CAT Collaborative’s Fall Play, Homestead Crossing Explores the Power of Reflection and Continuity of Self
If you were given a crystal ball at 20-something would you want to see you and your spouse at 50-something? At 50-something would you look back to see your 20-something self and spouse? Would you have the courage to look at what you would become? Could endure you how you had changed from your youth?
Cape Ann Theatre Collaborative’s fall play, Homestead Crossing, by Sudbury, Mass. native William Donnelly creates a “crystal ball” to view the 50-something married couple of Noel and Anne with the by-happenstance meeting of 20-something Claudia and Tobin. Both couples reflect each other across the spectrum of aging and remembrance of youth. Each couple transforms the other into deeper knowing and fuller remembrances. The quiet disconnect of comfortable middle age marriage and the youthful exuberance of setting out on a collective dream meet in a delightful twist! Donnelly’s “jeweler’s eye” explores who we are at the start of relationships and who we are as we age into them. Homestead Crossing abounds with humor, poignance and the deep wisdom of life’s journey when lived fully and honestly.
Our cast features Emma Cavaliere as Claudia, Pauline Miceli as Anne, Tom Rash as Tobin and Marc St. Pierre as Noel.
When: November 15, 16, 17, ( 21st Benefit performance for the Lanesville Community Center, 8pm), 22, 23, 24 Fridays/Saturdays 8pm and Sundays 3pm
Where: Gorton Theatre (home of Gloucester Stage Company), 267 E. Main St., Gloucester, MA
General Admission: $15
Door Sales: Cash/Check Only
Reserve: CATcollab@gmail.com
Buy Tickets Online: www.catcollaborative.org
Calendar listing for College Essay Nights
The Gloucester Writers Center is holding two College Essay nights in November for High School Seniors. Writers in the community will work one-on-one with seniors at two different times and locations to give feedback, advice, or a shoulder to cry on. Free, no appointment necessary. Bring your draft, at any stage, even if it still just in your head. For more information, contact JoeAnn@joeannhart.com.
Thursday, November 21
Show up anytime between 7 pm and 9 pm.
The Gloucester Writers Center, 126 East Main St, next to Richdale, park on Chapel St.
Tuesday, November 26
Show up anytime between 5 pm and 7 pm.
The Sawyer Free Library, downstairs in the Friend Room.
Historic Businesses of Cape Ann Open House
The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present an open house at 16 Rogers Street, Gloucester as part of their Who We Are is Who We Were: Historic Businesses of Cape Ann series on Saturday, November 16 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Visit the working studios of sailmaker Josh Bevins, furniture restorer Dean Snell and artist Jeff Weaver to learn more about these occupations that have been a part of Gloucester’s working waterfront since the 19th century. Light refreshments will be served. This program is free for members, $10 nonmembers. Reservations are required. Please call 978-491-7872 or email info@capeannmuseum.org.
Sailmaker Josh Bevins has been involved with sailmaking since he was 14 years old. A Marblehead native, he got his start with Cressy’s Sailmakers. He fell in love with Gloucester during the eighties when he came through for boat repairs. He set up shop twelve years ago and has been working out of 16 Rogers Street for the past ten years. Dean is an electric bass player who has been happily married for thirty years.
Furniture restorer Dean Snell lives in Gloucester with his wife and three children. He moved here soon after getting a fine arts degree at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He first worked as a carpenter and then apprenticed with John Ockenga, maker of prized North Shore cabinets, in the 1980s and went on his own in 1992. Located on the historic Gloucester harbor, the Restoration Works at 16 Rogers Street specializes in restoration and repair of all kinds of furniture, from fine antiques to pieces worth saving simply because of their sentimental value.
Artist Jeff Weaver was born in Framingham, Massachusetts. He began drawing and painting at an early age, accepting portrait commissions by age fourteen. In his high school years, he won awards in drawing & sculpture in the Boston Globe state-wide art competitions. After graduating from high school, he entered the Boston Museum School. In 1972 he took up residence in Gloucester, sketching and painting the waterfront on an almost daily basis. In his early years in the city, he supported himself at various waterfront jobs, as well as from commissions for boat portraits from fishing vessel captains, and for murals in commercial establishments and private homes. This eventually led to many years of commercial work, including over 30 murals painted in different parts of the city. Returning to fine art pursuits in the 1990s, Jeff again focused on depicting Gloucester and its environs in various media. He currently operates a studio/gallery at 16 Rogers Street on the Gloucester waterfront.
The Cape Ann Museum tells multiple stories, all relating to this remarkable place. Founded in 1873, the Museum’s collections represent the history of Cape Ann, its people, its industries, and especially its art and culture. The Museum is closed for renovations until summer 2014. For more information visit www.capeannmuseum.org
HELLO FRIENDS:
The Frenchman is currently featured on Whizbuzz and has a great review in InD Tale magazine. Both links are below.
http://www.derekhaines.ch/whizbuzz/2013/10/b-b-boudreau-the-frenchman/#comment-341
http://www.indtale.com/magazine/2013/june/#?page=82
Enjoy! Books available at The Bookstore, 61 Main St., Gloucester and Toadhall, 47 Main St.,
Rockport.
Antiques, furniture, collectibles, art, and more will be available at a tag sale at the Unitarian Universalist Society of
Rockport, 4 Cleaves Street, Saturday, November 17 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The sale will be held in both the
upper and lower levels of the church and will feature the work of local artist William Reynolds Beal.
Good Morning Gloucester 