Boston, MA (January 30, 2019) – Presented by the Highland Street Foundation and produced by the Boch Center, ArtWeek announced today it will welcome back Music Drives Us Foundation (MDU) as a partner for the upcoming spring festival. Music Drives Us will significantly increase the number of grants it provides for ArtWeek events during its 2019 festival (April 26 – May 5).

We are on the doorstep of the 2019 Salem So Sweet Festival, hosted by Salem Main Streets, and the smells of love, chocolate, and ice sculptures are in the air. This is the time to hold your loved ones tight, get hot chocolate with friends, and enjoy all the wonderful things that the North Shore during Valentine’s Week has to

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: Bonche Latin Nights Where: Brothers TavernaWhen: Every other Saturday, continuing February 16th, 2019 at 10PM Event Page Joey Phoenix talks to

Another sold out Winter Masquerade Ball at the Hawthorne Hotel produced by the Creative Collective MA and featuring some of our AWESOME members! IT really takes a strong team to pull these events off and we are blessed to work with some of the best! Stay tuned for details on our 5th year anniversary next January.. Save the Date! JANUARY 25, 2019!

SALEM — The House of the Seven Gables is pleased to invite residents from Beverly to a free guided tour of the celebrated mansion made famous by Salem author Nathaniel Hawthorne and his novel, “The House of the Seven Gables.” Beverly’s Community Day is set for Sunday, February 24. The House of the Seven Gables is one of six historic

ArcWorks CALL FOR ART: ArcWorks Invites Artists from the greater metropolitan Boston area, northeast of Boston and southern New Hampshire to submit artwork(s) for exhibiting. IMPORTANT DATES Opening Reception: Saturday, March 9, 2019, 3-5 pmExhibition Dates – Saturday, March 9 – May 6, 2019 Submission Dates and Information Artists may submit artwork in a variety of mediums 2–D & 3–D

All Photos by Creative Collective Click here for full album. Lights and FX by RetonicaVIP immersive experience by Intramersive Media, LLCAerials (YES AERIALS!) by Molly BaechtoldBallroom Dance Instruction (from 7:30PM-8:30PM in the main ballroom) Commonwealth Vintage DancersBallroom DJ – Phoenix Productions

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,

Images by Creative Collective