3  The Tempest

Julie Butters is a Salem-based actress and writer. The former co-chair of Harvard University's Hyperion Shakespeare Company, she has performed roles ranging from Juliet to Lady Macbeth. Her website is juliebutters.com.

Bryan Butters is a longtime history teacher at Marblehead High School. He has performed Shakespeare with his wife, Julie Butters, in virtual productions as well as live at the Swampscott Public Library's 2023 Shakespeare Birthday Party.

Music: Handel Violin Sonata Opus 1 number 12, allegro movement.
Violin played by Devlyn Ruth

Devlyn Ruth attends New England Conservatory's Preparatory School where he plays with the school's Youth Symphony Orchestra as well as participating in chamber music. He has been studying violin for 10 years and currently studies with the former Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Kelly Barr

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Part 1 of 2

In 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 ladies, along with several historical women who created brilliant works in defense of their gender including Lysistrata, Joan of Arc, Anna E. Dickinson ("America's Joan of Arc"), Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, Louisa May Alcott, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christine de Pizan, and more. 

Julie Butters is a Salem-based actress and writer, a cantor at St. John the Evangelist Church in Swampscott and St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Nahant, and an aide at the Swampscott Public Library. A graduate of Harvard University, where she co-chaired the Hyperion Shakespeare Company, Julie has portrayed many inspiring women, including Julian of Norwich, Jo March, and Jane Eyre. 

You can also listen to Julie on the ReachArts podcast for a discussion and recitation of Emily Dickinson’s poetry. 

If you enjoyed Part 1, CLICK HERE to listen to Part 2 of this riveting performance.

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Music: "Waltz for a Cat" by MondayHopes on Pixabay

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Part 2 of 2

In 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 ladies, along with several historical women who created brilliant works in defense of their gender including Lysistrata, Joan of Arc, Anna E. Dickinson ("America's Joan of Arc"), Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, Louisa May Alcott, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christine de Pizan, and more. 

Julie Butters is a Salem-based actress and writer, a cantor at St. John the Evangelist Church in Swampscott and St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Nahant, and an aide at the Swampscott Public Library. A graduate of Harvard University, where she co-chaired the Hyperion Shakespeare Company, Julie has portrayed many inspiring women, including Julian of Norwich, Jo March, and Jane Eyre. 

You can also listen to Julie on the ReachArts podcast for a discussion and recitation of Emily Dickinson’s poetry. 

If you enjoyed Part 2, CLICK HERE to listen to Part 1 of this riveting performance.

Series in association with ReachArts.org
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Music: "Waltz for a Cat" by MondayHopes on Pixabay

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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.

Malcolm Miller, a Salem-born, Beat generation poet, unabashedly engages, entertains, amuses, instructs, surprises, and provokes in the 24 newly-released, plainspoken poems in the book no! a collection selected, edited, and with an introduction by Rod Kessler. 

no! by Malcolm Miller is available at Salem-based Derby Wharf Light Box.

https://derbywharflightbox.com/

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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) in Baltimore, MD. His most famous works are poems “To Helen” (1831), “The Raven” (1845), and “Annabel Lee” (1849); the short stories of wickedness and crime “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843) and “The Cask of Amontillado” (1846); and the supernatural horror story “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839) and "Murders at the Rue Morgue" (1841) which is said to have "initiated the modern detective story".

Ken Grout is a professor and writer who teaches and works with the art of oral presentation of literature. He was recently selected as an auditor by the Chautauqua Training Institute and is currently working on presentational material relating to both Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

Ken is a full-time faculty member in the Communication Studies Department at Emerson College in Boston, where he teaches Introduction to Speech Communication and Oral Presentation of Literature.

Celebrate Our Favorite Poets' Birthdays

Original intro music by Manny & Harry

Original outro music: Sunrise Piano by Serge Quadrado

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Celebrate Our Favorite Poets' Birthdays

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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 many awards for her poetry.  She will be talking about her latest book One Port  and reading us a few poems from it.

One Port  is available from Salem-based publisher Derby Wharf Light Box.

http://www,derbywharflightbox.com

Original music by Manny & Harry
 
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2022 REACHARTS GARDEN ART WALK

Reconnect 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 neighborhoods across our beautiful town.

Date: Sunday, July 10 (Rain Date: July 17)
Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

https://www.reacharts.org/GAW2022INTRO

Maps will be available online starting Saturday, July 9th and onsite on July 10th at ReachArts and Fisherman's Beach.

If you have any questions, please contact info@reacharts.org

GARDENER: Gregory Mastroianni

My garden is a blend of traditional New England perennials with a touch of personal whimsy.

 Original music by Manny & Harry
 
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2022 REACHARTS GARDEN ART WALK

Reconnect 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 neighborhoods across our beautiful town.

Date: Sunday, July 10 (Rain Date: July 17)
Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
 
https://www.reacharts.org/GAW2022INTRO

Garden Art Walk Maps will be available online starting Saturday, July 9th and onsite on July 10th at ReachArts and Fisherman's Beach.

If you have any questions, please contact info@reacharts.org

ARTIST: Tereza     https://www.mamatereza.net/

Tereza's interdisciplinary work centers on the integration with the so-called ‘other’. Tereza teaches Drawing, Painting and Art History at Salem State University and Roxbury Community College. Her most recent project Touchstone was included in The Immigrant Artist Biennial/ Mother Tongue. She exhibits internationally. 

 Original music by Manny & Harry

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2022 REACHARTS GARDEN ART WALK

Reconnect 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 neighborhoods across our beautiful town.

Date: Sunday, July 10 (Rain Date: July 17)
Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
 
https://www.reacharts.org/GAW2022INTRO

Garden Art Walk Maps will be available online starting Saturday, July 9th and onsite on July 10th at ReachArts and Fisherman's Beach.

If you have any questions, please contact info@reacharts.org

ARTIST: Ruth Rooks, President Swampscott Arts Association
https://www.SwampscottArtsAssociation.com
Swampscott Arts Association has been in existence since the early 1940's. It is comprised of artists working two dimensionally - paint, pastel, collage, - and photographers. Since we do not have a physical home base, we exhibit our work in various venues including ReachArts. Our members, many of whom have won prizes. are all represented in various art organizations both local, national and international.

 Original music by Manny & Harry

 Edited by Lajla Dale

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89 Burrill Street
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2022 REACHARTS GARDEN ART WALK

Reconnect 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 neighborhoods across our beautiful town.

Date: Sunday, July 10 (Rain Date: July 17)
Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

https://www.reacharts.org/GAW2022INTRO

Garden Art Walk Maps will be available online starting Saturday, July 9th and onsite on July 10th at ReachArts and Fisherman's Beach.

If you have any questions, please contact info@reacharts.org

ARTIST: Cenna Khatib Cenna is a 23 year old graduate from Hofstra University where she was President of Hofstra Sp!t (a spoken word group.). Cenna is currently a preschool teacher in Marblehead and for fun she loves to paint and write poetry.

Original music by Manny & Harry

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2022 REACHARTS GARDEN ART WALK

Reconnect 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 neighborhoods across our beautiful town.

Date: Sunday, July 10 (Rain Date: July 17)
Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

https://www.reacharts.org/GAW2022INTRO

Garden Art Walk Maps will be available online starting Saturday, July 9th and onsite on July 10th at ReachArts and Fisherman's Beach.

If you have any questions, please contact info@reacharts.org

ARTIST: Stephanie Moriarty
https://www.instagram.com/s.m.pottery
http://S.M. Pottery- Home Facebook

Stephanie Moriarty is originally from New York's Hudson Valley. After nearly a decade in Boston, she and her family moved to Swampscott in 2013. Motivated by a life long curiosity of ceramics, she began taking classes at The Clay School in Lynn. Since then her mastery and love of the medium have grown exponentially. Turning what was merely a hobby into a thriving ceramics business. Stephanie's pottery can now be found at Raven stone, local farmers markets and art shows. Her unique style is a blend of classic form and contemporary comfort. The ergonomic feel of the cup is as warms and comforting as the drink inside.

Original music by Manny & Harry

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2022 REACHARTS GARDEN ART WALK

Reconnect 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 neighborhoods across our beautiful town.

Date: Sunday, July 10 (Rain Date: July 17)
Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
 
https://www.reacharts.org/GAW2022INTRO

Garden Art Walk Maps will be available online starting Saturday, July 9th and onsite on July 10th at ReachArts and Fisherman's Beach.

If you have any questions, please contact info@reacharts.org

Hannah Cloud Sharpless: My art results from my passion for observing the smallest details and exploring the chemistry of nature -- photos that document our seasons up close and in abstract, natural ink paintings made from seasonal berries, leaves, and flowers, and shibori inspired natural dye projects using local black walnuts, horse chestnuts and beach iron.
Instagram.com/pippacloud

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GARDEN ART WALK  REACHARTS 2022

Reconnect 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 neighborhoods across our beautiful town.

Date: Sunday, July 10 (Rain Date: July 17)    Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Garden Art Walk Maps will be available online starting Saturday, July 9th and onsite on July 10th at ReachArts and Fisherman's Beach.

If you have any questions, please contact info@reacharts.org

Carin Doben began her career as an art historian and educator. She founded Art Quest Programs and taught for 30 years. . She has been painting since 2013. Her abstract paintings reveal her love of color and personal expression. https://carindoben.com

Original music by Manny & Harry

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Agatha Morrell is a keen gardener and avid traveller.
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Original music: Calm Before by Larry Power (guitar) & Jack Kelly (harmonica)

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"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 & coach, she wrote her first book when she was 5, has been a spokesperson for UNICEF and worked with President Carter to promote solar energy and alternative fuels.

Joan writes to empower every being, to open eyes and open lives.

Recent books in print include:

The globally-renowned anthology Reimagine America 

Wordplay ekphrastic anthology by Merrimac Poets

Her own Daffodils in the Dark ekphrastic poetry series:

1] "Light & Hope in the time of Covid"

2] "Healing & Transforming Trauma"

3] "Changing our Relationship towards Each Other"

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Original music: Calm Before by Larry Power (guitar) & Jack Kelly (harmonica)
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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, End Times, Blast Furnace, Margie, The New Guard, and elsewhere.

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Original music: Calm Before by Larry Power (guitar) & Jack Kelly (harmonica)
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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.

Ms. Heney was an honoree for the Robert Frost Poetry Contest, and in 2021, she was the winner of the Haiga Poetry Contest of the Rockport Poetry Fest. Also in 2021, Ms. Heney was the featured poet for the Haverhill River Bards’ Spring Series and included in the book WordPlay.

Her work has also appeared in Merrimack Mic Takes the Fifth, Anthology V, Methuen Life Magazine and elsewhere. Ms. Heney judges the annual Memorial Hall Library Teen Poetry Contest in Andover, MA. She has led poetry workshops in libraries, schools, galleries, Essex Art Center and at MA Poetry Festivals. 

Write Now - Tim Baird

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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 the same press on July 15, 2022.  

Her poems have appeared in Spoon River Poetry Review (Editor’s Prize), Mid-American Review, Connecticut River Review, Phoebe Journal, Halcyone Magazine, The Ekphrastic Review, Ellipsis and other journals.  Her chapbook This Slanted Scene was a finalist for The Poetry Box award in 2019.  She has received nominations for the Pushcart Prize and for Best of the Net.  

Nancy received her MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and was the first Poet Laureate of Swampscott, MA.  She finds inspiration in the Vermont countryside, in art and in travel.

 www.finishinglinepress.com. 

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Lee Eric Freedman is the 3rd Poet Laureate of Swampscott  (2016-2018). 

Since 2011 he's been affectionately entitled as the

Renegade Poet Laureate of Swampscott (2011-FOREVER)

(This honorarium was bestowed upon him by his friend and storyteller Tony Toledo). He is truly honored and humbled to be both.
 

When Lee isn't busy being any type of Laureate he leads the Tin Box Poets of Swampscott Workshop Group, hosts the monthly First Friday Open Mic @ ReachArts Swampscott and regularly performs at open-mics all over the place. He’s a three time winner of the Naomi Cherkofsky Memorial Poetry Contest.
 
Recent publications: coauthor of "Mad Men of Lynn Anthology, Writings From the Walnut Street Cafe" (2017, Ring of Bone Press); “Extreme: an Anthology for Social and Environmental Justice” (2108, Vagabond Books); Reimagine America, a Poetry Anthology for the Future:

(2022, Vagabond Books); Burn Before Reading Arts & Lit Journal (Winter 2021/2022)

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