400 Storytellers: Veteran Voices from Gloucester

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Please join the Sawyer Free Library at 21 Main Street in downtown Gloucester on Friday, November 8 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm for a very special 400 Storytellers Event featuring Captain George Story, Dawn Carpenter, and Reginald Santos as they share and discuss Veteran-themed stories. Light refreshments will be served.

Please let us know you will be attending by registering at sawyerfreelibrary.org.

400 Storytellers: Veteran Voices from Gloucester

The Implications are playing at the Cut on Thursday 11/21 as part of the In Bloom Series

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hey Joey,

We (The Implications) are playing at the Cut on Thursday 11/21 as part of the In Bloom Series with support from a couple other cool acts. Would love to see you there. If your interested, tickets are 12$ dollars for GA and can be purchased at this link. We love being on the cut stage and it’s really only possible with your support.

https://thecutlive.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=123

Have you had a chance to listen to the new single we dropped on Friday 11/1 “She (It’s a Feeling)”. We are so proud of this track and would love it if you’d give it a listen. Available on all streaming platforms. If you haven’t had a chance, here is a YouTube link, let us know what you think.

51 Rocky Neck Speakeasy Experience

Posted on by Pat D

51 Rocky Neck on Rocky Neck (formerly The Studio) has closed its “regular” service for the season but is extending the season on Fridays and Saturdays only with a limited pub style menu and music. They are calling it Speakeasy Socials which seems like a very logical name for the fun, food and drinks we experienced last weekend. I had a rhubarb sour (yum) and GMG Jim tried the Savage Beast. (*tip if you want to hear an interesting speakeasy/pub style story, ask Patrick about Savage Beast*) We also ordered one of the pot pies they had available that night: Irish Fish Pot Pie and I ordered the Crazy Pizza. We got there on the early side and by the time we left, the bar was full and several tables occupied. We sat comfortably at the bar with friends and enjoyed friendly service and good food. Give it a try! PS GO VOTE TODAY

Sushi Sang Lee December reservation is available.

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We look forward to celebrating a wonderful holiday season with you.

Reservation at Tock or visit www.sushisanglee.com

11/9 Author Talk with Melissa Ludtke: Locker Room Talk 

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Please join the Sawyer Free Library on Saturday, November 9 at 2:30 pm for an author talk with Melissa Ludtke, who will be discussing her book, Locker Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside, her gripping account of being at the core of this globally covered case that churned up ugly prejudices about the place of women in sports. Joining her in the conversation will be fellow local author of The Tigerbelles, Aime Card.

The event is being presented with the Bookstore of Gloucester who will be selling copies of Melissa’s book. No registration is required. If you have questions, please call the Library at 978-325-5500.

About Locker Room Talk:

“Locker Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside,” to be published by Rutgers University Press, Melissa Ludtke describes what it was like to be the 26-year old woman swept up by the societal hurricane spinning around her lawsuit against Major League Baseball. Living in the bulls-eye of sexist commentary exacted a high emotional toll on her, as those who wanted to protect the well-fortified bastion of male privilege argued against Ludtke’s legal claim, often by mocking her. To them, she was a terrifying symbol of women’s liberation during a time of revolutionary change in women’s lives. Still, Melissa’s legal case carved pathways which generations of girls followed.

About the Author:

In her award-winning journalism career, Melissa Ludtke reported at Sports Illustrated, was a correspondent at Time, and the editor of Nieman Reports at Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism. Her lifelong engagement with issues revolving around girls and women’s lives led her to write two books, “On Our Own: Unmarried Motherhood in America,” and “Touching Home in China: in search of missing girlhoods.” In “Locker Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside,” her upcoming memoir, Melissa revisits her federal lawsuit, Ludtke v. Kuhn, which in 1978 secured equal access for women sports reporters. This meant women could interview players, coaches and the manager in the locker room, as male reporters had done for decades. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and lives in Cambridge, MA with her college-aged daughter, Maya.

11/9 Author Talk with Melissa Ludtke: Locker Room Talk 

Pink House in Newbury Saved for Now

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We took a ride up to the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge about a week ago and noticed that it appeared work had begun at the famous Pink House in preparation for demolition. We had learned that an anonymous donor and Gov. Healey had taken steps to pause the demolition plans. Indeed it seems the house is sitting there awaiting its own fate. I’ve rarely seen it as “spiffed up” as this with the roof completely clear of debris.

I am by far not the only one interested in how this proceeds. Several people have spoken to me about the last minute Hail Mary pause.