
July 2017
Manchester-by-the-Sea Independence Day Parade
Cape Ann celebrates Independence Day with fireworks, parades, bonfires, concerts, and more. Manchester’s annual salute to America is a wonderful tradition, complete with stirring music, precision marching bands, imaginative home made floats, antique cars, and just about everything else that represents the pride and patriotism we all share for our country. Simply stated, Manchester’s Fourth of July Celebration is small town America at its very best! The parade is rain-or-shine and will begin on Lincoln Street between Memorial Elementary School…
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Cape Ann Plein Air
Join America’s top painters at the premier New England plein air competition. CAPA 2017 builds on the success of the region’s inaugural plein air event – held in October of 2016 – which attracted painters, collectors and art enthusiasts from around the U.S. to Cape Ann. Widely considered to be the birthplace of plein air painting, Cape Ann today remains the showcase for a vibrant and growing group of artists spread throughout the North Shore communities of Gloucester, Rockport, Essex and…
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