Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

Lanesville Community Center Senior Social

Hi Joey,
The Lanesville Community Center, 8 Vulcan St., will hold a Senior Social on Friday, July 5, from 1:00 – 3:00.  The Everly Sisters of The Honky Tonk Women of Gloucester will be singing.  Nisu, coffee, and cold drinks will be served.  Join us for an afternoon with friends and neighbors!
Door prizes will be awarded!
Jean Jacobson

5th Annual Vikings Hockey Sunset Cruise

The Friday July 12 meeting of the Gloucester Area Astronomy Club will
feature old friend and NASA Solar System Ambassador Ted Blank, with a
presentation on the exploits of the Mars Curiosity rover. Ted will give us
a colorful and in-depth look at the news and photos "just in from Mars"!
The Curiosity rover and the Mars Science Laboratory it carries are the most
expensive, most complex instruments ever sent to the surface of another
planet. In addition to great pictures, Curiosity is now returning
cutting-edge science data for the first time, including, for just one
example, checking out the martian radiation environment in advance of human
visitors!
Curiosity’s main mission, the goal of many individual onboard science
experiments, is to determine whether Mars could have once harbored life,
and even whether it might do so today.
This is exciting stuff. Ted is one of our most popular speakers, so come
early and bring your questions.
The meeting will begin at 8:00 pm, Friday July 12, at the Lanesville
Community Center.
GAAC meets on the second Friday of every month at the Lanesville Community
Center. More information is available on their website ( http://gaac.us )
and Facebook page ( http:www.facebook.com/gaacpage ). No telescope is
necessary, just an interest in what’s going on out there. Meetings are free
and open to everyone, and presentations are suitable for the general public.

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aturday, July 6

Collection/Reflection by Mary Rhinelander, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Contemporary art installation at the White-Ellery House. This program is free and open to the public as part of Escape North’s 17th Century Saturdays. For more information, click here.

Saturday, July 6

Hopper’s Houses Walking Tour, 10:00 a.m.

Take a docent-led stroll past select Gloucester houses made famous by painter Edward Hopper. $10 members; $20 nonmembers. Space is limited. Reservations required.

Wednesday, July 10

Fitz Henry Lane’s Sunset Harbor Cruise, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

A narrated tour of the Gloucester Harbor aboard the schooner Ardelle. This program is offered in collaboration with Maritime Gloucester. Members only, $20. Reservations required. For more information please call (978) 281-0470 or visit www.maritimegloucester.org.

Saturday, July 13

Fitz Henry Lane’s Gloucester Walking Tour, 10:00 a.m.

Walk through this 19th century maritime artist’s Gloucester neighborhood with a Museum docent. $10 members; $20 nonmembers. Space is limited. Reservations required.

Friday, July 26

Music in the Courtyard: John Rockwell, 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Enjoy a performance in the Museum’s outdoor courtyard. For more information click here.

Good evening Joey,

I know that you are just wrapping up your coverage of this year’s FIESTA but I wanted to share with you some other great news about Gloucester I thought you might want to share with your dedicated followers.

The organization I am involved with through the North Shore of the United Way –  Women in Action – announced a new round of grants with $20,000 going to Cape Ann based organizations. I wanted to share the following press release elaborating on the grants for your consideration…

NORTH SHORE UNITED WAY’S WOMEN IN ACTION AWARDS $20K  TO CAPE ANN PROGRAMS WITH FOCUS ON HEALTHY FAMILIES

The North Shore United Way’s Women in Action initiative announced that $20,000 of their total $30,767 in grant awards will support two Cape Ann programs with a focus on Gloucester: The Cape Ann Farmers’ Market Backyard Growers Program and The Open Door.  Gloucester is one of 35 communities in Massachusetts with the highest concentrations of hunger, six times greater than the state average.  In Gloucester’s schools, more than 1 in 3 children (actually 44%) come from families that struggle to feed their children. The Women in Action (WIA) grants address the barriers to purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables, increase exposure to and understanding of healthy food for elementary aged children and provide resources for low-income families.

Launched in 2011, Women in Action is an initiative that grew out of the North Shore United Way’s strategic focus area of health.  Through the efforts and commitment of WIA committee members and Manchester residents, Nancy Bildner, Betsy Brown, Tracy Davis, Deb de Sherbinin, Ann Noble-Kiley, Sue Philbrick as well as WIA Co-Chair and Essex resident, Scottie Robinson, 100% of all money raised through WIA is awarded each spring through specific grants to local programs focused on nutrition and physical activity for children.

Tracy Davis

Join Schooner Adventure’s guides for a 90 minute guided walking tour of Gloucester’s Working Waterfront, starting at the Fisherman’s Statue and ending on Harbor Loop. We will be looking at old photographs and maps, taking us back to the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Old companies and buildings will be identified at their original locations as we make our way down the Boulevard and Rogers St. $5 per person. Please RSVP @ 978-281-8079. Meet guide at 10 am at the Fishermen’s Statue this Saturday and every other following Saturday: 7/6, 7/20, 8/3, 8/17, 8/31, 9/14, 9/28 (weather permitting).