North of Boston

Edgar Allan Poe Double Header
2024-10-26 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-10-25 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Gloucester Stage, 267 East Main St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
An imaginative one-person retelling of The Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado created by Livy Scanlon in partnership with THT Rep.
Beginning with the eerie The Tell-Tale Heart, when our nervous narrator kills an old man because of his “vulture-eye,” he is determined to prove his sanity. The thrills and chills continue with The Cask of Amontillado. Little does Fortunato know, Montresor is leading him to his catacombs where he will meet an untimely fate.
Created and Performed by Livy Scanlon, The Edgar Allan Poe Double Header runs at Gloucester Stage from October 25th – 27th.

SPOOKY SCARY STORIES
2024-10-26 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-10-25 19:30 - 21:30 | The Actors Studio of Newburyport, Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA, 01952, United States
What scares you the most? That’s the inspiration for Deirdre Girard’s new collection of contemporary short horror plays that have won awards and accolades across the country. From Psychics to Hauntings to Earthly Evil, these short plays will draw you in and make you jump. Mini Halloween treat bags will be given out if you dare to stay till the end…expect the unexpected.
Recommended viewing: 12 + years old

SPOOKY SCARY STORIES by Deirdre Girard
2024-10-26 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-10-25 19:30 - 21:00 | The Actors Studio of Newburyport, Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA, 01952, United States

Simon Says
2024-10-26 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-10-25 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-10-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Larcom Theatre, 13 Wallis Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
On a stormy night, a recent widow shows a up for a seance in the hopes of connecting with her dead husband. But James, a young psychic, channels the all-knowing being named Simon and Simon has other plans. Described as “Thrilling” by New York Times, this play will send chills down your spine.
PG13 | 13+
Duration: 90 minutes. No intermission.
Thelarcom.org/simonsays
Happens on the following Dates:
Oct 16, 2024, 7:00pm to 8:30pm Timezone: EDT
Oct 17, 2024, 7:00pm to 8:30pm Timezone: EDT
Oct 19, 2024, 7:00pm to 8:30pm Timezone: EDT
Oct 20, 2024, 2:00pm to 3:30pm Timezone: EDT
Oct 24, 2024, 7:00pm to 8:30pm Timezone: EDT
Oct 25, 2024, 7:00pm to 8:30pm Timezone: EDT
Oct 26, 2024, 2:00pm to 3:30pm Timezone: EDT
Oct 26, 2024, 7:00pm to 8:30pm Timezone: EDT
Oct 27, 2024, 2:00pm to 3:30pm Timezone: EDT

Picasso: A Rebel in Paris
2024-10-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Fifty years after his passing, we embark on a journey through Pablo Picasso’s Paris, amidst sunshine and shadow, convictions and contradictions, from a young, impoverished foreigner to one of the most important icons of the 20th century.
The film moves continuously in and out of the Musée Picasso in Paris which has the largest existing collection dedicated to the painter with 6,000 masterpieces and 200,000 pieces of archive material, and follows Picasso through the Parisian neighborhoods where he lived, from the early days in ateliers with no heating to the large middle-class apartments where his success began: a physical and intellectual journey to gain a deeper understanding of his work and spirit.
Approx. runtime: 90 minutes

An Evening with Kevin McDonald: Featuring Stories from The Kids in the Hall
2024-10-26 18:30 - 21:00, 2024-10-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Off Cabot Comedy & Events, 9 Wallis Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Join Kevin McDonald for an evening of “stand up” featuring stories from the legendary sketch comedy troupe – The Kids In The Hall. This show is a must-see for fans of the show!

Twilight Amongst the Tombstones: Night Walk in Oak Hill Cemetery
2024-10-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Oak Hill Cemetery, 4 Brown Street, Newburyport, M, 01950, United States
What better time than twilight in October to grab a flashlight and join us for a walk through the historic Oak Hill Cemetery. To add to the intimacy and atmosphere of darkness, many epitaphs are easiest to read by flashlight.
Join noted author and historian Ghlee Woodworth, a 12th generation Newburyport native, for a nighttime stroll through the historic 1842 Oak Hill Cemetery, final resting place of shipwrecked sailors, sea captains and merchants, architects and photographers, writers and poets, silversmiths and newspaper editors, and adventurers who travelled to the California gold rush.

Castle of Our Skins Shine On!
2024-10-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Castle of our Skins presents a family friendly, music-dance-spoken word performance that shines the light on Black artistry as part of Rockport Music’s Education and Community Engagement series. Solo and chamber works by legendary Black composers like Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore complement the sounds of contemporary voices like Jessie Montgomery and Kendrick Lamar, all while mingling with spoken word and contemporary and balletic dance performances.
PROGRAM
Undine Smith Moore: Love Let the Wind Cry…How I Adore Thee
Jessie Montgomery: Source Code
Zenobia Powell Perry: Homage
Coleridge Taylor-Perkinson: Calvary Ostinato
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Five Negro Melodies
Poem (We Shine Bright)
Allison Loggins-Hull: Shine
Free, Reservations Encouraged
Attendees are encouraged to fill out this form for a fun collective visual that will be shown prior to the concert.
“[the] hopes for [Castle of our Skins] are ambitious, but they seem right for a world that more often than not seems agonizingly divided.”
-The Boston Globe

Sterbrooke Ensemble
2024-10-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Central Congregational Church Newburyport MA, 14 Titcomb St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Good afternoon of flute and piano music by the Sterbrooke Ensemble consisting of Cassie White on flute and Mark Lutton on piano. This is a benefit concert to support Tough Warrior Princesses. Tough Warrior Princesses is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting women in their battle with cancer. The program consists of compositions composed by women composers.

Sterbrooke Ensemble
2024-10-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Central Congregational Church, 14 Titcomb St, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 01950, United States
An afternoon of flute and piano music by women composers by the Sterbrooke Ensemble. Cassie White on flute and Mark Lutton on piano. All proceeds for this concert go to tough warrior princesses a non-profit group supporting women battling cancer.

Castle of Our Skins Cabaret
2024-10-26 14:00 - 15:30 | Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Castle of our Skins presents a family friendly, music-dance-spoken word performance that shines the light on Black artistry through solo and chamber works by legendary Black composers like Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Undine Smith Moore as well as contemporary voices like Jessie Montgomery and Kendrick Lamar. These works are presented with a mingling of spoken word as well as contemporary and balletic dance performances.
PROGRAM
Undine Smith Moore: Love Let the Wind Cry…How I Adore Thee
Jessie Montgomery: Source Code
Zenobia Powell Perry: Homage
Coleridge Taylor-Perkinson: Calvary Ostinato
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Five Negro Melodies
Poem (We Shine Bright)
Allison Loggins-Hull: Shine
Free, Reservations Encouraged
Attendees are encouraged to fill out this form for a fun collective visual that will be shown prior to the concert.

Intro To Improv
2024-10-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Off Cabot Comedy & Events, 9 Wallis Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Have you ever wanted to take an improv class but you didn’t know where to begin ? This is a great place to start. In this class you will learn the fundamentals of Improv Comedy. It has many benefits and has been known to help with stress and mental health. Improv can improve the way you communicate and make you a more confident person. Improv Comedy is about Community and connection so who knows you might just make a new friend or 10 along the way. Come have fun and find your funny !!!
In Intro to Improv you will :
Learn what Yes, And is all about… the backbone of Improv Comedy
Participate in fun team building and skill building warm up games
Learn and perform short form games that are similar to what you have seen on whose line is it anyway !?
Perform structured scene work
Learn how to be on stage and Perform a class show @Off Cabot at the end !!!!

39th Annual Essex ClamFest and Arts & Crafts Festival
2024-10-26 11:00 - 16:00 | Shepard Memorail Park Essex MA, 24 Martin St., Essex, M, 01929, United States
Get ready for the ultimate chowder celebration at the 39th Annual Essex ClamFest and Arts & Crafts Festival presented by the Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce.
Join us at Shepard Memorial Park in Essex to help pick a People’s Choice Winner in the Clam Chowder Competition where local chefs face off for the title of best chowder. Tasting begins at Noon and goes until 1 PM or until supplies run out. Enjoy live music all day to keep the good vibes rolling plus a variety of vendors offering crafts, food, and more! Bring your family and friends and come hungry – it’s going to be a shell of a good time!
Clam Chowder Competition- Participating Restaurants:
35 Beach, Castle Manor Inn, Maple Street Bistro (Essex North Shore Tech), JT Farnham’s, The Farm, The James Pub & Provisions, Vita Bella Ristorante, Woodman’s of Essex
* Food Vendors to include: 5 Star Phresh Food, Essex Lions Club, Holy Cow Ice Cream, Maple St Bistro (Essex Tech) and Woodman’s on Wheels (WOW) Food Truck
* Also Featuring local brews from Rockport Brewing
* Musical entertainment by Uncharted Watahs and Brick House.
* Over 50 Crafters, businesses, and Non-profit tables
* Kids Activities
Free General Admission. $15 for Chowder tasting
SORRY, NO DOGS ALLOWED.

Children's Broom Decorating at The Hawthorne Hotel
2024-10-26 09:00 - 12:00 | Hawthorne Hotel, 18 Washington Sq. West, Salem, 01970, United States
Children’s Broom Decorating at The Hawthorne Hotel 10/6
Workshop Time: 9am-12pm Sunday October 6, 2024
Activity Length: 20 minutes
Location: The Hawthorne Hotel 18 Washington Square West, Salem MA 01970
Hosted By: This is a self-guided activity overseen by Good Witch Apprentices
Decorate a magical broom with craft tape, stickers, ribbon, tulle and a charm.
Under age 4 may participate with the help of a supervising adult.
Ticket purchase only admits one (1) participating child.
Please note: Event ticket purchases are non-refundable at this time.

Children's Witch Hat Decorating at The Hawthorne Hotel
2024-10-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Hawthorne Hotel, 18 Washington Sq. West, Salem, 01970, United States
Children’s Witch Hat Decorating at The Hawthorne Hotel
Activity Length: 30 minutes
Location: The Hawthorne Hotel 18 Washington Square West, Salem MA 01970 Second Floor, Pickman Room
Hosted By: This is a self-guided activity overseen by Good Witch Apprentices
Decorate a magical witch hat in the color of your choice with craft gems, stickers, ribbon, tulle and a charm.
Under age 4 may participate with the help of a supervising adult.
Ticket purchase only admits one (1) participating child.
Please note: Event ticket purchases are non-refundable at this time.

John McCutcheon
2024-10-25 20:00 - 21:30 | Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Folk music’s Renaissance man—a “great singer, songwriter and song leader” (Pete Seeger)—comes to Rockport to showcase his infinite vocal and lyric variety. An undisputed master of more than a dozen traditional instruments, including the rare and beautiful hammer dulcimer, John McCutcheon has been hailed by critics and audiences around the globe. His recordings have garnered every imaginable honor including several Grammy nominations.

Face2Face
2024-10-25 20:00 | The Cabot, 286 Cabot Street, Beverly, CA, 01915, United States
Experience a tribute celebrating the two greatest PIANO MEN of our generation!
David performs as Billy Joel along with many special guest Elton John performers from around the world including Bill Connors (“American Elton”), Canada’s own Jeff Scott (“Epic Elton”), the unstoppable Ronnie Smith, and Long Island’s Lance Millard (“Sir Elton”) in this thoroughly entertaining and faithful tribute to the Face To Face/Face 2 Face tours of the 1990’s and 2000’s! Experience a tribute celebrating the two greatest PIANO MEN of our generation with hits like “I’m Still Standing”, “Rocket Man”, “Piano Man” and “You May Be Right” along with some deeper fan performances like “Honky Cat”, “Funeral For A Friend”, “Miami 2017”, and “Captain Jack”!

Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards
2024-10-25 19:00 - 23:00 | The Cut, 177 Main Street , Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
10/25/24
Reserved floor seats, reserved rail seats, G.A. Standing. 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
21+ / Positive I.D. Required. $30-$22
THERE IS NO OPENER FOR THIS SHOW!
Laura Cortese has built a career weaving together a musical tapestry as diverse as it is masterful, highlighted with experiences like playing the Newport Folk Festival with Pete Seeger in 2009, standing onstage at the iconic Carnegie Hall in New York with Band of Horses in 2009, and a stint touring alongside Uncle Earl in 2007. She has recorded with artists ranging from Aoife O’Donovan and Brittany Haas to Tao Rodriguez Seeger and Session Americana, and has released 7 albums under her own name–All in Always (2016), Into the Dark (2013), Simple Heart (2012), Two Amps 1 Microphone (2011), Acoustic Project (2010), Blow the Candle Out (2007), Even the Lost Creek (2006), and Hush (2004). She has toured across the globe, acting as an ambassador of American music on behalf of the US State Department by performing and teaching in India, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Estonia, Greece, Ukraine, and Montenegro. Now, she holds space and builds community for musicians in Belgium as the co-founder of the monthly Bright Lights Session in Ghent. As always, her vision is as expansive as her background. “We’re working to basically write a new folk tradition,” she says. Were it anyone else, you’d think it impossible. But with Laura Cortese at the helm? It just might come true.

North Shore Children's Museum Halloween Costume Party
2024-10-25 17:00 - 19:00 | North Shore Children’s Museum, 10 Main Street, Peabody, M, 01960, United States
Join us for a Family-friendly, Fun-filled, SPOOK-tacular event!
We’ll have a costume parade, air brush temporary tattoos, festive crafts, games for prizes, and much more!
$15 General Admission / $12 Members
***Tickets must be purchased in advance – No walk-ins will be available during the party*** Tickets available while supplies last.
We hope to see you there!

Alchemy: Magic in the Grand Salon
2024-10-24 19:30 - 21:30 | Off Cabot Comedy & Events, 9 Wallis Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Alchemy is an unforgettable night out featuring performances from some of Boston’s best magicians. Sleight of hand, mental dexterity, and unexpected antics are all on the menu at this new experience in the heart of downtown Beverly. Your hosts have crafted up a production that’s equal parts amazement, hilarity, and innovation; and you are not going to want to miss it!

The Clements Brothers
2024-10-24 19:00 - 22:30 | The Cut, 177 Main Street , Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
10/24/24
Reserved Seating and G.A Standing. 7:00pm Doors / 7:30pm Show
21+, Positive I.D. Required. $18-28
The Clements Brothers are George and Charles Clements, identical twins from New England. They’ve been playing and writing music together for as long as they can remember and ‘The Clements Brothers’ marks their first project together since playing in the internationally touring grass-roots band, ‘The Lonely Heartstring Band’ with whom they put out two albums on Rounder Records. With roots, rock, bluegrass, jazz, and classical influences, George (on guitar) and Charles (on bass) aim to capture their singer-songwriter sensibilities in a unique blended voice, at once enthralling and intimate, groovy and serene. The duo is a fusion of each brother’s unique musical journey, and the result is a music all its own, filled with vocal harmonies, instrumental virtuosity, and a genuine love of song.

Present Laughter
2024-10-24 19:00 - 22:00 | Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Andrew Scott’s award-winning performance as Garry Essendine in Noël Coward’s provocative comedy returns to the big screen.
Matthew Warchus directs Andrew Scott (Vanya, All of Us Strangers, Fleabag) in Noël Coward’s provocative comedy Present Laughter. As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching.
Captured live from The Old Vic in London, Present Laughter is a giddy and surprisingly modern reflection on fame, desire and loneliness.
★★★★★ “Andrew Scott’s revelatory performance shows why Noël Coward is hailed a genius” (Telegraph)
★★★★★ “Andrew Scott is wondrous in this revelatory refresh of Noël Coward’s classic comedy” (Time Out)
★★★★★ “The show belongs to Scott” (Times)
★★★★★ “Illuminating and luminously funny” (WhatsOnStage)
Rating: PG
Approx. runtime: 180 minutes

Art Of The Scene Class
2024-10-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Off Cabot Comedy & Events, 9 Wallis Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Long Form improv comedy is a freer and a more open form of improv comedy storytelling. In this class we go deeper into what makes a great scene. Delve deep into characters and relationships on stage to entertain and delight. Continue to be part of a community and keep finding that funny !!
In Art of the Scene you will :
Explore the art of longer scenes and learn sweep edits.
Learn how to allow what makes you unique and fun to make you a better performer.
Go deeper into object work, leading with emotion and heightening the stakes.
Schedule
Wednesdays: 9/18 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, ( no class 10/30 ), 11/6, 11/13, 11/20 from 7:00 – 9:00pm
