Entertainment

Creative Foundations: Cyanotypes

Celebrate Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest with a guided tour and workshop! First, go inside the exhibition with Jane Winchell, PEM’s Sarah Fraser Robbins Director of The Dotty Brown Art & Nature Center and Curator of Natural History, and discover the biodiversity and global importance of our northernmost forests. Afterward, join artist Patricia Scialo to learn how to make cyanotype prints:...

Mother’s Day Tea

Step into an afternoon of elegance, charm, and celebration at Colonial Hall at Rockafellas for our Regency-Inspired Mother’s Day Tea. Think delicate tea sandwiches, warm scones, beautiful desserts, flowing spritzes, live music, and a charming Promenade of local vendors where you can shop while you sip. Bring your mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends and enjoy a truly special afternoon together....

Mommy Issues: A Mother’s Day Comedy Night

This Mother’s Day weekend, we’re celebrating moms by lovingly roasting them. Join Witch City Comedy inside The Lost Library’s Black Box Theater for Mommy Issues, a night of stand-up packed with painfully relatable stories, chaotic family dynamics, and the kind of jokes that make you text your mom. It’s BYOM (Bring Your Own Mom) bring your actual mom, chosen mom,...

Broadsides, Ballads and Fife Tunes of Salem

Salem Massachusetts has a rich and diverse maritime past which played a major role in the early part of the Revolutionary War. The broadsides, ballads and fife tunes discussed during this presentation all have a connection to Salem, Massachusetts. The presentation draws on materials from his two published books, Old Salem at Sea in Ballad and Song and Old Salem...

Miz Diamond Wigfall Friday Night Drag

Miz Diamond Wigfall drag extravaganza. No cover / 21+

Hootenanny Fest!

Notch’s Annual Hootenanny fest is back! Hootenanny Berliner weisse release day featuring live music in the biergarten by Shivver, Daughter of the Vine, and Orca, and a vendor market featuring Notch employees and friends-of Notch. Plus Daddy’s Bonetown Burgers food truck on site! Free event, all ages welcome.

Atlantic Commerce and Maritime Dimensions Lecture

As the nation marks the 250th anniversary of American independence, join us for Conflict & Community: Salem, Essex County, and the American Revolution — a dynamic series of programs exploring the American Revolution — its many perspectives, lived experiences, and lasting legacies. This series brings together a range of voices and experts to examine the Revolution from multiple angles. Programs...

Cosplay Meet Up

21+ Free Event Come in costume or not but stay for the good vibes.

DIY Stained Glass Workshop @ The Lost Library

DIY Stained Glass Workshop 📅 Thursday, May 21 ⏰ 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM 📍 Black Box Theater at the Lost Library Create your own stained glass–inspired wall hanging in this hands-on workshop inside the Lost Library’s Black Box Theater. Using simple techniques that replicate the look of real stained glass (without cutting glass), you’ll design a colorful, light-catching piece...

Miz Diamond Wigfall Friday Night Drag

Miz Diamond Wigfall drag extravaganza. No cover / 21+

Mahi Summer Music Series

Nothing beats music on the ocean. Live music every Thursday on the Hannah Glover. Dance with friends and strangers under the stars with the best local bands on the North Shore, a boat drink in hand, and munching on a backyard favorite – 21+ cruise.

Arcade Era Karaoke Thursdays

Come belt out your favorite songs from the late 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s! Be cosmically inspired by the warm glow of 60 cathode ray tube arcade monitors and oh so shiny pinballs.