Thursday, August 18: Bob Waite, “You Can Take the Boy Out of Ipswich, But You Can’t take Ipswich Out of the Boy”
The Thursday Lyceum series presents Ipswich native Robert Waite, who will talk about childhood in his home town.
Thursday July 28: Reading the Signs of the Times: Are we living in a pivotal moment in US history?
Lyceum Thursdays series Location: The Truss at the Take Out Terrace on the Ipswich Riverwalk, behind Zumi’s at 4 Union St., Ipswich Date and time: 7:30 pm, Thursday July 28, 2022 Speaker: Mark J. Allman There are pivotal moments in US history that set a course for a new […]
Thursday Sept. 8: London Letters Home with Penny West at 7:00 pm
This talk and slide show by Penny West, author of “London Letters Home” will present a glimpse of four years in the life of Gus Farley, of the Ipswich Farleys. He shipped to London as a teenager, apprenticing as a tea taster, preparing to join his cousins’ firm of Augustine Heard & Co. from China – 1861-1865. Gus’ letters describe the daily workings of the mid-19th century tea business in London, the different political perspective of the English about the American Civil War, and hint at his coming of age there.
Indigenous Peoples of Ipswich (Ipswich Lyceum series)Thursday, July 21, 2022
A presentation by Mary Ellen Lepionka, Thursday, July 21, 2022. The outdoor Ipswich Lyceum series will feature speakers and PowerPoint presentations every Thursday evening at 7:30 pm throughout the months of July and August, 2022.
Lyceum Thursdays
This summer will feature our new Ipswich Lyceum series at the Take-out Terrace in the EBSCO parking lot between Zumi’s and the Riverwalk Mural. The Lyceum will feature a series of speakers every Thursday evening at 7:30 pm during July and August, 2022. Programs will be on a wide range of topics, and will be about half an hour with time for discussion.
A photographic journey and a stroll along the Ipswich River
Join us for a slideshow of historic photos followed by a walk along the Ipswich River.
Hall-Haskell House Gallery 2022 art schedule
The Hall-Haskell House Gallery shares 36 S. Main St. with the Ipswich Visitor Center.
Ipswich Illumination
Ipswich Illumination, Saturday, September 18, 2021, 5-10 PM
Saturdays, October 2, 16 & 30, 2021 5-9 PM
Hall-Haskell House 2021 art schedule
The Hall-Haskell House Gallery at 36 South Main St. in Ipswich is open Seasonally, May – December with different artists showing each week.
2020 Ipswich Art Show
The 34th Annual Ipswich Art Show and Sale is online and open for viewing at the Ipswich Cultural Council website, ipswichculturalcouncil.org
Ipswich Arts and Illumination
Ipswich Arts and Illumination is the Town’s annual performing and visual arts festival, brought to you by the Ipswich Cultural Council. Parts of the river will be illuminated Friday and Saturday nights. The 33rd Annual Ipswich Art Show and Sale is held through the weekend at Town Hall.
Ipswich Cultural Council’s 33rd Annual Art Show, Oct. 4 – 6
Location: Ipswich Town Hall, 25 Green Street. Friday 10/4 – Opening Reception 6-10:30 pm. Saturday 10/5 Open Noon-9 pm. Sunday 10/6 Closing Reception Noon-3 pm .
Historic Ipswich 