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.
Fall Fair
Saturday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Join Discover Marblehead and Marblehead Museum for the fifth annual Fall Fair at the Lee Mansion Gardens, 161 Washington St. Artists will be selling their work, Acorn Gallery students will draw portraits, and Paul Simonelli will perform live music. Mad-Dogz will serve hot dogs, and Bubble Bar Boston and Bent Water will be serving drinks. Rain or shine.
International journalist speaks about girls education
Friday, Oct. 4, 2 p.m.
Join international journalist Asha Jaffar at Abbot Library, 235 Pleasant St., as she shares the powerful story of how her life was transformed by education. Jaffar attended the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy, a free high school that serves 150 girls every year in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. KGSA helps girls who have no other opportunity to continue their studies after eighth grade.
Jaffar’s presentation will include a video, program and Q&A with KGSA Foundation Executive Director Katy Troyer.
Me&Thee Music
Friday, Oct. 4, 8 p.m.
Award-winning Canadian folk duo Scott Cook and Pamela Mae are on a performance trek across the American continent and are heading east toward Marblehead. Cook and May have chosen Me & Thee Music, 28 Mugford St. Cook and Mae perform “optimistic and straightforward songs and stories in the spirit of Woody Guthrie,” according to Me&Thee. For more information and tickets ($28 adults, $10 students), visit meandthee.org.
‘Wayfinding’ art reception
Sunday, Oct. 6, noon
The community is invited to the opening reception for Paula Borsetti’s solo show at the Unitarian Universalist Church’s Stetson Gallery. The exhibit, “Wayfinding,” features abstract, acrylic paintings. Borsetti’s work is a “visual representation of navigating personal journeys, reflecting on the known while allowing a wander into the unknown, a dance between the two,” according to Linda Weltner at the gallery.
Learn the tarot, three-class series
Monday, Oct. 7, 7-8:30 p.m.
Learn the tarot with librarian and third-generation tarot reader Wesley Sueker. This three-session course will introduce you to the structure and meaning of tarot and get you started in reading your own cards. This series doesn’t require any particular set of beliefs, and you are encouraged to build your own connection with cards in whatever way feels right to you. Register at tinyurl.com/Learn-Tarot. Abbot Library, 235 Pleasant St.
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Escape from Salem rock concert
Saturday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m.
Several North Shore bands, including Marblehead’s own Black Helicopter, will play at the Gerry 5 VFA, 210 Beacon St. Doors open at 6 p.m. Event is 18+. Tickets are $15 at the door or online at https://loom.ly/od-KumU.
Pumpkin Illumination
Thursday, Oct. 24, 4-6:30 p.m.
Sign up now for the annual Pumpkin Illumination at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion Garden, 161 Washington St. Entry is free. More info at tinyurl.com/MFFPumpkins.
