Art

GALLERY AT GROSVENOR PARK. Paintings by Ralph Newhall of Danvers, at Vinnin Square, 7 Loring Hills Ave., Salem, Jan. 10 to Feb. 5. Opening reception Sunday, Jan. 11, 3 to 5 p.m., with refreshments. Gallery is totally handicap accessible. Usual gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. 978-741-5700.

MARBLEHEAD ARTS ASSOCIATION. New member exhibit, Jan. 10 to 25, with a free opening reception Sunday, Jan. 11 from 2 to 4 p.m. With work by fine artists, photographers, and crafters. 8 Hooper St., Marblehead. For information, call 781-631-2608, e-mail info@marbleheadarts.org, or visit www.marbleheadarts.org.

GREENHEADS. Reception, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 6 to 8 p.m., Ipswich Historical Society, 54 South Main St., Ipswich, for opening of Sam Holdsworth's portrayal of the pesky green flies through art and allegory. Wine and cheese. $5, members free. 978-356-2811.

HAMILTON-WENHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY. Portraits and landscapes by Julie Batten and Allan Brockenbrough are on exhibit at the Hamilton-Wenham Library during January and February. Batten is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and the Beverly Artist's Guild. Brockenbrough is a member of the Newburyport Art Association. 14 Union St., South Hamilton, 978-468-5577.

Benefit

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE. Friday, Jan. 9, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Brookwood School, Route 127, Cutler Gym. For directions or information, call 978-526-4500 or visit www.brookwood.edu. To register, call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE or go to www.givelife.org.

MUSIC WITH A MISSION. "Music with a Mission: A Celebration of Many Musical Talents to Benefit the Salem Mission,SDRq Saturday, Jan. 10, 7 p.m., Tabernacle Church, 50 Washington St. (corner of Washington and Federal), Salem. Suggested donation $10. All are welcome. 978-744-3164 or www.tabernaclechurch.org.

NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE CABARET. To raise funds for 'Save Our Theatre,' cabaret performances, featuring Broadway standards and pop songs, in Overtures Restaurant, at the theater, 62 Dunham Road, Beverly, with the cast of Disney High School Musical 2, the NSMT Orchestra and NSMT Academy of Music Theatre students, on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 9:45 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 10 at 10:15 p.m. following regular performances. Local students from NSMT programs perform on Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 7:30 p.m. Suggested donations of $20 at the door. For information visit www.NSMT.org.

Etc.

ISRAEL AT 60 BOOK CLUB. Thursday, Jan. 8, 7 p.m., Cornerstone Bookstore, 45 Lafayette St., Salem. To discuss "Hannah Senesh, Her Life and Diary." Sponsored by Lynn-Swampscott-Marblehead Hadassah. nicolelevy@verizon.net or 781-598-2515.

"OWL MOON.SDRq Thursday, Jan. 8, 5:30 to 7 p.m., 219 County Road, Ipswich. Program on great horned owls, accompanied by readings from Jane Yolen's book "Owl Moon." $10, members $8. 978-356-5728.

RAILWAY BUFFS. Railfan Meet and Hobby Show, Saturday, Jan. 10, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Buker School, School Street, Wenham. Over 100 dealers with equipment, memorabilia, toys, books, photos. Show admission $5 adults, $2 children 6 to 14, $12 families. Author Jamie Spencer, "The Train to Maine," 10:30 a.m. Hobby Show ticket gets half-price admission to Wenham Museum. For information, call museum at 978-468-2377 or visit www.wenhammuseum.org.

JAPANESE NEW YEAR. Celebration, Saturday, Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex St. Family arts activities include creating nengajo (Japanese New Year cards), decorating Japanese Daruma doll. Odaiko New England dance group performs Lion Dance, hosts dance workshop. Free with museum admission. Museum open Tuesday to Sunday and holiday Mondays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adults $15; seniors $13; students $11. 866-745-1876.

BOSTON POST CANE. Sunday, Jan. 11, 3 p.m., Gould Barn, Howlett St., Topsfield. Lecture on the history of the cane by Henry Taron, cane historian. Free and open to public. Refreshments follow. Sponsored by Topsfield Historical Society.

MELTING ICE CAPS. "The Melting of the Ice Caps," at Monday Mornings, Monday, Jan. 12, 9 a.m., Beverly Public Library, 32 Essex St. Geography professor Stephen Young, Salem State College, on recent findings concerning the melting of the world's polar and glacial ice. Free and open to the public, no registration necessary, wheelchair accessible. 978-921-6062.

BEACH EROSION. Marine Biology Lecture, Ipswich Public Library, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m., Collins Room, 25 North Main St., Ipswich. William Sargent, focus on Chatham barrier beach break, also changes on Plum Island and Nantucket affecting fishing and homes. Follows Friends 7 p.m. annual meeting. Reservations not required, but seating limited. 978-356-6648.

WINTER GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHY. Winter Garden Photography Workshop, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Sedgwick Gardens at Long Hill, 572 Essex St. In-the-field workshop with photographer and garden writer Kim Smith. $35, members $28. Register online at thetrustees.org or by calling 978-921-1944, ext. 8815.

RELIGION AND POLITICS. Salem Knights of Columbus Speaker Series, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 7 p.m., Captain's Loft, Knights of Columbus, 92 Washington Square, Salem. Presentation by Dr. Patrick Whelan, Harvard Medical School, on medical ethics issues arising between religion and politics. 978-828-2505.

PHILLIPS HOUSE TOUR. The Phillips House, at 34 Chestnut St. in Salem, museum and gift shop open on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with regular tours on the half-hour. For programs and more information, visit www.historicnewengland.org or call 978-744-0440.

Music

BANGKOK PARADISE. Rock, funk and reggae at 90 Washington St., Salem. 1/8, DJ Zati; 1/9, Name Changers; 1/10, Joe Baily and Chimpanzebra; 1/15, DJ Zati. 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. 978-825-9201.

CAPONE'S. Restaurant at 147 Summit St., Peabody. 1/8, Round About; 1/9, Wild Fire; 1/10, Soul Mate. $5 cover and proper dress required. 978-927-0520 or www.caponesdining.net.

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Saturday, Jan. 10, 4 p.m., Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St. An all-Vivaldi program, sponsored by Cambridge Society for Early Music. $30, $25 seniors, students with I.D., 17 and under free. Tickets at 617-489-2062, www.csem.org. Then on Sunday, Jan. 11 4 p.m., at the Ipswich Historical Society, 54 South Main St. 978-356-2811.

"COUNTRY FRIENDS." Playing "good ole American music" at Post 227, American Legion Middleton, 69 River St., every Friday from 6 to 10 p.m. 978-777-2711. No cover.

DODGE STREET. 1/8, Ken Clark (solo piano); 1/9, Neurological Damage; 1/10, Siblings; 1/11, Salem Cigarette Machine (hip-hop/techno); 1/12, Open Jam night; 1/13, Fats Hammond (organ jazz); 1/14, Toe Jamm featuring Chris Fitz, Ken Clark, Pete Tentindo and Lantz Boyles; 1/15, Regressing to Apes w/Tokyo Tramps. 7 Dodge St., Salem. 978-745-0139. All shows 9:30 p.m.

EDGEWATER CAFE. 1/9, Los Sugar Kings; 1/10, TBA. 155 Washington St., Salem. 978-740-4669.

GULU-GULU. 1/8, Brief Awakening, (indie/folk/punk), 8 p.m.; 1/9, DJ Seth, (indie/80's pop and alternative), 8 p.m.; 1/10, Bluegrass Jam, 2:30 to 5:30 p.m., JP Jazz Collective, 8 p.m.; 1/15, Water For Ivan (acoustic/alternative/folk), 8 p.m., Tony Brown (alternative/acoustic/indie), 9 p.m. 247 Essex St., Salem, 978-740-8882.

IN A PIG'S EYE. 1/8, Matt McKay, solo acoustic rock; 1/9, blues jam, 4:15 p.m.; 1/12, open mike with Lisa Marie, 9 p.m. No cover, 148 Derby St., Salem, 978-741-4436.

LATIN DANCE CLASS. Tuesday, Jan. 13, 7 p.m., Peabody Institute Library, 82 Main St., Peabody. Learn the merengue, bachata, salsa and cha-cha. Registration required at 978-531-0100, ext. 10, or www.peabodylibrary.org.

ME AND THEE. 1/9, Open Mike featuring Danielle Miraglia, doors open 6:30 p.m., show at 7 p.m. $10 admission. me & thee coffeehouse, Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead, 28 Mugford St. Marblehead.

ROCKAFELLAS. 1/8, Shades Apart; 1�Ñ9, Search Party; 1�Ñ10, Open Bar Band; 1�Ñ12, closed; 1/14, North Shore Latin Dance Party; 1/15, Elephant House. 231 Essex St., 978-745-2411.

SALEM PHILHARMONIC. Sunday, Jan. 11, 3:30 p.m. at the Salem High School auditorium. Free. Featured soloist pianist Elaine Rombola, performing Cesar Franck's Symphonic Variations. Orchestra will perform Von Suppe, Grieg, and Rachmaninoff, and Leroy Anderson, Robert Russell Bennett and Johann Strauss.

SPIRITS. 1/8, Danni's Hang, featuring Matt Shwachman. Veteran North Shore performers interact with audience, 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. 300 Derby St., Salem. Free. 978-744-8889.

SIXTY2 ON WHARF. 12�Ñ21, Qwill, singer/songwriter, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. During Sunday brunch, 62 Wharf St. (Pickering Wharf) Salem. No cover. 978-744-0062.

VICTORIA STATION. Al and Barb Boudreau and guest performer, Sunday jazz series concerts, every Sunday at 5 p.m. 86 Wharf St., Salem, 978-745-3400. $5. 978-745-3400.

Singles

SINGLES DANCE PARTY. Every Friday and Saturday night, 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Village Green, 225 Newbury St., Danvers. $7 admission includes buffet dinner, must be 21 to enter. 978-774-7270 or www.villagegreendanvers.com.

Theater

MOTHER GOOSE. British pantomime for all ages. Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:30 p.m., Mary Weld Pingree Theatre, Pingree School, 537 Highland Ave., South Hamilton. Tickets $15, $10 seniors and students with I.D., $5 children 10 and under. 978-500-5553 or write imaginarybeasts@gmail.com.

"DISNEY HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2." North Shore Music Theatre. Performances through Jan. 11.

Tickets $25 for youth under 18. Adult tickets $45 to $60. Performances Thursday and Monday, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Visit www.nsmt.org, call 978-232-7200 or visit box office at 62 Dunham Road, Beverly. Theatergoers are encouraged to bring a nonperishable food item to support local food pantries.

CINDERELLA. Sunday, Jan. 11, 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 12, 4 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 13, 5 p.m. Temple B'nai Abraham Theater, 200 E. Lothrop St., Beverly. Audience participation, children invited to come in favorite fairy-tale costume. Tickets $10 and $12.50. Visit www.neverlandtheatre.com or call 978-500-8832.