I’ve been documenting the St. Peter’s Fiesta in Gloucester for three decades now—but this time, the 99th year, as I’m recovering from my year of (successful) treatment for cancer, treatment that…Continue Reading →
In the late 1950s, Nell Blaine’s art career was on the rise. She was profiled in the May 1957 Life magazine article “Women Artists in Ascendance” alongside “notable artists who…Continue Reading →
At the start of summer in the last days of June, Gloucester celebrated its 98th annual St. Peter’s Fiesta—my beloved Sicilian Catholic fishing drinking festival. It’s a festival of the…Continue Reading →
The thrilling, bonkers Greasy Pole Contest increasingly brings attention to St. Peter’s Fiesta in Gloucester, the city’s annual kickoff off summer, a celebration of Gloucester’s Sicilian-American Catholic commercial fishing community,…Continue Reading →
I was lucky to spend last night celebrating the 81st birthday of my friend Willie Alexander—with a capacity crowd of some 500 people packed into the new Gloucester nightclub The…Continue Reading →
In 1613, when the French explorer Samuel de Champlain published his book “Les Voyages,” he labeled the area now called Gloucester, Massachusetts, as “le Beau port,” the beautiful port, because…Continue Reading →
“Mrs. Henry D. Sleeper of Beacon St. is building a beautiful summer cottage in Gloucester, near the site of the Colonial Arms hotel, which was burned during the late fall.…Continue Reading →
Gloucester is celebrating its annual St. Peter’s Fiesta this week. The festival is a celebration of the community’s commercial fishing, Roman Catholic and Sicilian traditions. It begins with the Novena…Continue Reading →
Whales signs at the Pilot House restaurant in Gloucester, Massachusetts, March 11, 2022. If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland…Continue Reading →
In the woods at the heart of Gloucester lies a ghost town, the remnants of an abandoned English colonial settlement today known as Dogtown. There are a number of ways to…Continue Reading →