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.
Author talk: Laurie Fullerton at BYC
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 7 p.m.
The Boston Yacht Club hosts Current sailing reporter Laurie Fullerton who will do a short presentation about her new novel, “Side Launch.” Carol Arnold of the BYC says the public is welcome, and she encourages anyone interested in learning more about BYC membership to come. BYC is located at 1 Front St.
“Side Launch” is about a journalist who moves to the fictional Maine town of Clydebank to write for the local paper. She stumbles on a ramshackle shipyard nearby and meets a local, who is trying to build a 70-foot wooden schooner using old shipbuilding techniques and traditions that few remember.
Teen DIY: Geode skulls
Thursday, Oct. 2, 3-4 p.m.
Come create some creepy decor! Make a geode-style skull to display during this spooky season or to enjoy year-round. At Abbot Library, 235 Pleasant St., this program is for middle and high school students. Register at tinyurl.com/geode-skull.
Ellis Paul at Me&Thee
Friday, Oct. 3, 8 p.m.
Fifteen-time Boston Music Award Winner Ellis Paul will be featured at Marblehead’s Me&Thee Music. “Paul is a guitar-carrying reporter who covers the human condition and details the hopes, loves and losses of those he observes,” according to a Me&Thee press release.
Paul has recorded 23 albums to date. For more info and to buy tickets, visit meandthee.org.
Open Mic Night
Friday, Oct. 3, 7-9 p.m.
Join Marblehead Arts Association for its Open Mic Night. Admission is a $10 donation. 8 Hooper St.
Fall Fair
Saturday, Oct. 4, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Join Discover Marblehead and the Marblehead Museum for the sixth annual Fall Fair in the Lee Mansion Gardens. There will be live music, intuitive card readings with Creative Spirit, the Rule of Thirds photo booth, Acorn Gallery students drawing portraits, and artist vendors selling their work. As always, pumpkin decorating kits will be for sale, with proceeds going to Marblehead Food Pantry. The event is rain or shine. Free admission. 161 Washington St.
Marblehead’s Folklore and Tales
Saturday, Oct. 4, 2-3 p.m.
Interested in knowing about Marblehead’s eerie past? Join Peter Muise at Abbot Library as he discusses his research and findings into the folklore of Marblehead. Muise is the author of “Witches and Warlocks of Massachusetts” and “Legends and Lore of the North Shore.”
Evening of Food, Music & Hope at The Landing
Saturday, Oct 4, 6:30 p.m.
Join The Landing Restaurant as it partners with the Ellie Fund, an organization supporting individuals undergoing breast cancer treatment with services like meals, childcare and transportation. Here’s what’s cookin’: Three-course, pre-fixe dinner, which includes a starter, dessert and choice of entrée: Brick chicken, grilled salmon or steak frites. $55.
The band True North will be performing. Ten percent of all food and drink sales will be donated to the Ellie Fund. Make your reservation by calling 781-639-1266.
Historic burial grounds of Marblehead
Thursday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m.
Get into the spooky spirit as historian and Current columnist Pam Peterson leads a talk about her new book, “A Guide to Historic Burial Grounds of Marblehead.” Peterson profiles Marblehead’s 13 cemeteries and the famous ‘Headers buried within them, from John Glover in Old Burial Hill, the Boston Tea Party’s Elisha Story in Green Street Cemetery and Mary Alley in Harborview Cemetery. In-person tickets are $10 for Marblehead Museum members, $15 for non-members. Zoom is also available. More info at marbleheadmuseum.org.
Editor Leigh Blander is an experienced TV, radio and print journalist.
