The Gloucester Gig Rowers and Maritime Gloucester are planning their 5th Annual Harbor Race for Sunday September 15. The 3+ mile triangular course is open to Pilot Gigs, Whaleboats, Dories and other traditional rowing craft. The course will start and finish at Niles Beach. Registration opens at 8AM, at Niles Beach,. At 9:00 there is a Captain/Cox meeting and heats will start at 9:30am. Pre registration is strongly encouraged, contact Debe Holland at debe.holland@comcast.net or 781 608-9006. The cost is $30 per person, $25 with advance registration received by August 30th.
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On our last visit to Maritime Gloucester, there was lots of activity going on. The Building Center had a crew installing a new specimen on cabinet in the lab building (made of recycled pieces fromtheir old kitchen display), and Jay McLauchlin was rounding the edges of the new handrails on the wharf with a router. The whole place is going to look awesome for the Schooner Festival this year!
For this week’s Catch of the Day program, you can participate in the Sail/Fish Project! Visit Maritime Gloucester this Wednesday and Friday, 1:30-2:30, and print fish and seaweed onto decorative sails! During these special drop-in hours, the Sail/Fish Project is included for free with your admission or membership. To register for the full day, click here: https://maritimegloucester.org/orders/register2.php?id=45
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Visitors of all ages are invited to participate in our Shark Week Chalkquarium! Drop by for this free event on Sunday, August 4, 10:30-3:30. Draw a “Great White Chalk” and other life-sized sharks and rays on the pavement around Maritime Gloucester! All of our regularly-scheduled drop-in programs will also be shark-themed until August 10.
We were up late last night turning our Museum Shop into shark central! Our Shark Week Sale starts this Sunday. We’ll be offering 20% off all shark and ray merchandise, August 4 – August 10.
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Editor’s note: When I posted this yesterday I forgot to take my watermark off which my blogging software does automatically for me. Al these photos were taken by Catherine Ryan-
Hi Joey
Phil Cusumano, artist/captain, and volunteer juror for the 2013 HarborWalk Public Art Challenge administered by the Committee for the arts, stopped by to inspect the public art in process on Parsons Street. The artist, James Owen Calderwood, was being filmed for an interview by Lisa Smith for Cape Ann TV. Dale Brown of the Committee for the Arts was there, too.
Jason Burroughs who is teaching with TAG is volunteering some hours yesterday and today for James’ project.
Though difficult for painting, the off and on rain does provide opportunities for visiting. Last week there were business meetings, here with Sarah Garcia Harbor Planning Director.
Today looking out from City Hall, peering past the high school kids cleaning, the bank, Parsons, and on to the harbor.
James visiting the Hive.
While there, we were privileged to witness GREAT news hot off the press and an intensity enough to match their vibrant space! TAG team members wrote and were awarded a $10,000 grant. Congratulations all!
Pictured are David Brooks(TAG Director) Emma Johnson(Forest Foundation Intern), Alex Barrett(Forest Foundation Intern) , Satomi Nishimiya, Rachel McClenagan, Rebecca Siswick Graham (Tag Open Studio Manager), Chrid Boudrow(TAG Assistant Director) , Lauren Horne, and Greer Viau. Also Not pictured is Katie Flores (Forest Foundation Intern) not pictured.
They were heading over to the Farmer’s Market and David promises to send in names and more information. They were also tracking down Mary Ann to share the news; she was at Maritime Gloucester with the Art Haven campers partnership week.
Next time we’ll head down Parsons over to see the permanent public art installation at Maritime Gloucester museum. The twelve foot diameter compass rose is being installed on city property where the HarborWalk crosses onto Maritime Gloucester. Two artists installing new public art downtown and connections—very exciting news.
Donna and Kathy documenting the compass rose on GMG:
Windowpane Flounder at Maritime Gloucester’s Aquarium
Our windowpane flounders are masters of camouflage and can change their color to match the seafloor. Lots of amazing sea creatures can be found in our outdoor Aquarium, open daily through October from 10:00-6:00.
At Maritime Gloucester, we are pleased to be SailBot headquarters! College and high school teams from Canada, Wales, and across the United States are competing in the SailBot 2013 International Robotic Sailing Regatta in Gloucester Harbor!
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BIG NEWS for the Backyard Growers Program fundraising campaign!
A fantastic anonymous donor has offered to MATCH EVERY DONATION that comes in for the next 48 hours up to $1,500. That would raise $3,000 for Gloucester’s school garden program in two days AND get us so amazingly close to our $7,500 goal!
Your $25 donation will automatically become $50! Your $100 donation will automatically become $200!! You will double the power of your generosity by TWO which is like having a SUPERPOWER!!!
If anyone has been on the fence about donating, now is really the time! Your donations need to come in between NOW and Friday at midnight!
And you generous, wondrous people who have given me hope for the human race by already donating to my campaign, please SPREAD THE WORD about this great, double-your-money opportunity!
And support the Backyard Growers Program’s expansion into the Gloucester Elementary Schools!
Thank you so much! Lara
Lara Lepionka
9 Beacon Street
Opening Day!
The day we’ve all been waiting for! Saturday, May 25th at 10:00 the doors to our exhibits will open for the season. We have lobsters and sea stars and eels, oh my! Look for new items in the shop, new floats off (and on) the wharf, and some familiar faces around and about: Capt. Harold on the Ardelle, Geno in the Dory Shop, Stubby making sure it all runs smoothly.
Coming soon: new look to the shop (see below), interpretive kiosks along the walk, the compass rose sculpture at our entrance!
From now until the end of October we’ll be here everyday from 10:00 to 6:00 everyday. Join us!
Where: Maritime Gloucester
23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester
A New Look at Maritime Gloucester
Aaron Snider works on a prototype frame for our new informational kiosks. The kiosks will line the walkway from Harbor Loop to the Harriet Webster Wharf. Each kiosk will describe a facet of life associated with Gloucester Harbor. Thanks to the City of Gloucester for help with this exciting project.
American Eels are the latest addition to the creatures in our Aquarium. Come by and check out the rock crabs, the skates, the sea ravens, and much more!
Our museum shop will be getting a facelift. Details are still in the works, but expect to see something like this. Many thanks to Monty Lewis Designs for his work on this and so many other things!
MG and the City of Gloucester are Winnahs!
Gloucester, Maritime Gloucester, and Untravel Media won the Gold Medal at last week’s American Alliance of Museums conference. In the "Audio Tours & Podcasts" category for Media and Technology, the HarborWalk’s "Walking Cinema: Posts from Gloucester, Maritime Gloucester and Untravel Media" beat some formidable competition — the Barnes Museum/Foundation and the National Museum of American History.
Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House opens May 25
Beauport, Sleeper –McCann House
opens for the 2013 season
on Saturday, May 25, 10 am – 5 p.m.
Come hear Oliver Horovitz talk
about growing up and looping on the Old Course.
"An American Caddie in St. Andrews"
When: May 25th, 1-3:00pm
Where: Bass Rocks Golf Club
Books available for purchase.
Great gift for Father’s Day!!
Bass Rocks Golf Club | 34 Beach Rd | Gloucester, MA 01930-0303 | United States
When you’ve been patrolling the wharf all night, standing daytime gate duty and greeting ARDELLE’S passengers you gotta catch forty winks when you can. Even in the blazing sunshine. Especially when you’re 72 in human years. Such is the life of a Maritime Gloucester Volunteer. Not complaining, mind you.
As told to Al Bezanson
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Maritime Gloucester is proud to announce that it is starting a new Sea Scout “Ship” effective immediately. It has been many years since Cape Ann operated an active Sea Scout group for youth.
The Sea Scouts recently celebrated its 100th year anniversary when Governor Deval Patrick declared October 8th, 2012 as the official Sea Scouts Day in Massachusetts. First inspired on the waters of the Massachusetts coast, the program is a national coed outdoor program for young adults ages 14 to 20 that promotes knowledge of our nation’s maritime heritage and provides young people with positive opportunities through hands-on maritime education, training and experiences. The Gloucester “Ship” would serve the North Shore and be a part of the Yankee Clipper Council, BSA, Inc.
“Sea Scouts is a perfect fit for Maritime Gloucester” says Geno Mondello, who directs the dory shop at Maritime Gloucester and served in the Gloucester Sea Scouts as a teen. Maritime Gloucester’s mission is to inspire students and visitors to value marine science, maritime heritage and environmental stewardship through hands-on education and experiences. Located on the waterfront adjacent to the Coast Guard Station at Harbor Loop, it offers boatbuilding and repair, rowing programs, maritime heritage artifacts and exhibits, sails and education aboard the Schooner Ardelle and marine science education and research in biological and physical science classrooms.
According to Amanda Madeira, former Captain of the tall ship Ernestina, who will serve as the Skipper of the group, “I am eager to work with young men and women from the area who are interested in connecting to the sea and developing maritime and marine science skills.” Ms. Madeira is a licensed schooner captain and marine science educator at Maritime Gloucester who has worked extensively with youth on active sailing and seafaring programs.
“We are very excited about the addition of a Sea Scout program on the north shore,” said Laura Moriarty, District Director of the Yankee Clipper Council. “We look forward to working with their team to support a strong program in the historic port of Gloucester.” Maritime Gloucester is a non-profit organization located at 23 Harbor Loop in Gloucester. Maritime Gloucester prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, marital status, national origin, mental or physical disability, political belief or affiliation, veteran status, sexual orientation, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under state or federal law.
For more information about serving as an adult volunteer or being a youth member, please contact Amanda Madeira at amadeira@maritimegloucester.org or at 978-281-0470. You can also find more information about us at www.maritimegloucester.org or visit us on Facebook.
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Good Morning Gloucester 