Art - Marblehead Current

19 Aug

Johnny Ray to lead new Swampscott waterfront restaurant, entertainment venue

Leigh BlanderArt, Culture, Entertainment, Top Stories

A Marblehead restaurateur is taking his experience in restaurants and entertainment across the town line to help launch a new waterfront destination in Swampscott. Johnny Ray, owner of The Beacon in Marblehead and co-owner of Johnny Ray’s Music Emporium, is leading the operation of the new Swampscott Center for the Performing Arts at the town-owned Hawthorne By The Sea property. Ray is partnering on the project with Richard Messinger, his business partner at Johnny Ray’s Music Emporium. The center is expected to open by Labor…

19 Aug

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up

Leigh BlanderAbbot Public Library, Art, Culture, Entertainment, Local History, Recreation, Theater, Top Stories

Current Events spotlights exciting happenings in the coming week. If you’d like to contribute a listing, please email the Current at info@marbleheadnews.org. Adult Craft NightThursday, Aug. 21, 7-9 p.m.Join Slime Time Studios MHD for Adult Craft Night, 10 Spring St. Come with friends, make new friends and go home with a beautiful craft that you create. For their first Adult Craft Night you will be making beautiful pressed-flower frames while we chat and have a good time! Feel free to BYOB. Tickets are $35.…

17 Aug

Town’s first Art Crawl opens artists’ studios to the community

Marielle SabbagArt, Culture, Nonprofit corner, Top Stories

Marblehead artists opened their studios to the public Sunday, inviting residents and visitors to step inside their creative spaces for the town’s first-ever community-wide Art Crawl & Open Studios event. The idea was inspired by Marblehead Arts Association Director Xhazzie Kindle, who experienced a similar art crawl while on a trip to London. People check out the art at Arnould Gallery and Framery during Marblehead's inaugural Art Crawl & Open Studios event. CURRENT PHOTOS / MARIELLE SABBAG As organizers developed the event, Amy Hourihan said…

12 Aug

Marblehead Museum to open gate to trove of local treasures

Marielle SabbagArt, Top Stories

Attention shoppers! A treasure trove of vintage, antique and collectible items will be on sale at the seventh annual Marblehead Museum Treasure Sale on Saturday, Aug. 22. “The Treasure Sale is as much an exhibit of Marbleheaders’ passions as it is a yard sale to benefit the museum,” said the museum’s associate director, Jarrett Zeman. This year, items include Victorian-style library stairs, vintage radios and a vintage luggage set from Sak’s Fifth Avenue. Also, a small four-poster bed, antique Lustreware, early Native American jewelry and…

11 Aug

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets

Leigh BlanderAbbot Public Library, Art, Community Resources, Culture, Entertainment, Environment, Recreation, Top Stories

Current Events spotlights exciting happenings in the coming week. If you’d like to contribute a listing, please email the Current at info@marbleheadnews.org. Road to Independence walking tourThursday, Aug. 12, 4-5 p.m. This walking tour with Marblehead Museum features the history of Marblehead in the early 1770s, highlighting the town’s pivotal role in such famous events as the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill and the resistance to British taxes. The tour will also explore attacks on local Loyalists, and the contradiction of Marbleheaders…

10 Aug

Town native brings home film, conversation about misinformation

Leigh BlanderArt, Education, Politics, Top Stories

For Andrew Korzenik, bringing his latest film project to the North Shore feels like a full-circle moment. The Marblehead native, now an award-winning filmmaker based in Chicago, spent his childhood performing in local theater productions, attending Rebel Shakespeare camp and developing a love of storytelling in Marblehead Public Schools. This month, he's returning home — not simply to screen a film but to start what he hopes will become an important community conversation. : Marblehead native Andrew Korzenik, center, directs the short film, “Sprinkles.” He…

07 Aug

Marblehead’s first art crawl invites you inside creators’ studios

Leigh BlanderArt, Business, Culture, Top Stories

Marblehead's creative community will throw open its doors for the town's first Art Crawl & Open Studios on Sunday, Aug. 16, giving residents a chance to step inside artists' workspaces, discover hidden creative corners and meet the people behind the art. The free event, hosted by the Marblehead Arts Association, runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and features more than 30 artists at studios throughout town. Visitors can follow a self-guided map, stopping to watch artists at work, learn about their creative process and…

05 Aug

Local writer’s debut novel spotlights neurodivergent heroine

Grey CollinsArt, Top Stories

Marblehead writer Jennifer Rizzo is set to release her debut historical novel, "Uprising," on Sept. 1, blending her love of medieval history with her experiences raising two neurodivergent children. The story follows a 22-year-old woman whose heightened sensory abilities help her navigate England's 14th-century Peasants' Revolt. Rizzo had written extensively as a freelance journalist, and she eventually decided to tell stories through historical fiction, a genre she has always loved. She began writing the novel in 2023, while also juggling a full-time job in human…

05 Aug

MHS student actor takes the stage in Greater Boston Stage Company festival

Leigh BlanderArt, Local News, Theater

Marblehead High School student actor Ronan McKiernan will take the stage this month with the Greater Boston Stage Company, appearing as Wes Warnicker in “Footloose: The Musical.” The production is part of Greater Boston Stage Company’s Summer Festival 2026, which features five fully staged musicals performed by students in grades four through 12. Running Aug. 6-16, the festival brings together nearly 100 young performers from 22 Greater Boston communities. The students work with professional directors, choreographers, music directors, designers and theater artists to create full-scale…

04 Aug

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up

Leigh BlanderArt, Community Resources, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Recreation, Theater, Top Stories

Current Events spotlights exciting happenings in the coming week. If you’d like to contribute a listing, please email the Current at info@marbleheadnews.org. Slavery to Freedom walking tourThursday, Aug. 6, 4 p.m. Join Jarrett Zeman from Marblehead Museum for a walking tour on the history of slavery and the abolition movement in Marblehead. You’ll see local sites where enslaved people worked and lived, and where white abolitionists fought for freedom from the pulpit, ballot box and Underground Railroad. Tickets are $15.90 for the general public. Go…