Tag: Essex Shipbuilding Museum

Constructing an Essex clamming skiff at the Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum in Essex, April 26, 2018. (Greg Cook)

Design Greg CookMay 17, 2019 0

A Century After They Built The Last Known Essex Clamming Skiff, Constructing A New One

NOTE: I’ve been commissioned by the Essex County Community Foundation to help document/promote cultural projects from its Creative County Initiative, which is supported by Boston’s Barr Foundation. On a damp…Continue Reading →

Reading in an auto shop during an Improbable Places Poetry Tour event. (courtesy)

Books Greg CookMay 9, 2018 0

Improbable Places Poetry Tour Brings Poetry To A Bike Shop, A Bank, A Farm, A Swimming Pool And (Tomorrow, Maybe) A Viking Ship

The idea for the Improbable Places Poetry Tour arrived at a time when Colleen Michaels’s daughter was young and they’d walk everywhere, especially along Cabot Street in Beverly, where they…Continue Reading →