GALA (Galleries at LynnArts) is happy to announce their early summer show, Blue, curated by Caitlyn Yvonne, and Small Works, curated by Sheila Golden and Stephen Levin, As with past openings, both Blue and Small Works are sure to provide wonderful local art and in keeping with the idea of laughter being the best medicine for the “blues” we will

By Julie Arrison-Bishop, MuseumTastic, Founder Do you remember your first field trip? Where was it? Who were you with? What did you learn? Do you have any sensory memories of the place you experienced? It may not have been my first field trip, but a visit to Storrowtown Village in West Springfield, MA is often what I point to as

🌈 Happy PRIDE! 🌈 At Creative Collective, we are so excited to celebrate LGBTQIA2+ Pride on the North Shore and beyond. Here are some of the great events, flag raisings, festivals, parties, and arts and culture events that you will absolutely want to check out North of Boston this June. Also, we want this roundup to be as full as

Interviewees: Leanne Marrama (she/her) and Timothy Reagan (he/him) In your words… Tell us about your organization, business, initiative. Leanne and Tim created a business with the hopes to build a relationship between the witches and non-witches. They want to work with the magickal community and creative people within Salem to build a bridge so there will be a blending of

2022 is becoming the year of the reunion. Since the first two years of the roaring 2020s were less than roaring, people are excited to get back out there and make art and music. The local punk scene in particular is over the moon that two former mainstays of the Allston punk/hardcore scene are reuniting this May for the first

The Lawrence Arts Collective is pleased to announce the continuation of spring and summer programming. The Collective is a pilot artist-in-residence program supported by the Lawrence Public Library in partnership with 599 Studios, Ateneo Dominicano, El Taller Cafe & Bookstore, Elevated Thought, Essex Art Center, Izizwe Dance Studio, and Merrimack River Watershed Council.  The program matched each organization with an

The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) announces the appointment of Stephanie Hueon Tung as the museum’s new Byrne Family Curator of Photography, a role which oversees one of the nation’s oldest and largest photography collections. Formerly serving as PEM’s Assistant Curator and then Associate Curator with a focus on photography, Tung was instrumental in shepherding the 2020 acquisition of approximately 1,600 photographs by

Commencement for the Montserrat College of Art Class of 2022 will be held Friday, May 20 at 10 at The Cabot Performing Arts Center, 186 Cabot St., Beverly, MA. The college expects to award the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree to 85 graduating seniors during the annual ceremony. The keynote address will be given by artist Samuel Bak, whose work

By Jonathan Kieran Every year it seems like there’s another attempt to lure the large US broadcast audience into a love affair with the Eurovision Song Contest, the annual televised pop music competition that’s been running on the continent since 1951. You may recall Netflix’s Eurovision-themed comedy starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams. NBC’s streaming app Peacock, where the ceremonies

Interviewee: Matthew Eriksen (he/him) In your words… Tell us about your organization, business, initiative. Good Brand Partners is a full-service brand strategy and graphic design studio based in Salem, MA. GBP is on a mission to shape small businesses into mighty good brands—and we’re eager to show you all the good that happens when strategy meets story. Founder and Creative