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For Brook, road to Grammy-winning songwriting career began in music-filled Marblehead home
14 Jun

For Brook, road to Grammy-winning songwriting career began in music-filled Marblehead home

Kris Olson0 CommentsArt, Culture, Local News, Top Stories, Uncategorized
Growing up in a house filled with music doesn’t always lead to a Grammy Award-winning songwriting career, but for Marblehead native David Brook that’s exactly what happened. Brook's career has taken him to New York City and his current home of Los Angeles where he has written songs for Eminem, One Republic, Charlie Puth, Keith Urban and more, some of which earned Grammy and platinum-selling status. “My mom played music for me at a really young age,” he recalled, adding his mom and father, Bob,…
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Lights, camera, climate change
07 Jun

Lights, camera, climate change

Leigh Blander0 CommentsArt, Community Resources, Environment, Local News, Nonprofit corner, Science, Top Stories
It can be hard to get motivated about a threat when the consequences don’t seem real or, when it comes to climate change, read a bit like a Jake Gyllenhaal sci-fi movie. But Marblehead residents John Livermore and Kelley O’Malley are aiming to change that by bringing the urgency of the issue home to Marblehead and the world with The Moviement Project.The pair, with an assist from daughter, Alix Livermore, has written a screenplay that “will vividly illustrate both the personal and societal consequences of…
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GALLERY WALK: Soon-to-be grads show off senior projects
07 Jun

GALLERY WALK: Soon-to-be grads show off senior projects

Leigh Blander0 CommentsArt, Business, Community Resources, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Local News, Marblehead Public Schools, Public safety, Top Stories
Marblehead High School’s annual senior projects Gallery Walk attracted a big crowd on June 2, as 180 students displayed and discussed the independent work they have been doing for the last six weeks. Students and parents join the MHS Gallery Walk on June 2 to learn about the Class of 2023 senior projects. COURTESY PHOTOS Each year, MHS encourages seniors to spend their last quarter outside of school, planning and executing individual projects. “It was an outstanding showing,” said MHS teacher Andrew Scoglio, who advised…
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CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets, June 7-14
06 Jun

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets, June 7-14

Leigh Blander0 CommentsArt, Business, Community Resources, Culture, Entertainment, Life Style, Local News, Nonprofit corner, Recreation, Top Stories
Current Events spotlights exciting happenings in the coming week. If you’d like to contribute a listing, please email Current associate editor/senior reporter Leigh Blander at lblander@marbleheadnews.org.    On your mark, get set, shopSaturday, June 10The Marblehead Chamber of Commerce is launching its townwide sidewalk sale. Retailers along Atlantic Avenue, Pleasant Street and around the historic district will offer sales and discounts.  Juneteenth celebrationWednesday, June 14, 4:30 p.m. Join the town of Marblehead and North Shore Juneteenth Association for a Juneteenth ceremony at Abbot Hall. There will…
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Festival of Arts: Local artists launch Cods & Whales auction at Abbot Hall
03 Jun

Festival of Arts: Local artists launch Cods & Whales auction at Abbot Hall

Leigh Blander0 CommentsArt, Community Resources, Culture, Local News, Nonprofit corner, Top Stories
Hundreds of people packed Abbot Hall for the kick-off of the Marblehead Festival of Arts’ Cods & Whales auction on June 2. Nearly 60 local artists decorated one-of-a-kind wooden cods and — new this year — plastic whales to be displayed in local retailers and auctioned off. The cods measure 18 inches by 7 inches, and the whales are much larger at 55 inches by 15 inches.  Artist Stephanie Krauss Verdun, standing with her daughter Hannah, shows off her painted whale. CURRENT PHOTOS / LEIGH…
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MHS Culture Feast a big hit, students produce video of event
01 Jun

MHS Culture Feast a big hit, students produce video of event

Leigh Blander0 CommentsArt, Community Resources, Culture, Education, Local News, Marblehead Public Schools, Top Stories
More than 150 students, families and residents came out for Marblehead High School's annual Culture Feast on May 19, organized by the METCO program. The night featured several live performances by students, as well as Kenyan singer, writer and activist Wangari Fahari. There was food from around the world, including food trucks Jamaica Mi Hungry, Bon Me and Cookie Monstah. MHS student Tamia Johnson produced a video piece about the evening. Her sister Tamya provided the voiceover. Students Piper Morgan and Alex Hersey recorded the…
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Current Events: Marblehead’s best bets May 31-June 7
31 May

Current Events: Marblehead’s best bets May 31-June 7

Leigh Blander0 CommentsArt, Community Resources, Culture, Entertainment, Life Style, Local News, Top Stories
Current Events spotlights exciting happenings in the coming week. If you’d like to contribute a listing, please email Current associate editor/senior reporter Leigh Blander at lblander@marbleheadnews.org.    Cod & Whale unveiling partyFriday, June 2, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Join the Marblehead Festival of Arts Board and the artists behind this year’s Festival of Cod and Whales on the lawn at Abbot Hall for a launch party. Get the first look at these pieces and raise a glass to kick-off the online auction, which will be live…
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Tradition: Epstein Hillel students hit all the right notes in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
31 May

Tradition: Epstein Hillel students hit all the right notes in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

Leigh Blander0 CommentsArt, Education, Local News, Religion
Epstein Hillel School’s upper school performed three sold-out shows of “Fiddler on the Roof” recently at Marblehead Little Theatre. Under the direction of EHS teachers Leslie Smith-Rosen and Ori Baruch, every student in fifth through eighth grade participated in the play: as actors on stage, assistant directors or as part of the stage crew.   Lily West (left) as Tzeitel, Leah Bruner (middle) as Chava, and Naya Bodner (right) as Hodel in 'Fiddler on the Roof' COURTESY PHOTOS  Epstein Hillel students perform ‘Fiddler on the Roof’…
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Spring ‘Paint-Out’ attracts artists from around New England
31 May

Spring ‘Paint-Out’ attracts artists from around New England

Will Dowd0 CommentsArt, Culture, Top Stories
As the late May sun set over Marblehead Harbor recently, the Arnould Gallery’s cozy second floor on Washington Street was packed with artists, their friends and family, and aficionados from the community gingerly making their way around newly-hung, still-wet canvases, the fruit of three days of plein air painting by the Arnould Gallery Plein Air Painters. Plein air painting (from the French for “in the open air”) is the practice of painting in nature, getting outside of one’s studio and working with natural light. It…
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MHS alum to premiere political thriller at Warwick during reunion
30 May

MHS alum to premiere political thriller at Warwick during reunion

Leigh Blander0 CommentsArt, Culture, Education, Local News, Marblehead Public Schools, Politics, Top Stories
Coming home for your 50th high school reunion can be a little intimidating. Less so for Greg Newberry, who will be premiering a film he wrote, produced and directed at the Warwick Cinema the same weekend as his Marblehead High reunion. A poster for Greg Newberry's movie. It will premiere at the Warwick on June 3. COURTESY PHOTOS The Warwick will screen “Who is Amos Otis?” on Saturday, June 3, at 1 p.m., followed by a Q&A with Newberry. Newberry now lives in Cincinnati where…
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