St. Peter’s Fiesta is coming and the Sicilian flag is popping up all over Gloucester. This one is in our neighborhood downtown at Pleasant and Prospect streets. We love our Sicilian pals and neighbors in Gloucester (including the creator of this blog). Our daughter’s birthday party this year included a “Martina,” “two Sofia’s” and a “Maria.” Our son’s been known to wonder why all his buddies have jet black hair except him. Which got me to wondering – are Sicilians really Italian? Through most of history, Sicily wasn’t Italian. It became part of Italy only in 1861. Sicilian peeps – are you Sicilian or Italian?

Mile marker

Donna Ardizzoni / Circle Consulting Group 978-526-9222

Nothing like weak wifi and intermittent cell service to force you to back off “the grid” for a bit.   It’s been so nice to unplug a little and just hang out with my camera for a few days.   Beautiful scenes to photograph are all the therapy I need 😀

Grab your popcorn and tune in to watch the Tony Awards on Sunday night on CBS at 8pm where our own Gloucester girl Katy Geraghty will be performing as “Debbie” with the Tony award nominated Musical…Groundhog Day!!  So excited for Katy who’s doing great things and making Gloucester proud.   Break a leg Katy!!!

Click here to check out GMG Contributor Catherine’s recent post about Katy’s story and involvement in the Broadway Musical.

All my #BBQ buddies please like this photo on my instagram page to help my daughter Madeline win the #foodvolution #pier23kitchen burger naming challenge in #GloucesterMA. She named it “Simple Yet Delicious” I would really appreciate your help as she’s super excited about it.

ESSEX MERCHANTS GROUP ANNOUNCES BEST OF ESSEX ONLINE AUCTION

Essex Merchants Group is excited to announce its Best of Essex Online Goods and Services Auction. The auction will go live on Monday June 5th and run until 10:00 PM on Monday June 19th, 2017.

Participants will have the opportunity to bid on over 120 items donated by Essex friends and businesses.

Items include gift certificates from the town’s restaurants and many of its antique shops. Bid on fine art, specialty gift baskets, marine goods, landscaping and carpentry services, concert tickets, museum memberships and more. Fishing charters and cruises on the Essex River are well represented.

Some of the other highlights are a sculpture by Chris Williams; oil paintings by local artists, Teri Eramo of Eventide Fine Art Gallery, Kim Thayer of Thayer Art, Robert Hanlon of Walker Creek Furniture and Art Gallery and Marcia Savory of Savory Scenes; crab cakes and Caesar salad from Timothy Hopkins Catering and Cogswell’s Grant tickets to Herrmann’s Royal Lipizzan Stallions.

Beginning June 5th, follow this link to the auction www.essexmerchantsgroup.schoolauction.net/auction2017

Best of Essex Online Auction 2017 Homepage
www.essexmerchantsgroup.schoolauction.net
Bid in the Best of Essex Auction on over 120 items!

where you can browse, register and bid!

Essex Merchants Group originated in 2008 with the mission of “promoting Essex, Massachusetts as a destination for shopping, dining, recreation and appreciation of its history, natural beauty and open space”.  All proceeds from this auction will be utilized to that end.

For additional information, contact Bob Coviello at:
robertcoviello@hotmail.com or 978-768-7039.

Unexpected No. 5 Exhibit
North Shore Art Association, Gloucester, MA

June 12 to July 8, 2017
Reception: Sunday June 25, 2-4 pm

Rockport Art Association & Museum’s Experimental Group Opens Fifth Show

The Rockport Art Association & Museum’s Experimental Group opens its fifth group exhibition, “Unexpected No. Five” at the North Shore Art Association in Gloucester, MA. This show features artworks of about 80 artists, works of both the RAA&M’s artists and contributing members. Works on view in the exhibition range in medium to include paintings, mixed-media, graphics, sculpture and photography.

The Experimental Group is a creative forum, its main mission is to increase public awareness and to foster self-expression by bringing artists together to explore and share ideas that cultivate creative freedom. The EG is encouraged and supported by the Rockport Art Association & Museum.

If you would like more information about the exhibition, would like to schedule an interview and a walk through, or need additional promotional images please contact: Nella Lush, Experimental Group, Chair, 978.886.4582 or via email experimentalgroupraa@gmail.com

The Rockport Art Association & Museum (RAA&M) is one of the oldest and most active art organizations in the country. The Association has a long and distinguished history that has spanned 96 years

Rockport Art Association & Museum
12 Main Street, Rockport, MA 01966
http://www.experimentalartgroup.com