Welcome to Cape Ann COSMOS
Founded in 2019, Cape Ann COSMOS newsletter provides an omnibus of cultural events and destinations happening across Greater Cape Ann.
Image: Perri Lynch Howard, Bellsund Dreaming [detail]. Acrylic and graphite on panel.
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FLAVIN NEW WORK
Paintings, Etchings, and Mixed Media
August 22 – September 14, 2025
Gallery Hours: Fri – Sun, 12 - 5pm
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Covering the cultural scene around greater Cape Ann, COSMOS contributors include local artists, authors, poets, scientists, historians and more.
Also of Interest, written for the 2023 celebration of Gloucester’s 400+ year history: Gloucester 400+ Culture Folio
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Join a COSMOS membership plan and enjoy the regional culture scene to the max! You’ll also help our platform remain independent. We like the freedom to roam across the cultural region North of Boston — and report on the best!
Choose from three membership tiers, starting at $29/year — with special benefits at each level.
Sawyer Free Library Reopens
Sawyer Free Library celebrates its grand reopening September 5 with a ribbon-cutting, followed by a community open house September 6. After nearly two years of renovation, the project unites the historic 1913 and 1976 structures with a striking 14,000-square-foot addition. The transformed library features an expanded Children’s Room, Teen Room, Digital Learning Lab, 100-seat Community Room, and Local History Research Center with rare books, archives, and historian Joseph Garland’s desk. Visitors will also enjoy study rooms, communal spaces, and Leslie Bartlett’s three-story mural Cape Ann Quarries, a luminous tribute to Gloucester’s granite, landscape, and sky. 2 Dale Avenue, Gloucester. Sawyer Free Library
Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
Friday, September 5, from 3:00–4:30 PM
Featuring remarks, guided tours, a Cape Ann Youth Chorus performance, and light refreshments. Free and open to all.
Community Celebration & Open House
Saturday, September 6, from 10:00 AM–3:00 PM
A day of family-friendly activities and opportunities to explore the transformed space.
Stand Up for Art & Science
Gloucester Cultural Venues
Through mid-October
Stand Up for Art & Science is a city-wide collaboration of organizations presenting cultural and educational events supporting artistic and scientific endeavors in Gloucester and coordinated by volunteers from the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute. For the full lineup of events: Stand Up for Art & Science.
Cape Ann COSMOS: Arts, Science & Entertainment Events List
PUBLISHES EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY @6AM
The COSMOS Curated Selection of Cultural Pursuits showcases select events happening North of Boston.
Covered categories include Art Exhibitions, Art & Discourse in the Community, Performance, Music, Film, History, Literature, Science & Revels.
Among the organizations we track:
Cape Ann Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, Windhover Performing Arts, Manship Artists Residency, Addison Gallery of American Art, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rocky Neck Art Colony, Gloucester Stage, The Cabot & Many of the galleries and smaller venues which comprise this rich cultural region.
