GMGI returns to Gloucester’s City Hall!
Please join us on Wednesday, May 3rd at 6pm for a second, in-person community event! This talk will feature Dr. Andrea Bodnar, GMGI’s Donald G. Comb Science Director and her fascinating research on the long-lived red sea urchin. Click here to register!
All are welcome. The event is free of charge; registration is required. Can’t make it to city hall? Watch live through 1623 Studios live stream!
Representatives from Terry Handley Audio and the Symphony’s Board of Directors met last week at Stage Fort Park as planning for the concert continues for this summer’s concert. Specially planned for the Gloucester 400+ year of events, the concert will take place on July 28, 2023 and will be free and open to the public.
Pictured below, Yoichi Udagawa, Music Director and Conductor of the Cape Ann Symphony (left) points out a potential location of the outdoor stage.
The audience’s ocean view will be perfect for the “Pops in the Park” concert.
Sawyer Free Library‘s Children’s Services presents Storytime Yoga for children 5 and under with Erin McKay of Treetop Yoga.
This free program will be held, starting this week, on the first TUESDAY of the month: April 4, May 2, & June 6 at 10:45am at Treetop Yoga Studio located at 3A Pond Road in Gloucester.
Register HERE for this joyful morning exploring stories, movement and fun at Treetop Yoga Studio at sawyerfreelibrary.org.
If you have questions, visit SawyerFreeLibrary.org or contact: jvitale@sawyerfreelibrary.org or 978-515-6349.
April is National Poetry Month AND the Sawyer Free Library is hosting its annual Poetry without Poetry Contest until May 14.
To get local teens’ poetic creative juices flowing, the Library is hosting a series of “Poetry and Popcorn” writing workshops. From Monday, April 3 through Friday, April 7, anytime between 3:00 and 4:00 pm, all teens are invited to SFL at 21 Main to enjoy popcorn and an afternoon of poetry writing.
Munch on popcorn (and lollipops, too!) and write your poems, or join Community Librarian Mrs. O’Neill in creating spatial poetry in which together you will reimagine maps, consider issues of place naming, and develop a renewed understanding of place and belonging.
Drop into SFL @ 21 Main Street this week at any time between 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Registration is not required. If you have questions, visit sawyerfreelibrary.org or contact moneill@sawyerfreelibrary.org or 978-325-5562.
The Gloucester Schooner Festival is celebrating its 39th year and we are excited to bring this fantastic weekend to the public once more, this year being even more spectacular as we mark Gloucester’s 400th Anniversary. Each year Maritime Gloucester and the Gloucester Schooner Festival Committee commits to raising all of the funds to put on the four day event, bringing tens of thousands of visitors to Gloucester and getting local residents out on the harbor. Help us support this year’s event and celebrate our maritime heritage with a night of fun auction items, 50/50 raffle, cash bar, light buffet, good drinks, great friends, and music by our friend DJ Scotty Mack!
$39 suggested donation for the 39th Annual year
photo credit and schooner in the picture: Schooner When and If
Thank you to Lenny Linquata and the Gloucester House Team for providing the venue
COME CELEBRATE WITH US! Join Backyard Growers for a special ribbon-cutting to kick off the veggie-growing season in newly-expanded Burnham’s Field Community Garden!
📍 Burnham’s Field Community Garden
📆 Sunday, April 2, 11am
This spring, we are welcoming 55 households to the garden, where they will grow their own fresh food in raised garden beds – a nearly 50 percent increase in capacity 
Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce is generously hosting this ribbon-cutting on the same morning as our first Burnham’s Gardener Work Day and our annual Free Seed Swap & Giveaway which is open to the public. It’s going to be a great, vibrant morning down at Burnham’s Field in Gloucester! Join us!
Sawyer Free Library to host Whale Watch Naturalist Cindy McInnis and her life-sized inflatable whale THIS FRIDAY, March 31, 3:30–5:30 pm, at Gloucester City Hall in Kyrouz Auditorium, as part of its Young Gloucester Scientist’s Club.
Kids can meet “Nile,” a representation of a 35-year-old adult female humpback whale based on a real humpback whale that frequents Gloucester’s coastal waters. They will have the opportunity to step inside the 43-foot long and 30-foot wide inflatable humpback and learn how whales are similar and different from humans in this interactive program. They will learn about Nile’s migratory path, how many calves she’s had, and how researchers came to this information. Artifacts such as baleen, teeth, and bones will be available for children to see and feel as a part of this interactive program.
The Whalemobile program is suitable for 2nd-8th graders, ages 6 and up. It is free and open to all to attend, although registration is required for each young scientist planning on stepping into the whale.
Please register HERE or sawyerfreelibrary.org. People can sign up in half-hour intervals starting at 4:00 pm and ending at 5:30 pm.
The event will take place in Kyrouz Auditorium on the second floor of Gloucester City Hall located at 9 Dale Avenue.
To learn more about the program or upcoming events, visit SawyerFreeLibrary.org or call 978-325-5506.
The Future of Gloucester Series is a selection of panels throughout our 400th year focused on looking towards our next hundred.
The first panel of our series, The Future of our Workforce, will feature representatives from a selection of local programs geared towards training Gloucester’s next generation in trades from fishing and farming to science and administration. What new skills and practices will be needed from our local workers to ensure the future of our local economy continues to thrive? Find out at this free, open to the public event!
Free | Open to the Public | Beer & Wine Provided by Gloucester Stage Company
Cape Ann Community 