The City of Gloucester Health Department, the YMCA, The Open Door, Pathways for Children and Sawyer Free Library are hosting a community diaper drive during the month of September. All diapers donated will benefit Gloucester families attending the Community Baby Shower on Saturday, October 5, 1 PM to 3 PM, at the Sawyer Free Library. We accept new packages of diapers and wipes, perferably sizes 1-3. For more information, contact Public Health Nurse, Kelley Hiland, 978-325-5266 or khiland@gloucester-ma.gov.
Join us for a groovy night out at the Great Gloucester Growdown to support Backyard Growers‘ Community, Backyard, and School Garden Programs! Enjoy delicious farm fresh appetizers, dinner and cocktails, plus music, performances and a live auction.
Generous local farmers, business sponsors and our amazing friends at Short & Main help us keep event costs very low so that 85% of proceeds go right back into our local programs, helping kids, families and older adults to grow their own healthy, organic food.
Low number plates between C/A 2 and C/A 100 will be available to the highest bidders through an online auction Beginning today, Monday, August 26, 2019. All proceeds will go to the Cape Ann Community Foundation (CACF). The auction will conclude on Monday, September 9, 2019. Very soon every Massachusetts resident who wants to display their love and support for Cape Ann will have a second chance to secure a coveted low-number Cape Ann license plate.
CLICK HERE to view the Low Number Cape Ann License Plate Auction.
“This is a great way for people to express their love for Cape Ann while supporting many worthy causes,” said Ruth Pino, President of the Cape Ann Community Foundation. “The proceeds from the auction will build the Foundation’s reserves and enable us to do even more for Cape Ann non-profits, schools and communities,” she added. CLICK HERE to see who the plate has helped so far!
This will be the second annual low number Cape Ann license plate auction held by the CACF. During the first auction last summer, the Foundation raised $80,000 from the sale of 33 low number plates, including C/A 1.
The CACF is a 501 (c) (3) charitable foundation. It was established by the Chamber to receive funding from Cape Ann license plate sales and renewals and make grants to Cape Ann communities and non-profit organizations.
For more information about the upcoming low number license plate auction and for assistance in obtaining a Cape Ann license plate, call the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce at 978-283-1601 or visit the Chamber office at 33 Commercial Street in Gloucester. To view the available low number plates and place your bids, visit lovecapeann.com.
Gloucester Schooner Fest is only a week away, and we here at Maritime Gloucester are diligently getting ready for the festival, especially Maritime Heritage Day on August 31st, taking place right on the pier on Harbor Loop.
Heritage Day features vendors, educational activities, demonstrations and music, bringing together people of all ages to celebrate Maritime culture across our community before the schooners head out on the water.
Musicians playing during at Heritage Day
Where: Maritime Gloucester (23 Harbor Loop) & I4C2 Lot (dirt parking lot between the Building Center and The Gloucester House)
When: Saturday August 31st 10 AM-4 PM
Price: Free and open to the public
In addition to our exhibitors we will have music, schooner charters, and delicious local fare. Many of the Gloucester Schooner Festival’s visiting schooners will be open to deck tours and charters. This festival will take place over two locations on the Gloucester Waterfront, our own Harriet Webster Pier on Harbor Loop as well as the new Schooner Docks at the neighboring I4C2 lot.
This is an exciting day with something for everyone from the budding marine biologist to the maritime history enthusiast. An ever growing list of our vendors can be seen below and a schedule of events will be posted soon.
VENDORS
Non-Profit and Community Organizations
Art Haven
Cape Ann Museum
Cape Ann Vernal Pond
City of Gloucester
Discover Gloucester
Essex Shipbuilding Museum
Gloucester 400
Great Salt Marsh Project
Lowell’s Boat Shop
Maritime Gloucester
Ocean Alliance
OLLIE Ocean Labs
Sawyer Free Library
Sea Scouts Ship 5
Seaside Sustainability
Schooner Adventure
Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association
Food Vendors
The Eclectic Clam
Gig Rower Hot Dog and Veggie Burger Stand
Kim Gregory Pure Pastry
Artisan Vendors
Melissa Cox Photography
Design of Mine
Fast Food Prints
John Bergmann Art
Karol Peralta Art
Sonal Henna and Sand Art
Hope to see you there!
The Gloucester Schooner Festival is a program of Maritime Gloucester and made possible by:
Tribute to a career dedicated to maritime heritage;
ceremony on August 24, 2019
Erik A.R. Ronnberg, Sr. (1909–1988) and Erik A.R. Ronnberg, Jr. (b. 1944), Model of 1902 Mackerel Seiner Schooner Benjamin W. Latham, with Seine Boat, Cape Ann Museum, Gift of Earl Felton Harris, 1998 (1998.6)
The Cape Ann Museum’s esteemed Maritime Curator Erik Ronnberg Jr., who for many years worked as a shipmodel maker on Cape Ann, will be receiving the Edgar B. Caffrey Award during the 37th Annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival August 24-25, 2019 at the Hawthorne Marina in Salem, Mass. The award will be conferred on Saturday August 24 at 11am.
Ronnberg, the son of a Swedish-born Master Mariner who arrived in
America in 1939, grew up in a household where he and his father would make shipmodels
together. After graduating with a degree
in biology, Ronnberg decided to pursue a career in model making, firstly as an
apprentice at the Newark Museum and then as an Assistant Curator at the New
Bedford Whaling Museum. Today Ronnberg’s
models are in many private collections and Museums including the Smithsonian
Institution, MIT Museum, Mystic Seaport Museum, New Bedford Whaling Museum and
the Cape Ann Museum.
A model (above) made by Ronnberg together with his father is currently
on view at the Cape Ann Museum as part the Museum’s recently opened “Homer at
the Beach” exhibition which features 51 works by original works by renowned
American artist Winslow Homer (1836–1910). The exhibition is the first close
examination of the formation of this great artist as a marine painter. The Cape
Ann Museum will be the sole venue for this exhibition, which includes loans
from some 50 public and private collections.
Following a decline in the shipmodel market in 2014, Ronnberg joined
the Cape Ann Museum as Maritime Curator and has carried out extensive research
about the Museum’s Fishing and Maritime industry collections. Ronnberg’s deep maritime knowledge was
instrumental most recently in preparations for the “Homer at the Beach”
exhibition, and his research and writings were integral to the Museum’s creation
of an online catalogue raisonne of the works by Fitz Henry Lane (1804–1865),
a Gloucester born artist who is today known as America’s preeminent marine
artist of the mid-19th century.
“We applaud Erik for this award in recognition of his lifelong passion
and deep maritime knowledge,” said Oliver Barker as Director of the Cape Ann
Museum. “This is a wonderful accolade for Erik who is one of the most highly
regarding model makers in the country” said Barker.
Well known to the world as Gloucester’s major maritime and sailing event, the 35th annual Gloucester Schooner Festival is organized by the Gloucester Schooner Festival Committee and Maritime Gloucester, held August 30th-September 2nd, 2019.
Schooners during the Parade Sail at Schooner Fest
Taking place in the harbor and nearby waters of America’s oldest seaport, the Gloucester Schooner Festival honors the major role the fishing schooner has played in the heritage of Gloucester and the eastern seaboard.
A spectacular highlight of the Gloucester Schooner Festival is the Parade of Sail on Sunday morning, as the participating schooners make their way through the harbor and out past the breakwater, to the Mayor’s Race starting area off Eastern Point.
The Harriet Webster Pier during last year’s festival
Volunteers are still needed for this year’s festival! If you would like to be part of Maritime History with us, email Kelly at kopris@maritimegloucester.org
Sponsors for this year’s festival include Gloucester 400, Sawyer Free Library, Discover Gloucester, City of Gloucester, First Ipswich Bank, Cape Ann Savings Bank, and Building Center. To learn more about the festival and it’s sponsors, visit @GloucesterSchoonerFestival on Facebook, or https://gloucesterschoonerfestival.net/ .
Where: O’Maley Innovation Middle School Auditorium and Gym
When: 12:00 noon – 2:00 PM
*Performing Arts Musical Review to start right at 12:00*
Light Food and Beverages will be served
This is a FREE Event
Help us celebrate the end of our summer programming!
…and sign up for O’Maley Academy Fall Programs!
Special thanks to the Open Door Food Pantry, Children’s Family and Friend, The WellSpring House, And The Massachusetts Migrant Education Program for their support of this event
Cape Ann Community 