A summer day at Wingaersheek Beach

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On Wednesday went to Wingaersheek Beach in the afternoon.  The weather was fantastic, and swimming so delightful.  Thank you, city of Gloucester, for the access ramps to help all visitors enjoy our beautiful beaches.

Alicia Unleashed: 10th Fiesta Cast

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We mean Episode 126……10 years of Fiestacasting…..OF COURSE we have our Ride or Die Saaaaaaamantha Frontiero Barrett!

10 years, what will we talk about?!

Sam has some things up her sleeve (her short sleeve because it’s HOT) for her hat. We won’t talk about when she started working on it.

How Emmett is, HOW OLD?! We love that lil guy.

How old we are getting.

SEND IN THE 21 YEAR OLDS, WE OUT!

Cove Gallery presents: Six Ways of Seeing the World July 10- August 3

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Six Ways of Seeing the World July 10-  August 3, 2025

Cove Gallery:  July 10-August 3, 2025

Opening Reception: Thursday, July 10, 5–7 PM
Closing Event & Artist Talks: Thursday, July 31, 5–7 PM

Curated by Gabrielle Rossmer
Featuring: Kathy Archer, Paul Cary Goldberg, Donald Gropman, Sonya Gropman, Gabrielle Rossmer, and Constance Vallis

In a time marked by uncertainty and transformation, six artists come together to explore how art can serve as both personal expression and cultural reflection. Six Ways of Seeing the World, curated by Gabrielle Rossmer, offers a compelling look at how visual art helps us process, respond to, and shape our understanding of the contemporary world.

Through diverse media—painting, photography, sculpture, drawing, and collage—these six artists examine the intersections of inner life and external forces. While their approaches and mediums vary, they share a commitment to introspection, craft, and a meaningful engagement with today’s fractured landscape.

·       Kathleen Gerdon Archer conveys emotional depth and existential searching through paintings of ambiguous, floating figures. Her palette swings from bleak to bright, mirroring the emotional tension between despair and fleeting hope.

·       Paul Cary Goldberg presents black, white, and gray-toned photographs in an installation format for the first time. His long-running exploration of personal and social narrative gains new form, offering a contemplative, immersive experience.

·       Constance Vallis draws from spiritual practice, working in intuitive response to the present moment. Her process-driven artwork reflects a meditative connection to feeling and form.

·       Donald Gropman offers meticulously rendered black-and-white drawings that sharply critique societal absurdities. With wit and precision, his work blends fantasy and commentary.

·       Sonya Gropman transforms urban detritus—found while walking through New York City—into layered, stitched collages. Her work gives new life to discarded materials, turning the overlooked into poignant, abstract reflections of a shifting world.

·       Gabrielle Rossmer, both curator and participant, presents sculpture that ranges from figurative to abstract. Her work examines form, color, and narrative gesture, always grounded in a personal response to the world around her.

Together, these artists demonstrate six unique but interconnected ways of seeing. Their works push the boundaries of their chosen media, reflecting on today’s world with vulnerability, insight, and artistic rigor.

About the Venue
Located in the heart of Gloucester’s historic Rocky Neck Art Colony, the Cove Gallery is a dynamic exhibition space dedicated to showcasing the work of contemporary artists. Surrounded by working studios and a vibrant waterfront community, the gallery provides an inspiring setting for artists and visitors alike, continuing the area’s rich legacy as one of the oldest continuously operating art colonies in the United States.

Admission is free and open to the public.

Flowbird Parking App Outage Thursday June 26

Posted on by Pat D

Sharing information provided by the City of Gloucester Facebook page: Parking App Outage Alert (6/26) The City has been notified that the Flowbird parking app is currently experiencing an outage. Please use the parking kiosks to pay for parking until the issue is resolved.

We’ll share any updates as they become available—thank you for your patience!

Seine Boat Senior Mens Elimination Races 2025

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Three heats were held last night from Pavilion Beach to determine the 3 semi finalists for Saturday’s Seine Boat Senior Mens Race. Midnight Hammer/The Merger, Andys Gang and Kaos won their heats and will proceed to Saturday’s semi finals. The other teams included Impact, The Cut and Liquid 128. It was a great night for the competition and each team well represented their class and Fiesta tradition.

One interesting story from the night is that Tom Conrad from the Kaos team was rowing his 50th year with this race! That is unreal enough but he also found himself seeded against his son Greg in the Liquid 128. What a proud night for the entire family. Thank you to Tom’s wife (who did not share her name, sorry) for filling me in on this interesting aspect to the events of the night. The top two from Saturday’s race will compete again on Sunday vs last year’s champs ZFG. See you there!

You Just Gotta Get To Mom’s Kitchen For A Mudiga Steak Sub

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

🇮🇹❤️ MA Che Sammo Tutti Mutti, VIVA SAN PIETRO! 🇮🇹❤️

46 Commercial St

For more info- https://www.facebook.com/share/16aSbztUGL/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Fiesta….BABY!

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Episode 125Download

CHEERS LISTENERS! IT’S TYLER’S 21ST BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

EPISODE 125 AND WE THRIIIIIIIVE!

Shoutout to Michael Parsons of Neon90s and Captain Jack and The Strangers for that Introduction.

More importantly, THANK YOU TYLER JOSEPH DEWOLFE for sitting down with us on your 21st Birthday and for the past 10 years giving us all kinds of podcast gems.

If ever there was an episode to listen to, this would be it (the editing is magic).

We talk about plans a 21 year old has for their first “legal” fiesta, you’d be surprised….

Recorded at the end of the “Driveway” (iykyk).

You don’t want to miss this one!

The Gloucester Police Department will be hiring. We encourage interested candidates to register for the upcoming examination to begin the recruitment process to join our department!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Please see the attached flyer regarding the 2025 Municipal Police Officer, MBTA Transit Police Officer and State Trooper Examination dates. Applications are now being accepted.

Gloucester Names Jay Featherstone and Heidi Wakeman as New Co-Poet Laureates

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Mayor Verga and the Committee for the Arts celebrate a new chapter in the City’s literary tradition

GLOUCESTER –  Mayor Greg Verga and the Committee for the Arts are proud to announce the appointment of Jay Featherstone and Heidi Wakeman as the city’s new Co-Poet Laureates, marking a continuation of Gloucester’s rich literary tradition.

This honorary position, reinvigorated by the City’s Committee for the Arts, celebrates poets who serve as advocates for poetry—fostering creative expression, engaging with the community, and making the literary arts accessible to all. Applications were reviewed by a Poet Laureate Selection Panel, convened to evaluate candidates and uphold the city’s commitment to artistic excellence.

“Gloucester has long been home to an extraordinary literary heritage,” said Mayor Greg Verga. “This program helps to ensure that the literary arts are celebrated and remain accessible to the Gloucester community and its visitors. We are thrilled to welcome Jay and Heidi as Co-Poet Laureates and look forward to their leadership in weaving together the many voices that make up the beautiful fabric of our city.”

Jay Featherstone, a longtime literary advocate and past president of the Gloucester Writers Center (GWC) board of trustees, brings a deep history of service to the city’s arts community.

“As Poet Laureate, I’ll be continuing the work I’ve been doing for a long time: nourishing and strengthening Gloucester’s literary life,” said Featherstone. “During my five years as president of the GWC board, I witnessed an era of revival and rebuilding unmatched in the organization’s history.”

Joining him is Heidi Wakeman, a dedicated Gloucester Public School teacher and local poet whose work is rooted in connection and inspired by Gloucester’s people and landscapes.

“Our beloved city has been, and continues to be, a muse for artists of all media,” said Wakeman. “From quarry workers and fishermen to newcomers and summer visitors, the diversity of our community is reflected in our art and identity. As Poet Laureate, I hope to bring poetry into civic spaces, where it can reflect the ordinary magic of being human.”

Together, the Co-Poet Laureates will lead public readings, community workshops, and school collaborations—amplifying voices across the city and weaving Gloucester’s past, present, and future into verse. The position was last held by Peter Todd, and the City looks forward to continuing this legacy of literary excellence.

Featherstone and Wakeman’s appointment is pending approval by Gloucester City Council.