Join fans of ALL types of classical music at performances of every kind you can imagine. Everyone interested in classical is welcome: both rookies and veterans alike. This group provides an opportunity for newcomers to learn more about classical music, expose veterans to genres both familiar and unfamiliar, meet with artists and performers, get access to discounts, reserved seating, and other group-specific opportunities... all on top of experiencing wonderful music and making friends within the …

Come join us!  We attend movies, live theater, opera, and other events together, without going into Boston. We may eat together (inexpensively) before or after to discuss. Possibilities include the Metropolitan Opera's live HD simulcasts in Rockport, or live theater at the Gloucester Stage Company, or movies at the Cabot Theater in Beverly. New ideas are welcome!  Our purpose is to build community around the performing arts on the North Shore, and to make like-minded friends.

Sonnets To Orpheus I, 3 by R. M. Rilke translated by H. Landman A god can do it. How do you expect a man to squeeze on through the lyre and follow? His mind is torn. Where heartways intersect, you won't find any temple to Apollo. True singing, as you teach it, isn't wanting, not wooing anything that can be won; no, Singing's Being. For the god, not daunting. But when are we? And when will he then turn into our being all the Earth and Stars? It isn't that you love, child, even i …