by Charles | Feb 13, 2023 | Giuliano's Musings
The fine arts are an important aspect of Gloucester 400th Plus in 2023. Many of the leading American painters and sculptors, summered, settled, and taught primarily in Annisquam, East Gloucester/ Rocky Neck, Lanesville, Folly Cove, Rockport and nearby Magnolia. A... 
by Charles | Jan 31, 2023 | Giuliano's Musings
In the early decades of the 20th century a new generation of socially concerned, modernist artists summered on Cape Ann. These city dwellers, some of whom worked for the socialist publication, The Masses, came to vacation and create. While enjoying the conviviality of... 
by Charles | Jan 10, 2023 | Giuliano's Musings
The Cape Ann and Gloucester which I knew as a teenager is unrecognizable today. From a stop in front of the Annisquam Village Church I caught the bus to town for movies at the North Shore or Strand theatres or to roam Brown’s Department store. A prevailing sense was... 
by Charles | Jan 3, 2023 | Giuliano's Musings
The post and beam 17th century homes of New England were created in the manner of British homes of that period by Colonial settlers. While often restored, and stripped of later additions, a remarkable number of these dwellings still stand. Typically, they are built... 
by Charles | Dec 26, 2022 | Giuliano's Musings
During the past three years Astrid and I have made but one road trip. That was a wonderful week in Gloucester in May to spend time with my sister Pip as well as explore our ancestral roots. Recently we were three days in Boston then seven down Maine ending in...
