Gloucester Harbor - The Soul of Cape Ann
2025-09-05 - 2025-09-07 | MA
“Gloucester Harbor – The Soul of Cape Ann” is the focus for a weekend of multidisciplinary talks, readings, and tours exploring Gloucester’s amazing natural harbor and its impact on Cape Ann’s history, commerce, and the arts. Organized by the Jonathan Bayliss Society in partnership with Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute, Gloucester Writers Center, Maritime Gloucester, Mass Oyster Project, Neptune’s Harvest, Sawyer Free Library, and Schooner Adventure. Advance registration required via jonathanbayliss.org/harbor. Multiple locations in Gloucester, Mass.

Step Aboard History: FREE Deck Tours of the Schooner Adventure
2025-09-05 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-06 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-08 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-09 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-12 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-13 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-15 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Schooner Adventure, 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, M, 01930, United States
Climb aboard the Schooner Adventure and step back in time! Our guided deck tours offer a unique opportunity to explore one of Gloucester’s most treasured maritime landmarks. Originally launched in 1926 as a working fishing schooner, Adventure has been lovingly restored and is now a floating museum dedicated to preserving the rich legacy of New England’s fishing heritage.
On your tour, you’ll walk the very decks where dorymen once hauled in their catch, learn about life at sea in the 1920s, and hear the incredible story of how this National Historic Landmark was saved from decay. Knowledgeable and passionate docents—many of whom have sailed Adventure themselves—will bring her stories to life, from the golden age of sail to her current role as an ambassador for maritime history and education.
Whether you’re a maritime buff, a curious traveler, or a family looking for a fun and educational outing, a deck tour of the Schooner Adventure is a hands-on experience you won’t forget. Come feel the salt air, ring the ship’s bell, take a picture at the helm, and discover how this proud vessel continues to inspire new generations.
Tours start at the end of the Harriet Webster Pier.

Rephrasing | Exhibit at Cove Gallery
2025-09-05 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-06 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-07 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-08 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-11 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-12 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-13 12:00 - 17:00 | Cove Gallery, 37 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester, MA, 01930
Curated by Janice Brand
Exhibit Dates: August 21 – September 14
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 21, 4-7 pm
Closing Reception: Sunday, September 14, 2-5pm
Gallery Hours: Sunday & Monday, 12-5pm; Thursday – Saturday, 12-7pm
Rephrasing, an exhibition curated by Janice Brand, encompasses the mixed-media work of Shira Karman, Tobi Klein, Helen Tory, and Patricia Wellenkamp, who utilize the concepts of adaptation and revision. This show, the fifth for the 2025 season at Cove Gallery, takes into consideration memory, family, story-telling, and definitely redefinition, or rephrasing.
Shira Karman focuses on fragments that relate to some other time or place, whether known or unknown. She is interested in how these fragments tell a story that she may know or hope to uncover.
Tobi Klein explores mono-printing, collage, and other mixed-media techniques, taking inspiration from the continual shifting of light, color, and pattern of the granite quarries and the sea. She builds a story, inviting viewers to peel back the layers and look below the surface.
Helen Tory uses diverse media to express her connection with birds described in her father’s 1930s nature diaries. A variety of paint, mark-making, torn papers, and string elicit each bird’s particular characteristics.
Patricia Wellenkamp uses a series of carved linoleum blocks to print on cotton and other fabrics. She incorporates embroidery, paper, and other elements to add ornamentation and complexity to images that might come from an ancestor’s dress, dahlias in her garden or imagined landscapes.

Navigating Art & Science | Exhibit at The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
2025-09-05 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-06 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-07 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-11 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-12 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-13 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-14 12:00 - 17:00 | The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, M, 01930, United States
Navigating Art & Science
Curated by Cynthia Roth, Marge Rack, and Ronda Faloon
August 28 – October 13
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 14, 4-6pm
Gallery Hours: Thursday-Sunday, 12-5pm
Exhibiting Artists: Resa Blatman, Daisy Braun, Georgie Friedman, Perri Lynch Howard, Michelle Lougee, Michelle Samour, Jessica Straus, and Christopher Volpe
Navigating Art & Science featuring eight artists who are deeply involved in scientific inquiry and activism. While local scientists search for ways to help ocean species be more resilient to survive the rapidly changing marine environment, these artists, alert to the predicament, are creating art with urgent messages for stewardship and action.
The exhibit coincides with a city-wide initiative STAND UP for Art & Science, coordinated by Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute volunteers.
While all the work in the exhibition has been created in response to human impact on the environment, in addition, several of the artists have been inspired by expeditions to the Arctic Circle and Greenland and residencies in marine laboratories on Cape Ann and beyond. The seven-week exhibit shows how art can transform the impact and implications of science into something concrete, visible and personal.
Related Events
The public is invited to celebrate Navigating Art & Science at the Opening Reception on Sunday September 14, 4–6pm.
Mark your calendars for exhibition-related programming at the Cultural Center:
September 7, 7pm: A sneak preview of Ken Riaf’s new play, Copy and Acknowledge read by Lanes Coven actors
Sunday, September 28 at 4:00pm: Ocean of Uncertainty: an artists’ panel discussion on moderated by artist and writer, Chris Volpe

Rocky Neck Historic Walking Tour
2025-09-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Rocky Neck
Rocky Neck Historic Walking Tour are back for the season! This public walking tour covers the rich history of Rocky Neck Art Colony, showcasing the many artists who worked here, especially from the late nineteenth century to today. Artists such as Edward Hopper, Winslow Homer, Augustus Buhler, John Sloan, Theresa Bernstein, Stuart Davis, and Emile Gruppe found artistic inspiration and community in this peninsula.
Join one of our docents on the tour and follow a path that held studios and gathering places of the artists, interspersed with the fishing shacks, sail lofts, and schooner docks of the fishing industry that grew up here over the same period. It will include recognition of the many galleries that contribute to the Rocky Neck community today. The tour also describes the importance of transportation and the proliferation of hotels that encouraged the growth of Rocky Neck as an artist community, as well as other notable historic events.
RNAC’s Historic Walking Tours last from 1- to 1.5 hours and cover approximately .75 miles. Tours begin at the Rocky Neck Parking Lot and end at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA.
Participants are encouraged to park in the parking lot at the entrance to Rocky Neck where a volunteer tour guide meets the group. Comfortable shoes are encouraged. Be prepared to walk on uneven terrain and up a hill.
The 2025 public tours will be take place on Saturdays at 11am:
May 24
June 7 & 21
July 12 & 26
August 9 & 23
September 6 & 20
Tours are limited to 15 people.
Cost: $10 for RNAC members or $25 for nonmembers.
For more information email director@rockyneckartcolony.org or call 978-515-7004. Tours may be cancelled in inclement weather.

Hammond In Italy Temporary Exhibit: Opening Reception & Presentation
2025-09-10 17:30 - 19:00 | Hammond Castle Museum, 80 Hesperus Avenue, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Wednesday, September 10
5:30 pm–7:30 pm
Evening program:
5:30 pm–6:15 pm Networking
6:15 pm–6:45 pm Presentation
6:50 pm–7:30 pm Tours of the Exhibit
Light refreshments will be served.
General Public admission: $15, Museum members: Free.
Join us for a celebration of our new, temporary exhibit, Hammond in Italy
Curatorial Director John Leysath explores the enduring influence of John Hays Hammond Jr.’s Italian travels during the 1920s on both his life and the Museum he built to house his eclectic collection. This chronological exhibition offers a unique glimpse into the Hammond-Italy connection through a curated blend of our founder’s experiences, their wider historical context, and selected examples of artifacts he obtained in the country.

THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams
2025-09-10 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-09-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Gloucester Stage Company, East Main Street 267, Gloucester, M, 01930, United States
Through Tom’s cinematic eyes, his family’s life isn’t the dream he imagined. In a rundown St. Louis apartment the matriarch, Amanda Wingfield, is desperately clinging to a past of parties and endless callers. Her adult children, Tom and Laura, become victims of her delusions as she pushes for Tom to provide for the struggling family and Laura to find a husband. The two seek solace in ways of escaping their mother and their own misery until a visit from a gentleman caller presents the possibility of new opportunities.
Renowned playwright Tennessee Williams opens the 2025 Season with this classic drama, directed by Doug Lockwood. Running from June 5 to 28, all performances are at Gloucester Stage’s Theater 267 East Main Street, Gloucester. Showtimes are Wednesdays & Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00pm, and matinees Saturdays & Sunday at 3:00pm.

Public Sail!
2025-09-12 08:00 - 17:00 | The Schooner Adventure, 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, M, 01930, United States
Sail into history aboard a National Historic Landmark, and an enduring icon of the American fisheries, the Schooner Adventure!
Join us as we honor tradition, celebrate heritage and have fun!
Enjoy a two-and-a-half-hour sail on historic Gloucester Harbor, America’s oldest fishing port.
Help the crew raise the sails, take a turn at the helm, learn about Adventure’s legacy and restoration, or sit back and enjoy the iconic sites of Gloucester Harbor. Passengers are invited to bring their own food and beverages to enjoy during the sail.
Whether you are a local looking for an escape or a visitor wanting to take in the view, this trip will leave you with memories of an authentic Gloucester sailing experience that you’ll want to enjoy year after year.
Members: $45
Adult Tickets: $60
Children under 18 Sail Free with a ticketed adult!
For more information or assistance in planning your visit, please contact us at: info@schooner-adventure.org or call 978.281.8079.

Trails & Sails
2025-09-13 - 2025-09-28 | Essex County, Massachusetts
Now in its 24th year, Trails & Sails is your ticket to adventure across Essex County, Massachusetts – a region recognized as a National Heritage Area for its rich history, cultural treasures, and natural landscapes. Each September, this vibrant event series provides access to hundreds of unique experiences such as guided hikes and paddles to behind-the-scenes tours, historic reenactments, interactive exhibits, artisan demos, community celebrations, and much more. Whether you’re a history buff, nature lover, or just curious to discover something new to love in your own backyard, Trails & Sails has something for everyone.

Paciencia y Fe
2025-09-13 14:00 - 16:00 | Marblehead Little Theatre, 12 School Street, Marblehead, MA, 01945, United States
Marblehead Little Theatre is delighted to announce Paciencia y Fé, a performance of Latin Broadway Music to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
On Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 2:00 p.m., Marblehead Little Theatre will hold a performance of Latin Broadway Music, “Paciencia y Fé,” in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
September 13, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
Marblehead Little Theatre
12 School St | Marblehead, MA
From West Side Story to A Chorus Line to In the Heights to Buena Vista Social Club, Latin American characters’ stories of Latinidad have been at the heart of many of Broadway’s most beloved musicals.
In celebration of kicking off Hispanic Heritage Month, Paciencia y Fe (Patience and Faith) features Latine musicians performing songs from Evita, Man of la Mancha, The Capeman, The Addams Family, Coco, Encanto, In the Heights, and many more. While the Latine experience is non-monolithic, these songs told through the lived experiences of these performers highlight the complex intersection of heritage and culture found throughout the Latin American diaspora.
Co-conceived by Alexandra Dietrich and Nathan Rodriguez, this performance will be a fundraiser for the Immigrant Defenders Law Center, a next-generation social justice 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization law firm that defends our immigrant communities against injustices in the immigration system.
The performance will break down the cost barrier of admission by being free for all, though a suggested donation of $20 for those able to do so.
ABOUT MLT:
Started in 1955 by members of the Marblehead Women’s Club, the award-winning Marblehead Little Theatre is one of the oldest community theater groups in New England, having consistently presented live-theater productions for over six decades. Please check www.mltlive.org for more children’s program opportunities and upcoming auditions for the 2025 season.
For more information about Paciencia y Fé, visit www.mltlive.org.
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Paciencia y Fé: a comunidad presenta música Latina de Broadway para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana
13 de septiembre de 2025, 2:00 pm
Marblehead Little Theatre
12 School St | Marblehead, MA
West Side Story, A Chorus Line, In the Heights, Buena Vista Social Club. Estas obras musicales son basadas en la historia, cultura y experiencia latina. Estos temas se han categorizado entre los musicales más queridos en los escenarios de Broadway.
Para celebrar el inicio del Mes de la Herencia Hispana, Paciencia y Fé presenta a músicos latinos que interpretarán canciones de Evita, Don Quixote de la Mancha, El Capeman, La Familia Addams, Coco, Encanto, In the Heights y muchas más. Aunque la experiencia latina no es monolítica, estas canciones, realizadas a través de las vivencias de estos artistas, resaltan ser la conexión entre herencia y cultura que vemos en la diáspora latinoamericana.
Los anfitriones de esta actividad serán Alexandra Dietrich y Nathan Rodríguez. Este programa recaudará fondos para el Immigrant Defenders Law Center, una organización de abogados concentrados en la justicia social que defienden a nuestras comunidades inmigrantes contra las injusticias del sistema migratorio.
La función es gratuita para el público pero se sugiere una donación de $20 para los que puedan.

Fall Fest Beverly
2025-09-13 17:30 - 21:30 | Odell Park, Rantoul Street, Beverly, Ma, 56-98 Broadway, Beverly, M, 01915, United States
Beverly Main Streets will be hosting their annual Fall Fest (formerly the End of Summer Party) on Saturday, September 13 from 5:30-9:30pm (with a rain date of 9/14/25). Visit Odell Veterans Memorial Park for live music and entertainment, food vendors, and a variety of activities hosted by local businesses and organizations. From there, walk Rantoul St and Park St for shopping and dining at downtown businesses.
