Art Grows Here
2024-07-29 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-30 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-31 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-01 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-02 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-03 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-04 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Wenham Museum, 132 Main St., Route 1A, Wenham, MA, 01984, United States
TOUR ART GROWS HERE THIS SUMMER!
Tour Dates: Friday, July 26 – Sunday, August 4, 2024
Wenham Museum’s Art Grows Here (AGH) project is a 10-day, map-guided tour of outdoor art created by members of the community throughout the towns of Hamilton and Wenham.
Art Grows Here has been going for well over a decade! We are thrilled to have fifteen participating artists last year. Anyone–groups, individuals, professionals, or amateurs–can create an art installation. It is FREE to participate and FREE to tour! Art Grows Here will close on Sunday, August 4th.
Start your tour at the Wenham Museum and pick up a copy of the tour map. The map will also “go live” on the museum’s website the morning of Friday, July 26th at https://www.wenhammuseum.org/agh/
We’ll see you on the tour!
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR
Parrelli Optical
CALL FOR ARTISTS & HOST SITES
Artists and makers of all abilities are invited to participate in Art Grows Here! To create a piece for Art Grows Here 2024, please complete the form below. Also, if you are interested in hosing an installation at your home or business (even if you’re not creating something yourself), please also sign up here: https://www.wenhammuseum.org/agh/

Tuesday Evening Woodcarving Classes
2024-07-30 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-08-06 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-08-13 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-08-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Calvo Studio, 235 East Main St, Gloucester, 01930, United States
Here is an opportunity for those of you local enough to have a short drive to learn woodcarving skills on a weekly basis. This workshop will teach you the fundamentals of woodcarving and the right technique training at a casual pace. The main difference is that you will be able to work on your projects at home as well. This is a unique opportunity for you to learn carving with the help of a skilled professional carver.
This session runs for 9 weeks and takes place every Tuesday starting June 25th and ends August 20th.
Classes take place from 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
For more information:
Call: (978) 283-0231
Email: david@calvostudio.com
Website: www.davidcalvo.com

Story-Time & Craft Wednesday
2024-07-31 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-07 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-14 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-21 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-28 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-09-04 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-09-11 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

Artist Demonstration: John Caggiano
2024-07-31 16:00 - 18:00 | The Emerson Inn, 1 Cathedral Avenue, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Come see one of our local artists in his element as he paints and educates the public about his process. Bring a friend and your appetite, as the Parlor Bar will be open to the public. Reservations can be made on RESY.
John Caggiano is a painter who specializes in bright and colorful “impressionistic-realism”. In addition to a brush, he uses a palate knife to bring life to his work. He has had a studio on Bearskin Neck since 1981, and has been featured in local print, as well as television, and radio.
“Painting for me is the bold and dynamic use of color that infuses life into the subject of the painting. Color is the lifeblood of the painting. Nothing stimulates more than its pleasing harmony, whether strongly applied or toned and tranquil.” – John Caggiano
In partnership with Rockport Art Association.

Garrison Keillor Tonight
2024-08-02 20:00 | The Cabot, 286 Cabot Street, Beverly, CA, 01915, United States
Garrison Keillor Tonight is an evening of stand-up, storytelling, audience song, and poetry.
One man, one microphone. There are sung sonnets, limericks and musical jokes, and the thread that runs through it is the beauty of growing old. Despite the inconvenience, old age brings the contentment of LESS IS MORE. Your mistakes and big ambitions are behind you, nothing left to prove, and small things give you great pleasure because that’s what’s left. (“I was unhappy in college because it was a requirement for an intellectual, but then I went into show business and discovered that people won’t pay to be made unhappy, their kids will do it for free.”)
There is the News from Lake Wobegon, a town booming with new entrepreneurs, makers of artisanal firewood and gourmet meatloaf, breeders of composting worms, and dogs trained to do childcare. But some things endure, such as the formation of the Living Flag on Main Street, citizens in tight formation wearing red, white or blue caps, and Mr. Keillor among them, standing close to old neighbors, Myrtle Krebsbach (“Truckstop”) and Julie Christensen (“Bruno, The Fishing Dog”) and Clint Bunsen. And an a cappella sing-along with the audience singing from memory an odd medley of patriotic songs, pop standards, hymns, and ending with the national anthem.

Artist Demonstration: Loren Doucette
2024-08-14 16:00 - 18:00 | The Emerson Inn, 1 Cathedral Avenue, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Come see our Artist in Residence in her element as she paints and educates the public about her process. Bring a friend and your appetite, as the Parlor Bar will be open to the public. Reservations can be made on RESY.
Loren Doucette lives in Gloucester and is a full-time painter. Her work can be viewed at her gallery seven days a week from June to January where she offers art mentoring and classes during the winter months. Using oil, acrylic, pastel and gouache, her work includes architectural landscapes unique to Gloucester’s harbor, vibrant floral paintings, emotional figurative work and abstractions that come from the bones of all three subjects.
“The main thing is my desire for abstraction and reality to meet. If I go too far in one of those directions, I get really uncomfortable and try to go back to the middle. I often start off very realistic, but then it doesn’t feel like me unless I make it reach toward the spiritual, metaphysical, and abstract. I like elements that float.” – Loren Doucette
In partnership with Rockport Art Association.

Open Mic Night!
2024-08-15 20:00 - 22:30 | Off Cabot Comedy & Events, 9 Wallis Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
This show-and-go open mic will serve as one of the best places in New England to hone your comedic craft and showcase your talent in front of The Cabot Theater and John Tobin Presents teams! The list and the house will fill up quickly so get there early!
8-10:30pm
Free Admission!
4-minute spots
List available at 7:00pm
SHOW UP — SIGN UP — GO UP!

Alyssa Edwards: Glitz and Giggles
2024-08-22 19:00 - 22:00 | Royale, 279 Tremont St, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
Alyssa Edwards stars in Glitz and Giggles! Join RuPaul’s Drag Race’s + RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars icon, Alyssa Edwards for an evening of sickening looks, laughs, and fun. Alyssa will perform a gag worthy opening and closing number and delight the audience with original comedy and storytelling. Get ready for Glitz and Giggles! Alyssa will be supported by a fantastic cast of local entertainers. The entire show is approximately two hours. Bring your dollars to tip the queens! Host: Neon Calypso Alyssa will be supported by a fantastic cast. Those names will be announced soon. Lineup subject to change. No refunds. $.25 from each ticket purchased will go to The Shout Syndicate, a Boston-based, volunteer-run fundraising effort who raises money to help fund youth-led arts programs at proven non-profit creative youth development organizations in Greater Boston. Housed at The Boston Foundation, The Shout Syndicate works in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture’s creative plan, Boston Creates.

Artist Demonstration: Kat Masella
2024-08-28 16:00 - 18:00 | The Emerson Inn, 1 Cathedral Avenue, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Come see one of our local artists in her element as she paints and educates the public about her process. Enjoy a cash bar and free snacks while you watch her creation come to life.
Kat Masella is a painter with a focus on abstract works and mixed media. She has studios in the SoWa Art district and in Gloucester.
“In my current body of work, I am searching for the soul of life, the complex energies pulsating within all living things and the interconnectedness of it all.” – Kat Masella
In partnership with Rockport Art Association.

Open Mic!
2024-08-29 20:00 - 22:30 | Off Cabot Comedy & Events, 9 Wallis Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States

Wooden Spoon Carving Workshop
2024-09-06 09:00 - 17:00 | Calvo Studio, 235 East Main St, Gloucester, 01930, United States
Here is a wonderful opportunity for you to get a basic understanding of wooden spoon carving. This is a fun class to learn how to carve a spoon that you will be able to take home and use that night. We will discuss all the varied tools and techniques. We will talk about all the different woods that you can use as well as the steps to design a spoon. This class includes your tools for use with a small fee for your materials. All you need to do is show up with your enthusiasm and have a fun time. You will be surprised with what you create and everyone has a great time!
For more information:
Call: (978) 283-0231
Email: david@calvostudio.com
Website: www.davidcalvo.com

Quarry Stories
2024-09-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Pigeon Cove Circle, Rockport, MA
Join lovers of Cape Ann’s unique landscape for an entertaining evening of “Quarry Stories” brought to life by ten exceptional presenters, who will share recollections of the vivid scenery, hard lives, daily adventures, and creative spirit of a bygone era, defined by granite and the sea.
Martha Fox, Rosalie Hughes, Monica Lawton, Chris Leahy, Peter Littlefield, Theo MacGregor, Susanna Natti, Gerard Roy, and George Sibley will look back, through readings from a variety of sources, on the profound impact of the granite-quarry industry on lives and landscapes at the tip of Cape Ann.
The evening will conclude with a talk and slideshow by local historian Leslie Bartlett, “Cape Ann Women in the Quarries.”
Advance registration required.

Opening Reception — Intimate Infinites: Deborah Barlow & Mary Bucci McCoy
2024-09-07 16:00 - 18:00
Opening reception for “Intimate Infinities” at the Jane Deering Gallery, an exhibition that delves into transcendence through the lens of contemporary art. This exhibition juxtaposes the radiant minimalism of Mary Bucci McCoy with the intricately layered compositions of Deborah Barlow. Together these artists navigate the delicate boundary between the material and the ethereal, offering a timely and thought-provoking exploration of the sublime. The Jane Deering Gallery, located at 19 Pleasant Street in Gloucester, is adjacent to the Cape Ann Museum. The gallery is open Friday and Saturday from 1–5 PM, Sunday from 1–4 PM, and by appointment.

"Of Quarries and Dories" with Singer Michael O'Leary
2024-09-07 17:30 - 20:00 | Pigeon Cove Circle, Rockport, MA
Gloucester singer Michael O’Leary, who describes himself as a “singer, song-searcher, and tunesmith,” has been delving into the history of the quarries and dory fishing on Cape Ann and will treat us to songs based on a variety of poems by and about quarry workers and fishermen, set to original music.
The evening includes a buffet dinner and silent auction featuring items relating to Cape Ann’s history and culture.
Registration deadline: August 31

Kevin Farley
2024-09-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Off Cabot Comedy & Events, 9 Wallis Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Kevin Farley studied at the famous Second City in Chicago. Not long after, he appeared in films such as Black Sheep (with his brother Chris Farley) and The Waterboy with Adam Sandler. Soon after, Farley landed a starring role as “Doug Linus” on MTV’s sitcom 2gether where he was met with rave reviews.
Farley then went on to star with top billing in the feature films An American Carol and White Knight. Other films to his credit are Crowning Jules, Frat Pack, and Joe Dirt 2. His TV guest appearances have been on Hawaii Five-O, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Rules of Engagement, The Neighbors, Just Shoot Me, United States of Tara, to name a few.
Farley moved behind the camera as co-writer and co-director of Hollywood & Wine, which takes an irreverent look at an actress struggling in Hollywood. In addition, Farley directed the comedy Paranormal Movie. The film pokes fun at the “found footage” horror, a sub-genre popular with moviegoers today. To his credit, and met with high praise in all the national reviews, Farley co-executive produced the heartwarming “I Am Chris Farley”, the first feature-length biographical documentary about his brother Chris, the late comedy legend.
Presently Farley is co-starring in F is for Family – a Netflix comedy series and in CMT’s new series Still the King. When Farley is not writing screenplays, producing or directing, or on set filming, he regularly embraces the stage in stand-up comedy. Farley usually appears as the headline act nationwide in clubs such as The Laugh Factory, The Comedy Store, and The Improv, but he has also opened for David Spade, Chris Rock, Norm MacDonald, Jeff Ross, Todd Glass, Kevin Nealon, and Jeff Richards. Along the lines of stand-up comedy, Farley starred in a New York musical about comedians called; HA! The Musical.
Farley has hosted many live shows and has been featured on The Today Show, The View, Extra, Fox News, and countless radio shows. Farley resides in Los Angeles, California and he is involved with the non-profit organization The American Irish Fund.
Kevin Farley has truly established himself as a comedic presence both on the big screen and off. Multi-tasking as a comedian, actor, writer, director, and producer seems easy for Farley because he does it all, with a fabulous sense of humor.
