2012 Cape Ann Guide – Experience Cape Ann…serving Essex, Gloucester, Manchester-by-the-Sea and Rockport. Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce.
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ARTS & CULTURE the more people we can excite enough about the filmmaking process to want to pick up a camera and tell a story of their own, the better. Cape Ann Museum (978) 283-0455 Cultural Activities Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (978) 283-0800 www.historicnewengland.org 75 Eastern Point Blvd., Gloucester Perched on a rock ledge overlooking Gloucester Harbor, Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House, is the eclectic summer home of interior designer Henry Davis Sleeper. Sleeper, a nationally noted antiquarian and collector, and one of the first professional interior designers in the United States, began building Beauport in 1907. He eventually enlarged the house to over forty rooms filled with a lifetime collection that includes period furniture, glassware, books, ceramics, hooked rugs, www.capeannmuseum.org 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester Cape Ann - which includes the city of Gloucester as well as the towns of Rockport, Manchester-by-the-Sea and Essex - has also been a leading center for artists since the 19th century and the source of granite for building projects up and down the east coast. The museum maintains and exhibits material relating to these major themes. In addition to its permanent collections, the museum offers a rotating schedule of special exhibits throughout the year. The museum hours are Cogswell's Grant (978) 768-3632 now a historic house museum, became the summer home of collectors Bertram and Nina Fletcher Little in 1937. The eighteenth century farmhouse displays their celebrated collection of American folk art, portraits, Cogswell's Grant, established in 1636 and www.historicnewengland.org 60 Spring Street, Essex shaker boxes, hooked rugs, weathervanes and decoys. Everything is arranged exactly as the family lived with it. The property has been operated as a farm continuously for nearly four centuries and offers beautiful views of the marsh and Essex River. Free walking tours in September highlight the 165-acre working farm. Owned and operated by Historic New England, the museum is open for tours June 1 through October 15, Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. redware pottery, painted furniture, including primitive Essex Historical Society & Shipbuilding Museum (978) 768-7541 and silhouettes arranged within various rooms, many decorated to evoke different historical and literary themes. (Open June 1 - October 15) Cape Ann Artisans (978) 546-6186 www.capeannartisans.com Cape Ann Artisans Studio Tour will be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 18 - 19, and on Saturday, Sunday and Monday of Columbus Day weekend, October 8-10, from 10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. each day. This self-guided tour along the scenic coastline of Gloucester and Rockport presents a unique opportunity to meet fifteen professional artists and see their work in the setting in which it was created. The work represented includes: pottery, painting, sculpture, photography, mosaics, and jewelry. Several of the artists will be demonstrating their working process during the tours. Many studios are open year round by chance or appointment. Cape Ann Community Cinema (978) 282-1988 www.CapeAnnCinema.com 21 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Gloucester First and foremost, we are film fans, and we like to get people excited about watching films. We bring independently produced films to local audiences who might not otherwise discover them, and whenever we can, we'll bring the folks who made the films, too. And 52 Cape Ann Symphony (978) 281-0543 www.capeannsymphony.org P.O. Box 1343, Gloucester Founded in 1952 the Cape Ann Symphony brings world class musicians and soloists to Boston's North Shore. Under the direction of Yoichi Udagawa, performances are held at Gloucester's Fuller Auditorium located off of Route 128, at Blackburn Circle, Gloucester. 2011-12, 60th Anniversary Season programs include: Sept. 24, 2011, 8:00 pm "Dance Night" featuring symphonic dances by Brahms, Dvorak Stravinsky and more. Nov. 26 (8:00pm)& 27 (2pm), 2011 "Holiday Concert" featuring soprano Kristen Watson and the Cape Ann Symphony Singers. March 25, 2012, 2:00pm, "Beethoven Celebration" featuring Charles Floyd, piano May 12, 8:00pm, "Mother' Elita Kang, violinist. s Day Concert" featuring Cape Ann Guide 2012 ~ Essex, Gloucester, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Rockport Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closed on Mondays, major holidays and during the month of February. The library and archives are open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. American Fishing Schooner. Visit the Essex Shipbuilding Museum to learn the story of how the determination and enterprise of a small village of New Englanders developed the American Fishing Schooner – a vessel that powered the fishing industry and changed maritime history. The Essex Shipbuilding Museum is open mid-March through the end of December. Summer hours: Memorial Day Weekend – October 31: Wednesday – Sunday, 10 am – 5 pm. Winter hours: Mid- March – Memorial Day Weekend and November 1 – end of December: Saturday and Sunday – 10 am to 5 pm. Guided Tours: $7 Adults, $6 Seniors, $5 Children, under 5 years old free. Self-Guided Tours: $5. Maritime Gloucester (978) 281-0470 www.gloucestermaritimecenter.org 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester Located on the waterfront overlooking the inner harbor, Maritime Gloucester celebrates the city's relationship with the sea with indoor and outdoor exhibits for visitors of all ages. The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Exhibit uses an interactive 3D model, touch screen computer stations, and video displays to describe marine life on the bank. Displays bring alive the local fishing fleet in the early 1900s. Exhibits include a marine railway model, vintage film footage of schooners competing in the International Fishermen' functioning foghorn, and s Race. Sea Shipbuilding in Essex began before 1668. By 1937 more than 4,000 wooden vessels had been launched from the banks of the Essex River. Essex was recognized worldwide as North America' www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org 66 Main Street, Essex s major producer of the