My View of Life on the Dock
The Gloucester Schooner Festival Digital Event Guide & Program is now available at GloucesterSchoonerFestival.com. A digital program allows us to continue to update vessels and schedule changes as they come in. We’re excited to be able to offer this digital version so all our fans can take part, no matter where they live.
The annual Fish Box Derby event is coming up soon (Sunday Sept 17 10:30 AM check in for cars and drivers). This is a super fun event held on Rogers St. near Gortons and if you’ve never been, it’s a great time. So much effort by drivers, families and sponsors to make the derby cars ready to race and it is appreciated! The inspections were recently held at Extreme Auto on Kondelin Road and these photos were taken by GMG Jim there. Thanks Sean!
There’s a new Winslow Homer mural at the bend of Maplewood and Poplar on the former Linsky’s service station property, Cape Ann Auction headquarters since November 2022.
159 Maplewood Avenue, Gloucester, Mass. Read more about this Studio fresh mural project inspired by Homer’s works here (Awesome Gloucester).
Both Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) and The Flirt depict figures in a cat boat in Gloucester harbor.
Image: Winslow Homer (1836-1910), The Flirt, 1874, oil on panel, National Gallery of Art acquisition, 2014 (Mellon collection)
Image: Winslow Homer, Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), 1873-1876, oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art acquisition (Wildenstein Gallery), 1943. Gift of the W. L. and May T. Mellon Foundation.
The Winslow Homer marker on the corner of Dale Ave & Main for Gloucester’s HarborWalk features Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) thanks to permission from the National Gallery of Art.
Thursday – 7:30-10:30pm ~ : August31 “Blind Billy, Dan Wailin, and Kurt kalker
Thursday at the Rhummie Deep Blue Blues Band featuring…me subbing for their usual bassist.This is the greasiest, downhome blues group this side of the cut bridge, so get it while you can. Led the infamous Blind Billyclub Mitchell and toasted around the edges by the guitar of Deputy Dan Wailin’, and anti-tank drummbler Kursk Calker, your sure to need plenty of Boraxo® to keep the hounds at bay. hours 730 to 1030
40 Railroad Ave. Gloucester, MA
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978-281-1700
good afternoon Joey
i am a member of St Vincent de Paul Society of Holy Family parish in Gloucester and Rockport. We run the Clothes Closet in the basement of St Ann’s church and would appreciate it if you could post the following information occasionally on your web site: we are willing to pay for the cost of the posts if necessary. I will also send to you a few pictures to include in the posts. thanks, Jim Nelligan
The Clothes Closet has gently used clothing, footwear, and outerwear for infants through adults. There is no cost, but donations are accepted. We also offer free diapers in all sizes. The Clothes Closet is open every Saturday from 9 am to 12 noon in the basement of St Anne’s Church. We are not open the 1st Saturday of every month. Donations can be dropped at the drop box in the parking lot of At. Anne’s School
For questions, please call 978-281-8672.
Music this week! 
Starting at 6pm! John Raymond Jerome followed by The Midnight Buzz ! A new super group consisting of band members from Groove Therapy & The Spynz – Gloucester! Thank you to our sponsors Happy Valley MA, Element Care PACE, Neptune’s Harvest, Cape Ann Savings Bank, Brookline Bank, BankGloucester, Cape Ann Lanes, Jerry Noble Electricians & Maplewood Car Wash as well as our partners under The City of Gloucester, Discover Gloucester! 
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End of summer blues. We celebrated a friend’s birthday at the marina by having some drinks on their boat and taking a cruise down the river. Yesterday I posted the other end of the river….today, this.
I happened across the newest (and final) mosaic being installed alongside the others on the Americold building on Rogers St. yesterday. Lesley Davison was also watching and let me know there will be a small event held Thurs Aug 31 from 4-6 to celebrate the mosaics held by Mosaic Gloucester. Hoping to see you there! These mosaics are just beautiful and well worth a stop-by.
Join the @gloucesteridrc for pennies a day to get access to dories that you can row in and around the harbor.
July 22, 2023 – October 16, 2023
Located at the Downtown Campus.
Timed-Entry tickets are required.
Morning Glory…
Adventure Calls!
New this year, Gloucester’s flagship and only National Historic Landmark vessel will be located at PierI4C2 during Gloucester’s 39th annual Schooner Festival. Sail an authentic part of Gloucester’s fishing heritage. Captain Miller-Shelley says” We’ve been preparing all season for this weekend. We’ve taken every tack and opportunity to train for the race in hopes of making the shortest time possible around the marks. I’m looking forward to the excitement and friendly competition of sailing alongside other schooners and their crews.”
For more information and tickets visit our website calendar
For more information and tickets visit our website calendar
Friday, September 1
Kick-Off Sail
10 AM – 1:00 PM
Catch a glimpse of the excitement building out on the water.
Festival Fleet Sail
1:30 – 4:30 PM
Greet the fleet as they begin to arrive.
Saturday, September 2
Heritage Day Sail
8:30 – 11:30 AM
Sail out among 28 other Schooners from around the nation.
Sunday, September 3
Mayor’s Cup Race & Parade of Sail
8 AM – 5 PM
This all day excursion complete with breakfast and lunch is the biggest sailing day of the year! Help Adventure’s captain & crew lead the parade and capture first place in the race!
with John J. Ronan
Season Premier of the 34th Season
September 7, 2023
1623 Studios and Gloucester resident John J. Ronan have announced the 34th season of the television series, The Writer’s Block with John J. Ronan. The award-winning production is one of the oldest, continuously-running public access shows in New England and has been recognized with a First Prize for an Educational Program at the New England Cable Television Association.
This season again kicks off with the winners of the Poetry Without Paper contest, held each spring for all Gloucester students by the Lyceum at Sawyer Free Library. The program airs Thursday, September 7, 2023, at 8:00 p.m., channel 12, and will repeat a week later. From September 19 onward, the series will move to channel 6. After their premieres, all programs are uploaded to YouTube for the general public.
John Ronan, producer and host of The Writer’s Block, is a former Gloucester Poet Laureate and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow. His most recent book, Taking the Train of Singularity South from Midtown, appeared in 2017. (theRonan.org)
“I am happy that The Writer’s Block has been a part of the Gloucester 400 celebration,” Ronan declares. “We have survived the virus and are starting strong on the next 400 years!”
For more information, send an S.A.S.E. to: The Writer’s Block with John J. Ronan
Box 5524, Gloucester, MA 01930
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