Tonight!

~ Hammond Castle Museum

Join us for our biannual night of Psychic Readings and Spirit Exploration!

Our guest list of well-known psychic readers, mediums, and spiritual consultants includes: Bruce Hoskins, Red Hoskins, Amanda McElhaney, Michelle Guillemette Trahan, and Tauney Kennedy.

Reading options include:

  • Thirty-minute Individual Readings: $55
  • Thirty-minute Couple’s Relationship Readings: $55.
  • Thirty-minute Spirit Mediumship Readings: $70.
  • Fifteen-minute Individual Readings: $30 (Only offered as walk-in, first come/first serve, and based entirely on availability.)

*All prices include a $5 Museum Fee.  Museum Fee waived for all Hammond Castle Museum Members.

Click Here to visit our Calendar of Events to learn more about each of our guest psychics and mediums and specific reading types available.

Ticket holders who wish to tour Hammond Castle Museum prior to 3pm on the day of the program may purchase Self-Guided Tour tickets in the Museum Shop at a 20% discount with proof of purchase.

Join us for a fun night of psychic readings and spirit exploration as we welcome back our team of psychics and spiritual intuitives!

Book Your Appointment Here

The Open Door Autumn Breakfast 2023

~ todtheopendoor

Life happens. The Open Door can help! Tickets are available NOW for The Open Door Autumn Breakfast on WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 11 from 7:30 to 9:00 A.M. at the Beauport Hotel (55 Commercial Street, Gloucester MA). CLICK HERE to purchase tickets today. Limited spots available.

Each year, The Open Door Autumn Breakfast kicks off the holiday giving season and raises funds for Holiday Meal baskets (and beyond). Each basket provides local people with all the ingredients they will need to make a special meal, and Holiday Baskets are available for BOTH Thanksgiving and the winter holidays.

Autumn Breakfast also honors outstanding volunteers and community partners who have gone above and beyond to connect local people to good food. Learn more at FOODPANTRY.org

OPEN HOUSE: Gloucester Biotechnology Academy

~ Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute

Curious about Gloucester Biotechnology Academy? Stop by this Thursday, September 21st from 3p to 5p and learn more about our innovative, hands-on program!

Tour our state-of-the-art laboratories, speak with Academy instructors, learn about the two-semester curriculum, and hear about the application process. Interested community members, prospective students, curious family members…all are welcome!

Where: 55 Blackburn Center, Gloucester

When: 9/21 from 3p to 5p

The Academy is a 10-month certificate program that trains high school graduates for careers in biotech and the life sciences. Applications are currently being accepted for the Class of 2024’s second cohort, which begins in November.

For more information, please reach out to Laura Richane at laura.richane@gmgi.org

It’s happening! Sawyer Free Library to host YA Author Taylor Tyng this Friday!

~ Sawyer Free Library

The Sawyer Free Library is excited to welcome author Taylor Tyng to speak about his new book for middle-grade readers (ages 8-12), Clara Poole and the Long Way Round, on Friday, September 15 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. The free event will be at the Sawyer Free Library located at 21 Main Street in downtown Gloucester. 

Make your own hot air balloons as you listen to the fun and engaging author read from his new middle-grade nove! It is Mr. Lemoncello meets the Amazing Race, in this quirky high-octane balloon-racing middle-grade around-the-world adventure.

The Bookstore of Gloucester will be selling books at the event; Tyng will be signing books after the talk and Q&A. If you cannot be there in person, you can pre order a book to be signed by the author by calling the store at 978-281-1548. 

This program is suitable for grades 4th-8th.  Click HERE to register. Registration required as space is limited. For more information, visit sawyerfreelibrary.org

Sawyer Free Library’s BRICK BY BRICK Community LEGO Celebration – this Saturday, 9/16!

~ Sawyer Free Library

Join the Sawyer Free Library for a fun LEGO-filled community event THIS Saturday, September 16, from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm at 20 Main Street in downtown Gloucester, right across from the Sawyer Free Library temporary location. 

Build your own library-inspired LEGO creation with the help of a certified LEGO Master from the LEGO Discovery Center Boston. Check out the specially commissioned LEGO model replica of the 2025 Sawyer Free Library. Have fun creating with LEGOs along with face painting, prizes, music, and more! 

All are invited to this FREE community celebration of the 2025 Sawyer Free Library’s upcoming community groundbreaking which is taking place on Friday, September 29th!

For more information on the LEGO event or the 2025 Sawyer Free Library Groundbreaking visit: sawyerfreelibrary.org

The SawyerFree2025.org campaign depends on the generosity of supporters like you. 

We still need your help. Make the new Sawyer Free Library a reality- donate now!

Main Street Meet Up

~ Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce

A Gloucester Women-Owned Business Tour – Walk, Shop, Network, Win

Put on your power-walking shoes and prepare to explore some of Gloucester’s finest Women-Owned businesses, right here on Main (and adjacent) streets! After picking up your Passport and Raffle Tickets at Shore Nutrition, visit the list of participating Women-Owned Businesses, get your Passport stamped and enter raffle drawings at each location. Three additional Grand Prize Drawings will be held at Oliver’s Harbor at 7 PM.

Register and purchase your Passport & Raffle Tickets today for just $25 at bit.ly/Main-Street-Meet-Up. (You may also purchase at Shore Nutrition on the day of the event.) Anyone may participate!

Shops will be open from 3 to 7 PM for all Passport holders, with on-street networking, owners waiting to meet YOU, and a chance to win a raffle prize in every store!

Main Street Meet-Up is a great way to learn more about and support women-owned businesses. Presented by the Businesswomen’s Committee of the Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce. All proceeds benefit the Carolyn M O’Connor Scholarship Fund.

Participating Women-Owned Businesses

  • Animal Krackers
  • Bishco
  • Bravo
  • Brit Barry Design
  • Café Sicilia
  • Cape Ann Olive Oil Co.
  • Castaways Vintage Café
  • Chloe Leigh Designs
  • Design of Mine
  • Detali  Upcycled Design
  • EVOLVE SKIN
  • Fireflies Boutique
  • goodlinens studio
  • Jess Churchill Photography
  • Local Colors
  • Made with Luve
  • Meat and Sweet Foods
  • Nelson’s
  • Oliver’s Harbor Café
  • Pastaio
  • Phoenix Nest
  • Pop Gallery
  • Sage Floral Studio
  • Sample This
  • Shop-Loro
  • Shore Nutrition
  • Source Bakery
  • Temple of Enora
  • The Bookstore of Gloucester
  • The Cave
  • Unwind Luxury Vegan Beauty 

Gloucester Cemeteries: a Rededication, a Tour, and Time to Explore

~ cmaney27

Gloucester Cemeteries: a Rededication, a Tour, and Time to Explore

On Saturday, September 16th  (Rain date September 17th) join us to observe the rededication of a cemetery, attend a walking tour of American Revolutionary Veterans, and spend time exploring two cemeteries. For more information and registration go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gloucester-cemeteries-a-rededication-a-tour-and-time-to-explore-tickets-709469240597

 9:45AM-11:00AM: Observe the commemoration and rededication of Clark’s Cemetery by the Sons of Veterans Reserve (SVR) who are the ceremonial uniformed military component of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War ( suvcw.org). A gun salute will be part of the ceremony.

11:15AM – 12:15PM: Attend a walking tour led by the knowledgeable guide, David Nunes, who will share fascinating narratives and tales about the American Revolutionary Veterans buried in First Parish Burial Ground.

12:15PM-1:30PM: Time to explore both cemeteries at your own pace. There will be cemetery maps and self-guided handouts to help you appreciate the historic gravestones, discover possible ancestors, view intricate carvings, see an underground tomb, and walk the peaceful surroundings of these cemeteries. Members of the 400+ Burial Grounds and Cemeteries Committee will be available to assist you and answer questions as you reflect on the lives lived and the legacies left behind. For more information and registration go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gloucester-cemeteries-a-rededication-a-tour-and-time-to-explore-tickets-709469240597

Sawyer Free Library to Host Book Sale of Arthur Ryan’s Collection September 21 to 23

~ Sawyer Free Library

The Sawyer Free Library is thrilled to announce a remarkable opportunity for book enthusiasts, art aficionados, and community members to delve into the literary and artistic world of Arthur Ryan, the celebrated film executive, art collector, and philanthropist. Born in Gloucester and returning to his beloved hometown after retirement, Arthur Ryan’s philanthropic legacy continues to flourish through the Arthur F Ryan Foundation. From September 21 to 23, Sawyer Free Library will host a Book Sale featuring the extensive collection of over 2,000 titles Mr. Ryan generously donated to benefit Gloucester’s public library.

Mr. Ryan’s passion for reading and his remarkable book collection, consisting primarily of mint-condition hardbacks related to art and art history, bestselling fiction, English mysteries, and business, is a treasure trove for book enthusiasts and scholars alike.

The Book Sale is scheduled to take place from September 21 to 23rd. The event will kick off on Thursday, September 21, with an exclusive preview for booksellers and Friends of the Sawyer Free Library from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. This preview event offers a unique chance for avid collectors and supporters to get a first look at the collection. On Friday, September 22, the Book Sale will be open to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., followed by a final opportunity on Saturday, September 23, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

The sale will take place at the Sawyer Free Library, located at 2 Dale Avenue in Gloucester on its ground floor. Visitors are to use the parking lot door off School Street to enter the ground floor where the sale will be held.

All proceeds from the Book Sale will be directed to the Sawyer Free 2025 campaign. The 2025 Sawyer Free Library will officially break ground with a community celebration on September 29 at 3pm. The project will take approximately eighteen months to complete. 

The project to renovate and expand the Sawyer Free Library is a once in 50-year opportunity to secure the future of this vital public institution. When doors open at the 2025 Sawyer Free Library, the building will exemplify what a 21st-century public library can and should be.  The Sawyer Free 2025 campaign is grateful for the tremendous engagement and investment at every level from all parts of the community but we still need your help.  To learn how you can be a part of making the new Sawyer Free Library a reality, visit www.2025SawyerFree.org.

For more information about the Book Sale and other related events, please visit SawyerFreeLibrary.org or contact 978-325-5500. 

2nd Annual Blackburn Brew Fest

~ Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce

Experience one of the best views on Cape Ann with a cold beer in your hand on Saturday, September 16 at the 2nd Annual Blackburn Brew Fest at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester MA. Join us to sample hundreds of beers, ciders, and meads brewed by close to 30 Commonwealth breweries. Also featuring two live bands – Over the Bridge and Soul Rebel Project – and 7 food trucks. There is only one session on Saturday, September 16th, 2023 from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. $50 in advance tickets or $60 at the door. $10 designated driver ticket available. This is strictly a 21+ event. No children (including infants) or pets allowed. Please visit https://blackburnbrewfest.com for tickets. Presented by the Next Gen Young Professionals Group of the Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce to benefit the Cape Ann Community Foundation.