• Elizabeth Winthrop at The Bookstore of Gloucester

    The Bookstore of Gloucester 61 Main Street, Gloucester, M, United States
    The Bookstore of Gloucester 61 Main Street, Gloucester, M, United States

    The Bookstore of Gloucester  

    The Bookstore of Gloucester 61 Main Street, Gloucester, M

    We are excited to welcome North Shore author Elizabeth Winthrop to The Bookstore on Thursday August 6th from 6:30pm-8pm! She’ll be discussing & signing copies of her new novel CONVICTION. Books can be found at The Bookstore before & during the event. No registration is required!

    Free

    Falconry & the Medieval World: A Live Bird Presentation

    Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA, United States
    Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA, United States

    Hammond Castle Museum  

    Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA

    Wingmasters’ Birds of Prey returns to the Hammond Castle Museum! Falconry is the sport of hunting with a trained bird of prey. It is also the demanding art of training a predatory bird that is by nature wary of people to hunt cooperatively with a human partner. While the sport has a 4,000-year history, its...

    $10.00 – $20.00

    The Silver Crisis: Art vs. Industry

    Marblehead Arts Association 8 Hooper Street, Marblehead, M, United States
    Marblehead Arts Association 8 Hooper Street, Marblehead, M, United States

    Marblehead Arts Association  

    Marblehead Arts Association 8 Hooper Street, Marblehead, M

    Join GIA Graduate Gemologist Graham Henderson of Marblehead Custom Jewelry for an engaging and informative lecture that will explore the evolving story of silver through multiple lenses: its historical role...

    $10 – $15
  • Artist Talk: Fiona Sinéad Brehony

    The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, M, United States
    The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, M, United States

    The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck  

    The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, M

    Join Manchester-based artist, Fiona Sinéad Brehony at her Artist Talk to learn about her process and technique in her residency in collaboration with Ocean Alliance, made possible through the Goetemann Artist Residency program. The residency offers Brehony an opportunity to explore Gloucester Harbor through Richard White's concept of the organic machine, simultaneously a natural system...

    Free

    Adult Lecture Series: Laying their Hands to the Spindle: Women’s Spinning Protests, 1768-1770

    Wenham Museum  

    Women, Spinning, and Resistance: Stacey Fraser In the years leading up to the American Revolution, New England women played an important role in resisting British policies through their everyday lives and work. On August 31, 1769, forty-five women in Lexington, Massachusetts, gathered for a spinning protest—one of more than sixty such demonstrations held throughout New...

    Behind the Scenes: A New England Servant Life Guided Tour

    Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens 153 Chickering Road, North Andover, MA, United States
    Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens 153 Chickering Road, North Andover, MA, United States

    Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens  

    Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens 153 Chickering Road, North Andover, MA

    Step beyond the formal rooms and into the working heart of the home for a guided house tour focused on servant life at Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens. Once transformed from...

    $6 – $20

    1926: A Year in the Life of Hammond and His Castle

    Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA, United States
    Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA, United States

    Hammond Castle Museum  

    Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA

    1926: A Year in the Life of Hammond and His Castle Wednesday, September 30th 5:30 pm–7:30 pm Evening program: 5:30 pm–6:00 pm Networking 6:00 pm–7:30 pm Presentation & Discussion Light...

    $15
  • CAM Talk: From Clay to Bronze, The Making of the Seated Cat, by Robert Shure

    Cape Ann Museum  

    CAM welcomes sculptor Robert Shure for an engaging gallery talk on the Seated Cat, his newly installed bronze in the Museum’s renovated courtyard, an enlargement of Katherine Lane Weems’ iconic work of the same name and modeled in 1941. Shure will reflect on his past work with Weems, the artistic dialogue that emerged between their...

    $30