Unboxing Dogtown – Presented by Leslie Bartlett
Hammond Castle Museum 80 Hesperus Ave, Gloucester, MAGloucester 400+ Lecture Series at Hammond Castle Museum Unboxing Dogtown – Presented by Leslie Bartlett Mr. Barlett will present artifacts unearthed from cellars in the historic Dogtown region of Gloucester and Rockport revealing much of what colonial life was like on Cape Ann. The Dogtown artifact collection spans from the 1920s through to 2023.… Continue reading Unboxing Dogtown – Presented by Leslie Bartlett
Colonel Samuel Tappan and the Navajo Treaty 155th Commemoration
Cape Ann Museum - Both LocationsColonel Samuel Tappan and the Navajo Treaty 155th Commemoration CAMTalks, Community Programs, Music and Performance with the Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers Buy Tickets 11:00 am presentation in the CAM Auditorium, 27 Pleasant St, Gloucester MA 1:30 pm performance at CAM Green, 13 Poplar St, Gloucester MA Registration required for all attendees. Free for members, $20 for non-members This May, the… Continue reading Colonel Samuel Tappan and the Navajo Treaty 155th Commemoration
Ribbon Cutting & Open House
Gloucester 400+ Headquarters 123 Main Street, Gloucester, MAPlease join us for an Open House and Ribbon Cutting on Friday, May 19, from 5 - 7pm at 123 Main Street. See our newly redecorated Visitor's Center and meet the Gloucester 400+ team. Special thanks to the generosity of Cape Ann Savings Bank, for donating our office space. Stop by to say hello and… Continue reading Ribbon Cutting & Open House
Dogtown Common Theatre Production
Windhover Performing Arts 257R Granite Street, Rockport, MABUY YOUR TICKET HERE! Dogtown Common by Percy MacKaye, adapted and directed by Peter Littlefield at the Windhover Center for the Performing Arts, Rockport, Ma Percy MacKaye’s 1922 poem, Dogtown Common, is a beloved document of Gloucester lore. It tells the story of two legendary figures, Tammy Younger and her niece Judy Rhines, shunned for… Continue reading Dogtown Common Theatre Production
Dogtown Common Theatre Production
Windhover Performing Arts 257R Granite Street, Rockport, MABUY YOUR TICKET HERE! Dogtown Common by Percy MacKaye, adapted and directed by Peter Littlefield at the Windhover Center for the Performing Arts, Rockport, Ma Percy MacKaye’s 1922 poem, Dogtown Common, is a beloved document of Gloucester lore. It tells the story of two legendary figures, Tammy Younger and her niece Judy Rhines,… Continue reading Dogtown Common Theatre Production
Souls of the Sea
Maritime Gloucester (Wharf) 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MANOW ON SUNDAY, MAY 21!! UPDATE: DUE TO WEATHER, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED BY ONE DAY from the original date AND WILL TAKE PLACE SAME TIME, SAME LOCATION ON SUNDAY MAY 21 Join us for this FREE concert on the wharf of Maritime Gloucester featuring band members: Allan Estes, Sal Baglio, Matt Levinworth,… Continue reading Souls of the Sea
Images from the James Webb Telescope
Gloucester Meetinghouse 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MADana 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, MALibrary 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, MAGloucester 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
Literary Gloucester; A Walking Tour
Sawyer Free Library - Temporary Location 21 Main Street, Gloucester, MARESERVE 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
Sargent House Museum Opening Day
Sargent House Museum 49 Middle Street, Gloucester, MAOpen 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
