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This edition in one sentence: The search for Thatcher Kezer’s successor has reached its quiet stretch, with a screening committee interviewing a field of about 15 behind closed doors and no finalists named as of Oct. 22; older homeowners can find out Oct. 29 whether the town’s new $2,000 tax exemption is theirs to claim before the Nov. 30 deadline; the attorney general has signed off on the Tedesco zoning bylaw, which settles the paperwork and nothing about the golf course; Nicholas Kent, who once painted abstracts 4 feet across, has found something smaller and closer to home in boatyard scrap wood, on view at the Stetson Gallery through October; the waters off Devereux and Tuckers beaches are open to clam diggers again through April 30; Micah Q. Jones, the Essex Republican, is betting a congressional race on the 15 percent of voters he believes are truly up for grabs; Chris Connelly, who walked into MHTV in 1989 and offered to call games for free, calls his last regular-season Magicians game Oct. 30, drawn out of the booth at last by two 2-year-old granddaughters; winter parking bans will again follow the forecast rather than the calendar, with blue warning lights nearly ready at eight spots; seven residents have taken on a 400th anniversary that so far has no theme, no calendar and no money; and the Marblehead Conservancy, 25 years and closing in on 40,000 volunteer hours, is marking the occasion the only way it knows how, by going back out on the trails, which is as good a reason as any to say thank you to the people who keep this town’s wild corners within reach. — Cheers, Will
P.S. You may have noticed the newsletter took a brief hiatus. I spent it seeing Ireland, and that is me below, overlooking the stunning Cliffs of Moher. My thanks to Chris Stevens for keeping watch over The Marblehead Independent these past two weeks. I am back at my desk and glad to be.
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The Rotary Club of Marblehead’s 5K is Sunday, Nov. 1, and whether you run, jog or walk, every registration directly supports local youth education programs. Scan the QR code to register, or learn more about the run.
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A committee led by Select Board member Erin Noonan interviewed candidates in executive session Oct. 16, 19 and 20, working from about 15 applicants. Finalists go public only when they reach the Select Board, and as of Oct. 22 no agenda had named them; Thatcher Kezer retires Dec. 31.
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PAID LISTING:
The Council on Aging and the Assessors’ Office explain the new means-tested exemption from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at 10 Humphrey St., ahead of the Nov. 30 application deadline. The break is worth up to $2,000 off a bill, with awards shrinking proportionally if requests top a $200,000 cap; reserve a seat at 781-631-6225.
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Micah Q. Jones, 38, an Army veteran and former Democrat who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Donald Trump in 2020 and 2024, figures about 15 percent of the district’s voters are truly up for grabs. He faces Dan Koh on Nov. 3 with Charlie Baker’s endorsement and $586,091 raised to Koh’s roughly $5.25 million.
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Connelly walked into MHTV in the summer of 1989 and offered to call games for free, and 37 seasons later two 2-year-old granddaughters are pulling him out of the booth. His last regular-season call is Masconomet at home Friday, Oct. 30.
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The Select Board on Oct. 14 again shelved the old midnight-to-7 a.m. ban in favor of bans timed to each storm, with tickets and towing for cars left out. Blue warning lights at eight spots are nearly installed, but when they switch on is still undecided.
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Tim Swigor brought a 1979 anniversary program to his interview and noted that fellow applicant Don Doliber sat on that committee; the Select Board appointed both, plus five others, Oct. 14. The 2029 celebration still has no theme, calendar or appropriation.
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Founded in 2001, the Conservancy keeps about 150 acres of trails open with a crew that goes out twice a week and expects to pass 40,000 volunteer hours this year. Treasurer Don Morgan, 80, says the core group runs from the upper 60s to the mid-80s.
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Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell’s office approved Article 4 on Oct. 16 but left to the state housing office whether Tedesco’s golf course counts as developable land. If that office discounts more than three of the 780 units modeled there, the district falls short.
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More than 20 volunteers planted inkberry, coneflowers and golden Alexanders along the Lafayette Street edge of Glabicky Field on Oct. 10, the first project of Friends of Marblehead Parks. The founders hope to plant a second strip along Maple Street.
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The School Committee’s newsletter opens with the Oct. 15 moment of silence for Owen Coyne, class of 2027, and his coach’s words: “He is the best of us.” It also covers a joint town-school financial review, roof leaks at the high school and a recommendation to consider returning Eveleth to the town.
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The town must walk its public ways every five years or pay a $20 fine, and this year is downtown’s turn, from Lookout Court to the alley between Mechanic Street and Market Square. The Select Board voted Oct. 14; no date is set.
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Brian and Kate Rooney founded Friends of the Marblehead Rail Trail on a recommendation from the 2020 trail plan that nobody had acted on. The group will run entirely on volunteers.
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Veterans agent Roseann Trionfi-Mazzuchelli refinished the 200-year-old chair herself, and it will be dedicated with a missing man table ceremony at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in Abbot Hall. U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton holds a Veteran Town Hall there at 2 p.m.
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Marblehead Friends of the Performing Arts holds its biggest fundraiser of the year Thursday, Nov. 12, at King Hooper Mansion, with 5xFast, small bites, a cash bar, raffles and a silent auction. Proceeds support Marblehead High School’s performing arts; tickets are on GiveButter.
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Kate Hamill’s adaptation wants a Lizzy “very, very scared of marriage” and a Mary who is “a dark goth Bronte character trapped in an Austen world.” Auditions run 5 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 24 and 25 at 12 School St.; bring a two- to three-minute comedic monologue.
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The state reopened the waters off Devereux and Tuckers beaches at sunrise Oct. 3 for a season that runs through April 30, 2027. Town constables check licenses and clam size; reach them through Abbot Hall at 781-631-0000.
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Kent painted 4-foot abstracts in Jamaica Plain; in Marblehead his work shrank and turned to found wood from the boatyards. “Of Sad Hours & Happy Days” is at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead, 28 Mugford St., through October.
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Families walked a gauntlet of scarecrows at the Recreation and Parks Department’s stroll Saturday, Oct. 17, with skeleton soccer, a boo-berry toss and candy along the way. Katie Ring’s photos catch Stitch, Jack Skellington and the Marblehead Moms looking “a little orangey around the gills.”
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FILM REVIEW:
Paul B. Connelly finds Bassam Tariq’s “Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother,” with Mahershala Ali as a devout Muslim hitman raising two kids, more grief and faith than gunfire. The daughter is the standout, and a mirrored strip club fight is the set piece.
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Around Town
This week’s community bulletin highlights key town deadlines, meetings, programs, events and civic reminders. Click any blue item to go directly to source material, registration pages or full details.
Early voting for the Nov. 3 state election continues at the town clerk’s office in Abbot Hall, 188 Washington St.: 8:30 a.m. to noon Fridays, Oct. 23 and Oct. 30; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24; 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 26, 27 and 29; and 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28. The state deadline to register is Saturday, Oct. 24, with online registration open until 11:59 p.m., and mail ballot applications must reach the clerk by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27. Call 781-631-0528. Read more
Precincts 1 and 2 vote at Abbot Hall, 188 Washington St., and Precincts 3 through 6 at the Marblehead High School Field House, 2 Humphrey St., from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3. The town has posted a sample ballot, and the state lists the nine statewide ballot questions. Mail ballots count if they reach the town clerk’s office by 8 p.m. Nov. 3 or are postmarked by Election Day and arrive by Friday, Nov. 6; they cannot be dropped off at a polling place. Read more
Second-quarter fiscal 2027 real estate tax bills are due Monday, Nov. 2, because the usual Nov. 1 due date falls on a Sunday, and late payments draw 14 percent annual interest. Pay online, in person at the Mary Alley Municipal Building, 7 Widger Road, or in the red drop box outside; the collector’s office is at 781-631-0587. Read more
The Select Board takes letters of interest and resumes through Monday, Oct. 26, for one Conservation Commission seat and an alternate seat on the Harbors and Waters Board, sent to Abbot Hall, 188 Washington St., or wileyk@marbleheadma.gov. The town’s Aug. 12 vacancy list also shows openings on the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, Design Review Board, Old and Historic Districts Commission, Traffic Safety Advisory Committee and Task Force Against Discrimination, and letters stay on file when no seat is open. Read more
Monday, Oct. 26, brings the School Committee Goals Subcommittee at 10 a.m. on Zoom, the Marblehead 250 Committee at 2:30 p.m. on Zoom, the Retirement Board at 4 p.m. at the Mary Alley Municipal Building, 7 Widger Road, hybrid, and the Board of Health at 7 p.m. at Abbot Hall, 188 Washington St., hybrid. The Council on Aging Fees Committee meets at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 10 Humphrey St.; the Zoning Board of Appeals at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 on Zoom; the Brown School Advisory Council at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 40 Baldwin Road; and the Board of Assessors at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at 7 Widger Road. The School Committee meets at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, and more notices may be posted on the town calendar. Read more
The Municipal Light Board meets at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 80 Commercial St. and on Zoom, starting in closed session; its 5 p.m. public session, according to the agenda, includes a vote on joining an onshore wind power purchase agreement and the general manager’s evaluation. The Massachusetts Light Commissioners Association’s October meeting, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, on Zoom, covers air-to-water heat pumps and thermal energy storage. Black Swan Lab leads a 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 2, tour of Eversource’s neighborhood geothermal network in Framingham; places are limited, and Light Board Chair Jean-Jacques Yarmoff and Karen Kraut are taking names. Read more
The Marblehead Housing Authority holds a public hearing on its draft fiscal 2027 annual plan at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, in its community room, 26 Rowland St., and on Zoom. The draft is available at the authority’s office and online; comments are taken orally, by email or in writing until the hearing closes, and accommodation requests are due by 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3. Call 781-631-2580. Read more
The town is hiring a Department of Public Works mechanic and maintenance supervisor at $33.41 to $40.76 an hour; a conservation agent and an energy and land use planner at $66,625.72 to $86,613.79 a year each; a teen librarian; part-time grounds workers; and crossing guards at $22.40 an hour. The postings list no deadlines. The Marblehead Housing Authority seeks a part-time resident services coordinator, about 20 hours a week, with a cover letter and resume due by 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, to acameron@salemha.org. Read more
Crews pave Humphrey Street from Ralph Road to Lafayette Street starting at 7 a.m. Friday, Oct. 23; Pleasant Street from Devereux Terrace to Prospect Street, and on to Watson Street as time allows, starting at 7 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24; and Evans Road from West Shore Drive to Elm Street starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, weather permitting. Parking is barred on work streets from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., and boats, trailers and basketball or hockey goals must come off the road; National Grid gas main work continues this week and next on Gregory, Washington, Laurel and Doane streets and on Stanley and Neptune roads, open to local traffic only. A Rail Trail section about 250 feet southwest of the West Shore Drive crossing is closed from 8 a.m. Oct. 23 for soil testing and is expected to reopen at the end of the workday. Read more
The Swap Shed at the Transfer Station, 5 Woodfin Terrace, is open 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturdays, Oct. 24 and Oct. 31, then only on the first Saturday of each month starting Nov. 7; the station closes Wednesday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day, and trash and recycling pickup runs a day late that week. The Health Department asks residents to label town-issued carts with 2- to 4-inch vinyl house numbers without covering the barcode; other containers and loose items will not be collected. Leaves and grass go out in paper leaf bags only, with no plastic bags or barrels, during the weeks on the 2026-27 leaf schedule. Read more
North Shore Community Action Programs takes home energy assistance applications, for benefits covering heating costs from Nov. 1 through April 30, online, at 978-531-0767, ext. 136, or at its office, 119 Rear Foster St., Building 13, Peabody. Households qualify with gross income up to $53,585 for one person or $103,049 for four; applications are handled first-come, first-served, and reviews can take six to eight weeks. Sharon Doliber at the Council on Aging helps with applications at 781-631-6225. Read more
Marblehead public schools hold no classes Tuesday, Nov. 3, Election Day, when prekindergarten through 8th grade holds parent conferences and high school teachers have professional development. Evening conferences for prekindergarten through 8th grade follow Tuesday, Nov. 10, and the schools and Abbot Public Library close Wednesday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day. All schools dismiss early Wednesday, Nov. 25, and close Nov. 26-27 for Thanksgiving. Read more
With the Friends of Marblehead Hockey and the YMCA planning an indoor rink, the Recreation and Park Commission wants residents and leagues to weigh in on a street hockey rink or another use in place of the outdoor ice rink once planned for Reynolds Field. Comments go to recreation@marbleheadma.gov or 781-631-3350; design is about 60 percent complete, according to the commission’s Sept. 30 update. Read more
The Marblehead Police and Public Health departments’ “Understanding Addiction and Recovery” series continues from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays on Zoom, with sessions Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, 10, 17 and 24. It is free and open to the public; the Zoom code is on the flyer, and questions go to police co-responder clinician Gina Rabbitt at RabbittG@marbleheadma.gov. Read more
The Council on Aging, 10 Humphrey St., books free Medicare counseling appointments during open enrollment, which runs through Dec. 7, at 781-631-6225, and its October newsletter warns that slots fill quickly. The Halloween lunch of American chop suey is at noon Tuesday, Oct. 27, for $5, with costumes encouraged and RSVPs due Friday, Oct. 23, and Coffee with a Cop meets at 9 a.m. Fridays in the lobby. Read more
The Marblehead Food Pantry is raising Thanksgiving meals for about 70 households, asking $40 for a turkey, $30 for a grocery bag, $10 for a pie or $80 for a full meal, by check to P.O. Box 233, Marblehead, Massachusetts 01945. Making Ends Meet seeks sponsors for its Adopt-A-Family program, which provides holiday gifts and gift cards to about 100 families; email aaf@makingendsmeetmhead.org. Jewish Family & Children’s Service needs volunteers for its Family Table grocery distribution Sunday, Nov. 15, at Temple Sinai, 1 Community Road, and volunteers 18 and older must clear a background check two weeks ahead. Read more
Salem State University’s production of Sarah Ruhl’s “Becky Nurse of Salem,” directed by Julie Kiernan, closes with performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, and Saturday, Oct. 24, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at the Sophia Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, 356 Lafayette St., Salem. Tickets are $15, or $10 for seniors, and free for students with ID and anyone under 18. The dark comedy follows a modern-day descendant of accused witch Rebecca Nurse. Read more
The Salem YMCA’s Ames Hall Gothic Series presents “The Haunted Hall,” a 45-minute candlelit solo piano concert of seasonal works by Eleena Gelfgatt, at Ames Memorial Hall, 290 Essex St., Salem: 6 and 8 p.m. Fridays, Oct. 23 and Oct. 30, and Thursday, Oct. 29; 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, Oct. 24 and Oct. 31; and 2, 4 and 6 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 25 and Nov. 1. General seating tickets are $25. Read more
Bond Coffee in Marblehead hosts a two-hour coffee lab from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday, Oct. 25, where six participants taste coffees, build a blend and roast it, then take home a 12-ounce bag of their coffee, a Bond mug and a winter hat. Seats are $125, booked at thebondcoffee.com/coffee-lab. Read more
Artist Megan Palmer leads a free Marblehead Conservancy stroll-and-sketch walk from Wyman Woods to Lead Mills at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, from the end of Everett Paine Boulevard; the hilly route takes about 2½ hours, sketch kits are provided and registration is capped at 12. The Marblehead Arts Association, 8 Hooper St., holds a free meet-the-artist session with James Bostick from 2 to 4 p.m. that day, followed by a closing reception for his “Infra-Structure” exhibit, on view through Oct. 31. Read more
The Marblehead Chamber of Commerce and local businesses host trick-or-treating in the business districts from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, and the Marblehead Family Fund and Marblehead Museum’s 18th annual Pumpkin Illumination runs from 4 to 6:30 p.m. that day in the Jeremiah Lee Mansion garden, 161 Washington St., with carved and painted pumpkins registered online. Earlier, the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore’s Floating Pumpkin Patch runs from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, in its pool at 4 Community Road, at $18 per pumpkin with registration due Friday, Oct. 23, to rkiddlevy@jccns.com. Abbot Public Library’s free Children’s Halloween Party runs from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30, with registration required and 27 of 45 spots open as of Oct. 23. Read more
The Jewish Community Center of the North Shore, 4 Community Road, continues its Jewish Book Month series with Michael Benson on “Hollywood vs. Nazis” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, for $20; Phyllis Karas on “Curse of the Blumenthals” at 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, for $20 with bagels; and Carol Becker on “William Greenberg Desserts Bakes Vegan” at 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, for $45 with brunch. A package for all events is $165 for members and $175 for others, and the JCC screens the free film “The Samaritans: A Biblical People” at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, at Temple Emanu-El, 393 Atlantic Ave., with registration required. Read more
Marblehead High School’s girls soccer team hosts Saugus at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, at Piper Field and volleyball hosts Peabody at 5:30 p.m. that day in the high school gym, both on senior day, and football and cheer mark senior day when football hosts Masconomet at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at Piper Field, 2 Humphrey St. Home football tickets are sold online only through GoFan, $7 for adults and $5 for students, with senior citizens admitted free; the Thanksgiving game is at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 26, at Swampscott. Read more
Abbot Public Library and the Marblehead 250 Committee present Rabbi David J. Meyer, rabbi emeritus of Temple Emanu-El, on “A Jewish Hero in Glover’s Marblehead Regiment” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, and Nancy Schultz, chair of the Swampscott Historical Commission, on “Revolutionary Reward — General John Glover and His Farm House in His Retirement” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in the library’s Event Center, 235 Pleasant St. Both talks are free with no registration needed in person, and Zoom registration is on each event page. The Marblehead Museum leads an Old Burial Hill tour at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, from the Orne Street entrance, and Dan Marshall speaks on “Scurvy and Its Colonial Cures” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, in the museum’s J.O.J. Frost Gallery, 170 Washington St.; book online or at 781-631-1768. Read more
Village School sixth graders parade in costumes illustrating vocabulary words around the school track, 93 Village St., from 8:15 to 8:40 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, as fifth graders watch from 8:45 to 9:15 a.m. and fourth graders from 9:15 to 9:50 a.m. Read more
Storyteller Judith Black, Celtic harpist Bobbie Wayne, guitarist Dan Mozell and actors Betty Lautner and Jennifer Hurley present “We All Come From Away!” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at the Little Harbor Boathouse, 40 Doaks Lane, to benefit the Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network and the Beyond Bond and Legal Fund, which raises money for immigration bonds to free people held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement prisons in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Tickets are at bijanfundraiser.ludus.com; bring a chair. Read more
Dr. Elizabeth Gerstner of Mass General Cancer Center, who leads a trial of engineered immune cells, known as CAR T-cell therapy, for brain tumors, presents recent glioblastoma research for Miles for Mary on Monday, Nov. 2, at the Eastern Yacht Club Sailing Center, 47 Foster St., with doors at 5:30 p.m. Tickets for the presentation and dinner are $70 plus a fee. Read more
Certified elder law attorneys Patrick Curley and Lucy Budman present “Estate Plan Survival Kit” at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Council on Aging, 10 Humphrey St., covering long-term care costs, probate and trusts. Free and open to the public; reserve a seat at 781-631-6225. Read more
Marblehead Harbor Rotary honors artist Todd Zalewski at a free reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Masons’ Philanthropic Building, 62 Pleasant St., where he unveils “Light Tower at Chandler Hovey Park,” this year’s Holiday Pops signature painting. The framed painting will be raffled at the Holiday Pops concert Saturday, Dec. 12, in Abbot Hall; raffle tickets, notecards and concert tickets go on sale at the reception. Read more
Sustainable Marblehead and the Creation Care Team of Our Lady Star of the Sea host “Compost, Recycle, Trash?” from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in the parish center hall, 80 Atlantic Ave., on where holiday waste such as wrapping paper, turkey bones and plastic packaging belongs. Health Director Andrew Petty and Taylor Dubose of Black Earth Compost speak; RSVP on the event page. Read more
Tara Bane, author of “Evolution of a Heart: From the Darkness of 9/11 to Rebuilding a Life and Finding Joy,” speaks on “Finding Purpose Through Grief” from 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St.; registration is required, and all 50 spots were open as of Oct. 23. The library has canceled drop-in tech help Tuesday, Oct. 27, and Story Time A-Go-Go Wednesday, Oct. 28, and its Mystery Book Club discusses Brunonia Barry’s “The Fifth Petal” at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 27, with six of 15 spots left. Read more
Me&Thee Music presents Rebecca Loebe and Sarah Blacker at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 28 Mugford St., with doors at 7:15 p.m.; tickets are $30, or $10 for students. The Marblehead Arts Association’s Winter Exhibition runs Nov. 7 through Dec. 24 at the King Hooper Mansion, 8 Hooper St., with an opening reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. Read more
Abbot Public Library holds FallFest from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, with cider and doughnuts, a free book table from the Friends of Abbot Public Library and a puppy meet-and-greet with Cape Ann Animal Aid from noon to 2 p.m. Workshops requiring registration include cardboard helmets for ages 8 to 17 at 10 a.m.; introductory Dungeons & Dragons for adults at 10 a.m. and teens at 11:30 a.m.; and copper bookmark making for adults at noon and ages 10 to 17 at 2:30 p.m. Each had six or seven spots left as of Oct. 23. Read more
A fundraiser for the Owen P. Coyne Scholarship Fund takes place Saturday, Nov. 7, at Marblehead VFW Post 2005, 321 West Shore Drive, with doors at 6 p.m. and the Guy Ford Band playing from 7 to 10 p.m. Read more
The Marblehead Performing Arts Department stages the Village School musical “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical” Friday, Nov. 13, and Saturday, Nov. 14, at Marblehead Veterans Middle School, 217 Pleasant St. Tickets go on sale the week of Oct. 26. Read more
Marblehead Little Theatre’s “We Are Monsters,” a musical in which human children wander into a monster cabaret of vegetarian vampires and rock ’n’ roll werewolves, features a cast of 21 young actors at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 14, 1 and 5:30 p.m. Nov. 15 and 1 p.m. Nov. 16 at 12 School St.; tickets are $15 at mltlive.com. The theater holds non-equity auditions for “Pippin,” directed by Steve Black and running March 12-21, 2027, on Sunday, Dec. 6, with singing slots from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 to 5 p.m., a dance call from 2:45 to 3:30 p.m. and callbacks from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8; performers with acrobatic, tumbling or circus skills are encouraged. Read more
The Marblehead School of Ballet, 115 Pleasant St., marks its 55th season with “Dance the Night Away,” a salsa night from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Nahant Country Club, at $20 a person or $30 a couple with a lesson from 7 to 8 p.m.; a fall repertory performance in its studio at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22; and an anniversary reunion June 26, 2027. With the North Shore Civic Ballet, it is collecting new and gently used winter coats for all ages and new pajamas for children 6 and younger through Saturday, Dec. 12, and gift cards, artwork, jewelry and experiences for the company’s online holiday auction, which runs Nov. 13 through Dec. 4. Call 781-631-6262 or email msb@havetodance.com before dropping off. Read more
The Greater Salem Ballet Company presents its 13th annual “Nutcracker” at noon and 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at Lynn Memorial Auditorium, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, with young dancers from across the North Shore and professional dancers from Ballet Rhode Island. Nine Marblehead dancers have featured roles, among them Eloise Blaisdell and Eleanor Finkle as Clara’s cousins, Margot Phelps as a jester, Stella Fenty as the dancing bear and Serafina Park as the Mouse King. Tickets start at $20 through the auditorium. Read more
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