North of Boston

Creative Foundations: Inside the Fashion Design Process
2025-11-20 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual, MA, United States
Be inspired by Andrew Gn: Fashioning the World and let fashion educator Jay Calderin guide you through an inside look at the fashion design process.
Engage in a creative workshop led by founder of Boston Fashion week Jay Calderin. His fashion design primer will be equal parts lecture, drawing demonstration and Q&A. Enjoy a professional introduction to the steps involved in developing a concept for a collection and follow along at home with your included materials kit.
All are welcome. No previous drawing experience is necessary!
Registration for this event closes on November 11.

North Shore Food & Gift Emporium
2025-11-20 16:00 - 20:00 | Willowdale Estate, 24 Asbury Street, Topsfield, M, 01983, United States
NorthShoreEmporium.com
Located at Willowdale Estate • Topsfield, MA
Thursday • November 20, 2025
4 — 8 PM • $8 Admission
The tradition continues! Instead of a holiday craft fair, think of us as a holiday cocktail party surrounded by a festive marketplace filled with local artisans and merchants. All nestled within a gorgeous historic mansion, it’s the most delicious and decadent event of the season.
Returning to our roots, we’re thrilled to be where the magic first began… at the charming Willowdale Estate. Situated indoors throughout the estate, we’ve designed a luxurious shopping experience that’s both intimate and spacious. Plus a cash bar with savory snacks to enjoy.
This event is a celebration of local food + gifts. Who knew there were so many talented entrepreneurs in our midst? We’ve curated the most amazing selection of talented makers and merchants for an unforgettable evening of tasting + shopping.
Admission is $8, with a portion of the proceeds to be donated to our non-profit partner, Beverly Bootstraps.
Created + organized by two friends who share a deep love for the North Shore and all things local:
Lauren Guley
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Jessica Brand
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All guests will receive an Emporium tote bag. Seriously, who couldn’t use another canvas bag? Big, beautiful, and strong . . . perfect for placing all your goodies into as you shop the Emporium.
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Due to the limited amount of tickets, we encourage you to reserve yours as soon as possible. See you soon!

The American Revolution: A story of the War in 28 Paintings
2025-11-20 12:00 - 20:00 | Cabot House, 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
1776 was more than a turning point; it marked the birth of a new world order. A bold line was drawn as ordinary people made extraordinary decisions, declaring independence from the most powerful empire on earth. Driven by youthful fire, they believed in the promise of liberty more than they feared the cost of pursuing it.
Historic Beverly proudly presents The American Revolution: A story of the War in 28 Paintings, a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of artworks commissioned to illustrate Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Sr.’s landmark book.
These paintings are featured in Ken Burns’ upcoming documentary The American Revolution. The exhibit will be on display at the Cabot House from September 6, 2025 to July 4, 2026. Tickets are free and open to the public

Sinister Streets: Witch Trials, Murders & Literary Legends
2025-11-20 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-17 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-16 12:00 - 17:00 | Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour featuring architectural treasures from PEM’s collection! The only walking tours in Salem that offer entry into historic buildings, PEM’s tours cover five centuries of happenings and characters from Witch City, including the infamous trials of 1692.
Sinister Streets: Witch Trials, Murders and Literary Legends starts by painting the picture of life in 1692 by examining the Gardner-Pingree House. The killing of Joseph White gripped Salem and the country in 1830 with its brawling brothers, custom-built murder weapons, conspiring family members and a body that was autopsied three times. Follow PEM’s expert guides into the room where it happened – if you dare!
This is an indoor/outdoor tour. Please dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes. We’ll see you rain or shine!
This tour involves walking around 0.5 miles, standing on hard surfaces and the use of stairs. Historic structures are not ADA accessible. Strollers may be used on the tours, but may not be brought into any of the historic structures. Historic houses may include areas of low lighting and uneven surfaces. Assisted listening devices are available, and tour guides will use microphones.
You can also follow our expert guides on Brick by Brick: Salem’s Hidden Architectural Stories for an in-depth look at architecture across downtown Salem, from a millionaire’s mansion to a working-class sailor’s house.

Newburyport Art presents Abstracts!
2025-11-20 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-19 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-18 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-16 11:00 - 17:00 | Newburyport Art Association, 65 Water St, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Newburyport Art (NAA) announces the Abstracts! exhibition with a dazzling and thought-provoking collection of varied mediums, textures, colors and perceptions. This show takes place in the first-floor Sargent Gallery as well as the second-floor Hartson Gallery.
Abstraction is many things. It is an adjective, a noun and sometimes even a verb!
It invites the viewer to interpret form, shape, space and meaning. We entice you to explore your understanding of this particular form of art.
The exhibition coincides with Newburyport Art’s Featured Interest Group, Abstract Artists of New England (AAGNE) show, on view in the first floor Hills Gallery.
Opening reception for both shows will be this Saturday, November 8th from 4-6pm. The public is welcome to attend, meet some of the exhibiting artists, and enjoy light refreshments.
Also featured are Spotlight Artists, Perry McIntosh and Christine Sanford.
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.
The galleries are free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00am–5:00pm, Sunday from 1:00pm–5:00pm and is handicap accessible. All works are for sale. More information, as well as an online gallery is available at newburyportart.org.

Sawyer Free Library Launches Monthly Artist Program with Volume One Exhibition
2025-11-20 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-19 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-18 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-17 10:00 - 17:00 | M

Hammers on Stone: The Granite Industry on Cape Ann
2025-11-20 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-19 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-16 10:00 - 17:00 | Cape Ann Museum Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
For over a century, the granite industry played a vital role in Cape Ann’s economy, providing work for men from across New England and around the world, generating profits for those fortunate enough to share in ownership of the region’s many quarries, and contributing to the unique and authentic sense of place that characterizes Cape Ann today. On a broader scale, the industry contributed significantly to building and transportation projects across our nation during a sustained period of growth and expansion.
Drawing on the Cape Ann Museum’s extensive holdings of objects and archival materials related to the industry, most of which were gifted to the Cape Ann Museum by historian Barbara Erkkila (1918-2013), Hammers on Stone will explore the history of the granite trade and its impact on the community. The exhibition will examine methods of harvesting, cutting, and finishing stone, as well as how granite was transported from quarry to wharf and further afield. The exhibit will also explore the lives of those involved in quarrying and consider how the industry helped shape Cape Ann’s artistic landscape, inspiring generations of artists to the present day.
Image: Samuel Lewis Pullman (1900-1961), Quarryman Joe Boston, 1930, oil on canvas. Collection of the Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, MA. Gift of Abner and Miriam (Pullman) Diamond, 1994. (1994.036.001).

THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams
2025-11-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Gloucester Stage Company, East Main Street 267, Gloucester, M, 01930, United States
Through Tom’s cinematic eyes, his family’s life isn’t the dream he imagined. In a rundown St. Louis apartment the matriarch, Amanda Wingfield, is desperately clinging to a past of parties and endless callers. Her adult children, Tom and Laura, become victims of her delusions as she pushes for Tom to provide for the struggling family and Laura to find a husband. The two seek solace in ways of escaping their mother and their own misery until a visit from a gentleman caller presents the possibility of new opportunities.
Renowned playwright Tennessee Williams opens the 2025 Season with this classic drama, directed by Doug Lockwood. Running from June 5 to 28, all performances are at Gloucester Stage’s Theater 267 East Main Street, Gloucester. Showtimes are Wednesdays & Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00pm, and matinees Saturdays & Sunday at 3:00pm.

Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe presents One Act Wonders
2025-11-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-18 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-17 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-16 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.

Videri String Quartet
2025-11-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
The Videri String Quartet is a boundary-breaking ensemble that marries the refinement of classical chamber music with the imaginative soundscapes of video game scores. Formed by classically trained musicians who are also avid gamers, Videri has earned a reputation for creating emotionally powerful, virtuosic interpretations of music from titles like Final Fantasy, Halo, and The Legend of Zelda.

Finding Mingo: Slavery’s Legacy
2025-11-19 14:00 - 15:00 | Wenham Museum, 132 Main St., Route 1A, Wenham, MA, 01984, United States
Finding Mingo: Slavery’s Legacy in a New England Town
Dr. Elizabeth Matelski uncovers the history behind the legend of Robin Mingo, a formerly enslaved man whose name lives on at a popular Beverly beach. Drawing on local archives and centuries of mythmaking, this talk explores how the story of Mingo reveals New England’s hidden ties to slavery, freedom, and racial memory.
Rather than a tale of shame or obscurity, Mingo’s life offers a powerful testament to resilience, belonging, and the need to confront the past in the very landscapes we inhabit today.
Don’t miss this fascinating talk—perfect for history lovers!
Included with general museum admission • Ages: Adults • Registration not required
About Dr. Elizabeth Matelski:
Elizabeth Matelski, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of History at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts where she teaches classes on race, gender, and sexuality in American history. Matelski received her AB from Ripon College and her PhD from Loyola University Chicago. In addition to teaching American history, she also created Endicott’s Public History concentration. Matelski is a past director of two NEH summer institutes about the Salem Witch Trials. Her current research is centered on Robin Mingo, a formerly enslaved Black man who lived in Beverly in the 1700s.

Singer-Storyteller Jack DesBois In Concert
2025-11-16 16:00 - 17:30 | Ward Hill church of Christ the King, 63 L Street, Ward Hill (Haverhill), MA, 63 L Street, Ward Hill, M, 01835, United States
Acoustic Christian Music for the Whole Family in Haverhill, MA
Topsfield-based classical and folk musician Jack DesBois will give a free-to-the-public concert at Ward Hill Church of Christ the King in Haverhill, MA, on Sunday, November 16 at 4:00pm, featuring music from his 2024 debut solo album “My Brother, My Sister, My Kin.”
Drawing from his backgrounds as a classically trained oratorio soloist, a scholar of the traditional folk songs of New England, a Christian poet and storyteller, and an admirer of a good song well sung, Jack has woven together an album of simply set and shining gems. His selections lead the listener on a journey from the craggy shores and enchanted rivers of the British Isles to the beckoning forests and mountain ranges of America, from the soul-stirring poetry of the classic hymns to the truth-seeking scratches of his own pen.
The album’s title is a nod to the words of Christ from Matthew 12:50: “For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.” Family is both a theme throughout the album and the backbone without which these recordings wouldn’t exist.
“These songs have been germinating in me for years,” writes Jack in the liner notes of the album, “decades in some cases—but it is the environment of home, where family surrounds and supports me, that has allowed the songs to flourish. They’ve grown from the fertile soil of family values, the diligent watering and weeding of practice and critique, and the warm light of Christ. And here they are, picked and washed and ready for you to enjoy. God bless you, my brother, my sister, my kin!”
“My Brother, My Sister, My Kin” is available on streaming platforms including Spotify and YouTube, and CDs will be available for sale at the concert.
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When: Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 4:00pm
Where: Ward Hill Church of Christ the King, 63 L Street, Ward Hill (Haverhill), MA
Run time: approx. 75 minutes
Free, All Are Welcome
CDs will be for sale, and freewill donations will be gratefully accepted for Ward Hill Church’s window restoration fund.
Sponsored by DesBois Tutoring & Enrichment, a family-run academic tutoring and educational enrichment service based in Topsfield, MA.
jackdesbois.com ~ desboistutoring.org ~ wardhillchurch.wordpress.com

Rocky Neck Art Colony Member Showcase
2025-11-16 12:00 - 17:00 | The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, M, 01930, United States
Member Showcase is Rocky Neck Art Colony’s final exhibition of the season featuring seven distinctive bodies of work by RNAC members – John Bassett, Michelle Champion, Eser Costanza, Joanne Hurd, Patricia Scialo, Brian Murphy, R. D. Murphy – selected by juror Shana Dumont Garr. This is exhibit is on display at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck through December 7. Gallery hours are Friday to Sunday, from 12pm to 5pm.
Dumont Garr selected works that “possess remarkable vibrancy of color, composition, and method. Some of this vibrancy emerges through palette and medium; others through a sense of whimsy or the handmade.” This exhibition celebrates artistic excellence and innovation across a wide range of media and subjects. By featuring more work from fewer artists, Member Showcase invites viewers to engage more deeply with each artist’s vision and process.

New England Craft & Specialty Food Fair
2025-11-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Topsfield Fair, 207 Boston Street, Topsfield, MA, 01983, United States
Discover Handmade Treasures and Gourmet Delights at the 29th Annual New England Craft & Specialty Food Fair
Start your holiday season with a vibrant celebration of craftsmanship and gourmet flavors at the New England Craft & Specialty Food Fair! Held at the Topsfield Fairgrounds Indoor Arena on November 14, 15 & 16, this eagerly awaited event brings together an exceptional collection of handcrafted artistry and specialty foods, all in one festive setting.
Shop Unique & Handmade
Browse over 225 booths featuring one-of-a-kind creations, from wooden floral arrangements and whimsical toys to fused glass ornaments, classic board games, and stylish children’s clothing. Whether you’re searching for the perfect holiday gift or a special piece for yourself, you’ll find something truly unique.
Indulge in Specialty Foods
Savor the flavors of the season with an array of gourmet delights. Enjoy buttery shortbread cookies, rich chocolate toffee, British-inspired desserts, infused oils, jams, superfood snacks, and more. Don’t miss the chance to sample and stock up on these delicious, locally crafted specialties!
Relax & Recharge
Take a break at the Arena Snack Bar, offering fresh chili dogs and pizza—a perfect pick-me-up as you explore.
Event Details:
Location: Topsfield Fairgrounds Arena, 207 Boston Street, Topsfield, MA 01983
Directions: Take Exit 70 from Route 95 onto Route 1
Show Hours:
Friday: 10 AM – 5 PM
Saturday: 10 AM – 5 PM
Sunday: 10 AM – 4 PM
Admission:
Adults: $12.00 (valid all weekend!)
Children under 14: Free
Discount coupons available online
Parking & Accessibility:
Free parking
Indoor event – Rain or shine
Please note: The turf flooring at this location may be challenging for carts and wheelchairs.
For exhibitor details, admission coupon and event updates, visit:
CastleberryFairs.com
Join us for a weekend of shopping, sampling, and seasonal cheer at the New England Craft & Specialty Food Fair—where craftsmanship meets culinary delight!

Self-Guided Fall Orchard Walk at Cider Hill Farm
2025-11-16 08:00 - 14:00 | Cider Hill Farm, 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, M, 01913, United States
Bundle up and get out amongst the farm’s 10,000 fruit trees. Enjoy the fresh air and views as you walk through the orchards. Open Saturdays and Sundays 8 a.m. – 2 p.m from Saturday 11/1 – Sunday 11/30. FREE. No registration required. Closed weekdays and weekend afternoons. We want you to have a beautiful space to come and be! Area closures possible.
The farm store is open daily 8 am – 6 pm through December 14.

Once An Outlaw with The Peacheaters
2025-11-15 20:00 - 23:00 | The Cut, 177 Main Street , Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Reserved Seating $45 + $6.95 service fee
GA Standing $25 + $6.95 service fee
7:00pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
21+
Once an Outlaw feat/Chris Anderson (formally of the Outlaws) is a powerhouse guitar driven blues/southern rock experience.
Fronted by renown guitarist/vocalist Chris Anderson and supported by an all star line up of musicians Once an Outlaw is a must for any guitar, blues or southern rock fan.
Attendees will hear hits from the Outlaws, Marshall Tucker and Allman Brothers as well as deep cuts for the die hard fan along with originals and blues chestnuts
Rolling Stone gave his album Old Friend 5 stars..
Find out what fans have been raving about…. Once an Outlaw isn’t a tribute act but a true legacy act..
OaO has a revolving cast of members who still join the band on occasion
Chris Hicks (Marshall Tucker/Outlaws)
Harvey Dalton Arnold (Outlaws)
David Goldflies (Allman Brothers)
Mike Kach (Dickie Betts Band)
The Peacheaters
The Peacheaters dig deep into the 40 + year catalog of Allman Brothers Band music and deliver an EXPERIENCE like no other. No 2 gigs are ever alike. The Peacheaters make these songs feel as fresh as the first time you heard them.
Fueled by admiration and passion for the music of the ABB, The Peacheaters have been rocking audiences for over 20 years. The Boston Globe, WZLX, Boston’s Classic Rock Radio, and many other media outlets have raved about the authenticity of the band’s performances.
From festivals to concert halls, the band’s success has taken them all over the U.S.—including performances at venues such as Showcase Live, The House of Blues, Daytona’s Bike Week, The Big House in Macon, GA, and B.B. Kings, NYC.
The band’s dedication to this music, and to “hitting the note” every night, has helped them build an loyal and ever-growing fan base. The “Peach” has won multiple “Best Tribute Band” awards, and shared stages with legends such as The Outlaws, Melvin Seals (Jerry Garcia Band), Matt Abts (Gov’t Mule), The Zen Tricksters, and James Montgomery.

The Eagles Experience
2025-11-15 20:00 - 22:00 | Larcom Theatre, 13 Wallis Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
The Eagles Experience aims to be the most authentic tribute show to the Eagles available today. With a one-to-one lineup that reflects the Eagles during their heyday in the late 1970s, the members of the Eagles Experience each emulate their respective “Eagle”, playing the correct instrument and singing the songs as sung by their protege. Every member of the Eagles Experience is dedicated to presenting their part as accurately as possible and will provide you with an ultimate “Eagles Experience” you will not soon forget.
This tribute band only plays songs written and recorded by the Eagles as a band, from their biggest hits to hidden gems.
Thelarcom.org/eagles
