We will be closed Monday January 16 in honor of
Martin Luther King Jr.
Author to speak Saturday:
Reminder to Save the Date!
Month: January 2016
Rose Baker January Artists
Each month Juni Van Dyke, Director of the Art Program at the Rose Baker Senior Center selects one or two artists to honor with a show of their works. To start 2016, Virginia Dench and Genevieve McNamara are the honorees and their works are on display now.
Virginia Dench (l) and Genevieve McNamara in front of their art exhibit.
Virginia Dench has always enjoyed observing the natural world around her and taking in its beauty. But after she took an art class at the Rose Baker Senior Center everything changed. She found that she could capture the beauty of nature in her drawings and paintings. She is still observing nature, but now she is able to share what she sees with others. In the exhibit at Rose Baker, you can see her love of nature and enjoy her view of the natural world.
Coming from a family of artists, Genevieve McNamara has always been interested in art. However, she did not pursue this interest until she was in her 60s and had time to take some art classes. She started working in acrylic and is now accomplished with watercolor and pencil as well. Examples of her work in all these mediums are featured in the Rose Baker exhibit and demonstrate her talent in portraiture of both people and pets.
This month’s show will run from now until the end of February. The works are displayed in the main lobby of the Rose Baker Senior Center and can be viewed weekdays from 9am to 4pm.
QuickBooks Seminar for Business Owners & Bookkeepers
Join us for a refresher course QuickBooks Seminar- two days: Tuesday, February 2 & Thursday, February 4, 2016, from 5:30-8:30pm, at Gloucester High School, Room # 3204.
Attendees will be given a refresher course on QuickBooks Pro software. The class will be geared toward Small Business owners and Bookkeepers.
Instructor: Mary Lou Balbo is a senior accountant with the CPA firm, Horvitz & Frisch, PC, located at 128 Main Street, Gloucester. Mary Lou has 30+ years of accounting, bookkeeping and tax preparation Experience. Horvitz & Frisch, PC, offers computer cnsulting and bookkeeping training, in addition to accounting and financial services.
Class size is limited. Payment is required to hold a reservation.
REGISTER HERE.
Tuesday, February 02, 2016 5:30 PM
AND
Thursday, February 04, 2016 8:30 PM
Gloucester High School
Leslie O. Johnson Rd.
Gloucester , MA 01930
QuickBooks Seminar 2016
For mor information or to reserve your space, please call Kerry at the Chamber office 978-283-1601
Folly Cove Designer Inspired Printmaking Classes
Enjoy three days of close instruction from artists Mary Rhinelander and Victoria Petway as they delve into the beautiful and rewarding world of block printing.
This customized course offers adult participants a special opportunity to create his/her own artwork surrounded by the inspirational work of the Folly Cove Designers. Participants will sketch, carve linoleum blocks and print an original work to take home. They will leave this course with a greater understanding of the history and work of the Folly Cove Designers, with a new creative outlet and twenty original greeting cards. All levels of experience are welcome and materials will be provided (participants will be required to bring enthusiasm and some elbow grease!).
The workshop will meet on Thursday, February 4, February 11 and February 25.
$125 for CAM members / $145 for nonmembers. Space is limited to 15, reservations required: (978) 283-0455 x10 or info@capeannmuseum.org or register on Eventbrite.
New Year Open House at EPDS! PreK – 8th Grade!
It’s a New Year! Are you or someone you know looking for a new school? Interested in finding out more about our homeschool program? New to the area? Consider Eastern Point Day School!
Join us for our first OPEN HOUSE of the year this WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13th! 9:30 to 11:30 am @ 8 Farrington Ave, near Niles Beach!
Open houses at EPDS are a great way to learn about our school and programs for PreK through 8th Grade! Interested students and their families are welcome and encouraged to attend! Our kids will share with you why they love this school.
From a parent’s perspective, you’ll learn about our focus on academic excellence, small class sizes, respect for your child’s individualism and our reasonable tuition.
Can’t make an Open House? CONTACT US anytime to schedule a tour!
Call us at 978.283.1700 or via email: epdsfrontdesk@gmail.com
And don’t forget to check out our Facebook page to see what our kids are up to!
Backyard Growers’ Signature Backyard Gardener Program Application is Now Live!
Apply now to Backyard Growers’ signature Backyard Gardener Program and have fresh veggies growing in your home garden all next season!
For more information about the program see the program page, or to apply fill out this application and either email it to community@backyardgrowers.org or drop it off at the BYG office, 269 Main St. Gloucester by 5pm February 12th.
Please contact community@backyardgrowers.org or 978.281.0480 with program questions.
We can’t wait to hook you up with some serious gardening gear!
Sing and Sign Along Saturday, Jan. 9th at 1:00pm @CapeAnnMuseum!
Saturday, Jan. 9th at 1:00pm
Bring the whole family and join along with the Optimistic Voices Senior Choir and La Petite Chorale who will sing, sign and dance with you to favorite oldies, children’s and holiday songs. Awaken your senses and minds with this fun challenge and light up your day!
Free and open to the public.
Maritime Gloucester’s February Vacation Program
Spend February Vacation at Maritime Gloucester for Sea Creatures of Cape Ann. The program runs Tuesday through Friday and includes a variety of activities in the classroom, microscope laboratory, wet lab, and museum. Students may enroll for one day or for the entire four days. There are two different programs based on age of the students that are offered during the four-days—one for Pre-K to K (ages 3.5-5) and the other for Grades 1-5. The Pre-K/K drop-in program runs from 9:00 am-10:30 am and children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. The Grade 1-5 program runs from 8:30 am-3:30 pm; after care until 5:00 pm is available for Grade 1-5 students for an additional fee. For more information and to register online, please visit click here.
Week of January 10, 2016
Matz Gallery Artist for January: Suellen Wedmore
Suellen Wedmore, poet laureate emerita for the town of Rockport, has been painting since she was a teenager. She has studied painting with Skip Lawrence of Pemaquid, Maine, at the Cape School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and is presently in a workshop with Ron Straka at the Rockport Art Association. She recently won first place in the Quill’s Edge Press “Woman on the Edge” contest, and her poetry chapbook , Mind the Light, was published with her painting of Thacher Island’s north tower on the cover. (The book is available at Toad Hall Bookstore, from the author, or on-line at the Thacher Island website and at the Quill’s Edge Press website.)
Save These Dates! Upcoming events:
The four Cape Ann public libraries are launching a yearlong innovative community reading program! The Cape Ann Museum is hosting the CAPE ANN READS kickoff event…
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Peter is looking for a clean up guy
Hi,
A few years back we had a bunch of “stuff” call it junk at our house in Gloucester that needed to be cleaned up: Old Docks and other Junk. We found a really nice guy…I think his name was George that came and cleaned it all up for us. I cannot remember his name or how to get in touch with him….Wondering if you knew as we have more stuff to clean up.
Thanks…Pete
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