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The big reveal: Festival of Arts to unveil new logo
18Jan By Leigh BlanderNo Comments
Art, Community resources, Culture, Entertainment, Local News, Nonprofit corner, Recreation

The big reveal: Festival of Arts to unveil new logo

The Marblehead Festival of Arts will unveil its 2024 logo at a premiere party on Tuesday, Jan. 23, beginning at 6 p.m, at The Landing Restaurant. The logo is chosen by popular vote, with people casting their ballots at locations around town over the last several weeks.  “This year's logo competition has been a remarkable journey of creativity and community involvement." said Bill Smalley, co-chair of the Festival's Logo Committee. The public is welcome to enjoy dinner from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. (reservations recommended at 781-639-1266), with the main logo reveal event starting at 7:15 p.m. “As we extend a heartfelt invitation to the entire community for the 2024 logo premiere party, we're also extending an invitation to be part of something truly extraordinary," said Fe...
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CURRENT EVENTS: Check out Marblehead’s best bets
16Jan By Leigh BlanderNo Comments
Art, Community resources, Culture, Entertainment, Environment, Life Style, Local News

CURRENT EVENTS: Check out Marblehead’s best bets

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. Marine Invaders on the MoveWednesday, Jan. 17, 6:45 p.m.-8 p.m. Green crabs and blue crabs and shore crabs, oh my! These crabs, along with colonial tunicates, European oysters and Dead Man’s Fingers, are just a few of the non-native species found in Salem Sound. Join Salem Sound Watch at Abbot Public Library, 3 Brook Rd., to hear about the marine trends over the past 20 years and what new species to watch out for. Available in-person and on Zoom. Learn more at abbotlibrary.org/events/. Community BYO Art/Craft Project NightFriday, Jan. 19, 6 p.m.-7 p.m. Stop by MacRae’s Sustainable Goods for creati...
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Pass the haggis: A treasured Scottish tradition moves to The Landing
11Jan By Leigh BlanderNo Comments
Culture, Entertainment, Local News

Pass the haggis: A treasured Scottish tradition moves to The Landing

Scotland’s favorite January celebration returns to Marblehead with a Burns Night at The Landing restaurant. Robert Burns is Scotland’s national poet and the focus of a literary and culinary celebration in Marblehead on Jan. 18. COURTESY PHOTO : National Gallery of Scotland Robert Burns lived in the late 1700s and is considered the national poet of Scotland. He wrote more than 700 poems and songs, including “Auld Lang Syne.” The first Burns Supper was celebrated in 1801 by Burns’ friends, five years after his death. They’ve been held ever since. Rhod Sharp, who with his wife Vicki started a 10-year tradition of Burns Suppers at Old North Church and then devised and produced “Love Scotland” at Marblehead Little Theatre is now teaming up with his original Burns Supper collaborator, ...
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Me&Thee announces winter season of live music
2Jan By Leigh BlanderNo Comments
Art, Community resources, Culture, Entertainment, Local News, Nonprofit corner

Me&Thee announces winter season of live music

The Me&Thee series kicks off its winter season on Friday, Feb. 2, with the Pan-Latin sounds of Sol Y Canto, the award-winning ensemble led by Puerto Rican/Argentine singer and percussionist Rosi Amador and New Mexican guitarist, singer and composer Brian Amador. Sol Y Canto will perform at Me&Thee on Feb. 2. COURTESY PHOTOS Since 1994, Sol y Canto has brought audiences to their feet from the Kennedy Center to the California World Music Festival, Boston’s Symphony Hall, Puerto Rico’s Museo de Arte and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Heralded by Rolling Stone and Billboard Magazine, Amy Speace’s music has been recorded by Judy Collins and Janis Ian. The season continues on Friday, Feb. 16, with contemporary folk and Americana artist Amy Speace who is traveling to Marbleh...
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MHS students play, dance and scrapbook with seniors at the COA
20Dec By Leigh BlanderNo Comments
Community resources, Entertainment, Local News, Marblehead Public Schools, Nonprofit corner, Top Stories

MHS students play, dance and scrapbook with seniors at the COA

If you happened to be at the Council on Aging on a recent Wednesday, you might have done a double take as you walked by the gym. On one side, a dozen or so teenagers were playing a lively game of chair volleyball with senior citizens, smacking a beach ball back and forth over the net. On the other side of the gym were several more teens dancing in a Zumba class with seniors. Members of the MHS Students & Seniors Club play chair volleyball at the Council on Aging. CURRENT PHOTOS / LEIGH BLANDER “It’s awesome,” COA regular Judith Rotiroti said about having the younger dancers in class. “They add a youthful energy. I had chills most of the class.” Her friend Maggie Smith added, “We need that young blood here.” MHS students join a Zumba class at the COA.   Frances Amato ...
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CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets December 20-31
18Dec By Leigh BlanderNo Comments
Abbot Public Library, Community resources, Entertainment, Local News, Marblehead Public Schools, Recreation, Top Stories

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets December 20-31

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. Holiday concertWednesday, Dec. 20, 3:30 p.m. Join Recreation & Parks and the Village School chorus and sing at this holiday concert at the Marblehead Community Center. The event is free and open to all. Enjoy cocoa, cookies and candy canes. Register at https://loom.ly/s7pJtTs. Make-it, Take-it CraftThursday, Dec. 21, 3:30-4:40 p.m. Looking for a holiday week activity? Bring the kids to the Abbot Library, 3 Brooks Rd., where they can make a craft to bring home. Caregivers must accompany children.  Renewal: A Winter Solstice Gathering and Guided PracticeWednesday, Dec. 20, 7:30-9 p.m...
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Abbot Library’s top movies of 2023
13Dec By Amber SantmanNo Comments
Abbot Public Library, Art, Culture, Entertainment

Abbot Library’s top movies of 2023

Amber Santman, adult media selector at Abbot Public Library, recommends this list of movies. A lifelong resident of Marblehead, she has worked at the library for almost 10 years and is always happy to chat with patrons about all things movies and media. A collage of the most checked-out films of 2023. CURRENT ILLUSTRATION / WILLIAM J. DOWD "Living" This film follows a civil servant in London in the 1950s who searches for meaning after receiving a terminal medical diagnosis. "The Fabelmans" Young Sammy Fabelman falls in love with movies after his parents take him to see "The Greatest Show on Earth." Armed with a camera, Sammy starts to make his films at home, much to the delight of his supportive mother. "A Man Called Otto" Based on the comical and moving New York Tim...
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MHS Headlight: ‘Napolean’ review
10Dec By Benji BoydNo Comments
Entertainment, Headlight, Reviews

MHS Headlight: ‘Napolean’ review

Ridley Scott's “Napoleon” hit theaters last week, and it is already topping global box offices. Thebiopic stars Joaquin Phoenix as the infamous French general, Emperor, and bicorn hat enthusiast,alongside Vanessa Kirby as Josephine Bonaparte. The most famous holder of his name besides Mr. Dynamite, Napoleon Bonaparte is a figure that has captured the world’s imagination for centuries, so it's only right that he finally be honored with his own major motion picture. Already, less than a week in, the reviews are mixed. Time magazine called “Napoleon” a “big,messy pageant." Slate referred to it as a “spectacular mess.” And of course, the French aresneering at us all. It’s unclear whether it was the less-than-heroic depiction of their favorite littleguy or Phoenix’s deadpan American...
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CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets Dec. 6-13
6Dec By Leigh BlanderNo Comments
Abbot Public Library, Community resources, Culture, Entertainment, Local News, Nonprofit corner, Religion, Top Stories

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets Dec. 6-13

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. Community menorah lightingThursday, Dec. 7, 5 p.m. Join a community menorah lighting on the first night of Hanukkah outside National Grand Bank, 91 Pleasant St. There will be songs, blessings and Hanukkah treats. Holiday book saleThursday, Dec. 7, through Saturday, Dec. 9 Treat yourself or shop for others at the Friends of Abbot Public Library holiday book sale. Everything will be discounted at the Sail Away Book Shop. Hardcovers will be $2 and paperbacks $1. 3 Brook Rd. Hours and more at abbotlibrary.org/. Santa PJ story timeFriday, Dec. 8, 4:30 p.m. Bring the kids down to Mud P...
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