Christmas was celebrated at The House of the Seven Gables, but not in its early years. SALEM — The only Christmas giving in Massachusetts in 1668, the year The House of the Seven Gables was built, were 5 shilling fines payable to the colony’s coffers. Fears of debauchery, like the kind witnessed in England back then, prompted a colony-wide ban on Christmas that

For the second year, the Rockport Makers’ Festival returns to Rockport this December 14 and 15, 2019. This holiday festival is produced by a partnership of the Town of Rockport, Rusty and Ingrid Creative Company, and the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce. The town-wide festival encourages holiday shoppers to buy artisan-made gifts and activates the village with festive events that

Photo Credit – Kellie Walgreen The snow has started to fall North of Boston and Drosselmeyer and the Mouse King will soon be at it again. For the last few months, The Greater Salem Ballet Company has been hard at work preparing for its 6th annual production of The Nutcracker, which will be staged at the historic Lynn Auditorium this

“Hunters Call” Corinne Reid, Digital, 2018 – Accompanying a short story published in Encounters With the Imaginary by Boneshaker Press. by Joey Phoenix Many students study art because they want to hone their craft and become experts in their chosen medium(s). Many of them also go into this field with the hopes that they will come out of it years

The cover of the Classics Illustrated adaptation of “The House of the Seven Gables.” SALEM — It seems people just can’t get enough of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The House of the Seven Gables.” Hollywood made two movie adaptations of the novel while Albert Kanter, co-founder of the once wildly popular Classics Illustrated comic books, made two comic book adaptations of the

Thanksgiving means a lot of things to a lot of people: delicious food, spending time with friends and family, lots of football, lots of pie, a chance to pretend you’re out of town when really you’re staying home to play with your cat… Whatever it is to you, the North Shore is filled to bursting with fun things to do

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. Annemarie Riley Guertin is a newly minted, international author. Her debut picture book How the Finch Got His Colors flew onto shelves in March 2018. Her second book, Why Evergreens Keep Their

Sonorium comes back this November with another night of noise, cacophony, and sound at Salem Access TV located on 285 Derby St. #2 in Salem, MA.  This months performers include NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT – electronics / voice / performanceL’ECLIPSE NUE – industrial/noise unitRAHUL NAIR – speakers / movementSEPHANIE TYSON & YINI LUO – homemade electronics Doors are 7:45pm and Music at 8:20pm

Celebrate genealogy, immigration, and ancestral connections to Salem, Massachusetts, during a weekend of lectures, research, and events Salem, MA – Residents and visitors are invited to celebrate their ancestral and immigrant connections to Salem, Massachusetts during the first annual Salem Ancestry Days celebration, which will be held May 1-4, 2020. The weekend will feature lectures, tours, research opportunities, and information on

The museum has been on a 26-year campaign to raise money, to grow and expand. This episode leads us through key moments this fall in the opening of our new 40,000 square-foot wing with staff reflections and PEM’s new director, Brian Kennedy, sharing his thoughts on how he will involve the community at large to move PEM forward.