National Mini Golf Day at Nunan

National Mini Golf Day is September 21st! Celebrate at Nunan all weekend!

Friday, September 21st Free mini golf!

GNFC BABY & KIDS CONSIGNMENT SALE

The Greater Newburyport Fall and Winter Baby and Kids Consignment Sale is an amazing opportunity to find gently used items at very reasonable price points. This semi annual sale has become so popular that it is now a two day event. This year’s sale will be held on Saturday, September 22nd from 9 am – 2 pm and Sunday the 23rd from 9 am – 12 pm at the West Newbury Town Annex located at 381 Main Street in West Newbury. In addition to being a fun shopping event, the Greater Newburyport Mother’s and Families (GNFC) Baby and Kids Consignment Sale is also the perfect place to sell items that you no longer need. 70% of the proceeds go to the seller, 30% goes toward a community gift given in the GNFC’s name. You do not need to be present to have your items sold.

How to register:

Log on to:

www.seller.myconsignmentmanager.com/newburyport and follow the steps to become a seller.

ITEMS ACCEPTED FOR THE FALL/WINTER 2018 BABY AND KIDS CONSIGNMENT SALE:

Children’s Shoes/Seasonal Boots
Children’s FALL/WINTER Clothing
Toys
Strollers
Baby gear
Maternity clothing
Books
Children’s Videos & DVDs
Games
Layette

On Thursday, September 20th, at 11:59 pm the My Consignment Manager website closes; all items must be entered by this time.

Location: Town of West Newbury Annex, 381 Main Street, West Newbury, MA 01985

Drop-off of items is Friday, September 21st, from 9:30 am -11:30 am. Should you be unable to drop off items due to work or scheduling conflict, please email consignment@greaternewburyportfamilies.org

THE SALE IS NOW TWO DAYS OF SHOPPING: Saturday, September 22nd 9:00 am – 2:00 pm and Sunday, September 23rd 9:00 am -12:00 pm

*If you are NOT donating unsold items, you must PICK UP between 2:00-2:30 pm. ANYTHING LEFT AFTER 2:30 pm WILL BE DONATED AND CANNOT BE RECLAIMED.*

If you are not donating unsold items, you MUST leave a container(s) or large trash bag(s) that are clearly labeled with your seller number on the outside. All unsold items will be placed in your container(s)/bag(s) for you to pick up.

Also, The Greater Newburyport Mothers & Families Club (GNFC) is pleased to announce that they are ready to accept proposals for our 2018 Community Gift. Selected project(s) will receive a monetary gift from the GNFC. This is a great way for local non profits to move forward with a new or expanded project directly related to the mission of GNFC and support local families.

If you need further assistance or have questions, you may contact Corinne Poor president@greaternewburyportfamilies.org and she will be happy to assist you.

National Mini Golf Day at Nunan
National Mini Golf Day is September 21st! Celebrate at Nunan all weekend!

Saturday & Sunday September 22nd & 23rd
Half price mini golf AND..
BOGO (buy one get one free) Kallie's ice cream!

Last Hope K9 Rescue Event Hosted by Just Dogs & TD Bank

Scratch some ears, rub some bellies and make a new best friend while you mingle with Last Hope K9 Rescue’s adoptable dogs who are looking for forever homes to call their own.

Autumnal Vase Arrangement at Nunan
In this class, we’ll be creating a beautiful autumn floral arrangement for your table or to give as a gift. This will be a fun class using your creativity resulting in a stunning custom floral arrangement. The fee for this class is $50.00.

To register, please call (978) 352-8172 or email info@nunans.com.

An Evening With Eikona

Eikona (ee-kona) is a three sister ensemble Presvytera Stacey Dorrance, Presvytera Marika Brown and Chrysanthy Therianos who chant and sing hymns and contemporary Christian music with roots in the Greek Orthodox church. Their beautiful voices and harmonies preserve, share and promote centuries worth of rich musical tradition around the world, reaching the new generation of Orthodox and Christian music fans. 

Tickets:
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3459799 

GNFC BABY & KIDS CONSIGNMENT SALE

The Greater Newburyport Fall and Winter Baby and Kids Consignment Sale is an amazing opportunity to find gently used items at very reasonable price points. This semi annual sale has become so popular that it is now a two day event. This year’s sale will be held on Saturday, September 22nd from 9 am – 2 pm and Sunday the 23rd from 9 am – 12 pm at the West Newbury Town Annex located at 381 Main Street in West Newbury. In addition to being a fun shopping event, the Greater Newburyport Mother’s and Families (GNFC) Baby and Kids Consignment Sale is also the perfect place to sell items that you no longer need. 70% of the proceeds go to the seller, 30% goes toward a community gift given in the GNFC’s name. You do not need to be present to have your items sold.

How to register:

Log on to:

www.seller.myconsignmentmanager.com/newburyport and follow the steps to become a seller.

ITEMS ACCEPTED FOR THE FALL/WINTER 2018 BABY AND KIDS CONSIGNMENT SALE:

Children’s Shoes/Seasonal Boots
Children’s FALL/WINTER Clothing
Toys
Strollers
Baby gear
Maternity clothing
Books
Children’s Videos & DVDs
Games
Layette

On Thursday, September 20th, at 11:59 pm the My Consignment Manager website closes; all items must be entered by this time.

Location: Town of West Newbury Annex, 381 Main Street, West Newbury, MA 01985

Drop-off of items is Friday, September 21st, from 9:30 am -11:30 am. Should you be unable to drop off items due to work or scheduling conflict, please email consignment@greaternewburyportfamilies.org

THE SALE IS NOW TWO DAYS OF SHOPPING: Saturday, September 22nd 9:00 am – 2:00 pm and Sunday, September 23rd 9:00 am -12:00 pm

*If you are NOT donating unsold items, you must PICK UP between 2:00-2:30 pm. ANYTHING LEFT AFTER 2:30 pm WILL BE DONATED AND CANNOT BE RECLAIMED.*

If you are not donating unsold items, you MUST leave a container(s) or large trash bag(s) that are clearly labeled with your seller number on the outside. All unsold items will be placed in your container(s)/bag(s) for you to pick up.

Also, The Greater Newburyport Mothers & Families Club (GNFC) is pleased to announce that they are ready to accept proposals for our 2018 Community Gift. Selected project(s) will receive a monetary gift from the GNFC. This is a great way for local non profits to move forward with a new or expanded project directly related to the mission of GNFC and support local families.

If you need further assistance or have questions, you may contact Corinne Poor president@greaternewburyportfamilies.org and she will be happy to assist you.

National Mini Golf Day at Nunan

National Mini Golf Day is September 21st! Celebrate at Nunan all weekend!

Saturday & Sunday September 22nd & 23rd
Half price mini golf AND..
BOGO (buy one get one free) Kallie's ice cream!

Newburyport Choral Society Fall Registration

Newburyport Choral Society Singer registration for the fall season, culminating in a December 8th and 9th concert, will be on Tuesday September 11, 18, and 25 at the Belleville Congregational Church Parish Hall, 300 High Street, NBPT.

6:30 – 7:15 Registration
7:15 – 9:30 Practice

Have you ever wanted to join a chorus or return to singing with one? Are you in a church choir but would also love to sing in a larger chorus with a professional orchestra? Newburyport Choral Society’s (NCS) Fall Singer Registration may be your chance to finally give it a try! We accept singers from high school age and up, and of all musical skill levels. NCS offers both new and veteran singers many opportunities to deepen their music appreciation and improve their vocal skills.

Our winter concert is titled "Peace and Remembrance" and features a 100th anniversary commemorative piece of WWI's Armistice Day as well as Silent Night and O Holy Night, pieces sung during a famous Christmas Eve truce during the first year of the war. Also featured in this concert is Charpentier's Messe de Minuit and the Greater Newburyport Children's Chorus. Please visit www.newburyportchoralsociety.org for more information. Hope to see you there for what will sure to be a wonderful semester with friends, passionate music and Music Director George Case!

Back to School Open House hosted by Suite Six Medical Aesthetics
After a long, hot summer it is time to begin a new & fresh school year! Join us for our Back To School Open House Event at Suite Six!

Come mingle with us from 5pm-8pm for a fun night out! Stop in or spend the night with us!

* Learn about current and exciting promotions
* Be entered in our raffle for a chance to win treatments
* Free cocktails and food
* Complimentary skincare analysis and mini treatments with our licensed estheticians throughout the night
* Swag Bags for all attendees

$49 entrance fee will be applied towards your purchases that night for products and services!

RSVP today on Facebook limited spots available!

Go have dinner at the Grog on Thursday, September 27th and mention to your server that you are there to support the GrogRaiser. The Grog will donate 20% of your bill to Our Neighbors Table and Bentley's Real Estate will match all donations.  

https://www.facebook.com/bentleysrealestate/videos/236993773649901/UzpfSTEwNTM5Njg3Mjg0MzcwMToyMDQ5NzAyODk1MDc5NzQ2/ 

Cooking Class: The Spice Kitchen 

We are pleased to announce a partnership with Milk Street beginning September 2018. This is a demonstration-based iteration of The Spice Kitchen: The Art of Cooking with Spices. 

This class is among our very first offerings in partnership with Milk Street. That means that while you're learning from us, we're being training too! Milk Street's Cooking School Director will be present to help us, answer questions, and introduce some of Milk Street's exclusive products, available at Port Plums! Class begins at 6:30pm.

If all home cooks take just one step to transform their cooking, it should be learning how to use spices. At Milk Street, we can’t cook without them anymore. Mashed potatoes are lackluster if we don’t finish them with caraway seeds bloomed in brown butter. Chicken soup falls flat without the Somali spice blend berbere stirred into the broth. Cake is a one-note confection if we don’t soak it in a bay infused syrup or stir ample spicy-sweet dried ginger into the batter. When you start cooking with spices, it’s like painting in full color after a lifetime of black, white and gray. 

In this class you will learn why, how and when to toast and bloom spices; why we grind spices in some recipes and leave them whole in others; how to use savory spices to make better desserts; Milk Street's essential spice and spice blends; and buying and storing basics.

Recipes in this class include:
Cauliflower with Dukkah, an Egyptian spice and nut blend
Somali Chicken Soup with Berbere
Pinchos Morunos, spiced Basque pork tenderloin
Turkish Red Lentil Soup 
Honey Apricot Compote with Bay and Greek Yogurt

Please note: This is not a hands-on class. In this class you will watch and interact as the demo leader prepares five ranging dishes using a variety of strategies and techniques. You will sample from generous tasting portions of the demonstrated dishes. 

Tickets are $55 per guest.

Immaculate Conception Church Yard Sale

Donations needed for the White Elephant table (drop off at IC Parish Center Youth Room—ground floor during business hours)

Donations needed for the bake sale (drop off at the IC Parish Center Kitchen—ground floor on Friday, Sept. 28)

Volunteer sign-up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0f4caaa72eaaff2-yard 

Dealers sign-up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0f4caaa72eaaff2-dealer

American Music and Harvest Festival
Enjoy a full day of live music, baseball, and farm activities at the historic Spencer-Peirce-Little farm in Newbury. This festival celebrates everything from New Orleans brass bands to rock, funk, jazz, and beyond.

THIS YEAR’S BANDS
Barrence Whitfield
Jenny Dee & the Delinquents
Julie Rhodes
Soggy Po Boys
Busted Jug Band
Freevolt
The Portermen
Chuck Walker Jazz

Experience a variety of farm activities and crafts during the festival:

Meet friendly farm animals;
Watch the Essex Base Ball Association play by 1861 rules;
See tractors and other farm equipment from the last eighty years;
Try your hand at corn husking;
Learn how farm machines pump water, press cider, and help with the harvest;
Enjoy a wagon ride through brightly colored autumn fields;
Tour the 1690 stone and brick manor house;
…and much more!

Tickets

Pumpkins Topped with Succulents at Nunan
In this class, we will be decorating a sugar pumpkin with succulents that you can later place in a pot to enjoy. At the end of the fall season, you can place your succulent topper on top of a pot of soil and watch it take root and grow. The class/supply fee is $25.00.

Cooking Class: The Spice Kitchen - Hosted by Port Plums

We are pleased to announce a partnership with Milk Street beginning September 2018. This is a demonstration-based iteration of The Spice Kitchen: The Art of Cooking with Spices. 

This class is among our very first offerings in partnership with Milk Street. That means that while you're learning from us, we're being training too! Milk Street's Cooking School Director will be present to help us, answer questions, and introduce some of Milk Street's exclusive products, available at Port Plums! Class begins at 6:30pm.

If all home cooks take just one step to transform their cooking, it should be learning how to use spices. At Milk Street, we can’t cook without them anymore. Mashed potatoes are lackluster if we don’t finish them with caraway seeds bloomed in brown butter. Chicken soup falls flat without the Somali spice blend berbere stirred into the broth. Cake is a one-note confection if we don’t soak it in a bay infused syrup or stir ample spicy-sweet dried ginger into the batter. When you start cooking with spices, it’s like painting in full color after a lifetime of black, white and gray. 

In this class you will learn why, how and when to toast and bloom spices; why we grind spices in some recipes and leave them whole in others; how to use savory spices to make better desserts; Milk Street's essential spice and spice blends; and buying and storing basics.

Recipes in this class include:
Cauliflower with Dukkah, an Egyptian spice and nut blend
Somali Chicken Soup with Berbere
Pinchos Morunos, spiced Basque pork tenderloin
Turkish Red Lentil Soup 
Honey Apricot Compote with Bay and Greek Yogurt

Please note: This is not a hands-on class. In this class you will watch and interact as the demo leader prepares five ranging dishes using a variety of strategies and techniques. You will sample from generous tasting portions of the demonstrated dishes. 

Tickets are $55 per guest.

Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety
Join us for the first event of the school year - a free screening of the documentary film Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety. Following the 56 minute film will be a discussion Q&A session led by school counselors and local mental health professionals.

Producers Scilla Andreen and Karin Gornick have one goal: to start a global conversation and raise awareness around anxiety. Through candid interviews, they utilize the power of film to tell the stories of many kids and teens who discuss their anxiety and its impacts on their lives and relationships, as well as how they’ve found solutions and hope. The film also includes a special interview with Michael Phelps, a mental health advocate and one of the greatest athletes of all-time. In addition, the documentary provides discussions with mental health experts about the causes of anxiety and its sociological effects, along with the help, resources and tools available to address the condition. We will compliment this with local resources and a discussion following the film.

Hosted by The Parenting Years Speaker Series, a collaboration between Newburyport Youth Services, River Valley Charter School Parent's Alliance, and the Newburyport PTO.

Bartlet Mall Day 2018: Food, Beer, History, Fun

Save the Date for Bartlet Mall Day 2018!
Come celebrate the beauty and history of the Bartlet Mall with food from Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church of Newburyport, Newburyport Brewing Co. beer, and lots of history, music and fun. (Rain date 10/7)

The Grog's 11th Annual Chili Cook-Off & Craft Beer Fest

On Saturday, October 6th The Grog Restaurant’s 11th Annual Chili Cook-Off & Craft Beer Fest will be held from 12 noon to 4 pm under the tent at The Tannery Marketplace.

Begun as a chili cook-off and held for six years in The Grog’s parking lot, the event has grown in popularity and diversity. With the generosity of their co-sponsor, The Tannery Marketplace, The Grog has been able to triple attendance over the years by adding the perfect complement to chili, a craft beer festival.

Billed as the Northshore’s most creative chili competition, Newburyport area restaurants and markets vie for The Peoples’ Choice Award for Best Chili. The contest is tasters choice, every paid entry gets one ballot to vote for their favorite chili. So far the participating restaurants include: Sea Level Oyster Bar, Brick & Ash, Michael's Harborside, The Grog, PI Beachcoma, The Paddle Inn, Metzy’s, Port Tavern, Bucciarelli's, Loretta, Plum Island Grill & West Row Cafe & Bar (more to come)

This is the fifth year of the craft beer and cider-makers tasting and, as of this writing, the list of local and regional brewers includes: Lagunitas, Riverwalk, Ipswich, NBPT Brewing, Brewmaster Jack, Willie's Superbrew, Clown Shoes, BBC (Berkshire Brewing Co), Sam Adams, Smuttynose, Bantam Cider Co., Allagash & Two Roads Brewing

Live music is always a part of the festival and this year the featured performers will be Soul Robot and Fusion Blue Productions

The event was created to benefit local food pantries and it still does. The Pettingill House in Salisbury, Our Neighbors’s Table in Amesbury, and Community Services of Newburyport share the proceeds from the festival. The agencies attend the event each year to provide information regarding their services and to accept food donations from attendees. Last year we all helped to raise over $10,000 for the three local food pantries we support!

Tickets to the event are $10 for Unlimited Chili Tasting and $25 for Beer & Chili Tasting. This is an all-ages community festival and children 10 and under are admitted free. Tickets will be sold on-site.

Community Sponsors are The Tannery & David Hall, Kelly's Taylor Rental, Fusion Blue Productions & Dave Hill, Seaport Signworks, S!Y Communications, Inc. and more to come

Fall Harvest Festival 2018

Come to downtown Newburyport on Sunday & Monday of Columbus Day weekend for our annual Fall Harvest Festival! Enjoy great food, live music, and family fun while celebrating autumn's arrival. Explore downtown shops as well as craft vendor booths from artisans all over New England!

Bring the kids in the morning for children's entertainment in Market Square.
 

17th Annual Scarecrow Contest
One of the most fun parts of the Newburyport Fall Harvest Festival is the fun, interesting scarecrows decorating all the lamp posts downtown. This year will be the 17th annual scarecrow contest! This contest is free, fun, & open to the public! Entries by individuals, families, teams, schools, churches, clubs, organizations, and businesses are all welcome. The goal of this contest is to create a gallery of fun, inventive scarecrows throughout Market Square. Get creative! Click here for an application.

Mini Pumpkin People at Nunan

We will use mini pumpkins as well as art supplies to make a pumpkin person or a ghost that can sit on your table or doorstep. This is a fun, hands on project that you will carry home finished. Great for older children as well as adults. The class/supply fee is $15.00.

Fall Harvest Festival 2018

Come to downtown Newburyport on Sunday & Monday of Columbus Day weekend for our annual Fall Harvest Festival! Enjoy great food, live music, and family fun while celebrating autumn's arrival. Explore downtown shops as well as craft vendor booths from artisans all over New England!

Bring the kids in the morning for children's entertainment in Market Square.
 

17th Annual Scarecrow Contest
One of the most fun parts of the Newburyport Fall Harvest Festival is the fun, interesting scarecrows decorating all the lamp posts downtown. This year will be the 17th annual scarecrow contest! This contest is free, fun, & open to the public! Entries by individuals, families, teams, schools, churches, clubs, organizations, and businesses are all welcome. The goal of this contest is to create a gallery of fun, inventive scarecrows throughout Market Square. Get creative! Click here for an application.

Fall Juried Show, Part One
Oct 12-27, 2018
Digital Art, Drawing, Oil, Printmaking, Sculpture, & Watercolor

Reception: Saturday, Oct 13, 7-9p.m.

http://newburyportart.org/
Email - naa@newburyportart.org
Phone - 978-465-8769

Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday, 11 AM – 5 PM
Sunday, 1-5 PM
Closed on Mondays

we=nbpt Festival

WE = NBPT - Showcasing All Things Created By The Good People of Newburyport, MA

Newburyport Trunk or Treat

40+ businesses and organizations will be decorating their vehicles to host a community Trick-or-Treat from trunk to trunk!  This action-packed FREE community event will include music, Face painting will be available on a pay-per-face basis and, for balloon twisting, tips will gladly be accepted.

Tickets will be available September 29, 2018 at 12pm.

Fall Juried Show, Part One
Digital Art, Drawing, Oil, Printmaking, Sculpture, & Watercolor
Reception: Saturday, Oct 13, 7-9 PM

http://newburyportart.org/
Email - naa@newburyportart.org
Phone - 978-465-8769

Walk Against Domestic Violence - Hosted by Jeanne Geiger

We walk because it could be your best friend, your younger sister, the man who works in the office next to you, your child's best friend, or the teenage girl who works in the local coffee shop. We walk because domestic violence doesn't have a face, because it could happen to anyone, at any time.  

Registration 8 am
Walk Begins 9 am - 3 mile scenic walk 

Join us at the Walk Against Domestic Violence.
Waterfront Park located behind Firehouse Center for Arts

Registration

Mark your calendars for one of the best autumn races in the region. Situated in the pastoral town of West Newbury, MA, just 10 minutes from beautiful downtown Newburyport, experience an invigorating closed course, spectacular foliage, food and entertainment. The race includes a USATF certified 5-mile & 5K and a children’s 1-mile fun run. Homemade food, great music, kids activities and more.

9:30 AM - Registration opens
10:45 AM - Warm-up Exercises

11:00 AM - 1 Mile Fun Run

11:30 AM - 5 Mile Run
11:40 AM - 5K Run and Health Walk

Registration and Fees:

5 mile and 5K - $25 ($30 on race day)
1 mile fun run - $13 ($15 on race day)

Most importantly - 100% of proceeds benefit educational programs at the Dr. John C. Page Elementary School.