Stay Safe, Stay Healthy, and support small businesses with Creative Collective’s Haunted Happenings Virtual Marketplace
From Creative Collective Creative Collective is proud to present the first-ever digital Haunted Happenings Marketplace featuring vendors, artisans crafters, and entertainers for the 2020 Halloween season. With the cancellation of many events, this platform to support the hundreds of makers and performers who are not able to visit and experience Salem the way they normally would. “The Haunted Happenings Marketplace
Holding the Door Open for Those with Disabilities
Editor’s Note: This piece is part of ongoing discussion of Accessibility and Disability Awareness leading up to the International Day of Disabled Persons on December 3 and the hopeful introduction of a Disability Parade in 2021. If this is a topic you are interested in or have thoughtful story ideas, please reach out to joeyphoenix@creativecollectivema.com by Joey Phoenix This month,
Local Venues Go Live for #WeMakeEvents – Photos
Images by Creative Collective On September 1st, local venues across the country went red for #WeMakeEvents, a coalition of trade bodies, businesses, unions, and live events workers. They lit up venues, homes, and cities red in over 1,500 locations across North America to raise public and media awareness in support of the live events sector. Live events employ over 12
Live Music Returns to Beverly This Friday
Live Music is returning to Beverly this week with the Cabot Theatre’s Porch Sessions at Hale Farm. Singer-songwriter Tom Rush, recently recovered from COVID-19, will perform at the inaugural show on Friday, August 7th at 6:30pm. While this first event is already sold out, the Cabot will be announcing the lineup for the rest of the summer very soon. “I
Celebrating Juneteenth 2020 – A Time for Joy, a Time for Change
by Joey Phoenix The North Shore Juneteenth Association (NSJA) is partnering with The West Medford Community Center next Friday, June 19th from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM for their annual Juneteenth, or Freedom Day, celebration. This year is going to be a lively virtual celebration featuring song, dance, and spoken word designed to educate, enlighten, and entertain everyone who tunes
Live Stream: #Dragstream – Hosted by Miz Diamond Wigfall
Miz. Diamond Wigfall and some virtual queens hit the wifi-waves with some one of a kind content for Dragstream! a Virtual Drag Show. The event featured performances from: CARMELLA BELLA – STATIC – @staticbostonVIOLENCIA Violencia ExclamationPoint – @violenciaexclamationpoint NEON CALYPSO – @neoncalypso COCO CAIN – @misscococain and your lovely host,MIZ DIAMOND WIGFALL! – Miz. Diamond Wigfall – @mizdiamondwigfall Live Stream
Get Takeout (and a Card) for Moms this Mother’s Day
This Mother’s Day, Creative Collective has teamed up with 5 local small businesses and 5 local artists to give complimentary Mother’s Day postcards to the first 100 takeout/delivery orders at each location. These unique designs celebrate Moms, and since they double as coloring pages, it gives them something to do between doing their jobs as actual heroes. Lucille’s Wine Shop
North Shore Music Theatre Announces the 2020 Musical Season Will Go On with Substantial Schedule Adjustments
Beverly, MA – In response to ongoing developments in the COVID-19 Pandemic, and for the safety of North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) patrons, employees, and artists, Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) is announcing a significant change in previously announced programming. “We are sending our positive thoughts and prayers to the entire community. This crisis has touched the NSMT
Finding Connections in Altered Landscapes
by Ashley Nunez of Old Growth AlchemyOriginally posted on Salem Daughters of Darkness It would be a romantic notion to think that with the current situation at hand, we are all finding ways to appreciate the small stuff and persevere through the hardships despite it all. It would be quaint to think This Too Shall Pass and reflect that we
Support the Cabot with a Virtual Film Screening
from The Cabot We miss seeing you in person! In the spirit of our nearly 100 years of operation as a movie palace, we have partnered with our friends at Magnolia Pictures to bring you a few of their brand new films available for virtual screening. The revenue from your rental of these films goes directly to help support The