Category: Community Photos

Wellfest 2022

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Wellfest 2022 was held on Sunday, May 15, 2022, at the new YMCA at Gloucester Crossing.  It was well attended and very organized and fun.

Surfing off Magnolia

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

The last few days it is has been windy and the ocean has been telling a story.  There were surfers off Magnolia on Tuesday.

 

Save the Date, reminder coming up fast

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2022 AT 10 AM – 3 PM

Gloucester Elks Annual Spring Craft Fair

97 Atlantic Rd, Gloucester, MA 01930-4331
Come join us for our Annual Spring Craft Fair – May 21, 2022 from 10-3.
Over 30 crafters and artist from the North Shore Area.

Tulips on the Boulevard

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Thank you, Generous Gardeners.  The flowers on Stacy Boulevard are beautiful and makes everyone smile.  On Friday it was cloudy, but it seems to make the colors bright.

World Premier Composition Performed at Gloucester Meetinghouse

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                            MAY 5, 2022

WORLD PREMIERE COMPOSITION PERFORMED AT GLOUCESTER MEETINGHOUSE

The highlight of a program on the international remembrance day of the Holocaust called Yom HaShoah, that was presented in the historic Gloucester Meetinghouse on Middle Street last Sunday, May 1st, was the world premiere of a composition by Leslie Steinweiss called “The Grip of Evil: The Endurance of Hope.  It was performed with narration by Judith Black by an ensemble including strings, flute, clarinet, piano and two vocal soloists, conducted by the composer.  The event was co-hosted by Temple Ahavat Achim and the Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation.

Composer and Lyricist Leslie Steinweiss with the narrator and ensemble after the performance

The program had to be postponed two years due to the pandemic.  A group of donors from the Temple, led by Eve and Phil Cutter, commissioned the Steinweiss piece in 2019 and Sunday’s performance was the long-anticipated premiere.

Donor Phil Cutter chatting with Stephen Bates, who played the clarinet and flute

Two other original pieces were performed during the event.  Stephen Bates presented his composition called “Remembrance of Things Past and Future” for solo clarinet and Abigale Reisman presented her piece “Gedanken” for string trio.

Composer Abigale Reisman performs her piece “Gedanken” for string trio with Anna Seda, cello and Rebecca Hallowell, viola

The program included a dramatic remembrance story about the Holocaust presented by Judith Black and readings from the period by Ally Kramer, Hadassa Goldberg and Emma Quateman.

Storyteller Judith Black acts out a dramatic remembrance account of the Holocaust

The next program in the spring series at the Meetinghouse is performance of beloved Bach orchestral works including the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, played on period instruments by the Appleton Consort on Saturday, May 21, at 8:00pm.  For more information and online ticket purchases visit www.gloucestermeetinghouse.org

Event photos provided by Kathleen Williams