Drunk Black History
The Rockwell
The critically acclaimed Drunk Black History show returns to Boston to close out Black History Month! Comedian Brandon Collins (New York Comedy Festival) hosts this event where you’ll hear from...
$15
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Fashioning for Freedom: Layers of Liberty
Hamilton Hall
Join History Alive and Hamilton Hall for a celebratory, historical runway of Black creativity and activism. Discover the stories of abolitionists, artists, and entrepreneurs (including members of the Remond family,...
Profoundly Vulnerable: The Story of Four Witchcraft Accusations
Virtual MA, United StatesVirtual
Join us on March 5th for our first virtual lecture of 2026, “Profoundly Vulnerable: The Story of Four Witchcraft Accusations,” presented in celebration of the 39th annual Women’s History Month. There were many reasons why a woman in seventeenth-century New England might be accused of witchcraft, but those who were alone, poor, and, perhaps, quarrelsome...
Free
Profoundly Vulnerable: The Story of Four Witchcraft Accusations
Virtual MA, United StatesVirtual
Join us on March 5th for our first virtual lecture of 2026, “Profoundly Vulnerable: The Story of Four Witchcraft Accusations,” presented in celebration of the 39th annual Women’s History Month. There were many reasons why a woman in seventeenth-century New England might be accused of witchcraft, but those who were alone, poor, and, perhaps, quarrelsome...
Free
Newburyport’s Road to Independence III: Loyalists, Prisoners, and the Homefront
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport
Step into wartime Newburyport with Alex Cain as loyalists face persecution, prices soar, and fear hangs heavy as we move to independence. In 1776, as war raged across the American colonies, the clash of armies echoed far beyond the battlefield into everyday life in Newburyport. Historian and fan favorite Alex Cain invites you to step...
Free – $10
Women of Agriculture Hike at Appleton Farms
Appleton Farms
Join us to celebrate International Women’s Day at Appleton Farms! Women have shaped Appleton Farms for centuries: from Indigenous women who were the primary farmers and preservers of food, to...
$25
Revolutionary Privateers at Sea Symposium: Newburyport and the Wider World
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Join experts from around the world for a one-day symposium on Revolutionary War privateers and Newburyport’s Atlantic impact! From Newburyport wharves, privateers surged into the Atlantic with a single mission: take the fight to British commerce. Armed with letters of marque, these privately owned vessels disrupted enemy supply lines, seized valuable cargo, and brought home...
$20 – $75
Newburyport’s Road to Independence IV: American Rebels: Hancock, Quincy, Adams
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport
American Rebels: The Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution...in Newburyport and Beyond. Newburyport's Offin Boardman carried secret letters for John Adams, who argued court cases in Newburyport. The USS Hancock was built in Newburyport in 1776, and all three families were linked by ties of blood and friendship to this community....
Free – $10
Emily Carpenter & Shannon Kirk @ The Bookstore
The Bookstore of Gloucester
We’ll welcome authors Emily Carpenter & Shannon Kirk back to the store on Sunday April 12th at 5:30pm for a conversation about Emily’s new book A SPELL FOR SAINTS AND SINNERS. The Bookstore will have copies of both Emily & Shannon’s books for sale. No registration required.
Free
CAM Talk: To Live like an Artist, Cape Ann of the 1920s, by Martha Oaks
Cape Ann Museum Green
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Janet & William Ellery James Center, CAM Green 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 CAM Members $5, Non-Members $10. Registration Required. Parking is first come, first served and carpooling is encouraged. This talk by Martha Oaks, the Museum’s Chief Curator and contributing author to the upcoming...
$10.
Just Looking: A Collection of Drawings and Musings by Linda Kauss
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
Join multidisciplinary artist Linda Kauss for an evening celebrating "Just Looking: A Collection of Drawings and Musings", a deeply personal work rooted in creative exploration and intuition. "Just Looking" began in 2005 as an exercise in creative play. With no set outcome in mind, Kauss explored the movement of graphite and the subtle power of...
We Are at Our Best, When We Face the Worst – Storytelling with NY Times Bestselling author and award-wining journalist Sebastian Junger
Gloucester Stage Company
Join Gloucester Stage on April 30th for an evening of storytelling with NY Times Bestselling author and award-winning journalist, Sebastian Junger. Mirrored against his own close brushes with death, Junger...
$200 – $500
