Month: July 2023

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Tuesday, August 1, 5-9pm – Moonrise Market at The Emerson Inn in Rockport featuring about 20 local crafters, artisans and makers and live music from Sasquatch (5-6pm) and The Jantelles (6-9pm) and cash bar and boxed picnic meals available by the Inn. Plus a full Sturgeon Moon!! 

Thursday, August 3, 4-8pm – Summer Market @ Ocean Alliance on Rocky Neck in Gloucester. Close to 25 vendors, BBQ from Meat and Sweet Foods truck, and live music by  “Cowboy Bob” (4-6) and the Blue Honey Drops (6-8).  Plus,the Ocean Alliance crew will be on hand with information for visitors to learn about about their whale research, marine conservation work, and the restoration project at the historic paint factory as well as well as featured products for sale.  For an added water adventure, arrive at Ocean Alliance’s dock by Gloucester’s water taxi (free for event shuttles) or Harbormaster shuttle (fee)!

Fine Dining…

Title: “Our People, Our Stories” Gloucester400+ Commemorative Legacy Book

Where: To order on-line www.gloucesterma400.org/book/

The long-anticipated legacy project of the Gloucester400+ Stories Project is now available for advanced ordering at a special pre-publication price. This beautiful collection of stories, excerpts from stories, and poems reflects the city’s rich cultural diversity. You will read tales of people who found their way to Gloucester’s shores, and whose lives were shaped by the land, the sea, or its unique community. In the mix are a variety of themes including family histories, impactful memories and moments, and character essays. Some of the stories have never been told before and some feature the fresh voices of first-time writers. 

To reserve this special limited-edition book we are encouraging the public to order online now. Pre-publication price is $60 for hardcover, $35 for softcover plus sales tax; the price will increase after publication. “Our People, Our Stories” will be available in time for the holiday season. Books will be available to pick up at either the G400+ Office at 123 Main Street or The Bookstore of Gloucester at 61 Main Street; there is also an option to ship books for a flat-rate fee.

The Gloucester400+ Stories Project is a community driven initiative, fueled by persons who came forward and simply wanted their stories told. You will hear the voices of ordinary and not-so-ordinary people who have something to say about their connections to and experiences in Gloucester.  Our entire Stories Project Legacies Collection spans written individual stories, endorsed books, videos and audio. While the commemorative book includes a significant portion of the stories project legacy, the entire collection of stories will 

 

 

 

 

remain available online and accessible for reading and research purposes into the future. The Stories Project is continuing to accept stories to be published on our website and be included in our legacy collection. Plans are in development to ensure community access to the collection well beyond 2023. 

From hundreds of submissions, a cross selection of stories and excerpts were chosen from those that reached us on or before the deadline of March 17, 2023. The book committee wish they could have included all submissions; the sheer volume of stories prohibited them from doing so. It was a challenge to choose the stories and excerpts, but each story submitted was carefully considered and reflect a diverse range of voices, experiences, timeframes, and themes. 

“I am delighted with the success of the 400 Stories Project and compliment all those who submitted stories embracing Gloucester’s 400+ anniversary. The quality of the submissions is impressive. I am honored to be part of the team that leaves this quadricentennial legacy of Gloucester voices.” – Laura Ventimiglia, Executive Director Emerita, who played a significant role initially in bringing the Stories Project to life.

To order online www.gloucesterma400.org/book/

Free Community Concert @ August 11

To celebrate their Centennial Anniversary, the Gloucester Rotary will host a free Community Concert with musical guests Captain Jack & The Strangers (The Northshore’s Premier Billy Joel Tribute Band) and opener Brandon Blatchford & the Wannabe Teenagerson on Friday, August 11, 2023, 6-10pm at the Antonio F. Gentile Bandstand in Stage Fort Park.

The celebration will include food and beverages for purchase from 5 Star Phresh-Phood and Harbor Tap Trailer!

Mark your calendars!

For more information about the Gloucester Rotary, visit www.gloucesterrotary.org or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RotaryGloucesterMA.

We celebrated Margarita Monday with the Bluefin Blowout at Mile Marker last week. Though the drink menu was especially designed for the Blowout, it was a good reminder of what a nice location it is at Mile Marker on Essex Ave for a relaxing drink and/or meal. And the view is pretty terrific too. Cheers Mile Marker!

The International Dory Racing Committee will hold elimination races off the Gloucester Heritage Center dock Saturday August 12th at 8:30 AM. All racing fans are encouraged to attend!! Those dues paying members who plan to race must attend sign ups Friday evening August 11th at the Dory Shop at 6 PM or email before 12 noon. These races are strictly for 2 person teams in the following categories: Juniors (under 19), Women, Mixed Doubles, Seniors (Men Open) and Master’s (Men over 50). Also, we will have two new races (exhibition) races in the following categories. Women (Over 50) and Junior Girls (under 19). The races will run from the Heritage Center Dock out towards green nun off Fort playground and back.
Please share this with friends and family. It will be a great day of racing, uniquely Gloucester, and fun for all!

The deck outside at Oak To Ember is fantastic. Spacious, beautiful view, not cramped. A great spot for summer for sure.

New Day Dawning…

Rockport Library, August 17, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. and August 24, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Speaker: Jorgelina Zeoli

Jorgelina Zeoli will speak about her life, her creative work (paintings, publications, music, film and video series), and the extraordinary experience that led her to become an inspirational author and producer. She will also read from her memoirs.

 

She was born in Manhattan, New York, and raised in Argentina. She returned to the States in 1979 to attend The New England Conservatory of Music with a scholarship. She is a former concert singer and organist and specialized in the development of church music programs. She has also taught Tai Chi.

 

Having lived under a military regime, she has carried through life a deep awareness of the ailments of humanity, the horrors, the suffering, which mirrored her own. At the core of that awareness was a question: “How to stop atrocities and violence? How to eradicate them from the face of the Earth”? Today, that question has disappeared. Her pocket size booklet “The Way Out, Part Four: Arrows of Truth, the Bigger Plan,” describes her philosophy of life: How to lead a meaningful life in a world that is collapsing.

 

Jorgelina Zeoli’s life has been a passionate quest for Truth and healing. Flashbacks of military violence haunted her for thirty years. In 2009, with the assistance of BevCam (Beverly cable), she produced the film “Over the Mass Grave, God among us,” based on the third book of her memoirs, “The Immigrant” (Flashback Series, Part Three). The flashbacks haven’t returned since. “Over the Mass Grave” won a Religion and Spirituality Award from the Alliance for Community Media (second place) and a Persistence Award from BevCam. It was aired on BevCam and Cape Ann TV (now 1623 Studios). In 2010, again with BevCam’s assistance, she produced the film “Reach for the Stars! Jayzee’s Story” also based on her memoirs and featuring seven of her inspirational songs.

 

In 2012 she produced the five-part video series “Miracles, a Spiritual Journey from Despair to Hope,” discussions of her two films with holistic practitioners, trauma survivors, interfaith minister Rev. Joel Grossman and Friends (Quakers, peacemakers). BevCam and Cape Ann TV made possible the production of “Miracles”.

In 2018, the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, expressed an interest in her memoir about clergy sexual abuse, “A Field with a Million Crosses” (Flashback Series Part Six, at the time still unpublished) and welcomed all her self-published books and booklets. Her poem “In the Breaking” was chosen for the 2022 Anthology of the Foundation for World Healing, World Peace. In 2023 she received a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

 

This presentation is intended to reach people’s heart. On August 24^th, at 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., there will be a follow up for questions and answers. If time allows it, there will be short readings from Jorgelina Zeoli’s “The Way Out Part Three, Psychological and Spiritual Insights of a Trauma Survivor. A practical Guide to a happier life” followed by discussion.

 

A video production of “Dawn of the Broken Heart. A Magical true story” is currently in the making.

 

Jorgelina Zeoli can be contacted through her website, www.jorgelinazeoli.com or jorgelinamemoirs@gmail.com.

Only 150 tickets will be sold!

The Academy at Penguin Hall’s all-girls school is raising money and you get a chance to win something amazing! $100 bucks a ticket and only 150 will be sold! Drawing is this Wednesday August 2nd, 2023. Oh, and Mookie Betts returns to FENWAY!

Click the link to enter a winning package of a lifetime!

https://forms.diamondmindinc.com/penguinhall/redsoxraffle?token=1628143534

Saturday July 29th,10:30AM to Noon

Poets — John J. Ronan, Martha Fox and Suellen Wedmore

Location:  On deck of the Schooner Adventure while docked at 23 Harbor Loop, at the end of Maritime Gloucester’s Harriet Webster Pier in Gloucester.

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STORIES ON DECK

The Schooner Adventure and Gloucester 400+ Stories Project present a series of storytelling events this summer featuring local writers, poets, and big personalities! All summer long we’re featuring local writers, poets, and big personalities! Be sure to come down (10:30 AM to Noon). We’ll be dockside and this is a great opportunity to hear poetry, mingle, and learn about the Schooner Adventure. All event details are below, and other dates and details will be publicized shortly. This event is part of Maritime Gloucester’s Working Waterfront Weekends.