Several Newburyport artisans are participating in Wenham Museum's Spring Artisan Showcase today through Sunday.
Jeweler Ania Davis of Epoca Designs; ornament artist Kristen Fudge; landscape designer Andi Ross, owner of It's Nature's Way; and silversmith Robert MacBurnie will be among the 30 juried artisans offering designer jewelry, home accessories, clothing and gourmet gifts.
The artisans will donate a portion of their proceeds to support the educational mission of the Wenham Museum. In addition, Ross is donating a designer planter for a raffle to benefit the museum.
A preview reception takes place toady from 3 to 8 p.m., with the show running Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the showcase is free. Museum admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors and $5 for children. Call 978-468-2377 or visit www.wenhammuseum.org.
Port actress on stage for college production
Lauren Lewis of Newburyport joins the Bridgewater State College Theater Arts Department for a production of Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "How I Learned to Drive" the next two weekends.
Performances are today and tomorrow and again May 1 through 3, all at 8 p.m., as well as a matinee this Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10, $5 for Bridgewater students. Call 508-531-1321.
NECC celebrates environmental awareness
Two local residents with national reputations are presenting free talks on environmental issues today at Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill.
Allan Casebier of Newburyport, a professor of philosophy and film, will speak on environmental ethics from 11 a.m. to noon. He is emeritus professor at the University of Southern California and visiting scholar at the University of Miami.
Graphic artist Lance Hidy of Merrimac, who teaches art and design at Northern Essex, will highlight the career of photographer Ansel Adams from noon to 1 p.m. He'll show slides of Adams' work and explain the effect his work had on environmental legislation and as a wake-up call for the environmental movement in the 1960s.
Hidy worked with Adams in 1977-78 on the book "Yosemite and the Range of Light" and is designing a new book, "Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs," due out this fall.
The programs are part of a weeklong Environmental Awareness Celebration at Northern Essex. They take place in the Technology Center on the college's 100 Elliott St. campus. Contact Elaine Mawhinney at 978-556-3395 or emawhinney@necc.mass.edu.
Port artist in contemporary sculpture show
Newburyport's Elizabeth Leary Strazzulla is among the featured artists in a new sculpture exhibit at the Crane Collection/Cape Ann in Manchester-by-the-Sea.
Strazzulla reveals her commitment to the classical tradition through her sculptures. Her bronze animal pieces capture the details and personalities of each subject. A former National Champion horsewoman who learned the importance of working directly from life while studying in Italy, she brings a personal knowledge to her equestrian art.
She will have several new pieces in the exhibit, as well as examples of her earlier work, including "Repose," a bronze of a gentle, old Lab, and a piece called "Spring," which shows song sparrows perched on a spading fork stuck into garden soil.
The other participating artists are Daniel Altshuler of Gloucester, who works in the figurative tradition; Ephraim Friedman of Beverly Farms, who sculpts in clay, bronze and stone, creating primarily figurative works; Ellen L. Kennelly from Lincoln, who works in wood, ceramic and bronze; and Suzanne Crane of Virginia, a functional potter.
Call 978-525-3009 or visit www.CraneCollection.com.
Local family recounts trip to Tanzania, Kenya
Newburyport husband-and-wife doctors Suzanne Abkowitz and Glen Crawford share their family's experiences on a trip to Tanzania, including their visit across the border to Newburyport's Sister City of Bura, Kenya, during a slide show on Wednesday, April 30, at 7 p.m. at Newburyport Public Library, 94 State St., Newburyport.
In Bura, the Crawfords and their two sons, 10-year-old Matthew and 17-year-old Neil, got an update on several projects initiated with the assistance of the Newburyport/Bura Alliance, including a tree-planting effort, the Heifer International project and an Orphans' School Uniform Project.
During their trip, the Crawfords also climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and visited the Ngorongoro Crater, one of the world's great habitats for wild animals.
Admission to next week's program at the Newburyport library is free.
Salisbury venue hosts its own 'Last Comic Standing'
Would-be comedians will have an opportunity to test out their material when "La(st) Chiquita Comic Standing" comes to La Chiquita restaurant in Salisbury next week.
The amateur comedy contest will give contestants a venue for their five-minute routines, with a chance to compete for cash and a variety of prizes.
A panel of professional comedians, including Salisbury native Tony Moschetto who has appeared on Comedy Central and performed in New York, Los Angeles, London and China, will judge the contest. Dave Rattigan, who heads up the Tuesday night comedy show at La Chiquita, will host the event.
Rattigan said in a release that the event is designed to give closet comedians the boost they need to get up to the microphone.
The contest takes place Thursday, May 1, at 8 p.m. and is part of the Cinco de Mayo celebration at La Chiquita, 11 Lafayette St. (Route 1). Admission is free; there is no registration fee for comedy contestants.
To register for the contest, comedians should call 978-463-4688. If there's still room in the lineup, registrations will be taken the night of the show. For more information, visit www.ScampsComedy.com.
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