North Shore Arts Association, 11 Pirate’s Lane, Gloucester, MA 01930 August 24 – September 12, 2024 Open and free to the public
The North Shore Arts Association is delighted to exhibit artworks by Associate Members in the Summer Show on view from August 24 – September 12, 2024. The show is abundant with talent and a variety of styles, bringing the gallery to life with over one hundred works of art. Award winning artworks are displayed throughout honoring local artists on Cape Ann. The opening reception is Saturday, August 31 (1 – 3 PM). All are welcome!
North Shore Arts Association is located at 11 Pirate’s Lane, Gloucester, MA 01930. For more information about events please call (978) 283-1857 or email arts@nsarts.org. Visiting hours are Monday – Saturday, 10 AM – 5 PM, Sundays 12 – 4 PM.
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On Saturday, August 24th, a Gloucester child was diagnosed with a serious infectious illness caused by Neisseria Meningitidis. The patient is being treated and is recovering.The bacteria that causes this illness can spread between persons of all ages if they are in close contact that involves an exchange of saliva (spit). This can happen through activities such as:
○ Coughing or sneezing,
○ kissing,
○ sharing cigarettes or lipstick,
○ sharing food or sharing eating or drinking utensils such as cups or water bottles,
○ sharing closed space (i.e., car or dorm room)
Working in collaboration with epidemiologists from the MA Department of Public Health and the child’s family, the Gloucester Health Department has notified all known facilities where the individual might have exposed others. These organizations have performed exposure tracing and directly contacted those exposed with guidance to contact their health care provider for preventative treatment which includes a short course of antibiotics to eliminate the germ. If you have not been notified, your child has not been exposed. Those in contact with individuals who have been exposed are not at risk.
Parents of exposed children and adults exposed to the infected child are advised to keep a close eye on their and their child’s health for the next three weeks and to contact their health care provider immediately if they experience the following symptoms.
○ sudden high fever,
○ a skin rash with fine red “freckles” or purple splotches that don’t go away when you push on them
○ mental confusion
○ headache, stiff neck
○ vomiting
Meningitis can be prevented through routine vaccinations. The Health Department, Gloucester Family Health Clinic, Pathways for Children, the Open Door and other community organizations are collaborating to offer free routine vaccinations for school age children tomorrow, Wednesday, Aug. 28, from 4 – 7 p.m. at Pathways for Children, 28 Emerson Ave., Gloucester. The Meningococcal vaccination will be offered as part of this clinic.
All children ages 11 through 12 years should receive a meningococcal vaccine followed by a booster dose at age 16 years. Vaccination is also recommended for all adolescents ages 13 through 18 years who did not receive a dose at age 11-12 years. Adults can benefit from this vaccination if they are immunocompromised or plan to travel to foreign countries. Click here for a video with Gloucester Pediatrician Jeffrey Stockman on the importance of meningococcal vaccination. Interview with Dr. Stockman
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Just waiting on some friends. Our own beautiful resident schooners will soon be joined by many others as this year’s Schooner Festival gets underway. One of my favorite scenes of the year is watching the harbor come alive with massive sails, our fishing fleet, pleasure boats, commercial vessels, etc. Watching the boats ebb and flow throughout the harbor is a spectacle not to be missed.
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“This Saturday, 8/31 there will be a reception at Annisquam Studios, between 3:00pm – 6:00pm. Come see paintings by Keith Rendall, Jill Goldman-Callahan, and Marti Reed, along with the work of ceramicist Bob Callahan. Food and refreshments served.”
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Announcing Cape Ann GuitarFest 2024! Join us for a celebration of guitar music to be held at Windhover Center for the Performing Arts, on September 28th, 2024, from 12:00 to 9:30 pm. Mariachi, Blues, Classical, American Primitive, and Malian Griot are all on the program, featuring local, regional, and national performers. In addition to the performances, there will be two workshops for guitarists, in Jazz and American Primitive styles.
The versatility of the guitar will be on full display at Cape Ann GuitarFest as a solo instrument, ensemble member, and vehicle for storytelling and song. Cape Ann Guitar Society’s purpose is to elevate local guitarists as well as to connect with the global guitar family, and we are thrilled to present this diverse array of musicians under the big tent at Windhover.
Festival Program
Workshops:
12 pm: Steve Lacey jazz guitar – Chord/scale relationships, common chord progressions and voicing, practice routines
1 pm: Nick Schillace, fingerstyle guitar, John Fahey and the American Primitive style.
Mariachi Guadalajara en Boston is New England’s premiere Mariachi ensemble, playing parties, shows, and concerts throughout the region.
Classical guitarist Brendan Evans has performed, taught, and won awards throughout North America and around the world. A Rockport, Massachusetts native, Brendan performs and teaches locally and internationally, is the founder of the Cape Ann Guitar Society, and enjoys playing in various groups, including the original project Nightowls. Brendan holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in classical guitar performance from the Oberlin and San Francisco Conservatories. While pursuing his undergraduate degree Brendan spent a year studying flamenco guitar in the cities of Granada and Cordoba, Spain.
Gloucester resident Bill Gleason has been playing guitar all of his life. He is self taught, and used to hang out in DinkyTown Minneapolis with Bob Dylan before he was famous.
An early devotee of traditional American guitar styles, Nick Schillace began studying fingerpicking techniques at the Augusta Heritage Workshop in West Virginia with artists including John Jackson, John Cephas, Steve James, Roy Book Binder, Del Ray, and many others shortly after picking up a guitar in 1984. Nick spent a decade adapting these techniques to acoustic and electric guitar, and later banjo, before entering the music program at Wayne State University, ultimately earning a masters degree with a focus on 20th Century American music identity.
Centering his research on the late guitarist and composer John Fahey, Nick explored the intersection of folk and vernacular influences and how these influences develop into a cultivated style for artists. This research still informs the way he approaches his own music, as well as his work as an educator via Orion Music Studio and Detroit Folk Workshop.
Griot singer, guitarist, drummer, songwriter and storyteller Boubacar Diabate from Bamako, Mali comes from the Mande lineage and has combined traditional rhythms with modern influences to create his own style of contemporary Malian Griot music presenting his own compositions and arrangements, singing and playing guitar with his group, SambaLolo. Singing in Bambara and Manding, Boubacar Diabate and SambaLolo create a performance that spans the full spectrum of Traditional to Contemporary Malian music from West Africa combined with Blues, Jazz, Reggae and Bluegrass – Bouba sings of our common shared experience of love, life and humanity, giving all an opportunity to hear the age-old West African tradition of Griot storytelling through song.
Cape Ann Guitar Society is dedicated to building and nurturing a community of listening and learning through guitar related concerts, workshops, and meetups. As a maritime center, Cape Ann’s culture is inherently diverse, and we seek out, represent, and learn from that diversity through the guitar. The Guitar Society amplifies local voices and brings visiting artists and teachers to Cape Ann, connecting our local communities with the global guitar family – music as cultural diplomacy. We seek to expand the repertoire through commissioning projects and collaborations with other local arts and historical organizations.
Windhover Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center serving the greater Cape Ann region by creating and nurturing community through sharing the experience of the arts. In addition to public performances of dance, theater and music, we offer classes, workshops, yoga and meditation retreats, and opportunities for community conversations about issues that matter.
Windhover offers sanctuary and shelter – for the audience under the huge tent that now covers the stage and audience area, and for performers, directors and choreographers to work together in creative collaboration through week-long residencies.
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