Schooner Ernestina At The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center

Schoooner Ernestina Getting Ready To Head Out To Make “Official” Gloucester arrival later in the morning.

Menage Gallery Striper Placement Poll

There are so many places we would like to hang the wood striper we picked up at Menage Gallery in beautiful Downtown Gloucester.

Where would you place it?

Over the kitchen sink?

Menage Gallery Striper Placement Poll, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Or over the entrance to the dining room?

 

Volunteers Needed

Volunteers Needed
for the
Gloucester Public School
Downtown Arts Festival

Saturday, May 9    8:30 – 5:30pm

We need 48 volunteers, people can do shifts of 2 hours, half day or full day, whichever works best for them. We need people at City Hall, Cape Ann Museum, Sawyer Free Library and Art Haven throughout the festival to let the public know what performance is happening next, where events are located, etc.

Anyone interested may contact me at:BrendaMalloyster@gmail.com or 978-282-1346

This is a community event, all are invited and we would appreciate volunteers!

Thanks! Enjoy the good moments of your day!

Brenda

David Stevenson Photography Session in Naples

When in Naples in April we had The Bean and Snoop Mad sit for David Stevenson on the beach.  He posted the session to his website-

http://www.dsimages.com/news.html

The slideshow is here- http://www.dsimages.com/ciaramitaro2009/

The patience this man and his sweetheart wife have is immesurable, but I guess that’s what you’ve got to have if you’re going to shoot a couple of maniac children.

David is going to come to Gloucester and take some pictures aboard lobster boats.  I’m looking forward to seeing him and Lana.

IN HARM’S WAY featuring over 50 members of the Gloucester community

IN HARM’S WAY

true stories of survival and healing told through dramatic reading, poetry and song

featuring over 50 members of the Gloucester community

FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2009   7:00 P.M.

GLOUCESTER H IGH SCHOOL

“Helping my mother escape the war in our home is the single most defiant, courageous and important act of my life”

At the door:  $10.00 adults  $5.00 students/seniors

ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT HAWC

Healing Abuse, Working for Change

written & directed by nicki richon-schoel

for more information:  Ann-Marie Jordan  978-281-9816

What’s happening around town today?

From the Times-

Wednesday, May 6

Preschool stories and songs, for children ages 1 to 3, 10 to 10:45 a.m., Sawyer Free Library.

Free legal information for seniors, 12:30 to 2 p.m., Rose Baker Senior Center. Attorney Sal Frontiero answers legal questions. For an appointment, call 978-281-9765, ext. 14.

Opening reception, 4 to 6 p.m., Friend Room, Sawyer Free Library. Gloucester Public Schools art exhibit. Student artwork on display throughout the library. All welcome.

Cinco de Mayo fundraiser dinner, sponsored by Cape Ann Relay for Life’s Team Ribbons of Hope, 4:30 p.m. until closing, Jalapeno’s restaurant. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.

Gloucester Fraternity Club’s Ladies Auxiliary meeting, 7 p.m. Dinner served at 6 p.m. For dinner reservations, call Barbara Devlin at 978-282-4704. Rosary will be recited.

Chickity Check It! Ron Gilson’s The Gloucester I Love Posts

The Gloucester I Love
The Gloucester I Love

Ron has three new blog postings-

Gloucester Development Projects and Impact Upon Downtown Business

Residential Development: Who’s Right and Who’s Wrong

Residential Development: Who’s Right and Who’s Wrong (Part II)

West End Sweets – More photos

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Watch for more West End Sweets Grand Opening photos each day this week at 4 pm. Final slide show will be posted on Friday at 4:00.

Blue Sky Farm Update 4/29/09

Blue Sky Farm Barn Raising Update 2/18/09, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

It looks to me like there was a change. If you look in the left of the frame in the picture above there is a square window. But in the pictures that were taken earlier it seems that it was framed out for a door in this location.

 

Sharon’s West End Sweets Pics Will Be Posted at 4:00PM

Sharon’s pics will be posted at 4PM each day till they are all out there and in the end of the run she plans on doing a slide show.

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That’s the amount of hours I conservatively estimate we’ve spent searching for The Bean’s blankie (she calls it her night-night or Lola).  It’s getting close to when we will have to seperate her from the ratty blankie she loves so much and believe me I’m dreading that day like none other.  For now though, every time we leave the house we have to go searching high and low for that blankie.  Oy! 

Where Zat Answer- Yankee Clipper Inn

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This is the view from the Yankee Clipper Inn in Pigeon Cove in Rockport where the gazebo stands to the left of here. Congratulations to Easy Diver and Brainfix!  I had never seen it before this weekend. What a beautiful view!

Movie – “Two Lovers”

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TWO LOVERS
The Cape Ann Community Cinema
(at Gloucester Stage)
267 East Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
978/282-1988

SHOWTIMES: Wednesday, May 6 through Sunday, May 10 @ 7:15pm; bonus show Friday, May 8 @ 5:00pm

Set in the insular world of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, TWO LOVERS is a classic romantic drama, with Joaquin Phoenix giving a raw and vulnerable performance as Leonard, a charismatic but troubled young man who moves back into his childhood home following a recent heartbreak. While recovering under the watchful eye of his parents (Isabella Rossellini and Moni Monoshov), Leonard meets two women in quick succession: Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow), a mysterious and beautiful neighbor who is exotic and out-of-place in Leonard’s staid world, and Sandra, the lovely and caring daughter of a businessman who is buying out his family’s dry-cleaning business.

Leonard becomes deeply infatuated by Michelle, who seems poised to fall for him, but is having a self-destructive affair with a married man. At the same time, mounting pressure from his family pushes him towards committing to Sandra. Leonard is forced to make an impossible decision – between the impetuousness of desire and the comfort of love – or risk falling back into the darkness that nearly killed him.

“…the work of a mature, sensitive artist in total control of his craft.” –Scott Foundas, LA Weekly

“In every sense of the word it’s an adult film that wears its heart on its sleeve. A giant step forward for director Gray and Gwyneth Paltrow. Joaquin Phoenix is one of the screen’s most admirable risk takers.” –Rex Reed, NY Observer