With Halloween approaching, Plymouth is getting into the spirit with ghost stories, séances, psychics, classic horror films, costume parties and plenty of less-frightening fun for kids. Here’s where to find something spooky between now and Halloween. With this much going on, the hardest part of Halloween may be deciding which place to haunt. If you […]
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Folk musician Adam Ezra to perform at Spire
“Folk” is the word Adam Ezra most often uses to describe his music. Americana works, too. Then there’s rock, country, pop and blues. In truth, the Adam Ezra Group, performing at the Spire Center for Performing Arts on Oct. 8, has spent 25 years demonstrating why musical categories can matter far less than the song […]
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Plymouth Seafood Festival to celebrate town’s history
Plymouth is known around the world for its history. But for generations, much of the town’s identity – and its survival — came directly from the sea. Fishing and shipping helped Plymouth thrive through the 19th century, as fisheries and seafood played a key role in the town’s economy and culture. Over time, however, that […]
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Fashion show charts 250 years of style
They wore hoop skirts and bell-bottoms, flapper dresses and psychedelic prints. There was even an ’80s ski suit that should have come with its own warning label. Local elected officials, business owners and community leaders traded their usual attire for a trip through 250 years of American fashion on Sept. 16 during Revolutionary Runway at […]
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Manhattan Short Film Festival returns
This week, Plymouth movie buffs can be part of an international jury when the Manhattan Short Film Festival returns to the Spire Center for Performing Arts, 25 1/2 Court St., Wednesday, Sept. 30, and Thursday, Oct. 1. Audiences at venues around the world watch the same 10 finalist short films, then cast ballots for Best Film and […]
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Connie Melahoures awarded first Gregory Peace Prize
For decades, Constance Melahoures has worked to make sure Plymouth residents experiencing homelessness have somewhere warm and safe to sleep, food to eat and, ultimately, a path toward permanent housing. On Sept. 20, that work was recognized when Melahoures was named the inaugural recipient of the Gregory Peace Prize, honoring a Plymouth resident whose compassion, […]
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Long lost caricatures from bygone era emerge
(This report has been edited to correct the name of the school where Evelyn Dunbar taught) There was a time in Plymouth when Saturday night meant dressing up, heading out and dancing until your feet hurt. “Clubbing” was booming, live bands filled nightclubs, and from 1979 to 1993, one of the places to be on […]
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Sunday Serenades series expanding
Sunday afternoons have come alive at the Spire Center for Performing Arts. With its new Sunday Serenades series, the Spire is expanding beyond its busy weekday and weekend evening schedules to offer 3 p.m. performances ranging from classical chamber music and jazz to Broadway, pop, big band, classical crossover and more. This week, the featured […]
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Pilgrims take the stage in a story told through ballet
Ballet tells stories without words. Emotion, conflict, loss and celebration unfold through movement and music, leaving dancers to convey what actors might otherwise say aloud. That is the language Ballet Magnificat! will use to tell a story Plymouth knows especially well when the professional ballet company brings a family friendly, all-ages-welcome production of Anchored: The […]
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Four local artists featured at ‘Collage Collective’
Collage begins with fragments — a piece of paper, a photograph, a scrap of fabric, a page from an old book — that may have little relationship to one another until an artist sees the possibility of bringing them together. Something similar happened when Plymouth artist Lorraine Agri began looking for other artists interested in […]