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Images from the James Webb Telescope

Gloucester Meetinghouse 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MA, United States

Dana Hersey Narrating Images from the James Webb Telescope with Organ Improvisations by Peter Krasinski. More information coming soon!

Gloucester and the War of 1898

Cape Ann Museum - Downtown Campus 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA, United States

Library Discussion GLOUCESTER AND THE WAR OF 1898 Mrs. Brooks's Monument Explained with Wayne Soini   In honor of Gloucester’s 400+ Anniversary, local historian Wayne Soini will present Gloucester's Company G Volunteers and the U.S.S. Gloucester in the War of 1898 at the Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives on Tuesday, May 23 at 11:00 am. Significantly, 2023 also… Continue reading Gloucester and the War of 1898

From Fitz Henry Lane to the Future: a Brief History of the Fine Arts in Gloucester – James A. Craig

Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Ave, Gloucester, MA, United States

Gloucester 400+ Lecture Series at Hammond Castle Museum From Fitz Henry Lane to the Future: a Brief History of the Fine Arts in Gloucester – James A. Craig   Back when he was serving as the Associate Curator for the Permanent Collection at the Cape Ann Historical Association (today’s Cape Ann Museum) award-winning curator and author… Continue reading From Fitz Henry Lane to the Future: a Brief History of the Fine Arts in Gloucester – James A. Craig

$10

Literary Gloucester; A Walking Tour

Sawyer Free Library - Temporary Location 21 Main Street, Gloucester, MA, United States

      RESERVE YOUR SPOT HERE!   Sponsored by the 400th+ Literary Committee Gloucester has been home to great writers since at least the early nineteenth century when Judith Sargent Murray penned her feminist poems. T.S. Eliot, Nobel Prize winner, spent nearly every summer of his boyhood in Gloucester and themes of the sea… Continue reading Literary Gloucester; A Walking Tour

Free

Sargent House Museum Opening Day

Sargent House Museum 49 Middle Street, Gloucester, MA, United States

Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday with tours on the hour at 12 noon, 1 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm Memorial Day-Labor Day; Saturday and Sunday only Labor Day-Indigenous People's Day Admission $12; Seniors $10; Students $5; Members Free Learn the history of Judith Sargent Stevens Murray (1751-1820), a philosopher, writer and an early advocate of… Continue reading Sargent House Museum Opening Day

Main Street & Downtown – presented by Beth Welin

Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Ave, Gloucester, MA, United States

Gloucester 400+ Lecture Series at Hammond Castle Museum Main Street & Downtown – presented by Beth Welin   Beth Welin, Collections Manager at Hammond Castle Museum, will present the program “Gloucester’s Main Street Through the Ages.” Utilizing old maps, photos and postcards we will take a “stroll” down Main Street seeing former buildings and businesses that… Continue reading Main Street & Downtown – presented by Beth Welin

$10

Pride Flag Raising at City Hall

Gloucester City Hall 9 Dale Avenue, Gloucester, MA, United States

Pride Flag Raising at City Hall   The Pride flag raising at Gloucester City Hall will take place on Wednesday, May 31, at 2:30 p.m., continuing an annual tradition of acceptance and respect in Gloucester. The event kicks off Pride Month in June, which celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer pride and culture. A proclamation… Continue reading Pride Flag Raising at City Hall