The Sept 11 attack was 24 years ago. For many of us, myself included, it’s a day etched in memory. That day and the days and weeks that followed seemed to stack up horror upon horror in unimaginable ways. I will never forget, but there’s an entire generation for whom the day does not live in memory. That day changed our nation and the world in ways evident even today in the safety measures, airline precautions and more. Please take a moment today to pause, reflect and remember.
This is a blog post I wrote in 2009 that expresses some of the thoughts 16 years ago when I was still teaching and my children were young adults. It still feels relevant.
The much-loved Lanesville Music Festival returns on Saturday, September 13, 2025 (rain date: September 14) at the Lanesville Community Center, 8 Vulcan Street, Gloucester, MA. This long-standing tradition, hosted by the LCC, promises a full day of live music, food, and community spirit from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
The festival showcases an exciting lineup of local and regional talent, with performances by:
Gloucester Student Band
Lisa Marie
Sea Dragons
Treehouse Charlatans
Steve Amazeen Band
Honky Tonk Women
Joe Wilkins
Whiskey Talk
Charlee Bianchini
Mamadou Diop Band
Families and music lovers of all ages are invited to spend the day enjoying a diverse mix of music, food and drinks for sale, and a variety of local vendors. A cash bar will also be available. Admission is by donation, making the event accessible to everyone in the community.
“The Lanesville Music Festival is more than just a concert – it’s a celebration of community, creativity, and connection,” said event organizers. “We look forward to welcoming neighbors, friends, and visitors for a day of joy and togetherness.”
Event Details:
Location: Lanesville Community Center, 8 Vulcan Street, Gloucester, MA
Date: Saturday, September 13, 2025 (rain date: Sunday, September 14)
Time: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Admission: By donation
This family-friendly event has become a hallmark of the Cape Ann cultural calendar, celebrating the rich musical talent and resilient spirit of the community.
For more information, please visit the Lanesville Community Center website at: www.lanesvillecommunitycenter.org or scan the QR code on festival posters around town.
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Who: New England Experimental Art Group What: An evening with Steve Bennett Where: ZOOM When: September 17, 2025, 7:00pm
New England Experimental Art Group Presents Artist Steve Bennett
Please join us as we listen to respected artist Steve Bennett discuss his artistic journey. This exciting talk is open to all members of New England Experimental Art Group.
When is a small piece of icy window screen the building block for a metropolis? How can strips of quilling paper become building blocks for a cosmic slot canyon? Steve Bennett will show us his approach to creating/reimagining cities and fashioning natural worlds in miniature. He’ll also talk about his new experiments with what he calls “hybrid photography”—using traditional photos as compositional and stylistic prompts for editing with AI. Steve will show us examples of how he uses the “3B’s’’ (bending, breaking, and blending) to create artworks that take us on a visual journey through alternative realities filled with tensions between the actual and the possible and “what is” and “what if.”
The New England Experimental Group is a creative forum, its main mission is to increase public awareness and to foster self-expression by bringing artists together to explore and share ideas that cultivate creative freedom.
If you would like to learn more about The New England Experimental Art Group please contact: Nella Lush, Experimental Group, Chair, via email at experimentalartgroup@gmail.com.
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The Jewish community of Cape Ann will celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, beginning at sunset on Monday, September 22, 2025, and concluding after nightfall on Wednesday, September 24, 2025. The holiday is a sacred time when Jews around the world pray for a sweet and blessed year for all of humanity.
As part of the celebration, Chabad of Cape Ann will host High Holiday services and events that are free of charge and open to all regardless of synagogue affiliation or background. More information and registration is available at ChabadCapeAnn.com/HighHolidays. “We want to ensure that everyone has access to inclusive and inviting Rosh Hashanah services,” said Rabbi Avremi Raichik, co-director of Chabad of Cape Ann. “People want to start the new year surrounded by tradition, family, and the warmth of community. That’s exactly what we’re here to provide.”
The two-day celebration of Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the Jewish year 5786 and the start of the High Holiday season. Central observances include hearing the shofar (ram’s horn), festive meals with symbolic foods such as apples dipped in honey, and prayers for a year of blessing and peace. Services at Chabad of Cape Ann will feature traditional melodies, spirited singing, engaging commentary, and bilingual prayer books with clear explanations for those less familiar with synagogue customs.
Rosh Hashanah morning services will be held on Tuesday, September 23, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Chabad Jewish Center of Cape Ann, 37 Main Street, Gloucester. In keeping with the increased demand, and to accommodate those who might not be able to make it to formal Rosh Hashanah synagogue services, Chabad will hold their annual “Shofar on the Boulevard” a short outdoor service that includes the primary observances of the holiday, activities, and treats for the kids. bringing the ancient call of the shofar to Gloucester’s iconic waterfront so that everyone can participate in this central mitzvah of the holiday.
Continuing the initiative first launched by the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 1953, Chabad centers worldwide bring the sound of the shofar to public spaces, hospitals, and street corners to ensure that every Jew can hear its call. “At a time like this, it’s more important than ever for our community to celebrate our traditions with pride and confidence,” added Rabbi Raichik. “We look forward to welcoming families as we begin the new year together with strength and unity.”
Reporters are invited to speak with Rabbi Raichik about Rosh Hashanah traditions, capture holiday preparations, or photograph the sounding of the shofar.
Event Details: What: Rosh Hashanah Celebration and High Holiday Services Where: Chabad of Cape Ann, 37 Main Street, Gloucester, MA When: September 22–24, 2025 (Morning Services Sept. 23 at 10:30 a.m.; Shofar on the Boulevard Sept. 23 at 5:00 p.m) Register: ChabadCapeAnn.com/HighHolidays
Rosh Hashanah, meaning “head of the year,” marks the beginning of the Jewish year 5786. It is followed by Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, which will be observed this year on October 1–2, 2025.
Chabad of Cape Ann serves the Jewish community with educational programs, holiday celebrations, and social services for individuals and families of all backgrounds. Direct
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Name that port? If you follow GMG, you’ve at some point had to hear about my boys and how much time they spend on the water (I can’t help it….I’m insanely proud of how hard they both work). Thatcher recently had the opportunity to crew a trip that took him through a handful of New England harbors. While in each port he had the opportunity to explore a little bit. Can anyone name this quintessential New England location?
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We had fun watching the shore bird antics along Pebble Beach late on recent afteroon. I believe you’ll see sanderlings and plovers here but if someone knows more than I, please share!
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Please join us for the sixth annual Cape Ann Classic Cars on the Green on Saturday September 20th, from 10am to 2pm in front of the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church, GPS 50 Middle Street, Gloucester. The rain date for the event is on Sunday, September 21st from 1-5pm.
This is a delightful free event for the whole family with beautiful classic vintage and special interest cars on display. The audience votes in nine categories for the trophy winners, including the coveted “Best in Show.” A 50/50 raffle will be included to add to the excitement of the event as well as tours of the historic Meetinghouse! If you are interested in showing your classic car, register ($20) at the entrance or in advance (recommended as space is limited) by emailing: c.nazarian@gloucestermeetinghouse.org.
Admission to the public is free but donations to the Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation for the ongoing building restoration are greatly appreciated! We hope to see you at this fun filled fall event!
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Elaine Buckholtz SPECTACLEPrints, Light, and the Optical Art of Seeing September 19 – October 12, 2025
Opening Reception: September 19, 4-7pm
Spectacle is a visual experiential exhibition. Elaine Buckholtz, a Light Installation Artist with a 25-year career in Lighting Design, has worked with artists such as Meredith Monk and Merce Cunningham. She brings a long history and depth of understanding to her light-based practice. Buckholtz has shown work in national and international venues and is currently a professor at The Massachusetts College of Art and Design in The Studio for Interrelated Media. ABOUT – Elaine Buckholtz
The COSMOS Gallery exhibition will introduce Buckholtz’s new optical devices designed for viewers to manually manipulate the light in their environment. Through handheld lenses, faceted glass orbs, and shifting light, the viewer is invited to create their own optical adventure – an exploration of mediated sight, wonder, and the luminous space shared between observer and world.
Test Prints In addition, Spectacle will feature Buckholtz’s Test Prints, created by optical manipulation which converts a visual image into an abstraction of the essential colors. The prints will run from wall size to small, available for collectors. Even more optical innovation will be on display with Elaine’s accordion prints.
Buckholtz also promises to add some luminescence magic to the interior of the COSMOS Gallery, and perhaps to the exterior as well.
Elaine Buckholtz Elaine Buckholtz is a Light Installation Artist operating in the space between installation, architecture, and landscape with interests in public revelation, physical and metaphorical transformation, biotechnology, and the technologically sublime. Her work transforms environments and sites into quiet spectacles, inducing a sense of wonder by activating architectural forms and spaces with moving light, sculptural elements and sound. Buckholtz has shown work nationally and internationally at venues including Electric Works Gallery (San Francisco, CA); Proof Gallery (Boston, MA); Souzy Tros (Athens, Greece); In the Backyard Stories Festival (Batumi, Georgia); The Lumiere Festival (Durham England); Sonoma Valley Museum (Sonoma, CA); The Swiss Technorama Museum (Winterthur, Switzerland); Yerba Buena Center For The Arts (San Francisco, CA); The Claremont Museum (Claremont, CA); Pierogi Leipzig (Leipzig, Germany); The Wexner Center For The Arts (Columbus, OH); Sun Valley Center For The Arts (Sun Valley, ID); and Fusion Art Space (San Francisco, CA), among others.
Sam WebbThe collaborative optical devices, conceived and designed by Elaine Buckholtz, are fabricated and engineered by Sam Webb. He is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans from intimate, handheld optical devices to expansive, immersive installations. He holds a BFA in Interrelated Media from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Raised in the Berkshires, Webb draws deeply from the landscape of rural New England, grounding his work in a lifelong dialogue with the natural world.
COSMOS Gallery, GloucesterCOSMOS Gallery opened February 2025, with frequent exhibitions for mostly regional artists and no constraints on aesthetic genres. The gallery builds on the Cape Ann COSMOS media platform and our mission to enrich the good cultural life! COSMOS Gallery 20 Pleasant Street Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930 www.cosmos-gallery.com
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We got to take a little walk around the grounds at the Paint Factory recently. I don’t often get to see this side of things and I find a lot of character down there.
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Good Morning Gloucester 