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

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 through July 8 and raise funds to support the Festival events and scholarships. RSVP at codauction@marbleheadfestival.org. Classical concertSaturday, June 3, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, June 4, at 2 p.m. Classical pianist Daniel Adam Maltz ret...
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Current Events: Marblehead’s Best Bets May 24-31

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.    Hayley Reardon performs in Marblehead on Friday. Hayley Reardon ConcertMay 26, 7:30 p.m.Marblehead’s own Hayley Reardon, a critically-acclaimed folk pop artist, will perform a Homegrown House Concert on Friday, May 26, in town. The show will be held in a living room or outside if the weather cooperates. There is space for up to 35 people. There’s a suggested donation of $20 per person.  For details and location, visit loom.ly/zF2ki0s. MHS Spring Art ShowThrough June 2 Marblehead High School has launched its annual spring art exhibit at Abbot Hall. The...
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‘The Great Gatsby’ becoming a Marblehead Little Theatre musical

When it comes to writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, Doug Hill jokes half-seriously that he is “somewhat obsessed.” The past president of Marblehead Little Theatre considers himself something of an aficionado of the American novelist whose books and short stories examined and celebrated the exuberance and dissipation of the Jazz Age. So when Hill’s friend, Fred Anthony Marco, presented him with a script last spring transforming “The Great Gatsby” into a musical, something which had never been done before, Hill’s expectations were somewhat subdued, to say the least. After all, the novel has been adapted four times—and counting—into big-budget films including Robert Redford and Mia Farrow’s 1974 version and most recently Leonardo DiCaprio’s take in 2013. What more could be said about this iconic...
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Calling all writers: Revived Literary Festival taking submissions

The Marblehead Festival of Arts is bringing back its Literary Festival, originally known as Writers World, for the first time since 2019. The Festival’s writing contest is also returning, along with several speakers, panels and workshops. The Marblehead Current is a presenting media sponsor of the MFoA. “Despite the limited resources and a small, all-volunteer committee, Marblehead's Literary Festival can stand with the best of them in terms of programming and quality of speakers — all at no cost to attendees,” said Margo Steiner, who has been involved with the Festival since 1980. “We may not be the largest such festival in the country, but we like to think that our annual celebration of writers, readers and all things literary speaks to many within the community and beyond who st...
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CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets May 17-24

Welcome to our new feature, Current Events, spotlighting 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.    Go behind the scenes with ‘Gatsby’May 17, 6:30 p.m. In conjunction with Marblehead Little Theatre’s world premiere of “The Great Gatsby: An American Musical,” which premieres June 23, Abbot Library will host a lively discussion with two of the show’s creators: Fred Anthony Marco and Doug Hill, both of Marblehead. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” has long been considered one of America’s great novels. Come learn about the artistic process of turning a literary classic into a new, original musical. Learn more at abbotlib...
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BEST BETS: Marblehead events & happenings, May 10-17

Welcome to the Marblehead Current’s new feature, Best Bets, spotlighting exciting events and happenings in the coming week.  If you want to contribute a listing, please email lblander@marbleheadnews.org.    Spring Celebration Presented by Discover Marblehead and the Chamber of Commerce, the Spring Celebration on Saturday, May 13, will feature local artisans, stores and restaurants in locations around town. There will be live music, games and more. For the full schedule of events and locations, click HERE. Film Festival The JCC of the North Shore’s Jewish Film Festival is screening four movies this week: “Matchmaking” on May 10 at 7 p.m.; “Farewell Mr. Hoffman'' on May 12 at 1 p.m.; “Our Story” on May 13 at 6 :30 p.m. and “Lost Transport” on May 16 at 1 ...
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Marblehead’s Sansone hopes to help cook up some confidence in fellow moms

Marblehead resident Maria Sansone comes into homes four mornings a week over the traditional TV airwaves as the host of “The Hub Today” and “Mom2Mom” on NBC-10 Boston, the latter also an Edward R. Murrow Award-winning podcast. But she has her social media following to thank for her latest project. About five or six years ago, when her son was very small, she turned a camera on as she was making dinner and broadcast it out over Facebook Live and Instagram. “And the rest is kind of history,” she says. The impromptu low-tech cooking show developed a following, especially once Sansone began to introduce sidekicks, the “colorful characters that are my family.” NBC-10 television host Maria Sansone of Marblehead has turned her digital cooking series into a new cookbook. COURTESY P...
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Marblehead High School senior carnival draws families, teenagers

Over the sunny and warm weekend, the Devereux Beach Carnival attracted families and teenagers. The event is a fundraiser for the Marblehead High School junior class. People enjoyed a variety of rides, games and food. Marblehead Current photographer Nicole Goodhue Boyd was on hand to capture the time-honored tradition Sunday. Sarah Same and her daughter Hayden, 5, on the Moby Dick ride at the Devereux Beach Carnival May 7. CURRENT PHOTOS BY NICOLE GOODHUE BOYD People enjoy the annual Devereux Beach Carnival sponsored by the Marblehead High School junior class on Sunday, May 7. Twins Julia and Emma Gjinaj are all smiles after winning a prize at the Devereux Beach Carnival on May 7. Leo Baletsa, 6, waves to his parents during the annual Devereux Beach carnavil on May 7. Tay...
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MHS teacher joins wife to perform on Shakespeare’s birthday

“All the world’s a stage and all the men and women are merely players,” William Shakespeare reflected in “As You Like It” and on April 22, Marblehead High School teacher Bryan Butters and his wife, Julie, transformed Swampscott Library into a stage to salute the bard’s 459th birthday. Julie and Bryan Butters perform Shakespeare to celebrate the bard’s birthday. COURTESY PHOTO The program kicked off with a lively and engaging talk delivered by Julie Butters, an actor, writer and authority on Shakespeare who co-chaired Harvard University’s Hyperion Shakespeare Company. Butters, who also works as an aide at Swampscott Library, spoke about Shakespeare’s life and times and the forces that shaped him as a playwright and poet. Her talk explored the daring women, villains and themes of cros...
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MHS history teacher joins wife to celebrate Shakespeare’s 459th birthday

“All the world’s a stage and all the men and women are merely players,” William Shakespeare reflected in “As You Like It” and on April 22, Marblehead High School teacher Bryan Butters and his wife, Julie, transformed Swampscott Library into a stage to salute the bard’s 459th birthday. Julie and Bryan Butters perform Shakespeare to celebrate the Bard’s birthday. The program kicked off with a lively and engaging talk delivered by Julie Butters, an actor, writer and authority on Shakespeare who co-chaired Harvard University’s Hyperion Shakespeare Company. Butters, who also works as an aide at Swampscott Library, spoke about Shakespeare’s life and times and the forces that shaped him as a playwright and poet. Her talk explored the daring women, villains and themes of cross-dressing whic...
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