A cloudy day on Magnolia Pier

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Took a walk to Magnolia Pier after the rain.  We did need the rain and the flowers are happy.  Magnolia Harbor was quiet and peaceful with Kettle Island waiting for kayakers.

Rocky Neck Art Colony presents: Boundless: The Art of the Book – Opening July 17

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Location: The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA
 Exhibition Dates: July 17 – August 24, 2025
 Opening Reception: Sunday, July 20, 5:00–7:00 PM
 Gallery Hours: Thursday 12–7 PM; Friday–Sunday 12–5 PM
 Admission: Free

Gloucester, MA – Rocky Neck Art Colony is pleased to announce the opening of Boundless: The Art of the Book, on view at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck from July 17 through August 24, 2025.

This dynamic exhibition explores the rich and ever-evolving world of the book as an art form. Featuring artist books, altered books, and book illustration, Boundless showcases imaginative approaches to storytelling, visual poetry, personal narratives, and inventive book structures. Visitors will encounter works that range from the traditional to the avant-garde—books that hang, twist, stand, open like advent calendars, or defy conventional forms altogether.

The exhibition presents an array of techniques including letterpress, etching, monoprint, painting, photography, and mixed media. Through these varied practices, artists interrogate themes of memory, imagination, identity, and the contemporary moment.

An Opening Reception will be held on Sunday, July 20, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. The public is warmly invited to view the work, meet the artists, and enjoy refreshments and lively conversation.

Boundless features contributions from a distinguished group of artists, including local creatives, university faculty, and artists affiliated with book arts communities throughout New England and beyond, including Boston, Philadelphia, New York, New Hampshire, and Maine.

Exhibiting Artists:
 Ren Barnes, Stevens Brosnihan, Rachel Church, Pamela Courtleigh, Haig Demarjian, Mary Dewey, Madge Evers, Lynda Fatalo, Cristina Hajosy, Hannah Jacoby-Brooks, Linda Kauss, Giles Laroche, Kelle Louaillier, Leslie Lyman, Fred Lynch, Claire B. Marcus, Cynthia Marsh, R. Ellis Orrall, Sarah Parella, Rhoda Rosenberg, Lynne Sausele, Mary Beth Smith, Lorna Stevens, Juni Van Dyke, Anna Vojtech, Larry Volk, Karen Watson, Antoinette Winters, Kyung Eun You.

The Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC), 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. On picturesque Rocky Neck in Gloucester, Massachusetts, RNAC operates three exhibition  spaces, open to the public for free, The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck (6 Wonson Street); The Salted Cod Arthouse (53 Rocky Neck Ave.), a partnership gallery and café; and Cove Gallery (37 Rocky Neck Ave.), open seasonally in the former gallery of local artists Gordon and Judith Goetemann. Check the website, www.rockyneckartcolony.org, for hours, openings and special events. For more information, see the website or call 978-515-7004

SAVE THE DATE

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Reblogged from the Magnolia Library and Community Center.

1 Lexington Avenue, Magnolia, Gloucester, MA  01930

GUESS WHAT?? Thanks to GrillFriends we will leveling up our annual Ice Cream Social by offering more toppings so you can create your own delicious sundae. Thanks to Sherry, Allea, and the rest of the crew for sponsoring this year’s event.

Tonight’s Harbor Loop Summer Concert 2025 Canceled 7.10.2025

Posted on by Joanne

Not the way we wanted to start our summer season off….but due to inclement weather, tonight’s concert will have to be cancelled and postponed until September. Please stay tuned on when the new date will be rescheduled for.
🥁In the meantime, gear up instead for next weeks show with Jim ‘n’ Tonic followed by Swampanova (the band of Bim Skala Bim Music’s drummer!) This will be their Gloucester debut!

Thank you so much and so sorry again for the inconvenience by Mother Nature. See you next week!

Carol Pallazolla

Surfside Subs and Pizza Thursday 7/10 🍕🍔

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

𝓣𝓸𝓭𝓪𝔂’𝓼 𝓢𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵𝓼
🍕Buy any 18” Pizza get an 18” Cheese for $5
🍕Buy any 16” Pizza get a 16” Cheese for $5

🎉Additional Specials for today!
🦞$19.99 Lobster Rolls
🍔 $4.99 cheeseburgers w/ Chips & Pickles

Photos From Inside The New Highlighner Hotel From Their Instagram Page

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

The Instagram page has 1105 followers at the time of this posting, link here https://www.instagram.com/thehighlinerhotel/

The website is here- https://www.thehighlinerhotel.com/

110 Main St Gloucester

From its homepage-

“Introducing Gloucester’s Newest Luxury Boutique Hotel: The Highliner

We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming launch of The Highliner, Gloucester’s premier luxury boutique hotel, opening in 2025! Nestled in the heart of downtown on Main Street, The Highliner offers a truly unique and elevated hospitality experience.

The property features 11 uniquely designed rooms, some boasting two-story loft-style living spaces, ensuring an unparalleled stay. Whether you’re a visitor or a local looking for a special getaway, The Highliner promises a refined blend of comfort, elegance, and character.

On the first floor, accessible directly from Main Street, we’re excited to offer a versatile event space. This venue will host a variety of events, creating a vibrant and ever-evolving hub for the community.

The Highliner name celebrates Gloucester’s history of fishing, the arts, and its breathtaking vistas. In fishing tradition, a “highliner” represents the best of its kind—a title earned by the top fisherman who worked from the highest point of the vessel.

The Highliner is a fully renovated property, thoughtfully reimagined from top to bottom. It is poised to become a landmark destination for travelers and locals alike.

Stay connected and be the first to know about reservation availability, upcoming events, and exclusive updates by filling out the form below.

We look forward to welcoming you to The Highliner in 2025!”

NOW HIRING at Machaca! 

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

We’re looking to add to our incredible team!

 Open positions:
• Dishwasher
• Food Runner
• Late Night Cook
• Bartender

If you’re friendly, hardworking, and love a fast-paced environment, we want to meet you!

 Join us in downtown Gloucester and be part of something special.

 Apply by email today! info@themachaca.com

Machaca
14 Rogers St
Gloucester MA 

Tonight! William Pettit Artist Reception at Jane Deering Gallery #GloucesterMA

Posted on by Catherine

William Pettit | the sea between

Jane Deering Gallery 4-6pm July 10, 2025

From the gallery:

“This is an exhibit about the sea.
The horizon is the destination.
Where the sea and the sky meet, there is no reference to land.
Hope and longing are between here and there.
A storm might be approaching or subsiding, it’s not clear in the stillness.
There are questions of geomorphology, but distance is measured in the heart, not in miles.
These are paintings about painting.
They are an homage to Fitz Henry Lane, whose stillness of brush reflecting safe harbor contrasts and balances the perils of voyage and of distance.
They are an homage to Captain Harvey MacKay, whose home was the Jane Deering Gallery at 19 Pleasant Street in 1842. His ship “Boston” was struck by lightning and lost on May, 26, 1830.
They are an homage to poet Charles Olson, who saw Gloucester in mythical terms and in actual terms, a place made up of people.
In his poetry of space, Gloucester moves Outward—to the sea.
These paintings speak of the sea as a distance measured in the heart, not in miles.
They work in the space between geology and poetry, a mythical expanse of loss and hope. They are about moving forward and about what is left behind.
In the eternal space between here and there, there is the finite stillness of the present, measured by the heart. Solitude is the intimate and immediate present of being here, in a brushstroke or a drip, among the winds and the currents.

  • William Albert Pettit

    About the Artist

    William Albert Pettit III is a Professor of Studio Art at Temple University Rome and at Iowa State Rome Program, Italy. He specializes in historical materials and techniques related to Italian art. He currently teaches Fresco Painting, Medieval Materials, and Darkroom Photography. He is a painter and published poet and works with photography, sculpture, music, video, and installation. His recent shows at NBWM and at The Vincent House, MVY, are about working with museum collections and records to revalorize and reinhabit stories of our past. Pettit has exhibited extensively in the United States and Italy. He is the 2024-2025 recipient of the Dean’s Research Grant and 2019 recipient of the OVPR Arts and Humanities Grant from Temple University Rome. His research on pigments has been supported by residences and shared at conferences. The artist lives in Tarano, Italy, where he maintains a small vineyard, olive grove, and garden.

    This exhibition was supported by a Temple University Rome Dean’s Research Grant.

    UPCOMING AT JANE DEERING GALLERY

    DOWNTOWN AND ANNISQUAM SUMMER 2025

    When I Saw The Name For The Upcoming Wine and Tapas Place Going Into The Old Thai Choice Building I Knew It Was Going To Give Us Some Chuckles Listening To How People Would Casually Pronounce The Name

    Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

    Before you play the video, say this line out loud as if you were suggesting to a friend that you go there for a drink.

    Before playing the video, say “Let’s go to Saluti for a drink.” Out loud. Then play the video and see if you got it right.

    The Blacksmith Shop Cafe is open! Check out the Menu #RockportMA

    Posted on by Catherine

    Ribbon Cutting today!

    Check out the menu. What would you try? The Green Monster was yummy 🙂

    Eastern Point Lighthouse

    Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

    After my shift at Gloucester’s Visitors’ Center, the clouds were forming and the Eastern Point looked pretty.

    In Honor Of The Bean Turning 20 Here are a Couple Of Classics From Over The Years

    Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

    Here’s the classic interview which sums up The bean’s personality to a T. Age 4

    My Baby is no longer a baby

    Posted on February 15, 2008 by Joey C

    My Baby is no longer a baby, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

    OK I’m really really having a tough time with this.

    Since the Bean was a couple months old she slept and put herself to sleep with her two binkies. One orange, and one pink.

    The Mrs and I have been lamenting the day that we would have to take the binkies away because we figured that Ellie would never get to sleep without them, and the horror show it would be trying to get her to sleep.

    Out of the blue last night she tells her mom that she wants to give her binkies to the fishies and lobsters down at daddy’s wharf.

    So she came down and tossed them to the fishies without even batting an eyelash. What was supposed to be this trying time of transition into being a little girl from a baby happened in the blink of an eye.

    And I’m pretty sad about it.

    It’s the last thing of her being a baby, and there’s no turning back.

    Whoa.