In Gloucester, a place to remember lost lives and âa year from hellâ
By Cate McQuaid Globe Correspondent,Updated March 9, 2021, 2:22 p.m.
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The Cape Ann Museum COVID-19 Memorial opens Wednesday with an online ceremony. The public can then visit in person through Sunday.Matthew J Lee/Globe staff
GLOUCESTER â This week, as dark falls over Gloucester, soft fragments of light will gently flutter upward over a wall at the Cape Ann Museum Green as if ascending to heaven. The light projection by LuminArtz is part of the Cape Ann Museum COVID-19 Memorial, which opens Wednesday with an online ceremony and vigil. The public can visit in person through Sunday.
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Why this salty Massachusetts coastal town hooks artists
In Gloucester, maritime history and magical light lure visitors to the state’s lesser-known cape.
An aerial view of Gloucester, Massachusetts, shows off the coastal town’s fabled natural light.Photograph by Isaac J Aiello, Discover Gloucester
ByHannah Sheinberg
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THINK OF CAPE ANN as Cape Cod’s saltier sister, a hard-working fishing community that’s about as old as the Plymouth Colony. It’s weathered and welcoming, bucolic and blue-collar. In other words, it’s as quintessentially New England as a dropped “r.”
Its briny appeal partly explains why this cape, located about an hour outside of Boston, Massachusetts, seems to hide in plain sight compared to much-ballyhooed Cape Cod. Yet its combination of charming seascapes and colonial history have turned this spit of sand into an artistic hub one with a storied past.
Things to do online and in person, Dec. 14-27
Santa goes digital, paper becomes art, Cape Ann towns get glowing for the holidays, and more.
Updated December 11, 2020, 1:02 p.m.
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Santa will make a virtual visit to children from his holiday workshop at Gore Place on December 19 and 20.Adobe Stock (Custom credit)
Editorâs note: This edition of Your Week Ahead covers two weeks. Look for the next Globe Magazine
on December 27.
Twinkling Shoreline
Take in the glowing landscape of Cape Ann during the inaugural
Winter Lights Celebration. Tour the towns of Gloucester, Rockport, Essex, and Manchester with more than 150 lighted storefronts and venues, including the Cape Ann Museum Green and the seaside Shalin Liu Performance Center, in what organizers hope will become an annual event. Cape Ann stays lit through New Yearâs Day. discovergloucester.com