North of Boston

Step Aboard History: FREE Deck Tours of the Schooner Adventure
2025-08-05 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-08 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-09 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-11 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-12 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-15 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

Boundless: The Art of the Book
2025-08-05 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-06 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-07 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-08 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-09 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-10 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-11 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-12 10:00 - 17:00 and 2 more dates | The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, M, 01930, United States
Exhibit Dates: July 17-August 24
Opening Reception: Sunday, July 20, 5pm-7pm
This dynamic exhibition explores the rich and ever-evolving world of the book as an art form. Featuring artist books, altered books, and book illustration, “Boundless” showcases imaginative approaches to storytelling, visual poetry, personal narratives, and inventive book structures. Visitors will encounter works that range from the traditional to the avant-garde—books that hang, twist, stand, open like advent calendars, or defy conventional forms altogether.
The exhibition presents a wide array of techniques, including letterpress, etching, monoprint, painting, photography, and mixed media. Through these varied practices, artists explore themes of memory, imagination, identity, and the contemporary moment.
“Boundless” features contributions from a distinguished group of 29 artists, including local creatives, university faculty, and artists affiliated with book arts communities throughout New England and beyond—Boston, Philadelphia, New York, New Hampshire, and Maine.
Exhibiting Artists:
Ren Barnes, Stevens Brosnihan, Rachel Church, Pamela Courtleigh, Haig Demarjian, Mary Dewey, Madge Evers, Lynda Fatalo, Cristina Hajosy, Hannah Jacoby-Brooks, Linda Kauss, Giles Laroche, Kelle Louaillier, Leslie Lyman, Fred Lynch, Claire B. Marcus, Cynthia Marsh, R. Ellis Orrall, Sarah Parella, Rhoda Rosenberg, Lynne Sausele, Mary Beth Smith, Lorna Stevens, Juni Van Dyke, Anna Vojtech, Larry Volk, Karen Watson, Antoinette Winters, Kyung Eun You
An Opening Reception will be held on Sunday, July 20, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. The public is warmly invited to view the work, meet the artists, and enjoy refreshments and lively conversation.
Featured image: Sarah Parella, News Cycle

Public Sail!
2025-08-06 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-07 11:00 - 13:30, 2025-08-08 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-13 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-13 11:00 - 13:30, 2025-08-14 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-15 08:00 - 17:00 | The Schooner Adventure, 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, M, 01930, United States
Sail into history aboard a National Historic Landmark, and an enduring icon of the American fisheries, the Schooner Adventure!
Join us as we honor tradition, celebrate heritage and have fun!
Enjoy a two-and-a-half-hour sail on historic Gloucester Harbor, America’s oldest fishing port.
Help the crew raise the sails, take a turn at the helm, learn about Adventure’s legacy and restoration, or sit back and enjoy the iconic sites of Gloucester Harbor. Passengers are invited to bring their own food and beverages to enjoy during the sail.
Whether you are a local looking for an escape or a visitor wanting to take in the view, this trip will leave you with memories of an authentic Gloucester sailing experience that you’ll want to enjoy year after year.
Members: $45
Adult Tickets: $60
Children under 18 Sail Free with a ticketed adult!
For more information or assistance in planning your visit, please contact us at: info@schooner-adventure.org or call 978.281.8079.

THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams
2025-08-06 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-08-07 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-08-13 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-08-14 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.

Summer BloomFest: Behind the Layers Historic Mural Restoration House Tour
2025-08-08 14:00 - 15:00 | Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens, Chickering Road 153, North Andover, M, 01845, United States
Step inside our historic house for a behind-the-scenes glimpse into one of our most captivating features: a hand-painted historic mural in our Ballroom currently being restored to its former glory.
This guided tour will take participants through the house for a brief overview of the property to tell the story of the Stevens and Coolidge families and then bring participants up to the mural. Here, paint conservator, Lisa Mehlin will discuss her current paint conservation work and how she delicately cleans, stabilizes, and revives these walls to their original colors, uncovering details hidden for decades. From artistic technique to historical significance, this tour reveals how preserving the past brings new life to the present.
Pre-registration is required. Refunds for this event must be requested 7 days prior to tour. In the event of cancellation, you will be notified via the email address you used to register and refunded in full within 14 business days. Tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable.
Please Note: If you have registered for a workshop or specialty tour, you do not need to purchase an additional General Admission ticket. Your workshop/tour ticket will grant you access to the event and daily general admission activities.
Summer BloomFest: Behind the Layers Historic Mural Restoration House Tour Cost
Member: $24;Nonmember: $30;

Rocky Neck Historic Walking Tour
2025-08-09 08:00 - 17:00 | Rocky Neck
Rocky Neck Historic Walking Tour are back for the season! This public walking tour covers the rich history of Rocky Neck Art Colony, showcasing the many artists who worked here, especially from the late nineteenth century to today. Artists such as Edward Hopper, Winslow Homer, Augustus Buhler, John Sloan, Theresa Bernstein, Stuart Davis, and Emile Gruppe found artistic inspiration and community in this peninsula.
Join one of our docents on the tour and follow a path that held studios and gathering places of the artists, interspersed with the fishing shacks, sail lofts, and schooner docks of the fishing industry that grew up here over the same period. It will include recognition of the many galleries that contribute to the Rocky Neck community today. The tour also describes the importance of transportation and the proliferation of hotels that encouraged the growth of Rocky Neck as an artist community, as well as other notable historic events.
RNAC’s Historic Walking Tours last from 1- to 1.5 hours and cover approximately .75 miles. Tours begin at the Rocky Neck Parking Lot and end at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA.
Participants are encouraged to park in the parking lot at the entrance to Rocky Neck where a volunteer tour guide meets the group. Comfortable shoes are encouraged. Be prepared to walk on uneven terrain and up a hill.
The 2025 public tours will be take place on Saturdays at 11am:
May 24
June 7 & 21
July 12 & 26
August 9 & 23
September 6 & 20
Tours are limited to 15 people.
Cost: $10 for RNAC members or $25 for nonmembers.
For more information email director@rockyneckartcolony.org or call 978-515-7004. Tours may be cancelled in inclement weather.

Partridge Brook Skatepark Together Mural Paint Party
2025-08-09 10:00 - 13:00 | 100 Lafayette Rd, Salisbury MA 01952 Park at the Elementary school and follow the signs on the Railtrail!, 100 Lafayette Rd, Salisbury, M, 01952, United States
The Town of Salisbury and Lead Artist Melissa Pandina have created a giant paint by number on the Skatepark for the public to come and paint. Come join us for a little or long time, grab a color of paint assigned a number and help create a massive mural. Food, activities, and music provided! • RSVP for the Paint Party: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-LVM15DaWyTnBhWwCTSIsLI_ZSYpWB73xZJQ4fiAJLKUDIQ/viewform
