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Winter Solstice Celebration in the Shipyard

~ tedessexshipbuildingorg

Come learn a new skill or craft to do by the fire this winter at our Solstice Celebration.

There will be activities such as log splitting in the yard and crafts from wood carving to knitting in the Waterline Center for kids and adults.

Activities range from $2 to $20. There will be baked goods and hot drinks!

December 21st from 11am to 4pm at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum, 66 Main Street, Essex 01929

For more information go to the website: https://www.essexshipbuilding.org/calendar-of-events

Be Informed: Gun Forum

~ Hannah Kimberley

Gun Forum:A respectful public discussion of an emotional and serious national issue

The purpose of the forum is education and a peaceful exchange of ideas via listening to folks with whom we might disagree to better understand different viewpoints and if common ground exists.

Gloucester high school students are participating in forum by doing research, creating questions, and helping with publicity and logistics on the day of the forum.

Gloucester High School

Saturday 12/14/19 → 10 AM – 11:30 AM

Sponsored By: The League of Women Voters of Cape Ann

Free and open to the public 

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Panelists:
Gregory Gibson, author and father of a shooting victim

Mark Nestor, decorated veteran Vietnam War and commander of the Lester S. Wass American Legion Post

Jim Wallace, president of the Massachusetts Gun Owners Action League (G.O.A.L.)

Moderator will be John Bell, former Mayor of Gloucester and US Army Officer who served in Korea

All questions and comments will be written and screened.

Frame up to Fit Out Lecture Series – By Skiff & Basket

~ tedessexshipbuildingorg

Come join the conversation on the history of clamming in Essex, the build of an authentic clamming skiff by students from the Topsfield Vocational Academy and the making of clamming baskets.

The leaders of the project, Justin Demetri, Jeff Lane, Mark Webster, Chris Stepler, and Susannah Winder will host a conversational lecture where derailing the conversation is most definitely encouraged! Come with your curiosity and you won’t be disappointed.

The fun begins at 7PM on December the 18th at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum. Tickets are are available on our website: https://www.essexshipbuilding.org/museum-store/frame-up-to-fit-out-1 or at the door – $10 for non-members and $8 for members.

You can find the original GMG article from the day the skiff went clamming here :https://goodmorninggloucester.org/2019/09/28/clamming-in-the-boat-we-built/

GLOUCESTER MEETINGHOUSE FOUNDATION PRESENTS THE MUSICIANS OF THE OLD POST ROAD IN A PROGRAM CALLED ‘A CHRISTMAS PILGRIMAGE’

~ chasnaz

Saturday, December 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Gloucester Meetinghouse corner of Middle and Church Streets in Gloucester.  The accessible side entrance is at 10 Church Street. Event parking is available on the green and at additional parking lots nearby in the Historic District.

The ensemble, The Musicians of the Old Post Road, returns for the fourth season to perform their greatly anticipated annual holiday concert held at the Gloucester Meetinghouse, home of the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church. The program includes traditional favorites by Handel and Telemann and rarely-performed works by Bach contemporaries Christoph Graupner, Johann David Heinichen, Johann Christoph Pez, and Augustin Pfleger.

Tickets for A Christmas Pilgrimage are available at the door or online with more information at www.gloucestermeetinghouse.org. Preferred seating $45; general $30; students $10 with ID; under 12 free. Thanks to a generous sponsor this concert is dedicated to the memory of Carol Ackerman.

The Musicians of the Old Post Road, a chamber ensemble based in the Boston area, specializes in works from the Baroque to early Romantic eras performed on period instruments. The ensemble is well known for bringing their audiences rediscovered masterpieces, works that are rarely performed in public.

Members of the ensemble, all specialists in period instrument performance, include flutist Suzanne Stumpf, violinist Sarah Darling, violist Marcia Cassidy, cellist Daniel Ryan, and fortepianist/harpsichordist Michael Bahmann. They are joined by four soloists well known to Boston area audiences: soprano Jessica Petrus; mezzo-soprano Sophie Michaux; tenor Jason McStoots; and baritone David McFerrin.