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WEEK OF APRIL 27 - MAY 03, 2026

From Kids Test Kitchen at Hamilton Community Events to World Collage Day 2026 at Taste Buds Kitchen (Beverly) and Books and Babies at Institution Passes - LibCal - Merrimack Public Library.

MONDAY - 4/27

Create and Play Kids- Indoor Playspace in Beverly MA, Beverly — Fairy Houses & Gardens Workshop at 3:00pm fairy house
Events - Kids At Play Learning Center, Danvers
Family Events - Jewish Community Center of the North Shore, Marblehead
  • 1:00pm - 3:00pm — Holding Liat explore
  • 1:00pm - 3:00pm — Rosenthal: The Great Showman see show
Hamilton Community Events, Hamilton
Institution Passes - LibCal - Merrimack Public Library, Merrimac
  • 12:00am — Sing-Along With Em&Em! info
  • 12:00pm — Flying High Dogs info
  • 2:00pm — Storytime at Depot Farm Stand info
  • 4:15pm — Story Studio info
Ipswich Museum, Ipswich — TBA at - name: Children's Museum Activity kids activity
Museum Passes - G.A.R. Memorial Library - Assabet Interactiv, West Newbury — TBA at - name: EPIC SUMMER 2026 epic summer
Newburyport Recreation & Youth Services, Newburyport — Kids Run Club at 4:00pm kids run club
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem — TBA at - name: Creative Kids: Knowing Nature explore nature
Peabody Institute Library, Peabody
  • - name: 2026 Memorial Day — TBA learn more
  • - name: 2026 Memorial Day Ceremony — TBA learn more
  • 6:00pm — Yoga on the Battleship details
Rockport Art Association & Museum, Rockport
  • 9:00am — Summer At The Seashore - Week 1: Sea Creature Feature register now
  • 9:00am — Summer At The Seashore - Week 2: Color Color Everywhere register now
  • 9:00am — Summer At The Seashore - Week 3: Cape Views register now
  • 9:00am — Summer At The Seashore - Week 4: Portraits in Everything register now
  • 9:00am — Summer At The Seashore - Week 5: Nature Detectives register now
Tinkerhaus, Newburyport
Wenham Community Events, Wenham
  • 4:15pm — Youth Tennis Lessons - Mini Tennis: Ages 4-6 mini tennis
  • 5:00pm — Youth Tennis Lessons - Youth Tennis: Ages 6-9 youth tennis

TUESDAY - 4/28

Family Events - Jewish Community Center of the North Shore, Marblehead — The Life and Music of Elvis Presley at 11:30am - 12:30pm learn more
Hamilton Community Events, Hamilton
Hammond Castle Museum, Gloucester — TBA at - name: Kid’s Free Week: Self-Guided Tours explore
Institution Passes - LibCal - Merrimack Public Library, Merrimac
  • 10:30am — Read with Me for 2s & 3s info
  • 11:30am — Wild About Animals for Homeschoolers info
  • 4:00pm — Teen Book Club: Batter Royale info
  • 4:00pm — Teen Book Club: These Violent Delights info
  • 4:15pm — Pokémon Club info
  • 7:00pm — Sleepy Stories info
List of Events - City of Newburyport, Newbury
  • - name: Homeschool Program: Celebrating America on Casey Farm — TBA learn more
  • - name: Virtual Program – Framing Modernism: Architectural Photography at Gropius House — TBA learn more
Newburyport Recreation & Youth Services, Newburyport
  • 2:45pm — SPARK Enrichment - Bres. SPARK Club spark club
  • 3:30pm — Taste Testers - Taste Testers- Tortilla Chips taste testers
Nourse Farm, West Newbury — Sundown & Slices – Weekly Sunset Tour & Tasting at 7:00pm sunset tour
Taste Buds Kitchen (Beverly), Beverly — Member Appreciation Night: Family + Dog Art Play at Drifting Studio at 4:00pm view event
Wenham Community Events, Wenham

WEDNESDAY - 4/29

Family Events - Jewish Community Center of the North Shore, Marblehead — Night of Shorts at 7:00pm - 9:00pm watch films
Hamilton Community Events, Hamilton
House of the Seven Gables, Salem — Chronicles and Crafts in the Cove at 1:00pm join in
Institution Passes - LibCal - Merrimack Public Library, Merrimac
  • 10:30am — Mini Musicians Storytime Session 2 info
  • 12:00am — Magical Make Believe info
  • 5:00pm — K-3 Book Club info
  • 5:00pm — Outreach at Gate City Charter School for the Arts info
  • 9:30am — Mini Musicians Storytime Session 1 info
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Topsfield
  • 10:00am — Homeschool Spring: Great Blue Heron Class (Ages 9-12) learn more
  • 10:00am — Homeschool Spring: Chickadee Class (Ages 4-5) learn more
  • 10:00am — Homeschool Spring: Red-Tailed Hawk Class (Ages 6-8) learn more
Newburyport Recreation & Youth Services, Newburyport — Comic Club - Comic Club Spring Session at 3:30pm comic club
Peabody Institute Library, Peabody
  • - name: Layered Wooden Ocean Scene Workshop — TBA learn more
  • 10:00am — Maritime Museum Monthly Activities: Titanic learn more
Taste Buds Kitchen (Beverly), Beverly — BAC Faculty Art Show at Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. at 1:30pm view event
Wenham Community Events, Wenham
  • 11:45am — Early Release Day Programs - SNL Sports Academy: Sports & Crafts sports crafts
  • 3:15pm — Youth Running Club - Running Club Eagles Grades K-2 running club
  • 3:15pm — Youth Running Club - Running Club Falcons Grades 3-5 running club
  • 6:00pm — Youth Tennis Lessons - Youth Tennis: Ages 8-13 youth tennis
home - Greater Newburyport Adult & Community Education, Newbury — TBA at - name: Newburyport Highschool International Cultural Festival cultural festival

THURSDAY - 4/30

Beverly Recreation Department, Beverly — Family Picnic with Wendy O’Leary! at 5:30pm family picnic
Children's Festival, Marblehead
Crane Beach (Trustees), Ipswich — TBA at - name: CraneExplorer: Family Full Moon Hike in the Dunes explore dunes
Events - Kids At Play Learning Center, Danvers — Fathers Day Event at 9:00am fathers day
Family Events - Jewish Community Center of the North Shore, Marblehead
  • 12:00pm - 2:45pm — Open Play Canasta at the J! play games
  • 7:30pm - 9:00pm — Israeli Folk Dancing dance now
Hamilton Community Events, Hamilton
Institution Passes - LibCal - Merrimack Public Library, Merrimac
  • 10:30am — Books and Babies info
  • 11:30am — Lindsay and Her Puppet Pals info
  • 4:00pm — Teen Book Bedazzling info
  • 4:00pm — Teen Junk Journaling info
  • 4:15pm — Tween Book Club : Duet info
  • 4:15pm — Tween Book Club: Blake Laser info
List of Events - City of Newburyport, Newbury
  • - name: Farm Friends at Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm Session II — TBA learn more
  • - name: Herb Sale — TBA learn more
  • - name: Play Days: Contemporary Illustrations of Timeless Children’s Stories Opening Reception — TBA learn more
Merrimac Community Events, Merrimac
Newburyport Recreation & Youth Services, Newburyport
  • 2:06pm — SPARK Enrichment - Molin Session 5 - May '26 spark club
  • 3:30pm — Youth Council - Youth Council Events Committee youth council
Nourse Farm, West Newbury — Nourse Farm @ Westborough Farmers Market at 2:30pm farmers market
Taste Buds Kitchen, Beverly
  • - name: Last Day of Drop-In Programs — TBA view detail
  • - name: Last Day of EEC Programs — TBA view detail
Tinkerhaus, Newburyport
  • - name: 3D Printing 4-Week Bootcamp (Ages 10-14) — TBA 3d printing
  • - name: 3D Printing Exploration for Kids: Design, Build & Create (Ages 10+) — TBA 3d printing
  • - name: Spring 2026 - Creative Drawing for Gr 6-8 — TBA creative drawing
  • - name: Spring 2026 - Drawing & Making Grades 4-5 — TBA drawing & making
  • - name: Spring 2026 - Drawing for Fun Grade 2-3 — TBA drawing for fun
  • - name: Spring 2026 - MiniMakers Grade K-2 — TBA minimakers
  • - name: Spring 2026 - Open Studio for Gr 3 and up — TBA open studio
  • - name: Woodworking Wonders with the Bandsaw (11+) — TBA woodworking wonders
Welcome to North Shore Nature Programs, Georgetown — Camp Denison Session II at 3:30pm-5:00pm explore nature
Wenham Community Events, Wenham
  • 3:45pm — Chess Wizards: Chess Club chess club
  • 5:00pm — Steve Nugent's Karate Institute: Youth Karate Ages 3-12 youth karate

FRIDAY - 5/1

Beverly Recreation Department, Beverly — Family Farm Time – May 2026 at 10:00am family farm time
Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester — 6th Annual Gloucester Juneteenth Celebration at 9:00am celebrate
Events - Kids At Play Learning Center, Danvers
Facility Details - Town of Boxford, MA, Boxford — Early Release Kids Club at 11:00am kids club
Hamilton Community Events, Hamilton — Bike to School Day at 8:00am bike to school
Institution Passes - LibCal - Merrimack Public Library, Merrimac
  • 10:30am — Shake Up Your Storytime info
  • 2:30pm — Super Smash Bros Tournament info
  • 9:00am — First Grade Field Trips info
  • 9:30am — Little Sprouts Community Outreach info
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Topsfield
  • 9:30am — Terrific Toddlers Fridays: Series learn more
  • 9:30am — Terrific Toddlers Fridays: Tiny Tadpoles learn more
Newburyport Recreation & Youth Services, Newburyport
  • 11:00am — Early Release Trips - Chunky's Cinema chunky's cinema
  • 11:30am — SCAVR Hunts - Spring 2026 Hunt scavr hunts
Peabody Institute Library, Peabody
  • - name: Homeschool Day — TBA learn more
  • 10:00am — Maritime Museum Monthly Activities: Sea Creatures learn more
Wenham Community Events, Wenham — TBA at - name: Bike to School Day 2026 bike day

SATURDAY - 5/2

Beverly Recreation Department, Beverly — Farm Service Day at 9:00am farm service day
Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester
  • 10:30am — Where the Water Wonders Live: Grade 2 Student Exhibition Opening Reception see art
  • 2:00pm — Reflections on Friendship: Grade 8 Student Exhibition Opening Reception see art
Facility Details - Town of Boxford, MA, Boxford
Family Events - Jewish Community Center of the North Shore, Marblehead — Once Upon My Mother at 1:00pm - 3:00pm see show
Institution Passes - LibCal - Merrimack Public Library, Merrimac
  • 10:00am — Saturday Play info
  • 11:00am — Plant a Flower for Mothers' Day info
  • 11:00am — Saturday Morning Comics info
  • 11:00am — Touch-a-Truck at Town Hall info
  • 11:00am — Scavenger Hunt! info
  • 11:00am — Storytime at Angelo Drive Housing info
  • 11:00am — Sensory Walk! info
  • 9:00am — Friends of the Library's June Book Sale info
Ipswich Museum, Ipswich — TBA at - name: Horses to Horsepower Family Fun Day family fun day
List of Events - City of Newburyport, Newbury
  • - name: Breakfast and Birding — TBA learn more
  • - name: Celebrating Freedom: A Stopping Stone for Orman Remington — TBA learn more
  • - name: Community on the Lawn at Browne House — TBA learn more
  • - name: Lyman Estate Landscape Tour — TBA learn more
  • - name: Working-Class History Tour of the Lyman Estate — TBA learn more
Museum Passes - G.A.R. Memorial Library - Assabet Interactiv, West Newbury — Indigenous People’s Day Observance at 10:00am join us
Museum of Old Newbury, Newburyport
  • 10:00am — 47th Annual Old Newbury Garden Tour, June 13 & 14, 2026 explore gardens
  • 11:00am — Seasonal Saturdays! visit museum
Newburyport Recreation & Youth Services, Newburyport
  • 10:25am — Soccer Shots - Soccer Shots - Spring Classic 4/5 yr olds soccer shots
  • 9:00am — Soccer Shots - Soccer Shots - Spring Mini 2 yr olds soccer shots
  • 9:40am — Soccer Shots - Soccer Shots - Spring Classic 3 yr olds soccer shots
North Shore Children's Museum, Peabody
Nourse Farm, West Newbury
  • 12:00pm — Westborough UnPlugs unplug
  • 9:00am — Farm Store Open Date explore
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem — Drop-in Art Making: Korean Paper Accessories at 11:00am-3:00pm make art
Peabody Institute Library, Peabody — TBA at - name: Spring Nautical Girls Overnight learn more
Programs - West Newbury Learning Center, West Newbury
Taste Buds Kitchen (Beverly), Beverly

SUNDAY - 5/3

Family Events - Jewish Community Center of the North Shore, Marblehead
  • 10:30am - 11:30am — Schmooze and News join in
  • 7:00pm - 9:00pm — Rebound watch film
Hamilton Community Events, Hamilton
Newburyport Recreation & Youth Services, Newburyport
  • 1:00pm — Ultimate Frisbee - Spring Ultimate Frisbee 6-12th Grade ultimate frisbee
  • 9:00am — InclYOUsion MultiSports - Track and Field/Flag Football 2-4 yr old multi sports
Peabody Institute Library, Peabody
  • - name: Cadette Special Agent — TBA learn more
  • - name: Father's Day — TBA learn more
  • - name: Mother's Day — TBA learn more
  • - name: SOLD OUT! Citizenship in the Community — TBA learn more
Rockport Art Association & Museum, Rockport — Create Together at 1:00pm register here
Wenham Community Events, Wenham
  • 10:25am — Soccer Shots - Soccer Shots Premier soccer shots
  • 11:30am — Knucklebones Lil' Ninjas lil ninjas
  • 9:00am — Soccer Shots - Soccer Shots Mini soccer shots
  • 9:40am — Soccer Shots - Soccer Shots Classic soccer shots

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