Year: 2016

Rockport Garden Club Tour

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Rockport Garden Club

Friday and Saturday, June 24 and 25 | Tickets are $25 per person

Rockport in Bloom, the 2016 Garden Tour sponsored by the Rockport Garden Club, will

take place on Friday and Saturday, June 24 and 25.This is a 6.5 mile self-guided tour of

10 gardens in the town of Rockport from Pigeon Cove to the South End. Tickets are $25

and are good for both days. Tickets may be purchased at Toad Hall Bookstore in

Rockport, during business hours, or at the Rockport Police Station on the days of the

tour. Any tickets purchased online may be picked up at the Police Station on the 24th

and 25th. All proceeds from the tour go to support the Rockport Garden Club’s many

civic projects including the design and maintenance of 12 town gardens. Please visit the

club’s website at www.rockportgardenclub.org for additional information.

Pigeon Cove Circle Rummage Sale

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RUMMAGE SALE

 

COFFEE BREAK & QUICHE LUNCHEON

PIGEON COVE CIRCLE

6 BREAKWATER AVENUE

ROCKPORT

SATURDAY JUNE 18, 2016

9:00 ‘TIL 1:00

 

• BRICA-BRAC

• HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

• GLASSWARE

• CLOTHES

• FURNITURE

• ANTIQUES

!!! SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE !!!

Thacher Island Association 2016 Annual Meeting

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The Thacher Island Association Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 21 at 7pm at the Rockport Community House, 58 Broadway in Rockport. The public is invited and admission is free.

An entertaining presentation of the work completed on both Thacher and Straitsmouth Islands in 2015 along with a special video on recent activity and plans for 2016 on Straitsmouth Island. Refreshments will be served.

Check our web site at www.thacherisland.org

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Hopper’s Houses Walking Tour at the Cape Ann Museum

~ Cape Ann Museum

Saturday, June 11

10:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m.

hopper

Image credit: Edward Hopper, Sun on Prospect Street (Gloucester, Mass), 1934, 
oil on canvas (Cincinnati Art Museum).

This special walking tour will explore the neighborhood surrounding the Museum, which includes many of the Gloucester houses immortalized by Hopper’s paintings.

Guided walking tours are held rain or shine and last about 1½ hours; participants should be comfortable being on their feet for that amount of time. $10 members; $20 nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Space is limited; reservations required. Call (978)283-0455 x10 or email info@capeannmuseum.org for details. Tickets can also be purchased online at Eventbrite.

Not a member of the Museum? Join now and get discounted tickets to all our events!

American realist painter Edward Hopper is known to have painted in Gloucester on five separate occasions during the summer months in the years 1912, 1923, 1924, 1926 and 1928. During his second visit to Cape Ann in 1923, Hopper courted the young artist Josephine Nivison. He also began working in watercolor, capturing the local landscape and architecture in loosely rendered, light filled paintings. In 1924, Hopper and Nivison who were newly married returned to Gloucester on an extended honeymoon and continued to explore the area by foot and streetcar.

 

Upcoming Hopper’s Houses Walking Tours: June 25, July 1, July 23, July 30, August 12, August 27

IDRC June Eliminations Final Race Complete June 2016

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IDRC June Eliminations

Final Race Complete June 2016

A spectacular race for rowers and fans at Niles Beach, Gloucester

Monday night the open division final race was held.  The race pitted two veteran International champs against to power house brothers.  There was a steady breeze blowing straight into the Niles.  Nick and Vito Giacalone line up in lane one against Jimmy Tarantino and Joe Cominelli in lane three.  The two boats slowly inched up to the starting line even and then it began.  Jimmy and Joe jumped out to a quick half boat lead.  About half way to the flag the Giacalone boys caught up.  From there it was a back and forth battle to the flag.  Jimmy and Joe banged the turn and came out with a slight lead.  But once again the younger brothers made a push and caught the veterans.  Both teams traded the lead all the way home.  About fifty yard from the finish line Jimmy and Joe made a little push and inched ahead over the Giacalone brothers to take the win by a little less than a boat.  It was a tremendous race by both teams.  Now Jimmy and Joe will be back in the boats practicing for the next race on June 18th at the State Fish Pier at 10 AM against the Canadian team.  Congrats go out the all the competitors in the eliminations and best of luck against the Canadians.