The Newburyport Public Library is thrilled to announce that the Newburyport Institution for Savings Bank and the Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank have each awarded the Library a grant to renovate and expand the Teen Loft!
Get a jump start on your weekend with the Second Friday Program at the MIT Museum! Second Friday Programs are oriented for open exploration with opportunities to attend performances, demonstrations, and lectures through out the museum galleries. November's 2013's Second Friday will focus on food science. Featuring Kenji López-Alt, Chief Creative Officer of Seriouseats.com and members of Clover Food Lab.
The Newbury Town Library wants to help nurture the comic book artist in your household! Explore Super Heroes as Modern Mythology during this comic book workshop presented by author Dana Perkins, writer of The Mighty Thor Saga (published by Marvel Comics).
Families will enjoy festive music, hands-on activities, and traditional snacks as they learn about the customs that make this a joyful celebration. Create masks and decorations for the special altar. Leave a message for departed loved ones, decorate and take home a sugar skull (extra fee), pose for pictures in front of the calavera (skeleton) backdrop, and watch woodcarving from Oaxaca.
Sidekim Foods in Lynn will host a free Food Day event. They will have a variety of food demonstrations with a special focus of teaching children how to cook. Children will be able to bring out their inner chef, get their hands dirty, and become familiar with different fresh ingredients by helping prepare a healthy meal. Activities for kids of all ages!
Come to Marini Farm for a FREE anti-bullying awareness concert! To recognize national anti-bullying month, the farm will come alive with music focused on the theme of ending bullying. Spookley the Square Pumpkin, National Bullying Prevention Month's mascot, will be onsite to teach kids about the disruptive nature of bullying, and to support kids who have been bullied.
If you are expecting, or are considering starting a family, Anna Jaques Hospital invites you to a Birth Center Open House and Tour. By attending, you are able to meet the obstetricians, gynecologists, certified nurse midwives, maternity nurses, pediatricians, neonatologists and family practice physicians who are available to take care of you during your pregnancy and after your baby is born.
Family Fun Days on the Salem Common will have live entertainment, rides, games, contests and all kinds of fun for kids and families. Stop by as part of your visit to other Haunted Happenings events, and get in the spirit of Halloween! A portion of the proceeds will go to the Salem Main Streets and the Salem Common Nieghborhood Association!
Newburport Mayor Holaday and the City Health Department invite the community to attend the Mayor’s Haunted Health & Wellness Fair and Flu Clinic on Saturday, October 26 from 10 am – 1 pm at City Hall. This year’s Fair offers Halloween Fun with a Healthy Focus. In addition to the FREE Flu Clinic, FREE Health Screening and a variety of informational displays from local health and wellness organizations, there will be a Children’s Costume Parade at 10:30 a.m. and a Costumed-Pet Parade at noon around Brown Square!
Grab a blanket and the kids and head over to Salem Common at dusk for an outdoor showing of some favorite family-friendly movies that will get you in the mood for a spooktacular Halloween! Each weekend Radio 92.9 will sponsor a different movie through October, so come to one or all!
