Category: History & Culture

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HarborFest: Marblehead’s Marine Fair

8/28/2022 - HarborMoor is thrilled to present the second annual HarborFest: Marblehead’s Marine Fair, which will showcase the best marine craftsmen and companies Marblehead has to offer. The event will celebrate Marblehead’s longstanding maritime history and the deep pool of talented marine professionals that carry on that legacy today. The Landing Parking… SEE MORE

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Feast of All Feasts in Boston

8/25/2022 - 8/28/2022 - Begun in 1919, by Italian immigrants from the small town of Montefalcione in Avellino, Saint Anthony’s Feast has become the largest Italian Festival in New England. Named the “Feast of all Feasts” by National Geographic Magazine, this authentic Italian street festival has it all for people of every age: parades,… SEE MORE

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Annual Herreshoff Classic Yacht Regatta

8/26/2022 - 8/28/2022 - The annual Herreshoff Classic Yacht Regatta draws participants from around the world! Each year, a mix of gorgeous big boats and one-designs gathers for a weekend of exciting racing on scenic courses on the bay and terrific social events. Eligible boats must register on or before August 19th. SEE MORE

The Camden Opera House’s monthly Blue Café series.

A Night With CBS News Chief Robert Costa

7/23/2022 - The Camden Conference celebrates its return to the Camden Opera House and its 35th year by hosting CBS News Chief Election & Campaign Correspondent Robert Costa. Karin Look, president of the Camden Conference Board of Directors, will open the event with a brief look toward the February 2023 Conference. Veteran journalist Matt… SEE MORE

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Seminar On The Risks of Rising Sea Levels in our Area

7/13/2022 - Please join us at the Camden Yacht Club, for a very special evening discussion about rising sea levels in our area. As NOAA’s National Ocean Service Observing Systems & Infrastructure Manager, Rob Loesch is responsible for the nationwide (and US Territories) continuously operating real-time water levels and currents measurement systems.… SEE MORE

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The Maiden is Coming to Mystic

7/13/2022 - The yacht Maiden will arrive at Mystic Shipyard for the Mudhead mid-season party! Maiden is the Farr-designed 58-footer which Tracy Edwards and her all-female crew sailed to 2nd overall in the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race. Not only did they sail to second place, but more significantly, shattered the… SEE MORE

Harbor Illumination at the Hull Museum

7/30/2022 - It happens only one night a year...the magical Harbor Illumination. Join us as we once again light the harbor with more than one thousand flares celebrating Hull's maritime heritage. SEE MORE

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Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival

7/30/2022 - In addition to hosting one of the largest dragon boat competitions in California, there will be Chinese traditional art demonstrations, Chinese Acrobats, traditional dance, hip hop, music and martial arts performances. Dragon boat racing is an amateur watersport which has its roots in an ancient folk ritual held over the… SEE MORE

Lecture: Chris Pastore at the Herreshoff Museum

6/23/2022 - Designed and built in 1903 by America’s greatest naval architect, Nathanael G. Herreshoff, Reliance was a yacht like no other. A marvel of her time, Reliance’s topsail yard towered nearly 190 feet above the water, with sails stretching 202 feet from the bowsprit to the boom’s end. Many said Reliance,… SEE MORE

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Join the Strawberry Banke Flag Day Celebration

6/14/2022 - Celebrate Flag Day at Strawbery Banke Museum. Festivities include a presentation of the colors by a delegation from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, the singing of the National Anthem by Angelynne Hinson, and remarks by Lawrence J. Yerdon, President and CEO, and Sherm Pridham, librarian emeritus of Portsmouth Public Library and… SEE MORE