Peabody Essex Museum

Join artist Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) for a demonstration of the Native American art practice of weaving a mat from the inner bark of a cedar tree. After the session, see her nature-based artworks featured in the Knowing Nature exhibition. James-Perry, a restoration ecologist, will also discuss how she sustainably harvests and prepares natural materials from the forest, including plant dyes, for her artworks.
About our collaborator
Elizabeth James-Perry Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) engages with Northeastern Woodlands Native cultural expressions, primarily in sculptural forms of wampum shell carving, twined basketry and bead making, with connections to identity and sovereignty, maritime traditions and restorative Native gardening.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/136672/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More Info

Local Event: Cedar Bark Mat Weaving Demonstration

Essex County

Salem

Massachusetts

Cedar Bark Mat Weaving Demonstration

 Join artist Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) for a demonstration of the Native American art practice of weaving a...

Field Studies (Symbiosis) looks at forest ecology from a variety of perspectives, beginning with an aerial overview of the Canadian Boreal Forest and moving through the dynamic processes that shape the landscape, including wind, water, pollination and the hidden forest communication channels of the micro-rhizomes in the soil. Three multidisciplinary artists collaborated over nine months and completed a weeklong residency at PEM to produce this 30-minute performance-based installation. Their project engaged the natural world through deep investigations of the land, siting filming in the wild and collaborating with natural scientists.
Artist Fernanda D’Agostino’s monumental projections activate the front wall and stage of the auditorium. Composer Lisa DeGrace’s soundtrack interweaves immersive sounds from nature and beyond. A live performance by movement artist Laura Kathrein intertwines movement, sound, images and the forest’s unseen worlds to create an embodied field study that gives voice to the forest itself. In this symbiotic exchange, Field Studies translates hidden languages and opens onto the possibility of a world where all living beings are recognized as our sacred relations.
Stay after the performance for a reception with Kakawa Chocolate House’s co-founder Bonnie Bennett, who will serve samples of different drinking chocolates and share Kakawa’s strategies for supporting sustainable cacao production and agroforestry.
Onscreen Performances: Jaleesa M.Johnston, Laura Kathrein, Lisa Kusanagi Photography: Camera 1, Fernanda D'Agostino, Camera 2 Brian Foulkes, Camera 3 Osmani Tellez, Camera 4 Harry Dawson Underground Timelapse Photography, Volvox and Carteria Microscopy; Wim Van Egmond Fire Footage; US Forest Service Archives
PEM Presents is made possible by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation and the Lowell Institute. Additional funding for this project is provided by Oregon Arts Commission, Ford Family Foundation, and PAMCUT. Community support came from Sound Stage Support; Somerville Media Center, and Ecological Advisory: Somerville Growing Center.
 About our collaborators
 Fernanda D’Agostino Fernanda D’Agostino is a new media artist focused on experimental installation, immersive video projection and public art. Her work engages themes of movement and growth as catalyzed by phenomena of the natural world, alchemical transformation, complex networks and human engagement with non-human communities. Her internationally exhibited installations incorporate sculpture, architecture, interactive video, projection mapping and sound in novel ways. She is an active member of the CETI (A Creative and Emergent Technology Institute) Lab community, based out of Portland State University, where the focus is on lifelong learning and collaborative, interdisciplinary innovation in creative and emergent technologies.
Laura Kathrein Laura Kathrein is a Boston-based movement artist, community arts organizer and educator whose interdisciplinary practice centers on embodiment, environmental awareness and collaboration. Through dance, movement analysis and site-specific improvisation, Kathrein explores how bodies respond to natural systems, fostering environmental empathy. Collaboration is central to her work, which frequently engages musicians, visual artists and both human and animal movers. Kathrein’s work includes iEMBODY, a series of movement video installations inside PEM’s Art &amp; Nature Center. From 2015 to 2020, she developed Miracle of Movement, a five-year daily practice integrating embodied research, environmental engagement and community participation. She holds a Master of Education in Community Arts with a specialization in Environmental Arts from Lesley University. Her training includes ballet and modern dance techniques, contact improvisation and circus arts.
Lisa DeGrace Sound composer Lisa DeGrace creates spatial environments that express a “sonic perfume” of people, land and spirits. Her soundscapes are created from field recordings in the natural world, MIDI manipulations of those sounds, her voice and live instrumentation. She creates spatial soundscapes developed from layers of found sounds, vocals and instrumentation. The majority of DeGrace’s work, which has been shown throughout the United States, has focused on live performance collaborations with video artists and contemporary dancers, centered around themes of consciousness, spirit, ancestors, earth, death and transformation. More recently, she has also built solo sound projects focused on grieving and memory.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/136674/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More Info

Local Event: Field Studies (Symbiosis) Performance and Q&A

Field Studies (Symbiosis) Performance and Q&A

Field Studies (Symbiosis) looks at forest ecology from a variety of perspectives, beginning with an aerial overview of the...

Join us for a reading of the book Our Favorite Day by Joowon Oh.
Follow Papa as he goes about his favorite day of the week: Thursday, when he gets to eat dumplings, fly kites and go on other everyday adventures with his grandchild. Korean writer-illustrator Joowon Oh brings this family story to life through warm watercolor and cut-paper artwork.
After the reading, be sure to visit PEM’s Korean Art gallery.
Designed for children (5 and under) and their caregivers, PEM Pals aims to engage and excite all of the senses through books, movement, music, art and hands-on activities. Held on the first Friday of the month at 10:30 am.
About our collaborators Teresa Inés Coelho Teresa Inés Coelho has years of experience as a performing arts educator. She holds a Music Education Degree from the University of Rio de Janeiro, and is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. Her passion lies in igniting a love for music in children and their families through music and movement classes using the research-based (and fun!) curriculum Music Together.®
Dillian McGahey Dillian McGahey is an illustrator and arts educator, whose own work tackles the complexities of being human through the lens of silly little creatures. He's been teaching at PEM since 2020, after completing two internships in the Art &amp; Nature Center. Outside of the museum, he spends his time helping kids develop their own stories and artwork to turn into original books.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/137900/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More Info

Local Event: Our Favorite Day

Our Favorite Day

 Join us for a reading of the book Our Favorite Day by Joowon Oh.
Follow Papa as he goes about his favorite day of the week:...

Join us for a film screening of a classic work inspired by Salem’s history.
In this 1996 blockbuster starring Winona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis and set in 1692, a Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife as a witch during the Salem Witch Trials. The movie is adapted from Arthur Miller’s play by the same name.
This film is rated PG-13 and may not be suitable for children.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/135223/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More Info

Local Event: The Crucible

The Crucible

 Join us for a film screening of a classic work inspired by Salem’s history.
In this 1996 blockbuster starring Winona Ryder and...

Celebrate Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest with a guided tour and workshop!
First, go inside the exhibition with Jane Winchell, PEM’s Sarah Fraser Robbins Director of The Dotty Brown Art &amp; Nature Center and Curator of Natural History, and discover the biodiversity and global importance of our northernmost forests. Afterward, join artist Patricia Scialo to learn how to make cyanotype prints: a “cameraless photography” technique using treated paper that chemically reacts to sunlight. Reflect on the exhibition and your own connection to nature by creating, exposing and processing your cyanotype print. This workshop will also provide resources, ideas and methods to further explore cyanotypes at home.
This class is perfect for beginners or those returning to art after a break. All supplies are provided, and participants will take home essential materials so they can continue practicing at home.
About our collaborator Patricia Scialo Patricia Scialo Fine art photographer Patricia Scialo applies alternative photographic processes to create unique handmade prints. She began her career as an intern at Peter's Valley Craft Center, Layton, New Jersey, where she mastered view camera work, historic photographic printing processes and still-life compositions that earned her a state fellowship. She has continued working with raw materials, producing handmade paper and cyanotype prints that incorporate mixed media techniques. Scialo was invited to exhibit at the 2024 International Fotografia Festival, Portugal. She is a first-place recipient in the 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Gala Awards, Barcelona. Additional juried exhibitions include: Griffin Museum of Photography, Danforth Art Museum, Winfisky Gallery, Cove Gallery, Jolie Tea Company and Marblehead Arts. Since relocating to the North Shore in 2019, Scialo has conducted workshops for Salem State University, the Cape Ann Museum and Montserrat College of Art. Her studio is located in the Lydia Pinkham Building in Lynn.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/137906/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More Info

Local Event: Creative Foundations: Cyanotypes

Creative Foundations: Cyanotypes

Celebrate Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest with a guided tour and workshop!
First, go inside the exhibition with...

The Historic Windsor Inn, 85 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Ages: Ages 8+ Duration: 2.5 Hours Capacity: Up to 16 People Meeting Point: <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/QYFxcCgZBSUo59z1A" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Historic Windsor Inn, 85 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA 02139</a>
Enjoy Traditional Cooking and Party with Us in Cambridge, MA! Here at the Dumpling School we like to consider ourselves not as a traditional cooking class but more of a dumpling PARTY! When you sign up for one of our dumpling parties, we want you to have as much fun as possible while learning a new skill.
How to roll and fold dumplings How to properly stuff dumplings with different fillings. How to make different dumpling shapes. How to cook dumplings.
You don’t have to be a cooking expert to enjoy one of our events. We welcome people of all skill levels and interests to take part in our dumpling parties. Since we are focusing on fun and not precision and accuracy, this is the perfect, relaxed environment for friends, family, and loved ones.
For Children’s Groups 1 adult for every 5 Child is required to stay for the duration of the class and will be ticketed.
What’s Included Dumpling IngredientsThis is a Weekly Recurring EventRuns from May 1, 2026 to Jun 26, 2026 and happens every:
<table><tbody><tr><td>Fridays:</td><td>6:00pm - 8:30pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US &amp; Canada)</td></tr></tbody></table>
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Local Event: Dumpling Making Party In Massachusetts (Fridays)

Dumpling Making Party In Massachusetts (Fridays)

Ages: Ages 8+ Duration: 2.5 Hours Capacity: Up to 16 People Meeting Point: The Historic Windsor Inn, 85 Windsor Street,...

Celestial Navigation Astrology & Wellness

A guided meditation to open our awareness and hone our intention opens the workshop, followed by exercises designed to help us develop a personal goal. Students will receive a crystal guide, and a short guided practice will be shared to help them learn the intuitive gifts of choosing crystals that serve them. Students will be asked to create an intention to place under their crystal Grids.
A crystal grid is a group of crystals placed in a specific pattern to help amplify your intentions. Often, crystals in a crystal grid are chosen for specific purposes, such as stones associated with love or self-love to enhance relationships. Crystals can also be used to find clarity when setting an intention around healing or grief, or crystals linked to prosperity to empower abundance.
We'll finish with meditation. To relax the body and mind. In this state, we create space for healing on many levels and find our center, where we manifest our dreams.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/143185/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets &amp;&nbsp;More Info</a>

Local Event: Great Intentions Workshop

Great Intentions Workshop

A guided meditation to open our awareness and hone our intention opens the workshop, followed by exercises designed to help us...

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In-person Location: Create Space Studios
$30 members; $35 nonmembers. Preregistration required.
Based on the poem “Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon, create your own poem telling the story of your heritage and identity, calling upon the power of the five senses. You can choose to work with the power of words, or use collage materials to represent your message.
Studio Saturdays is a series of adult art making classes designed to inspire creativity and connection through multimedia arts exploration. Each class includes an arts activity that will inspire collaboration, curiosity and creativity, culminating in a completed individual artwork and communal sharing.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/136675/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More Info

Local Event: “Where I’m From” Poetry and Collage

“Where I’m From” Poetry and Collage

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In-person Location: Create Space Studios
$30 members; $35 nonmembers. Preregistration required.
Based on the...

Online, Salem, MA

Celebrate Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest with a guided tour and workshop!
First, go inside the exhibition with Jane Winchell, PEM’s Sarah Fraser Robbins Director of The Dotty Brown Art &amp; Nature Center and Curator of Natural History, and discover the biodiversity and global importance of our northernmost forests. Afterward, join artist Patricia Scialo to learn how to make cyanotype prints: a “cameraless photography” technique using treated paper that chemically reacts to sunlight. Reflect on the exhibition and your own connection to nature by creating, exposing and processing your cyanotype print. This workshop will also provide resources, ideas and methods to further explore cyanotypes at home.
This class is perfect for beginners or those returning to art after a break. All supplies are provided, and participants will take home essential materials so they can continue practicing at home.
About our collaborator Patricia Scialo Fine art photographer Patricia Scialo applies alternative photographic processes to create unique handmade prints. She began her career as an intern at Peter's Valley Craft Center, Layton, New Jersey, where she mastered view camera work, historic photographic printing processes and still-life compositions that earned her a state fellowship. She has continued working with raw materials, producing handmade paper and cyanotype prints that incorporate mixed media techniques. Scialo was invited to exhibit at the 2024 International Fotografia Festival, Portugal. She is a first-place recipient in the 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Gala Awards, Barcelona. Additional juried exhibitions include: Griffin Museum of Photography, Danforth Art Museum, Winfisky Gallery, Cove Gallery, Jolie Tea Company and Marblehead Arts. Since relocating to the North Shore in 2019, Scialo has conducted workshops for Salem State University, the Cape Ann Museum and Montserrat College of Art. Her studio is located in the Lydia Pinkham Building in Lynn.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/137907/t/ticketshttps://eventvesta.com/events/137907/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More Info

Local Event: Virtual Creative Foundations: Cyanotypes

Virtual Creative Foundations: Cyanotypes

 Celebrate Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest with a guided tour and workshop!
First, go inside the exhibition with...

Ages: Ages 8+ Duration: 2.5 Hours Capacity: Up to 16 People Meeting Point: <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/QYFxcCgZBSUo59z1A" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Historic Windsor Inn, 85 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA 02139</a>
Enjoy Traditional Cooking and Party with Us in Cambridge, MA! Here at the Dumpling School we like to consider ourselves not as a traditional cooking class but more of a dumpling PARTY! When you sign up for one of our dumpling parties, we want you to have as much fun as possible while learning a new skill.
How to roll and fold dumplings How to properly stuff dumplings with different fillings. How to make different dumpling shapes. How to cook dumplings.
You don’t have to be a cooking expert to enjoy one of our events. We welcome people of all skill levels and interests to take part in our dumpling parties. Since we are focusing on fun and not precision and accuracy, this is the perfect, relaxed environment for friends, family, and loved ones.
For Children’s Groups 1 adult for every 5 Child is required to stay for the duration of the class and will be ticketed.
What’s Included Dumpling Ingredients
This is a Weekly Recurring EventRuns from May 1, 2026 to Jun 26, 2026 and happens every:
<table><tbody><tr><td>Fridays:</td><td>6:00pm - 8:30pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US &amp; Canada)</td></tr></tbody></table>
<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/135559/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More Info

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In-person Location: Morse Auditorium
Included with admission; preregistration encouraged. Registration link coming soon.&nbsp; Lucy Hiller (Lambert) Cleveland , "There was an old lady who lived in a shoe.." (detail), 1840-1860. Paper, watercolor, linen, leather, silk, cotton, ink, wood. Gift of Mr. &amp; Mrs. Ronald Morck, 1998. 137846. Peabody Essex Museum. Photo by Lucy Cleveland.&nbsp;
In 2026, as part of the Salem 400+ initiative, PEM will present "Salem as Muse," a series of talks that highlight works represented in PEM’s collection. These programs will explore a diverse range of subjects that connect to the unique history and character of Salem, Massachusetts.
Curator-at-Large Paula Richter will give a presentation centered on Lucy Cleveland: textile artist, children's book author, 19th-century reformer and abolitionist. Born in Salem in 1780, Cleveland traveled to China and Indonesia with her husband, a sea captain, and published more than a dozen books. One of her artworks is on display in Salem Stories.
About our presenter
Paula Richter Since 2009, Paula Richter has been responsible for curatorial research and support of the museum's changing exhibition program, related publications and core activities within the curatorial department. She has participated on exhibition teams for more than a dozen recent and upcoming exhibitions and numerous gallery installations and rotations, including The Salem Witch Trials 1692. She previously worked for the Cape Ann Historical Association, the Sargent House Museum and Landmark College. A graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Richter writes and lectures on American textiles and fashion and New England art and decorative arts. She also leads PEM’s partnership with Handwork 2026, presented by Craft in America.
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Local Event: Salem as Muse: Lucy Cleveland, Author and Textile Artist

Salem as Muse: Lucy Cleveland, Author and...

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In-person Location: Morse Auditorium
Included with admission; preregistration encouraged. Registration...

Salem as Muse: Lucy Cleveland, Author and Textile Artist

Join us for a concert and talk with the North Shore’s professional symphony orchestra, <a href="https://www.symphonybythesea.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Symphony by the Sea</a>. Over the centuries, the four seasons have inspired numerous composers to represent their moods in music. During the Baroque period (1500-1750), many composers produced cycles of concertos representing the seasons. Antonio Vivaldi used four sonnets of his own creation as a starting point for the vivid and lively music of his Four Seasons. Follow the sonnets together with Maestro Donald Palma, then enjoy a virtuosic performance.
The program will include a 20-minute talk by Maestro Donald Palma and an approximately 45-minute performance of the Four Seasons, followed by a light reception.
PEM Presents is made possible by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/137899/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More Info

Local Event: Vivaldi with Symphony by the Sea

Vivaldi with Symphony by the Sea

Join us for a concert and talk with the North Shore’s professional symphony orchestra, Symphony by the Sea. Over the centuries,...

Andrew Prystai

Scott Souza

Boston Metropolitan Area

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Swampscott

Peabody

Beverly

Danvers

Lynnfield

Hamilton-Wenham

Middlesex County

Chris Rhatigan 

Wakefield

Benjamin Pierce

Melrose

Malden

Please join candidate Charlie Patsios and your neighbors for an evening of fun and unity where we can all take the Swampscott...

Community Unity Night 

Essex

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The Clements Brothers are George (guitar) and Charles (upright bass), identical twins from the heart of New England. The two...

The Cements Brothers

Celebrate World Tai Chi Day with Human Harmonies 
Free outdoor Tai Chi & Qigong class at Red Rock Park
In case of rain, we will...

Free World Tai Chi Outdoor Class at Red Rock Park

 Porter Mill Spring Open Studios Saturday, April 25, 12-6pm
Explore four floors of artist spaces, offering a variety of artwork...

Spring Open Studio Event

North Shore audiences pack the house for Miranda Russell and her extraordinary 6 piece band. A powerful and moving vocalist,...

Miranda Russell


The Warped Tour Band Performing all your favorite Emo/pop-punk songs LIVE by artists like: Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical...

The Warped Tour Band with All The Blink Things and Fake Out Boy

Experience The Jungle Book adventure! Join Mowgli as he journeys through the jungle, befriends Baloo and Bagheera, and...

The Jungle Book

5pm: Nervous Eaters Live Performance 5:35pm: Life on the Other Planet Film Screening 7:15pm: Q&A
Nervous Eaters:“The Nervous...

A Screening of Life on the Other Planet + Live Performance from Nervous Eaters

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Format: 4-Person Team Scramble. Men play white tees and women play red tees.6th and 16th hole closest to the pin wins...

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