Name: The Great Pumpkin Smash 2026
Start: 2026-11-08T11:00:00-05:00

🎃What: Join us for a fun fall day meant for all ages! Enjoy bluegrass music, lawn games, creative ways to compost pumpkins (smashing, hurling, squishing!), local food, drink &amp; craft vendors, and educational information about composting and sustainable actions!.
🎟️Cost: Free entry; food, drinks, and craft items available for purchase. We will have a raffle with a bunch of awesome prizes!📍Where: New Entry Sustainable Farming Project (779 Cabot St, Beverly, MA). This property is an active farm on dirt and grass with bumps and uneven ground. This is not a fully accessible space. 
Parking is not available onsite; we have secured two free parking lots a 1/4 walk away: Birch Plains and Axcelis. Free shuttle service is available from the Axcelis lot on a first come first serve basis. 
📝Register Online: <a target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdM25GwzSCPhP_hWjxk2WrubJX5Xirz7j8V5EmgLJn07PqPCA/viewform" rel="nofollow noopener">Sign</a> up here to secure your spot- all adults must register online. All minors under the age of 18 must attend with an adult. Pets are not allowed at the event.

Local Event: The Great Pumpkin Smash 2026

Essex County

Scott Souza

Boston Metropolitan Area

Beverly

Massachusetts

The Great Pumpkin Smash 2026

🎃What: Join us for a fun fall day meant for all ages! Enjoy bluegrass music, lawn games, creative ways to compost pumpkins...

Off Cabot Comedy, Music, & More

Jeff Allen may (or may not) want to admit it, but he’s getting old.
At 69, Jeff is staring down his 70th year and decided it might be time to think about slowing down. The result? My First Final Farewell Tour kicks off March 1st, 2026. Yes, you read that right—“First” and “Final” in the same sentence—because Jeff’s not totally sure he’s done. (After all, Cher had 20 farewell tours, and Elton John is still out there.)
What he is sure of: he’s bringing a mix of fan favorites and fresh new material to the stage. From the classic Happy Wife Happy Life routine you’ve been quoting for years, to fresh takes on marriage, family, and everyday life, Jeff is pulling it all together for a night that’s hilarious, unforgettable, and uplifting.
Jeff Allen is one of America’s most beloved comedians, with nearly 1 billion online views and a record-setting seven Dry Bar Comedy specials. He’s been featured on America’s Got Talent, The Today Show, Comedy Central, Showtime, and starred in the films Apostles of Comedy and My 7 Grandmas. Millions have seen him across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube—but nothing compares to seeing Jeff live.Door Times: One hour prior to ShowtimeShow Times: 5:00pm | 7:30pm$49

Local Event: Jeff Allen: My First Final Farewell Tour (2 shows!)

Jeff Allen: My First Final Farewell Tour (2...

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2026 marks Stacey Peasley’s 34th year of singing and performing for audiences!
This is a solo performance.
Launching her music career as a member of the New York-based girl group “The Chiclettes” at the tender age of 18, Peasley developed a deep love and appreciation for the innocent, yet catchy songs of the girl-group era. Her last fifteen years of performing have been dedicated to the most precious of audiences – children and families!
After the birth of her first child, Stacey began to write songs focused on the amazing things she observed as a new mom. Little did she know, this would develop into a brand new career combining both of her passions – music and working with children. Stacey Peasley has since written and recorded six critically acclaimed albums with awards from Creative Child Magazine, Parents’ Choice Foundation, &nbsp;NAPPA, International Songwriting Competition, and the John Lennon Songwriting Competition. &nbsp;She has also appeared on NBC 10 Boston’s the Hub!
Stacey is truly blessed to spend her days singing, dancing, and bringing music to the lives of children at schools, classes, and shows!



Cabot members at the Families level get FREE tickets to all Kids at The Cabot shows.&nbsp;<a href="https://thecabot.org/membership/#join" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Learn more and get your free tickets!</a>

Local Event: Kids at the Cabot - Stacey Peasley

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Launching her music...

IN 2008, NORAH JONES, SASHA DOBSON, AND CATHERINE POPPER FORMED PUSS N BOOTS.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Initially it was a vehicle for Jones and Dobson to play music together and try new things, with Popper joining on bass shortly after. The trio played various New York clubs, with a repertoire anchored in Americana, country, folk, pop and rock. The band became an outlet for Jones, Dobson and Popper to switch instruments, and allowed them to showcase a different side of themselves than in their various solo and side projects.
In 2013, some five years after the group began playing, they signed with Blue Note Records and set out to assemble their debut record. Comprised of originals and covers, studio recordings and live performances, that debut was called&nbsp;No Fools, No Fun.&nbsp;&nbsp;Released in the summer of 2014, it was supported by a tour of the U.S.
In 2019, the trio took the stage at the MusiCares charity event honoring Person of the Year Award recipient Dolly Parton, and performed Parton’s “The Grass Is Blue”. Later that year Jones, Dobson, and Popper&nbsp;released their holiday album&nbsp;Dear Santa,&nbsp;followed by their 2nd&nbsp;full length album&nbsp;Sister&nbsp;in 2020. &nbsp;

Local Event: Puss N Boots w/ Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson & Catherine Popper

Puss N Boots w/ Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson &...

IN 2008, NORAH JONES, SASHA DOBSON, AND CATHERINE POPPER FORMED PUSS N BOOTS.  
Initially it was a vehicle for Jones and Dobson...

Puss N Boots w/ Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson & Catherine Popper

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Experience The Sparrow, a powerful and inventive play by Chris Mathews, Jake Minton, and Nathan Allen. The story follows Emily Book, a teenage orphan whose life changes forever after surviving a devastating accident. Years later, Emily returns to her hometown. Attempting to navigate the challenges of high school, Emily begins to uncover mysterious talents that set her apart from everyone around her.

Local Event: Mainstage Theater Presents: The Sparrow

Mainstage Theater Presents: The Sparrow

Experience The Sparrow, a powerful and inventive play by Chris Mathews, Jake Minton, and Nathan Allen. The story follows Emily...

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck

November 6–22, 2026 
Friday–Sunday, noon–5 p.m. Opening reception: NOVEMBER 7, 4-6 PM 
Rocky Neck Cultural Center, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester MA 01930

Gloucester, MA — The Great Marsh Starts Here! A Living Landscape in Motion brings together artists from the Great Marsh Artists Fellowship for an exhibition celebrating three years of artistic exploration, collaboration, and engagement with one of New England’s most significant coastal landscapes.
The exhibition features work by artists who have participated in the Great Marsh Artists Fellowship, a program created to support artists in developing new projects inspired by the Great Marsh, its natural and man-made history and significance, as well as its beauty and immediate fragility. Over the past three years, 22 artists have been selected as Great Marsh Artist Fellows and have dedicated themselves to creating 24 projects that connect art, ecology, history, science, and community. Some have been completed and presented to the community, others are still underway.
The exhibition marks an important milestone in a partnership that began with The Great Marsh Concert in 2023, a collaboration between Manship Artists Residency and Artists for the Great Marsh. The concert brought artists and members of the Great Marsh community together around a shared interest in the landscape and its future. That initial collaboration led to the formation of the Great Marsh Artists Fellowship, which provides $2,000 grants to artists to develop projects that premiere at organizations and institutions connected to the Great Marsh.
The fellowship has grown into a network of artists and organizational partners extending across the Great Marsh region. Over the past three years, fellows have developed and presented projects with organizations including Essex Heritage, Greenbelt, Essex County’s Land Trust, Mass Audubon, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, The Trustees of Reservations, TownGreen, Essex National Heritage Area, Historic New England, Massachusetts Bay National Estuary Program, Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, Plum Island Ecosystems LTER at the Marine Biological Laboratory, and the Wilkie Center for the Performing Arts and Bass Institute at The Governor’s Academy. The Great Marsh Artists Fellowship and this exhibition are funded in part by the Kathleen Van Demark Fund for the Great Marsh.
Rather than asking artists simply to interpret the marsh, the fellowship invites them to spend time with the places, people, histories, species, and questions that make up this extraordinary landscape. The resulting projects have taken many forms, demonstrating the range of ways artists can engage with a living ecosystem.
“The Great Marsh Starts Here!” reflects both the geography and the philosophy of the exhibition. The Great Marsh begins here, but it also extends outward—through waterways, wildlife, communities, working landscapes, and the many people who care for and experience it. The exhibition offers a chance to see the Great Marsh through the eyes of artists who have spent time observing, listening, researching, imagining, and creating in relationship to the landscape.
Artists and Works
The exhibition brings together work by 18 of the 22 Great Marsh Artists Fellows including Resa Blatman, Gail Boyajian, Marcia Ciro, Robert J. Bradshaw, Michele Brody, Anne Eder, Karen Futral, Isaac Grenader, Robert Honstein, Jenn Houle, Amy Kaczur, Andrea LeBlanc, Susan Quateman, Katie Pustizzi, Norah Solorzano, Erika Sutter, and Alex Young.
The work presented moves across artistic disciplines and mediums—from painting, photography, and sculpture to video, book art, music, animation, and dance—revealing the many ways a living landscape can be seen, experienced, interpreted, and expressed.
About the Great Marsh Artists Fellowship
The Great Marsh Artists Fellowship was established following the 2023 Great Marsh Concert, a collaboration between Manship Artists Residency and Artists for the Great Marsh. The fellowship provides $2,000 grants to artists to create projects inspired by the Great Marsh and to develop those projects in partnership with organizations throughout the region.
The program recognizes artists as important observers, interpreters, storytellers, and participants in the life of a landscape. By placing artists in conversation with environmental organizations, historic sites, conservation groups, scientists, educators, and local communities, the fellowship creates opportunities for new forms of public engagement with the Great Marsh.



Some of the artwork will be for sale. 
Admission: Donations gratefully accepted to the FREE exhibition. Recommended donations requested for certain programs to pay the performers. Register to attend on exhibition page of Manship website: <a href="https://manshipartists.org/the-great-marsh-starts-here" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">HERE</a>.
For more information, visit Manship Artists Residency at ManshipArtists.org or contact Rebecca Reynolds, <a href="mailto:rreynolds@ManshipArtists.org" target="_blank">rreynolds@ManshipArtists.org</a>, 978-290-8438.

Local Event: The Great Marsh Starts Here! A Living Landscape in Motion

The Great Marsh Starts Here! A Living Landscape...

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Friday–Sunday, noon–5 p.m. Opening reception: NOVEMBER 7, 4-6 PM 
Rocky Neck Cultural Center, 6 Wonson...

The Great Marsh Starts Here! A Living Landscape in Motion

Jeffrey Gaines has been heralded for his soul-searching lyrics and his powerful live performances.
With only his voice and a guitar for accompaniment, Gaines has earned a reputation as a captivating performer, entertaining his audiences worldwide.
Throughout his three-decade recording career, Gaines has maintained an impressive standard for soul-searching, introspective lyrics and catchy, uplifting melodies. Since bursting on the scene with his self-titled 1992 debut album, the charismatic singer-songwriter-guitarist has built a beloved body of recordings that’s won him a large and deeply devoted international fan base. He has sold out theaters and clubs throughout North America and Europe. With his compelling live performances gaining high respect, Gaines was asked to join tours as support act for Tom Petty &amp; The Heartbreakers in Europe, Tracy Chapman, and Stevie Nicks with Sheryl Crow, among others. He will be supporting Roger Daltry on his upcoming tour.
Gaines landed his first record deal shortly after graduating from high school, and in 1992 released his widely acclaimed debut album Jeffrey Gaines. The eponymous disc won massive amounts of critical and audience acclaim, spawning the hit “Hero in Me.” Somewhat Slightly Dazed (1994) and Galore (1998) further expanded his audience. Interview magazine described Gaines’ work as “soul-searching” and “refreshingly free of jargon, sentiment or cliché.”
In 2001, Gaines’ release Always Be yielded a surprise hit in his deeply felt interpretation of Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes”; 2003’s Toward the Sun attracted even more critical accolades, with Mojo praising the “soul-folkie’s sexy growl” and The Boston Globe declaring that “Gaines’ soulful, wounded vocals make a case for his being one of pop’s finest singers.” Toward the Sun was followed by a pair of live albums, the 2004 CD/DVD Jeffrey Gaines Live and 2012’s Live in Europe, which reflected the deep and abiding rapport that Gaines has with his fans. In 2018, Gaines released his eighth studio album, Alright. The album was recorded in Los Angeles with Chris Price, Val McCallum and Elvis Costello’s Imposters, Pete Thomas and Davey Faragher.
“The biggest pleasure I derive from this is playing live,” Gaines notes. “There’s nothing more satisfying for me than a good live gig. I’m in control, but the audience can take it to a place that’s higher than I can imagine. When I show up for a live gig, I don’t need much, there’s no rider. It’s just, turn it on, let the audience in, and we’ll do the rest. It’s the best job anyone could ever have.”
With more than a quarter-century of recording and performing under his belt, Jeffrey Gaines is enjoying life and music more than ever. “Nowadays, I know what the job is about so there’s nothing to stress about,” he says. “I know that there’s people out there who want it, so I have the opportunity to extend their experience. I guess I could lay my albums all out and see that they tell a story, but personally I prefer to keep looking forward.”

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Jeffrey Gaines

Jeffrey Gaines has been heralded for his soul-searching lyrics and his powerful live performances.
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In a career spanning over 50 years, dozens of albums, and too many shows to count, Marty Stuart charts a course through new territory at every chance possible.
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