Events Calendar

April 2026
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29	30	31	1 Health & Wellness Committee Fiber Arts Circle Hello, Spring Craft Night Full Moon Dance and Ground	2 Piano Bar at Beauport Hotel	3 Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations	4 NEC Honors Ensembles Napoleon Demo Day Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations DownRiver Ice Cream Opening Day Rockport Community Easter Egg Hunt 2026
5 Easter by the Sea Buffet at Beauport Hotel Wake Up Spirit Beauport Cruiselines Easter at Sea Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations Easter by the Sea Prix Fixe at 1606 Restaurant & Oyster Bar	6 Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations	7 Start Up Tuesday- Writing a Winning Business Plan Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations Music Video Bingo	8 Small Business Resource Series: Massachusetts Office of Business Development (MOBD) State Resources Update (WEBINAR) Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations Fiber Arts Circle Pizza Taste Off	9 Unlock the Marketing Potential of Your Small Business Small Business University Presents: Wearing All The Hats: Moving from Reactive to Strategic Small Business Leadership Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - Gloucester Music Works Dining With Authors William Shakespeare's RICHARD III presented by Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe presents RICHARD III	10 License Plate Auction: Cape Ann Community Foundation Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations Gloucester High School National Honor Society Art Students Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Raising the Sails: A Schooner Fest Fundraiser Great American Crooners featuring Benny Benack III, Robbie Lee & Shenel Johns William Shakespeare's RICHARD III presented by Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe presents RICHARD III	11 License Plate Auction: Cape Ann Community Foundation Gloucester High School National Honor Society Art Students Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Container Gardening Workshop Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations William Shakespeare's RICHARD III presented by Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe presents RICHARD III
12 License Plate Auction: Cape Ann Community Foundation Gloucester High School National Honor Society Art Students Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations William Shakespeare's RICHARD III presented by Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe presents RICHARD III Swing Dance at Gloucester's American Legion	13 License Plate Auction: Cape Ann Community Foundation Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Community Day & Hammond Jr's 138th Birthday Celebration Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations	14 License Plate Auction: Cape Ann Community Foundation Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Gloucester Gratis Days Complimentary Admission at Hammond Castle Museum Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations Moira Smiley & the Rasa Quartet Music Video Bingo	15 License Plate Auction: Cape Ann Community Foundation Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Finding & Retaining Volunteers (WEBINAR) Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations Fiber Arts Circle Business After Hours - OLSON LEWIS+ Architects 2026 Square-Foot Gardening Workshop	16 License Plate Auction: Cape Ann Community Foundation Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations 3rd Annual Resource Showcase for Minority Owned & Diverse Businesses* Relocation - Where to Begin Essex Virtual Community Forum William Shakespeare's RICHARD III presented by Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe presents RICHARD III	17 License Plate Auction: Cape Ann Community Foundation Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 9th Annual Rockport International Poetry Festival Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations Live Music with Matt Rich William Shakespeare's RICHARD III presented by Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe presents RICHARD III	18 License Plate Auction: Cape Ann Community Foundation Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 9th Annual Rockport International Poetry Festival YMCA HEALTHY KIDS DAY Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations Inspiration Exchange Live Music with Dan King William Shakespeare's RICHARD III presented by Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe Antje Duvekot and David Berkeley Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe presents RICHARD III Abbie Gardner - Jenna Niocholls opens GLOUCESTER MEETINGHOUSE ESSEX PIANO TRIO CONCERT, "A CONVERSATION AMONG FRIENDS" ON APRIL 18
19 License Plate Auction: Cape Ann Community Foundation Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations Cantus William Shakespeare's RICHARD III presented by Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe presents RICHARD III	20 License Plate Auction: Cape Ann Community Foundation Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Kids Free Week at Hammond Castle Museum Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations	21 Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Kids Free Week at Hammond Castle Museum Gloucester Gratis Days Complimentary Admission at Hammond Castle Museum Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations Music Video Bingo	22 Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Kids Free Week at Hammond Castle Museum Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations Fiber Arts Circle CAM Talk: To Live like an Artist, Cape Ann of the 1920s, by Martha Oaks Workshop for Beginners: Veggie Gardening Basics Plastic People	23 Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Kids Free Week at Hammond Castle Museum Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations Just Looking: A Collection of Drawings and Musings by Linda Kauss	24 Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Kids Free Week at Hammond Castle Museum Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations Live Music with Matt Rich Live Music with Pete Schibili Leo Kottke	25 Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Meet the Artist at Maine Pottery Co. Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations Hard-Wired for Stories Poetry Workshop Somatic Reset
26 Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Eric Pape: Fantasy Illustrations	27 Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30	28 Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Intellectual Property Basics Gloucester Gratis Days Complimentary Admission at Hammond Castle Museum Webinar: If a Pay Dispute Lands on Your Desk, Will Your Time Records Hold Up? Music Video Bingo	29 Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Fiber Arts Circle An Afternoon of Printmaking and Arthur Wesley Dow An Evening of Printmaking and Arthur Wesley Dow	30 Emerging Perspectives, Works by Artists 18-30 Businesswomen's Spring Luncheon 2026 Poetry Month Open Mic WE ARE AT OUR BEST, WHEN WE FACE THE WORST	1	2

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