Kim writes;

Hello Butterfly Friends!
Please join us during the week of August 3rd through August 7th (Tuesday – Saturday), for the premiere of a new short Monarch Butterfly film, “The Marvelous Magnificent Migrating Monarch!”  The film was created for Cape Ann kids and for the Sawyer Free Library. You’ll learn about the special connection Monarchs have to Cape Ann, how you can help the butterflies, and how to raise Monarchs from eggs found in your own backyard, meadows, and local dunes. 

To see the film, register here.
Once you register, you can view the film anytime during the week of August 3rd -7th.

My deepest gratitude and thanks to all who are contributing to the second phase of launching Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of  the Monarch Butterfly out into the world, the world of Public Television! To date we have raised close to $18,000.00 toward our goal of $51,000.00.

For more information on how you can help launch Beauty on the Wing to the American Public Television audience, please go here.DONATE HERE

Thank you so very much to all these kind contributors:Lauren Mercadante, Jonathan and Sally Golding, James Masciarelli, Pete and Bobbi Kovner, Karrie Klaus (Boston), Sally Jackson, Marion Frost (Ipswich), Joy Van Buskirk (Florida), Lillian and Craig Olmstead, Suki and Fil Agusti (Rockport), Janis Bell, Nina Groppo, Nubar Alexanian, Marguerite Matera, Claudia Bermudez, Thomas Hauck, Judith Foley (Woburn), Jane Paznik-Bondarin (New York), Paul Vassallo (Beverly), Stella Martin, Liv Hauck (California), Julia Williams Robinson (Minnesota), Cynthia Dunn, Diane Gustin, Heidi Shiver (Pennsylvania), John Ronan, Karen Maslow, Fernando Arriaga (Mexico City), Holly Nipperus (Arizona), Kristina Gale (California), Maggie Debbie, Kate and Peter Van Demark (Rockport), Mia Nehme (Beverly), Chicki Hollet, Alice Gardner (Beverly), Therese Desmarais (Rockport), Jennie Meyer, Kathy Gerdon Archer (Beverly), Melissa Weigand (Salem), Duncan Todd (Lexington), Catherine Ryan, Linda Bouchard (Danvers), Elaine Mosesian, Paul Wegzyn (Ipswich), Catherine Bayliss, Jan Waldman (Swampscott), and Alessandra Borges (Woonsocket RI).

Hi Joey!
I thought you might be interested in seeing this short video about Project Adventure and Gloucester High working together this year. We supported kids in their social skills and mental health, especially important in the face of COVID. Gloucester teens came to our ropes course in Beverly to climb and ride the zip line, and our staff member led them through teambuilding and social and emotional learning activities every week at GHS. We’d love to share this with the community! 

Salem Fireworks

Dave Brought This One In A Couple Of Days Ago-

Dave caught another blue lobster eight years ago on October 11, 2013 here’s that post from way back then-

BLUE LOBSTER LANDED AT CAPTAIN JOE AND SONS

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Joey Ciaramitaro

Dave caught another blue lobster eight years ago on October 11, 2013-

Maddie Jewell displays the lobster her daddy caught October 11, 2013.

And here’s a picture of Maddie Jewell with the blue lobster her dad caught 8 years later on August 3, 2021-

Experience firsthand, the artistic, creative spirit of Gloucester this summer with Culture Splash! From 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Thursday evenings throughout July and August, Rocky Neck Cultural District and Harbortown Cultural District are co-hosting a myriad collection of art demonstrations, live musical performances, and imaginative exhibitions for all to experience and enjoy.

Cape Ann Transportation Authority (CATA) is offering free trolley rides from one cultural district to the other, featuring a hop-on, hop-off loop route. As well, Cape Ann Harbor Tours is providing a complimentary water shuttle to get you from one district to the other — You select your “by land or sea” excursion!

DiscoverGloucester.com features a direct link to the Culture Splash landing page and Google Map to assist you in “making a Splash” with us this summer. We invite you to check out the list of participants, shows and activities, and join us!

Culture Splash is brought to you by Rocky Neck Cultural District and Downtown Cultural District, and the support of the state’s grant supporting this multi-week event.

Click on the digital map to navigate your Culture Splash adventure in Gloucester’s Harbortown and Rocky Neck Cultural Districts.

Trolley Service

Click here for the CATA Trolley Schedule.

Hop on and hop off the CATA Trolley at dedicated stops.

Harbor Tour Schedule

Boat shuttle runs every half hour from 4:00 pm until 8 pm.
On the hour from Harbor Loop, 30 minutes after the hour from The Studio.

Culture Splash Happenings

Click HERE to view the list of Culture Splash events.

The pandemic has caused many things to be delayed. Getting the needed permission from the utility companies to hook your system to the grid for a new solar install is among them.

What used to be 60-90 days to install after signing the paperwork, is now 90 to 120 days, sometimes even longer! This means the time is getting late to install in 2021 to receive your valuable year-end tax credits.

It is critical you get moving now!

So, if you wish to take full advantage of the State and Federal Tax Credits for this 2021 fiscal year- Now Is The Time To Have Tim Sanborn from Cazeault Solar and Home Contact You for a free estimate

Fill out this form and Tim will contact you to set up a consultation-

Check out the reviews-

A fit for foodies comedy by award winning playwright Theresa Rebeck

 Performances August 6-22 at Windhover Performing Arts Center in Rockport

Gloucester Stage Company is pleased to announce the Boston area premiere of SEARED by Pulitzer Prize finalist and two-time Emmy Award® nominee Theresa Rebeck, Directed by Victoria Gruenberg, performances are at Windhover Center for Performing Arts, SEARED from Friday, August 6-22.

A comedy by critically-acclaimed playwright Theresa Rebeck SEARED explores the delicate balance between a creative spirit navigating success, recognition, and responsibility to a financial bottom line. Brilliant, hot-headed chef Harry scores a mention in a food magazine with his signature scallops, and his business partner Mike finally sees profits within reach. The only problem is Harry refuses to recreate his masterpiece for the masses. Mix in a shrewd restaurant consultant and a waiter with dreams of his own, and it all goes to hell in this hilarious and insightful new play that asks us to consider where art ends and commerce begins. 

Brooklyn-based stage director Victoria Gruenberg will be making her directorial debut at Gloucester Stage with credits, including the 2018 Williamstown Theatre Festival directing corps where she assisted directed the critically acclaimed SEARED and then in New York City at the MCC Theater Space. The cast stars four more newcomers to Gloucester Stage Emily Bosco (Emily), Matt Monaco (Mike), Jordan Pearson (Rodney), and James Louis Wagner (Harry).  

  Performances are outdoors Wednesday through Saturday at 7:30 pm and Saturday and Sunday at 3:30 pm at Windhover Center for the Performing Arts, 257R Granite St, Rockport, MA. Tickets are now on sale and available at GloucesterStage.com.

Hey Joey and all you cool cats!The Gloucester Open Space & Recreation Committee is hosting a survey to help us plan and prioritize HOW and WHAT we spend our resources on for the next 10 years!Please take 10 minutes to share your opinions and ideas on beaches, parks, fields, woods, quarries, ball courts, and dog friendly spaces!NOTE: the survey is open to all, including non-residents. Link below!
Thank you so much for posting and sharing!Heidi Wakeman (still here!)
Chairperson, Open Space & Recreation Committee
http://gloucester-ma.gov/131/Open-Space-Recreation-Committee

Open Space & Recreation Committee

         Open Space & Recreation Plan Survey 

         The Survey will close on August 6, 2021

Information about the Open Space and Recreation Plan Update for 2021

Open Space and Recreation Plan Community Forum Recording

Presented by MAPC on April 26, 2021

Mission

The Open Space and Recreation Committee was formulated to create and implement an Open Space and Recreation Plan for the City which will: 

1. Ensure the existence, smart use, and access to open space in perpetuity
2. Ensure that contiguous areas, functions, and values that depend on them are maintained
3. Propose a process for agreements with abutters with shared use/conservation interests for enhancing open space
4. Recommend planned city growth and business development in a way that fully contemplates and strives to maintain the functions, values, uses, and vision for open space in Gloucester 
5. Establish a criteria and process for ceding open space to development or dedicated use
6. Promote awareness and use of open spaces through a descriptive inventory of open spaces

The Committee consists of 7 members, each serving a 3-year term. In 2011, the Committee completed an update of the City’s 2011-2017 Open Space and Recreation Plan. The Plan includes a list of beaches, parks, playgrounds, and other open space in the City. The Committee is currently working with City staff and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) to complete an update of The Plan for 2021 – 2028.