Every morning we round up what’s happening in Gloucester and Rockport — the fairs, markets, pop-ups, waterfront happenings, library programs, school and community events — all in one place, so you don’t have to go hunting for it. Under the flyer, every event links back to the folks putting it on, so you can get the details straight from them. We keep it local — Gloucester and Rockport only — and we keep it to the good community stuff. Here’s what’s on:
What’s coming up around Gloucester and Rockport — tap an event for the details:
2. For the Love of Old Houses — 5:30 – 8:00 PM, Grand Banks Building Products, 7 Crafts Rd, Gloucester. Free evening with local pros on buying, owning, renovating and caring for an older North Shore home. Program begins at 6:00 PM; registration requested.
Sunday, November 15
3. Sip & Shop at Beauport Boutique — 2:00 – 6:00 PM, Beauport Boutique, inside Beauport Hotel, Gloucester. Kick off holiday shopping by the sea – boutique favorites and special guest vendors, with a glass of bubbly and passed light bites.
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Every morning we round up what’s happening in Gloucester and Rockport — the fairs, markets, pop-ups, waterfront happenings, library programs, school and community events — all in one place, so you don’t have to go hunting for it. Under the flyer, every event links back to the folks putting it on, so you can get the details straight from them. We keep it local — Gloucester and Rockport only — and we keep it to the good community stuff. Here’s what’s on:
What’s coming up around Gloucester and Rockport — tap an event for the details:
Sunday, November 8
1. Renaissance Faire at Hammond Castle Museum — 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Hammond Castle Museum, 80 Hesperus Ave, Gloucester. Knights, armored combat demos, medieval arms and armor, storytelling, music and hands-on fun for kids. Costumes encouraged; free parking and shuttle from Stage Fort Park.
2. Walking Tour: Historic Dogtown – A Walk Back in Time — 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Babson Boulder Parking, Cherry Street, Gloucester. Last Dogtown walk of the season – cellar holes, stone walls and tales of old Dogtown. Registration required.
3. Holiday Market at North Shore Arts Association — 12:00 – 4:00 PM, North Shore Arts Association, 11 Pirates Lane, Gloucester. Final day of NSAA’s final open weekend of 2026 – artwork, ceramics, jewelry, textiles and more, with hot cider and coffee.
4. The Great Marsh Starts Here! A Living Landscape in Motion — 12:00 – 5:00 PM, Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester. Free exhibition by the Great Marsh Artists Fellows. Open Friday-Sunday, noon-5, through November 22.
Tuesday, November 10
5. Highlights Tour: An Introduction to the Galleries — 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Cape Ann Museum, 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester. Docent-led introduction to the galleries. Free with general admission, drop-in.
6. Women’s Night of Thanks — 6:00 – 8:00 PM, Community Church of East Gloucester, Gloucester. The church’s annual Women’s Ministry Night of Thanks in the fellowship hall. Please RSVP.
7. Beauport Sessions — 6:00 – 9:00 PM, 1606 Restaurant & Oyster Bar, Beauport Hotel, Gloucester. Tuesday-night live music series at 1606 inside the Beauport Hotel.
Wednesday, November 11
8. Fish Tales: Veterans – What It Means, What It Meant — 7:00 PM, Gloucester Stage, 267 East Main Street, Gloucester. On Veterans Day, Gloucester Writers Center presents true stories told live by and about veterans.
10. Captain Elias Davis House Tour — 2:00 – 3:00 PM, Cape Ann Museum, 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester. Step inside the Davis House and see what a house tells us about the people who lived there. Free with general admission.
12. Rockport PTO Holiday Fair — 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Rockport High School, 24 Jerdens Lane, Rockport. 50+ vendors, surprise jars, gingerbread houses, pictures with Santa, raffles and more.
13. AI’s Promise and Peril: A Conversation — 1:00 – 3:00 PM, Kyrouz Auditorium, Gloucester City Hall, Gloucester. Gloucester Lyceum, with Sawyer Free Library – a free community conversation on AI, work, privacy and daily life. Registration required.
14. This Other Eden: Photographs by Anne Rearick – Opening Day — Opens today – Members’ Reception 3:00 – 5:00 PM, Cape Ann Museum, 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester. More than 60 photographs of life at Stage Fort Park by longtime Gloucester resident Anne Rearick. Runs through March 21.
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From the Deep is back downtown tomorrow, Saturday, November 7.
We’re hosting the free Sea Creative Children’s Sketching Contest right here at Pat D’s Photos and Gloucester Apparel, 44 Main Street, from 11 AM to 3 PM. Here’s how it works: kids pick up a free sketchbook from us, head out and sketch a scene around town, then bring the sketchbook back with their sketch, their name, and a parent’s phone number written in the booklet.
We’ll show the sketches on Sunday’s GloucesterCast podcast, where viewers will vote for their favorite. The winner gets to pick out a cap from the shop!
From the Deep runs 11 AM to 5 PM all across the Harbortown Cultural District with over 25 free cultural programs — a free theater program, art demonstrations, art installations, live music, and a whole lot more at galleries and spots all over downtown.
It’s a leveled-up reunion nearly three years in the making!
After two years and 11 months, Frankie Francis (aka The Gaming Mixologist) is back in our ears! This wasn’t just a scheduled interview—it was destiny. After host Alicia coincidentally crossed paths with Frankie three times in a single week, we knew we had to get him back on the mic to see what he’s been up to.
Since his last appearance, Frankie’s digital presence has exploded, and he’s officially entered the world of merch! In this episode, we dive into:
The Modern Bar Scene: What are the “kids these days” actually doing in the world of nightlife? (The answer might surprise you!)
The Great Generation Debate: We try to settle once and for all which generation we actually belong to.
Leveling Up: Frankie talks about his growth in followers, views, and building a brand.
This was back in 2011 when these Bhuddist monks would come to Gloucester to buy 500 lobsters and release them back to the ocean symbolic for good karma.
This is the post from 2011:
To make clear the following is only satire and I’ll take responsibility for people not from Gloucester or the the waterfront misunderstanding.
I was wrong to assume that because I predominantly write our hyperlocal blog for our Cape Ann residents that people would understand how preposterous the notion that you could have time to move all the lobster gear even if they knew where the lobsters were released and to set it and for those lobsters which were probably miles away from that location would ever get caught.
What I am happy for is that the releasing of the lobster story which would have been a simple story largely forgotten by now has gotten huge legs and all the positives of Buddhism are highlighted. For that I am grateful.
Receiving the coordinates of where the lobsters were released by Buddhist monks, the boys went out yesterday and hauled the lobster traps they set all over that ocean bottom and caught exactly 534 lobsters, the precise number the monks released.
Sip and Shop at The Saint Peter’s Club and 10 Team Italian Cookie Challenge Friday November 29th.
We currently have 3 teams entered- Zina Saputo, Sista Felicia and Rosalie Lentini
The first 100 people that buy $10 tickets starting at 6PM at the Club November 29th get to taste and judge a cookie from each of the ten teams.
There will be a Sip N Shop Featuring the debut of the new Espresso Cart From Bianca At Castaways and the Club will be making Espresso Martinis!!!!
Other vendors include Pat D’s Photos, Castaways Merch, Joe’s Fresh Fish Prints, Donna Ardizzoni Prints, Britt Barry Engraving, The Salem Willow Boutique Plants and Your Boy Joey C with the Fleece Lined Beanie and Pom Hats and Gloucester Fishing Caps.
You can come sip and shop at 6 and if you’re one of the first 100 people starting at 6pm to donate $10 to The St Peter’s Club Scholarship fund you can taste 10 Italian cookies from ten of Gloucester’s finest baker teams!
The first 100 people that buy $10 tickets starting at 6PM at the Club November 29th get to taste and judge a cookie from each of the ten teams.
There will be a Sip N Shop Featuring the debut of the new Espresso Cart From Bianca Giacalone At Castaways Vintage Cafe and the Club will be making Espresso Martinis!!!!
You can come sip and shop at 6 and if you’re one of the first 100 people starting at 6pm to donate $10 to The St Peter’s Club Scholarship fund you can taste 10 Italian cookies from ten of Gloucester’s finest baker teams! With Anthony Saputo Tj Ciarametaro Ralph E Martin Jr. Bill Shields
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Jon Sarkin Interview At His Birdseye Building Studio Part I
Jon talks about his relationship with Chad Carlberg, gives us a tour of his workspace inside the Birdseye building, shows how some of the pieces for the Guster Music Video were made and how success breeds success.
Look for part II tomorrow
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This was back in 2011 when these Bhuddist monks would come to Gloucester to buy 500 lobsters and release them back to the ocean symbolic for good karma.
This is the post from 2011:
To make clear the following is only satire and I’ll take responsibility for people not from Gloucester or the the waterfront misunderstanding.
I was wrong to assume that because I predominantly write our hyperlocal blog for our Cape Ann residents that people would understand how preposterous the notion that you could have time to move all the lobster gear even if they knew where the lobsters were released and to set it and for those lobsters which were probably miles away from that location would ever get caught.
What I am happy for is that the releasing of the lobster story which would have been a simple story largely forgotten by now has gotten huge legs and all the positives of Buddhism are highlighted. For that I am grateful.
Receiving the coordinates of where the lobsters were released by Buddhist monks, the boys went out yesterday and hauled the lobster traps they set all over that ocean bottom and caught exactly 534 lobsters, the precise number the monks released.
When was the last time you had fun at your dentist office?
No MUZAK up in this mother. They’re playing classic hits, the dentist chairs have use controlled heated and massage elements, you don’t have to put that nasty mold in your mouth with the gooey stuff making you want to gag when they take x-rays or making molds, they do their stuff with the latest digital imaging.
The staff is young, hip and friendly. The décor is straight out of Restoration Hardware. The place is straight buttah. Check them out unless you prefer old school dentistry and directly correlate how much pain you have to endure with the level of dental care you receive.
Heated/Massage State of The Art Dentist Chairs- Pain Free Dentistry, Convenient Downtown Location With Off Street Parking-Rockin Good Music Piped Through The Joint- Super Friendly Staff.
Harbor Cove Dental Has It ALL.
Complete 100% Absolute No Brainer. Like why in heaven’s name would you go anywhere else? Would you rather get drilled out by 1970’s technology?
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Deborah Cramer wrote an outstanding feature for Audubon published May 2019. This feel good – feel proud story is a great read inspiring efforts near and far. It takes a city.
“…(Kim) Smith, a photographer and filmmaker, had inspired much of the effort. While not everyone can be on the beach every day, her images, videos, and blog offered the entire city an up-close portrait of the birds’ daily lives.”– Deborah Cramer
“How Plover Chicks Born in a Parking Lot Spurred a City to Make its Beach Safer: The dramatic ups and downs of a piping plover family in Gloucester, Massachusetts, show what it takes to protect a threatened species” By Deborah Cramer published by Audubon May 23, 2019.
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Best Razor I’ve Ever Used And It’s Not Even Close (‘cept the shave that is)…
The heft and solid feel of the handle they send you, the smoothness of the shave, the way lower cost. Dollar Shave Club IS AN ABSOLUTE NO BRAINER. It’s a downright luxurious shaving experience and it is one third the cost of buying Gillette Razors.
You can sign up, try it for one month and if you don’t like it cancel. There is no question in my mind that once you try it you won’t go back. Perfect stocking stuffer gift. $6
This was the original post which led me to ordering signing up for Dollar Shave Club about a week ago-
In light of my recent shaving disaster I’m taking my boy Rick Doucette’ (among other people’s) advice. Literally 7 different people emailed me today telling me how much they dig the dollar saving club service.
Rick Says These Razors Are Great and They Ship You 4 New Blades Each Month for $6 Including Shipping and Handling.
What a handsome son of a gun the Rick Doucette is.
So for $72 a year I’ll get 48 Blades. Way Less Than Gillette razors for the same quality shave. I get to toss the blades once a week and use a fresshie. They give you a free handle and if you don’t like the razors you simply quit without any obligation. No Brainer city baby.
Dollar Shave Club couldn’t be simpler. Select one of our great razors, pay one low monthly fee, and we send ‘em right to your door. No more over-paying for fancy brand name shave tech.
No more forgetting to buy your blades.
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The best light for photographing sunsets is always after a heavy quick moving thunder storm this image I took last year.. image size is 9×20 I will only be printing 10 images at this size please feel free to contact me at (978) 559-1944 or email at marlexop@yahoo.com
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I knew once I saw weather and the quick rain storm was coming through around 5 that the sunset would be amazing.. and it sure was even more then I could have predicted. Once I saw the sky clearing up on the horizon I grabbed gear and off I went to Corliss Landing.
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Sunday’s weather was all over the place rain then sun, awesome clouds and light for photography . Then as I approached the footbridge I saw a rainbow just barley forming, snapped a quick photo before it disappeared,, that’s why I always have my camera on me.
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