Plan a babysitter. Dress to the nines. Get yourselves to the Wang in Boston or Bushnell in Hartford this November . (Some of us will always call it the Wang.) Performed October 25-November 6 in Boston -OR- November 15-20 in Hartford, CT. (Have you seen the Mark Twain house yet?) The Read More
Lazy Summer Days Enjoy A Whale Watch in Newburyport
Although we admit to a slight motion sickness problem (!) we would strongly recommend the Newburyport Whale watch for 2016. Some of our finest photographs were taken on this journey (and we learned the benefits of ginger candy on a deep sea voyage). Climb aboard the Captains Lady III and begin Read More
Trustees Property a Special Spot in Greater Newburyport
The Trustees' properties in Greater Newburyport are amazing places to visit for a day or weekend. Go to the "event search" to see what is going on for the week. Father's Day will see a "Bluegrass" BBQ at Appleton Farm in Hamilton. A unique way to get out and get in the country vibes a short drive Read More
Route 66 Photography at Firehouse NBPT
March Exhibit at the Firehouse Theater... Richard Perry is an award winning and broadly exhibited photographer whose portfolio "Route 66, Oklahoma” is a haunting series of portals and passageways into “time past” along this iconic American roadway. Finely detailed and sharply focused, Perry’s Read More
Newburyport Student Happy to Choose Gap Year Adventure
The decision to take a year off after graduating high school and before beginning college was not spur of the moment for me. I had been thinking about taking a gap year for some time, beginning, I believe, in my junior year of high school, when I found myself up to my ears in school work and Read More
Boston Museum of Science Presents NASA Film
Who did not enjoy the Martian with Matt D? Take your budding little astronauts to the Museum of Science's showing of the film that sparked a million dreams. Through April, star gazers can see what is involved in our National Aeronautics and Space Administration offices. One of the better uses Read More
Road trip: Newburyport to the Berkshires Mass MOCA Embodies Cool
The spectacularly located and formerly overlooked city of North Adams has been revitalized through ART—cutting edge, large scale, contemporary art. It speaks to some of us in a BIG way. MASS MoCA exhibits work by many of the most important artists of today—both well known, and emerging—focusing on Read More
Thankful for the Natural Beauty of Greater Newburyport
I come from a family of bird-watchers, photographers, artists, and hikers. When I was young, my family would drag me out of bed at six or seven in the morning declaring that we were already running late for prime observation time. We would drive past dozens of houses, over the bridge to plum Read More
Foreign Exchange Students Enrich Newburyport Life
I distinctly recall the moment that I met Linus. It was four years ago and I had just dragged myself through my front door, red and sweaty from Cross Country practice, only to be introduced for the very first time to my brother’s new German exchange student. Rather than feel embarrassed, I Read More
PEM Strandbeest Exhibit Captures Imaginations in Greater Newburyport
If you tried to visit Strandbeest (Beach Animal in Dutch) on Crane Beach this summer you were probably out of luck. The crowd clogged Argilla road for hours. Everyone was curious, but now through January you can visit the PEM to see what it is all about. In the spirit of Leonardo da Vinci and Read More