IPSWICH LACE Ipswich Historical Society curator Katherine Chaison and local lace experts will discuss and demonstrate lace-making technologies and explain lace collection at HIS Monday, May 5, noon-1 pm, at the Brown Bag Lunch talk. Cost: Members, free; non-members, $5. For info, call 978-356-2811.

Gloucester author Janet Ruth Young will read from her novel The Opposite of Music at the Ipswich Public Library on Monday, May 5, at 6:30 p.m. The Opposite of Music tells the story of a family who will do almost anything to save their father from a life-threatening depression. Young's talk will encompass the ups and downs of getting a first book published and will also include tips for would-be writers.

FAMILY JAM DANCE

When: Mother’s Day Weekend
Time: Saturday, May 10, 2-5pm
Where: Town Hall Gymnasium, Ipswich, MA 01938

Dance along with Miss Jenny from Ipswich Moving Company to the family-friendly music of three local bands: Greenheads, Blind Billy, Missing Persons.

Tasty food by local vendors and Mother’s Day gifts by Ipswich artists. Terra cotta pots (donated by Gordon Florists) have been decorated by local artists including Melynn Allen, Cynthia August, Meryl Baier, Maddie Burke, Cara Doran, Joanne Marc-Aurele, Rita Pedrick, Miranda Updike and William Skelton.

Cost: Admission is free, donations accepted. Food, beverages, gifts and raffle tickets available.

Cause: Proceeds support service projects of two local non-profits: Jessie Doktor’s Bright Happy Power FundTM and Rotary Club of Ipswich, MA. Contact: Gail Doktor, Bright Happy PowerTM, 49 North Main Street, Ipswich, MA 01938 978.356.3780 • Email: info@brighthappypower.org • www.brighthappypower.org/family_jam

The Ipswich Garden Club presents ANNUAL PLANT SALE “Greening of Ipswich” Saturday, May 17, 2007 The Ipswich Garden Club Annual Plant Sale will be held May 17 from 9-12 on the Hall-Haskell House lawn, South Main Street in Ipswich (next to old Town Hall) or, in case of inclement weather, at the Ascension Church on 31 County Street. This year’s theme is the “Greening of Ipswich”. So bring all your environmental questions. The sale will feature a costumed “Treeture” who will talk with children about how they can help reforest their community. Representatives of local groups will provide information on topics such as recycling and renewable energy. And as usual, you’ll find hundreds of hardy perennials dug from members’ own gardens; a selection of annuals; baskets of small plants and herbs; culinary herbs; a children’s table; and garden-related items such as tools, gloves, and baskets. A two-person teak swing will be raffled and a silent auction will include donated items such as a TTOR membership and a recyling bin.†