The Salem Athenaeum is pleased to announce the 2025 Salem Literary Festival (aka the Salem Lit Fest). Taking place September 3–7, 2025 across the city of Salem, Massachusetts with a special online appearance by Lev Grossman, the festival celebrates a love of reading and writing. The Salem Literary Festival aims to inspire and promote literacy...
“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,...
Museum of Old Newbury
Architectural styles, like clothing, come into fashion for functional, aesthetic, economic and social reasons. Over time homeowners renovate, enhance, and adapt to reflect changing times and fashions. Join us for a walking tour of Newburyport’s architectural styles from the 18th and 19th centuries as found along High Street and the neighborhood near the Museum of...
Hammond Castle Museum
Wednesday, September 10 5:30 pm–7:30 pm Evening program: 5:30 pm–6:15 pm Networking 6:15 pm–6:45 pm Presentation 6:50 pm–7:30 pm Tours of the Exhibit Light refreshments will be served. General Public admission: $15, Museum members: Free. Join us for a celebration of our new, temporary exhibit, Hammond in Italy Curatorial Director John Leysath explores the enduring influence of John Hays Hammond Jr.'s Italian travels during the 1920s...
Off Cabot Comedy & Events
Anngelle Wood returns to Off Cabot with North Shore Unsolved, another gripping live show and recording of Crime of the Truest Kind, her acclaimed New England true crime podcast. This immersive evening explores unsolved missing and murdered cases from across the North Shore, spanning decades of local history and haunting mystery. Through powerful narrative and...
Cape Ann Museum
Friday, September 12, 2025 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA, 01930 $10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members Registration Required...
Newburyport Art Association
The Miniature Painter Revealed: Amalia Kussner’s Gilded Age Pursuit of Fame and Fortune A Talk by Kathleen Langone — with connections to Newburyport miniaturist Laura Coombs Hills Friday, September 12,...
Essex County, Massachusetts
Now in its 24th year, Trails & Sails is your ticket to adventure across Essex County, Massachusetts – a region recognized as a National Heritage Area for its rich history,...
Cape Ann Museum
Saturday, September 13, 2025 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA, 01930 $10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members Registration Required...
Tapley Memorial Hall
Arnold was still on the Patriots' side of the Revolution, he and his troops camped in Danvers? One of the most strategic and daring exploits of the patriot cause during the revolution. Part of the troops encamped in the Town of Danvers on the night of September 14, 1775 on their way to Newburyport where...
Cape Ann Museum
Friday, September 19, 2025 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA, 01930 $10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members Registration Required As a seaport town jutting into the Atlantic, Gloucester was of strategic importance during the American Revolution and always under threat of attack. The people...
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport
Newburyport's Road to Revolution Presents: Through a Howling Wilderness: Benedict Arnold's March to Quebec, 1775 📅 Friday, September 19, 2025 – 7:00 p.m.📍 St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport, MA Exactly 250 years to the day after Benedict Arnold led his troops out of Newburyport, join us for a captivating lecture by historian and author Tom...
