Our Annual Holiday Pop-Up Shop is OPEN for the season! And, this year, it’s all online, so you can shop for a cause from the comfort of your own home Explore unique veggie-themed, garden- and nature-inspired goodies for all your family and friends, while supporting a great cause.
Proceeds support Backyard Growers‘ community, backyard, and school garden programs, connecting kids, seniors, and families to healthy, fresh produce by teaching people to grow their own food.
If you live in Essex, Gloucester, Manchester-By-The-Sea, or Rockport, Cape Ann Mass in Motion would your feedback on biking on Cape Ann. Cape Ann Mass in Motion wants to hear from residents of all ages, including those who may not bike as we all share the roads. There is a google form with questions and an interactive map where you can draw routes and mark where there are barriers etc. Here is the survey questions link and this is the interactive map link . The survey is open until November 30, 2020.
SERVICE NOW AVAILABLE FOR ALL GLOUCESTER RESIDENTS AGE 65+
Do you need transportation for access to healthy food or fitness?
To catch a ride reserve your FREE SEAT today by calling CATA (978) 283-7916
*Unless otherwise noted please make your reservation no later than 1 pm the day before your trip.
🚶♿ Tuesdays Walking @ Gloucester Boulevard Join us for a socially distanced stroll at your own pace each Tuesday! Don’t forget your mask! Bus stays at Boulevard to transport home early upon request. Last walk of the season will be Nov. 24th.
Pickups start @ 9:15 amReturn home starts @ 11:15 am
Tuesdays The Open Door Food Pantry – In person shopping, by appointment only Cape Ann Seniors on the GO has a standing appointment each Tuesday at 1:30 pm for riders who want in person shopping. Space is limited. Reservations for this trip must be made by Monday each week. Steps to reserve this specific trip:
1.Call The Open Door at (978) 283-6776 to sign up for our appointment time.
2. Reserve your free seat on our bus by calling Rosalie Nicastro, Program Assistant for Cape Ann Seniors on the GO (978) 491-9175.
🛒Wednesdays Grocery Shopping @ Market Basket: Special early morning shop
Pickups start @ 8:10 amReturn home starts @ 9:50 am
Pickups start @ 10:10 am Return home starts @ 11:50 am
🦞🐟🛒 Fridays Fisherman’s Wharf & The Open Door Food Pantry:
Enjoy a stop to purchase fresh, local seafood at Fisherman’s Wharf. At The Open Door stop you will be provided a grocery bag pre-filled with perishable and non-perishable items.
Pickups start @ 11:00 amReturn home starts @ 11:55 am
Gloucester Health Dept. | Gloucester Housing Authority | Gloucester Council on Aging | CATA
Financial support provided by the Massachusetts Community Compact Initiative & the Massachusetts Community Health & Aging Fund
On Thursday, November 19th, we are honored to have Nobel Laureate William G. Kaelin Jr., M.D. as the speaker for our second virtual Science Hour talk of the season! In 2019, Dr. Kaelin received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with tumor suppressing proteins, using a variety of molecular and cellular approaches to understand how, mechanistically, these proteins prevent tumor growth.
Please join us on Thursday, November 19th at 7:30pm on Zoom to hear Dr. Kaelin’s journey from being a “C-” student to earning one of the most prestigious awards in medicine.
Works of art represent Museum’s growing collection
Banner rendition; actual banners were hung Nov. 5.
GLOUCESTER, MASS. (Nov. 5, 2020) – The Cape Ann Museum Green campus is now showcasing seven new banners on the exterior wall of the Janet & William Ellery James Center, featuring works from the Museum’s collection after they were installed today.
The installation of banners is an integral part of the Museum’s bold vision behind the creation of the new Cape Ann Museum Green (CAM Green). The nearly four-acre campus is also home to the White Ellery House (1710), an adjacent Barn (c. 1740), and the Babson-Alling House (c.1740). In recent weeks, the Museum welcomed visitors to see CAM Green and view the exhibit produced in collaboration with The Open Door Food Pantry, entitled The Porch-Rait Project.
The 12,000-square foot James Center provides critical state-of-the-art storage for the Museum’s expanding collections as well as community space for education and art installations. Adding the banners builds on important landscaping improvements this spring and summer with the planting of dozens of trees, shrubs, and flowers alongside the campus’s notable fieldstone wall, constructed by local artisans from stones found throughout the property. Earlier this summer, the Museum held a “Call to Colors” flag raising ceremony by nine Cape Ann children, honoring Cape Ann veterans and most recently conducted a ceremony for those Cape Ann Artisans who were instrumental in the creation of CAM Green.
“These new banners at the James Center reflect the wonderful breadth of the Museum’s collections, highlighting key works that celebrate the history and remarkable contributions of Cape Ann to the cultural enhancement of our community and the world at large,” said Oliver Barker, the Museum’s Director.
Works featured in the banners are:
Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865), View of the Babson and Ellery Houses, Gloucester, 1863
William McGregor Paxton (1869-1941), (portrait of) Jackie Hudson (undated)
Winslow Homer (1836-1910), Boy Hailing Schooners, 1880
Peter Vincent (1947-2012), (portrait of) Howard Blackburn (undated)
Jane Peterson (1876-1965), Smith’s Cove, East Gloucester (undated)
Barker said the Museum has faced the challenges of 2020 with great resolve and the clear message to the community that “Storms Rage and Gloucester Endures.” He said they pursued a wide range of innovative and community-focused initiatives during its closure this past spring and summer from honoring frontline heroes through the In Gratitude Road Rally, preparing meals for homeless residents and engaging them in a self-portrait art-making activity in concert with Action, Inc., launching the new virtual programming series CAM Connects, celebrating the incredible contributions of Gloucester Harbor to the American art story afloat with more than 70 vessels and 350 friends during our first ever CAM Culture Cruise, and delivering on the bold and exciting vision behind the creation of the new CAM Green campus.
“With the Museum’s two campuses open and new exhibitions at 27 Pleasant Street, we are looking toward 2021 to continue our focus on this community and together engage and inspire,” Barker said.
For more information about the Museum, its programs, exhibits, and collections, visit www.capeannmuseum.org.
The Cape Ann Museum has been in existence since the 1870s, working to preserve and celebrate the history and culture of the area and to keep it relevant to today’s audiences. Spanning 44,000 square feet, the Museum is one of the major cultural institutions on Boston’s North Shore welcoming more than 25,000 local, national and international visitors each year to its exhibitions and programs. In addition to fine art, the Museum’s collections include decorative art, textiles, artifacts from the maritime and granite industries, three historic homes, a Library & Archives and a sculpture park in the heart of downtown Gloucester. In June 2021, the Museum will officially open the 12,000 square foot Janet & William Ellery James Center at the Cape Ann Museum Green. The campus also includes three historic buildings – the White Ellery House (1710), an adjacent Barn (c. 1740), and the recently acquired Babson-Alling House (c.1740), all located on the site at the intersection of Washington and Poplar Streets in Gloucester.
The Cape Ann Museum is located at 27 Pleasant Street in Gloucester. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation, operating hours have been reduced to better protect the safety and well-being of visitors, staff and volunteers. The Museum is currently open Thursday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Timed tickets are required for all visitors at this time and can be reserved online at www.camuseum.eventbrite.com. Admission is $12.00 adults, $10.00 Cape Ann residents, seniors and students. Youth (under 18) and Museum members are free. Cape Ann residents can visit for free on the second Saturday of each month. For more information please call (978)283-0455 x110 or visit www.capeannmuseum.org.
(left) The Fitz Henry Lane Gallery at the Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, MA, 2020; (right) The Lane House as it looked in the mid-1960s after Urban Renewal cleared surrounding buildings. Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives.
GLOUCESTER, MASS. (November 2020) – During the month of November, the Cape Ann Museum is offering more walking tours throughout the city to educate participants about the region’s significant influence on many important artists from Edward Hopper and Fitz Henry Lane to Winslow Homer.
In the time of the global pandemic, the 1 ½-hour outdoor walking tours on Saturdays and Sundays are a safe and easy way to learn more about the influence of Cape Ann’s storied light, natural beauty and maritime history that has inspired many of America’s most renowned artists. Tour guides point out the notable sites that these artists rendered in some of the world’s most famous paintings and beloved works of art. It’s an eye-opening experience that shows how the artists viewed beaches, homes, churches, and other places around Cape Ann in their art. The city’s varied architecture and building styles throughout history is also the focus of a tour.
Here are the tours with descriptions and the required online registration information hyperlinked:
Tours are held rain or shine. All participants must wear face masks, and dogs are not allowed on the walks. Cost is $10 for CAM members and $20 for non-members, and it includes Museum admission. Advance online registration is required. Space is limited.
For more information about the Museum, its programs, exhibits, and collections, visit www.capeannmuseum.org.
The Cape Ann Museum has been in existence since the 1870s, working to preserve and celebrate the history and culture of the area and to keep it relevant to today’s audiences. Spanning 44,000 square feet, the Museum is one of the major cultural institutions on Boston’s North Shore welcoming more than 25,000 local, national and international visitors each year to its exhibitions and programs. In addition to fine art, the Museum’s collections include decorative art, textiles, artifacts from the maritime and granite industries, three historic homes, a Library & Archives and a sculpture park in the heart of downtown Gloucester. In June 2021, the Museum will officially open the 12,000 square foot Janet & William Ellery James Center at the Cape Ann Museum Green. The campus also includes three historic buildings – the White Ellery House (1710), an adjacent Barn (c. 1740), and the recently acquired Babson-Alling House (c.1740), all located on the site at the intersection of Washington and Poplar Streets in Gloucester.
The Cape Ann Museum is located at 27 Pleasant Street in Gloucester. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation, operating hours have been reduced to better protect the safety and well-being of visitors, staff and volunteers. The Museum is currently open Thursday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Timed tickets are required for all visitors at this time and can be reserved online at www.camuseum.eventbrite.com. Admission is $12.00 adults, $10.00 Cape Ann residents, seniors and students. Youth (under 18) and Museum members are free. Cape Ann residents can visit for free on the second Saturday of each month. For more information please call (978)283-0455 x110 or visit www.capeannmuseum.org.
In collaboration with the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, the businesses on Lexington Ave in Magnolia have come together to provide visitors and residents with special Fall savings. Magnolia offers wonderful places to eat, shop, in addition to health and wellness services. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience Fall in Magnolia, it is a must see destination!
Bob Gillis, President Cape Ann Savings Bank Aria McElhenny, Executive Director, Gloucester Education Foundation Marianne Smith, Senior Vice President/CFO GPS first grade helpers
November 3, 2020 Cape Ann Savings Bank of Gloucester, MA has awarded $60,000 to the Gloucester Education Foundation (GEF). The donation will support GEF’s endowment fund as well as programs in the Gloucester Public Schools.
Gloucester Education Foundation Executive Director Aria McElhenny commented, “Cape Ann Savings Bank has been a longtime friend and supporter of GEF in many ways. We are deeply grateful for this generous gift and for the Bank’s ongoing partnership. By investing in Gloucester Education Foundation’s infrastructure, Cape Ann Savings is helping to pave the way for innovative and creative programs in Gloucester’s schools for years to come.”
The Lyon-Waugh Auto Group met with students and teachers at Gloucester High School today, Thursday, October 29, to award the second installment of a three-year commitment of $150,000 ($50,000 a year) to the Gloucester Education Foundation in support of the Automotive Technology Program at Gloucester High School. This gift supports an additional educator for this program to meet the needs of a growing student enrollment. With this support, additional students wishing to pursue careers in the growing auto technology field have been given the opportunity to enter the popular program.
Mr. Waugh has also provided state-of-the art equipment for use in the program, and automobiles for students’ use in the shop to apply classroom learning. The program fosters a close connection with the Lyon Waugh Auto Group for visits to various dealership service departments, as well as classroom visits from Lyon-Waugh auto technicians to share state-of-the art trends and knowledge with students.
Warren Waugh, a resident of Gloucester, stated, “Lyon Waugh Auto Group is committed to sharing our success with our workplace communities and the towns we live in. The students that come from local towns like Gloucester are the foundation for businesses like ours. We consider it a privilege to be able to give back to our schools and help students prepare for entering the workforce through projects like this.”
Gloucester Education Foundation Executive Director Aria McElhenny commented, “We are so fortunate to have the generous support of Lyon-Waugh Auto Group. The high school’s automotive vocational program has grown and flourished thanks to Warren’s commitment to our students. There is a lot of interest in auto tech and that need is being met in a very high-level way through this generous donation.”
The shift to Fall brings a renewed sense of focus and determination, as we make the push towards the end of the year. The dedicated research team continues making great progress on all fronts including obtaining new samples for the red sea urchin research, the Annisquam microbe study and Cod eDNA project, as well as announcing a new partnership that will pair GMGI with OceanX, an organization known for extraordinary research and storytelling.
Our virtual GMGI Science Hour returned, premiering with a talk from Dr. Bruce Walker, Founding Director of the Ragon Institute, setting the tone for a season of engaging and insightful talks. The Academy is already in its eighth week of Semester 1, and we are incredibly proud to report classes have remained safely in-person, giving the students the full experience of hands-on learning in a working biotech laboratory.
The support from you, and our community, is palpable. We see it in your commitment to reading our monthly updates, spending your Thursday evenings with GMGI to explore new scientific ideas, and in your financial support. Your generosity is, as always, profoundly appreciated in this uncertain climate.
– Chris Bolzan, Executive Directorphoto credit: Andy Mann
GMGI Announces Partnership with OceanX GMGI is thrilled to announce a newly formed partnership with leading research and exploration organization OceanX. Formed with an extraordinary mission to support scientists in their effort to “explore the ocean and to bring it back to the world through captivating media,” OceanX works to connect the ocean and all it offers to world through innovative technology, ambitious science and breathtaking storytelling.
“We are thrilled for the opportunity to partner with OceanX, an organization that holds the same curiosity and passion for marine exploration and biological discovery,” said Chris Bolzan, GMGI Executive Director. “This partnership will be fueled by a shared interest in genomics, allowing our two teams to collaborate and align our complementary skill sets. We look forward to conducting exciting research together and sharing our discoveries broadly.”
GMGI and OceanX will collaborate on several research projects with the goals of understanding and preserving the ocean as well as fostering its connection to the general public.
“We are ecstatic to be pursuing a partnership with Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute, an organization dedicated to addressing the challenges facing our oceans, human health and the environment through groundbreaking scientific research,” said Vincent Pieribone, Vice Chairman, OceanX. “We have a shared motivation and interest in the ocean and look forward to merging the expertise of GMGI with our science, technology and media teams to produce much needed ocean science and storytelling.”The New GMGI Science Hour Season Kicks Off
Earlier this month, the Fall season of the GMGI Science Hour kicked off with a fantastic talk by Dr. Bruce Walker. Dr. Walker, Founding Director of the Ragon Institute, a pioneering virus researcher at MGH and an expert on viruses and the immune system, discussed his experience treating patients with HIV and COVID-19. While working in Africa in the peak of the HIV outbreak, Dr. Walker focused on the how patients’ immune systems reacted to the disease, enabling him and his team to develop optimal treatments.
Dr. Walker is assisting in the fight against COVID-19, alongside GMGI Co-founder David Walt, with the Massachusetts Consortium for Pathogen Readiness. Dr. Walt facilitated the Science Hour Q&A, in which Dr. Walker answered questions on possible future pandemics, what we can learn from patients who have contracted the disease twice, the virus’s impact on the immune system, and potential vaccines for COVID-19.
The next Science Hour speaker is William G. Kaelin, Jr., MD, scheduled for November 19th. Dr. Kaelin was awarded the 2019 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine for his work with tumor suppressing proteins, using a variety of molecular and cellular approaches to understand how, mechanistically, these proteins prevent tumor growth.
To register for this talk, please visit the GMGI Science Hour page on our website. GMGI scientists Andrea Bodnar and Jennifer Polinski have officially begun the process of sequencing the genome of the long-lived red sea urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) to determine how it is able to live nearly 50X longer than a closely-related sea urchin species, and what that could mean in the context of human age-related diseases.Check Out Our New Website
GMGI remembers and honors the late Donald G. Comb, scientist and founder of New England BioLabs. Don’s passion for research, arts and the marine environment was unmatched and an inspiration to so many. We are truly honored to have the Science Director position at GMGI named after Don, and we will continue to lead GMGI with same integrity, humility, and passion for science that he demonstrated throughout his life. His legacy will forever be an inspiration to all. The GMGI Science Minute
We are excited to announce that we will soon be breaking ground on our new biomanufacturing teaching lab at the Academy! This state-of-the-art learning environment, made possible by a $940k Massachusetts Workforce Skills Capital Grant and additional matching funds from our supporters, will allow us to add biomanufacturing skills to the standard Academy curriculum — and double the number of students we are able to enroll in each class.
GMGI Research Scientist Amanda Baryshyan gives us an overview of what biomanufacturing is, what it’s been used for in the past and what the future looks like for this booming field. DONATE NOW
Our Annual Holiday Pop-Up Shop is OPEN for the season! And, this year, it’s all online, so you can shop for a cause from the comfort of your own home 
Explore unique veggie-themed, garden- and nature-inspired goodies for all your family and friends, while supporting a great cause. 
photo credit: Andy Mann
GMGI scientists Andrea Bodnar and Jennifer Polinski have officially begun the process of sequencing the genome of the long-lived red sea urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) to determine how it is able to live nearly 50X longer than a closely-related sea urchin species, and what that could mean in the context of human age-related diseases.Check Out Our New Website
Remembering Donald G. Comb
Cape Ann Community 