Current Events spotlights exciting happenings in the coming days. If you’d like to contribute a listing, please email Current Editor Leigh Blander at lblander@marbleheadnews.org.
Motifs reception
Thursday, Aug. 29, 5-7 p.m.
This is the last event at the ARTI Gallery, so come by and celebrate ARTI and the closing of “Motifs,” works by Steve McClure. It’s also the last chance to see the installation “Johnny Appleseed and Fall of the Troy”— otherwise known as the cardboard ship in a room.
There will be light refreshments. Kids are welcome.
After taking over the gallery in July, Steve McClure has decided to change the name to The Willie Shaker Gallery.
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Meet the Marquis de Lafayette
Saturday, Aug. 31, noon
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s tour of the U.S. and his visit to Marblehead and the Jeremiah Lee Mansion, Marblehead Museum will host a gathering in the Lee Mansion Gardens.
A Lafayette reenactor will arrive in a carriage and address the crowd. You can also hear a reenactment of the honors presented to Lafayette by the citizens of Marblehead, and mingle with members of Glover’s Regiment. Refreshments will be served. This program is free. For more information, visit marbleheadmuseum.org.
Jazz concert
Sunday, Sept. 1, 2-4 p.m.
Enjoy an outdoor concert with Allen Chase and jazz impressions of Brazil at 10 Central St. There is shaded seating and chairs are supplied. Donations for musicians are $20-$35 per person. Kids are $10 or free. Leave a note in the mailbox at 10 Central with the number of people in your party, with check or cash. Also, email that you’re attending at margiflint@mac.com.
Secret Revolution Tour
Friday, Sept. 6, 5:30 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 7, 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Judy Anderson will lead a new walking tour in partnership with the Marblehead Museum. The program, titled Jeremiah Lee’s Secret Revolution, will explore Lee’s risky, covert and ultimately fatal activities during a tumultuous year from June 1774 until his death in May 1775.
Rebel American colonists, including Lee, began taking daring and dangerous actions toward their revolutionary separation from England. Any of Lee’s actions could have sent him to prison, or worse. Soon after, the fateful Battle of Lexington and Concord sparked the Revolution and caused his death just three weeks later.
Tickets are $15 per person. Call 781-631-1768 or visit marbleheadmuseum.org.
‘Keep the Art-Beat Strong’
Friday, Sept. 13, 7 p.m.
The Marblehead Arts Association is hosting a fundraiser, “Help Keep the MAA’s Art-Beat Strong.” The evening, at the MAA, 8 Hooper St., will include a performance by the improv comedy troupe, Accidentally on Purpose, along with a silent auction featuring items donated by the Peabody Essex Museum, BLICK Art Materials, Mai Tai Lounge and more. For more info, go to marbleheadarts.org.
