A fun event for Holiday Shopping

Another great holiday event will be at Marshalls Farmstand, Sunday, December 14, 2025.  Wonderful gifts and vendors along with being able to pick up some groceries. Thank you again for shopping local.

Look forward to seeing everyone.

Gloucester’s talented artist Kris Francis

Love driving by Kris Francis’s art here in Gloucester.  He is so talented, using recycled materials.

This mother and baby donkeys are up there with my favorites.

Good Harbor on Sunday Morning

Rick and I took a walk on Good Harbor Beach Sunday morning.  The clouds were forming, and ocean turned a silver color.

 

Whale Rock Art Studio

Went to Whale Rock Art Studio on Sunday, 27 Lexington Avenue, Magnolia, Gloucester, MA.  Amazing paintings by Loren Doucette and Matthew Billey.  People were admiring the great paintings by these two very talented artists.   Whale Rock Art Studio offers painting classes for kids and adults.  Very friendly studio with great light.   For more information on Whale Rock Art Studio, please go to the following link.  https://www.whalerockartstudio.com/

THOSE WHO SERVED

An amazing photography show at Gloucester’s beautiful City Hall on Saturday,   Jason Grow, Gloucester Councilor at Large and a terrific photographer put together a wonderful and inspiring show.  The photos of Korean, Vietnam and cold war portraits and stories of local soldiers.  What a wonderful way to honor our Veterans.  Thank you all.

 

Jason Grow with the help from Vee Chipperini, Director of Veterans Services, Gloucester Mayor Greg Verga, Ruth Pino, Aaron Stewart, State Senator Bruce Tarr, State  Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante and CW2 Mark Nestor put together a very inspirational show.

This wonderful show will be at Kyrouz Auditorium, Gloucester, MA City Hall until December 12, 2025, during City of Gloucester business Hours.

Those Who Served

Kyrouz Auditorium in Gloucester’s City Hall will host the photos and stories of Cape Ann Veterans who served in the Korean, Vietnam and Cold Wars. The opening reception begins at 11am (until 1p) and is open to the public. [Saturday, Nov. 8th 11-1] Exhibit will remain up during business hours until Dec. 12th

Cold Chocolate

Cold Chocolate-Folk, Funk and Bluegrass Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7:30pm

Cold Chocolate, a Boston-based duo that calls itself  “a genre-bending Americana band,” makes its Cape Ann debut on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m., as part of the Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation’s 10th Anniversary series of concerts, lectures, silent movies and more. The location is the landmark 1806 Meetinghouse that is Gloucester’s oldest standing church and the home of the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church.

With Ethan Robbins on vocals, guitar and mandolin and Ariel Bernstein on vocals, percussion and banjo, Cold Chocolate fuses folk, funk and bluegrass and has released five albums. Simon Waxman of The Boston Review wrote that Cold Chocolate’s high energy and original music “sounds softer than the dew on the mountainside, harder than a Harley pushing back red dust, and sweeter than true love.”

With music for all ages, the band has shared bills with Leftover Salmon, David Grisman and Angelique Kidjo, and performed at festivals across the country. Tickets are available at the door and online with more information at: www.gloucestermeetinghouse.org. General admission is $30, students $10, under age 12 free.

The Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church is located at 50 Middle Street in Gloucester. Parking is available on the Green in front of the Meetinghouse and at other locations in the Historic District. The side entrance at 10 Church Street offers elevator access.

The Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church started its history as the first Universalist church in America in 1779, a rebellious congregation that played an important role in the quest for religious freedom as enshrined in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The architecturally significant building predates lighthouses on Cape Ann and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation is an independent, secular nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to the historic building’s preservation and its use for and by the Cape Ann community.

Halloween on Main Street

On Friday, October 31, 2025, Main Street retailers welcomed many tricks or treaters.   There were Skeltons,  Minnie Mouse, Frank Sinatra, the Scream, princesses, cows, Darth Vader, the Rumbles from the Flintstones and many more.  Thank you all who came out to enjoy the generosity of Gloucester’s Main Street.

Fun time volunteering at the Hammond Castle

On Thursday, the Hammond Castle held a Halloween for children.  The staff of the Castle is amazing setting up this fun event.  The history of this castle is so interesting an makes me want to take another tour.

The Gold Rush

Charlie Chaplin’s silent movie classic, The Gold Rush, with live pipe organ accompaniment, Sunday afternoon Nov. 2!!!

This Sunday afternoon Nov. 2, we are proud to present the Charlie Chaplin silent movie masterpiece, The Gold Rushaccompanied by sonic artist extraordinaire Peter Krasinski on the grand 1893 Hutchings/Fisk pipe organ.

Peter Krasinski will provide a a live theater organ accompaniment to two classic film comedies for “A Night of Cinema Magic” to be presented by Milton Community Concerts on May 28. (Handout)

The Gold Rush (1925) is tragicomedy about the search for gold, in which the leading character faces hunger, cold, and even the possibility that he may be attacked by a grizzly.  It’s hilarious and sad at the same time, providing delightful entertainment for the whole family!

Peter Krasinski, an international star of improvised silent movie accompaniment, will employ all the tone colors and power of the Meetinghouse pipe organ to add mystery, intrigue and excitement to this classic Charlie Chaplin film.

Tickets are available at the door or in advance (recommended) on our website.

Admission: $20 General, $5 Students, Under 12 free

Parking is available on the Green in front of the Meetinghouse, home of the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church, at 50 Middle Street and at other locations around the Historic District. The side entrance at 10 Church Street provides elevator access.

Join us this Sunday afternoon for an incredible entertainment treat!

A Fall walk on Shore Road

Monday was another beautiful Autumn Day.  Took a walk early afternoon to Magnolia Pier.  Over Shore Road the clouds were telling a story.