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CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up
15 Sep

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up

Leigh BlanderArt, Culture, Entertainment, Environment, 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.   Find Your Climate Action with Vienna TengFriday, Sept. 18, 4-5 p.mReady to take action on climate change but aren’t sure where to start? Join Sustainable Marblehead for a workshop to discover climate actions that fit your life, interests and priorities. Singer-songwriter Vienna Teng hosts interactive climate action workshops while on tour to help fans connect their personal lives and priorities with meaningful…
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CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up
08 Sep

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up

Leigh BlanderArt, Community Resources, Culture, Nonprofit corner, 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.  Sit for PeaceThursday, Sept. 10, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Following the community’s well-attended Walk for Peace this past May, Volunteers for Peace are inviting residents to gather once again — this time in stillness — for a Sit for Peace at Devereux Beach.  Spirit of '76 Patriot 5K RunSaturday, Sept. 12, 9 a.m. Come one come all and walk/run/ruck to raise money and awareness for…
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CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up
02 Sep

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up

Leigh BlanderArt, Culture, Entertainment, 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. End-of-summer luau ****CANCELED****Saturday, Sept. 5, 4 p.m. to close The Beacon is hosting one last summer party — and it’s a luau. Listen to a double feature of live steel drum music and the band World Premiere. 123 Pleasant St.  Live jazzSunday, Sept. 6, 2-4 p.m.Enjoy live jazz in the garden at 10 Central St. featuring the Rick Dimuzio Trio. Reservations encouraged. $20-$35 per…
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From MLT to Broadway and back: Ari Conte brings ‘The Women We Carry’ 
19 Aug

From MLT to Broadway and back: Ari Conte brings ‘The Women We Carry’ 

Marielle SabbagArt, Culture, Entertainment, Theater, Top Stories
A concert from the past is returning to Marblehead Little Theatre on Friday, Aug. 21. “The Women We Carry” is an original concert reading performed by Ari Conte that explores family, heritage and the women whose stories have become part of her own. Originally from Marblehead, Conte is a theater producer and communications strategist based in New York City. She graduated from Marblehead High School in 2011.  Marblehead native and New York City performer Ari Conte is bringing one of her own productions home to…
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Johnny Ray to lead new Swampscott waterfront restaurant, entertainment venue
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…
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CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up
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.…
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Town’s first Art Crawl opens artists’ studios to the community
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…
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CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets
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…
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Marblehead’s first art crawl invites you inside creators’ studios
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…
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CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up
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…
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