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Poetry Workshop at the Cape Ann Museum

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Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop

Saturday, April 29 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

April is national poetry month!

In this workshop, former North Andover poet laureate Gayle Heney will teach participants how to write poetry using the Museum’s collections as inspiration, concentrating on the new exhibition, Charles Movalli: Cape Ann & Beyond. As time allows, participants will be introduced to poetry prompts, stanzas, quatrains, ekphrastic poetry and experimental poetry. Depending on interest, discussion of the editing process and the option to read/perform may also be included.

$10 Museum members/ $20 non-members. Space is limited; reservations required. For more information email info@capeannmuseum.org. Tickets can be purchased by calling 978-283-0455 x10 or online at Eventbrite.
Charles Movalli gallery

GHS Interact Club Pizza Taste Off

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You are invited to the Gloucester High School Interact Club’s 10th annual Pizza Taste-Off on Wednesday, March 29, 5:30-7:30pm at Cruiseport Gloucester, located at 6 Rowe Square in Gloucester, MA. Taste them all for yourself and vote on the best!

Tickets on $10 (children 5 and under $5). Tickets are limited to 300 and will be available at the door.

All proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society.

Sawyer Free Library Week of March 26, 2017

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Lego Club

Join us for an afternoon of fun building with Lego! Ages 6-12. Monday, March 27, 3:30pm-4:30pm in the Friend Room. Please register online at http://www.sawyerfreelibrary.org or call 978-281-9763 x18.

Books & Brews Book Club

Tuesday, March 28 from 6-8 p.m. at the Azorean Restaurant, the Books & Brews Book Club will meet to discuss this month’s read, Kate Atkinson’s  Life After Life.  Enjoy an evening out meeting new friends, good discussion, and treat yourself to a beverage and appetizers. Check out a copy at the Main Desk of the Sawyer Free Library! 21 & up welcome. Please register online at http://www.sawyerfreelibrary.org or call 978-281-9763. 

Tax Assistance

Volunteers from AARP Foundation Tax-Aide will be at the Sawyer Free Library every Wednesday through April 12 from 12:30-3:30 p.m.  They offer free tax preparation particularly for those over 50 or who can’t afford their own tax…

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Cape Ann Museum Photo Contest

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At the Water’s Edge Online Photo Contest

In conjunction with the Cape Ann Museum’s spring exhibition, Charles Movalli: Cape Ann & Beyond, the Museum is hosting an online photography contest. Photographers of all experience levels are invited to submit images based on the theme of “at the water’s edge” that capture the magical place often seen in Movalli’s work where land and sea meet. Photos must be taken in Rockport, Gloucester, Essex or Manchester-by-the-Sea.

Submission deadline April 30 | Live Facebook voting May 5 through May 19 | Winners announced May 26

A photographer in the pulpit of a sword fishing vessel, Gloucester, MA (possibly Vincent's Cove). Fishermen's Institute lecture slides, c. 1921. Collection of the Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives.

A photographer in the pulpit of a sword fishing vessel, Gloucester, MA 
(possibly Vincent's Cove). Handcolored slide from the Fishermen's 
Institute, c. 1921. Collection of the Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives.

Winning Images

Winning entrants will be notified by May 26, 2017; top three selections will be awarded the following prizes:

1st Prize: One year Cape Ann Museum Membership (Contributor or Red Cottage Society Individual level)

2nd Prize: $50 Gift certificate to Museum Shop

3rd Prize: Copy of Kodachrome Memory by photographer Nathan Benn

A selection of photographs, including the top three winning entries, will be displayed on the Cape Ann Museum website.

How to Enter & Submit Photographs

  1. Fill out and sign an entry form for your photograph(s).
  2. Fill out model release form if applicable.
  3. Email the entry form (1 per photographer), model release form (if applicable) and photo(s) to katelachance@capeannmuseum.org.

 

Margarett Sargent talk at the Cape Ann Museum

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Margarett Sargent: The Bold and the Beautiful

Saturday, March 25 at 2:00 p.m.

Celebrate Women’s History Month with a lively presentation by Museum docent Margaret Bernier focusing on the life, loves and work of artist Margarett Sargent. Offered in conjunction with the Cape Ann Museum Book Group’s reading of The White Blackbird: A Life of the Painter Margarett Sargent, written by her granddaughter Honor Moore. To complement this program, a selection of works by women artists from the Museum’s collection will be featured in the galleries.

Margarett Sargent, Women and Mirror, 1933-1936, oil on canvas. Gift of Alvin and Estella Hochberg, 2002.

This program is free for Museum members or with Museum admission, paid on arrival. Space is limited; reservations required. Reservations can be made by calling 978-283-0455 x10, emailing info@capeannmuseum.org or online at Eventbrite.