Each year the Cape Ann Chamber’s Businesswomen’s Committee awards the Carolyn O’Connor Scholarship to a woman who is going back to school to better herself/her circumstances.  Someone who perhaps had to stop pursuing her career due to unforeseen or unfortunate circumstances, or who simply has struggle with the means to attend college.

To qualify for the scholarship the applicant must have graduated from High School or earned a GED.

We are looking for women who are seeking education or training, to better their life situation and further their career.

This year the committee has announced that they will be awarding two $1,500 Scholarships (in the past it has been one, $1,250 award).

Applications are now available HERE. The deadline for the applications to be returned to the Chamber is September 1, 2019.

LET NO KID GO HUNGRY OVER THE SUMMER!

Free food, fun, music and adventure are open to all at The Open Door USDA Summer Meals for Kids Kick Off picnic from 11am-2p.m on Wednesday,  June 19, the day after school gets out, at Riverdale Park in Gloucester.

Free meals will be available for children up to the age of 18 at 10 sites, 8 in Gloucester and 2 in Ipswich through out the 10 weeks of summer.

Open sites (No Enrollment Required) include:

• Riverdale Park: June 19-Aug 23; Mon-Fri;12:30p.m.-1 p.m.
• Willowood Gardens: June 20-Aug 23; Mon-Fri;11:45a.m.-12:15p.m.

Closed/Enrolled sites (Registration Required) include:

• Camp Windward: June 24-Aug 23:Mon-Fri; 11:30a-12:30p.m.(SFSP)
• Veterans’ Elementary, Gloucester: June 24-Aug 1; Mon-Thu, 11:30a.m.-12:00p.m. (SFSP)
• Camp Spindrift: June 19-Aug 23; Mon-Fri; 11a.m.-1p.m.
• Achievement Gap. West Parish Elementary, Gloucester: July 8-August 16; Mon-Fri, Breakfast: 8:30a-8:50a; Lunch:12:00-12:30pm
• Family Supper at The Open Door: June 19-Aug 23; Tuesday evenings only 4:00p.m.-5:30p.m.
• The Food Project at The Open Door: Wednesdays; July 10-Aug 14; 12:30p.m.-1p.m.
• Ipswich Community Food Pantry, Ipswich: June 19-August 23; Tue-Thu-;11:00a.m.-1:00p.m.
• Winthrop Elementary School, Ipswich: July 8-Aug 8; Mon-Thu 11:30am-12:30 p.m. (SFSP)

No service on July 4. A full list of sites may be found at foodpantry.org or call 978 283 6776 for more information!

Hope to see you there!

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The Little Art has showings every night at 7PM!

This week, Monday and Tuesday, we have Ace in the Hole screening.

“Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole is one of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker. Kirk Douglas gives the fiercest performance of his career as Chuck Tatum, an amoral newspaper reporter who washes up in dead-end Albuquerque, happens upon the scoop of a lifetime, and will do anything to keep getting the lurid headlines. Wilder’s follow-up to Sunset Boulevard is an even darker vision, a no-holds-barred exposé of the American media’s appetite for sensation that has gotten only more relevant with time.”

Then from Wednesday to Sunday we have Ida Lupino’s The Bigamist.

“Ida Lupino, a star of the nineteen-forties, became a director in 1949—a great one, as seen in Film Forum’s retrospective (through Nov. 22) of her work on both sides of the camera. Her movies probe women’s lives and troubles—unwanted pregnancy, mother-daughter rivalry, rape and its psychological aftermath—with a harrowing subjectivity that makes her one of the most original directors of the time. Lupino was also an independent producer, in partnership with her then husband, Collier Young, and her 1953 melodrama “The Bigamist” (which he wrote) confronts the emotional dangers of a working marriage. The title character (Edmond O’Brien) is a travelling appliance wholesaler in business with his wife (Joan Fontaine), who runs their office but neglects their romance. Lupino herself plays the other woman. Though centered on the philanderer’s double life, the movie’s most passionate moments are reserved for the anguish of the women facing his secrets and lies.”

You can read more about The Bigamist here and more about Ace in the Hole here.

To see the rest of our schedule or if you have any other questions you can visit our website littleartrockport.com or give us a call at 978.309.8593!

Support the Gloucester High School Football Team aboard the Lady Sea-departing from Cape Ann Marina- from 7-10pm. DJ Austin Sousa will keep you entertained and you’ll have a chance to meet up with former teammates and members of the current coaching staff. Raffle items include a Fishermen themed Corn Hole set with all-weather resin bags! Tickets are $25.

 

SeniorCare Inc. is proud to host Amy Kerr’s “I Am More” art exhibit at the agency’s Gloucester offices.    “I Am More” is an art and writing project founded by Amy Kerr as a reminder that we are more than our mental challenges.  Sixteen pastel and colored pencil portraits of Cape Ann residents, along with an essay written by each subject, will be on display at the SeniorCare offices through the month of June.

There will be a public reception on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at SeniorCare, located at 49 Blackburn Center, Gloucester.  In addition to the reception, public viewing hours are available on Friday afternoons through June from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm.  Anyone wishing to view the exhibit, but unable to attend during the reception or on a Friday afternoon may call 978-281-1750 to arrange for a private viewing.

“I Am More” has been on display at various locations throughout the Cape Ann region over the past several months, including the Rockport Police Department, The Open Door, Gloucester City Hall, Addison Gilbert Hospital, Action Inc, Gloucester Stage Company and more.

For more information about the “I Am More” portrait series, please visit www.amykerrdraws.org.