news from Joe Ciolino:

Business Owners comprising the Gloucester Downtown Association are looking to hire a new paid coordinator for the 2017 Sidewalk Bazaar.  John Orlando who has done a great job for many years  is now stepping down to concentrate on his own business, The Harbor View Inn . If anyone is interested  in the job, which does pay, please contact  Joe Ciolino (The Weathervane 978-281-1227)  or Patty Gates (Premier Imprints 978-282-3227)to learn more and to meet to discuss the job description.

Thanks,
Joe Ciolino GDA Director

Scenes from the Cape Ann Reads live reveal in the Byers Davidson Room of the Saunders House at Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Public Library. This March Madness snapshot just about sums up the feeling!

That’s Kate Bibeau, Programs Coordinator at the Cape Ann Museum, and Liza Browning, Museum Educator at the Cape Ann Museum, jumping up as another contestant identity is revealed to be…a colleague! Also smiling and enjoying the moment, Sawyer Free librarians Justine Vitale and Linda Bosselman, and author and artist Pat Lowery Collins. Kate and the Library Directors had not seen any entries so everything was a surprise. Jurors knew the books but did not know the names of the authors or illustrators as part of the process.

(L-R) Kate Bibeau, Pat Lowery Collins, Bob Ritchie Dogtown Book Shop, and Gail McCarthy, Gloucester Daily Times.

Kate Bibeau has been fantastic on the Cape Ann Reads steering committee. (She was Kate LaChance when the planning began…two years ago!) I took photographs as people were assembling.  Even better: we’ll soon see Linda Bosselman photographs of the unfolding countdown. They’ll be the real deal!

Anna Vojtech arriving

Before the reveal: 4 Cape Ann Library Directors, jurors, and steering committee members assembling at Sawyer Free Library. Public reception and ceremony, readings, and stunning group exhibit to be announced.