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Cuvilly Arts & Earth Center is Accepting Applications

Ipswich Preschool, Kindergarten and childcare. Summer Programs

Cuvilly Arts & Earth Center has promoted environmental education and sustainability since 1983. Located in Ipswich, Mass., Cuvilly operates a farm-based pre-school and kindergarten and summer programs as well as an alternative energy site.

Using the expansive Cuvilly campus which includes open fields, woods, a pond and gardens, as well as paddocks for our many farm animals, the Cuvilly Preschool and Kindergarten provides students with a variety of learning experiences to guide them in positive modes of self expression and prepare them for future school experiences. Kindly call us today to schedule a tour and take a peek.

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The Big Dog Show A Dale Rogers Exhibit
Big Dog Show is a travelling large-scale public art exhibit
The Big Dog Show is a travelling large-scale public art exhibit created by award winning sculptor, Dale Rogers, and consists of twenty 8-foot-hi
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Danvers Family Festival
Danvers Homecoming means 10 days to celebrate community. Things to do in Danvers MA
Danvers Family Festival, now in its 39th year, was created in 1979 to promote Family Fun in Danvers, MA.
Where: Endicott Park
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Robots and Beyond: Exploring Artificial Intelligence at MIT
Minsky Arm, created by Marvin Minsky on display at the MIT Museum!
Robots and Beyond shares the results of decades of Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation at MIT. Explore the ideas that shaped AI and the birth of robotics, fields that are synonymous with research at MIT.
Where: MIT Museum
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Art & the Landscape: Alicja Kwade: TunnelTeller
Art & the Landscape: Alicja Kwade: TunnelTeller at the Crane Estate in Ipswich Massachsuetts
Berlin-based contemporary artist Alicja Kwade (b.1979, Poland) has long been engaged with value systems, philosophical questions about the essence of reality, and with attempting to examine, if not resolve, issues of inherently subjective concepts such as space and time. In her sculptures, as well...
Where: Castle Hill on the Crane Estate
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Boston Public Market - Boston
Boston Public Market - Boston
The Boston Public Market is an indoor, year-round marketplace featuring 35 New England artisans and food producers housed under one roof offering fresh foods, prepared meals, crafts, and specialty items. Residents and visitors alike can find seasonal, locally sourced food from Massachusetts and New...
8:00 am to 8:00 pm
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Back River Birding Cruise
Cranes are just one of the types of shore birds that you'll see on this cruise
Lisa Hutchings Teacher-Naturalist from Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center and the crew of Newburyport Harbor Tours Inc.'s Yankee Clipper invite you and your family for an exciting exploration of the lower Merrimack River ecosystem. We'll practice hands-on science, use interactive propgs,...
Where: Newburyport Harbor Tours
8:45 am to 10:45 am
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Haverhill Farmers' Market
Haverhill Farmers Market, North Shore Farmers Market, Cape Ann Farmers Marke
The Haverhill Farmers Market mission is to provide access to farm-fresh products and promote local agriculture, as well as serve as a social gathering place to encourage a vibrant and connected community. This family-friendly market also includes food demonstrations, local music and children’s...
Where: Haverhill Farmers' Market
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
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Marblehead Farmers' Market
Improve your nutritional intake at the Marblehead Farmer's Market!
The Marblehead Farmer's Market boasts 15+ local farms, and booths with an educational spin nutrition, vendors and farms selling homemade prepared goods and craft vendors that are switched up in a rotation basis week to week. Additionally there are entertainers and exhibits by environmentally...
Where: Marblehead Farmers' Market
9:00 am to 12:00 pm
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Rockport Farmers' Market
The Rockport Farmers' Market runs every Saturday in Harvey Park in Downtown Rock
The Rockport Farmers' Market is a small market that runs each Saturday through the Summer (June - early October). Sponsored by the Rockport Exchange, the market is limited in size due to the size of the Harvey Park - a quaint setting in the heart of downtown found on the corner of Mount Pleasant...
Where: Harvey Park - Rockport
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
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Strawberry Festival at Connors Farm
Come join the fun at Connors Farm in Danvers for their strawberry festival
Come join the fun at Connors Farm in Danvers as they celebrate Strawberry Season. The price of admission includes a lot of fun family activities that will keep the troops entertained for the day!
Where: Connors Farm
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
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Saturday Hay Bale Hangout at Appleton Farms
Explore Appleton Farms with your family - or come and just hang out! Photo: ©2011 Bill O'Connor
Join Appleton Farms for oem fun on the farm! Have you ever collected warm eggs from the chicken coop or seen how fast sheep will run for their morning helping of grain? Join us for our NEW weekend Hay Bale Hangout and spend the day at Appleton Farms. Stop by for fantastic farmyard meet and greets!...
Where: Appleton Farms
10:00 am to 1:30 pm
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MFA: Mark Rothko: Reflection
Museum of Fine Art Mark Rothko Exhibit
An immersive display of 11 masterpieces by Mark Rothko (1903–70), on loan from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., invites visitors to contemplate the power of art to shape human experience. Opening on September 24, don’t miss “Mark Rothko: Reflection,” an immersive display of 11...
Where: Museum of Fine Arts
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
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AJH: Birthing with Hypnosis
Anna Jaques Hospital Birthing with Hypnosis
Relax, clear your mind, and experience the positive effects of self-hypnosis during pregnancy and birthing. Class focuses on easy and natural relaxation techniques. If your birth plan does not embrace a firm decision for an epidural, this is a great option for you and your partner. Recommended to...
Where: Anna Jaques Hospital
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
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PEM Explores Innovations Inspired by Nature - Salem
Peabody Essex Museum Wild Designs Exhibit
This summer discover how creative innovators are turning to nature for new ideas and smart solutions to human challenges.  Wild Designs, on exhibit at Peabody Essex Museum, features works by artists and other creatives who are looking to nature and living systems for new ideas and creative...
Where: Peabody Essex Museum
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
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Byfield Music & Arts Festival
Byfield Community Arts Center fundraiser Music & Arts Festival
Support your local artists and have a blast at the same time! Bring your family for a day of regional and national music performances on three stages, artists and artisans displaying and selling their wares, children's activities, and food and beverage vendors, including Newburyport Brewery and...
Where: Manter Field
10:00 am to 9:00 pm
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Andover Farmers' Market
Find Fresh Local Produce at the Andover Massachusetts Farmers Market
The Andover Farmers' Market, now in its 12th season, offers educational programming and promotes healthy eating, local economies, sustainability, and community spirit by providing fresh, local produce, baked and prepared foods, as well as hand-crafted goods.
Where: Andover Historical Society
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
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Two Town Patriotic Celebration
Hamilton Wenham Community Center organizes the Two Town July 4 Celebration
Two towns combine to celebrate the Independence Day in a park named after one of America's most patriotic sons.  What could be more American than that?
Where: Patton Park, Where: Community House Of Hamilton & Wenham, Where: Hamilton-Wenham Public Library
10:00 am
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Swan Boat Rides in Boston Public Garden
Swan Boat Boston North Shore Parent, North Shore Parents Summer Activities Guide
The Public Garden may be one of the most ideal picnicking locations in Boston. Well-groomed and overflowing with tulips, cherry-trees, with willows cascading over the duck pond, the Boston Public Garden is a great place to relax during Boston's most beautiful season.
Where: Boston Common and Boston Public Garden
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
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Beaver Tales IRWS
Kids will learn about beavers at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo: American Beaver ©Scott Santino
We will read by Lindsay Barrett George, take a close-up look at some beaver artifacts, and then take a walk to Rockery Pond to see a beaver lodge, dam, beaver chews, and scent mounds. Find out why beaver teeth are orange and what they use their tails for! We may even try our luck at making our own...
Where: Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
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Halibut Point Quarry Tour
Kids will enjoy this tour of the Halibut Point State Park and Quarry with a focus on its stone-cutting history!
Enjoy a guided tour of Halibut Point State Park around the Babson Farm Quarry, unearthing the granite industry era followed by a traditional hand-tool stone splitting demonstration.  Halibut Point itself is made of sheets of 440 million year-old granite that now cascades from rocky headlands to the...
Where: Halibut Point State Park
10:00 am to 11:00 am
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Halibut Point Quarry Tour
Kids will enjoy this tour of the Halibut Point State Park and Quarry with a focus on its stone-cutting history!
Enjoy a guided tour of Halibut Point State Park around the Babson Farm Quarry, unearthing the granite industry era followed by a traditional hand-tool stone splitting demonstration.  Halibut Point itself is made of sheets of 440 million year-old granite that now cascades from rocky headlands to the...
Where: Halibut Point State Park
10:00 am to 11:00 am
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Sing & Dance with the Music Man - Saturday
Sing & Dance with the Music Man Brian Doser in Hamilton Visit Massachusetts
Come join the fun at Community House Of Hamilton & Wenham Monday, Thursday and Saturday mornings at 10 a.m. for 30 - 45 minutes of great music with Brian Doser! Sing and dance with the Music Man during a family concert, featuring familiar and original tunes, performed by local dad and musician...
Where: Community House Of Hamilton & Wenham
10:00 am to 10:45 am
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North Shore Community College Open House
North Shore Community College Open House - Danvers MA
Join us at our Danvers Campus Open House and learn why NSCC is the perfect fit for you. NSCC is ranked best in MA and among nation top colleges for adult learners. North Shore Community College has ranked at the highest levels for flexibility of programs, ease of transfer and services for adult...
10:00 am to 12:30 pm
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Sing & Dance with the Music Man
Sing & Dance with the Music Man Brian Doser in Hamilton visit Massachusetts
Come join the fun at Community House Of Hamilton & Wenham Monday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings at 10 a.m. for 30 - 45 minutes of great music with Brian Doser! Sing and dance with the Music Man during a family concert, featuring familiar and original tunes, performed by local dad and musician...
Where: Community House Of Hamilton & Wenham
10:00 am to 10:45 am
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Goddard School Open House and Tour Our School
Goddard School Middleton MA, Danvers MA, North Andover MA. infant, preschool, Pr
On Saturday, June 23, 2018 from 10 to Noon, Goddard School in Middleton is hosting a Open House and School Tour. Tour Goddard School and learn about its curriculum programs and learn about promotions for September enrollment. Take this great opportunity to learn and see why Goddard School offers...
Where: Goddard School
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
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AJH: Childbirth Education Classes
Childbirth Education Classes at Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, Haverhill MA
Congratulations: you are pregnant! This class is for mothers and partners during the last trimester of pregnancy to learn skills needed for the childbirth experience such as breathing methods, relaxation techniques, and comfort measures. Topics covered include: Anatomy Labor & delivery...
Where: Anna Jaques Hospital
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
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Essex Heritage Boat Tours to Bakers Island Lighthouse - Salem
Boat and Light Station Tour Bakers Island Tour
Bakers Island Light is officially open for the season! Whether you have visited before or are new to the site, there are lots of ways to experience Bakers Island Light this summer. Read on to see what is happening this year.
Where: Central Wharf Salem
10:30 am to 2:00 pm
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Danvers Garden Club Children's Concert
Brian Doser, The Music Man will entertain both young and old.
Where: Peabody Institute Library - Danvers
10:30 am to 11:30 am
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Ice Cream Sundae Festival
ce cream sundaes, lots and lots of ice cream, and the very special appearance of "Balloons by Brian" creative balloon artist.
An afternoon of Chocolate, Balloons and Interactive Carnival Stations!
Where: All Saints Episcopal Church of the North Shore
11:00 am to 1:00 pm
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Strawberry Festival at Russell Orchards
The Strawberry Festival at Russel Orchards features lots of fun and live music!
Join Russell Orchards for their annual strawberry fest as they celebrate the "first fruit". Favorite outdoor activities include: strawberry picking, hayrides, glitter tattoos, fresh strawberry shortcakes and loads of other farm fresh goodies!
Where: Russell Orchards
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
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Wagon Rides at Appleton Farms
Wagon rides at Appleton Farms in Ipswich Massachusetts. Photo: ©2011 Bill O'Connor
Wagon Rides are new to Appleton Farms this summer! What better way than to spend a summer day on the farm. Hop aboard our hay wagon and go for a ride past our vegetable fields and out to the great pasture. Enjoy our rolling landscape, maybe spot some cows grazing and enjoy being outside! The ride...
Where: Appleton Farms
11:30 am to 2:30 pm
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MIT Museum's Idea Hub
Families can learn through hands-on science at MIT Museum's Idea Hub in Cambridge Massachusetts
Explore topics in design and engineering with artistic circuits, 3D programs, and a variety of other hands-on making and tinkering topics! Drop in each week and try out one of our many activities. Free with Museum admission for kids ages 12 and up.
Where: MIT Museum
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
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ECTA Trail Jamboree
Essex County Trail Association Jamboree at Groton House Farm in Hamilton Massachusetts!
Come Walk, Run, Bike and Ride on guided trail adventures (for all levels) followed by a party featuring live music, live animals, games, great food trucks and local beer from the Tapmobiles of Ipswich Ale Brewery. Trail activities from 1-3pm and party from 3-6pm. Get outdoors and have fun while...
Where: Groton House Farm
1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
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Public Skate & Learn to Skate at Peabody Skating Rink
Learn to Skate with the Peabody Skating Club at Peabody Skating Rink
The McVann-O'Keefe Skating Rink in Peabody is open for Public Skating weekdays from 10-11:45 am, Saturday's at 2 pm, and Sundays at 2:10 pm. Call today to ask about the Learn to Skate program at with the Peabody Skating Club. The ice is perfect. The Halloween and Christmas parties are a blast, and...
Where: McVann-O'Keefe Memorial Skating Rink
2:00 pm to 3:45 pm
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Walk thru the Mt. Laurels
Maudslay State Park has one of the best shows of flower bloom in the Commonwealt
Maudslay State Park has one of the best shows of flower bloom in the Commonwealth. Enjoy a guided walk along the river to view this beautiful area of the park, and learn about the natural, cultural and historical content of this location.  J.G.
Where: Maudslay State Park
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
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A Jack and the Beanstalk Panto!

Theater in the Open presents a Jack in the Beanstalk Panto at Maudslay State Park in Newburyport Massachusetts
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s time one again for our Spring Pantomime! This time around we’ll be following the (mis)adventures of Jack and friends as they take the path much less traveled by, and learn some valuable lessons along the way…!!!
Where: Maudslay State Park
2:00 pm
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Essex River Day
Celebrate community and the beginning of Summer at Essex River Day in Essex MA
Essex River Day is an idea that has been evolving for many years. Often when boaters are out on the River you hear the same question over and over again, "Wouldn't it be great if everyone in Essex could experience the beauty of the River?" The concept for the event is simple. Those who have a boat...
Where: Memorial Park (Essex), Where: Downtown Essex
4:00 pm to 9:30 pm
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Summer Picnic Concert at The Stevens-Coolidge Place
Enjoy and evening concert with your family at the Stevens Coolidge Place with the Trustees of Reservations!
Come enjoy a Saturday night of music, food, drinks and fun at The Stevens-Coolidge Place! Bring lawn chairs or a picnic blanket and settle in for a wonderful summer evening with family and friends. Grab a drink from our beer and wine truck, grab food and dessert from the food trucks, explore the...
Where: Stevens-Coolidge Place
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
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Woodcock Walk at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
Explore Parker River National Wildlife Refuge and lear about the American Woodcock!
Each spring American woodcocks engage in one of nature’s most fascinating courtship displays. Here’s your chance to witness this “sky dance” up close and in-person! This program is appropriate for ages 8 and older. Meet the ranger on the deck of the visitor contact station at parking lot 1.
Where: Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
7:30 pm
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Bradley Palmer Firefly Foray
Come learn about fireflies at Bradley Palmer State Park!
Join us for an evening park adventure for families.  Fireflies delight us with their nighttime dance and spectacular light show!  Learn about the life of a firefly, and take a walk led by the park interpreter.  The walk is moderately paced for 3/4 mile. There is a gentle uphill slope which may pose...
Where: Bradley Palmer State Park
8:00 pm to 9:30 pm
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Firefly Foray
Come Explore Maudslay State Park on a Firefly Expedition!
Fireflys, also called lightning bugs, appear for only a few weeks in the early summer to delight us with their luminous nighttime dance and light show. In June, the fireflies delight us with their nighttime dance and spectacular light show. Learn about the life of a firefly then go on a walk led by...
Where: Maudslay State Park
8:30 pm to 9:30 pm
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Fireworks at Salisbury Beach
Fourth of July Fireworks at Salisbury Beach include a campfire and marshmallow roast on the beach.
Salisbury Beach hosts fireworks every Saturday night, through the Summer - weather permitting. Each show is preceded by a live concert. They also make an exception on the 4th of July, so grab a blanket and pack up the whole crew for fireworks on the beach!
Where: Salisbury Beach Stage
10:15 pm
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Sunday, June 24

Danvers Family Festival
Danvers Homecoming means 10 days to celebrate community. Things to do in Danvers MA
Danvers Family Festival, now in its 39th year, was created in 1979 to promote Family Fun in Danvers, MA.
Where: Endicott Park
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Robots and Beyond: Exploring Artificial Intelligence at MIT
Minsky Arm, created by Marvin Minsky on display at the MIT Museum!
Robots and Beyond shares the results of decades of Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation at MIT. Explore the ideas that shaped AI and the birth of robotics, fields that are synonymous with research at MIT.
Where: MIT Museum
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The Big Dog Show A Dale Rogers Exhibit
Big Dog Show is a travelling large-scale public art exhibit
The Big Dog Show is a travelling large-scale public art exhibit created by award winning sculptor, Dale Rogers, and consists of twenty 8-foot-hi
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Art & the Landscape: Alicja Kwade: TunnelTeller
Art & the Landscape: Alicja Kwade: TunnelTeller at the Crane Estate in Ipswich Massachsuetts
Berlin-based contemporary artist Alicja Kwade (b.1979, Poland) has long been engaged with value systems, philosophical questions about the essence of reality, and with attempting to examine, if not resolve, issues of inherently subjective concepts such as space and time. In her sculptures, as well...
Where: Castle Hill on the Crane Estate
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Michael Gordon Fishing Derby
The Michael Gordon Fishing Derby is an annual event during the Danvers Family Festival!
This event is FREE and no pre-registration is required.  Danvers Family Festival tradition continues this year with the Annual Danvers Recreation Fishing Derby in Memory of Mike Gordon. The fun family event will start at 8:00 a.m. and end at 11:00am sharp. (All fish must be weighed-in by 11am)....
Where: Mill Pond Danvers
8:00 am to 11:00 am
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Boston Public Market - Boston
Boston Public Market - Boston
The Boston Public Market is an indoor, year-round marketplace featuring 35 New England artisans and food producers housed under one roof offering fresh foods, prepared meals, crafts, and specialty items. Residents and visitors alike can find seasonal, locally sourced food from Massachusetts and New...
8:00 am to 8:00 pm
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North Shore Cancer Walk 10k
North Shore Cancer Walk fundraiser 10k Walk in Salem Massachusetts
Each year thousands of participants join together with family members, colleagues and friends for the North Shore Cancer WALK. As a walker, volunteer or donor, you can be part of an inspirational day in the fight against cancer. The 10K (6.2 mile) WALK route is an unforgettable journey of shared...
Where: Salem Willows Park, Where: Downtown Salem
8:30 am
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Newburyport Farmers' Market
Newburyport Farmers find organic locally grown produce, mea, dairy Newburyport
The Newburyport Farmers Summer Market celebrates local fresh produce every Sunday morning rain or shine!  Start your Sunday browsing fresh North Shore local produce, meats, cheeses, and seafood in an open air market atmosphere! Food and beverage vendors offer fresh hot coffee, breakfast treats and...
Where: Tannery Marketplace
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
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Lahey Teddy Bear Clinic & Ice Cream Social
Lahey Health hosts the Third Annual Teddy Bear Clinic and Ice Cream Social As part of the Danvers Family Festival
Lahey Health hosts the Fourth Annual Teddy Bear Clinic and Ice Cream Social As part of the Danvers Family Festival.  Bring your favorite stuffies to a Teddy Bear Clinic at Lahey Outpatient Center, Danvers.
Where: Lahey Outpatient Center Danvers
9:00 am to 11:00 am
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Museum of Science Space: An Out-of-Gravity Experience
Museum of Science Cambridge MA
Space: An Out-of-Gravity Experience, the Museumof Science newest temporary exhibition, takes you as close to space as you can get without leaving Earth! This hands-on, climb-aboard cosmic adventure of science fun and learning invites explorers of all ages to understand the rewards and challenges of...
Where: Museum of Science
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
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