Month: April 2025

Link here https://discovergloucester.com/2025/04/30/unforgettable-gloucester-15-places-every-visitor-should-explore/

Thank you Joe Higgins and Fished Impressions for this unique opportunity to help the grieving fishing families. We hope to stop in.

Pretty Plum…

On View: Saturday, May 3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Arrangement by: Sage Floral Studio, Beth Genovese and Gina Russo of Gloucester, MA (2024). James McClellan (1910-2005), Midgard Serpent, 1967. Teak, paint, and gold leaf. Gift of the artist, 2000. [Accession # 2000.33]. 

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (April 2025) – On May 3, Cape Ann Museum welcomes the public to Flourishing Blooms with C.B. Fisk, Homage to Cape Ann Blossoms, a version of the beloved annual Cape Ann Blossoms event. Ten floral designers from the North Shore through their eye-catching arrangements will bring to life the current exhibition on view, Breath of Life – C.B. Fisk, Designers and Builders of Pipe Organs. 

With the Museum’s Downtown campus closed for renovations, this event will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Janet & William Ellery James Center at the Museum’s CAM Green campus (13 Poplar Street, Gloucester), which is free and open to the public.

“Flourishing Blooms with C.B. Fisk is a tribute to the Museum’s annual Cape Ann Blossoms event that spotlights the strong connections between art and the natural world,” says Oliver Barker, Director of Cape Ann Museum. “Visitors can expect to see glorious floral arrangements paired with the pipe organ design process and creation, highlighting a mix of art, nature and music all in one show.”

Breath of Life – C.B. Fisk, Designers and Builders of Pipe Organs explores the work of Gloucester-based C. B. Fisk Organ company from development from a modest workshop to an industry-leading designer and builder of pipe organs, now installed all over the globe. The show highlights a selection of Fisk’s projects using scale models, photographs, and carvings, providing floral artists with a wide range of creativity for their arrangements. 

All are welcome to view Flourishing Blooms with C.B. Fisk, Homage to Cape Ann Blossoms on Saturday, May 3. Advance registration, which is free, is recommended. To register and learn more about the event, please visit capeannmuseum.org. 

The Cape Ann Museum, founded in 1875, exists to preserve and celebrate the history and culture of the area and to keep it relevant to today’s audiences. Spanning 44,000 square feet, the Museum’s Downtown campus, which is closed for renovations through spring 2026, remains a major cultural institution on Boston’s North Shore that has welcomed thousands of local, national, and international visitors annually to its exhibitions, programs and community led events. In addition to fine art, the Museum’s collections include decorative art, textiles, artifacts from the fisheries and granite industries, four historic structures, a Library & Archives and a sculpture garden in the heart of downtown Gloucester. 

The Cape Ann Museum Green (CAM Green), the Museum’s campus off Grant Circle and Route 128 in Gloucester is home to the 12,000 square foot Janet & William Ellery James Center, built in 2020 which includes a flexible exhibition and community programming space designed to reach broader audiences with new exhibits and public programs. CAM Green also features three historic structures: the White Ellery House (1710), the Babson-Alling House (c.1740), an adjacent Barn (c.1740), a Contemporary Art Wetu (2023-2024) and a Mush8n (mi-shoon) (2023), an eastern woodlands boat.  

General admission to the Cape Ann Museum Green campus is free. Due to limited parking, timed parking reservations for vehicles are recommended. 

More information can be found on www.capeannmuseum.org or please call (978)283-0455 x110.

Our friend Brian Wall, CPA, just fired the starting shot in the Fireworks Fundraising Competition with a generous $100 pledge! He challenges every other CPA Firm in Gloucester to match his pledge. 💰🔥

Now it’s YOUR turn!

We’re calling on all local businesses — Contractors, Bankers, Electricians, Hair Salons, Restaurants, Bars, Landscapers, Liquor Stores, Nail Salons, Spas, Lawyers, and more — to join the challenge. Who will be the first in your category to make the first pledge? Then you will challenge others in your profession to follow suit.

Our goal is to have 500 businesses donate $100 each. Seems like an easy goal to reach to continue on with this year’s old tradition of fireworks on the 3rd of July.

💥 It’s easy – Only comment to PLEDGE and call out another individual in a business profession, and or owner.
(All others will be deleted to avoid confusion)
1️⃣ Pledge $100
2️⃣ Name your next challenger!
3️⃣ Help us keep Cape Ann’s fireworks tradition shining bright!

As an incentive and donating business could forward their business card and will be spotlighted on our group page with nearly 10K members.

🎇 Did you know fireworks represent hope and unity? Let’s come together and make this year’s show the most dazzling yet!

📬 Send checks to:
Better Together for Cape Ann Inc
PO Box 16
Gloucester, MA 01930

💬 Or DM any admin, and we’ll arrange a pickup at your business!

This is a 2-week challenge, so don’t wait — let’s rally together and make it a night to remember!

READY, SET… CHALLENGE! 🎉

Better Together Cape Ann, Inc., is a 501c(3) and any donations are tax-deductible.

📝 Disclaimer:
Regardless of whether we meet the quota this year, funds raised will go directly to the fireworks committee. Let’s raise those funds and get it done! 💪 Just so you are aware, it costs roughly $45,000 to put on each display.

— with Anthony Saputo and 4 others.

🍕Buy any 18” Pizza get an 18” Cheese for $5
🍕Buy any 16” Pizza get a 16” Cheese for $5
🎉Additional Specials for today!
🍕Half Off Large Pizzas
🍔 $4.99 cheeseburgers w/ Chips & Pickles

excludes gluten free

We stopped by Lobsta Land on Causeway St for lunch shortly after they reopened for the 2025 season. As always, we were greeted in a friendly manner, seated in the bar area as requested and served by Shawn with efficiency and expertise. The deck was open but I wanted to be inside that day. I tried the Cajun Black and Bleu burger and Jim had the Cuban sandwich. We enjoyed our meals as we observed the “neighborhood” bar atmosphere where everyone seems to know your name. Welcome back Lobsta Land! We’ll return soon.

978-879-4524

April 28, 2025 ~ Sawyer Free Library ~ 

REMINDER – this Wednesday, April 30th is the last day for all local youth poets to submit entries for this year’s Poetry without Paper contest! Enter today HERE!

Any questions, email Tricia at tbalsan@sawyerfreelibrary.org, call 978-325-5555 or stop by the Sawyer Free Library at 21 Main Street!

Calling all Youth Poets! Last days to submit entries for Poetry without Paper!

Reading Room…