slime Class
2025-01-20 10:00 - 11:00 | The Good Witch of Salem, 2 North St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Arctic Slime Class January 20, 2025
Workshop Time: 10:00AM – 11:00AM
Location: The Good Witch of Salem @ 2 North Street, Salem MA 01970
Hosted By: Apprentice Witches
Children will create their own arctic themed slime creation. Students will get to take home their slime. Our magical employees will guide children in creating their own slime creations.
This workshop is limited to 8 children, pre-registration is required. Under age 4 may attend with the help of a supervising adult.
Due to space constraints, please refrain from bringing in strollers and wagons. Ticket purchase only admits one (1) participating child and one (1) supervising adult.
This event will be hosted by Apprentice Witches (the Good Witch of Salem will NOT be in attendance).
Please note: Ticket purchases are non-refundable.

Event: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration
2025-01-20 11:00 - 15:15 | Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Know before you go
In-person event
Location: Create Space Studios
FREE
All visitors enjoy free admission for the day!
Programming begins at 11 am.
Join us as we celebrate the legacy and leadership of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Come explore America, A Hymnal, David Boxer’s The Black Books, Alison Saar’s Weight and other works that examine social justice, identity and freedom across the generations.
Explore the galleries
10 am–5 pm
Art Making | Pour Art with Rahim Gray
11 am, 11:40 am, 12:40 pm, 1:20 pm, 2 pm, 2:40 pm
Create Space Studios
Preregistration required. Same-day tickets available at the Admissions and Information desks.
Learn how to make your own fluid acrylics masterpiece with a local artist!
To allow for instructor demonstrations, this activity is offered once every 40 minutes for groups of no more than 30 people.

Story-Time & Craft Wednesday
2025-01-22 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-01-29 10:00 - 12:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
NEW PROGRAM ALERT!! Summer is the PERFECT time for outdoor story time and craft making! This BRAND NEW family event is an extension of our Newburyport Arts and Culture Shanties Program and will take place each Wednesday in the Pop Up Park on Merrimac Street – where the Shanties are currently located. Come join the fun this Wednesday and see what it’s all about!
Running each Wednesday until August 21st from 10 AM-12 PM
Free of charge, but donations are welcome

Lynn & The Spirit World
2025-01-22 18:00 - 19:00 | Lynn Museum, 590 Washington St., Lynn, MA, 01901, United States
Join George Schwartz, the Peabody Essex Museum’s Curator-at-Large, and Christopher Locke, the Lynn Museum & Arts Center Collections Manager, for a dynamic and engaging conversation about Lynn’s role in the Spiritualist movement.
Dive deeper into the lore of Dungeon Rock and the Spiritualist experiences at High Rock. Following the program, attendees are encouraged to visit the High Rock Observatory.
Light refreshments will be available. The program is free, and all are welcome!

Bonsai Beginner Workshop at Twisted Fate Brewing
2025-01-23 18:30 - 20:30 | Twisted Fate Brewing, Andover Street 120, Danvers, M, 01923, United States
Beginner workshops are perfect for you to grab your friends, grab a drink and come make tiny trees! We’re bringing the awesome art of bonsai out of the hedged in gardens and into the streets! Or at least into your favorite bars/breweries/pubs. Bonsai Bar is a night of fun you don’t want to miss. Learn the fundamental skills and techniques behind the art of bonsai while enjoying a night out with friends! Our teachers will introduce core concepts and guide your experience as you pot, prune, and design your very own bonsai tree! Our Guarantee: These tiny trees are so hardy we guarantee you can keep yours alive, or we’ll replace it.
This workshop will be hosted at Twisted Fate Brewing. We offer a selection of IPAs, Stouts, and Belgian ales, as well as Pilsners crafted in our lagering tank. Our menu features a variety of pizza, calzones, salads, and chicken finger meals, while on Saturdays and Sundays we serve hot pretzels for an extra touch of indulgence.
Under 21 policy: Please contact Twisted Fate Brewing for details regarding underage entry
For more about Bonsai Bar and what to expect at our classes, visit our website at: https://bonsaibar.com/products/twisted-fate-brewing
Happens on the following Dates:
Jan 23, 2025, 6:30pm to 8:30pm Timezone: EST
Feb 13, 2025, 6:30pm to 8:30pm Timezone: EST
Mar 27, 2025, 6:30pm to 8:30pm Timezone: EST

Event: The Mysteries of Anna Eva Fay
2025-01-24 13:00 - 14:30 | Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Know before you go
In-person event
Location: Morse Auditorium
Included with admission
This event includes loud, sudden noises.
Join Jennifer and Gene Yee of Yee Magik to unveil the life and secrets of spiritualist and magician Anna Eva Fay!
Born in 1851, Fay toured internationally as a medium and mentalist and became a household name during the late 19th and early 20th century. Together with her second husband David Pingree, she also became a highly successful philanthropist, collector and entrepreneur, owning multiple quarries and a steamship line. The Fay-Pingree home in Melrose, Massachusetts, Heathman Manor, was visited by Fay’s notable friends such as Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Fay’s great-grandniece Jennifer Yee and Jennifer’s husband Gene will present an interactive lecture on Fay, who is still revered today. Follow the Yees’ decades-long search for lost history and genealogy as they tell how they came to reside at Heathman Manor and carry on Fay’s legacy. Besides broadsides, lithographs and ephemera from Fay’s performances, including one of her earliest-known public photos, audience members might catch a glimpse of a levitating object or a galvanometer with which scientists attempted to divine Fay’s secrets! The performance will also offer a rare peek behind the scenes at spirit cabinets and their roles in art and performance. After a short Q & A, be prepared to witness a rare performance of the cabinet — don’t blink, or you’ll miss something!
The Yees will be available for a meet-and-greet in Morse Alcove after the performance.

Winter Witch Spa Day
2025-01-25 10:00 - 11:00 | The Good Witch of Salem, 2 North St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Winter Witch Spa Day January 25, 2025
Workshop Time: 10:00AM – 11:00AM
Location: The Good Witch of Salem @ 2 North Street, Salem MA 01970
Hosted By: Apprentice Witches
Let’s have a Spa Day! Join us for a little pampering and relaxation with our Witch Apprentices. Children will create their own “winter witch” magic with snowflake wishes, potion making, and shimmery nails and hair.
This workshop is limited to 8 children, pre-registration is required. Under age 4 may attend with the help of a supervising adult.

Aida
2025-01-25 12:30 - 16:00 | Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Production: Michael Mayer | Set Designer: Christine Jones | Costume Designer: Susan Hilferty | Lighting Designer: Kevin Adams | Projection Designer: 59 Productions | Choreographer: Oleg Glushkov
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor), Angel Blue (Aida), Judit Kutasi (Amneris), Piotr Beczała (Radamès), Quinn Kelsey (Amonasro), Dmitry Belosselskiy (Ramfis), Morris Robinson (King)
American soprano Angel Blue headlines as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country in a new production of Verdi’s Aida by Michael Mayer that brings audiences inside the towering pyramids and gilded tombs of ancient Egypt with intricate projections and dazzling animations. Romanian-Hungarian mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi also stars as Aida’s rival, Amneris, alongside Polish tenor Piotr Beczała as the soldier Radamès—completing opera’s greatest love triangle. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to conduct the January 25 performance, which will be transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera stage to cinemas worldwide.
Approx. runtime: 3:38 [1 Intermission]
Ticket Prices
Subscriptions: purchase all productions & save 10%
Single Tickets: $30, $27 (plus $3/ticket fee)

Family Program: Take A Pose
2025-02-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Cape Ann Museum Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
The Carlson Education Center, CAM Green
Recommended ages 3 and up. Adult supervision required.
Inspired by the exhibition on view, Portrait of a Sculptor: Walker Hancock & Michael Lafferty. Make a figure sculpture using a pre-made wire armature (or make your own) and air-dry-clay. Invent a pose to show your favorite activity, convey a sense of motion or express a feeling.

Newburyport Art presents our two February Exhibitions: Elements, and Featured Artist: Jennifer Day
2025-02-01 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-02 11:00 - 17:00 | Newburyport Art Association, 65 Water St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Newburyport Art (NAA) is thrilled to announce two new exhibitions opening on February 1st! On view in the Sargent and Hartson Galleries is Elements, an exhibition that responds to elements of nature or “elemental” feelings/experiences in an artist’s life. Running alongside Elements is Featured Artist Jennifer Day, on view in the Hills Gallery. Additionally, the Winter Gift Shop will open on Feb 1. A joint reception for Elements and Jennifer Day will be held on Saturday, February 8th, from 4:00-6:00 PM.
Elements features 130 artworks by 99 artists from the Newburyport area and beyond. Artists responded with depictions of the natural landscape, mixed media abstractions of fire, water and ice, sculptures reminiscent of rock and clay, and powerful commentary on the current state of our environment.
In the next door Hills Gallery, Featured Artist Jennifer Day utilizes black oil paint on a gessoed panel to reveal the drama of water without the infinite options of local color. Gray scale sensitivity and range is her goal. To achieve this, she works reductively by rubbing the surface and scraping her finger methodically through the paint to reveal the light beneath. Jennifer works between two opposites: the geometry of the picture plane versus the challenge of the nebulous, the fleeting, and the impulse of nature to escape the plane altogether.
Running concurrently alongside Elements and Featured Artist Jennifer Day is the Winter Gift Shop, on view until March 29th.
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.

DenCITY Soulcase & Open Mic
2025-02-03 08:00 - 17:00 | Neal Rantoul Vault Theatre, Exchange Street 25, Lynn, M, 01901, United States
🎤 DENCITY Soulcase + Open Mic
Step into a space where creativity flows freely and community thrives. DENCITY brings you an evening of authentic artistic expression, smooth vibes, and genuine connection at the historic Neal Rantoul Vault Theatre in Lynn’s Central Square.
📍 WHEN: Every 1st and 3rd Sunday
🕖 TIME: 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
💫 FREE ADMISSION
Whether you’re a poet, musician, storyteller, or dancer, DENCITY welcomes all artists to share their craft in our judgment-free zone. Each performer gets a 5-minute spotlight, chosen randomly from our “Lighthouse” to keep the energy spontaneous and fresh.
🎵 VIBE WITH US:
Spoken Word & Poetry
R&B & Neo-Soul
Live Music & Dance
Storytelling & More
✨ EVENING HIGHLIGHTS:
Soul Writers Workshop
Featured Performer
Professional Photography Available
Vendor Marketplace
Community Resources
Sober, Inclusive Space
📍 LOCATION: Neal Rantoul Vault Theatre 25 Exchange Street, Lynn, MA
Easy parking
Near MBTA/Commuter Rail
Fully accessible venue
Produced by Michelle La Poetica, DENCITY isn’t just an open mic—it’s a movement celebrating diversity, creativity, and community connection. Come early to secure your performance slot and stay for the phenomenal vibes!
📱 CONTACT: Michelle La Poetica (662) 799-1916 DencityVibes@gmail.com
