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Announcing the return of the Gloucester Student Arts Festival!

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Showcasing + Creating Art as a Gloucester Community After a three-year hiatus, the Gloucester Education Foundation and Gloucester Public Schools are thrilled to relaunch the Gloucester Student Arts Festival, a daylong celebration of the arts in the Gloucester Public Schools! The festival will take place on Saturday, May 13 from noon-5pm in downtown Gloucester, with indoor programming … Continue reading Announcing the return of the Gloucester Student Arts Festival! →

Thank you from Rockport New Years Eve

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From the children’s parasol parade to the midnight ball drop, Rockport New Year’s Eve 2023 was a spectacle of color, imagination, performance artistry and enthusiastic audiences.   Rockport was filled with nearly 2,000 happy revelers, not just from Cape Ann, but from across the country and beyond (Canada and Germany!), who helped ring in the New … Continue reading Thank you from Rockport New Years Eve →

 

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ROCKY NECK NOW 2024: THE ANNUAL MEMBERS SHOW   Location: The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA Dates: February 16 – March 31 Opening Reception: Sunday, February 18, 4-6pm Gallery Hours: Friday-Sunday, Noon – 5 PM Gloucester MA—  ROCKY NECK NOW 2024, the highly anticipated annual members show, once again opens the exhibition season at the Rocky … Continue reading   →

ROCKY NECK NOW 2024: THE ANNUAL MEMBERS SHOW

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Location: The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA Dates: February 16 – March 31 Opening Reception: Sunday, February 18, 4-6pm Gallery Hours: Friday-Sunday, Noon – 5 PM Gloucester MA—  ROCKY NECK NOW 2024, the highly anticipated annual members show, once again opens the exhibition season at the Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC). This year, works … Continue reading ROCKY NECK NOW 2024: THE ANNUAL MEMBERS SHOW →

Rocky Neck Art Colony’s BIGtiny is here!

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Get ready for the highly anticipated annual fundraiser, BIGtiny, hosted by the Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC). This year’s online auction event kicks off on Saturday, April 17 and runs until Tuesday, April 21. If you’re eager to join in on the excitement, be sure to pick up your BIGtiny packet! Packets containing pre-cut paper are now available at … Continue reading Rocky Neck Art Colony’s BIGtiny is here! →

New Show Cove Gallery -GENERATIONS – Opens 5/22

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Opening Reception: Thursday, June 22, 4-7 PM Artists Talk: Thursday, July 13, 6-7 PM Exhibition Dates: June 22- July 16 Cove Gallery, 37 Rocky Neck Ave., Gloucester, MA Gallery Open: Sunday-Monday noon-5 PM; Thursday through Saturday noon -7 PM Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC) proudly presents GENERATIONS at Cove Gallery (37 Rocky Neck Avenue), showcasing the work of Chris Barensfeld, Jeffrey Marshall, Vanessa Michalak, Ruth Mordecai, … Continue reading New Show Cove Gallery -GENERATIONS – Opens 5/22 →

“Following Traditions” – New Exhibit Opening August 24 – Rocky Neck Culture Center

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Dates: August 24 – September 24, 2023 Opening Reception:  Sunday August 27, 4-6 PM The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MAGallery Hours: Thursday-Sunday, Noon – 5 PM ROCKY NECK ART COLONY (RNAC) presents Following Traditions, an exhibition 400+ years in the making. As its name suggests, Following Traditions connects the past to the present, the historic … Continue reading “Following Traditions” – New Exhibit Opening August 24 – Rocky Neck Culture Center →

EARTH DAY ALL MONTH AT SAWYER FREE

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MARCH 26, 2024 ~ SAWYER FREE LIBRARY SAWYER FREE LIBRARY PRESENTS EXCITING MONTH-LONG LINEUP OF ACTIVITIES CELEBRATING EARTH DAY 2024 As the global community gears up to commemorate Earth Day 2024, the Sawyer Free Library proudly presents a month-long extravaganza of activities aimed at celebrating and advocating for environmental consciousness.  In celebration of Earth Day 2024, the Sawyer Free Library is … Continue reading EARTH DAY ALL MONTH AT SAWYER FREE →

Sawyer Free 2025 Public Library: Subsequent Redesign plans, Annual Meeting 2022 – Oudens EllO with Dore + Whittier updates and questions #GloucesterMA

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November 16, 2022 Recap and scenes from the Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Public Library 2022 Annual meeting, including views of the most recent revised concept proposal for the renovation and addition intended for the library as they appeared in the feature presentation (Oudens & Ello Architects with Dore + Whittier Architects) Sawyer Free 2025 … Continue reading Sawyer Free 2025 Public Library: Subsequent Redesign plans, Annual Meeting 2022 – Oudens EllO with Dore + Whittier updates and questions #GloucesterMA →

City of Gloucester to Allow Limited Non-Resident Parking This Weekend

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 “Summer Day at Good Harbor Beach” Photo Credit: Michelle Budrow City of Gloucester to Allow Limited Non-Resident Parking This Weekend at Good Harbor and Wingaersheek Beaches; Stage Fort Park and Beaches Will Be Open to the Public Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken, Police Chief Edward Conley, Director of Public Works Michael Hale and Public Health Director … Continue reading City of Gloucester to Allow Limited Non-Resident Parking This Weekend →

1918 Flu Pandemic: Reconstructing how the influenza epidemic raged then flattened in Gloucester Massachusetts when 183 died in 6 weeks

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INTRODUCTION The 1918 Pandemic is widely known under the misnomer “Spanish Influenza”. Experts continue to analyze and study the origin and timing of this highly contagious, lethal and mysterious scourge. Most agree it wasn’t Spain nor limited to 1918, but rather spread in successive waves from early cases late in 1917 through recurrent epidemic in … Continue reading 1918 Flu Pandemic: Reconstructing how the influenza epidemic raged then flattened in Gloucester Massachusetts when 183 died in 6 weeks →

HAMLET OPENS IN GLOUCESTER

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Shakespeare’s HAMLET SET TO OPEN AT GLOUCESTER STAGE Acclaimed Boston Actress Gigi Watson Makes GSC Debut as HAMLET Gloucester Stage Company wraps up its 40th Anniversary Season of professional theater with William Shakespeare’s  Hamlet from October 25 through November 17 at Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA.. Hamlet’s story begins when she meets her … Continue reading HAMLET OPENS IN GLOUCESTER →

Fierce contagion fast deaths Boston Navy Yards and Fort Devens: Gloucester during the flu Pandemic 1918 part 2

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This excerpt has been adapted from 1918 Pandemic: Reconstructing How the Flu Raged Then Flattened in Gloucester, Massachusetts when 183 Died in 6 weeks, HERE by Catherine Ryan. Mini posts like this one highlight select weeks during the outbreak as serialized quick reads about this Gloucester history. The flu’s arrival in Gloucester during the second … Continue reading Fierce contagion fast deaths Boston Navy Yards and Fort Devens: Gloucester during the flu Pandemic 1918 part 2 →

Christmas in Rockport

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Holiday Shopping Night November 30 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm Enjoy a festive Friday shopping evening with many shops and galleries staying open for extended hours and offering exclusive promotions and giveaways. Stroll throughout Rockport’s historic downtown to the sounds of carols and songs of the season, and get into the holiday spirit. A hundred lighted … Continue reading Christmas in Rockport →

Sawyer Free April 8 | John Ronan reads from his first new book of poetry in 8 years, and shares one here for National Poem in Pocket Day April 27, 2017

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John Ronan presents Taking the Train of Singularity South From Midtown on Saturday, April 8, 2:00-3:00pm in the Friend Room. It’s Sponsored by the Gloucester Lyceum and Friends of the Sawyer Free Library. John Ronan a poet, playwright, journalist and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in Literature has done so much in Gloucester! Here’s a throwback article from … Continue reading Sawyer Free April 8 | John Ronan reads from his first new book of poetry in 8 years, and shares one here for National Poem in Pocket Day April 27, 2017 →

(Hopefully) Dispelling Some Misconceptions About the HarborWalk

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Window to the Working Waterfront ~ View from the HarborWalk A little-remembered fact is that the HarborWalk artists were chosen from an applicant pool of local Cape Ann artists, as well as non-local residents. The public call to art was made over a period of several months, and it was widely publicized on this blog and … Continue reading (Hopefully) Dispelling Some Misconceptions About the HarborWalk →