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Shivering yet? Here comes your Winter Warm Up!

Shivering yet? Here comes your Winter Warm Up! #IpswichMA #charity

by Doug Brendel Don’t be fooled by these mild autumn days. Your ever-lovin’ New England winter is fast approaching. And when our temperatures start sledding downhill, the folks at Ascension Memorial Church, the Episcopal parish in Ipswich, want to make sure that no one in the community lacks warm clothing. So for the 15th year (with only 2020 off due to the pandemic), Ascension will host a…

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True North Ale one of 7 breweries making craft beer to support Ipswich River; Events planned at IRWA Sept. 25

True North Ale one of 7 breweries making craft beer to support Ipswich River; Events planned at IRWA Sept. 25 #IpswichMA #beer

After the day planned by the Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA) on Saturday, you may be ready for a beer. So if not river-ed out, you can try an Endangered Ale from an Ipswich brewer. Or maybe an Endangered Ale from any of another half dozen beer makers around the area. True North Ale Company, in collaboration with IRWA, has released the limited-edition American pale ale. “Together,…

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Art show back live but with Covid caution

Art show back live but with Covid caution #IpswichMA #music #arts

By Dan Mac Alpine The 35th annual art show and sale will go off live this year, with a nod to public health, COVID-19 and its variants. “We love doing the show and supporting the artists,” Barta Hathaway, the Ipswich Cultural Council chairman, said. All events are scheduled to take place at Town Hall or the neighboring Green Street Bridge. Last year there was no live show in order to slow the…

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Ipswich Aware Vigil to remember and support those lost in opioid epidemic

Ipswich Aware Vigil to remember and support those lost in opioid epidemic #IpswichMA #opioids

by Ella Niederhelman IPSWICH — Through a change of presidents, politics, the economy and COVID-19, there has been one constant: People and their families continue to suffer the malign effects of substance abuse. Set up in 2015, Ipswich Aware is a group that aims to tackle the stigma and help those dealing with the opioid crisis. Ipswich Aware will hold its fourth annual Candlelight Vigil on…

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The good, the bad and the ... meh: Art exhibit draws inspiration from Covid

The good, the bad and the ... meh: Art exhibit draws inspiration from Covid #IpswichMA #arts

by Phillip Golden The Covid pandemic has left many of us with a mixed bag of emotions— some good, some bad, and some just . . . meh.  For a group of local artists, however, the past year and a half decidedly has been a time of inspiration and creativity. To see this creative expression firsthand, look no further than Inspiration in Isolation, a multi-artist exhibit now on display at the Ipswich…

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Fool concert rescheduled for Oct. 1

Fool concert rescheduled for Oct. 1 #IpswichMA #NorthShoreMA

The Fools’ Castle Hill Picnic Concert has been rescheduled to Friday, October 1 because of inclement weather. Tickets for the original September 9 date will be honored on October 1.   Attendees may bring a picnic supper or purchase supper onsite from one of our vendors—Empanada Dada, Plat Du Jour, and Down River Ice Cream. Mill River Winery, True North Ales, and 1634 Meadery will sell their…

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Illumination is back to light the river

Illumination is back to light the river #IpswichMA

by Dan Mac Alpine Bonfires on the Ipswich River, from the Town Wharf to roughly the Riverwalk’s footbridge. Live music. Participatory art. Visual art made by local artists. Dance. Poetry. Food trucks. Beer.  The town’s, now, Season of Illumination will encompass it all – just not all at once. “The Intention was to spread the activities out to give people more time to breathe,” said ReCreation…

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Art from Mary Weatherall estate on show and for sale

Art from Mary Weatherall estate on show and for sale #IpswichMA

IPSWICH — The art of Mary Weatherall will be on display and for sale to help fund the Ipswich Refugee Program this week. Weatherall was wife of novelist John Updike and mother of his four children. The family lived on East Street and later on Labor In Vain Road. The exhibition and sale is being organized by Miranda Updike. “In the process of selling our mother’s house,  my siblings,…

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