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Recently voted the -Best Small Live Venue North of Boston- by North Shore Magazine, Actor's Studio is noted for their rich, varied programming and extensive schedule of classes. TASN is a fun, welcoming learning community of artists and professionals in many fields. Get involved … try something Read More
The Firehouse in Newburyport has a great lineup for this fall. Until September 28, you can view Then and Now. Then and Now is a collection of photographs in celebration of Newburyport's 250th Anniversary from the Newburyport Public Library Archival Center with Modern Interpretations by Read More
Attend or VOLUNTEER at the -14th- Annual Newburyport Kitchen Tour, Saturday, July 26th. Sensational kitchens in a variety of period style homes will be highlighted in our riverside coastal community. Each kitchen has been selected to showcase the fine work of the best designers, contractors and Read More
Recently restored Brown Chapel at Oak Hill will host the first event for the Newburyport Chamber Festival on Saturday, June 21. Once used for funeral services it was long out of use until the recent restoration. This 60-seat Greek-style temple is one of Newburyport's five granite buildings and an Read More
My husband and I moved to Newburyport nine years ago, having lived and raised our three children on Beacon Hill and in Winchester. We came to Newburyport for Sunday brunch and, while driving through the South End, we saw an “Open House” sign, complete with balloons. By chance we stopped, toured Read More
If ‘you are what you eat’, does where you purchase your eats from also define you? In this month’s column, I’m taking a look at our local grocery stores from Market Basket to Shaw’s to the prospect of a Trader Joe’s/Whole Foods to all points in between. My first foray into a Wegmans (most Read More
Community Hoops, What we are About - by Evan Petty-- Experimenting is a luxury that a whole lot of people don’t acknowledge for one reason or another. They also don’t solely choose to neglect it. It usually requires a degree of drive stirred by a passion. Nick Welch and I met as academic Read More
When the Newburyport High School theater department put on a production of Rent, the topics in the musical drew attention to the lack of any sort of gay-straight alliance in the city. Rent touches on sensitive subjects such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1990’s and risky behavior. It also Read More
Pennies for Poverty just published an updated directory of volunteer opportunities in the Greater Newburyport Area. The directory lists 40 organizations — from community service to cultural and environmental organizations — that rely on volunteers and actively seek volunteer support. You can find Read More
Although spring may be taking its time coming to Newburyport, it will certainly be invading the Newburyport Public Library on April 5th, the night of the 3rd annual Books-In-Bloom Fundraiser. Longtime school librarian, and Friends of the Library Board member Judy Avery shared some of the history Read More
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