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Artist Joanna Corea Offers Free Craft Classes for Teens

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Creative Haverhill is offered a series of free Tuesday art classes for teenagers intended to inspire creativity around activism. “Craftivism” combines hands-on crafts with activism. Students will learn cross-stitching and embroidery techniques while developing artwork around issues they are passionate about. Local fiber artist Joanna Corea will teach the classes beginning Tuesday, April 28, from 4-6 p.m., at Creative Haverhill’s storefront art gallery, 43 Washington St., Haverhill. Classes run for five Tuesdays through Tuesday, May 26.

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Haverhill Garden Club Appeals for Plants for Annual Sale

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The Haverhill Garden Club is searching for excess plants in local gardens to sell at its annual plant sale. The club seeks donations of healthy, well-established perennials and shrubs. Garden club members will carefully dig up and divide plants from private gardens and then prepare them for the fundraiser. This year’s sale takes place Saturday, May 16, from 8 a.m. until sell out, at Bradford Common. Proceeds from the sale will help pay for the club’s beautification efforts around the city as well as its annual high school scholarship program.

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Haverhill Library Friends Plan ‘What’s It Worth?’ Fundraiser

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Antiques appraiser Daniel Meader will evaluate vintage and collectibles at a “What’s It Worth? fundraiser by the Friends of the Haverhill Public Library. It takes place Sunday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Pinnacle at Harbor Place, 2 Merrimack St., third floor, Haverhill. There will also be raffle items and light refreshments. Meader will uncover hidden stories in the items he evaluates and help answer whether items are treasure or just clutter.

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Brandy Brow Forest is May Haverhill Hike Destination

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Brandy Brow Forest on Haverhill’s north side is the setting for the May “Let’s Hike Haverhill” gathering. The hike is free but registration is required. Registration opens Saturday, April 25, at 6 a.m., for the walk scheduled Saturday, May 23, and organizers say spaces are expected go quickly. Haverhill Public Works Director Robert E. Ward will serve as guide for the walk on the mostly flat trails. Stops include a five-foot tall beaver dam.

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Museum of Printing Plans ‘Ludlow Palooza’ as Part of Saturday Garage Sale

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Haverhill’s Museum of Printing is having its semi-annual Garage & Book Sale this Saturday, calling it “a Ludlow Palooza.”

Three Ludlow Typograph units plus matrices and related items will be available for those who wish to create their own letterpress type. The museum says there will be printing presses, Ludlows, cutters, type, ink and a special “name your price” section of presses. There will also be a book sale, including many books on typography, graphic arts and the arts, and a table full of paper. The Garage & Book Sale takes place this Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Museum of Printing, 15 Thornton Ave., Haverhill.

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Singer Davis Bates Brings Sea Songs to Citizens Center Tuesday

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Davis Bates, a Massachusetts-based folk singer and songwriter, brings sea songs and stories to the Haverhill Citizens Center hosted by the Haverhill Council on Aging. His “Sea Songs & Stories: From Shore to Deep Water” performance is Tuesday, April 21, at 11 a.m., at the Citizens Center, 10 Welcome St., Haverhill. The event, which is free, includes folk tales, native American stories, chanteys and ghost stories. He will give a short lesson on how to play spoons. Bates, who lives in Shelburne Falls, is well-known from involving his audiences in his concerts.

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Sisters to Entertain at Women’s City Club Tuesday

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Sisters Dove Morissette and Susan Donahue will entertain the Women’s City Club of Haverhill Tuesday with a sing-a-long concert titled “Sing Like a Bird.”

The social and service club meet Tuesday, April 21, at noon, at Advent Christian Church, 160 Carleton St., in Haverhill, for light refreshments and the performance. Morissette will be on the keyboard and Donahue will sing. The sisters, who are from Haverhill, have performed together for audiences across the Merrimack Valley and Southern, N.H. for a decade. They sing traditional favorites and the classics from the 1920s to the 1980s. The club always welcomes new members who are invited to attend three meetings before paying dues.

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Creative Haverhill Offers School Vacation Drop-in Classes

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Creative Haverhill is offering daily drop-in art classes during School Vacation Week, Monday, April 20, through Friday, April 24. The classes run from 1-3:45 p.m. at Creative Haverhill’s studio, 43 Washington St., Haverhill. Each craft takes about 10 minutes. Workshops range from papermaking with Mindy Mitrano of Mindy Paper Art, sketchbook making with Lydia Harris and colorful fans made of recycled materials in collaboration with Historic New England. Classes are free with underwriting support from the Haverhill Cultural Council.