Sevenings: About No Limits Edition Sevening (v.): the act of showing up after seven(ish) for your people, your community, and honestly yourself for the weird, wild, wonderful, and worthy. Essex County’s been doing it all along.  New to ‘sevening’? No worries at all. Get the full def and deets in our About Time Edition. Go ahead. We’ll wait. Oh hey

Sevenings: About Last Week Edition Sevening (v.) — the act of showing up after seven(ish) for your people, your community, and honestly yourself. Where the weird, wild, wonderful, and worth showing up for things happen. Essex County has been doing it forever. We’ve been covering it since last week. And the first. It’s a whole thing. Catch up with our

sev·en·ing /ˈsev·ən·ing/ v. The act of showing up after seven(ish). Of showing up for your people, your community, your neighbors, your county, and, honestly, yourself. Being in Essex County, where all the weird, wild, wonderful, and worth showing up for things happen when the evening opens up, and anything becomes possible. Considered by some to be the ancient and underrated

General John Glover: Conflict & Community Series Celebrates Revolutionary War Hero Sea chanteys, living history, and preservation efforts unite to honor Marblehead’s unsung Revolutionary War general on April 29 Conflict & Community Series Honors General John Glover Essex Heritage and Salem Maritime National Historical Park invite the public to a memorable evening of music, history, and conversation as the Conflict

April vacation in Essex County this year? Completely, utterly, embarrassingly stacked. We’re talking live reptiles at a museum, slime in three scientific variations, unicorn potions, an 18th-century sailor’s medicine kit, cedar bark weaving by a Wampanoag artist, a witchy portrait session, free admission to one of Salem’s most storied landmarks, and a story about the first elephant to ever set

Nobody Asked for Permission: Six Open Arts Calls in Essex County Nobody is waiting for society to catch up. Honestly, society should be taking notes. Essex County’s creative community is already at least six moves ahead. A mural is going up inside Salem State. A gender-affirming fashion show is casting its runway. An inaugural fashion show is building its roster

Irish You Were Already Here, See You Soon! St. Patrick’s Day Weekend in Essex County this year goes far beyond the usual green beer and plastic shamrocks. This St. Paddy’s Day Weekend, Essex County is going full clover-to-the-wall! Yup, we’re soooo going to be that person! From live Irish music performed by internationally recognized artists to goat yoga at a

  A little blue heron stands perfectly still, its eyes locked on a tiny froglet just below the waterline. In that split second, Gloucester photographer Joyce Wood pressed the shutter — and captured the grand prize of the Essex Heritage Photo Contest 2025. Her image, “Little Blue Heron and Froglet,” is one of fifteen winning photographs that remind us why

75+ Valentine’s weekend events across Essex County, curated by Creative Collective Explores. Workshops, live music, comedy, romantic dinners, Galentine’s celebrations, and experiences you won’t find anywhere else — February 13–15, 2026.

The North of Boston tourism awards Destination Excellence Summit gathered more than 200 professionals at Salem’s Hawthorne Hotel on November 19 to address a critical question: how does a region coordinate tourism strategy across 34 cities and towns while maintaining authentic local character? The timing proved symbolic—the Hawthorne Hotel celebrated its 100th birthday while hosting discussions about the next century