North Shore Kid Stories, Events, Activities, Camps and Recipes

North Shore Community College is proud to offer kids entering grades 3–8 a summer of fun, interesting, mind bending classes that focus on making cool science experiments like flowing volcanoes and foaming potions. And it wouldn't be summer if you didn't get to have some fun fitness time playing games inside and out. And surprise everyone when you make your own delicious and healthy recipes - fruit smoothies, homemade granola, fruit kabobs, and more. Then get onboard for hobby shop time. Build a bird house, learn to stitch a puppet, or make your own room sign or treasure box. Come one week, four weeks, half days or all days, you will never do the same thing twice on your journey.

Prince Pizzeria makes Monday night dinner easy and delicious with their famed "Meatball Monday" To Go at Prince Pizzeria.

You'll find:

• Twelve (12) Famous Homemade Prince Meatballs so delicious Italian Grandmothers love them!
• A Pound of imported pasta
• a quart of marinara sauce
• A loaf of fresh bread and grated cheese

All for just $14.99. Don't miss out today and every Monday!

For three days, this annual family friendly art festival transforms downtown Salem into an opportunity for the arts community to showcase their talents. Now in its fifth year, the festival celebrates all the arts: painting, photography, sculpture, dance, music, writing, film, new media, performance, theater, poetry, culinary, etc. in a free city-wide arts festival. Programs for all ages!

Kitchen busy at 6 a.m. ....sauce is simmering for Sunday Family Buffet at Prince Pizzeria.

Nothing says love like Sunday Family Dinner and Prince Pizzeria has the perfect recipe with their assorted pizza, constantly refreshed with cheese, vegetable and meat toppings. Prince homemade meatballs, ziti, fresh marinara sauce and fresh garlic bread.

Every Sunday from 12 noon to 5 p.m.

$8.99 per person.

$3.99 for children under 10.

Reservations are encouraged! 781-233-9950

Shalin Liu Performance Center invites you to a FREE concert at their Shalin Liu Center! Created in 2010, the Wenham Street Brass is a trio of young professionals dedicated to engaging audiences through performance and education. They are the ensemble-in-residence for A Street Music Education, a music school in Quincy, MA. With graduate degrees from the New England Conservatory, it has a wide variety of experience that reflects an interest in music of many time periods and genres.

05/24/2013: This workshop was canceled! Come to a fun filled workshop hosted by the Beverly Recreation Department! Building a fairy house is a great way for kids to be creative and learn about preserving our planet. Use twigs, rocks, shells, mulch, sand, pinecones, moss, clay and more. Children encouraged to dress like fairies! Materials included. A photographer may take pictures for parents (extra fee for pictures). Instructor: Gigi Sisman-Thomson.

The The Trustees of Reservations are hosting The Orchestra on the Hill for a Spring concert at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate! Celebrate Spring with a  delightful evening of concerto favorites performed at the beautiful Crane Castle with music by Mozart, Bach and Vivaldi.  Tickets are available at the door.

Here's a plant sale that will beautify your garden, help reduce your carbon footprint and benefit a local community organization that's dedicated to helping children! Come to Stage Fort Park to shop for perennials supplied by your neighbors to help fund programs through the Gloucester Education Foundation! This sale is organized by Generous Gardeners Inc.  a unique North Shore Business that  promotes philanthropy through gardening – check them out to swap or donate plants online!

MAC Blue Sky Adventure Camp invites all campers to pursue and achieve personal growth through group challenges and individual success. B.S.A.C is a uniquely designed program that uses outdoors as part of the adventure, whether hiking up to JD’s Peak or exploring areas around a bubbling stream there are always surprises around the bend. Every hike includes unique discoveries providing challenging and fun team building activities using Project Adventure elements hidden along the forest paths.

This fun and engaging exhibit explores the world of pop-up books through an amazing array of pop-ups on display as well as hands-on opportunities for you to make your own pop-ups, be a character in a giant interactive pop-up book, and an exploration of the history and mechanics of pop-up creations.

Every kid loves pizza and Prince Pizzeria has the perfect recipe for fun. That's why Prince Pizza has created their 'Make It Yourself' pizza party package! Children can assemble their own cheesy creations with a choice of 5 toppings on a "make your own" mini pizza.

The Pan-Mass Challenge Marblehead Kids Ride will be one of 35 PMC Kids Rides held in neighborhoods throughout New England and beyond. Through the PMC Kids Rides program, nearly 6,000 cyclists between the ages of two and 15 will ride between one and 26 miles in mini-bike-a-thons to raise money for cancer research.