On a cold December day, walking Shore Road, even the Pier looked cold.
Month: January 2026
Maine Moments
Hard Water…

You are cordially invited to join us at our Gloucester workshop to celebrate the creation of a new pipe organ. See and hear Opus 166, tour the shop, and learn about the art and craft of organ building. We look forward to seeing you then–

Saturday, January 10
2 pm – 6 pm
C.B. Fisk, Inc.
21 Kondelin Road
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
www.cbfisk.com
click here for map
OPUS 166
CHURCH OF THE LITTLE FLOWER
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
3 manuals • 54 stops • 46 independent voices
(1:16 scale model shown)Copyright © 2026 C. B. Fisk, Inc., All rights reserved.
Whale Rock Art Studio
Stacey Boulevard Sea Creatures

Brian Alex At 51 Rocky Neck

This Week at The Cut!

Thursday we have reggae LEGEND Luciano Messenjah up on The Cut stage for the first time! Soul Rebel Project will be opening and there are still some tickets available. Don’t miss this opportunity!! Doors are at 8pm. Show at 8:30pm.
Friday we will have Joe Wilkins & Friends performing live in the restaurant from 7pm-9pm. No cover. Just come hang, grab a drink and some Detroit style pizza, and enjoy the neighborhood bar vibes!
Saturday it’s Tantric with support from Charing Cross up on The Cut stage. Both bands are new to The Cut, but tickets are going FAST. Grab yours while there are still some left. This show is part of answering the call for “harder” bands. If you’ve been hounding us for an opportunity to headbang, jump around and really ROCK, this is it. Doors are at 7pm. Show at 8pm.
Plus we are throwing it down with DJ Vito & Friends in the restaurant from 9 to close! DJ Vito Ferrara & Friends will be with us every Saturday night. No cover. Follow us on social media for guest DJ updates!
Sunday we’ll have all the NFL wild card playoff games on in the restaurant. The Pats play at 8pm. You still have a chance to enter to win a VIP Super Bowl Party experience in the venue for you and your crew. All you have to do it watch a game at The Cut.
BRAVO2 will be serving their killer Detroit Style pizzas along with a full menu of other delicious salads, sides, and mains starting Thursday at 5pm. Come on by and check them out!
Their winter hours are:
Wed 5pm – 9pm
Thu 5pm – 9pm
Fri 5pm – 10pm
Sat 5pm – 10pm
Sun 12pm – 9pm
Closed Mon & Tue
LUCIANO MESSENJAH & SRP TICKETS
TANTRIC & CHARING CROSS TICKETS
BRAVO2 IS OPEN AT NOON ON SUNDAY! COME WATCH FOOTBALL WITH US!! We have NFL Sunday Ticket and we’re the only bar in town that has enough TVs to show ALL the games. You can also scan in each game day for a chance to win a VIP Super Bowl Party Experience! We’ll be hosting the best Super Bowl Party on the North Shore back in the venue!!
Our 2026 The Cut Memberships are now on sale. Sign up for exclusive presales, perks and privileges!
HOURS:
MON CLOSED, TUE CLOSED, WED 5PM, THU 5PM, FRI 5PM, SAT 5PM, SUN 12PM
THE CUT | 177 Main Street | Gloucester, MA
Dance At The Legion

GHS Hockey is raffling off a Set of Bruins Tix to Chara’s # retirement Game
GHS hockey is raffling off two tickets to the Boston Bruins Game and Zdeno Chara Number Retirement Ceremony that is taking place on 1/15/25! The winner will also score the amazing Bruins Sail bag made by Regina (photo below in post).
GHS HOCKEY RAFFLE TIX are $10 each. You can Venmo @Melissa-Francis-29
The winner will be chosen this coming Saturday, January 10th and the winner will be notified.
Take a chance!



New Bar Bites Menu At Machaca
Sharing exciting news from Machaca on Rogers St. $3 Bar Bites Tuesday-Sunday from 4:30-5:30 with purchase of cocktail or margarita at the bar.



Author Talk with Peter Swanson at the Sawyer Free Library
Please join the Sawyer Free Library on Thursday evening, January 8, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm for a conversation with Peter Swanson, acclaimed local author of Kill Your Darlings, The Kind Worth Killing, Eight Perfect Murders, and more. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session and an opportunity for book signings. Copies of Peter’s books will be available for purchase at the event courtesy of The Bookstore of Gloucester.
The event will take place in the Sawyer Free Library’s Community Room, located on the ground floor at 2 Dale Avenue. To register visit sawyerfreelibrary.org.
Peter Swanson is a Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of eleven novels, including The Kind Worth Killing, winner of the New England Society Book Award and a finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, and Her Every Fear, an NPR Book of the Year. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Atlantic, Measure, The Guardian, The Strand Magazine, and Yankee Magazine.
In his latest novel, The Kind Worth Saving, Swanson revisits characters from The Kind Worth Killing, as a private investigator follows a possibly adulterous husband—only to discover that the twisted trail leads back to the woman who hired him.
A graduate of Trinity College, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Emerson College, Swanson lives in Gloucester with his wife.

Chronology of the Holidays
Here is some of what was happening (mostly outdoors) during the Holiday Season.













Those Clouds

Congratulations To Gary Johnstone At Stones!
Eastern Point
Maine Moments
Tenacious…

Sushi Sang Lee
The Rabbit!
Old Sloop Presents~Saturday, January 10th The Rough & Tumble with special guests The Honey Badgers.

The concert page is at https://oldslooppresents.org/performance/the-rough-tumble-2025. A video of The two duos together performing performing Mallory Graham’s song “Farther Grasses” (Mallory is half of The Rough & Tumble)
Inner Harbor Holidays
This photo of the inner harbor, taken back in 2020, popped up on my phone the other day. I believe I took it before the beautiful lobster trap tree was moved to its current position at Solomon Jacobs Park and because the tree is missing from the photo. I’ve been lucky to look out my window this season and see the tree next to the Adventure. It’s been interesting to hear who prefers its new position to its former position on Main Street.










