It wouldn’t be summer in Gloucester without a ride on one of our beautiful schooners!  The Thomas E. Lannon (photos below), the Ardelle or the Adventure.   If you are local or visiting it’s a must do!

Solar Voyager, the remote solar driven boat which had become entangled in a fishing net is picked up by the Royal Canadian Navy.

CBC News Story

A whole lot of turkey…

 

Welcome To Cape Ann Community Bulletin Board

Joey C ~

A place where non-profit Cape Ann organizations can post press releases directly and then those press releases will be reposted to http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com . This is not an advertising space for businesses, fitness or wellness organizations, or music listings.

The web address will be http://www.capeanncommunity.com

To have your community organization news posted here, contact Joey C who will grant access for you to post directly.

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Seacoast 10K Saturday July 16, 2016

June 30, 2016 ~

Click Here To Register

13th Annual Seacoast 10K Road Race – 2016 Online Registration

Event Date: Saturday, July 16, 2016, Event Time: 8 am
Online registration ends: 7/14/2016 at Noon, EST

Hosted By Friends of Seacoast, the fund raising committee for the Seacoast Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Gloucester

Date: Saturday, July 16, 2016

Time: 8 am

Location: Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, MA

Race Fees: Pre Registration Fee is $25   Day of Race is $30

Day of Registration starts at 6:30 am at Stage Fort Park

T-Shirts: Guaranteed to all runners who register by July 1, 2016

Cash Awards: We are awarding $300, $200,and $100 for first, second and third place winners for both Men and Women

Age Groups: M/F 1-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+

Questions: JD MacEachern at 978-675-7490

Race Sponsored by: Bank Gloucester and Friends of Seacoast Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Gloucester

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Paint Factory Painted Slate Fundraising Silent Auction

June 30, 2016 ~ 11pirates

Own a Piece of History! Groundbreaking Collaboration by NSAA, Ocean Alliance, and Rocky Neck Art Colony “Art Exhibition of the Sea and Science” June 17-July 30. Right – Betty Lou Schlemn, Top – Jeff Weaver, Bottom – Andy Van Gestel.

Hopper’s Houses
A Guided Walking Tour

Get your art fix outside.

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present a guided walking tour of select Gloucester houses made famous by American realist painter Edward Hopper on Friday, July 1 at 10:00 a.m. Tours last about 1 1/2 hours and are held rain or shine. Participants should be comfortable being on their feet for that amount of time. Cost is $10 for Cape Ann Museum members; $20 for nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Space is limited and reservations are required. Email info@capeannmuseum.org or call (978) 283-0455 x10 for more information or to reserve a space. This tour will be offered again on July 23, July 30, August 12 and August 27.

American realist painter Edward Hopper is known to have painted in Gloucester on five separate occasions during the summer months between 1912 and 1928. His earliest visit was made in the company of fellow artist Leon Kroll. During his second visit to Cape Ann in 1923, Hopper courted the young artist Josephine Nivison. He also began working in watercolor, capturing the local landscape and architecture in loosely rendered, light filled paintings. In 1924, Hopper and Nivison who were newly married returned to Gloucester on an extended honeymoon and continued to explore the area by foot and streetcar. During his final two visits to the area, in 1926 and 1928, Hopper produced some of his finest paintings. This special walking tour will explore the neighborhood surrounding the Museum, which includes many of the Gloucester houses immortalized by Hopper’s paintings.

The Trident Gallery presents

Pamela Ellis Hawkes
ARCHIVES AND ARTIFACTS

Reception: Saturday, July 9, 6-8pm
Show Dates: July 2-31

Three new series of photographs by Pamela Ellis Hawkes continue the artist’s sensuous and provocative exploration of the the history of art and the meanings of images in societies past and present. With a playful spirit, a sense of humor, and an unwavering eye for seductively mysterious beauty, she raises deep questions about the natures and interrelationships of visual representation, memory, value, possession, and pleasure. In the circus mirror of her art, we mistake the banal for the sublime, and the sublime is exposed as an imposter. Emerging from the funhouse, we find our pockets have been picked of some prejudgments, exchanged for the gift of seeing more authentically.

Trident Gallery
189 Main Street | Gloucester | Massachusetts
978-491-7785 | Trident.Gallery

Coco Berkman Selected as the
Third Summer Artist at
Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck

Reception: Saturday, July 2, 6 to 8 pm
Show Dates: June 29 – July 19, 2016

Long time Gloucester resident Coco Berkman was selected as the third Summer Artist in the Rocky Neck Art Colony’s Summer Artist Series at Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck. Her show opens on Wednesday, June 29 and continues until July 19, with the opening reception on Saturday, July 2, from 6-8 pm. The public is invited.

Inspired by literature, the natural world and the free play inherent in drawing, artist printmaker Coco Berkman creates images that delight her and hopefully others through the process of linoleum printmaking.

Berkan uses sharp Japanese tools to carve fine lines into soft surfaces, or draw scratchy lines into sheets of copper, zinc and plexiglass. She rolls thick sticky, messy ink onto these etched surfaces with a tool called a brayer and prints
those inked images onto clean crisp beautiful sheets of handmade papers with the help of a hand cranked Etching Press.

“This is my passion” says Berkman. “I am very grateful that I am able to indulge in this most serious and important work of PLAY.”

Berkman studied at Massachusetts College of Art, Monserrat College of Art, Museum School Boston, Frogman Press University of South Dakota, and the Art Students League in New York City and has taken workshops in San Francisco and Dublin,Ireland. She has had numerous solo exhibitions in Cape Ann and the North Shore and has received many awards and grants. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA; Gloucester Writer’s Center; Common Crow, Gloucester; Dublin Writer’s Museum, Ireland; Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City; and the Haruki Murakami Writer, Tokyo, Japan.

For more information about the show, please call Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck at 198-282-0917

Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck
53 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930
Gallery hours, Daily, 10:00-6:00 pm, ‘till 8pm Fridays and Saturdays

Public Sculpture Walking Tours
at the Cape Ann Museum
Get your art fix outside.

 The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present its Public Sculpture summer walking tour, Saturday, July 2, focusing on the public sculpture we see around us every day. Participants will learn about art, history and culture all while enjoying the beautiful summer breeze afforded by Gloucester’s harbor.

All tours begin at 10:00a.m. in front of the Cape Ann Museum. Guided walking tours are held rain or shine and last about 1½ hours; participants should be comfortable being on their feet for that amount of time. $10 Museum members; $20 nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Space is limited; reservations required. Call (978)283-0455 x10 or email info@capeannmuseum.org for details. Tickets can also be purchased online at Eventbrite.

Public Sculpture –July 2, July 9, August 13

Get up-close and personal with the sculptures you drive by every day. From works commemorating those who went to sea, to those who fought in war to those who changed the artistic landscape of Cape Ann forever—this walking tour will uncover the stories behind the public sculptures of Gloucester, including the unique processes of the artists who created them.

Adventure members and friends are welcome to come and enjoy the Gloucester fireworks display from a front row seat aboard the Schooner Adventure.

The celebration starts after the Gloucester Horribles Parade. Mingle with members and friends as we view the Gloucester Fireworks from the harbor with Captain Stefan Edick at the helm. Guests are encouraged to bring your own picnic, pizza, and BYOB. 

The ship will depart the dock at 8:15 PM. Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before the departure time.  Cost: $30 

Visit http://schooner-adventure.org/event/fireworks-sail-for-adventure-members/ to register, or please call the office at 978-281-8079 or email info@schooner-adventure.org

 

Every year Colby Farms, in Newbury, MA plants a field of Sunflowers and if you want to smile…you’ve got to go!   It’s a beautiful display and over the years I’ve seen many people there taking family photos or senior portraits.   They are usually in bloom the end of August so stay tuned and  I will let you know when they are ready!   In the meantime the Farmstand has great things to offer over the summer so if you are in the area and want some fresh produce stop on by!