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🌱 How Cape Ann’s shores inspired Rothko, Avery, and Gottlieb’s rare works

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  • How Cape Ann's shores inspired Rothko, Avery, and Gottlieb's rare works

Also on today's calendar: Story Songs of the 70's - Summer Show and 9 more events.

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  • Tuesday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-shower, with a high of 73 and low of 63 degrees.
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  • Thursday: Humid; a p.m. shower possible, with a high of 81 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Chronicle: 'Rare paintings featured in Cape Ann Museum's newest exhibition' (goodmorninggloucester.com) — Gloucester's Cape Ann Museum is spotlighting a rare exhibition on Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko, tracing how summers on Cape Ann shaped their friendship and modern American art. The show includes never-before-seen works and emphasizes how the local coastline inspired their creativity, a story also championed by the Good Morning Gloucester community blog.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Rockport

  • Glenn Whipp: How the late-breaking 'Widow's Bay' became an Emmy darling (spokesman.com)
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Essex

  • Coastal monitoring network expands to Essex, Ipswich (cnhi.com)
  • This Family-Run Massachusetts Antique Shop Has Been Drawing Treasure Hunters Since 1973 (takingthekids.com)
  • Applying for a grant in Massachusetts? This new AI tool makes it much easier. - Khoury College of Computer Sciences (northeastern.edu)

Beverly

  • Fast-Casual Smoothie, Sandwich Spot Opens North Shore Location (patch.com)

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