1:00 p.m. — 2:00 p.m.
At the Cape Ann Museum, composer and musician Robert Bradshaw will conduct a string trio in a series of compositions inspired by Aesop’s Fables.
Visit CAM’s Facebook page to enter a raffle of animal-themed children’s goodies in celebration of this event!
Free and open to the public. This program is made possible by the Goldhirsh Foundation.
This program is accessible. 
Mother and son acapella duo Rose Sheehan and Colin de la Barre of Gloucester, MA will sing songs and tell stories from folk traditions in celebration of the Fall and Harvest Time on Saturday, November 19, 2016 from 3:00 to 4:00 PM at the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church. The church is located at the corner of Middle and Church Streets in Gloucester, MA. The main entrance is through the front doors of the church. An accessible entrance is at 10 Church Street. Admission is free.
Rose Sheehan, a life-long native of Massachusetts, grew up enjoying music of all genres, singing in church and school choirs. In the late 1970’s, she became enthralled with traditional music. Soon after settling in Boston, she starting performing throughout the Northeast region at coffeehouses and small taverns including the Nameless Coffeehouse, Cambridge, the Pressroom, NH, the Thirsty Whale, ME and Fiddler’s Green, Toronto. She studied vocal technique with Anabel Graetz and Frankie Armstrong and performed as a solo vocalist with the Revels in the early 1980’s.
Colin de la Barre was raised in a musical household. He demonstrated his talent for music and rhythm as a very young child, dancing before he could speak. He played fiddle during his middle childhood years, easily picking up tunes by ear. When asked, Colin says he began singing with his mom in his late teens. Rose asserts that they’ve been “singing together since before he was born!”
As a duo, Rose and Colin are well known for their inspired harmonies and rich blend of familial voices.
They have appeared together at venues including the Mystic Sea Music Festival, the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival, the Indian Neck Folk Festival, the New England Folk Festival, coffeehouses and house concerts.
In 2014 they were selected as juried showcase performers for the North East Regional Folk Alliance Conference in Kerhonkson, NY.
Rose and Colin are online at https://www.facebook.com/roseandcolin/
The mid-point between the equinox and the solstice is the cross quarter day, traditionally observed as a fire festival. A lantern walk marks the end of autumn and the start of winter. We carry light into the darkening days with hope for the renewed light to come.
Come make a lantern on Friday afternoon or Saturday morning.
Come join in community to carry the light in a Lantern Walk on Saturday afternoon.
“Each of us is one small light, but together we shine bright!”
Friday, November 18 will be the final Unplugged Play Session for the season.
Playtime has been great fun!
We hope to resume in January.
Thank you friends and neighbors for participating.
Sea Shells and Jingle Bells is coming up on December 4, 2016
This annual Holiday Inn and Home Kitchen Tour is planned and managed by Rockport High School DECA as one of their major fundraisers.
Tour is self guided and starts at Rockport Inn and Suites —12-4 PM on Sunday, December 4, 2016
Tickets will be on sale at Rockport Inn and Suites starting on November 27 and also are available on our website-
On Saturday, December 19 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Holy Family Parish celebrates the restoration of the Msgr. Sullivan hall with a theme of “Deck the Hall Christmas Fair.”
The original painted mural in the front hall of Cardinal Richard Cushing blessing the fleet will still welcome fans of this popular Christmas event as will the painting of the parish band marching in the Rose Bowl Parade in 1963.
The church of the fishermen will offer “coastal Christmas decorations (hall chairs painted in a nautical fashion and decorated Christmas front door buoys keeping with our parish coastal history.
The Parish has had some donated unique vintage antique items such as a restored Hoosier cabinet, a Victorian baby carriage and kitchen chairs.
There will be photos with Santa, Italian cookies, candy, white elephant table, a Chinese raffle, the basket wheel, fresh Christmas greens, (wreaths, swags, front step vintage decorations) and much more.
Parishioners invite you to come to the Fair and enjoy the new hall as we continue on our journey to revamp the whole church
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