There are places all over the world where time stops for tourists: Carnival and Mardi Gras in Venice, Rio de Janeiro, and New Orleans, New Years celebrations in Times Square and Chinese New Year in Shanghai, Oktoberfest in Munich, and Halloween in Salem, Ma.  If you’re a tourist, the month of October in Salem is your playground. If you’re a

ELKMANIA VI- SIMONETTI VS. KRUEGER: INSIDE OF A STEEL CAGE! BEVERLY, MA, November 3, 2018 – First there was bad blood. Then payback wasn’t enough. On Saturday, November 3rd, the five-year rivalry between Derek Simonetti and “The Maniacal” Jack Krueger will be settled in a Loser Leaves Town Match inside of a STEEL CAGE! Professional wrestling returns to the Beverly/Salem Elks

New Theatre Style ‘Casts a Spell’ on Audiences By Katie Kobel It’s 1690 at 39 Hale Street in Beverly, MA and magic and witchcraft are very real and alive. Inside these walls, no one can be certain what is truly going on. Is it witchcraft? Is it illness? Whatever it may be, it’s up to you to decide. The Dolbeare

10 Ways to Celebrate Halloween (outside of Salem!) 1.Nightmare on Main Street Create and Escape is advertising their ‘Nightmare on Main Street event. On Thursday October, 25th at 5pm, kids can come and have their trick or treat experience at all of the shops on Main Street in Peabody, Massachusetts! For more information visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/238313226854326 2. Hocus Pocus Trivia Night

The North Shore is a thriving community of artists and makers creating some of the coolest stuff the East Coast has to offer, and the Creative Collective Merchant Marketplace is providing a space for those makers and artists to sell what they’ve made to the people who want to buy it. One of the unique things about the market is the ability for the collective to offer opportunities to artists who are creating great work, but don’t necessarily have access to a brick and mortar store to sell it in.

Marblehead Arts Association 8 Hooper Street Marblehead 781-631-2608 – www.marbleheadarts.org Eight MAA member Artisans display 20-25 pieces of affordable art for sale on a three month rotating schedule. All merchandise is juried, keeping in mind price points under $260 per piece as well as quality craftsmanship and professional finish. With the entire shop being refreshed four times a year to feature all new

There’s a myth among locals in Salem, MA that venturing downtown during the month of October leads to stress, driving around in circles looking for parking, and hours-long wait lines to get into restaurants.  This myth is partly true, but it’s only on the weekends.  Monday through Friday in October presents a whole different feel than Saturday/Sunday exhaustive press of

The annual Salem Haunted Happenings Wicked Wednesdays Children’s Parade was a huge success despite Mother Nature’s best efforts to cut the fun short! This event was presented by Creative Collective and the Phoenix School in Salem MA.

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. My art and stories were first reproduced by my teacher from her classroom mimeograph machine when I was in kindergarten. She handed copies to my 5-year old peers and

Pets in costume put their best paws forward for the 2018 Howl-O-Ween Pet Costume Parade!