Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare!To Shakespeare--After Three Hundred Years by Thomas HardyTo Shakespeare by Frances Anne KembleThey All Want to Play Hamlet by Carl SandburgOphelia by Julie Butters<...

Cenna Khatib is a vibrant 25-year-old, who serves as an Inclusion Teacher in Lynn Public Schools and is deeply committed to fostering an inclusive educational environment. Her journey began in 2021 when she graduated from Hofstra Univers...

Songs read by Agatha Morrell1 "A Lover and His Lass" from As You Like It2 "O Mistress Mine" from Twelfth NightSonnets 98, 116, and 29 read by Simon Morrell...

Part 1 of 2In honor of Women's History Month, Julie Butters performs "Ahead of Their Time: Inspiring Women of Literature." In this collection of dramatic readings, Julie brings to life some of classic literature's most exciting leading ...

Part 2 of 2In honor of Women's History Month, Julie Butters performs "Ahead of Their Time: Inspiring Women of Literature." In this collection of dramatic readings, Julie brings to life some of classic literature's most exciting leading ...

Rod Kessler taught creative writing at Salem State University for 31 years.  He is an author of short fiction, was an advisor to Sextant, a literary journal, and he has long been the champion of Malcolm Miller.

Happy Birthday, Edgar Allen Poe! Presenter Ken Grout talks with Agatha Morrell about the life, love, and literature of one of America's most iconic authors. Poe was born January 19, 1809, in Boston, MA, and died October 7, 1849 (aged 40...

Celebrate Our Favorite Poets' BirthdaysOriginal music by Manny & Harry Edited by Lajla Dale

Claire Keyes is Professor Emerita at Salem State University. She currently teaches for the Salem State Explorers, a lifelong learning program and leads a Poetry Salon at the Abbot Public Library in Marblehead.  Claire has won ma...

2022 REACHARTS GARDEN ART WALKReconnect with art, nature and neighbors at this year’s Swampscott Garden Art Walk.Organized by ReachArts, this community event showcases artists along with gardens of all shapes and sizes in n...

2022 REACHARTS GARDEN ART WALKReconnect with art, nature and neighbors at this year’s Swampscott Garden Art Walk.Organized by ReachArts, this community event showcases artists along with gardens of all shapes and sizes in n...

2022 REACHARTS GARDEN ART WALKReconnect with art, nature and neighbors at this year’s Swampscott Garden Art Walk.Organized by ReachArts, this community event showcases artists along with gardens of all shapes and sizes in n...

2022 REACHARTS GARDEN ART WALKReconnect with art, nature and neighbors at this year’s Swampscott Garden Art Walk.Organized by ReachArts, this community event showcases artists along with gardens of all shapes and sizes in...

2022 REACHARTS GARDEN ART WALKReconnect with art, nature and neighbors at this year’s Swampscott Garden Art Walk.Organized by ReachArts, this community event showcases artists along with gardens of all shapes and sizes in...

2022 REACHARTS GARDEN ART WALKReconnect with art, nature and neighbors at this year’s Swampscott Garden Art Walk.Organized by ReachArts, this community event showcases artists along with gardens of all shapes and sizes in n...

GARDEN ART WALK  REACHARTS 2022Reconnect with art, nature and neighbors at this year’s Swampscott Garden Art Walk.Organized by ReachArts, this community event showcases artists along with gardens of all shapes and si...

Agatha Morrell is a keen gardener and avid traveller.www.reacharts.orgOriginal music: Calm Before by Larry Power (guitar) & Jack Kelly (harmonica)Editing by Lajla Dale

"A national treasure!" whose "message must be heard by everyone!" Joan is a lifelong environmentalist, peace & human rights activist & advocate for all life on Earth.Award-winning author, transformational public speaker & coa...

Melissa J. Varnavas is a poet, journalist, and editor living in Beverly, Massachusetts. A graduate of the Solstice MFA program at Pine Manor College, her work has appeared in the literary journals in Bellevue Literary Review, Oberon...

Gayle Heney is producer and host of the TV series Write Now and former two-term Poet Laureate of North Andover. She edited the poetry books Songs from the Castle’s Remains, and Leaf Sorrow Tree Strong and co-edited Soulmates. ...

Nancy Hewitt’s love of language, story and poetry evolved alongside her 40-year career as a clinical social worker.  Her chapbook Heard was published in 2013 by Finishing Line Press, and her chapbook Completing the Arc will be published by...

Lee Eric Freedman is the 3rd Poet Laureate of Swampscott  (2016-2018). Since 2011 he's been affectionately entitled as theRenegade Poet Laureate of Swampscott (2011-FOREVER)(This honorarium was bestowed upo...

Blue Troubadours ~ Jack Kelly: harmonicas; Larry Power: guitar & vocals.Jack and Larry have been playing music together for ten years, beginning at the now-defunct (but never forgotten) Sunday B...

The Stacking Stones Band blends alt-country, soul, and folk-rock genres grown from the roots of American music. Led by Kelly Dearing’s gospel-steeped voice and harmonies from Christina Gavin (keys) and Mike Manion (guitar), the band include...

Lindsay Garfield is a singer, songwriter, and musical educator from Swampscott. She has toured internationally, shared stages with Nels Cline of Wilco, Fleet Foxes, and Trisha Yearwood, and she has performed on the iconic Fillmore West stage, N...