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5-Day Bare Bones Wood Carving Workshop
2025-04-26 09:00 - 2025-04-30 17:00 (America/New_York) | Calvo Wood Carving School, 235 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Here is a great opportunity to learn the fundamentals of woodcarving in 5 days from a professional!
For those of you who cannot find time for the five consecutive days, this is what I do. If you take a two or three-day course you are taking the first two or three days of my five-day workshop which is broken up into daily learning chapters. So three days brings you to chapter three, two days to chapter two. The weekend workshops will give you a basic understanding of the skill of wood carving which includes hand-carving technique, sharpening, and designing skills among other topics but the full training takes five days. You will also do the carving projects to reinforce the hand techniques that we talk about so that you gain much needed muscle memory in your hands.
Some students may be satisfied with the information learned, others may choose to find their way back for another weekend and finish the last two or three days to get all the necessary techniques and insights. When you return, (it can be during that calendar year or the next) everyone else is at the beginning point on the start of the weekend, but you pick up where you left off to finish your training. That’s the story in a nutshell. Call me if you are looking for more info. I am happy to answer any questions.
All class days run from 9 am – 5 pm.
For more information:
Call: (978) 283-0231
Email: david@calvostudio.com
Website: https://www.davidcalvo.com/woodcarving_classes.html

Family Program: April Vacation at CAM Green!
2025-04-26 10:30 - 12:30 | Cape Ann Museum Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Saturday, April 26, 2025
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
CAM Green
13 Poplar Street, Gloucester MA.
Recommended ages 4 and up. Adult supervision required.
Free and Open to the Public.
Parking is first come first served.
This April Vacation, young visitors are invited to discover the art and history of Cape Ann at the CAM Green! Explore the newest exhibition, Breath of Life – C.B. Fisk, Designers & Builders of Pipe Organs to learn about these incredible instruments. View intricate models of the architectural spaces and pipe organs they design, see tools used in the construction process, take an audio scavenger hunt, and enjoy one of the daily drop-in art making activities.
Drop-in Art Making:
Make a simple instrument. Ages 4+
Carlson Education Center
Pipe Up!
Drop-In musical activities for kids of all ages.
Two 15-minute sessions:
11:00 – 11:15 a.m.
11:30 – 11:45 a.m.
For more information about education programs at CAM visit www.capeannmuseum.org/learn.

Newburyport Art presents the April Exhibitions!
2025-04-26 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-27 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-29 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-30 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-01 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-02 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-03 11:00 - 17:00 | Newburyport Art Association, 65 Water St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Newburyport Art (NAA) presents new exhibitions opening on April 3rd! On view in the Sargent Gallery is the 2025 OpArt Exhibition, featuring artists from Opportunity works. On view in the Hills Gallery is the Newburyport Ten and Band of Brushes Show, featuring works painted en-plein-air by 13 artists. Lastly, in the upstairs Hartson Gallery is Youth Voice, an exhibit highlighting young artists in grades 1 through 12. Additionally, Artist Spotlight Kathleen Miller will be on view from April 11 to 24 in the Mural Gallery.
The 2025 OpArt Exhibition features over 30 works created by OpArt artists. OpArt is dedicated to empowering people with disabilities to enrich their lives through creative expression and artistic practice by providing art instruction in a variety of mediums and techniques. Artists are encouraged to work freely and experiment across different media (paint pastels, collage, drawing, sculpture, etc.) to create artwork centered on a theme or create independently. An opening reception will be held on April 3rd from 11:00-1:00 PM.
The Newburyport Ten and Band of Brushes Show features works created en plein-air by local artists. “Plein air” is a French expression meaning “in the open air.” Both groups travel to various landscape, seacoast, and garden venues together to paint. Artists featured include: Dorothy Aham, Michele Champion, Grace Daly, Karen Fitzgerald, Mary Francis, Margery Jennings, John Kessler, Christine Molitor Johnson, Kris Munroe, Mary Parks, Daniel J. Shaw, Susan Spellman, and Mary Webber. Join the artists for an opening reception on April 5th from 4:00-6:00 PM.
Youth Voice, formerly known as Young & Budding, features the work of over 60 student artists from grades 1 through 12. Artists are from local and regional schools, with artworks An awards presentation and reception will be held on May 3rd from 3:00-4:00 PM.
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.

Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe presents One Act Wonders
2025-04-26 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-27 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-28 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-29 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-30 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-05-01 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-05-02 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-05-03 19:30 - 21:30 | 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.

Mamma Mania!
2025-04-26 20:00 - 22:00 | Larcom Theatre, 13 Wallis Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Prepare to be transported back to the vibrant 1970s as New York City’s premier ABBA tribute band, Mamma Mania! brings the classic hits of one of pop music’s most iconic groups to life. With their dazzling costumes, flawless harmonies, and captivating stage presence, this tribute captures the essence of ABBA’s unforgettable sound.
From “Dancing Queen” to “Mamma Mia,” fans will enjoy a night filled with nostalgia from a stellar cast of musicians! Performers include current or former touring members of: Mamma Mia – Official North American Tour, Marc Martel’s Queen Extravaganza, INXS, Britney Spears, Rob Thomas, The Weeknd and many more! Mamma Mania! pays homage to ABBA’s legacy, celebrating the timeless melodies and uplifting lyrics that have charmed listeners for generations.
Thelarcom.org/mammamania
Parking Address:- On street parking or nearby parking lots Beverly, MA 01915

Children's Witch Hat Decorating at The Hawthorne Hotel
2025-04-27 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-03 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.

Eric Pape: The Fair God at Hammond Castle Museum
2025-04-27 09:00 - 15:30 | Hammond Castle Museum, 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Now hrough Sunday, April 27th.
9:00 am – 3:3:00 pm, and the last admittance is at 2:45 pm.
Admission:
– Members: Free
– Adults & Teens: $20 Monday – Friday / $25 Saturdays & Sundays
– Seniors: $15 Monday – Friday / $17 Saturdays & Sundays
– Children (Ages 5-12): $5 Daily.
– Little Children (Ages 4 & Under): Daily free with ticket.
Experience Eric Pape: The Fair God, an extraordinary fine art exhibit featuring over 50 works by renowned artist and former Cape Ann resident, Eric Pape (1870 – 1938). Curated predominantly from the private collection of Dr. Gregory Conn, the world’s leading Pape collector and biographer, this special exhibition showcases a select group of Pape’s 300 illustrations for The Fair God (1898)—many unseen since his death in 1938.
Highlights include:
– Newly restored chapter initials on loan from the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum in Indiana
– Five mixed media works by contemporary artist Alberto Romero, including a keystone portrait of Eric Pape.
-Jackey Neyman Jones’, ‘Mandog the Master’
This exhibition coincides with the release of “Eric Pape: The Fair God,” Dr. Conn’s new hardcover exhibition catalog. Signed copies will be available for purchase in the Museum Shop in limited quantities.
Your admission includes:
-Admission to Hammond Castle Museum for self-guided tours
-Access to Eric Pape: The Fair God, fine art exhibit
-Viewing of the three Eric Pape paintings on permanent display, including his sole surviving mural, The Wireless Naval Battle of Gloucester Bay.
All proceeds will support the ongoing restoration and preservation of the Hammond Castle Museum
*The Invention Room and Natalie Room will be closed to the public at this time of this exhibition as we prepare to open our two new temporary exhibits: Spinning Platters with Hammond: Inside the World of Vinyl Records and Hammond’s Video tapes, both of which will open on April 29th.
This event is generously sponsored by our friend, Dr. Gregory Conn.
We warmly welcome our Exhibition Patron: Mollie Byrnes.

Music in the Atrium: Celebrate Mother Earth with Johnny Fireseed
2025-04-27 11:30 - 13:30 | Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Know before you go
In-person event
Location: Atrium
Included with admission
Salem residents and workers always get free admission.
This program will contribute to the sound in the Atrium. If you would like to borrow noise canceling headphones, please pick up a KultureCity bag at the coatroom.
ABOVE IMAGE: Illustrations by Chris Cyr.
This month, our Music in the Atrium series celebrates Planet Earth with live performances by Johnny Fireseed. A project of Framingham-based Fireseed Arts Studios, lead by artist and musician Patiño Vázquez in collaboration with local musicians and craftspeople, Johnny Fireseed uses instruments made entirely from upcycled trash and repurposed items to perform original music with an upbeat eco message. The band’s inspiring sound aims to spread a message of joy, fun and new ways of thinking about consumption and waste far and wide.
Vázquez will be showcasing instruments made from locally harvested trash and live looping to create ambient soundscapes. Come hear high-end electric guitars made from old kitchen countertops and drums fashioned from ventilation ducts and popcorn tins in an aesthetic that’s “part Victorian Steampunk with elements of mystic meditations in heart-opening layers of rhythms and harmonies.” Building loops and then improvising over the loops gives the listener a feel for the looks and sound characteristics of each instrument. Audience members are often invited to join in the fun!
Music in the Atrium is PEM’s live concert series that features local and visiting performers from a variety of musical traditions and styles. Concerts take place on select Sundays. Explore upcoming shows at pem.org/events.

Story-Time & Craft Wednesday
2025-04-30 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

Music in the Gallery
2025-04-30 13:00 - 13:30 | Cape Ann Museum Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Wednesdays, April 16 – June 25, 2025
1:00 p.m.- 1:30 p.m.
Janet & William Ellery James Center, CAM Green
13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Free and open to the public.
Parking is first come, first served.
Join us Wednesdays, April – June in the James Center Gallery to enjoy music during your visit played by C.B. Fisk musicians on a continuo organ. For more information about C.B. Fisk please visit: www.cbfisk.com.
C.B. Fisk organists: Carl Klein, Tim McEwen, Ted Stoddard, Michael Kraft, Barbara Bruns, Mark Nelson, David Pike, along with Kathleen Adams. For biographies please visit: cbfisk.com
Image Credit: Opus 150, designed by C.B. Fisk in 2018 for Christ Church Episcopal, Philadelphia, PA. Photo courtesy of C.B. Fisk.

Coffee and Conversations at the Carlson Education Center: Margaret Fitzhugh Browne
2025-05-01 10:30 - 11:30 | Cape Ann Museum Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Carlson Education Center & Janet & William Ellery James Center
CAM Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA
CAM Members Free, Non-Members $5
Registration Required as space is limited.
Join us for a deep dive into the life and work of artist, Margaret Fitzhugh Browne, Emily “Bonnie” Browne, The Artist’s Sister. Known mainly as a portraitist, Browne was commissioned to paint the portraits of such turn-of-the-century luminaries as Henry Ford, John Hayes Hammond Sr., Howard Blackburn and King Alfonso of Spain. Here we find Margaret Fitzhugh Browne turning her attention to a more conventional subject, her sister Bonnie.
Join us Thursdays for a unique experience. Led by a CAM docent, these deep dives into a single artwork or object from the Collection will begin with conversation, a short presentation and complimentary coffee at the Carlson Center, followed by a special trip to the James Center to view the object being discussed. No special knowledge needed! Just a curiosity to learn more in a small group setting and enjoy a unique experience.
Image Credit: Margaret Fitzhugh Browne (1884–1972), Emily “Bonnie” Browne, The Artist’s Sister, c. late 1920s, oil on canvas. Collection of the Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, MA. Gift of the Gershon Benjamin Foundation, 2009 [2009.1].

Walking Tour: Bones of Homes
2025-05-02 10:30 - 12:00 | Cape Ann Museum, 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, 01930, United States
Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Downtown Campus
27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA, 01930
$10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members
Registration Required
This walking tour provides participants with an architectural overview of Gloucester building styles from the mid-18th to the mid-20th century. On this tour of the area immediately surrounding the Cape Ann Museum’s Downtown Campus, participants will learn about architectural elements and styles that arose out of specific socioeconomic and cultural circumstances during this critical 200-year period in the City’s development.
Stroll with a CAM Docent for about 1 1/2 hours as you loop around downtown Gloucester.
Where to Meet?
Though the Downtown Campus is currently closed for renovations until the spring of 2026, the tour will gather at the courtyard attached to the Museum on 27 Pleasant Street. Tours are light rain or shine.
Photo Credit: CAM docent leading walking tour rain or shine, CAM staff photo.

Skin of Our Teeth
2025-05-02 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-05-03 19:00 - 22:00 | Hogan Regional Center Auditorium, 450 Maple Street, Danvers, 01923, United States
The community theater group, the North Shore Players, presents the classic American drama The Skin of Our Teeth. The play, by Thornton Wilder (Our Town), won the Pulitzer Prize in 1943. Wilder chronicles the 5,000-year marriage of George and Maggie Antrobus as they endure the Ice Age, Biblical floods and wars. The show runs three hours. It’s at Hogan Regional Auditorium, 450 Maple St., Danvers. Curtain is at 7 p.m., May 2 and May 3, and 2 p.m. on May 4. Tickets and other information at www.northshoreplayersma.org.
The North Shore Players is a 501(c)3 non-profit.

Flourishing Blooms with C.B. Fisk, Homage to Cape Ann Blossoms
2025-05-03 10:00 - 17:00 | Cape Ann Museum Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Saturday, May 3, 2025
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Janet & William Ellery James Center, CAM Green
13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Free and open to the public.
Parking is first come, first served
Reservations Required
All are welcome to enjoy a scaled back version of the beloved Cape Ann Blossoms – this year offered free and open to the public for one day only due to the renovations at the downtown campus. Floral arrangements will draw inspiration from the exhibition on view, Breath of Life – C.B. Fisk, Designers & Builders of Pipe Organs. The exhibition will focus on a selection of Fisk’s projects using scale models, photographs, and carvings providing floral artists with a multitude of options for their floral response. This is for one day only and CAM will not be hosting a Preview Party this year.
* The Cape Ann Museum would like to extend its gratitude to all of the volunteer florists who make this event possible!
Cape Ann Garden Club – Stevie Neal
Danvers Garden Club – Nancy Walke
Essex County Horticulture Organization (ECHO) – John Archer
Generous Gardners – Susan Chen
Gordon Florist and Greenhouse – Cindy Gordon
Helios Floral – Keelia Otten
Luna Moss – Amy Sadler
Newburyport Horticultural Society – Brittany Verville
Rockport Garden Club – Eileen Saunders + Kerry O’Donnell
Sage Floral Studio – Gina Russo + Beth Genovese
Image: Mary Magna Maletskos (1918-1993), Peony, 1964, linoleum block print, ink on linen. Collection of the Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, MA.

Outdoor Hard Cider Bar & Free Live Music Series at Cider Hill Farm
2025-05-03 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.
