Past Events

MIRANDA AISLING FOLK CONCERT at Starfield, the home of the Manship Artists Residency with Matt Lefebvre on bass and Phil Benjamin on guitar Sunday, 21 September, 2:00 pm Join local...

Hosted at Starfield Every year our community comes together for one of its most beloved and important events - The Empty Bowl Dinner, a fundraiser for The Open Door, our...

Hosted at Starfield. Register for Starfield Tea Party through this link. An exclusive HEAVENLY EARTH program just for you! Come in festive attire dressed for a proper, creative tea party...

Hosted at Lanesville Community Center (not at Starfield). Register for the Screening of the Movies and the Exhibition Preview through this link. Join us for an evening of highlights from...

Ellen Schön will give a lecture and demonstration discussing her journey from creating hand-made ceramics to 3D clay printing. This event is offered in conjunction with the Manship Artists Residency...

This event takes place at five pottery studios, not at Starfield.​​ Immerse yourself in a unique clay experience Take a trip along the northwest coast of Gloucester to explore the...

Heavenly Earth is an exhibition of contemporary ceramic work by regional artists that will be installed on the grounds of Starfield as well as in Paul Manship's Barn Studio. The...

With Science Intern Jameson Dillon Location: Starfield A behind the bushes look at where the Manship fireflies stage their flashy courtship dance. Come learn where you can find fireflies in your...

Manship volunteer and docent tour guide, Trina Smith, will take you behind the scenes at Starfield, home to the Manship Artists Residency. Come explore the grounds and visit the Manship...

With Science Intern Jameson Dillon Location: Starfield A behind the bushes look at where the Manship fireflies stage their flashy courtship dance. Come learn where you can find fireflies in your...

With Walker Hancock Sculptor-in-Residence Janice Mauro, FNSS Location: Starfield, home of the Manship Artists Residency Online Registration Required through this link or call 978-290-8438. NSS Fellow, Janice Mauro, was selected to...

With Walker Hancock Sculptor-in-Residence Janice Mauro Location: Starfield, home of the Manship Artists Residency Online Registration Required through this link or call 978-290-8438. This program will be repeated on July...

Location: The Lanesville Community Center, 8 Vulcan Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 Including a bug scavenger hunt, children's book readings, firefly-signaling device making, and an art project. This program is sponsored...

With Walker Hancock Sculptor-in-Residence Janice Mauro Location: Starfield, home of the Manship Artists Residency Online Registration Required through this link or call 978-290-8438. This program will be repeated on July...

With Dr. Chris Cratsley Location: Starfield A behind the bushes look at where the Manship fireflies stage their flashy courtship dance. Come learn how you can contribute to a critical...

Manship volunteer and docent tour guide, Trina Smith, will take you behind the scenes at Starfield, home to the Manship Artists Residency. Come explore the grounds and visit the Manship...

In the Manship Barn Studio Opening Reception: June 26, 5:30 - 7:00 pm Open Saturdays and Sundays through July 27, 1:00 - 4:00 pm And by appointment Register to attend...

Celebrating & Protecting Our Dark Sky: How Light Pollution Affects the Climate, Biodiversity, and Our Health at Starfield, home of the Manship Artists Residency June 23, 2025, 6:30 to 8:00...

FLAMENKORA at Starfield, home of the Manship Artists Residency June 13, 5:30-7:00 PM Please reserve your spot and register for tickets here. Step into a world where flamenco passion meets...

Wonderland Spectacle Co. presents   How to Walk Among the Stars: A Shadow Puppet & Firefly Lantern Pageant Saturday, May 31, 8:00 PM Registration required. Please reserve your spot here...

Behind the Scenes Tour of Starfield Manship volunteer and docent tour guide, Trina Smith, will take you behind the scenes at Starfield, home to the Manship Artists Residency. Come explore...

In CAMBRIDGE... Catalyst Conversations in partnership with Manship Artists Residency Presents Connecting the Spheres, We Are Stardust  Thursday, May 29, 6:00-7:00 pm Register on EventBrite. Stars have a life cycle:...

Spirit Sensing Film and Live Performance at Harvard Thursday, April 24 from 6-7 pm Spirit Sensing: Anima of the Quarry, the short film based on an intuitive performance by Manship...

Estuary Light Premiere April 24 - 5:30 pm, Moseley Chapel at The Governor's Academy, 1 Elm St, Byfield, MA Declan Siefkas, former Director of Choral Music at Governor's Academy and...

Folly Cove Designers Talk and Book Signing with Author Elena Sarni Tuesday, April 22, 5:30-6:30 pm Manship Artists Residency and Rockport Public Library will present an hour-long book talk with...

Abundance Sauna will be at Starfield, home of the Manship Artists Residency, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday February 14th-16th, 2025. Join us and become a part of Lanesville’s Finnish legacy! Come experience a...

Abundance Sauna will be at Starfield, home of the Manship Artists Residency, Friday through and Sunday, January 17 - 19, 2025. Join us and become a part of Lanesville's Finnish legacy! Come...

The Manship Artists Residency and The Cape Ann Guitar Society proudly presents Five Cent Fireballs, an all female alt-bluegrass group. Based out of Charlottesville, Virginia, the Fireballs are coming up...

Come sing and learn with the Five Cent Fireballs. Warmups, techniques, harmony, and joyful singing. All levels encouraged to sign up. The Manship Artists Residency and The Cape Ann Guitar...

Bluegrass instrumental workshop - bring your guitar, banjo, mando, or fiddle, and learn tips, tricks, and tunes with the Fireballs. All levels welcome. The Manship Artists Residency and The Cape...

A first look at the new short film “Spirit Sensing: Anima of the Quarry,” with Kyle Browne, left, and Stan Strickland., happens Thursday, Aug. 15; doors open at 6:30 p.m....

Vessels of Slavery: Forget Me Not is a collaboration between artists Susi Ryan, Christle Rawlins-Jackson, and IlaSahai Prouty. Using their collective expertise in community-based art and engagement, quilting, historical research,...

Manship Artists Residency presents an exhibition of work by Lanesville Artist, Tsar Fedorsky! "The Quarry Project" Photographs by Tsar Fedorsky @ STARFIELD. Opening Reception: Friday, June 7 from 5:30-7:30 pm...

Manship Artists Residency presents an exhibition of work by Lanesville Artist, Tsar Fedorsky! "The Quarry Project" Photographs by Tsar Fedorsky @ STARFIELD. Opening Reception: Friday, June 7 from 5:30-7:30 pm...

Manship Artists Residency presents an exhibition of work by Lanesville Artist, Tsar Fedorsky! "The Quarry Project" Photographs by Tsar Fedorsky @ STARFIELD. Opening Reception: Friday, June 7 from 5:30-7:30 pm...

Manship Artists Residency presents an exhibition of work by Lanesville Artist, Tsar Fedorsky! "The Quarry Project" Photographs by Tsar Fedorsky @ STARFIELD. Opening Reception: Friday, June 7 from 5:30-7:30 pm...

Manship Artists Residency presents an exhibition of work by Lanesville Artist, Tsar Fedorsky! "The Quarry Project" Photographs by Tsar Fedorsky @ STARFIELD. Opening Reception: Friday, June 7 from 5:30-7:30 pm...

Manship Artists Residency presents an exhibition of work by Lanesville Artist, Tsar Fedorsky! "The Quarry Project" Photographs by Tsar Fedorsky @ STARFIELD. Opening Reception: Friday, June 7 from 5:30-7:30 pm...

We are excited to welcome you to the FUNDRAISER for the Manship Artists Residency featuring: The Volker Goetze Quartet with Uthpala Eroshan Saturday, JUNE 15, 2024 Doors open 5:30 pm Performance 6:00-7:30 pm   This...

Manship Artists Residency presents an exhibition of work by Lanesville Artist, Tsar Fedorsky! "The Quarry Project" Photographs by Tsar Fedorsky @ STARFIELD. Opening Reception: Friday, June 7 from 5:30-7:30 pm...

Manship Artists Residency presents an exhibition of work by Lanesville Artist, Tsar Fedorsky! "The Quarry Project" Photographs by Tsar Fedorsky @ STARFIELD. Opening Reception: Friday, June 7 from 5:30-7:30 pm...

Manship Artists Residency presents an exhibition of work by Lanesville Artist, Tsar Fedorsky! "The Quarry Project" Photographs by Tsar Fedorsky @ STARFIELD. Opening Reception: Friday, June 7 from 5:30-7:30 pm...

The North Shore has never experienced anything quite like this before -- a program combining historical instruments with new chamber arrangements of two of the most well-known pieces of 19th...

Manship Artists Residency invited Vermont artist Erika Senft Miller to create a public art project inspired by Gloucester's fishing industry as a means to commemorate the City's 400+ anniversary as...

Seeking Stillness with Stan Strickland Music for Improvised Movement and Meditation Thursday, 31 August,  7:00-8:30 pm Reservations required.  Suggested donation $25 each. Location: Directions and parking details will be sent upon...

NEW POEMS: RHYME + HEARTBEAT Robert Pinsky and Stan Strickland + Friends Collaborate with Russel Hoffman, keyboard + Ricardo Monzon, percussionist Thursday, 24 August, 7:00-8:30 pm Reservations required.  Tickets $25 each....

Manship Artists Residency + Dan King & Friends present An EVENING with LOCAL FOLK Friday, 18 August, 5:30 – 7:30 pm Doors open at 5:00 pm Reservations required.  Tickets $25 each....

The Chorus at the Edge of the World :  A workshop reading of a play with live music recreating Ernest Shackleton's and the crew of the Endurance's incredible and inspiring journey. Thursday,...

Join us for a special evening with Manship Artist, Charles Coe who will read from his newly released book Purgatory Road. Purgatory Road is Coe’s fourth collection of poetry and...

The concert will begin with Robert Honstein’s The Great Marsh string quartet, which was premiered by Music at Eden’s Edge in 2016, and will continue with a new piece by...

Come find out what exciting things are happening in the sky this month. On October 3 + 5, we will have very good views of the 1st quarter moon (lots...

Come find out what exciting things are happening in the sky this month. On October 3 + 5, we will have very good views of the 1st quarter moon (lots...

Charles will read from his latest books: "Memento Mori," which was chosen as a "Must Read" by the Massachusetts Center for the Book, "Purgatory Road," to be published in 2023,...

CAN WE TALK? The conversation between author, journalist and climate activist Bina Venkataraman and Christopher Lydon, revered host of WBUR and NPR’s “The Connection” and “Open Source” took place before...

Too Fat For China: a collaboration with community partner Gloucester Stage November 23, 24, 30 & December 1 Manship Artist Phoebe Potts presents the world premiere of her one woman...

Too Fat For China: a collaboration with community partner Gloucester Stage November 23, 24, 30 & December 1 Manship Artist Phoebe Potts presents the world premiere of her one woman...

Too Fat For China: a collaboration with community partner Gloucester Stage November 23, 24, 30 & December 1 Manship Artist Phoebe Potts presents the world premiere of her one woman...

Too Fat For China: a collaboration with community partner Gloucester Stage November 23, 24, 30 & December 1 Manship Artist Phoebe Potts presents the world premiere of her one woman...

Opening Reception Saturday, October 19, 4-6 pm Continues through November 3, Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5 pm and by appointment Exhibition Curator, Susan Erony While local legend Willie “Loco” Alexander...

Windhover Performing Arts Center has presented dynamic and exciting Quarry Dances at various quarries located throughout the Cape Ann area for the past six years. This year, Windhover teams up...

Windhover Performing Arts Center has presented dynamic and exciting Quarry Dances at various quarries located throughout the Cape Ann area for the past six years. This year, Windhover teams up...

Windhover Performing Arts Center has presented dynamic and exciting Quarry Dances at various quarries located throughout the Cape Ann area for the past six years. This year, Windhover teams up...

Windhover Performing Arts Center has presented dynamic and exciting Quarry Dances at various quarries located throughout the Cape Ann area for the past six years. This year, Windhover teams up...