North of Boston

Public Sail!
2025-08-13 11:00 - 13:30, 2025-08-13 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

Boundless: The Art of the Book
2025-08-13 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-12 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-11 10:00 - 17:00 | 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

Story-Time & Craft Wednesday
2025-08-13 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

Mornings at the Museum
2025-08-13 10:00 - 10:30 | Wenham Museum, 132 Main St., Route 1A, Wenham, MA, 01984, United States
🎉 Join us for Mornings at the Museum 🎉
Start your day with joy, discovery, and creativity—just for little ones and their grown-ups!
🗓 Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays at 10:00 AM
🎟 Free with Admission | Ages 0–5 | No Registration Needed
Experience drop-in fun for little learners like:
🧵 Hands-On History & Play: Step into the past with interactive play inspired by real museum objects.
🎨 Arts & Making: Hands-on crafts, open-ended projects, and sensory art activities.
🎵 Movement & Music: Sing, dance, and play your way through rhythm and motion.
📚 Literacy & Language: Build early literacy through stories, rhymes, and interactive reading fun.
🔬 STEM & Discovery: Explore science, nature, and problem-solving through playful experiments.
Discover something new every week—and make memories that last a lifetime!
Drop in with your little one to play, learn, and grow through joyful, play-based museum fun!
Learn more at: www.wenhammuseum.org/events

Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe presents One Act Wonders
2025-08-12 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-08-11 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-08-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Gloucester Stage, 267 East Main St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe presents “One-Act Wonders”, a program of four modern one-act plays exploring boundaries, loyalties, and the absurdities of life. The program will run for four performances only, at Gloucester Stage Theater, April 17th (7:30pm) 18th (7:30pm), and 19th (3pm + 7:30pm). Tickets are $28.

Grease
2025-08-12 19:30 - 21:30 | North Shore Music Theatre, Dunham Road 54, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Dust off your leather jackets, pull out your poodle skirts, and step back in time to the 1950s to hand-jive the night away with GREASE! In this all-new production, relive the timeless story of bad boy Danny and new girl Sandy as they fall in love in the original high school musical featuring the irresistible songs,“You’re The One That I Want,” “Hopelessly Devoted To You,” “There Are Worse Things I Could Do,” and many more from the hit movie and Broadway musical!

Roméo et Juliette
2025-08-12 19:00 - 22:00 | Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
In this dazzling 2024 Met performance, soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim are the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s operatic adaptation of Shakespeare’s immortal love story. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
By Gounod
Originally transmitted March 23, 2024
Expected runtime: 2 hours, 53 mins (173 minutes)

Summer in the City Concert Series
2025-08-12 18:00 - 22:00 | MA
Boston Harbor Hotel’s Summer in the City is back at Rowes Wharf, ready to create another season filled with music, waterfront ambiance, and unforgettable evenings beneath the stars.
This year’s revamped music lineup promises an exciting mix of Pop, Soul, Country, R&B, DJs, and more, making a splash like never before. Our new specialty Friday nights will showcase emerging local student musicians from the Boston area.
From Tuesday to Friday nights, gather your friends, sip on cool cocktails and enjoy fresh seafood and summer delights at Rowes Wharf Sea Grille and HarborWalk Terrace—where every seat offers a prime view of the enchanting live music by the waterfront.

Newburyport Art presents "Coming Home"
2025-08-12 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-10 11:00 - 17:00 | Newburyport Art Association, 65 Water St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Newburyport Art (NAA) presents Coming Home, a multi-disciplinary exhibit curated by Artist and NAA Executive Director Belle Carver Struck.
Coming Home invites Newburyport creatives who grew up in the community and now make their home elsewhere — to “come home” and share how it formed their practice. Their work is juxtaposed with creatives who carved out their adult creative practice in Newburyport. The exhibit features visual art, film, music and writing.
This exhibit will include a free opening reception on Sunday, July 27th from 4-6pm, as well as a ticketed panel discussion moderated by local storyteller, actor, and educator Paul Wann on Monday, July 28th from 6-8pm. The panel will include; Michael Angelis, Kate Bolick, Nikole Beckwith, Paul-Emile Cendron, Carmela Murphy, Sam Szabo, Gordon Przybyla, and Edward Speck.
Tickets to the panel discussion can be purchased online at newburyportart.org – space is limited!
On view alongside Coming Home will be 30 Under 30, featuring 30 artworks by artists under the age of 30. A reception for 30 Under 30 will be held on August 9th from 4-6pm.
The galleries are free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00am–5:00pm and Sunday (Summer 2025 Hours) from 10:00am–2:00pm. Newburyport Art is closed on Mondays. The ground-floor Hills Gallery has an accessible entrance. More information, as well as an online gallery is available at newburyportart.org.
Founded in 1948, Newburyport Art is dedicated to promoting and exhibiting members’ work and to providing art education and access to the visual arts for the entire community.

Kids' Paper Making - Summer Session
2025-08-12 10:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Printing, 15 Thornton Ave, Haverhill, MA, 01832, United States
Paper Making Summer Sessions
$5 child ticket
Tuesdays at 10am
July 8, 15, 22, 29, August 5, 12, 2025
at the Museum of Printing, 15 Thornton Ave, Haverhill, MA
For children from preschool through highschool interested in creating with their hands, learning how to make paper and reuse scrap paper instead of throwing it away.
Learn a simplified method for making new paper sheets from scrap using a blender, water, and various molds and deckles. Ticket includes take-home paper making kit, optional for repeat participants.
Funding provided by the Haverhill Cultural Council and Mass Cultural Council.

Step Aboard History: FREE Deck Tours of the Schooner Adventure
2025-08-12 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-11 10:00 - 16:00 | 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.

Step Aboard History: FREE Deck Tours of the Schooner Adventure
2025-08-12 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-11 10:00 - 16:00 | Schooner Adventure, 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, M, 01931, United States

Free Story Time at Cider Hill Farm
2025-08-12 10:00 - 11:00 | Cider Hill Farm, 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, 01913, United States
Children and their grown-ups to join our friends from the Amesbury Public Library on the 2nd Tuesday of each month for stories inspired by farming and the season’s harvest! This program is held under Cider Hill Farm’s picnic tent near the goats. Event is rain or shine. RSVP to just stay informed if anything changes.

Birdseye Rooftop Evening Access at Beauport Hotel
2025-08-11 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-10 18:00 - 21:00 | Beauport Hotel Gloucester, 55 Commercial Street, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Start your summer here and elevate your evenings at the Birdseye Rooftop!
Join us seven nights a week, here at Beauport Hotel, for coastal vibes, refreshing cocktails and unbeatable rooftop views.
Elevate your week night plans with Live Acoustic Music Sunday – Thursday, from 6:00PM – 9:00PM, featuring your favorite local artists, every week this summer. Passes starting at $20.
Experience Sunset Sessions, Friday – Saturday evenings, from 7:00PM – 10:00PM! You won’t want to miss the ultimate sunset viewing party with live DJ Entertainment. Passes starting at $30.
On Friday and Saturday evenings only, we will be offering VIP Premium Lounge Seating, including a bottle of Veuve Clicquot and reserved harborside lounge tables with access for up to four people for $300 (tax and gratuity is included).
Sea and be seen at the Birdseye Rooftop this summer!
*Our rooftop is available to 21+ adults only. General Admission does not include food and beverage. All tickets are non-refundable unless the event is cancelled due to inclement weather as decided by Beauport Management.

Music BINGO at The Cut - A Fundraiser for The Horribles Parade
2025-08-11 18:00 - 20:00 | The Cut, 177 Main Street , Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Did you have fun at the Horribles Parade a few weeks back? Now’s your chance to make next year’s even bigger and better with a night of fun music BINGO!
ND Productions will be DJ’ing the event. $20 gets you one BINGO card in all 4 games.

Esperanza Spalding
2025-08-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Born in 1984 in Portland, Oregon, esperanza spalding is an eaabibacliitoti* artist, trained and initiated in the North American (masculine) jazz lineage and tradition. Her work interweaves through various combinations of instrumental music, bass playing, improvisation, singing, composition, poetry, dance, therapeutic research, storytelling, teaching, regenerative agriculture, urban land & artist-sanctuary custodianship, and growing in love as a daughter, sister, cousin, niece, auntie, great-auntie, friend, while collaboratively decolonizing within and through her hometown community.

New Orleans Meets Newburyport: Two Port Cities, One Musical Night
2025-08-10 18:30 - 21:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Let the Good Times Roll—Newburyport Style
Join us for a festive summer evening celebrating the historic and cultural connection between Newburyport and New Orleans with scorching music, Big Easy-inspired snacks and drinks, and tropical vibes—all for a great cause.
This one-night-only event features two exciting performances:
7:00 PM – Meg Groff & Busy Signal – Newburyport’s own jazz vocalist and graduate of the New Orleans Jazz Foundation Vocal Program takes the stage with local favorites Busy Signal.
8:00 PM – Charlie & the Tropicales – Bringing Caribbean-flavored jazz and calypso straight from New Orleans’ traditional jazz scene & iconic Frenchmen Street, Charlie & the Tropicales deliver infectious rhythms and Crescent City soul.
Enjoy:
Big Easy–inspired drinks and refreshments
Live jazz and tropical grooves
Local history connecting two iconic port cities
All proceeds benefit the Museum of Old Newbury

White-Ellery House Tour
2025-08-10 14:00 - 15:00 | Cape Ann Museum Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Sunday, August 10, 2025
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
White-Ellery House, CAM Green
13 Poplar St, Gloucester, MA 01930
Free and open to the public.
Registration Required due to limited space.
The White-Ellery House, built in 1710 for the Reverend John White, Gloucester’s first settled minister in First Parish, was situated in Gloucester’s Town Green, the center of the community at that time. The house exhibits a certain elegance and refinement while providing for basic needs of its early owners. The tour will share who lived in the house over time, its exterior structure and interior features, and the adventure of being moved to make way for the Route 128 rotary.
Photo Credit: The White-Ellery House, CAM staff photo.

Newburyport Art offers Make Your Own Sketchbook with Johanna Finnegan Topizer
2025-08-10 13:00 - 17:00 | Newburyport Art Association, 65 Water St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Make Your Own Sketchbook with Johanna Finnegan Topitzer
Sunday, August 10th, 1:00pm–5:00pm | Upstairs Hartson Gallery
$75 for NAA members / $95 non-members
Sure, you can go out and buy a blank book, but come to this class and you’ll find out how much more satisfying it is to make your own. Students will learn how to fold and bind pages together to make a blank book that can be used for sketching, writing, or collecting photographs. Students will be sent a list of tools to bring upon registration. A materials fee of $10 will be required at time of class. Create your own book and get inspired to fill it!

Museum of Old Newbury Guided Tours - August, September, October, 2025
2025-08-10 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Old Newbury, 98 High Street, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Our friendly, knowledgeable tour guides share fascinating stories in each of the museum’s period rooms and galleries.
You will walk through this Federal-period house, from its 1808 beginning as a ship captain’s home to its ownership by multiple generations of the Cushing family. See parts of the home as it was lived in, as well as galleries featuring maritime trade, the churches of Old Newbury, and art works by Newburyport native Laura Coombs Hills.
Tours are on the hour, 11-4pm, Thursday – Sunday. Pre-order of tickets is encouraged as space cannot be guaranteed without tickets. Please arrive 10 minutes before your tour starts.
Tours are $10, $8 for seniors, $5 for those under 18. Free for members and residents of “Old Newbury ” but tickets should still be reserved here. See membership levels at : https://www.newburyhistory.org/membership.
We look forward to seeing you!

Outdoor Hard Cider Bar & Free Live Music Series at Cider Hill Farm
2025-08-10 11:00 - 16:00 | Cider Hill Farm, 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, 01913, United States
Every weekend at Cider Hill Farm farm brings FREE family-friendly live music on the main lawn from 12-3 pm and extended music on festival dates 11 am – 4 pm. Grab a drink from the Outdoor Hard Cider Bar 11 am – 4 pm on Saturdays and 12-4 pm on Sundays.
Food – Grab lunch at the food truck 11 am – 4 pm and snacks in the farm store 8 am – 6 pm. Guest food trucks and vendors pop-ups regularly.
Play – Parking, play areas and barnyard are always free and open 8 am – 6 pm daily. Bee observatory, chickens and goats arrive mid-May.
Weather – Music, food truck and hard cider bar are weather dependent. We make decisions 8 am on the day of in case weather shifts overnight. Check website at 8:30 am.
