• Spring BloomFest – May 1-4

    Spring BloomFest – May 1-4
    Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens Chickering Road 153, North Andover, M, United States
    Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens Chickering Road 153, North Andover, M, United States

    Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens  

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

    About Spring BloomFest Join us for the start of Spring at Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens with a celebration of bulbs at our Spring BloomFest weekend! Stroll through our beautiful gardens with budding tulips, daffodils, and other spring bulbs while enjoying the crisp spring air and soundscape serenades. During this festival style event, visitors will have...

    $12 – $20

    Flourishing Blooms with C.B. Fisk, Homage to Cape Ann Blossoms

    Cape Ann Museum Green  

    Saturday, May 3, 2025 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Janet & William Ellery James Center, CAM Green 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 Free and open to the public. Parking is first come, first served Reservations Required All are welcome to enjoy a scaled back version of the beloved Cape Ann Blossoms – this year...

    Free and Open to the Public

    Walking Tour: Hopper’s Houses Downtown

    Walking Tour: Hopper’s Houses Downtown

    Cape Ann Museum  

    Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA, 01930 $10 for CAM Members, $20 for non-members Registration Required Explore the area surrounding the Museum on this walk past select Gloucester houses made famous by American realist painter Edward Hopper (1882-1967). Hopper is known to have painted in Gloucester on five separate occasions...

    $10 – $20

    Children’s Maple in the Barnyard at Appleton Farms, Ipswich, MA

    Appleton Farms  

    Sessions @ 10:45-11:30; 12-12:45; 1-1:45; 2:15-3:00 Trustees Member Adult: $9; Trustees Member Child: $9; Nonmember Adult: $15; Nonmember Child: $15; Children under 2 are free Maple Season is here! This special program for ages 3-11 & their families will focus on the magic of maple from start to finish. We will discover this tradition by...

    $9 – $15

    Spring BloomFest: Garden & Bulb Tour

    Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens  

    Enter a world of early 20th-century country elegance and contemporary garden design in bloom with Spring bulbs at Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens. These expansive manicured gardens boast both plentiful European-inspired flower beds as designed in the 1920s, as well as newly installed gardens featuring current-day trends and bulb varieties. Discover the intricate 300-year-old history of...

    $24 – $30

    Long Hill House & Garden Tours

    Long Hill House & Garden Tours

    Long HIll  

    Visit Long Hill’s breathtaking gardens and stately historic house for a guided tour. Enjoy the rich history of this grand country estate, home of the Sedgwick family, as you learn about the elegant lifestyle of wealthy Bostonians on the North Shore, and the artisans who created it. The tour takes you through the Federal-style house...

    $20

    Maple Strolls at Appleton Farms

    Maple Strolls at Appleton Farms

    Appleton Farms  

    Sessions start at: 11, 12:15 & 1:30 Trustees Members $12/Nonmembers $20 Visit the historic maple stand and sugar shack at Appleton Farms and learn all about maple sugaring, its history at the farm and in New England, and how you can try your hand at it at home! Experience a leisurely stroll along our country farm...

    $12 – $20

    Newburyport Art presents the April Exhibitions!

    Newburyport Art presents the April Exhibitions!

    Newburyport Art Association  

    Newburyport Art (NAA) presents new exhibitions opening on April 3rd! On view in the Sargent Gallery is the 2025 OpArt Exhibition, featuring artists from Opportunity works. On view in the Hills Gallery is the Newburyport Ten and Band of Brushes Show, featuring works painted en-plein-air by 13 artists. Lastly, in the upstairs Hartson Gallery is...

    Make-A-Wish Day at Mud Puddle Toys

    Mud Puddle Toys  

    On Saturday, May 3, Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island, in partnership with Mud Puddle Toys, is excited to celebrate the power of a wish in the Marblehead community. Sophia, 9, from Marblehead, lives with a rare and life-threatening disease - VACTERL Association. Together, we will raise funds to grant life-changing wishes for kids like Sophia,...

    Free

    White-Ellery House Tour

    White-Ellery House Tour

    Cape Ann Museum Green  

    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...

    Free and Open to the Public

    The Shark is Broken

    The Shark is Broken

    North Shore Music Theatre  

    A captivating 95 minute play that delves into the behind-the-scenes tensions during the filming of the iconic 1975 blockbuster movie "Jaws." Set aboard the cramped Orca boat, the story focuses on the interactions between Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, & Richard Dreyfuss as they grapple with the challenges of film-making, the looming presence of the malfunctioning...