28th Annual Gloucester Schooner Festival ready to set sail
The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and the Schooner Festival Committee are proud to announce that the 28th Annual Gloucester Schooner Festival will take place Labor Day Weekend in Gloucester Harbor from August 31 to September 2.
Among the highlights for the weekend is the Parade of Lights and fireworks on Saturday, September 1, followed by the Parade of Sail and Mayor’s Race for the Esperanto Cup on Sunday, September 2.
Participating schooners include The Adventure, Adventurer, American Eagle, Ardelle, Bald Eagle, Brilliant, Estrela, Fame, Green Dragon, Irena, Lewis H. Story, Liberty Clipper, Roseway, Spirit of Massachusetts, Sugar Babe, Summer Wind, Thomas E. Lannon, Tyrone and more to come! Select schooners will be open for tours throughout the weekend.
In addition to the many beautiful medium and large schooners that will grace the waters of Cape Ann, will be a visit from the HMS Bounty from East Setauket, New York. The 180-foot long replica vessel was a floating movie set for the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty and also appeared in the Johnny Depp film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.
Throughout the weekend, raffle tickets will be on sale to benefit the 2012 Gloucester Schooner Festival and the 2012 Summer Sailing Scholarships that fund the Gloucester High School Sailing Team and Gloucester’s Project Adventure.
For more information on the entire weekend go to www.capeannvacations.com/schooner or contact Tim Burton at tim@capeannchamber.com or call 978-283-1601.
The HMS Bounty will be visiting Gloucester, Massachusetts as part of our East Coast Tour and the Gloucester Schooner Festival. The ship will be open for dockside tours.
The HMS Bounty is one of the most famous ships in the world. Known for the storied mutiny that took place in Tahiti in 1789 on board the British transport vessel, the current Bounty, a replica, has survived to tell the tale. Built for the 1962 movie “Mutiny on the Bounty” with Marlon Brando, HMS Bounty sails the country offering dockside tours in which one can learn about the history and details of such sailing vessels from a lost and romanticized time in maritime history. Since her debut in “Mutiny on the Bounty”, HMS Bounty has appeared in many feature films and documentaries such as the Edinburgh Trader in Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest with Johnny Depp.
The ship will arrive on the Friday August 31st and stay through Monday evening September 3rd 2012. During her stay she will be open for tours on Saturday, Sunday and Monday September 1st, 2nd and 3rd from 10am – 5pm. Tour prices will be $10 per adult, and $5 per child with children under 5 free. All tour proceeds go to the continued support of the ship.
For more information on the HMS Bounty visiting Gloucester,
please call (631) 584-7900.
Schooner Ardelle Sailing Schedule
North Shore Arts Association will celebrate the 90th anniversary of its founding with a special historical exhibit. "NSAA at 90" runs August 16 – September 18 with a Gala opening featuring music and refreshments to be held on Sunday August 19th from 2-4pm. The public is encouraged to come dressed up in period attire.
NSAA at 90 will give viewers the opportunity to see major works by Cape Ann legends; Lester Stevens, Aldro T. Hibbard and Émile GruppĂ©, as well as seldom seen works by first year members Kathryn Cherry, Harry Vincent and Edmund Klotz. In addition to paintings, the exhibit will feature more than a dozen works by some of the era’s most renowned sculptors including Anna Hyatt Huntington, Katharine Lane Weems and Richard Recchia. All of these historic works will be displayed in the same rooms where the artists originally showed their work.
T H E N E W S F R O M R O C K Y N E C K
photo credits Kathy Chapman and Anna Vojtech
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FRI, Aug 17 : Pass the Hats, 6-10pm, The Center at Rocky Neck
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck presents “Pass the Hats” – a Gala Celebration of Gloucester’s Rocky Neck Cultural District on Friday, August 17, from 6-10 pm. at 6 Wonson St. in Gloucester.
In the spirit of Rocky Neck’s Beaux Arts Ball and with the theme of HATS, the Rocky Neck Art Colony and its Cultural District partners will celebrate their Massachusetts Cultural Council recognition as one of the first five districts to be designated statewide. Tax deductible proceeds will benefit The Cultural Center of Rocky Neck, future community center and headquarters of Gloucester’s Rocky Neck Cultural District. Tickets ranging from $30 – $300 are available at the door and at Imagine Gallery, Khan Studio, and the Rocky Neck Gallery, all on Rocky Neck.
photos by Diane Giardi
Art Colony members got together recently to create fun, one-of-a-kind hats that will be auctioned off at the event this Friday. Pictured above are Brenda Malloy, Yhanna Coffin, Karen Ristuben, Kathy Archer and Ruth Mordecai modeling their hats. These hats and many others are currently on display at The Center.
All are welcome for food, music, and dancing with cultural partners: Rocky Neck Art Colony, City of Gloucester, Gloucester Stage Co., Gloucester Writers Center, Gloucester Marine Railways, Schooner Adventure, and Ocean Alliance, and the many other individuals and businesses on the Rocky Neck area.
For more information call 978-282-1346.
Sunday, August 19, 2-4pm : Helen Ann Lind Reception at Khan Studio
Through August 28 : Paul George, Recent Paintings at the Rocky Neck Gallery
Group Show at the Cultural Center: AUGUST 9-27
Featuring work by Yhanna Coffin, Loren Doucette, Eileen Mueller, Sinikka Nogelo, Barry Shuchter, and Ed Touchette
From the Docks, painting by Loren Doucette
Exhibition by Rocky Neck Art Colony artists at The Cultural Center, 6 Wonson St. in Rocky Neck.
Open Thursday to Sunday, 12 noon to 4pm.
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Hi Joey,
It’s Curtis Sarkin from Maritime Gloucester, writing to tell you about the opening party for Camilla MacFadyen’s Stock the Tank fish print aquarium. Opening party is Saturday, August 18, from 1:00-6:00.
Thanks!
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Curtis Sarkin
Marine Science Educator
Good Morning Gloucester 