Dinner with the Authors, Newburyport Literary Festival, Friday April 23rd
March 13, 2010
When: Friday, April 23rd, 7:30 pm
Where: Nicholson Hall, 7 Harris Street, Newburyport MA
Dinner with the Authors at the 5th Annual Newburyport Literary Festival 2010
A great way to start off the Fifth Annual Newburyport Literary Festival is to attend the Dinner With The Authors on Friday April 23 at 7:30 pm at Nicholson Hall, Newburyport. You can ,ix and mingle with your favorite festival authors!
The festival starts on Friday, April 23rd at the Firehouse Centre for the Arts. The ceremony is followed by our Dinner with the Authors at Nicholson Hall.
Cost: $50 per person
Saturday continues the celebration with a full day of activities from Coffee with the Poets to the closing ceremony. This festival promises to have something for every reader.
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The Farm Field School: Sugar Maple 101, Appleton Farms, Ipswich, Tuesday, March 16th
March 10, 2010
Where: Appleton Farms, 219 County Road (Route 1A), Ipswich, MA
Come celebrate the sugar maple at Appleton Farms, Ipswich.
Learn firsthand how this magnificent tree produces sap which is then turned into syrup.
Explore the first maple taps on the farm, enjoy local syrup, and wish a “sweet goodbye to winter.”
Join the Trustees of Reservations at America’s oldest continually operating farm – Appleton Farms!
This working farm encompasses 658 acres of land.
http://www.thetrustees.org/
Cost: Members: $5. Nonmembers: $8.
Phone: 978.356.5728 x15 E-mail: hhannaway@ttor.org
Wednesday Morning Birding On Cape Ann, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, March 10th
March 4, 2010
When: Wednesday, March 10th, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pmWhere: Meet at the Friendly’s Restaurant in Gloucester, just off the first traffic circle on Rte. 128.
Cost: $15
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.
Join Joppa Flats Sanctuary Director Bill Gette for this special birding field trip around Cape Ann. Appropriate for all birding levels. It’s a great way to observe birds in the Cape Ann area and identify some of the better locations for finding them when on your own.
Wednesday Morning Hike, Ipswich Bay Circuit Trail, March 10th
March 4, 2010
Where: Meet at Town Landing on East Street, Ipswich, MA.
Ipswich Bay Circuit Trail Committee Sponsored Hikes
You are welcome to join the Wednesday morning hikes that are sponsored by the Ipswich Bay Circuit Trail Committee.
An informal group meets at the Town Landing on East Street, Ipswich at 9:30 am on each Wednesday from mid September to mid June. All are welcome.
The morning hikes explore the woods and trails in and about Ipswich. There are eleven miles of marked trails in Ipswich, Massachusetts, including a portion of the Bay Circuit Trail. These trails are maintained by members of the Ipswich Bay Circuit Trail Committee (IBCTC) with other volunteers, including Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and other organizations in Ipswich.
The Story of Evelina M. Goulart, its History and Place in the Northeast Fishing Industry, Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Thursday, March 4th
March 3, 2010
Where: Waterline Center Essex Shipbuilding Museum 66 Main Street Essex, MA
Symposium on The 20th Anniversary of The Return of the Evelina M. Goulart
The Essex Shipbuilding Museum will hold a special four-part symposium in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the return of the Evelina M. Goulart, a rare transitional dragger built at the A.D. Story Shipyard in Essex, Massachusetts in 1927.
The dragger, returned in 1990, is one of seven remaining Essex-built schooners in existence and has now been on exhibit at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum for longer than most of her sisters survived at sea.
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Wednesday Morning Hike, Ipswich Bay Circuit Trail, March 3rd
February 25, 2010
Where: Meet at Town Landing on East Street, Ipswich, MA.
Ipswich Bay Circuit Trail Committee Sponsored Hikes
You are welcome to join the Wednesday morning hikes that are sponsored by the Ipswich Bay Circuit Trail Committee.
An informal group meets at the Town Landing on East Street, Ipswich at 9:30 am on each Wednesday from mid September to mid June. All are welcome.
The morning hikes explore the woods and trails in and about Ipswich. There are eleven miles of marked trails in Ipswich, Massachusetts, including a portion of the Bay Circuit Trail. These trails are maintained by members of the Ipswich Bay Circuit Trail Committee (IBCTC) with other volunteers, including Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and other organizations in Ipswich.
Privateering And The Revolution At Sea, Dr. Emily Murphy, Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Essex, Tuesday, February 23rd
February 22, 2010
Where: Waterline Center, Essex Shipbuilding Museum, 66 Main Street, Essex, MA
Join historian Dr. Emily Murphy at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum on as she explores the world of the privateersmen and navy sailors who supplied one of Essex County’s major contributions to the revolutionary war effort.
You’ll learn about the merchants and mariners who risked their livelihoods and lives to take the battle to the British on the high seas.
Admission:
Members – $8
Nonmembers – $10
For More Information:
For additional information, call 978-768-7541 or email mainoffice@essexshipbuildingmuseum.org.
Wednesday Morning Birding, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, February 24th
February 21, 2010
When: Wednesday, February 24th, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pmWhere: Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport
Cost: $15
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 and USFWS veteran David Weaver 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.
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Wednesday Morning Hike, Ipswich Bay Circuit Trail, February 24th
February 20, 2010
Where: Meet at Town Landing on East Street, Ipswich, MA.
Ipswich Bay Circuit Trail Committee Sponsored Hikes
You are welcome to join the Wednesday morning hikes that are sponsored by the Ipswich Bay Circuit Trail Committee.
An informal group meets at the Town Landing on East Street, Ipswich at 9:30 am on each Wednesday from mid September to mid June. All are welcome.
The morning hikes explore the woods and trails in and about Ipswich. There are eleven miles of marked trails in Ipswich, Massachusetts, including a portion of the Bay Circuit Trail. These trails are maintained by members of the Ipswich Bay Circuit Trail Committee (IBCTC) with other volunteers, including Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and other organizations in Ipswich.
Focus On Seabirds Of Cape Ann, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, Sunday, February 21st
February 19, 2010
Where: Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA.
Join Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center exploring Cape Ann to find sea ducks, loons, grebes, and gulls on Sunday, February 21st.
If you’re lucky you may also see harlequin ducks and perhaps a king eider.
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