http://www.newburyportnews.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:15:00 +0000 http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_310221504.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_310221504.html AUTHORS/READINGS THE BOOK RACK. Author Casey Sherman to discuss and sign copies of his new book, "Bad Blood." Saturday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m. 52 State St., Newburyport. CUSTOM HOUSE MARITIME MUSEUM. Lecture and booksigning with Bethany Groff of Historic New England of her book "A Brief History of Old Newbury from Settlement to Separation," Sunday, Nov. 8, 3 to 5 p.m. $3 non-members; free for members. 25 Water St., Newburyport, 978-462-8681. www.thechmm.org. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:15:00 +0000 http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_309233632.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_309233632.html Once the mainstay of the entertainment industry, vaudeville is all but forgotten today. Reg Bacon wants to change that. From the late 19th century to the early years of the Great Depression, Bacon said nearly every town in the country had a venue where people could watch singers, dancers, jugglers, musicians, comedians, contortionists, magicians, ventriloquists, performing animals and who knows what else. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:14:00 +0000 http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_309233807.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_309233807.html For Pam Dodge, the knitting gene runs in her family. Her mom and grandmother knit, and she picked it up from them when she was just a teenager. Now, the West Newbury woman has shared the fiber art with her 10-year-old daughter, Christine, who knits and also makes beaded jewelry. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:13:00 +0000 http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_309233836.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_309233836.html The Governor's Artisan Faire The Governor's Academy Faire celebrates the creative talents of local artists the next two weekends in the Peter R. Remis Lobby Art Gallery in the Performing Arts Center on the school's Byfield campus at 1 Elm St. The fair will feature ceramics, fiber arts, woodworking, artwork, furniture, jewelry, blown glass, pottery, seasonal papier mache and more. An opening reception and sale will take place tonight from 6 to 8. The sale continues the next two Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Governor's Academy performing arts center, 1 Elm St., Byfield. For more information, call Meredith Toumayan at 978-499-3340 or visit www.TheGovernorsAcademy.org. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:12:00 +0000 http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_309233906.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_309233906.html Gerard A. "Jerry" Bertrand, president emeritus of the Massachusetts Audubon Society and a recognized leader in environmental conservation, will present "Saving the World's Most Endangered Bird Species," a lecture and slide show on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. at Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center, 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:11:00 +0000 http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_309233915.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_309233915.html Health Beat On the heels of the closure of the American Red Cross office in Newburyport and its consolidation with the Northeast Massachusetts office in Beverly, the agency is beginning to offer CPR classes locally again and mdash; in Amesbury at the emergency management office at 9 School St. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:15:00 +0000 http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_308223415.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_308223415.html When the curtain rises at Tupelo Music Hall Salisbury for Saturday's already sold-out Little River Band performance, it launches something new on Salisbury Beach: a year-round schedule of live entertainment. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:14:00 +0000 http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_308232642.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_308232642.html Dan Potter grew up in a family of clowns, for real. The Merrimac resident describes himself as a third-generation clown, following in the antics of his grandmother, parents, aunt and uncle. He started clowning at age 5, and with his sisters became part of the family business for a while. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:13:00 +0000 http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_308232710.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_308232710.html Remembered as a mentor and friend to faculty and students, the late Chester "Chet" Hawrylciw will be honored this weekend when Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill renames their newly restored theater for him. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:58:00 +0000 http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_303115803.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_303115803.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:12:00 +0000 http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_308232718.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_308232718.html The Candlelight Chorale showcases the sometimes dramatic, sometimes meditative score of DuruflĂ and copy;'s "Requiem" when it performs Sunday under the direction of its new leader at Newburyport's First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:15:00 +0000 http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_307212432.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_307212432.html 1While their toddlers learned to play the xylophone in a Minneapolis music class, Hertzberg began telling Francois about his no-knead, 5-minute mix of flour, salt, yeast and water. Made in large batches, the dough can be refrigerated for weeks and baked one loaf at a time by simply cutting off a piece, letting it rise, shaping and baking. Trained in traditional methods, Francois was skeptical, but she saw promise in the chemistry Hertzberg was selling: a wetter-than-average dough that was easier to handle and simple to work with. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:14:00 +0000 http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_307212501.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_307212501.html Is it safe to party when swine flu threatens to crash your bash? It's a question many revelers may be asking this year as the holiday party season coincides with an anxiety-provoking flu season. The good news is that while it is true that mingling over punch and canapes can help spread the H1N1 virus, health and entertaining experts say it's possible to throw a holiday party without making everyone wear surgical masks and hazmat suits. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:13:00 +0000 http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_307212531.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_307212531.html I remember years ago when I worked at a cable system office, some elderly folks calling to ask if we could see them through their television sets. I used to get a real chuckle out of that. The idea that they actually thought we were monitoring their actions through their LCD screen seemed absurd. Now I'm right there with them, wondering if the folks at Bic can see me through the tip of my pen or if the employees at Gap are laughing when they review the tape from the monitoring device they may have placed in my new "sexy boot cut" jeans. ("What's she doing in those?") Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:12:00 +0000 http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_307222933.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/pulife/local_story_307222933.html The leaves are dropping off the trees, and the trees are taking on their winter look. Yuck! Time to rake the leaves. Speaking of leaves, I was telling you about composting the leaves in your yard. If you mix some of the grass clippings in with the leaves, it greatly speeds up the composting process. If you think forward to spring, you have lots of grass clippings, but very few leaves to mix in to help speed up the composting process. This fall, get some heavy-duty plastic bags and fill the bags with leaves. Store the bags near your compost pile. In the spring, you can take some of the leaves out of the bags and mix them in with the grass clippings. Add in some compost activator, and you will have a compost pile that will be humming along and producing finished compost in no time at all.