Maritime Gloucester, with Adventure, Isabella and Ardelleas a backdrop, provided an exceptional setting for Friday night’s performance under clear skies of Gloucester Story. Set in 1905, this 1954 fictionalized play features the interactions among fishing families, a schooner and its crew, business associates, and life at sea. The musical, which runs through Sunday, is presented as part of Gloucester’s 400th anniversary by the Annisquam Village Players.

Carl Gustin Photos

Art in August: Rocky Neck Cove Gallery and Cultural Center #GloucesterMA party …

Final weekend for Women Talking **Closing party Sunday April 13, 2023 3-5pm**

Closing soon: Group show at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center ‘In Motion’

In Motion at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck is on view through August 20, 2023

Rocky Neck

Art in August: Adin Murray on now. Geoffrey Bayliss upcoming. Jane Deering Gallery #GloucesterMA

Adin Murray’s sixth show, Intertidal, at Jane Deering Gallery–on view through August 20, 2023–includes a compact and glowing group of landscape preparatory drawings ($1200), oil studies ($2500), and large paintings ($8000-$12,000) focused on coastal wetlands, real and not so real, in settings familiar and still, whether fall or spring, day or night, clear or misty.

Murray hews his moon and horizon motifs inland for this new series. And why not? Murray resides and works on Cape Ann and encounters the stunning Great Salt Marsh at every bend, its constantly changing conditions a natural wonder.

Red dots: collectors have purchased ‘Intertidal’ works across all three media processes.

In the flat files, ask to see a classic new series on paper by Aaron Fink inspired by the vicissitudes of a big melty pop of juicy watermelon and abstraction that serves up a slice of life’s shifting moods. Fink maintains studios in Boston and Rockport.

Upcoming: Geoffrey Bayliss white, and black on white opens August 24, 2023.

A Friend’s Photos — pat morss

A friend I work with at the non-profit New England Museum Association, Heather Riggs, wrote me several days ago enclosing a few or her photographs of Lanes Cove. “I was up in Gloucester over the weekend when the fog rolled in. It created the perfect atmosphere for some photos.” She has captured an aspect of why people come to visit Cape Ann.

Block Party Tonight And Pop Gallery Is Getting After It

💥🌈🌸it’s ON! Tonight Saturday Block party with FREE live music 🎶 all kinds of family friendly entertainment, food trucks, and DOORS on STORES 🛍️open Late! Featuring sales and new fabulous arrivals @pop_gallery 🛍️💖💥 we just received some wild dresses from @q2clothing from 🇨🇦 – @inkalloy color-loaded 🌈jewelry, @tempo_paris & our own in-house graphics on Hoodies & Button down repurposed upcycled shirts 👔! 🐟🦞🦑⚓️ C’mon in for free refreshments 🍷🍻and lotsa laughs 💋✌🏽🤡😻 #popgallerygloucester #blockpartygloucester #mainstreetgloucester #downtowngloucesterma #salesalesale #freeentertainment #outdoorshopping #summerfun

Katelyn M Caruso Apparel Store Is Open

Shop for items and help support the Katelyn M. Caruso Memorial Fund at the Brain Aneurysm Foundation and also the Katelyn M. Caruso Memorial Scholarship Fund.

All proceeds will support these great causes.

Read Katelyn’s Story and learn more at:

www.katelynmcaruso.org

North Shore Sheds and Shacks At Maritime

Classis sheds and shacks are on display at Maritime Gloucester as you approach the schooners. Timeless and classic, these sheds on Harbor Loop tell a piece of Gloucester’s story. I cannot resist them and often recommend this spot for visitors to get an authentic Gloucester vibe: the dories, the schooners, the harbor all contribute to that vibe.