Month: March 2024

Stuck…

Dates: April 5 – May 19
Opening Reception:  Sunday, April 7, 4-6 PM
Gallery Hours: Friday-Sunday, Noon -5 PM

UP and Coming: Young Artists with Promise, is a juried show of works by artists aged 17-30, expressing passion and commitment to their craft. The art works reflect a collective panoply of youthful perspectives, variously addressing contemporary issues and presenting aesthetic and material innovations. The variety of media includes printmaking, digital art, collage, photography, drawing, painting, and sculpture, with abstraction, landscape and figurative work. 

The Artists

Corey Brown, Caddy Cicogna, Charlotte Collins, Bridget Curry, Angelina DeDominicis, Fiona Dolan, Molly Forget, Spencer Kall, Rebecca Killion, Benjamin Laird, Dylan Maher, Abigail Monson, Allie Nicastro, Ella O’Neil, Thomas Rutigliano, Isabel Santos, Krystyn Sherman, Ashlyn Smith, Andrew Steinberg, Erin Survilas, Claudia Valenti, Haley Wolfe.

Special Events

The public is invited to an opening reception on Sunday, April 7 from 4 to 6 PM. View the art, meet the artists, and enjoy light refreshments, drinks, and ever-lively conversation.

For additional information, including public programs accompanying this exhibition, consult www.rockyneckartcolony.org or rnacexhibitions.com for details and updates. 

The Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC), a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, nurtures excellence in the arts through exhibitions, workshops, residencies and vibrant cultural events for its members and the public. On picturesque Rocky Neck in Gloucester, Massachusetts, RNAC operates three exhibition spaces, open to the public for free, The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck (6 Wonson Street); The Salted Cod Arthouse (53 Rocky Neck Ave.), a partnership gallery and café; and Cove Gallery (37 Rocky Neck Ave.), open seasonally in the former gallery of local artists Gordon and Judith Goetemann. Check the website, www.rockyneckartcolony.org, for hours, openings and special events. For more information, see the website or call 978-515-7004

We saw our friend the adult eagle along Little River a few days ago enjoying the sun. My limited experience with eagles has taught me that each has its own personality and this particular eagle is a bit skittish. So I am extra careful to keep my distance and remain quiet in its presence so it won’t fly off before I’ve had a chance to watch for a while. It very clearly acknowledged my presence with the stare down you see here. It’s a little unnerving. However, it did stick around while I chatted with a neighbor out for a run with her dog for which I was grateful

MARCH 17, 2024 ~ SAWYER FREE LIBRARY

THURSDAY, MARCH 21 from 5:30—6:30 PM at SFL at 21 Main Street

Sawyer Free Library will be hosting Dr. Tricia Peone, Project Director of New England’s Hidden Histories, for a discussion on witchcraft and memory during women’s history month this Thursday, March 21 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Today when we think about witchcraft, we tend to think about the infamous Salem witch trials. But what did it mean to believe in witchcraft in the seventeenth century and how widespread were these beliefs? How did people know if they were bewitched and who was to blame? This talk will explore the stories of several women accused of witchcraft in New England, including in Gloucester, and consider how this history continues to affect us today. Through these stories we can see not only how ideas about witchcraft have changed over time, but also changes in ideas about commemoration, justice, family legacies, and the responsibilities of communities that have been historical sites of violence.

Dr. Tricia Peone previously worked at Historic New England, where she was a research scholar for the Recovering New England’s Voices project. She has also previously worked as the public programs director at New Hampshire Humanities, a university lecturer teaching classes on the Salem witch trials, early New England, and public history, and as a researcher for cultural heritage organizations. Her scholarship focuses on early modern magic and witchcraft and her work on these subjects has appeared in journals, books, blogs, and on radio and television. She holds a PhD in history from the University of New Hampshire with a specialization in the early modern Atlantic world and history of science.

To register to attend or for more information on this special event, visit sawyerfreelibrary.org or call 978-325-5500

Oh Buoy…

O’Brien’s Boru @ Blue Collar Lobster Co. 3pm

The Bordellos @ The Rhumb Line 4pm

Chris Fritz-Grice @ Harbor 9 Golf 1pm

Woodland Spark @ The Cut Live 6:30pm-9:00pm in the corner!

Steve Hildonen 12:00-3:000pm & Dragon of Wortley 7:00-9:00pm @ THE FARM Bar & Grille

Michael O’Leary & Friends @ Beauport Hotel Gloucester 1-4pm

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. I consider myself very lucky to be living in Gloucester and Half Moon Beach is one of the places that makes me happiest year round, so I thought today would be a good time to share these. I know some of you out there have many wonderful and warm memories from Half Moon Beach and Stage Fort Park.

It’s gonna be a smash burger contest. If you don’t know what a smash burger is or if you don’t like smash burgers or your teacher at culinary school taught you to never smash a burger then don’t enter. IDGAF

I’m going to interview judges that understand and appreciate the style of burger and they will be panelists.

If you enter and present a traditional fat patty burger I will personally embarrass your entry for not understanding the competition you entered.

This is not a traditional hamburger contest (no slight to traditional hamburgers, they can be great) but a traditional fat hamburger is not a fuxking SMASH Burger.

The rules will be simple.

You can cook with anything you want, a griddle, cast iron pan, you can bring a whole conventional kitchen if you want to lug it. But you’ll cook in front of the judges and we will judge you based on cooking a real smash burger, the bun, the flavor and the construction of the burger.

Again, please don’t enter if you don’t know what a smash burger is. I’m begging you. Go enter a burger contest somewhere else.

This is going to be a best smash burger contest. date TBD

For reference Oak To Ember’s smash burger-

More importantly, for reference, the style in preparation from onlydbls in Naples