The North Shore is a hotspot for music and entertainment. With a wide array of venues and restaurants hosting an eclectic mix of musicians and performers, you can have a great time listening to live music just about every day of the week. Here are some of our favorite venues and some of the music they’ll be hosting soon.* *This

When you want to see or buy art or listen to live music, where do you go?  by Joey PhoenixPhoto Credit: December Open Walls at Front Street Coffeehouse When many people consider what it means to support the arts, oftentimes they think of traditional settings like art galleries or museums. While these institutions are by no means going anywhere, they

The North Shore is a hotspot for music and entertainment. With a wide array of venues and restaurants hosting an eclectic mix of musicians and performers, you can have a great time listening to live music just about every day of the week. Here are some of our favorite venues and some of the music they’ll be hosting soon. The

Come ring in the New Year at Old Town Hall!  The City of Salem and Salem Main Streets are teaming up to throw LAUNCH!, our sixth annual New Year’s Eve party, on Tuesday, Dec. 31 from 4 pm to 6 pm at Old Town Hall on Derby Square. There will be an early countdown just before 6 pm. “When we organized

by Joey Phoenix Marquis Victor, the Founding Executive Director of Elevated Thought in Lawrence, is a poet, photographer, designer, educator, businessperson, and visionary.  He co-founded Elevated Thought in 2010 as a way to address social issues through art and by providing a platform for youth in underprivileged areas to have a voice – to have a way to be seen,

Dresses and outfits formed from plastic, wooden frames, medical waste, seed bags, discarded tents, and umbrellas will walk the runway in the Rubbish to Runway ReFashion Show on Friday, January 17, 2020. The show is a collaborative effort sponsored by the Rubbish to Runway and the Galleries at Lynn Arts and will take place at the Galleries at LynnArts (GALA) at 25 Exchange Street

The 2010’s have been a wild ride, but it’s time to kiss them goodbye and welcome in a whole new decade. In the last ten years we’ve welcomed the iPad and Gangnam Style, legalized same-sex marriage, had an absurdly long debate over the color of THAT dress (you know the one, it’s blue and black, it was always blue and

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. Áine Greaney is an Irish-born author who now lives in the Newburyport area. She never published anything until after she emigrated alone, at age 24, to America.  Now she writes

by Joey Phoenix The North Shore’s Favorite Improv Troupe Accidentally on Purpose is back at it again with three special shows this holiday season. The troupe is calling these the “The Gift of Comedy” series, and the first Improv show will be on December 19th at the Larcom Theatre in Beverly and the second show, a Holiday Improv Show, will

The holidays are rapidly approaching. You’ve made lists, checked them twice, and then life got in the way and it’s the second week of December. Fortunately, if you live on the North Shore, you’ll be able to pick up a perfect last-minute something for nearly everyone on your list from local shops and makers.  Here is our 2019 guide to