Images by Creative Collective Click here for full gallery The annual Mayor’s Night Out trick or treat experience fell on Friday, October 4th this year, inspiring hundreds of kids and adults to don their fanciest of costumes for the event. Creative Collective hosted a photobooth on the Essex Street Pedestrian Mall, and many of the most expertly dressed stopped by

Doctor Horatio Gardner in Daemonologie: Smoke and Mirrors Image by Creative Collective • Story by Joey Phoenix Dusk has fallen, the street lamps are all lit. Monsieur Renee Levesque has invited you into his home for an evening of entertainment and socialization. The occasion? A séance. An opportunity for his new maid Hanora, freshly arrived from Ireland, to demonstrate her

The 2019 Salem Horror Fest kicks off this weekend with celebrity meet and greets, film screenings, and talks in downtown Salem. This year’s theme is “Invasion,” and much of the programming, screenings, and discussions have this at its center. The events listed here are just the beginning! Click here to view a full schedule. Salem Waterfront Hotel – 225 Derby

Images by Creative CollectiveClick here for full gallery On September 27th, 2019, the Essex County Community Foundation hosted the Essex County Arts & Culture Summit at The Cabot and Montserrat College of Art. The Summit was part of ECCF’s Creative County Initiative, a partnership with the Barr Foundation to increase the visibility and impact of the transformative power of arts and culture.

by Joey Phoenix Hispanic Heritage Month started September 15 and Lynn, MA plans to celebrate in style. On Tuesday, October 8, The North Shore Latino Business Association, Beyond Walls, La Voz Newspaper, and Cojuelos Productions are joining together for Sabor Latino: Hispanic Heritage Celebration on Sutton St. in Lynn, MA. The event is Free and open to the public.  Earlier

Bigger, Smarter & Even More Fun: “Podcation 2” Announced for May 14-18th in Salem, MA. Boston/Salem, MA — Podcation will host its second-ever audio fiction creation event on May 14-18th in Salem, MA. A group of creators will gather to write, perform and record an original pilot episode- genre and theme to be announced. The Story So Far The first

by Joey Phoenix Street Art has the ability to inspire and communicate to people who the artist(s) behind the work have never met. Anyone walking by can see it and be enriched or stirred by its existence. Cities with public or street art feel more alive, as the colors and the images and the shapes convert ordinary buildings into massive

Productions by Arts After Hours and Corsara Artists spread Haunted Entertainment into Peabody and Lynn this October by Joey Phoenix Salem is known for its October events and Haunted Happenings, and in the last decade has become an international phenomenon, capturing the attention of Halloween loving tourists the world over. As a result, its popularity has caused a surge in

POE comes to Salem at the Gedney House October 3 & 4 Using music, movement and macabre pageantry, Theater in the Open will explore the emotional tension and otherworldly atmosphere that underscore the work of Edgar Allan Poe. Your favorite fearful Poe poems and stories — including The Raven and The Fall of the House of Usher — come to life at this all-ages

Beverly, MA:  The exhibit, I Am More, featuring sixteen paintings of individuals accompanied by essays about how they are more than their mental challenges, will be hosted by Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre during the run of “Sunset Boulevard” from Sept. 24-Oct. 6, 2019. “It is our honor to host the ‘I Am More’ exhibit throughout our production of Sunset Boulevard,”