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Magic Spot, a film

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Saturday, May 4th 7pm doors open, 7:30 showtime Magic Spot is a 2022 movie that was filmed mostly in Danvers, and stars actors from all around The North Shore.  It’s a time-travel comedy that is appropriate for the entire family.  Producer/Actor Matt Farley will be in attendance, along with several other…

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Annual Plant Sale

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Mother’s Day weekend. Saturday and Sunday, May 11th and 12th, from 9am to 1pm,  Glen Magna Farms parking lot 29 Ingersoll St Danvers MA. Danvers Historical Society’s Plant Sale will take place for only two days! Bring home a piece of Glen Magna Farms to that special mother in your…

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Annual Plant Sale

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Mother’s Day weekend. Danvers Historical Society’s Plant Sale will take place for only two days! Saturday and Sunday, May 11th and 12th, from 9am to 1pm in the Glen Magna Farms parking lot 29 Ingersoll St Danvers MA.  Bring home a piece of Glen Magna Farms to that special mother…

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Lunch Time History Films

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May 13, Monday Lunchtime History Films, bring your lunch! A casual discussion and 20-30 minute film. Presented by Heritage Films, Dan Tremblay, volunteer and member of DHS. 2024 Film Topics: May 13, Local Folklore Tales and their significance to our heritage in Essex County. Jun 10, The History and Local…

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Spinning Wheels and Textile Tools 1750 to 1820

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Wednesday, May 15th we welcome Florence Feldman-Wood exploring Spinning Wheels and Textile Tools. Using descriptions from the period we will look at the tools and processes involved in creating garments and household textiles from wool and flax. The tools needed to prepare the fibers and then the types of spinning…

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Porch Swing Open Mic

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Friday, May 17, 11:30am Friday Music in the Square presents The Porch Swing Live acoustic open mic on the Page House Porch. Bring your lunch and enjoy your friends making music. Bring your lunch. Rain or shine. We’ll move next door, into air conditioned Tapley Memorial Hall, if it is…

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Mass. Archaeology Speaker Series

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Tuesday, May 16st, 7pm. Mass Archaeology Society Lecture Series welcomes: TBA Northeast Gene Winter Chapter of the Massachusetts Archaeology Society presents monthly topics.     The Danvers Historical Society acknowledges that their properties are within, and this event is upon, the ancestral homeland of the Naumkeag band of the Massachusett/Pawtucket…

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Lunch Time History Films

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June 10, Monday Lunchtime History Films, bring your lunch! A casual discussion and 20-30 minute film. Presented by Heritage Films, Dan Tremblay, volunteer and member of DHS. 2024 Film Topics: Jun 10, The History and Local Events presented by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A featured attraction at Topsfield fair…

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Spring Back, Spring Forward – a concert

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Sunday, June 16, 2:00pm The Essex Harmony, a local choral group that began in 2006, will be performing their annual Summer concert in the Social Hall of the Maple Street Congregational Church in Danvers.  “Spring Back, Spring Forward” will share song selections from our early roots in the New England…

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Summer Beer Garden Music Series Begin

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Tuesday, June 18th, sponsored by Winchester Savings Bank. Kick off the 2024 Summer Beer Garden Music Series with an Open Mic Night MC’d by Ron Sarro, ronsarro59@gmail.com, president of Lynnfield Historical Society. Join the fun and bring your talents to the veranda at historic Glen Magna Farms. Reach out to…

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Porch Swing Open Mic

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June 21, Friday Music in the Square presents The Porch Swing every 3rd Friday, 11:30am Bring your lunch. Rain or shine: 3rd Friday of each month. Live acoustic open mic on the Page House Porch. Bring your lunch and enjoy your friends making music. We’ll move next door, into air…

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Mrs. Day’s Ideal Baby Shoe Company

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Back by popular demand, beginning Monday June 24th for the summer Monday, Wednesday and Fridays 10am to noon at Tapley Memorial Hall, 13 Page Street Did you wear Ideal Baby Shoes? Did you know someone who worked for Ideal? Did you live in Danvers before 1998 and remember the big…

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