Golf through history
For many people, these summer months are prime time for playing golf. But how much is generally known about the history of the game in the area?
You can learn all about it in the Wenham Museum's new exhibition, "Links to the Past: Historic Golf Courses of the North Shore," which runs through Oct. 22.
The exhibition covers people who played the game, those who promoted it, and designers of the early golf courses. Photographs show what historic courses and clubhouses looked like. There's equipment from the early days of the sport, championship prizes, and information about courses that continue to be cherished by today's golfers.
Visitors can also test their skills with an indoor putting game and electronic golf trivia.
In conjunction with the show, Gary Larrabee, author of "The Green and Gold Coast: Historic North Shore Golf Courses," will present a lecture, exhibition tour, and book signing at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20. Admission is free.
Larrabee, a 25-year member of the Golf Writers Association of America, shares his list of favorite courses, names the region's many champion players, and explores the area's rich golf history.
The Wenham Museum's annual fund-raising golf tournament will be held Oct. 2 at Myopia Hunt Club in Hamilton. Fee is $325 per player. Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged. Call Georgia Nichols at 978-468-2377, ext. 105, or e-mail Georgia.nichols@wenhammuseum.org.
PLAYWRIGHT SPEAKS: "An Evening with Israel Horovitz," playwright and founding artistic director of the Gloucester Stage Company, is to be presented Tuesday at Temple Ahavat Achim in Gloucester.
It will be open to the public and free.
Horovitz talks about how being Jewish has influenced his writing, from "A Rosen By Any Other Name," about growing up in Wakefield, to his collaboration on the screenplay, "Sunshine," a film about the Holocaust.
The husband of marathoner Gillian Horovitz and father of six, he also will talk about his life and career.
Paula Mae Schwartz, president of the Gloucester Stage board and cofounder of Schwartz Communications, will interview Horovitz, followed by questions from the audience.
Call 978-281-0739 or visit TAAgloucester.org.
IN GOOD VOICE: Soprano Joanne Shea will present a vocal recital, "The Last Rose of Summer," today at Phillips Church in Exeter, N.H., to benefit Seacoast Hospice.
The performance is dedicated to the memory of Lynn Watkins, an associate dean of students at Phillips Exeter Academy who died in December. She was cared for by Seacoast Hospice in the last months of her life.
The concert will feature works by Aaron Copland, Benjamin Britten, Clara Schumann, Rossini, Poulenc, and Obradors.
Shea, a 2003 graduate of Phillips Exeter, recently completed a bachelor of music degree with outstanding vocal distinction at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal. She studied four years with soprano Joanne Kolomyjec. She also was a member of vocal ensembles at the college and participated in the select Opera McGill program. She will move to New York in the fall to pursue a career in opera and vocal performance.
Piano accompaniment for the concert is by Christine Vallone, a member of the music faculty at Phillips Exeter. She is a frequent accompanist for the academy's students and faculty. She also teaches music at Kensington Elementary School and is the choir director at St. Joseph's Church in Epping, N.H.
The concert will begin at 5 p.m. It is open to the public and free, with a good-will offering to benefit Seacoast Hospice. Call 603-303-0415.
AUTHOR'S CORNER: Susan Pollock, author of "The Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Cookbook," will visit the Rockport Public Library at 7:30 p.m. Thursday to cook up a treat with some of the "wives," and talk about the book and the local fishing industry. Pollock, of Gloucester, is a former staff writer for National Fisherman. She has written about fishing communities from Canada to Maryland. Her 1976 article about the efforts of the Gloucester fishermen's wives to raise awareness of the fishing fleet evolved into the cookbook, now in its eighth edition.
IN LOCAL GALLERIES: For many years, Nordia Kay has taught popular watercolor classes for adults at the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore in Marblehead. The work of 22 of her students is on display in the exhibition, "Art in the Park," opening at the Gallery at Grosvenor Park in Salem with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. The show is to run through Sept. 4. . . . Photographs by Eva Timothy will be on exhibit at the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport tomorrow through Sept. 3. Originally from Eastern Europe, Timothy moved to Newburyport about a year ago and is the owner of Illumea Photography. A reception is set for 2 to 4 p.m. Aug. 25. . . . Women in the Wild, a group of artists who paint landscapes outdoors, will open a show Thursday at the Newburyport Art Association, running through Aug. 19. A reception is set for 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. The artists are Cheryl Dyment of Middleton; JoAnne Gauthier of Hudson, N.H.; Susan Hebenstreit of Merrimac; Christine Molitor Johnson of Amesbury; and Susan Spellman of Newburyport.
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