Events North of Boston

First Friday: Art After Hours — Lavender Speakeasy

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

Cape Ann Museum  

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

On Friday, June 7, the Cape Ann Museum will host a Lavender Speakeasy as the final event of the Museum’s First Fridays: Art After Hours series for the 2023-2024 season....

CAMTalk: History Series — Geology is Destiny – With Ed Becker

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

Cape Ann Museum  

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

The landscape of Cape Ann has been shaped by ancient geologic forces, from the collision of tectonic plates to the movement of glacial ice. Using examples from the Museum’s current works...

$10

CAM Studio Course: Block Printing Open Studio

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

Cape Ann Museum  

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

Bring your blocks to the CAM Studio for Block Printing Open Studio sessions on Sunday afternoons. Attendees will have the opportunity to print their own designs on an original Folly...

$25 – $150

Cape Ann Youth Musical Showcase: Black History Month

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

Cape Ann Museum  

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

On Second Saturdays, music students of Alexandra Grace Music Studio will join the Cape Ann Museum for the ‘Cape Ann Youth Musical Showcase’. Every month will have a different theme, and students will perform songs in a fun and creative evening of live music. A young visual artist will also be showcased each month and...

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CAMTalk: Exhibition Series — The Changing Times: The 21st century GDT Newsroom

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

Cape Ann Museum  

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

Since 2005, the final year represented in CAM’s collection of Gloucester Daily Times photographs and in the exhibit Above the Fold, the work of the newspaper has continued, though not without challenges. Today, in the United States, an average of two daily or weekly newspapers close each week. Local coverage not only educates and brings...

$10

Second Saturdays: Free Admission for Cape Ann Residents

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

Cape Ann Museum  

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

Every Second Saturday the Cape Ann Museum is free for residents of the four communities that make up Cape Ann: Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester, and Essex. As a place-based Museum, CAM exists to share the lived experiences of all those who have been part of this region’s history and are part of its story today. Explore...

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Find Your House in the CAM Photo Archive!

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

Cape Ann Museum  

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

Visit the CAM Library & Archives on Second Saturdays from 10:00 – 11:00 am to see if you can find a historic photograph of your house, your neighborhood, or a friend or family member. Take a look through the over 1.3 million photographs in the CAM Photo Archive with the help of CAM Staff. The...

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Mid-Winter Concert: What Time Is It Mr. Fox?

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

Cape Ann Museum  

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

Come join local favorites What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? as they record a live concert in the CAM Auditorium. Named after a Victorian children’s game, the band is known...

$10 – $15

Gallery Tour — Above the Fold: The Photographers of the “Gloucester Daily Times,” 1973-2005

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

Cape Ann Museum  

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

The Cape Ann Museum presents its next special exhibition, Above the Fold: The Photographers of the “Gloucester Daily Times,” 1973-2005, featuring a selection of works by 15 photographers shooting for...

free-with-admission

CAM Studio Course: Introduction to Portrait Drawing with Amy Sudarsky

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

Cape Ann Museum  

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

This course provides an opportunity to draw directly from the collection of sculptures and paintings in the Cape Ann Museum. Students will learn how to draw human and animal forms three-dimensionally and will gradually merge this approach with their innate style. First, the class will focus on the basic planes of the human head by...

$260 – $295

CAM Studio Course: Block Printing Open Studio

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

Cape Ann Museum  

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

Bring your blocks to the CAM Studio for Block Printing Open Studio sessions on Sunday afternoons. Attendees will have the opportunity to print their own designs on an original Folly...

$25 – $150

CAMTalk: History Series — The Changing Landscape: Historic Summer Hotels of East Gloucester

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States
Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, United States

Cape Ann Museum  

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester

This one-hour, visual journey is largely based on Cape Ann Museum’s vast, historic photograph collection. The presentation is extensively researched and illustrates a lovely and short-lived time gone by, c1900....

$10