North Shore Art Throb is highlighting a few special events happening at some of our favorite spots on the North Shore.
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Salem Arts Festival Call for Proposals
Due March 15, 2010
The Salem Arts Festival celebrates all the arts: painting, photography, sculpture, dance, music, writing, film, new media, performance, theatre, poetry, culinary and visual art. If the idea of drawing on the sidewalk with chalk or performing a piece on the Gazebo on the Commons sounds perfect to you, then be sure to submit a proposal as an individual or as a group to celebrate all the art in Salem. And considering last year’s festival was attended by over 4000 people, it’s not a bad way to share your talent. To learn more, visit www.salemartsfestival.com or call Jennifer Bell at 978.744.0004 x15.
Closing of Rare Birds of Fashion: Peabody Essex Museum (PEM)
Friday, February 5 (6 to 9:30PM)
This portrait of Iris Apfel was created by Salem State College student John Prudent, who was inspired by visiting Apfel's exhibit at PEM.
Haven’t seen the irreverent Iris Apfel exhibit at the PEM? Enjoy the stylish closing on February 5 with extended hours, cash bar, elegant refreshments, music and shopping.
Newburyport
Love, Lust and Loathing: an Off-beat Celebration of Valentine’s Day with Nationally Acclaimed Authors Steve Almond, Rachel DeWoskin and Fredrick Speers
The Brand New Tannery Reading Series Gets Rolling with a Funky Literary Event for the Hip and Hip at Heart-February 13, 2010, 7:00pm, JabberwockyBookstore, Newburyport, MA
The Tannery Reading Series solution for Valentine’s weekend: Love, Lust and Loathing, a literary evening for anyone interested in a smart, fun, unusual way to spend the holiday that goes where Hallmark has never gone before. Check the fluffy bears and cupids at the door as authors Steve Almond (My Life in Heavy Metal, Candy Freak), Rachel DeWoskin (Foreign Babes in Beijing, Repeat After Me) and poet Fred Speers plumb the deep, dark depths of that crazy little thing called love.
BEVERLY
Author Dawn Paul: Beverly Public Library
Wednesday, February 10 at 7PM
Local author Dawn Paul of Beverly will discuss her new novel “The Country of Loneliness” at the Beverly Public Library on February 10. In the novel, Paul imagines the boyhood and youth of her father, a silent and troubled war veteran whose early death deprived them both of any chance for understanding. Proceeds from sales of the book at the reading will benefit the Library.
“America Now” Photography Exhibit: Montserrat College of Art Gallery
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“America Now” shows the country through the eyes of six American photographers. Based in five regions, each artist conveys a specific sense of place in the form of a photo essay. Photographers Zoe Straus and Shane Lavalette will be giving artist talks on February 2 and March 24, respectively. Learn more at www.montserrat.edu.
MARBLEHEAD
February Exhibits with Fran Gardino and Robert Hanlon and North East Arc’s ArcWorks: Marblehead Arts Association (MAA)
February 6 through 28, 2010 (Reception February 7 at 2PM)
ArcWorks is a guild for artists with physical and or intellectual challenges. Their mission is to provide opportunities these individuals to explore and discover their creative abilities, to express themselves through the arts and to provide the opportunity that enables their artistic voice to be heard by an ever-expanding community. Check out their work this month at MAA.
BOSTON (MISSION HILL)
The Collective Pull: fivesevendelle
February 6 through 28 (Reception: February 6 at 6PM)
It may not be a North Shore venue, but we couldn’t resist! And besides the project originated in Beverly. In case you aren’t familiar with The Collective Pull, it’s a local movement formed to unite local artists through curated art shows hung in local alternative venues. And beginning in February, the venue is a big beautiful Brownstone in Mission Hill, complete with fireplace and chandelier. It just keeps getting better and better… Learn more at www.thiscollectivepull.blogspot.com.
