Fish City Studios is launching its second annual MARITIME exhibition, a bold, immersive celebration of Gloucester’s coastal identity through the lens of outsider and experimental art. The …
For lovers of horticulture, design, and New England charm, early summer here on Cape Ann is bringing a double treat. Over the next two weekends, two of the region’s most popular garden tours—one …
On the morning of June 17, 1775, smoke curled above the hills of Charlestown. Red-coated British regulars stood in ranks across the Charles River, on what is now Boston’s North End …
It’s hard to believe, but this year marks 25 years since the release of The Perfect Storm —the Oscar-nominated film based on Sebastian Junger’s bestselling account of the 1991 …
The Gloucester Stage Company kicks off its 2025 season in June with a bold and poetic staging of The Glass Menagerie , Tennessee Williams’ classic memory play that captures the heartbreak and …
That beloved local tradition is back. Art in the Barn, Essex County Greenbelt’s annual juried art sale and fundraiser, returns Friday and Saturday, June 13–14, at the Cox Reservation in …
The seemingly endless rain broke just in time to let the dashing, the sparkly, and the perfectly elegant juniors and seniors of MERHS shine as they partook in the traditional pre-prom photo shoot at …
The Class of 2025 at Manchester Essex Regional High School celebrated a joyous Commencement Ceremony last Friday. Those who’ve watched this class grow have seen an outsized sense of camaraderie, …
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll chose Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum to make history when they named Regie Gibson as the inaugural Poet Laureate of Massachusetts …
Throughout the month of June, Salted Cod Gallery in Gloucester will feature the work of celebrated printmaker Coco Berkman as its guest artist. Based in Gloucester, Berkman is known for her bold …
Photographer David Kasabian has been curated into the Jane Deering Gallery’s “We The People” fundraising exhibit which as of May 27 can still be viewed within the …
The Mercury Gallery in downtown Rockport is showing the works of artist Michael McKinnell (1935-2020), who delighted in framing the essence of a scene into his unique style and outlook. Quarry's Edge …
Rockport’s Spiran Lodge will once again celebrate the summer solstice in Nordic style with its annual Mid-Sommar Festival on Saturday, June 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside the lodge at the …
Tucked into the tall grasses of the Great Marsh, hidden in nests built atop small mounds of sediment, lives the saltmarsh sparrow. These elusive birds, which live their entire lives in the …
Y oung musicians across Cape Ann and beyond are invited to audition for the Northeast Massachusetts Youth Orchestras (NMYO) as the organization prepares for its 2025–2026 concert season. …
North Shore Pride, Inc, in Partnership with the Cape Ann Symphony will present A Night of North Shore Pride, Song & Celebration of Pride Month. North Shore Pride partners for this event with …
Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester—long known for preserving and celebrating the region’s maritime and fishing culture—is preparing for a major transformation that, in turn, will …
In the heart of Beverly Farms, Chapman’s has quietly remained a family-run flower shop that has—apologies—blossomed for more than a century. And, for more than half that …
For those who’ve spent a Fourth of July in Manchester in the past half-century, the chances are awfully good they’ve seen Scott Milne gliding down the parade route on his antique bicycle, …
Springtime is what most mushroom hunters look forward to. It is not due to the abundance of wild edibles, but simply because of a sort of “mushroom cabin fever.” People are …