Bob Allison Hosts Piano Bar In Salisbury Beach, Hobo’s Café, Wednesday, September 30th
September 28, 2009
Where: Hobo’s Café, 5 Broadway, Salisbury Beach, MA
BOB ALLISON HOSTS PIANO BAR IN SALISBURY BEACH
Enjoy listening, singing or tapping your toes to classic songs from the Great American Song Book with Bob Allison at the Henry Miller baby grand Wednesdays, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Hobo’s Café, 5 Broadway, Salisbury Beach.
The Lighthouse Trio and Friends perform on the first Wednesday of every month, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
There is no cover charge.
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Wednesday Morning Birding, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, September 30th
September 28, 2009
When: Wednesday, September 30th, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pmWhere: Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport
Cost: $12 for Mass Audubon members; $15 for nonmembers
The Mass Audubon Society’s Joppa Flats Education Center offers a Wednesday Morning Birding program from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
If you’re one of the lucky ones that has time available during the week, join Joppa Flats Sanctuary Director Bill Gette for this weekly birding field trip in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. It’s a great way to observe birds in the area and identify some of the better locations for finding them when on your own.
During the spring and summer, the center conducts its field trips to birding hot spots in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. The focus for its programs will be the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (Plum Island), the Merrimack River estuary, Cape Ann, and other productive areas in Essex County.
You can expect to see a large number of shorebirds, egrets and herons, waterfowl, and migrating songbirds. When appropriate, the itinerary will be adjusted to search for rarities reported in the area.
To participate in the birding field trip, meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport.
Presentation By Rich Wilson, Around The World Race, Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Tuesday, September 29th
September 28, 2009
When: Tuesday, September 29th, at 7:15 pmWhere: Waterline Center, Essex Shipbuilding Museum, 66 Main Street, Essex, MA
The Essex Shipbuilding Museum invites you to come to the museum on Tuesday, September 29th for a presentation by internationally known sailor Rich Wilson.
Rich finished 9th in the Vendee Globe 2008-9, a solo, non-stop, sailing race around the world.
Here are some interesting facts:
- He was the only American, the only asthmatic, and the oldest skipper (58) in the fleet.
- Of 30 starters, only 11 finished.
Wilson endured broken ribs, a facial gash, compressed vertebrae, hurricane force gales, an ascent up the 90′ mast, crushing fatigue, fear, and gear breakage in braving the course via the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn, in his 60′ monohull Great American III.
Family Harvest Festival, Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, Newbury, Saturday, September 26th
September 25, 2009
When: Saturday, September 26th, 11:00 am to 4:00 pmWhere: Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, 5 Little’s Lane, Newbury, MA (off High Road, Route 1A)
Family Harvest Festival
Visit the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm on Saturday, September 26th and see tractors and other farm equipment spanning eighty years.
- Try corn husking or win a prize at the pie-eating contest.
- Learn how simple machines help farmers with pumping water, pressing cider, and preparing food.
- Find your way through a hay bale maze, harvest wild herbs, and see vegetables preserved in the traditional way.
- Enjoy a wagon ride through the fields, build scarecrows, go on a pumpkin treasure hunt, and make fall crafts.
- Listen to folk music performed by Sweet Loretta’s Snake Oil Jug Band or watch a puppet show by Martha Dana.
6th Annual Newburyport Documentary Film Festival, Firehouse Center For The Arts, Newburyport, September 25th through 27th
September 25, 2009
When: Friday through Sunday, September 25th through 27thWhere: Firehouse Center For The Arts, One Market Square, Newburyport, MA
The Newburyport Documentary Film Festival, now in its 6th year, provides a wonderful opportunity to preview some of the most intriguing new films from around the world, and hear from the artists who created them.
The three day film festival, which is presented by the Newburyport Film Society, occurs in downtown Newburyport with films being shown at the Firehouse Center For The Arts in Market Square and the Newburyport Screening Room on State Street.
This year’s film festival begins on Friday, September 25th and continues through Sunday, September 27th.
List Of Events:
There are a lot of great films to check out at this year’s festival. For the complete list of events and films, visit the Newburyport Film Society website. You can also view/watch video trailers of each film on this website.
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Newburyport High School Homecoming Football Game, Friday, September 25th
September 24, 2009
When: Friday, September 25th, 7:00 pmWhere: Newburyport High School. World War Memorial Stadium, Newburyport (behind the High School)
Newburyport High School’s Homecoming Football Game is being played Friday evening, September 25th, at the World War Memorial Stadium in Newburyport where the Newburyport Clippers will be hosting the Ipswich High School Tiger’s at 7:00 pm.
Come on down and help celebrate Newburyport High School’s Homecoming Game! It’s a great time of year to enjoy the New England fall weather.
Special Event: Field Goal Kicking Competition
The Homecoming Game will have a field goal competition at half time following the band performance.
Buy a $1 raffle ticket to win a chance to be in the field goal competition.
Two lucky winners will be selected to kick the longest field goal.
The winner will receive an NHS football signed by the team, an NHS football shirt, a clipper pride towel, a clipper pride button and a sticker.
All proceeds from the raffle will benefit the scholarship program of the Booster Club which awards three scholarships annually to qualifying seniors.
Ipswich Lions Chowderfest, Ipswich Riverwalk, Saturday, September 26th
September 24, 2009
When: Saturday, September 26th, from noon to 3:00 pmWhere: Ipswich Riverwalk, Ipswich, MA (in the EBSCO parking lot)
If you’re like us here at GreaterNewburyportToday.com, and you’re always looking forward to regional food, wine, and beer & ale tastings, make sure that you add the Ipswich Chowderfest to your calendar for Saturday, September 26th!
We’ll be there to sample some of the best local chowders made with local Ipswich and Essex shellfish.
The annual Ipswich Chowderfest, hosted by the Ipswich Lions Club, and sponsored by the Institution for Savings, EBSCO Publishing and TD Banknorth, is a great way to end the summer season by sampling some of the best chowders around.
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Greater Newburyport High School Football, Friday & Saturday, September 25th & 26th
September 24, 2009
It’s that time of year where high school football is back! The weather is nice and the cost of admission to these games is a bargain.
Three games are being played under the lights by local high school football teams in the Cape Ann League (CAL) on Friday, September 25th:
- East Boston at Amesbury
- Ipswich at Newburyport
- Whitman-Hanson at Triton
All games have a 7:00 pm kickoff.
Saturday Afternoon Games:
Two afternoon games are being played on Saturday, September 26th:
Family Fly-By Sunday, The Great Migration, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, September 27th
September 23, 2009
When: Sunday, September 27th, from 10:00 am to 2:00 p.m.Where: Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA
FAMILY FLY-BY SUNDAY AT JOPPA FLATS: THE GREAT MIGRATION
Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, is hosting a family “Fly-By” from 10:00 am to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 27th.
Fly by the the Center on Sunday for free-flowing nature fun, with arts, crafts, games, and experiments for families with children of all ages.
Fee:
$3 per child for Mass Audubon members; $5 per child for nonmembers.
Pre-registration is not required for this event.
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Family Ecology Cruise Aboard Yankee Clipper, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, Sunday, September 27th
September 23, 2009
When: Sunday, September 27th, from 8:45 am to 10:45 amWhere: Meet at the Newburyport boardwalk (on the Merrimack River in downtown Newburyport)
On Sunday, September 27th, Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, is offering a family ecology cruise aboard the Yankee Clipper.
If you’ve ever wanted to see and/or learn more about the ecology of the lower Merrimack River ecosystem, here is your chance!
Lisa Hutchings of Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center and the crew of Harbor Tour’s Yankee Clipper will host this exploratory cruise of the ecosystem of the lower Merrimack River that runs through Newburyport, Amesbury and Salisbury.
The tour is being offered from 8:45 am to 10:45 am
Preregistration is required for this program. To register, please call 978-462-9998.
