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16 Oct

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets

Leigh BlanderAbbot Public Library, Art, Culture, Entertainment, Local News

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. Classical piano concertFriday, Oct. 18, 7 p.m. Classical pianist Daniel Maltz returns to Marblehead for two performances in the Marblehead Arts Association’s King Hooper ballroom, co-hosted by the Marblehead Museum. Maltz is a fortepianist from Vienna, Austria, and he will play the music of Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn on a reproduction 1784 Stein fortepiano. His stop in Marblehead is part of a national concert tour.…

15 Oct

Marblehead celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Will DowdCulture, Education, Local News

Marblehead celebrated its sixth annual Indigenous Peoples' Day on Monday, continuing a tradition that began in 2019 when the town officially replaced Columbus Day observances. The event, held at Abbott Hall, featured storyteller Anne Jennison, who captivated an intergenerational audience for an hour with traditional Native American tales. Jennison, of Abenaki and Wabanaki descent, shared stories that explained natural phenomena through indigenous lore. Anne Jennison is a traditional Native American storyteller and historian of European and Abenaki heritage. She performed inside Abbot Hall on Monday,…

02 Oct

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets

Leigh BlanderArt, Community Resources, Culture, Entertainment, Top Stories

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. Fall FairSaturday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Join Discover Marblehead and Marblehead Museum for the fifth annual Fall Fair at the Lee Mansion Gardens, 161 Washington St. Artists will be selling their work, Acorn Gallery students will draw portraits, and Paul Simonelli will perform live music. Mad-Dogz will serve hot dogs, and Bubble Bar Boston and Bent Water will be serving…

01 Oct

JCC preschoolers welcome in the Jewish new year

Leigh BlanderLocal News, Religion

Preschoolers at the JCC in Marblehead celebrated the Jewish New Year on the playground today. Rosh Hashanah starts Wednesday at sundown. On Tuesday, Temple Emanu-El Rabbi Jenn Mangold spent time with the J’s littlest members, singing songs and blowing the traditional shofar (ram's horn) to welcome in the new year. CURRENT PHOTOS / LEIGH BLANDER

23 Sep

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets

Leigh BlanderArt, Community Resources, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Local History, Nonprofit corner, Recreation, Theater, Top Stories

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. Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and community awards celebrationThursday, Sept. 26, 5:30-8:30 p.m. The Marblehead Chamber of Commerce announces their 72nd annual meeting and 2024 community awards celebration. The event will be held at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead. $65 per person. Join the Chamber to honor the 2024 award recipients – Dave Rodgers, The Harbor Light Inn, Teresa Collins,…

16 Sep

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets

Leigh BlanderAbbot Public Library, Art, Culture, Local News

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. Women powerWednesday, Sept. 18, 7 p.m. Harvard Law School professor Barbara Berenson comes to Marblehead Museum to talk about her book, “Massachusetts in the Women’s Suffrage movement.” Learn how activists from the Boston-based American Women’s Suffrage Association led revolutionary campaigns across the state. Attend in person, 170 Washington St., or on Zoom. Tickets are $10 for museum members, $15 for non-members.…

03 Sep

CURRENT EVENTS:Marblehead’s best bets

Leigh BlanderArt, Culture, Entertainment, Local History, Local News

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. Me&Thee new seasonFriday, Sept. 6, 8 p.m. Me&Thee Music begins its 55th season with renowned singer-songwriter Cheryl Wheeler at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 28 Mugford St. Wheeler, who is kicking off her fall tour in Marblehead, is praised for her voice and story-telling.“Cheryl’s concerts are more like what you would expect to find at a comedy club rather than at a…

01 Sep

Task Force Against Discrimination to celebrate 35th anniversary

Leigh BlanderCulture, Local News

The Marblehead Task Force Against Discrimination will celebrate its 35th anniversary with a weekend of events, including a free movie screening at the Warwick and multicultural dancing at the Community Center. The TFAD was formed in 1989 in response to two incidents of antisemitic graffiti at the Jewish Community Center and Temple Emanu-El. About 2,000 people marched in solidarity against hate of all forms in the community. “Although the task force was founded as a result of an act of antisemitism, the task force is…

27 Aug

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets

Leigh BlanderArt, Culture, Entertainment, Local History, Local News

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. Motifs receptionThursday, Aug. 29, 5-7 p.m. This is the last event at the ARTI Gallery, so come by and celebrate ARTI and the closing of “Motifs,” works by Steve McClure. It’s also the last chance to see the installation “Johnny Appleseed and Fall of the Troy”— otherwise known as the cardboard ship in a room. There will be light refreshments. Kids…

21 Aug

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets

Leigh BlanderArt, Culture, Entertainment, Local History, Top Stories

Summer may be ending, but there is still a lot happening here in Marblehead! 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. Summer concert on the lawnSaturday, Aug. 24, 5 p.m. St. Michael’s Episcopal Church invites you to a concert on its Summer Street lawn in appreciation of community support of our Heavenly Lobster Lunch in July. Enjoy the Arpeggione Ensemble presenting a musical soiree of trio sonatas by …