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Solstice Cape Ann Farmer's Market

Cape Ann Farmers' Market will offer a great opportunity to pack your cupboard wi

At the Cape Ann Farmers' Market Solstice Market, you'll have a chance to fill your cupboard with locally produced food just in time for the holidays! Pick up last minute gifts, food and meet up with your community before hibernating with your family and friends! You could even buy a gift membership for a friend this holiday season and share lots of fun times at the market together next growing season! A gift that truly keeps on giving!

When:

Saturday, December 19, 2015 10am-2pm

Location:

Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church

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Laughs & Crafts (grades 4-8): MANDALA STONES

Mandalas are geometric symbols representing the universe or cosmos, and can be drawn onto many mediums. For this Laughs and Crafts, we will be using acrylic paint and painting our mandalas on smooth stones.

When:

Tuesday February 9, 2016 4:30-5:30pm

Location:

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CAM: Cape Ann Reads with Eric Carle Picture Book Art

This CAM Kids Celebration will focus on author & illustrator Eric Carle

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art will be offering workshops for children and adults to kick-off the new Cape Ann Reads initiative. This program will take place at the Cape Ann Museum and is free and open to the public. Space is limited; reservations are required.

When:

Saturday, January 30, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Location:

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NEF American Music Festival

Newburyport Education Foundation American Music Festival 2016

The Newburyport Education Foundation hosts the Summertime Family Music Festival at Spencer Peirce Little Farm. Enjoy music, vintage baseball, and farm activites featuring decades of American music.This festival celebrates everything from traditional songs to bluegrass, funk, folk, and beyond. Come for the music and stay for the whole day: Watch Vintage Base Ball played by 1861 rules. See tractors and farm equipment spanning the last eighty years. Try your hand and win prizes at corn husking.

When:

Saturday, September 24, 2016 Noon-7pm

Location:

Spencer Peirce Little Farm

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Sharpie Tie Dye Night

Teens and Tweens are invited top make their own sharpie tie dyes at the TOHP Library in Essex Ma!

The TOHP Burnham Public Library invites teens and tweens to come make their own tie dyes using Shapies! Spaces are limited so sign up early. Bring yout own plain white t-shirt an the library will provide the rest of the materials!

When:

Friday, June 24, 2016 6PM

Location:

TOHP Burnham Public Library

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Hayrides with Santa at Green Meadows Farm

Come celebrate the Holidays with Santa at Green Meadows Farm in Hamilton, Massachusetts!

You do not have access to view this node invites families to join Santa on a wagon ride through the woods and over the fields! Craft-making for kids, live music and Chef Alice will be cooking up pizza and grilled cheeses. Of course our farmstand is open and, as always, features holiday decor, gifts, gourmet condiments and our own produce, meats and prepared meals. Free and Open to the Public.

When:

Saturday, December 10, 2016 11am-2pm

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Pumpkin & Mask Decorating at Artists’ Row

Free Pumpkin Decorating at Artists Row in Downtown Salem, Massachusetts!!

Join the artists on Artists’ Row for Salem Mayor's Night Out and a free fun activity: Tap into your creative spirit and decorate a Halloween mask or a wooden pumpkin round. All materials are provided but first come, first serve and one per child. This event is brought to you by the City of Salem Public Space Initiative, Artists of Artists’ Row, Salem Main Streets and Creative Salem.

When:

Friday, October 7, 2016 4-6pm

Location:

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Halloween Costume Party

Come to the Ipswich Fire Station for a Halloween party!

Come to the Ipswich Fire Department to show off your costume and get some great Halloween loot. Stick around for some other Halloween fun and games!

When:

Tuesday, October 31, 2017 5:30-7:30pm

Location:

Ipswich Fire Department

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Farm Inspired Crafts and Cocoa for Kids

Kids will enjoy crafts and cocoa at Appleton Farms in Ipswich Massachusetts!

Join us in the farmhouse for a craft making party! Leave your hat and mittens at the door and come get creative with our Farm Educator. While the farm animals are hunkered down and the wild animals are hibernating, we will use the winter landscape as our inspiration. Hot chocolate will be available in the farm kitchen throughout the program. Drop in between 9:30am-11am. Your crafting fun will take around 30 minutes so plan as you need for your schedule.

When:

Monday, February 20, 2017 9:30-11:30AM

Location:

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Bald Eagles and Bagels

Kids are invited to come learn about eagles at Joppa Flats Education Center in Newburyport!

The bald eagles are back along the Merrimack River, and we know where to find them! Join us at Joppa Flats, where we'll kick things off with some bagels and cream cheese while we learn about eagles and other birds of prey before we hit the road. We'll use recent sightings from our bird observation log, pass out binoculars and radios, and caravan out to the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Deer Island, and Salisbury Beach State Reservation to seek out these majestic birds.

When:

Sunday, March 19, 2017 9-11:30am

Location:

Joppa Flats Education Center