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Chamber Music Festival – Trio Cavatina Concert and Reception to benefit the NCMF
Fri, August 6, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
The Carriage House, 203 High St., Newburyport
Concert I -Trio Cavatina Concert and Reception to benefit the NCMF The award-winning piano trio plays music of Beethoven, Brahms and Danielpour.
Meet the artists during a post-concert wine reception
Panting Cape Ann
Opening reception: August 6th 7-9pm
Show runs August 5 –11
65 Water Street, Newburyport
Three award winning artists; Ann Goldberg, Linda Jo Nielsen and Mike Storella open their exhibit at the Laura Coombs Hills Gallery located in the Newburyport Art association. The artists will showcase their latest collections of oil and pastel landscape paintings “en plein aire” of Cape Ann.
Throughout the week the artists will be on hand to answer questions and demonstrate their painting techniques.
NAA Adult Student Show
Reception: Saturday, August 7th, 7-9pm
65 Water Street, Newburyport Art Association, Hartson Gallery
Show Runs – July 24th to August 11th
Butterflies and Blossoms Free-for-All
Sat, August 7, 10am – 4pm
1 Plum Island Turnpike
Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center in Newburyport will be humming with indoor and outdoor activities.
Maudslay Art Center Concert Series
Sat, August 7, 7pm – 9pm
Sunday, Aug 8, 2pm – 4pm
Maudslay Arts Center, 95 Curzon Mill Road, Newburyport
Saturday – Paul Broadnax Quintet & Sunday Gypsy Jazz Quartet
INTRODUCTION TO SEA KAYAKING
Sun, August 8, 8:30am – 12:00pm
Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport
Learn the basics of sea kayaking with a morning outing in the Plum Island estuary. Kayak and equipment rental are included in the fee. Cosponsored by Plum Island Kayak
FOCUS ON SHOREBIRDS
Sun, August 8, 9am – 3pm
Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport
Spend a day searching area mudflats, salt marshes, and impoundments for migrating shorebirds.
Newburyport Farmer’s Market
Sun, August 8, 9am – 1pm
The Tannery Marketplace, 50 Water Street, Newburyport
The farmers market is located in the main parking lot of the Tannery Marketplace, look for fresh fruits and vegetables in season from our local farmers, and enjoy delectables from local food preparers and artisans.
Newburyport Chamber Music Festival – Panel Discussion With Music
Sun, August 8, 1:30pm – 2:30pm & 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Custom House Maritime Museum, 25 Water St., Newburyport
Music historian Charles Speicher and the NCMF’s String-Quartet-in-Residence will give an overview of this year’s programs, which include music by Haydn, Dvorak, Mendelssohn as well as contemporary composers. Meet the artists and hear a Festival program sneak preview. The event is free and open to the public.
A Celebration of Local, Seasonal Food
Sun, August 8, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
20 High Road adjacent to the New Eden Community Garden and chicken Co-op
Join the New Eden Collaborative and Transition Newburyport on Sunday, for the first Local Flavor Community Potluck Picnic. It is a celebration of locally grown, seasonal food. You are invited to bring a potluck dish using as many locally grown ingredients as possible from your garden, CSA, Farmer’s Market or farm stand. Label your dish.
