Upcoming Events

  1. Home
  2. Events
TODAY

  • –
  • Add to Calendar America/New_York UU Church, 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation info@gloucestermeetinghouse.org false MM/DD/YYYY
More Info…  
Array ( [0] => Array ( [time_range] => 1 [program_duration] => 2 [date_range] => [tentative] => [tentativeShowDateNoTime] => [postponed] => [postpomenentText] => Array ( [_flang] => html [raw] => [processed] => ) [dtend] => 2026-04-17 [fullWidthImage] => Array ( [assetID] => 3361 [title] => JessyeDeSilva 1200 [_default] => /perch/resources/jessyedesilva1200.webp [bucket] => default [path] => jessyedesilva1200.webp [size] => 197048 [w] => 1200 [h] => 1800 [mime] => image/webp [sizes] => Array ( [thumb] => Array ( [w] => 100 [h] => 150 [target_w] => 150 [target_h] => 150 [density] => 2 [path] => jessyedesilva1200-thumb@2x.webp [size] => 3518 [mime] => image/webp [assetID] => 3362 ) [w1400hc0] => Array ( [w] => 1200 [h] => 1800 [target_w] => 1400 [target_h] => [crop] => [density] => 1 [path] => jessyedesilva1200-w1400.webp [size] => 179890 [mime] => [assetID] => 3363 ) ) ) [altTag] => Jessye DeSilva [additionalDescHTML] => Array ( [_flang] => html [raw] =>

Reviewers give Jessye and her new album high marks:

“…razor sharp lyrics, paired frequently with an almost ethereal vocal…”
American Songwriter

“Utterly tender hearted. Warm and sincere. At times, uncomfortably honest…”
The Ark of Music

“…important and timely compositions about issues related to identity and empowerment”
No Depression

[processed] =>

Reviewers give Jessye and her new album high marks:

“…razor sharp lyrics, paired frequently with an almost ethereal vocal…”
American Songwriter

“Utterly tender hearted. Warm and sincere. At times, uncomfortably honest…”
The Ark of Music

“…important and timely compositions about issues related to identity and empowerment”
No Depression

) [show_table] => [optional_table] => Array ( [data] => [[null,null,null,null],[null,null,null,null]] [headers] => ["A","B","C","D"] [types] => ["text","text","text","text"] [options] => ["","","",""] ) [image] => Array ( [assetID] => 3359 [title] => Jesse 1200 [_default] => /perch/resources/jesse1200.webp [bucket] => default [path] => jesse1200.webp [size] => 18204 [w] => 1200 [h] => 675 [mime] => image/webp [sizes] => Array ( [thumb] => Array ( [w] => 150 [h] => 84 [target_w] => 150 [target_h] => 150 [density] => 2 [path] => jesse1200-thumb@2x.webp [size] => 2140 [mime] => image/webp [assetID] => 3360 ) [w240hc1] => Array ( [w] => 240 [h] => 135 [target_w] => 240 [target_h] => [crop] => true [density] => 1 [path] => jesse1200-w240.webp [size] => 1590 [mime] => [assetID] => 3364 ) [w100h100c1] => Array ( [w] => 100 [h] => 100 [target_w] => 100 [target_h] => 100 [crop] => true [density] => 1 [path] => jesse1200-w100h100.webp [size] => 902 [mime] => [assetID] => 3365 ) [w496hc0] => Array ( [w] => 496 [h] => 279 [target_w] => 496 [target_h] => [crop] => [density] => 1 [path] => jesse1200-w496.webp [size] => 4530 [mime] => [assetID] => 3366 ) [w458h250c1] => Array ( [w] => 458 [h] => 250 [target_w] => 458 [target_h] => 250 [crop] => true [density] => 1 [path] => jesse1200-w458h250.webp [size] => 3944 [mime] => [assetID] => 3367 ) [w400h300c1] => Array ( [w] => 400 [h] => 300 [target_w] => 400 [target_h] => 300 [crop] => true [density] => 1 [path] => jesse1200-w400h300.webp [size] => 4546 [mime] => [assetID] => 3368 ) ) ) [image_large] => Array ( [assetID] => 3359 [title] => Jesse 1200 [_default] => /perch/resources/jesse1200.webp [bucket] => default [path] => jesse1200.webp [size] => 18204 [w] => 1200 [h] => 675 [mime] => image/webp [sizes] => Array ( [thumb] => Array ( [w] => 150 [h] => 84 [target_w] => 150 [target_h] => 150 [density] => 2 [path] => jesse1200-thumb@2x.webp [size] => 2140 [mime] => image/webp [assetID] => 3360 ) [w2000h1400c1] => Array ( [w] => 1200 [h] => 675 [target_w] => 2000 [target_h] => 1400 [crop] => true [density] => 1 [path] => jesse1200-w2000h1400.webp [size] => 16978 [mime] => [assetID] => 3369 ) [w380h168c1] => Array ( [w] => 380 [h] => 168 [target_w] => 380 [target_h] => 168 [crop] => true [density] => 1 [path] => jesse1200-w380h168.webp [size] => 2688 [mime] => [assetID] => 3370 ) ) ) [youtubeFeature] => [cost] => Array ( [_flang] => plain [raw] => general admission $20, students $5, under 12 free [processed] => general admission $20, students $5, under 12 free ) [registration] => Array ( [_flang] => plain [raw] => [processed] => ) [sitePage] => [registrationlink] => [linknewwindow] => [show_on_calendar] => yes [off_site_link] => [event_URL] => http://www.jessyedmusic.com [_blocks] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [spotify_embed] => Array ( [_flang] => html [raw] => [processed] => ) [_block_type] => spotify [_block_id] => tdn5in [_block_index] => 0 ) ) [food-image] => [food_vendor] => [food_link_link] => [virtualEvent] => [venue] => Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church [map] => Array ( [adr] => 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 [_title] => 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 [_default] => 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 [lat] => 42.6132529 [lng] => -70.666245 [clat] => 42.612894273837476 [clng] => -70.66598750793457 [zoom] => 17 [type] => map [admin_html] => 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 [html] => 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 ) [benefit-image] => [benefit] => [benefit_URL] => [benefitDescHTML] => Array ( [_flang] => html [raw] => [processed] => ) [newduration] => Array ( [_default] => ) [ticket_link] => jds2026 [hideSponsors] => [sponsorship_headline] => Array ( [_flang] => smartypants [raw] => [processed] => ) [sponsorship_text] => Array ( [_flang] => html [raw] => [processed] => ) [show_button] => no [sponsorship_link] => [sponsorship_link_text] => Array ( [_flang] => smartypants [raw] => [processed] => ) [bg_color] => [modal_title] => [modal_button_text] => [modal_text] => Array ( [_flang] => plain [raw] => [processed] => ) [modal_button_close_text] => [shinging_image] => [facebook_event_url] => [sponsorsHead] => [sponsorsText] => Array ( [_flang] => html [raw] => [processed] => ) [door_only] => [Alert_head] => [alert_text] => Array ( [_flang] => html [raw] => [processed] => ) [eventID] => 205 [eventTitle] => Jessye DeSilva Live at the Meetinghouse [eventSlug] => 2026-06-14-jessye-desilva-live-at-the-meetinghouse [eventDateTime] => 2026-06-14 15:30:00 [eventDescRaw] =>

Jessye DeSilva infuses hope into songs about religious alienation, mental health struggles, and societal injustice to create a uniquely queer and unholy ruckus. Jessye’s newest album Glitter Up the Dark, produced by Aaron Lee Tasjan, is getting rave reviews. She writes about the album “Aaron and I came up with the idea to write an album that would center the idea of joy, in a broad sense…specifically, the joy of marginalized communities…joy is something you have to fight and work for. Standing strong in the sense of yourself…” Glitter up the Dark is an astonishing and nuanced meditation on community, memory, resistance and survival arriving at a necessary and vital time.

[eventDescHTML] =>

Jessye DeSilva infuses hope into songs about religious alienation, mental health struggles, and societal injustice to create a uniquely queer and unholy ruckus. Jessye’s newest album Glitter Up the Dark, produced by Aaron Lee Tasjan, is getting rave reviews. She writes about the album “Aaron and I came up with the idea to write an album that would center the idea of joy, in a broad sense…specifically, the joy of marginalized communities…joy is something you have to fight and work for. Standing strong in the sense of yourself…” Glitter up the Dark is an astonishing and nuanced meditation on community, memory, resistance and survival arriving at a necessary and vital time.

[eventDynamicFields] => {"time_range":"1","program_duration":"2","date_range":null,"tentative":null,"tentativeShowDateNoTime":null,"postponed":null,"postpomenentText":{"_flang":"html","raw":"","processed":""},"dtend":"2026-04-17","fullWidthImage":{"assetID":"3361","title":"JessyeDeSilva 1200","_default":"\/perch\/resources\/jessyedesilva1200.webp","bucket":"default","path":"jessyedesilva1200.webp","size":197048,"w":1200,"h":1800,"mime":"image\/webp","sizes":{"thumb":{"w":"100","h":"150","target_w":150,"target_h":150,"density":2,"path":"jessyedesilva1200-thumb@2x.webp","size":3518,"mime":"image\/webp","assetID":"3362"},"w1400hc0":{"w":"1200","h":"1800","target_w":"1400","target_h":false,"crop":false,"density":"1","path":"jessyedesilva1200-w1400.webp","size":179890,"mime":"","assetID":"3363"}}},"altTag":"Jessye DeSilva","additionalDescHTML":{"_flang":"html","raw":"

Reviewers give Jessye and her new album high marks: <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\u201c\u2026razor sharp lyrics, paired frequently with an almost ethereal vocal\u2026\u201d
\r\nAmerican Songwriter<\/em><\/p>\r\n

\u201cUtterly tender hearted. Warm and sincere. At times, uncomfortably honest\u2026\u201d
\r\nThe Ark of Music<\/em><\/p>\r\n

\u201c\u2026important and timely compositions about issues related to identity and empowerment\u201d
\r\nNo Depression<\/em><\/p>","processed":"

Reviewers give Jessye and her new album high marks: <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\u201c\u2026razor sharp lyrics, paired frequently with an almost ethereal vocal\u2026\u201d
\r\nAmerican Songwriter<\/em><\/p>\r\n

\u201cUtterly tender hearted. Warm and sincere. At times, uncomfortably honest\u2026\u201d
\r\nThe Ark of Music<\/em><\/p>\r\n

\u201c\u2026important and timely compositions about issues related to identity and empowerment\u201d
\r\nNo Depression<\/em><\/p>"},"show_table":null,"optional_table":{"data":"[[null,null,null,null],[null,null,null,null]]","headers":"[\"A\",\"B\",\"C\",\"D\"]","types":"[\"text\",\"text\",\"text\",\"text\"]","options":"[\"\",\"\",\"\",\"\"]"},"image":{"assetID":"3359","title":"Jesse 1200","_default":"\/perch\/resources\/jesse1200.webp","bucket":"default","path":"jesse1200.webp","size":18204,"w":1200,"h":675,"mime":"image\/webp","sizes":{"thumb":{"w":"150","h":"84","target_w":150,"target_h":150,"density":2,"path":"jesse1200-thumb@2x.webp","size":2140,"mime":"image\/webp","assetID":"3360"},"w240hc1":{"w":"240","h":"135","target_w":"240","target_h":false,"crop":"true","density":"1","path":"jesse1200-w240.webp","size":1590,"mime":"","assetID":"3364"},"w100h100c1":{"w":"100","h":"100","target_w":"100","target_h":"100","crop":"true","density":"1","path":"jesse1200-w100h100.webp","size":902,"mime":"","assetID":"3365"},"w496hc0":{"w":"496","h":"279","target_w":"496","target_h":false,"crop":false,"density":"1","path":"jesse1200-w496.webp","size":4530,"mime":"","assetID":"3366"},"w458h250c1":{"w":"458","h":"250","target_w":"458","target_h":"250","crop":"true","density":"1","path":"jesse1200-w458h250.webp","size":3944,"mime":"","assetID":"3367"},"w400h300c1":{"w":"400","h":"300","target_w":"400","target_h":"300","crop":"true","density":"1","path":"jesse1200-w400h300.webp","size":4546,"mime":"","assetID":"3368"}}},"image_large":{"assetID":"3359","title":"Jesse 1200","_default":"\/perch\/resources\/jesse1200.webp","bucket":"default","path":"jesse1200.webp","size":18204,"w":1200,"h":675,"mime":"image\/webp","sizes":{"thumb":{"w":"150","h":"84","target_w":150,"target_h":150,"density":2,"path":"jesse1200-thumb@2x.webp","size":2140,"mime":"image\/webp","assetID":"3360"},"w2000h1400c1":{"w":"1200","h":"675","target_w":"2000","target_h":"1400","crop":"true","density":"1","path":"jesse1200-w2000h1400.webp","size":16978,"mime":"","assetID":"3369"},"w380h168c1":{"w":"380","h":"168","target_w":"380","target_h":"168","crop":"true","density":"1","path":"jesse1200-w380h168.webp","size":2688,"mime":"","assetID":"3370"}}},"youtubeFeature":null,"cost":{"_flang":"plain","raw":"general admission $20, students $5, under 12 free","processed":"general admission $20, students $5, under 12 free"},"registration":{"_flang":"plain","raw":"","processed":""},"sitePage":null,"registrationlink":null,"linknewwindow":null,"show_on_calendar":"yes","off_site_link":null,"event_URL":"http:\/\/www.jessyedmusic.com","_blocks":[{"spotify_embed":{"_flang":"html","raw":" [processed] => ) [_block_type] => spotify [_block_id] => tdn5in [_block_index] => 0 ) ) [perch_food-image] => [perch_food_vendor] => [perch_food_link_link] => [perch_virtualEvent] => [perch_venue] => Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church [perch_map] => Array ( [adr] => 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 [_title] => 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 [_default] => 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 [lat] => 42.6132529 [lng] => -70.666245 [clat] => 42.612894273837476 [clng] => -70.66598750793457 [zoom] => 17 [type] => map [admin_html] => 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 [html] => 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 ) [perch_benefit-image] => [perch_benefit] => [perch_benefit_URL] => [perch_benefitDescHTML] => Array ( [_flang] => html [raw] => [processed] => ) [perch_newduration] => Array ( [_default] => ) [perch_ticket_link] => jds2026 [perch_hideSponsors] => [perch_sponsorship_headline] => Array ( [_flang] => smartypants [raw] => [processed] => ) [perch_sponsorship_text] => Array ( [_flang] => html [raw] => [processed] => ) [perch_show_button] => no [perch_sponsorship_link] => [perch_sponsorship_link_text] => Array ( [_flang] => smartypants [raw] => [processed] => ) [perch_bg_color] => [perch_modal_title] => [perch_modal_button_text] => [perch_modal_text] => Array ( [_flang] => plain [raw] => [processed] => ) [perch_modal_button_close_text] => [perch_shinging_image] => [perch_facebook_event_url] => [perch_sponsorsHead] => [perch_sponsorsText] => Array ( [_flang] => html [raw] => [processed] => ) [perch_door_only] => [perch_Alert_head] => [perch_alert_text] => Array ( [_flang] => html [raw] => [processed] => ) [category_slugs] => concerts concert-lecture-series [category_names] => Concerts, Concert & Lecture Series [concerts] => 1 [concert-lecture-series] => 1 [endtimeadd] => 2026-06-14 05:30:00 PM [endtime] => 5:30 pm [startminute] => 30 [datedescription] =>

Sunday, June 14, 2026 3:30pm Jessye DeSilva infuses hope into songs about religious alienation, mental health struggles, and societal injustice to create a uniquely queer and unholy ruckus. Jessye’s newest album Glitter Up the Dark, produced by Aaron Lee Tasjan, is getting rave reviews. She writes about the album “Aaron and I came up with the idea to write an album that would center the idea of joy, in a broad sense…specifically, the joy of marginalized communities…joy is something you have to fight and work for. Standing strong in the sense of yourself…” Glitter up the Dark is an astonishing and nuanced meditation on community, memory, resistance and survival arriving at a necessary and vital time.

[endminute] => 30 ) [globalEvents] => )

Join Us

The GMF Annual Fund is dedicated to raising the resources that are necessary to run the organization.  In 2026 the Meetinghouse will reach 220 years in service to Cape Ann, a miraculous survivor and centerpiece of the Historic District.  Our successful and ongoing mission is to preserve it as a cultural venue, civic hub and community gathering center. 

We are mostly volunteers but our paid executive assistant, Ashley Shedd, provides invaluable and efficient office support.  We also incur significant costs for building use, graphics, web hosting, marketing, advertising and other essential services.  This year we will be hiring additional professional staff for enhanced program growth, grant-writing, development, and planning for the upcoming Capital Campaign. 

Your generous contributions to the Annual Fund are central to facilitating our vision for a completely renovated and updated Meetinghouse, complementary to the new Sawyer Free Library and expanded Cape Ann Museum – an incomparable resource capable of hosting as many as 500 participants for community-focused forums, events and performances. 

Delivering on our great aspirations depends upon you.

Member

Membership Level

$50/ year

Supporter

Membership Level

$100/ year

Contributor

Membership Level

$500/ year

Builder

Membership Level

$1,000/ year

Sustainer

Membership Level

$5,000/ year

Benefactor

Membership Level

$10,000/ year

We welcome donations either by check, mailed to the Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation at 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MA 01930, or by credit card via this website. The GMF is a 501(c)(3) organization, and all contributions are tax-deductible for federal income tax purposes.

Thank you, in advance, for your generous contribution to the cause of restoring the historic 1806 Gloucester Meetinghouse to its previous glory and operating it as a valued community resource for the good of Gloucester and all of Cape Ann.