Gallery opening kicks off season on Rocky Neck

Summer is already beginning at the Rocky Neck Art Colony as it prepares for a busy season of events.

On Saturday, the Rocky Neck Art Gallery at 53 Rocky Neck Ave. will hold its public opening reception on from 5 to 8 p.m.

"This is the biggest group yet of highly accomplished artists," said Judy Robinson-Cox, a member of the Rocky Neck Art Colony and assistant gallery manager. "Everybody in the gallery is excited this year because of the quality of new artists and the way we have been able to renovate the space to make it more inviting. We're hoping that this, along with the new galleries, will be part of the renaissance of Rocky Neck."

This newly renovated gallery, formerly known as the Bryan Gallery, reopened May 23 with a new name and 12 new artists. They are Robin Colodzin, mixed media; Elizabeth Harty, painting and prints; Frederick Jillson, oils, watercolors, and etchings; Jamie Keshet, art quilts; Jim Looney; photography; Lynn Loscutoff, watercolors and acrylic; Michelle O-Neil, watercolors; Mary Rhinelander, prints; Robert Viau, sculpture; Jan Walker, photography; Rokhaya Waring, oils; and Susan Woodman, oils and acrylic.

Returning artists includ: Judith Bly, jewelry; Cynthia Curtis, pottery; Sue Daly, painting and monoprints; Vick Diez-Canseco, watercolors and photography; Joyce Frederick, watercolors and oils; Mary Healy, acrylic, oils and jewelry; Susan Hershey, pottery and jewelry; Mary McCarl, watercolors and jewelry; Warren Rhodes, photography; Judy Robinson-Cox, photography and mixed media; Tom Robinson-Cox, photography; Rich Seeley, photography; Michael Seif, photography; Kate Somers, watercolors; and Janice Toth, pastels, watercolors, and jewelry.

The gallery is housed in a historic, pressed tin-clad building, which was at one time part of the Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory. Next Tuesday, Kathleen Volp, a mixed media artist and illustrator who will be the first artist in residence, will give a gallery slide talk at 7 p.m. at the Rocky Neck Gallery. The monthly Nights on the Neck starts Thursday, June 4. See www.rockyneckartcolony.org for more information.

Gloucester Stage opens for 30th season

Gloucester Stage's 30th anniversary season opens Thursday, June 4, with the Broadway musical, "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown," and runs through Sunday, June 21. Based on the comic strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz, this family-friendly musical features the songs "Happiness" and "The Baseball Game." There are special youth ticket prices and discount tickets on certain times. Call the box office at 978-281-4433 or www.gloucesterstage.org for information or reservations.

"Vagina Monologues" returns

The fifth annual production of "Vagina Monologues" returns for four nights only. Show times are tonight, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 5p.m. This event will benefit Cape Ann Relay for Life and Blackburn Performing Arts. This year's production, directed by M. Lynda Robinson, features the return of many local actors from earlier productions, as well as the introduction of several new actors. The cast of this production will be made up of women from the North Shore, including Astrid afKlinteberg, Carson afKlinteberg, Beth Bevins, Cathy Bradley, Wendy Dagle, Karen Eris, Sarah Fader, Tina Greel, Julie Fatton, Mary Mahoney Howard, Nancy Carolyn Kwant, Talitha Jackson, Zinnia Politzer Sarah Seminski and Elinor Teele. Tickets are $15 and may be reserved by calling 978-281-0680, or at www.blackburnperformingarts.org.

Museum presents lecture and walking tour

The Cape Ann Museum presents a lecture, "Gloucester's First Parish Burial Ground: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," with landscape architect Martha Lyon this Saturday at 2 p.m. Immediately following the lecture will be a walking tour of the burial ground off Centennial Avenue in Gloucester with Lyon and members of Gloucester's Historic Burial Ground Committee. This program is included with museum admission. For reservations, please call 978-283-0455, ext. 11.

The lecture and tour will outline the history of the First Parish Burial Ground and discuss the changes to its landscape over its 365-year history. The lecture will place the burial ground in a larger social, political and economic context as a means of explaining why First Parish was established and why it was changed over time by the residents of Gloucester. The follow-up tour will bring lecture-goers into the burial ground landscape, allowing them to see its setting, spot its historic features, and better understand the meaning found on its many grave markers. Lyon manages Martha Lyon Landscape Architecture LLC. in Northampton. The firm prepared the preservation master plan for Gloucester's First Parish Burial ground in 2008, and received a preservation award for the project earlier this month. The museum is at 27 Pleasant St. in Gloucester. For information, call 978- 283-0455 or go to www.capeannmuseum.org.

Lynn Loscutoff solo show

The North Shore Arts Association will present a solo exhibit by artist member Lynn Loscutoff titled "Color and Line Personified." The public is invited to an opening reception from 6 to 8 tomorrow night.

Loscutoff is author of "Art to Go — A Travelers Guide to Painting with Watercolor" and "Art to Go — A Traveler's Guide to Painting with Oil." Her exhibition at North Shore Arts Association will be a combined retrospective showing her travel diaries. Loscutoff's travel impressions have been taught on the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary 2 and throughout the world.

In addition to the exhibit, Loscutoff will be offering a painting demonstration Sunday at 4 p.m. and a slide presentation and informal discussion on her experiences painting and traveling on Friday, June 12, at 7 p.m. Both events are free to the public. Loscutoff has maintained a studio in Lanesville for 25 years. She is a colorist and a plein air painter who especially appreciates the color and light of Cape Ann. An honorary life member of The Copley Society of Boston, Lynn is one of five persons in 100 years to receive the Copley Medal for distinguished service to the arts in Boston. Call 978-283-1857 or visit www.nsarts.org for information.

Last call to view Lowe photos

Cape Ann Museum's temporary exhibition, "Charles A. Lowe Photos: Gloucester 1975" will be on view through this Sunday.

Charlie Lowe was an award-winning photographer at the Gloucester Daily Times for 25 years. Cape Ann Museum is located at 27 Pleasant St. in Gloucester. For more information, call 978-283-0455. Additional information can be found online at www.capeannmuseum.org.

Cinema hosts video sale

Cape Ann Community Cinema will sell a collection of some 10,000 VHS tapes donated by Pam Ranger of the now defunct Video Viewpoint in Manchester this weekend. The sale will be Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the lot behind Gloucester Stage at 267 East Main St. in East Gloucester. Checks or credit cards will not be accepted. No tape will cost more than $3.

Happening on the local music scene

Alek Razdan and A-Train will perform at Essex's newest restaurant, The Farm Bar & Grille at 233 Western Ave. (Route 22), Essex, on Sunday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The Rockport High School sophomore and his quartet play an eclectic mix of jazz, blues and swing. For more information, call the restaurant at 978-768-0000 or A-Train at 978-546-8134.

Local firefighter Mike "Chipper" Chippperini's band, Hoodoo Revelator, will play The Rhumb Line on May 30 starting at 9:30 pm, playing a mix of rock, blues, and rock-n-blues.

Freeana and Arnie Rosen will perform jazz standards, classical and Celtic music as well as Mexican for "Sunday Morning Live" at the Seaward Inn, Rockport, on Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon. No cover; for reservations, call 978-546-3471.

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