Due to popular request, Unplugged Play Time Fridays have extended into November! The Gould Court parking lot door at the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church will be open from 4:00 to 6:00 on November 11 and November 18 to welcome parents
to drop in with their children for some old-fashioned fun: blocks, puzzles, board games, battery-free toys and more! There is no cost to attend. Parents/Caregivers remain and provide supervision for your children. After the 18th, Unplugged Play will take a break until the new year.

Beeman School Fundraiser Night
at Jalapeño’s!
Monday, November 7th
4:00pm to close
Dine in or take out
978-283-8228
(10% of all food purchases benefits Beeman PTO)

This Friday evening, November 11 at 8:00 pm, GAAC is thrilled to have an old friend, UNH’s John Gianforte, whom some of you may remember from a series of talks earlier this year at the Sawyer Free Library, or from his previous GAAC talks.

Paul Jernberg, Music Director of St. Monica and St. Lucy Parishes in Methuen, is pleased to announce three concerts to be held this November to raise funds for refugees and internally displaced peoples (IDPs) in the Middle East. The concerts will feature a choral performance of Canadian-American composer Roman Hurko’s Liturgy No. 3, an English setting of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, as well as a beautiful sung Compline Night Prayer for the Feast of St. Cecilia. All net proceeds will be used to provide food, shelter, and medical assistance to IDPs and Christian refugees through the Knights of Columbus Christian Refugee Relief Fund, under the auspices of St. Monica and St. Lucy Parishes and the Knights of Columbus Council 14725. The concerts will be presented on Friday, November 18 at 7:00 pm at St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Beverly, MA, on Sunday, November 20 at 5:30 pm at St. Monica Catholic Church in Methuen, MA, and on Tuesday, November 22 at 7:00 pm at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Nashua, NH. No tickets will be sold but a free-will offering will be accepted. Light refreshments will be served at a reception following each concert. For more information or to help sponsor these efforts please email saintmonicachoir@gmail.com. Donations are also accepted via the youcaring.com fundraising page (656504).

Active military, veterans and their families are invited to join us at the Cape Ann Museum for free on Veterans Day next Friday, November 11!

The Museum will have an ongoing video program in the auditorium featuring images from the Civil War to Vietnam with a voice-over of letters written home by soldiers.

Also offered on Veteran’s Day is will be a special military-themed tour at 2:00 pm looking at items from our collection like this cannon ball that was fired into the facade of the First Parish Unitarian Church of Gloucester in 1775.

The Museum’s Activity Center will be open all day for families with younger children to enjoy clean art projects, picture books, building blocks and a half size dory for lobster fishing play.

Saturday, November 12 at 2:00p.m.

Photographer Paul Cary Goldberg, whose photographs are included in the special exhibition Voicing the Woods: Jeremy Adams, Instrument Maker, worked closely with Adams over a period of three months in an effort to capture the complexity, mechanics, beauty, detail and personality of the instruments and their maker. The resulting photographs, commissioned by the Museum, offer insight into the work and the process, highlighting the exquisite detail and craftsmanship of the instruments and underscoring the breadth and volume of Adams’s work.

Join Goldberg for a tour through the new exhibition during this intimate afternoon program.

Image: Adams at work in his workshop. Photograph 2016 by Paul Cary Goldberg.

Paul Cary Goldberg’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States, and in Florence, Italy and Tel Aviv. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards for his photography and his work can be found in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Boston Public Library, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Cape Ann Museum. Goldberg has been represented by Pucker Gallery since 2003.

This program is $10 for CAM members / $15 for nonmembers (includes admission). Space is limited; program is expected to fill quickly. Tickets/reservations are required and can be purchased online at Eventbrite or by calling (978) 283-0455 x10.

This program is accessible.   Voicing the Woods is on view at the Cape Ann Museum October 22, 2016 through February 26, 2017.

Join us for a Shopping Party! Bring your friends and get your holiday shopping done early! Cape Ann Animal Aid is hosting a shopping night featuring some of your favorite vendors, all for a great cause!

Avon
Bella and Harvey
LulaRoe
Mary Kay
Pampered Chef
Paparazzi Jewelry
Scentsy
Tastefully Simple
Yanbal Jewelry
4 Twisted Tarts

Carpool with friends because parking is limited! Event runs from 5pm-8pm and you can visit with shelter animals from 5pm-7pm.

Can’t make it to the event? Some vendors are also hosting online parties. Check the Facebook event page for more info (https://www.facebook.com/events/1151433581605222/)