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LEARNING ABOUT DAY OF THE DEAD TRADITIONS
There is a beautiful ofrenda at the Peabody Museum at Harvard, which is where I learned about the Mexican Purépecha indigenous people’s name for the Monarch butterfly, the “Harvester.” The altar is part of the Museum’s permanent collection and is on display year round.
From the Peabody Museum at Harvard’s Dia de los Muertos exhibit.
The Peabody Museum’s exhibition of a Day of the Dead ofrenda or altar is located in the Encounters With the Americas gallery. The exhibit features pieces from the Alice P. Melvin Collection of Mexican Folk Art and represents the Aztec origins of the holiday and the Catholic symbols incorporated into the tradition, from skeletons to plush Jesus figures.
The altar is contained within a box covered with panels that were decorated by local students and regional and international artists. The altars were designed by the Peabody exhibitions staff and Mexican artists Mizael Sanchez and Monica Martinez.
Originating with the Aztecs, the Mexican Day of the Dead is a unique blend of Mesoamerican and Christian rituals. The holiday, which is celebrated on November 1, All Saints’ Day, is usually dedicated to children; November 2, All Souls’ Day, is dedicated to adults.
Traditions vary from region to region, but generally families gather at cemeteries to tend and decorate the graves of their departed loved ones and remember them by telling stories, eating their favorite foods, and dancing in their honor. Many families build altars at home, decorated with flowers and food, especially pan de muerto or “bread of the dead.” A festive and social occasion, the holiday welcomes the return of those who have died and recognizes the human cycle of life and death.
The Peabody’s permanent altar features items from the Alice P. Melvin collection of Mexican folk art. To see these items, click here.
Curated by Davíd Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America and Mexican artist Mizael Sanchez.
To watch a video interview with Mizael Sanchez, click here.
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The Golden Hour
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3 more days for the Mayor’s Arts Challenge
Reminder about the Massachusetts Cultural Council 2016 Mayor’s Arts Challenge in the Gloucester Daily Times Talk of the Times by All Hands On Deck (love that)
You can use your smartphone to watch it on the YouTube channel–you know you’re there when you can see the ‘thumb’s-up’ icon beneath the video window.
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Fall ocean white caps at Wingaersheek Beach
Beautiful fall morning. I like how the sand fills in the boardwalk come October
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Last day: Cape Ann Icons and New England WC Society 15th Biennial North American Open Show @NSAA
You have until 5pm to see these 2 group shows at North Shore Arts Association that are closing today. Downstairs is filled with vistas so dear to local artists they’ve selected these works over others for the Icons of Cape Ann exhibition. Stop by and enjoy their selections. Do your ideas about the theme, emotions and vistas gel with theirs? 114 pieces make their case and they include ones that will stop you in your tracks.Upstairs is devoted entirely to watercolor and is at times mesmerizing. The installation includes juror feedback on the display labels and a peek into process for artists considering juried competitions. The New England Watercolor Society website has listed this year’s winners along with each artist and the work that was accepted for the Biennial, established in 1988. You really have to go in person to linger and closely observe this art. A few to look out for: Evelyn Dunphy, William Perry, Stephen Holland, June Webster, Joey Grant, Rance Jones, Michael Maron, Richard Hanson, Robert J O’Brien, and Kristin Stashenko. Also local artists including: Suzanne Brailey, Paul George, Marion Hall, Marilyn Swift, Carole Loiacono,and Charles Shurcliff.
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Gloucester Smiles-407
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UU Cape Farmers Market today
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Fun is over…
You know summer is over when all fun has been suspended in the Mathews’ household for some pre-holiday sprucing up! The paint cans, ladders, rollers and advil have been all readied for our next few weeks of painting projects. Fun will resume when the living room, dining room and upper hallways all have a fresh coat of something on them!
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Bradford Ski & Board Program
In an exciting partnership with O’Maley School, Seaside Sustainability, Inc. (www.seasidesustainability.org) a charitable organization committed to providing adventure-based experiential education) is offering a new Bradford Ski & Board Program. Starting on January 9th, come ride with your friends or make new ones in this 6 week program that meets on Monday afternoons (Jan 9, 23, 30 and Feb 6, 13, 27). If needed, equipment rental is available, and if you’re interested beginner or refresher lessons in skiing or snowboarding are also offered! Bradford has 13 trails and an expansive state-of-the-art terrain park with lots jumps, rails and boxes! The cost per student for six Monday afternoons of skiing or snowboarding is $245 (lift ticket only) or $295 (lift ticket and lesson) and can be made by check or credit card. For more information, or if you’re ready to register and pay to save your spot, visit O’Maley Academy website or see Mrs. Sumner, Grade 8 Science. If you have any additional questions or concerns, please contact program director Eric Magers, magerse@seasidesustainability.org.
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Beeman Holiday Fair!
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You’re invited to the annual
Beeman Holiday Fair!
Saturday, December 3, 2016
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Buy your Christmas tree and wreaths
(Free local delivery!)
Play games and win prizes
Create crafts
Decorate gingerbread houses
Support our school and local vendors
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If You See This “Grill Master” Today Wish Him a Happy Birthday!
May your last year in your 40’s be filled with love laughter & good health! Let the countdown to the BIG 50 begin! 😘❤️your YOUNGER SISTA!
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CELEBRATING DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
This morning when I stopped by to say hello to ELise and Tucker at Cedar Rock Gardens they were hard at work planting a humongous field of tulips, planned to bloom for next Mother’s Day. Elise generously shared pots of fresh marigolds dug from their fields, not in good enough shape to sell, but perfect for our first ever Day of the Dead altar, Ofrenda de Muertos.
The vibrant colors and fresh citrusy scent of marigolds lure the spirits–marigolds are strewn about and placed around the altar so the souls can find their way. There is a wild version of marigolds that blooms in October and the Spanish name for the flower is flor de muerto, or flower of death.
The altar, or “offering to the dead,” is a sacred Mexican tradition where those who have passed away are honored by the living. The celebration takes place on November 1st and 2nd, on the 1st to honor the souls of children and on the 2nd, to honor adults. I became fascinated with the tradition after learning that Monarchs arrive in Mexico about the same time as Dia de los Muertos is celebrated. In Mexican folklore, butterflies represent the returning souls of departed loved ones. In the native language of the Purépecha, the name for the Monarch is the “harvester” butterfly. The Purépecha are a group of indigenous people centered in the northwestern region of the Mexican state of Michoacán, the very region to where the Monarchs return every year!
There is a beautiful ofrenda at the Peabody Museum, which is where I learned about the “Harvester” butterfly. The altar is part of the Museum’s permanent collection and is on display year round. Here is a link to the exhibit.
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YUMMMMMMMMMMM
Haley Baker at Turtle Alley making her signature truffles!
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SPOOKALICIOUSNESS FROM NICHOLS CANDY HOUSE
Shopping today at Nichols Candy House and Turtle Alley because we can’t forget our grown-up trick or treaters 🙂 
Nichols Handmade Haunted House
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The Power of the Ocean
I love windy stormy days to watch the ocean. It was rocking and rolling all day on Friday.
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This Weekend in the Arts
Annual Charles Olson Lecture Featuring Hettie Jones
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (October 13, 2016) – The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present a talk by poet Hettie Jones, in collaboration with the Gloucester Writers Center and the Charles Olson Society on Saturday, October 29 at 1:00 p.m. in the Museum’s auditorium.
Hettie Jones will discuss her first meeting with Charles Olson, her impressions of Gloucester, a few recent unpublished poems and a selection from Love, H: The Letters of Helene Dorn and Hettie Jones, her recently published book of correspondence with painter and sculptor, Helene Dorn. (Duke University Press Books, October 18, 2016) Love, H is available for purchase in the Museum’s gift shop.
Jones’ first collection of poems, Drive (Hanging Loose Press, 1997), was selected by Naomi Shihab Nye to receive the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America. She is also the author of How I Became Hettie Jones (1990) and several books for children. The former Chair of PEN’s Prison Writing Committee, she currently teaches graduate writing at The New School and workshops at 92Y and the Lower Eastside Girls Club Center for Community.
$10 donation suggested. For more information please call (978)283-0455 x10 or email info@capeannmuseum.org.
This program is accessible.
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Main Street Gloucester Halloween
Always a fun time, wonder what I will dress up as.
Good Morning Gloucester 