Shakesperience, a nonprofit based in Waterbury, Conn., was founded in 1996 by Emily Mattina and Jeffrey Lapham to educate and inspire students, families, and theater professionals through the arts.
Under Mattina, the artistic director, and Lapham, executive director, Shakesperience has annually presented about 650 workshops and performances for approximately 70,000 students in some 70 Connecticut communities and elsewhere.
Visit firehouse.org or shakesperienceproductions.org.
ARTISTS AND AUTHORS: The second annual Artists and Authors Winter Exhibit will be held at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem on Thursday evening.
The event in the hotel’s ballroom features the work of visual artists, including Charles Lang, Wendy Snow-Lang, Sara Ashodian, and Ellen Hardy.
Also present will be Robert Booth, author of “Death of an Empire: The Rise and Murderous Fall of Salem, America’s Richest City,’’ and Nelson Dionne, author of “Salem in Stereo: Victorian Salem in 3D.’’
Brendan O’Reilly and Clay Ventre and the Bond Girls will provide music. A cash bar will feature an arts-themed menu.
The event, sponsored by the hotel and the Salem Arts Association, runs from 5 to 9 p.m. It is open to the public and free.
For more information, contact Ellen Hardy, president of the arts association, at 508-783-6591 or egh.arts@gmail.com or visit salemartsassociation.org.
PERFECT HARMONY: The Real School of Music in Burlington has expanded by merging with Bradford School of Music in North Andover.
For now, Bradford School of Music is keeping its name, but it will be renamed The Real School of Music when it relocates to a new facility later this year.
“We are currently researching several prospective sites, with an eye toward moving closer to downtown Andover,’’ said Thomas Byrne, chief executive of The Real School.
