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Now Open: Backyard Growers’ May Seedling Sale

~ backyardgrowersgloucester

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Backyard Growers’ May Seedling Sale is open for online ordering through Wednesday, May 17, for curbside pickup and in-person shopping on Saturday, May 20. Purchase veggie seedlings including a variety of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and basil started by our pals at Cedar Rock Gardens. We sell individual plants rather than four-packs.

This sale also features other growing supplies including Neptune’s Harvest fish & seaweed fertilizer, High Mowing Organic Seeds, GrowBags, and more. All orders will be available for pickup at Backyard Growers HQ on Saturday, May 20, 11am-2pm. Plus, we’ll have extra seedlings and other goodies for in-person purchase.

Proceeds support our work building healthy, connected, resilient communities by empowering people to grow their own food. Stop by to say hello and get your veggie garden up and running for the 2023 growing season!

Memoir Talk: Author Talk with Virginia McKinnon on Thursday evening, May 18

~ Sawyer Free Library

As a part of May’s Local Memoir Series, the Sawyer Free Library is pleased to present Virginia McKinnon as she reads from her newly released memoir, A Fisherman’s Daughter: Growing Up Sicilian-American in the Oldest Fishing Port in America. All are invited to this special evening on Thursday, May 18, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at 21 Main Street in downtown Gloucester.

At age 93, this first-time author shares short stories of her heritage growing up in Gloucester, spanning her lifetime, including her late husband’s WWII experiences in the Asiatic Pacific. Drawing on her vivid memories from throughout her life as a child when she could hop fishing boat to fishing boat during St. Peter’s Fiesta in Gloucester Harbor to the joyful celebrations of marriage and family life, to her community and public life work as a social worker, eucharistic minister, lector, and writer, Virginia’s book documents a cultural history of a way of life in Gloucester and America.

The event is free and open to the public at Sawyer Free Library at 21 Main Street, Gloucester. For more information and to register, visit, sawyerfreelibrary.org.

2nd Annual WellFest: Saturday, May 20 @ Harvey Park in Rockport

~ Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce

Join the Greater Cape Ann Chamber’s Health & Wellness Committee for the 2nd Annual WellFest: A Greater Cape Ann Community Wellness Fair. This year, we are moving to Harvey Park in Rockport!

This event will showcase the Cape Ann region’s broad range of health and wellness services. This event will provide something for people of all ages!

  • Food & Nutrition
  • Movement, Balance & Exercise
  • Hearing & Vision
  • Health in Mind, Body & Spirit
  • Youth Development & Lifelong Learning 
  • Senior Readiness

Here is the list of attending vendors (* = offering free raffle):

  • 4GBS – For the Grand Bandquet of Sexuality *
  • ABC Home Healthcare Professionals *
  • Action Inc.
  • Addison Gilbert Hospital
  • Arbonne Consultant
  • Backyard Growers *
  • Beauport Hearing Care
  • Bonneville Design
  • Cape Ann Animal Aid
  • Cape Ann Botanicals *
  • Cape Ann Lanes *
  • Cape Ann Transportation Authority (CATA)
  • Cape Ann YMCA
  • Cometeer
  • Disability Resource Center *
  • Eastern Essex Regional Public Health Coalition
  • Essex County OB/GYN Associates *
  • Gloucester Health Department
  • Manchester Essex Conservation Trust *
  • North Shore Adventures *
  • NorthShore24 Fitness *
  • ONESTOP Harm Reduction Center *
  • Rockport Art Association & Museum *
  • Rockport Council on Aging
  • Rockport Exchange *
  • SeniorCare Inc.
  • Supportive Living Inc.
  • The Open Door
  • Treetop Yoga *

Thank you to our Sponsors:

Help Stamp Out Hunger this Saturday!

~ todtheopendoor

Make a donation this weekend without leaving home!

Residents of Gloucester, Ipswich, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Rockport: please leave non-perishable, unexpired food donations in a bag by your mailbox this Saturday to be delivered by your local letter carrier to The Open Door!

PLEASE, NO GLASS!

MOST NEEED ITEMS:

  • Coffee
  • Condiments (ketchup, mustard, mayo, and salad dressings)
  • Cooking oil
  • Peanut butter
  • Tuna

IF you live outside the above communities, please contact your local post office to learn if they will be participating in the National Association of Letter Carrier’s Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive this year.

Thank you! Your support helps stock the shelves and connect local people to the food they need to thrive.

In 2022, The Open Door helped stabilize the lives and health of 8,486 people from 4,872 households through the distribution of 1.78 million pounds of food.

More information about The Open Door and its programs available at FOODPANTRY.org

Teacup Flower Sale

~ Dot Sieradzki

Seaside Garden Club members will be selling Teacups in front of Manchester Post Office on Saturday, May 13, to benefit the club’s 2023-2024 season. This is our only fundraiser of the year. Just in time for Mothers’ Day, pick out a fancy teacup with a flowering plant tucked inside.

Vote For Your Favorite Local Businesses To Be Featured On Gloucester Zip Trip- Voting Closes Wednesday!!!!!

~ Joey Ciaramitaro

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Nominate Your Favorite Local Businesses for the Gloucester Zip Trip August 4th!
Boston 25 News, in collaboration with the City of Gloucester, is bringing aZip Trip to Gloucester on August 4, 2023! The Zip Trip team wants to showcase some of Gloucester’s locally-owned restaurants and small businesses, and we want to hear from you — which businesses do you consider staples of our community?
Nominate your favorite restaurant, and your favorite business inthis nomination form, and the top 3 in each category will be shared with the Zip Trip team to highlight in August!
Pleasesubmit your nominationbyWednesday, May 10 at 12:00pm.
Nominate Your Favorite Locally-Owned Restaurant & Business

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This Memorial Day – Join us for an incredible evening!

~ Hammond Castle Museum

Join us for an incredible evening with the Sinfonietta Cracovia, one of the premiere chamber orchestras of Europe as they present their flagship project combining film music and concert music of two great composers: Wojciech Kilar and Philip Glass, as part of the international tour Kilar 90.

The portrait that emerges, that of a composer’s voice, as applied to both realms of concert as well as commercial music reveals each composer’s musical identity. The concert will feature performances with the young Polish pianist and composer Aleksander Dębicz, and the orchestra’s principal conductor, Katarzyna Tomala-Jedynak.

Program

Philip Glass – Suite from The Hours (2002)

Philip Glass – Suite from Dracula (1931)

Wojciech Kilar – Orawa (1986)

Wojciech Kilar – Certain Light from The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

Wojciech Kilar – The Brides from Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Aleksander Dębicz – Sideways

Partners and patrons of the tour: The tour is co-organized by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute within the “Programme of events accompanying the celebration of Wojciech Kilar’s 90th birthday (2022) and the 10th anniversary of his death (2023)” As well as the Polish Cultural Institute New York, PWM Edition, Supertrain Records and the City of Krakow.

Tickets are available at: https://bit.ly/GlassKilar

THIS THURSDAY: Empty Bowl Marketplace

~ todtheopendoor

ORDER tickets NOW for Empty Bowl Marketplace: there’s still time! 

The Open Door Empty Bowl Marketplace has been reimagined with a new twist—a street fair-themed event at Cruiseport in Gloucester (6 Rowe Square, Gloucester MA) this Thursday, May 4, from 3:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Step through the doors and into a dining room transformed into a colorful marketplace packed with this year’s bowls. Choose your favorite bowl and then head to the lower level to bid on auction bowls, get your picture taken, and pick up your dinner from the Farmers’ Truck. The bowl will go home as a reminder that somewhere, someone’s bowl is empty.

CLICK HERE for pay-what-you-can tickets.

Each year, The Open Door Empty Bowl event raises funds for programs that keep local children fed over summer break, including Summer Meals for Kids, Mobile Market, and Food Pantries. The annual event is held in tandem with an online auction featuring one-of-a-kind, stunning bowls painted by local Cape Ann artists. To view and bid on this year’s online auction, click here.

“Anniversary Bowl” by Jeff Weaver is available for bid through The Open Door Empty Bowl 2023 online auction.

“Clamming” by Captain Sam Nigro is available for bid through The Open Door Empty Bowl 2023 online auction.

“Swan Platter” by Evelyn Stewart is available for bid through The Open Door Empty Bowl 2023 online auction.

In 2022, The Open Door helped stabilize the lives and health of 8,486 people from 4,872 households through the distribution of 1.78 million pounds of food. Learn more at FOODPANTRY.org

Sea Urchins and Science at City Hall

~ Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute

Join us on Wednesday, May 3rd at 6pm as GMGI returns to Gloucester’s City Hall! Hear from Dr. Andrea Bodnar, GMGI’s Donald G. Comb Science Director and learn about her fascinating research on the long-lived red sea urchin. Click here to register!

All are welcome. The event is free of charge; registration is required. Can’t make it to city hall? Watch live through 1623 Studios live stream!

Did you know that some species of sea urchins can live for hundreds of years? Dr. Bodnar and her team are studying the red sea urchin’s ability to live extraordinarily long, healthy, disease-free lifespans to help us unlock the secrets of healthy aging in humans.

Check out the flier below for more information. Click here to register!

Hybrid Class: Yin Yoga for Gardeners

~ backyardgrowersgloucester

🌿 Join community gardener & yoga teacher Jasmine Epstein for this hybrid yin yoga class designed specifically for gardeners — including deep stretches and release for the neck, shoulders, and back.

📆 Friday, April 28, 4pm

📍 You can attend this class in-person at Backyard Growers HQ or online.

🎟 FREE for Backyard Growers program participants / $15 general admission. Proceeds support our work building healthy, connected, resilient communities by empowering people to grow their own food. Thanks to Jasmine for donating her time and talent by leading this class!

Learn more & reserve your spot