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Gloucester’s 4th Annual Culture Splash Returns Bigger and Better for 2024!
Gloucester, MA – June 28, 2024 – Gloucester’s Culture Splash is back and bigger than ever for its fourth annual celebration, with an expanded lineup that honors the cultural vibrancy of this culturally-dense city, famed as America’s Oldest Seaport. The event series, running Thursdays July 11 through August 29, 2024, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., will feature a variety of free and discounted activities that highlight the rich artistic tapestry and maritime heritage of Gloucester, including outdoor and
The Quarry Project: Photographs by Tsar Fedorsky Opens at Manship Artists Residency on June 7
Gloucester, Massachusetts – Manship Artists Residency is pleased to announce The Quarry Project: Photographs by Tsar Fedorsky, which opens at the Manship Artists Residency on Friday, June 7 and runs through July 7. The Quarry Project is a continuation of Manship Artist Tsar Fedorsky’s twenty-year practice investigating the properties of black-and-white photography and how it creates abstraction from realism. Begun in 2016, the more recent quarry photographs are a study of duality and tension. They comprise
GMGI Sequences the Genome of the Long-Lived Red Sea Urchin
(GLOUCESTER, MA) The red sea urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) is one of the earth’s longest-living animals, reported to live more than 100 years without showing signs of aging. To further understand the genetic underpinnings of longevity and negligible aging, researchers at GMGI have successfully sequenced its genome, providing a solid foundation for continued research that ultimately may translate to strategies for healthy aging in humans. With their close genetic relationship to humans, sea urchins
The Panorama Film Festival recently returned to Salem for its second year
Salem, MA Jan 5 — The Panorama Film Festival recently returned to Salem for its second year - and for the first time ever - at the Peabody Essex Museum! The celebration of Trans and Queer filmmakers kicked off on Friday, December 29th in the PEM atrium with a sold out red carpet reception, screenings and performances by the fabulous Salem drag queen, Miz Diamond Wigfall and Brooklyn legend, Julie J. North Shore LGBTQ+ youth were also seen strutting down the runway with the support of NAGLY and Love Your