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.
Celebrate Community Champions
Thursday, May 1, doors open at 6 p.m., music starts at 7 p.m.
Join the Marblehead Counseling Center at The Beacon Restaurant to celebrate community spirit, as the MCC recognizes the hard work and generous contributions of local business leaders, coaches, volunteers, friends and neighbors. The MCC will announce its first Amy Saltz Community Champion, Anne Tassel-Todisco of Marblehead. There will be gourmet snacks, live music and dancing, as well as raffle prizes.
Tickets are $75 with proceeds supporting the MCC and its mission to provide affordable, quality mental health care and social services to Marblehead and surrounding towns. https://loom.ly/ZpQd4rw
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The art of bookmaking and zines
Thursday, May 1, 3:45-5:30 p.m.
Students in grades 5-6, come learn how to create your own books and zines in this new workshop at the Abbot Library. For the first session, the class will make zines and a box to house them. These structures can also enclose sketches, diaries, comics and other little books you create. The class will also cover other methods to create books from the basic zine structure. The second session will focus on books made by folding. The group will make origami boxes and two different types of books to fit inside: accordion and star book. Space is limited to 12. Online registration is required at abbotlibrary.org
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‘Imagine a Dragon’
Weekend of May 2-4
The dragon is back in town! Well, not really. That’s the story a ragtag band of innkeepers makes up, desperate to draw questing heroes to the struggling Dancing Dragon Inn, in the Marblehead Little Theatre’s children’s spring musical. Soon, the inn is full of unexpected guests, from an army of princesses out to prove their bravery to a group of overwhelmed heroes trying to hold onto their fame. But what happens if they all discover the innkeepers’ dragon story is made up? An epic folk-rock score brings magic to this funny, heartfelt fantasy musical. Tickets at mltlive.org.
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Heather Maloney at Me & Thee
Friday, May 2, at 8 p.m.
Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter Heather Maloney headlines at the Me&Thee. Maloney found music in the midst of three years at a meditation center, honing a sound moored in days of silent reflection and reverence for storytellers like Joni, Rilke, Ken Burns and the anonymous authors of Zen parables. While she eventually traded the quiet, structured life of a yogi for the kinetic life of a touring musician, the core of her songwriting has remained centered around the same curiosity about our inner world and the desire to articulate it through storytelling. Tickets at meandthee.org.
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Rally for Mental Wellness Pickleball Tournament
Saturday, May 3, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
The Rally for Mental Wellness Pickleball Tournament benefiting Marblehead Counseling Center will be held at Veterans Middle School. All skill levels are welcome, with 90-minute playtime guaranteed. Morning and afternoon sessions are available. Register at https://loom.ly/bPBfCS8.
Little Explorers playgroup
Sunday, May 4, 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
The Epstein Hillel School will host the last of its monthly Sunday morning open-play events for children ages 2-5 years. This week’s theme is “Spring’s in Swing.” The morning will feature arts and crafts, sensory play, stories and coffee and snacks for parents. It is free and open to the community. RSVP to rkaren@epsteinhillel.org. EHS is located at 6 Community Road.
Editor Leigh Blander is an experienced TV, radio and print journalist.
