Mayor Greg Verga will host the Public Safety Badge ceremony to swear in new officers and firefighters and recognize public safety personnel for exemplary work within the Gloucester Police Department and Fire Department. The ceremony will be held in City Hall’s Kyrouz Auditorium.
When: Thursday, June 9, at 5:30 p.m.
Where: Kyrouz Auditorium, Gloucester City Hall, 9 Dale Avenue, Gloucester MA 01930
Who:
Mayor Greg Verga
Gloucester Fire Department
Gloucester Police Department
What: Mayor Greg Verga will host the Public Safety Badge Ceremony in Kyrouz Auditorium at Gloucester City Hall. The ceremony will be to swear in new Gloucester firefighters and police officers and recognize promotions and exemplary work within Gloucester Police Department and Fire Department.
“The past several years have highlighted the importance of our first responders and public safety personnel,” said Mayor Greg Verga. “I look forward to recognizing all of our officers and firefighters’ hard work and welcoming our new police officers and firefighters. I am so grateful for their dedication to public service and commitment to our community.”
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On Thursday, June 9 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., learn more about GloucesterMarine Railways at the Sawyer Free Library.
Marine Railways Director Viking Gustafson will give a presentation on the marine railways in Gloucester in the Library’s Friends Room this Thursday evening. She will then offer a tour of the railways on site in Rockport on Saturday, June 11, at 10:00 a.m.
Both the presentation and the tour are free and open to the public. The Sawyer Free Library is located at 2 Dale Avenue. For more information visit, SawyerFreeLibrary.com or 978-325-5500.
We have our Audubon Sanctuary on Eastern Point, and we visited the Evergreen Lake Audubon Sanctuary west of Denver last week. FIRST THE EAST.
Look! I’m growing antlersEiders conducting diving school in the shallows off Raymond BeachA Killdeer faking a broken wing on the Brace Cove causeway‘Follow me away from the nest’ (wing looks fine)A quiet moment before sunset for Mallards on Niles PondButtercup-leaf snack before bedNOW THE WEST – the Rocky Mountains, headed toward EvergreenA clever clean water reminder, with a cut-out in the signColorado has its gaggles of geese tooElk contemplating ‘fake news’ signageWho gets to cross the bridge first? (We backed down)End of a nice day on the water
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Feel free to come down and be part of the studio audience!!!
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Exhibition Dates: June 16 to July 10, 2022 Opening Reception: Thursday, June 16, 5-7 PM
Cove Gallery, 37 Rocky Neck Ave., Gloucester, MA Galleries open: Sunday-Monday, noon-5 PM; Thursday Through Saturday noon -7 PM
Explore the Unexpected
Explore the Unexpected is a curated group show presented by 18 members of The Rocky Neck Art Colony at the Cove Gallery, 37 Rocky Neck Avenue, in Gloucester MA.
The show opens on Thursday, June 16 and runs until Sunday, July 10, 2022. Gallery hours are Sunday and Monday noon to 5 PM and Thursday through Saturday, noon to 7 PM. The Opening Reception takes place Thursday June 16 from 5 to 7.
Explore the Unexpected includes work created Pat Alto, Jeanne Carey, Donna Caselden, Robin Colodzin, Pam Courtleigh, Terry Del Percio-Piemonte, Kristine Fisher, Cindy Journey, Nella Lush, Steve Lush, Kat Masella, Judy Robinson-Cox, Patty Ryding, Judy Schmid, Pam Stratton, Suzanne Ulrich, Lidija Vukovic and Karen Watson.
Each of these artists is also a member of The Experimental Group of The Rockport Art Association. This group embraces chance and experimentation, allowing the artist’s intuition and feelings to convey attitudes and emotions through nontraditional means. It is through practice and experimentation that artists encounter unforeseen and unexpected outcomes across varying media and range of personal experiences. Founded by renowned artist and teacher, Nella Lush, The Experimental Group promotes and encourages self-expression by giving artists the opportunity to come together, explore and share ideas. Through its monthly meetings with art presentations, demos, and talks The Experimental Group offers connection, exploration, and sharing of ideas and methods with the intent to reach creative freedom and increases awareness in our communities that all art forms matter.
The Cove Gallery, run by the Rocky Neck Art Colony, is the former home and gallery space of beloved Rocky Neck artists Gordon and Judith Goetemann. Cove continues the tradition set by the Goetemanns of showing the best in local art. The space is made available to the organization through the generosity of Gordon and Judith’s son Mark Goetemann.
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The Rocky Neck Art Colony, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, nurtures excellence in the arts through exhibitions, workshops, residencies and vibrant cultural events for its members and the public. Long renowned for its luminous light, this harbor and coastal location has been a magnet for some of the most revered realist painters in US art. Edward Hopper and Emil Gruppe are examples. It has as well been a catalyst for the progressive ideas of Stuart Davis, Marsden Hartley, Theresa Bernstein, Milton Avery and Nell Blaine, among others. Today, Rocky Neck continues to attract artists and art lovers to a thriving, creative community. www.rockyneckartcolony.org. Telephone: 978-515-7004.
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Just as Dave Rimmer predicted, the osprey chicks are beginning to hatch at the Lobsta Land nest. As of this morning (Wed June 8), there appear to be at least two hatched and active in the nest with Annie and Squam. It’s very exciting and somewhat addicting to watch the Essex Greenbelt Osprey Cam. One more chick is expected to hatch very soon.
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It’s down to the top winner in each group. I’m sitting in last place at 5th in my group. So it’s VOTE TIME! A free vote on Facebook, or “spicy votes” for a buck! All proceeds go to the James Beard Foundation. I need the push!!! Or it’s curtains for me!!! Thanks so much peeps!!! Let’s bring it home and smoke some meats!!!
Great notice and wonderful Paul Bilodeau rehearsal photos in the Gloucester Daily Times today! Performances this week on Thursday, June 9, and Friday, June 10, at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are FREE but reservations necessary dbiondo@gloucesterschools.com
Plum Cove Elementary School: Spring 2022 musical performed by 4th and 5th grade students under the direction of Heidi Dallin. The photo caption notes Miss Hannigan played by Evelyn Taplett and Annie played by Bianca Numerosi.
Can you remember an elementary school performance or arts educator*? Chances are if you attended elementary school in Gloucester, you can. Gloucester has a long, strong and colorful history of professional theater artists enriching community theater for young and old, and prioritizing arts education in area schools. It’s no surprise that East Gloucester Elementary School (EGS)– only blocks away from Rocky Neck and former sites of Atwoods’ Playhouse-on-the-Moors, Little Theater, and Bass Rocks Theater–included a theater and stadium seating for little ones right in the school. Productions have been mounted in all the schools, and evidence shows year round activity in some decades. Poets and playwrights, choreographers, industry professionals (stage direction, lighting, costume design, etc), and insiders engage and collaborate. Nan Webber inspired generations at the GHS drama department and on Cape Ann. Heidi Dallin has devoted 30+ years to youth theater development.
Congratulations to all involved with this Annie Kids production! Enjoy this magic time.
*note: I don’t, but I did not grow up here. A couple of early memories that come to mind are the children’s museum recycle arts and crafts shop (fill a shopping bag), and seeing the Fantasticks at Priscilla Beach Theater, Plymouth, MA, summer vacation ca.1972-74.
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I was enjoying a quick drink with a few friends early Monday evening at Decklyn’s and looked up just in time to see this small cruise ship heading silently to the cruise port. I was struck by how quietly it was slipping by. If I hadn’t looked towards the harbor at that moment I wouldn’t have even known it was there. Welcome to Gloucester.
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The boulevard was lively with people and dogs for Memorial Day weekend. Here are a few we saw as we took in some people/dog watching time a few days ago.
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Opening Reception on Saturday June 11th from 3-6pm. Artists working in Gloucester, and more broadly on Cape Ann, have a unique vision of the promontory. What is their feel for our place along the sea? And how do they wish to present it to us, the viewers of their thoughts? Each exploration of light, land, sky, stone, architecture, industry, and countless other features is singular. There is communication between artist and place; and we sense, we hear, those conversations in their art. Participating artists include: Coco Berkman . Ann Conneman . Celia Eldridge . Paige Farrell . Erin Luman . Jeffrey Marshall . Adin Murray . James Paradis . Michael Porter . Christopher Pullman . Esther Pullman . Beverly Ripple . Caleb Hershey Rulli . Juni Van Dyke. Gallery hours: Friday & Saturday 1-5pm; Sunday 1-4pm; and by appointment @ 917-902-4359 . 19 Pleasant Street, Gloucester. janedeeringgallery.com
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