Friday, 5/16, 6/20, 7/18, 8/15, 9/19, 10/17, 12/19 , 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…
Tuesdays 6:30 to 7:30 pm January 14 through July, 2025 All levels welcome. Special attention to modifications and new students. Ellen Dempsey, RYT 200 Ellen.danvers.yoga@gmail.com Introductory Price $15 per class. Check, Cash, Venmo accepted. Historical Society members are eligible for a discount. Tapley Memorial Hall, 13 Page Street, Danvers
Monday, May 12th Noon 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. 2025 Film Topics(subject to change): May 12 The Folklore Tale of Dogtown – Origins, inhabitants, mysteries, and role in the revolution Jun…
Wednesday, April 23rd, 7pm How, why & where the first land battle of the American Revolution could have happened at Salem’s North Bridge in February 1775 instead of in Lexington and at Concord’s North Bridge on April 19th. Less than two months before April 19th in 1775, the American Revolution’s…
There are many events to choose from throughout Essex County! Tapley Memorial Hall will host on Wednesday, April 23rd, 7pm Facing Colonel Alexander Leslie We are proud to participate in Mass Cultural Council’s Card to Culture program. Speaker Series typically every 3rd Wednesday, 7pm. Including a temporary exhibit of related artifacts…
Wednesday, March 19th, 7pm. Did you know that Oak Knoll in Danvers was the home of poet John Greenleaf Whittier from 1876 until his death in 1892? Many literary and political figures traveled to Oak Knoll to visit Whittier and enjoy the extensive naturalistic gardens surrounding the house. Chris Boehmer…
The adventurous career of ‘Ferdinand the Bull,’ who has been ducking bullets and running wild in the . . . more here
It was early in 1956 when after the daily announcements I received a note that Holten High School Principal, Cornelius Dunn, wanted to see me in his office after lunch. I wondered . . . . more here
Sunday, October 20th, 2-5pm. Rain or Shine. Advance tickets only. Purchase by Thursday 17th. A benefit to restore the Peabody Gazebo at Glen Magna Farms. Glen Magna Farms’ gazebo, a focal point opposite the mansion’s curved veranda, was designed in 1840 and authentically reconstructed in 1989. This fundraiser will provide…
This episode has just been released. You can check it out at these various sites, or wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Spotify Website Recorded Monday, September 30, 2024 2:45 pm in Tapley Memorial Hall Podcast begins at 3:00 pm. Roughly 30-40 minutes discussion and 30-40minutes for audience Q&A…
Updated Exhibit is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday beginning August 16, 10am to noon at Tapley Memorial Hall, 13 Page Street. Additional artifacts and information has been added to last winter’s exhibit. Did you wear Ideal Baby Shoes? Did you know someone who worked for Ideal? Did you live in…
Sunday, August 11th, 1:30pm, Tapley Memorial Hall Summer 1774. The Port of Boston has been closed. The countryside is rising up, there is talk of raising minute companies alongside the regular militia, and British soldiers are appearing in Danvers. General Thomas Gage, newly appointed Royal Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony…