Music
Feb. 26, 7:30 pm., award-winning a cappella jazz quintet ‘Vox One’ at the ‘Recital Hall, 71 Loring Ave. Blues, funk, gospel, and folk. Their own brand of vocal music. Lush voicings, complex reharmonizations and inspired improv. Tickets $15/$10 seniors/free for college students and under 18. Free for Salem residents on March 1. Purchase at www.salemstatetickets.com
Theatre
Feb. 23-25 and March 1-3 — ROE, a play by Lisa Loomer, at Sophia Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts. 356 Lafayette St/.Cuts through the headlines and rhetoric with clever, shocking, and poignant portrayal of the two women at the center of the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling, Recently updated script through the 2022 Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s Health decision. Mature audiences. Friday/Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets:$15 /$10 seniors/free for college students and under 18. Free for Salem residents on March 1. Purchase at www.salemstatetickets.com
Art and abolition with Charlotte Forten
Join Salem’s own abolitionist, writer, and educator, Charlotte Forten, Salem State’s first African American graduate, for a special craft time at the Salem Armory Regional Visitor Center, 2 New Liberty St., Salem, during February School Vacation Week, Thursday, Feb. 22 at 11 a.m. With clay, wood, and colors, kids and their caregivers will contribute to building a 3D miniature city of gratitude for the freedoms and comforts long fought for during Charlotte’s lifetime. Spend the morning with Charlotte making mini foods and other goods, while learning about her life along the way. The event is FREE, but registration is encouraged to ensure availability of craft materials. Space is limited. Visit essexheritage.org/events to register!
Marblehead Museum free program for school vacation
Marblehead Museum is hosting a free new program — Sugar and Spice: Sweet Treats of the 18th Century.’ — a drop in event on Saturday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. Guests can visit the mansion kitchen to help Culinary Historian Melissa Vickers as she prepares 18th century gingerbread, lemon drops, march-pane, and pepper cakes. Learn history through food and the availability and accessibility of sugar and spices in Colonial New England, including how and where sugar was produced, the many uses of today’s favorite “sweet” spices, and what types of flavorings were common before vanilla became a pantry staple. Visitors are also welcome to tour of the mansion’s first floor, free of charge during this program.
School to sea program
On Wednesday, Feb. 21 at 6:45 p.m., Abbot Public Library and Salem Sound Coastwatch present Carly McIver to discuss Salem Sound Coastwatch’s School to Sea program in a hybrid event taking place at the library and online via Zoom. The library is temporarily located at the Eveleth School. 9 Maple St, Marblehead. For information/registration, visit the library newsletter site ay: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/9A5X8Zx/AbbotLibraryNewsletter
Abbot Public Library movie screenings schedule
The Abbot Public Library, temporarily located at the Eveleth School will present these movie showings in February: on Thursday, Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. for teens, and on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 10:30 a.m. for children and 1 p.m. for adults. Check out the schedule, then check the event calendar at: https://abbotlibrary.org/events/ to for the names of the films, The Eveleth School is located at 9 Maple St, Marblehead. This program is sponsored by the Friends of Abbot Public Library.
Thursday, Feb. 22, 4 p.m. – Teen Movie Screening
Saturday, Feb. 24, 10:30 a.m. – Children’s Morning Movie
Saturday, Feb. 24, 1 p.m. – Midday Movie Matinee for Adults, Program Room, Abbot Public Library at Eveleth School
Thursday, Feb. 22, 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Special Teen Movie Screening. In 1965, two 12-year-olds fall in love at a summer camp. They run off together into the wilderness, but an unexpected event leads to various friends and adults forming a search party to find the youths before calamity strikes.
Saturday, Feb. 24, 10:30 a.m. — Children’s Morning Movie
NMYO Youth Symphonic Summer Program
The Northeast Massachusetts Youth Orchestras (NMYO) will hold its fourth annual summer music program the week of July 29 – August 2, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 124 River Rd, in Topsfield. Sessions include small and large ensembles, jazz, pops, fiddling, traditional & concert band, symphonic works, and lots more! Youth musicians, with at least two years of instrument study with a private teacher and the ability to read music, can register. NMYO welcomes its current members and also any student musician in the area looking for an opportunity to play music with others this summer,” Led by NMYO’s outstanding conducting staff and guest teaching artists, young musicians will enjoy a valuable musical experience and a fun opportunity to keep up their skills during the summer break from school. For information/registration, register by June 21 at: nmyo.org. Those who register before April 15 receive a $25 discount. Questions? Email info@nmyo.org or phone Executive Director Terri Murphy at 978-309-9833.