Weekly Buzz is a regular feature of special events and happenings on the North Shore. If you have an upcoming special event, project, or initiative that you’d like to see featured here. Send our editor an email at joeyphoenix@creativecollectivema.com  What: Winter Wonderland Character Ball at Salem’s Old Town Hall to benefit Carlton Elementary SchoolWhere: Old Town Hall, Salem, MAWhen: Saturday

By Joey Phoenix When an artist chooses to point her camera at a person, a conversation begins. The conversation isn’t just about how photographic technique and the effect of light captures appearance but instead encapsulates the perspective of the photographer and the reality of the human being who is being photographed. Sometimes that conversation is removed from its source material,

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Weekly Buzz is a regular feature of special events and happenings on the North Shore. If you have an upcoming special event, project, or initiative that you’d like to see featured here. Send our editor an email at joeyphoenix@creativecollectivema.com  What: HamletWhere: Peabody’s Black Box Theatre, Peabody MAWhen: February 1&2, 8&9 at 7:30 PM, February 3 Matinee at 2:00 PMRuntime: 2

It’s happened to almost every one of us. We get to Karaoke and know we want to sing something, but we have no idea WHAT to sing. Although the options are limitless, and Soulo Productionz always has exhaustive lists on hand of the possibilities, they’ve also supplied Creative North Shore with a handy list, in no particular order, of the

The Arts and Culture Advocacy Series features voices in the community who are actively working to promote arts and culture as an essential and valuable part of business, community, and daily life.  Tell us a bit about yourself and what role you play in the creative community? Currently, I am working with the Essex County Community Foundation managing a two-year

Welcome to the Blue Economy: An Introduction and Discussion Tom Balf, OceanVest, LLC Ken Riehl, CEO, Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Katie Kahl, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst Gloucester Marine Station Gloucester, MA – Join us in a conversation about the “Blue Economy” defined by the World Bank as “the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods

Weekly Buzz is a regular feature of special events and happenings on the North Shore. If you have an upcoming special event, project, or initiative that you’d like to see featured here. Send our editor an email at joeyphoenix@creativecollectivema.com  North Shore Music Theatre’s Director of Education Lloyd Woodcock tells Creative North Shore about upcoming classes and workshops coming to NSMT

Jessica Manganello IG @NewLeafLegalfacebook.com/newleaflegal In your words… Tell us about your organization, business, initiative. New Leaf Legal is a boutique law firm that specializes in business and intellectual property law services for startups, small businesses, entrepreneurs, and creatives. From corporations to solo ventures, we help businesses with their daily legal needs, often functioning as outside in-house counsel. How can we

In this installment of Collective Conversations with Paige we sit with Deanna Jacome of Shady Tree Maker in her Art Studio and Healing Space in Beverly, MA to discuss what it is like for her as a full-time independent artist, small business owner, and how she navigates it all. Making connections and growing within the Creative Collective, we learn that