Recreation
WALK. Essex County Greenbelt free monthly walk at Wildflower Walk, Beverly Conservation Area, on Sunday, May 25, from 1 to 3 p.m. Erika Sonders, field biologist, naturalist and nature artist, will lead. Go to Greenwood Avenue and park to the right on Stone Ridge Road. 978-768-7241.
CHI GONG. Chi Gong Class, Manchester Council on Aging, Thursday, May 22, from 10 to 11 a.m., Congregational Chapel, Chapel Lane, Manchester. $5 payable to instructor. 978-526-7500.
Cinema
MOVIE PREMIERE. "Back From The Edge," film about borderline personality disorder, will premiere on Thursday, May 22, at 7 p.m., at St. Stephen Methodist Church, 67 Cornell Road, Marblehead. Discussion to follow. Free. 781-631-8017.
Garden
ECHO. Essex County Horticultural Organization, Friday, May 23, at 7 p.m., at John Archer's Home, 10 North St., Danvers. Potluck supper, garden tour. Bring plant to swap. 978-922-4600.
FARMERS MARKET. "Spring Plant Sale" at Topsfield Farmers Market, main parking lot at Topsfield Fair grounds on Route 1, May 24, 31 and June 7, from 7 a.m. to noon. Local growers with flower, vegetable and herb seedlings. Open to the public. 978-922-1648.
KIDS' PLANTS. Best Plants for Your Kids, Saturday, May 24, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Green Meadows Farm, 656 Asbury St., Hamilton. Just for kids, best way to care for plants, in containers and outside, how to transplant and harvest. Plant to take home. $10 per child includes plant. 978-468-3720.
VOLUNTEERS. Beverly Improvement Society to plant annuals on Saturday, May 24, from 9 to 11:30 a.m., in Rose Garden at Lynch Park, Beverly. Adults are welcome to bring a trowel and help plant. 978-927-4367.
BLOSSOM. Spring Blossom Day will be held at Kelsey Arboretum on Sunday, May 25, from 1 to 4 p.m., 18 Kelsey Road, Boxford. Free. 978-887-2194.
EARTH DAY. Earth Day Walk Series, "Wildflowers of the Forest," Sunday, May 25, with plant expert Erika Sonder, 1 to 3 p.m., Beverly Commons Conservation Area. Park and gather at end of Greenwood Avenue at Stone Ridge Road. Free.
GREAT GARDENER. Allyson Hayward, author of "Norah Lindsay: The Life and Art of a Garden Designer," Wednesday, May 28, 7 p.m., Main Library, 82 Main St., Peabody. On designer of reputed most beautiful garden in England, at Manor House, Sutton Courtenay in Oxfordshire. Free and open to the public. Registration required at 978-531-0100.
Networking
TEEN JOB FAIR. Thursday, May 22, from 6 to 8 p.m., Manchester Public Library,15 Union St., Manchester. Explore ways to start business or volunteer. Job hunters database available. For more information or to list your help wanted ad, contact Eileen Fitzgerald, young adult librarian, at efitzgerald@mvlc.org. Registration requested. 978-526-7711.
Informative
WHALING. Lecture and slide presentation on "Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America" by Eric Jay Dolin Thursday, May 22, at 7 p.m. in the Salem Athenaeum. Tickets are $10, $5 for members of the Athenaeum and Salem Marine Society.
SCHOOL. Open Classrooms at Clark School, Thursday, May 22, from 9 to 10:30 a.m., 487 Locust St., Danvers. See new building, visit classrooms. Learn about accelerated and individualized programs for kindergarten through grade 12. Tours included. Reservations appreciated at 978-777-4699. Tuition discount for Danvers residents.
ELDER LAW. Thursday, May 22 at 1 p.m., Ipswich Council on Aging, 25 Green St., Ipswich, attorney to speak on estate planning, health care proxies, trusts, other issues. RSVP at 978-356-6650.
IPSWICH HISTORY. Opening Day Celebration, "Ipswich Historical Society Museums Open for 2008 Tour Season," Saturday, May 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Heard House Museum lawn, 54 S. Main St. Tours of both houses, "Old House Restoration" seminar with full timber frame display and period tools, new photography exhibit, lace-making, Maypole dance, arrowheads, antique carriages, live music, refreshments and Sox ticket raffle. 978-356-2811 or office@ipswichmuseum.org.
LOCAL HISTORIAN. "A Heritage Hero: 25 Years, 25 Stories," Wednesday, May 28, at 5:30 p.m., honoring Jim McAllister at the historic Hawthorne Hotel, 18 Washington Square. Essex National Heritage Commission, 978-740-0444.
Benefit
WALK. Walk for Brian, Sunday, May 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Masconomet Regional High School, 20 Endicott Road, Topsfield. Register 10 to 11 a.m., dedication of Brian Hart Schwartz Memorial Bench at front of high school at 11 a.m., walk to follow. $10 per person, proceeds to Scholarship Fund. 978-979-9276.
Art
MARITIME ART. St. Paul's Cathedral oil painting by John Stobart, maritime painter, will be on display for the first time at Kensington-Stobart Gallery at the Hawthorne Hotel, Salem Commons. Hours: Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. 978-825-0022.
PHOTOGRAPHY PRESENTATION. Gary Stanley, nature, landscape and wildlife photographer, will give a multimedia presentation about outdoor photography at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 22, in the Phillips Library Auditorium of the Peabody Essex Museum, Plummer Hall, 134 Essex St., Salem. www.light-chasers.com or 978-741-7900.
ARC EXHIBIT. George Patton Jr., 52, of Hamilton, an artist with developmental disabilities, will be the subject of an exhibit in the Gallery at Southside at North Shore Arc, 6 Southside Road, Danvers, to run through June 20. Refreshments served. 978-624-2318.
EXHIBIT. "Paintings and Photography" by Danvers artist Debra Lee Collins is on display at the Peabody Institute Library, 15 Sylvan St., Danvers, through June. Collins is a member of the Danvers Art Association.
PARISH ART. "Everything Under the Sun," an exhibit of art by St. Andrew's parishioners celebrating the arrival of spring, will be on display at The Cloister Gallery until Tuesday, June 10. The gallery is at the Episcopal Church of St. Andrew at 135 Lafayette St. (Route 114) in Marblehead.
EXHIBIT. "Familiars," paintings by Salem artist Lisa Ainsworth, at SATV Gallery through June. Salem Access Television, 285 Derby St., Salem. Free.
TEACHERS. "Working Artists" at Mingo Gallery presents an exhibit by 10 Beverly Public School art teachers through May 31 at 284 Cabot St. 978-578-0802.
RECEPTION. Opening receptions, Thursday, May 29, from 6 to 8 p.m., Marblehead watercolors by Ingrid Selmer Larsen, Marblehead Museum and Historical Society; sculptures by Johan Selmer Larsen, Marblehead Arts Association, King Hooper Mansion; Season Opening Reception, Lee Mansion. RSVP at 781-631-1768.
Music
ROCKAFELLAS. 5/22, Slim Rocket; 5/23, Search Party; 5/24, Wildfire; 5/25, Lisa Love Experience; 5/28, North Shore Latin Dance Lessons with Greg Coles, salsa instructor. Cover varies. 231 Essex St., Salem. 978-745-2411.
DODGE STREET. Bar and Grill at 7 Dodge St. Music starts 9:30 p.m. 5/22, Christ Fitz; 5/23, Neurological Damage; 5/24, Fair Warning; 5/25, Big Shoes 2 Phil; 5/26, Open Jam Night, 8:30 p.m.; 5/27, Fats Hammond; 5/28, Spike Emerson Society. 978-745-0139 or www.dodgestreet.com.
MANDRAKE. Mandrake Bar and Bistro. 5/26, TBA; 5/27, Barrence Whitfield & the Savages. Music starts Sundays at 7 p.m. and Mondays and Tuesdays at 9 p.m. No cover. 252 Cabot St., Beverly. 978-922-0663.
IN A PIG'S EYE. Thursday, 5/22, Orville Giddings and Allen Estes, 9 p.m.; Friday afternoons: Blues Jam, 4:15 to 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 5/28, Julie Doherty, 9 p.m.; Thursday 5/29, Gerry Ryan and Charlie Ortolani, 9 p.m. At 148 Derby St., Salem, 978-741-4436. Never a cover charge.
SALEM HIGH. Spring Solo and Small Ensemble Recital, Salem Public Schools Music Department, Thursday, May 29, at 6:30 p.m., Salem High School auditorium..Grades four through eight perform at 6:30 p.m.; grades nine through 12 perform at 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.
Performance
HAWTHORNE. Playing author Nathaniel Hawthorne, Norman Jones stars in "Inspired," an hourlong conversation about Hawthorne's influences and marriage, at Griffen Theatre, 7 Lynde St., Salem, on Friday, May 23, and Saturday, May 24, at 8 p.m. Meet Jones after the show. Tickets $15, doors open at 7:15 p.m., complimentary beverages. To reserve, call 978-825-0222.
Memorial Day
MARBLEHEAD. The G.A.R. and Civil War Museum, on second floor of Marblehead's Old Town House, 170 Washington St., will be open Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Memberships and donations at www.marbleheadmuseum.org or 781-631-1768.
BOXFORD. Celebration in East Boxford: at 9 a.m., decorate graves, Harmony Cemetery, Ipswich Road; 9:30 a.m., place flags, Curtis Guild Camp, Roundtop Road; 10 a.m., place wreaths; 11 a.m., service, First Congregational Church, East Boxford; noon, march to Village Cemetery.
BEVERLY. Memorial Day Parade, Sunday, May 25, steps off at 1:30 p.m. Forms on Pond Street at Herman A. Spear Legion Post in Beverly. Proceeds from Pond Street to Cabot Street, stopping at City Hall to place a wreath and flag, and then down Railroad Avenue to Veterans Memorial at Odell Park for a short service. All veterans invited to participate, uniform not required. 978-921-6018.
DANVERS. Memorial Day Observance, Monday, May 26, 9 a.m. procession, 10 a.m. ceremonies at Town Hall, refreshments follow at VFW Post, 5 Conant St., next to Danvers Savings Bank. 978-774-5209.
IPSWICH. Memorial Day church service on Sunday, May 25, Memorial Day Service, 10 a.m., Ipswich First Congregational Church on Town Hill. Assembly in front of church at 9:35 a.m.
SALEM. On Sunday, May 25, at 10:30 a.m., wreath-laying ceremony at St. Mary's Cemetery monument, then at 11:30 a.m., Memorial Day Mass at St. John the Baptist Church. After Mass, noon to 12:30 p.m., ceremony for those lost at sea on Winter Island. On Monday, May 26, parade will assemble on Commercial Street, across from AMA at 10 a.m., leave at 10:45 a.m., down North Street, onto Orne, to Greenlawn cemetery. Remembrance at 11 a.m. State Rep. John Keenan and the commander of "B" Battery, 101st Field Artillery, Massachusetts National Guard, will speak.
Antiques
ANTIQUES SHOW. Topsfield Antiques Market with 150 dealers, including books and ephemera, on Saturday, May 24, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, May 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $7 adults, free children. www.neantiqueshows.com or 781-862-4039.
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