My View of Life on the Dock
There are 3 calendars currently available – Cape Ann, Magnolia, and Good Harbor. I’m thinking of adding one more this year if there is enough interest.
Please indicate your preferences on the poll below. You can choose as many as you want. I’ll let you know what the results show. Thanks for your help! —Sharon
Sandy Farrell sends In a new Cape Ann location which offers free WiFi to add to the GMG Free Cape Ann WiFi map– Family Car Care.
Click the Map to go to the interactive map to see the places around town we’ve discovered so far and send in any that you deem missing from our list.
Every person I’ve ever spoken with says that they had a great time on a whale watch.
Can’t believe to this day I’ve never been on one.
I saw some of the Fishing company posters on MonkeyFists site
You ought to check out the Commercial Fishers:Atlantic Cod pictures from Gloucester’s fishing industry in the 1800’s.
Here is but a small portion of their site. Click this link to see all the rest of the pictures and stories
Gloucester’s dependence on the North Atlantic meant a close acquaintance with tragedy and death. “The history of the Gloucester fisheries has been written in tears,” wrote an anonymous reporter in 1876.
Between 1866 and 1890, more than 380 schooners and 2,450 Gloucester men never returned from the fishing grounds. In a single storm on August 24, 1873, nine Gloucester vessels and 128 fishermen were lost. In 1865, community members formed the Gloucester Fisherman’s and Seaman’s Widows and Orphan’s Aid Society Fund to help fishermen’s families.
This house was built for fishermen’s widows in Gloucester around 1870. It had ten apartments of three rooms each. Rent for each apartment was $3 per month.
In 1882, Capt. Joseph Collins asked this question in Gloucester’s newspaper, the Cape Ann Weekly Advertiser. Too many fishermen perished at sea, and Collins and others lobbied for new schooner designs featuring deeper, more stable hulls and sail plans that didn’t require a long bowsprit, the spar that projected forward from the bow.
There will be a free class 8:00AM Saturday Morning. Check out this interview with Crossfit Cape Ann founder Jon Conant-
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Check Out The Website As Well- http://crossfitcapeann.com/
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Song 7.2, the Korean pub that brought you the $5 bulgogi burger, has now introduced the $3.99 lobster roll.And because Luke’s is doing such swift business down the block, they’re also selling a lobster roll for $3.99 and lobster bisque for $5. Extra lobster will cost you $1.50, and you’ll probably want to go that route — as you can see here, the regular roll comes on a small hot-dog bun that’s grilled on the flattop, and the paltry amount of lobster meat is drenched in wasabi mayo.
Check out Funky Fresh Gloucester Here-
http://funkyfreshgloucester.wordpress.com/
Gloucester, MA author, Peter Anastas launches a new Novel, "Decline of Fishes". Thursday November 4th – 7 PM at The American Legion Hall, Gloucester, MA, With an introductory slide show, "Working Water" by Ernest Morin – Sponsored by The Bookstore of Gloucester.
Kim Smith Writes-
Dear Gardening Friends,
Last Tuesday I had the joy to attend the New England Landscape Design and History Association’s (NELDHA) October get-together, which is held annually at the beautiful Arnold Arboretum in Boston. The refreshments provided by Jon Hogan were simply delicious and the special guest lecturer Alan Banks gave an absorbing and informative presentation on "The Olmstead Legacy and its influence on today’s landscape design professionals." Alan Banks is the supervisory park ranger at "Fairstead," which is the Frederick Law Olmstead National Historic Site, located in Brookline, Massachusetts. Banks has extensively researched the Olmsted firm’s involvement in over 1,200 projects throughout Massachusetts, ranging from expansive parks to intimate private gardens. Among Olmsted’s greatest achievements is the Boston area’s six-mile Emerald Necklace (Including the Arnold Arboretum) that became a nationally acclaimed landscape masterpiece (Olmstead and his partner Vaux famously designed Central Park, NYC). Olmsted’s humanitarian philosophy and theories for land use are persuasive arguments for today’s landscape designers. To learn more about NELDHA and the manifold benefits of becoming a member, visit their new website New England Landscape Design and History Association’s.
I left Cape Ann several hours earlier than the scheduled event hoping to arrive at the Arnold in time to photograph, but as is typical, the traffic was dreadful and, regretfully, I was only able to take a few shots.
On another note, our daughter Liv is singing every Sunday at the lovely St. Johns’ Episcopal Church in Beverly Farms. The music program, under the direction of organist and choirmaster Nicholas White, is divine. This coming Sunday afternoon (November 7th) at 4:00 pm is a special concert of Requiem ~ Gabriel Faure, with chamber orchestra and soloists, featuring the combined choirs of St. John’s Church, Beverly Farms, and Christ Church, Andover. The program will also include Felix Mendelssohn’s Hear My Prayer, as well as his Organ Sonata III in A Major. Barbara Bruns is the organist, with Nicholas White conducting. I hope you will come hear this gorgeous music, with Liv singing.
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Judith Nast Writes In-
Hi Joey,
The Sargent House Museum would like to invite people to a lecture followed by refreshments and a tour of the museum tour this coming Saturday at 2pm at the Sawyer Library. We’re delighted to have the wonderful author, Tim Orwig, talk about Joseph Chandler’s work in preserving the musuem in the early part of the 20th century. Joseph Everett Chandler, preservationist and antiquarian, was a champion of Colonial Restoration, most often referred to as the Colonial Revival style. He believed architectural forms demonstrated values of their builders, and that a culture could not survive without preserving reminders of its origins and character. After the lecture, we’ will walki over to the museum for refreshments and a tour. You may have noticed that the Sargent House Museum is in the midst of an exterior restoration project. Come see what it’s all about! Get tickets online at sargenthouse.org.
Thanks for your support and helping us get the word out!
Judith Nast
Ruth Mordecai, Jacob’s Dream, 2010. Acrylic, oil and collage on paper.
A solo show by Ruth Mordecai, Dreams and Symbols, Works on Paper opens at Soprafina Gallery in Boston’s South End (SOWA district) Friday, November 5th at 5:30 – 8:00 and continues through November. Soprafina, located on Boston’s Thayer Street, was chosen the second best gallery in Boston by Boston Magazine. Thayer is a walking street and on the first Friday of every month all the galleries are open to the public.
Soprafina Gallery
55 Thayer Street, Boston
617 728 0770 Soprafina.com
Video coming tonight
Gary Porter Writes-
Hey Joe-
First off, I’m slowly embracing the world of Technology…and have been paging down your blog for the past hour or so. GOOD STUFF, real good stuff Joe!! Congrats on your work!
I am excited to let you know, and to let your thousands of viewers know, that we have a world class Film event happening in Rockport on November 19th. The award winning Film maker, Matchstick Productions, Inc., in conjunction with the Rockport Middle School Ski Club is screening its 2010 release ‘The Way I See It’ on the 19th, at 7:30 pm, at Rockport High’s Auditorium (doors open at 6:30). This film, already nominated for the Ski Industry Film of the Year, was shot on Mountainside’s around the world and captures the best skiers in the industry skiing unimaginable slopes in incredibly beautiful territories. Shown in High Definition format and surround sound, it promises to make for an enjoyable evening. Most importantly, we have kept the pricing down for everyone to be able to afford it….$10 adults and $5 for students under 14.
Proceeds from the Screening will go to benefit the RMS Ski Club, offsetting costs for the season and making access to the sport available to students otherwise unable to afford it.
Here’s a trailer-
Hope to see you and the Family there, and thanks for the help in getting the word out!!
Gary Porter
When:
Wednesday November 3, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
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Mark Hayes writes-
thought you may enjoy this….sunset in the rigging one evening last week
Just a sunrise I took off Andrews Point one year ago. My big one year anniversary of being the cub reporter from Rockport for Good Morning Gloucester is this Friday, 11/05/09-10
Working on that post.
Good Morning Gloucester 