by Joey Phoenix North Shore Nightlife is a Creative North Shore series highlighting unique and alternative programming on the North Shore after dark.  It’s a Saturday night on the North Shore, where do you go? A decade ago, the choices were slim. You could grab a bite to eat, maybe hear some live music, maybe go do karaoke.  The North

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. Shari D. Frost is a playwright, screenwriter, and writing consultant based on Boston’s North Shore.  Shari’s current project, hAPPily ever, a comedy TV pilot and series, just advanced to

SALEM — It’s movie night, once again, at The House of the Seven Gables. Not only will guests enjoy a notable movie made from one of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novels, they will watch as actor Vincent Price leads a one-of-a-kind tour of The Gables.   The second film in the ‘Hawthorne in Hollywood’ film series is Thursday, September 5. The 1940 movie,

by Joey Phoenix Community Building in the creative economy isn’t just the work of artists or politicians or creative-centered businesses. It’s the work of everyone.  In fact, a community flourishes when everyone in it supports new and local because growth breeds growth and opportunity encourages opportunity. Not only that, supporting the creative economy means that there is just more happening

Photos by Creative Collective MA The Beyond Walls Street Art Festival 2019 took place from July 22 – August 3, bringing in talented artists all over the world to create poignant and breathtaking murals that will add to the growing vibrancy of Lynn’s landscape. What was special about this year in comparison to year’s past was that the programming of

Images by Creative Collective The Northshore Mall Promenade Summer Entertainment Series continued this week with a performance by Grupo Gozarsa at the Promenade. The event saw a Hip Hop and Break Dancing demonstration, Salsa and Bachata performances with audience interaction, the Gozarsa Afro-Cuban Salsa Band, colorful Dominican Carnival Characters, and the No Evil Photo Project Interactive  Cojuelos’ Productions celebrates all

Images by K.H. Photography Click here for full gallery The Peabody Essex Museum, in collaboration with Creative Collective, held its 3rd annual Summer Block Party on July 27th. The highly successful party has grown throughout all of its iterations and is now what it is today. There were vendors selling their beautiful creations, music housed in The Wandering Stage with an incredible line up of performers,

Accidentally on Purpose returns to Marblehead Little Theatre – 12 School St. in Marblehead once again to perform their original Keg-n-Komedy on August 17. The seasoned hilarious troupe’s Comedy style is similar to that of the TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway. Filled with interactive madcap involvement of the audience with scene suggestions & volunteer opportunities. “We are glad

Images by Creative Collective There is magic inside all of us, it only needs a chance to come out and play! The Northshore Mall Promenade Children’s Summer Entertainment Series continued this week with a performance and parade with Moonrise Fae at Northshore Mall Kids blew bubbles, played with hoops, heard stories, and danced their wiggles out with the faeries. Moonrise

by Keith Spencer BEVERLY – With musical biopics dominating the box-office and our Netflix queues, it only makes sense that Jersey Boys is also drawing big crowds during its debut this week at the North Shore Music Theater. The high-energy production is the Massachusetts Regional Theater premiere of the Tony award-winning musical as well as the show’s inaugural performance at