Riveting Broads Podcast with Karen Ristuben | Essex County Community Foundation

January 9, 2020

Riveting Broads Podcast with Karen Ristuben

Thank you to the Riveting Broads podcast for hosting Karen Ristuben from ECCF’s Creative County Initiative for an open and honest talk about the power of arts, culture and creativity in today’s world.

Click HERE to listen to the podcast.

Column: Systems of support help local students make gains

Jul 9, 2021

Though the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students is not yet fully known, what we do know – and what the early data confirms – is that learning has suffered, equity gaps have widened and the time to come together to create systems that work for all students is now.

Brea and Huy Receive Scholarships From Arts Institute Group of M.V. and Methuen Arts Initiative

Jul 6, 2021

Liz Brea of Methuen and Duong Huy of Lowell were recently awarded scholarships by the Arts Institute Group of The Merrimack Valley and Methuen Arts Initiative.

A collaborative focus on hard-hit restaurants signals better days ahead

Jun 23, 2021

Arturo Acosta always dreamed of opening his own restaurant. The Dominican-born chef, who spent much of his career in Chile, made that dream a reality in July of 2018 when he opened Japú in Lawrence. It was a risk, he says, introducing the concept of Nikkei – a fusion of Peruvian ingredients and Japanese culinary techniques – to the local food scene.