The Write Space is a monthly Q&A series from Creative Collective covering a local writer and a North Shore space(s) s/he associates with writing.  Questions? Contact: ellorelizabeth@gmail.com. Give us your best writerly bio. Erin Dionne’s latest book for tweens is Lights, Camera, Disaster (Scholastic 2018). She’s the author of 5 other books for young readers, including the 2014 Edgar Award finalist Moxie and the Art

Becoming American: film and discussion seriesHow popular culture absorbs and processes the immigrant experience in the next ‘Community Conversations’ topic at The Gables on May 1 SALEM — Newcomers to this country arrive with a suitcase and a set of expectations derived, in part, from American popular culture. In turn, the very same newcomers make their own mark on America’s

Samantha Gambaccini – Arts After Hours Facebook.com/artsafterhours Twitter.com/artsafterhours Instagram.com/artsafterhours artsafterhours.tix.com In your words… Tell us about your organization, business, initiative. Arts After Hours is Lynn’s community theatre, proudly producing high-quality mainstage productions and youth programming at the Neal Rantoul Black Box Theater in Lynn Arts. Our mission is to engage and transform downtown Lynn through the experience of live theatre.

By Joey Phoenix Formed in 1922, the Marblehead Arts Association is one of the oldest Arts Associations in the United States and is still active and thriving on the North Shore today. It’s made up of members who both create and support art in all of its forms, individuals who are passionate about what they do and about what they

Artopia returns! Join us to celebrate art and dance to the funky sounds of Boston’s Glitter Boys. Dress to impress for our photo booth, experience unexpected dance and music moments in our galleries and help enviro-artist Maia Mattson work on a public art project for 11th annual Salem Arts Festival (June 7-9).

Images by Joey Phoenix for Creative Collective A new exhibit – Pop! Goes the Gables – opened this past Friday night at the House of the Seven Gables. The exhibit explores how Hawthorne’s novel and the 1668 mansion have influenced pop culture over the centuries. Since the museum’s opening visitors have been inspired by the 350-year-old mansion and its illustrious

THE ARTS at SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY Art Discover Danvers Roundtable. April 18. 7 pm.Danvers Historical Society. 13 Page St. Danvers, MA. Students in Salem State’s ART 236 class share their research on everyday objects in the Danvers Historical Society collection and what they reveal about local history and American society, past and present. Sponsored by a grant from Mass Humanities.

Photos by Creative Collective MA – Click here for full gallery. Montserrat College of Art held its annual fundraising celebration on March 30, 2019 at the Pingree School in Hamilton. The evening featured live and silent auctions of work by established and emerging artists, students making “art in the moment,” music, great food and a hosted bar. The work included

SALEM — “Bewitched” is more than a television show from the ‘70s, more than a controversial statue in downtown Salem, more than a twitchy nose. Salem, for whom ‘witchcraft’ holds uniquely somber meaning, saw its burden lighten when “Bewitched” was broadcast into tens of millions of homes in America. The show was a cultural influencer with a long reach. Professor

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 25, 5-8 pm Where: Artisan Shop at King Hooper Mansion • 8 Hooper St. Marblehead Light refreshments will be served and the Artisans will talk about their work. The Artisan Shop features affordable, one-of-a-kind fine crafts and art by MAA members. New work for sale by different member artisans is presented every three months so there