Cape Ann Life

Elder Brethren picnic

Please take a moment to register to attend the Elder Brethren picnic at Tuck's Point on Saturday September 9.  Join the movers and shakers of Manchester at this very popular annual event.  The …

The Heart of Edward Hopper’s Success

In the early 20th Century, Cape Ann served as a pivotal outlet for Edward Hopper, the renowned American artist.  Hopper’s exploration of technique and image along the north-east coastline …

Manchester’s Festival-by-the-Sea has become a Cape Ann Classic, and the Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce is excited to be presenting this festival in partnership with the Town of …

In August, Gloucester will enter a month full of events dedicated to its 400+ years of fisheries heritage. To kick-off the celebrations on Aug. 1 at 6 p.m.,Mayor Greg Verga will read the proclamation …

A chorus girl kicks up her heels — an actor jumps around on furniture — no big surprise.  In the theatre, these things happen. But usually, the chorus girl and the table-hopper aren’t senior …

Mushroom of the Week: Fungal Fruitings

All of our seemingly endless summer rains have produced some interesting fungal fruitings! Typically, we have a mid-summer drought, or worse, and can only collect fall species, but this year, we …

Local Plein Air Artists Display Works to Benefit the Magnolia Library The Magnolia Library and Community Center and Cape Ann Plein Air, Inc. are joining forces to present a free Midsummer Art …

Portrait of Place at Cape Ann Museum

Arts_Davis at CAM.jpg Stuart Davis (1892-1964), Autumn Landscape, 1940, Gouache on illustration board, Collection of Lawrence A. Rand and Tiina Smith. (Image 2023 Heirs of Stuart Davis / Licensed …

  The Rocky Neck Art Colony is currently showing “In Motion,” featuring 37 local artists including Manchester painter Kata Hull.  The exhibition, running through August 20, explores the …

It's More Than a Carnival

  When Tyler Pinstein, a young man who grew up in MBTS and now lives here with his family, approached the Boosters about bringing back the carnival I had no idea how this experience would open my …

First Annual Drag Brunch by the Sea

It was both a sold-out and at-capacity affair for the first annual North Shore Pride Drag Brunch By-the-Sea at Boo-Bird on Central Street in Manchester featuring Boston-based Drag Queen Mizery and …

It's More Than a Carnival

When Tyler Pinstein, a young man who grew up in MBTS and now lives here with his family, approached the Boosters about bringing back the carnival I had no idea how this experience would open my …

September 16, 2023 Road and Gravel Routes Available For beginner riders to seasoned cyclists, Essex County Greenbelt Association’s annual Tour de Greenbelt - Cycle for Land Conservation is …

Stew: All About the Women

ABOUT HALFWAY into STEW, the Gloucester Stage Company production running now through July 23, the central character, Mama, distills the plot of Shakespeare’s Richard III for her granddaughter, who …

The North Shore Concert Band Salem Willows Summer Concert Series begins on Tuesday July 11, at 7 p.m., at the Robert Hayes Concert Shell at Salem Willows in Salem.   Band Director David Benjamin …

July 6 - 9, 2023 This weekend as part of Gloucester’s 400+ anniversary celebration, Maritime Gloucester will host a series of maritime history signature events that will include dory races, …

It's the Red, White & Blue Pancake Breakfast!

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Great time Saturday at the Manchester-Essex Rotary Club's Red White & Blue Annual Pancake Breakfast at Tuck's Point on Manchester's beautiful harbor.  More than 1,200 were served between 7:30 …

Manchester's 2023 4th July Parade

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On Tuesday, the 4th of July, locals greeted weather that can only be described as lackluster, and wet, and humid, and rainy.  The only good news?  The rain had a “rolling” quality to it, with …

4th July Parade Beverly Farms

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The 2023 4th of July season was, well, yucky.  With on and off rains for nearly a week, a parade on the morning of the 4th seemed like a bit of a crapshoot.  Well, in Beverly Farms, the Beverly …

Joseph Solman (1909-2008) was a seminal figure in the modernist art movement that flourished in 20th century Manhattan. He drew critical praise for his expressionist paintings of people, street …

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