In 1927 one of the Italian-American fishing captains, Salvatore Favazza, had a life-sized statue of St. Peter enshrined in the heart of the Italian district. Soon the fishermen and their families began to pray before this image of their patron saint. It wasn’t long before the wives and mothers of the fishermen began formulating plans for a religious procession to be held annually on June 29 in honor of St. Peter. Gradually, this annual procession grew to a day-long demonstration of faith to the protector of all fishermen.
Earl Foote returns to his hometown of Gloucester, MA to perform in concert. The Earl Foote Band will be performing on Saturday night at the Cape Ann Community Cinema, 9PM doors open.(Located above Mystery Train Records). Tickets are $10.00 at the door or online at CapeAnnCinema.com. Don’t miss this event. Copies of “Gloucester Till the End” DVD’s will be on sale.
Special Guests will also be performing with Earl.
-and if you are going to be at The Fiesta, don’t forget to set your DVR to record the whole series.
Joe Sanfilippo has told me that we will be proud of the work ethic and attitude from our hometown men- Nino, Joe and Gus Sanfilippo on the primetime network show which premiere’s on ABC tonight at 9PM!
Mark Burnett recently joined twitter and will be live tweeting during the show. As you know Mark Burnett doesn’t spare any expense and the production values for this show will be over the top (like everything else he does, like Survivor for example).
Here are some pictures of Joe, Gus and Nino on their Gloucester Fishing Boat The Captain Domenic-
From ABC-
In celebration of his new, epic summer reality series, “Expedition Impossible,” Mark Burnett will be up on Twitter at @MarkBurnettTV on Thursday, June 23 from 9:00-10:00 p.m., ET and PT, during the premiere of the show, to offer commentary on the exciting action taking place, as well as behind-the-scenes anecdotes.
In addition, ABC.com will host a live “Chat Party” during the airing of “Expedition Impossible,” where viewers can come to the site, take a look at Mark’s tweets and chat with other fans during the show. The “Chat Party” will go live at 9:00 p.m., ET/6:00 p.m., PT on Thursday and remain live until the conclusion of the west coast airing at 10:00 p.m., PT.
On the premiere episode, “Sun! Sand! Sahara!,” the 13 teams of ordinary Americans set out on the adventure of a lifetime across the ancient kingdom of Morocco, battling rugged terrain, untamable animals and each other. After facing the sand dunes of the Sahara and the cliffs of Todra Gorge, one team will be eliminated.
Adventurer, zoologist, big cat trainer and all around risk taker Dave Salmoni hosts the show.
Featuring high adventure and human drama, “Expedition Impossible” follows 13 teams of 3, racing in a fun expedition across vast deserts, over snow capped mountains and through raging rivers in the beautifully exotic, fabled kingdom of Morocco. Each week a new stage of the expedition will be revealed to the teams. Will they crumble under the pressure of having to think clearly in the wilds of the great outdoors, or will they find a way to work together to complete their adventures? And if one person quits, the entire team is eliminated. After 10 stunning legs of competition with drama, comedy and great characters, one team will cross the finish line first to claim victory. Each winning team member will receive $50,000 ($150,000 total for the team) as well a new Ford Explorer.
Here’s a four part video series I taped with the guys-
When most people visualize Gloucester, they imagine a fisherman casting his nets, or the white sands of Good Harbor Beach, or the excitement of spotting a whale as it rises from the ocean’s depths. Now, thanks to many active artists and art organizations, Gloucester is on its way to reestablishing its reputation as a center for the arts.
The city made the grade as a popular arts destination in an article appearing in the summer edition of AmericanStyle magazine. Gloucester was ranked third in the small-city category with other cities that had a population below 100,000. The top two spots were taken by Asheville, N.C., and Santa Fe, respectively.
Will Rich (grew up in Bayview) and Mike Simpson are now paddleboarding from Key West, Florida, to Portland, Maine to raise money for the Wounded Warriors Project and SUP Cleanup.
Yesterday They Landed Here in Gloucester MA to a Hero’s Welcome and GMG Was There To Bring You’re Their Story.
Our Video Interview-
Pictures-
The boys finally landed in Gloucester MA and we were there to cover it-
Erik Spear and Paulie Nicastro begin to erect the Greasy pole Shrine with several new additions this year including a memorial, more flags, banners from Peter Favazza and photos from Cape Ann Historical Museum courtesy of The Infamous Fred Buck.
look for the video tomorrow and more photos of the shrine completed
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That Cape Ann and Good Morning Gloucester now rule the Contemporary Art and Culture world – in New England anyway? We all know that Gloucester has a long and prestigious arts reputation and history, but this summer Cape Ann is being heavily promoted (12 pages worth) in the July/August 2011 issue of Art New England. The cover featured artwork is John Sarkin’s I am what I am, and the lead photo on the Focus On Cape Ann is Joey Ciaramitaro’s, as well as feature photos by Wendie Demuth www.wendiedemuthphotos.com Focus on Rocky Neck, and David Piedmonte www.newmoongreetings.com and Angela Cook www.oasisrockport.com on Rockport. There is great coverage on Rockport Art Association and the Outside In exhibit of works by Gloucester artists Gordon Goetemann, Ruth Mordecai and John Sarkin. Rocky Neck Art Colony, Cape Ann Museum, North Shore Arts Association, seARTS, Gloucester Stage Company and a plethora of galleries around Cape Ann, including Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery, with special focus on Joey C. and Good Morning Gloucester are included. Art New England will be available on newsstands soon, so make sure to get yourself a copy so you can see the whole shebang, or you can save 20% off the newsstand price by subscribing at orders_neweng@fulcoinc.com ($28/year vs $35.70/year newsstand price).
Greg is an art critic for The Boston Pheonix and will exhibit his photos of St. Peter’s Fiesta in the front window of Mystery Train, 21 Main St., Gloucester, Massachusetts, from June 23 to July 3, 2011.
Look for our interview tomorrow
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Hi! My name is Bitsy (right), I am an adorable black-and-white girl kitten. My sister is next to me trying to get in the photo too. Stop down to the Cape Ann Animal Aid, 260 Main Street, Gloucester and visit us.
The Sunset Dessert Cruise is on Saturday, July 9 at 7 p.m. from Capt. Bill’s Whale Watch at Harbor Loop! Tickets are $25. and on sale at the CAAA! Music, raffle prizes, delicious desserts and a beautiful cruise of Cape Ann. I will not be going –
I don’t want to be mistaken for a dessert and I don’t think they have a life jacket small enough to fit me!
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The Rockport Art Association continued the celebration of its 90th year with the opening of the show “Outside In”, featuring the work of contemporary Cape Ann artists Gordon Goetemann, Ruth Mordecai and Jon Sarkin. An exhibit of exclusively contemporary works is unusual for the RAA, and the place was buzzing at Friday night’s opening. Here are just a few shots of a great night: (For more info on the show, click here.)
One of Gordon Goetemann's lyrical pieces.The crowds parted for a Ruth Mordecai diptychCurved interior walls created by Treetop DesignsInside the circular installation of Jon Sarkin's work.
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You wouldn’t know that ben is a genius financial analyst would you by his easy going and humble nature. Some of our favorite peeps that come down the dock right here!
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We had a great Mug Up on Sunday. “Quote of the Week”, Greg Bover, baked an amazing strawberry rhubarb pie – yes, he can bake too, on top of coming up with great quotes to share with us each week and installing spectacular pipe organs for C.B. Fisk. Greg is preparing to take the long journey to Cambridge, where he will be working for seven weeks installing the new organ at Harvard’s Memorial Church. Ed Collard must have known there would be pie, as he arrived early and installed himself in the comfy chair right by the table. Alice Walker can be seen sporting her new Good Morning Gloucester t-shirt (doesn’t she look lovely in pink?). Rocky Neck neighbor Sharron Clift joined us for the first time, as did Wendie Demuth (Wendie Demuth Photography, next to Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery), Pete and Joyce Chamberlain (Pete’s exhibit is great but comes down Wednesday evening, so check it out soon if you haven’t), Alma, Adam, Ernie and other FOB’s.
That Sterling Hayden (1916-1986) was a famous actor from the 1940’s-1970’s, who stayed on Rocky Neck for a time and liked to eat at Sailor Stan’s, where he sat in the middle booth?Rocky Neck artist, L.A. Dahlmer, recalls sitting across from Hayden at the popular Rocky Neck breakfast spot. Hayden returned to Gloucester in 1983 for the release of Joseph Garland’s book Down to the Sea: The Fishing Schooners of Gloucester, the introduction of which he had written.
I just love this quote from Sterling Hayden’s book: Wanderer:
“To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed to a routine traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen who play with their boats at sea… cruising it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and to the wanderers of the world who cannot, or will not, fit in. If you are contemplating a voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until your fortunes change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about.
‘I’ve always wanted to sail to the South Seas, but I can’t afford it.’ What these men can’t afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline of security. And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine – and before we know it our lives are gone.
What does a man need – really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in – and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That’s all – in the material sense, and we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, and preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention for the sheer idiocy of the charade.
The years thunder by, the dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed. Where, then, lies the answer? In choice. Which shall it be: bankruptcy of purse or bankruptcy of life?”
He dropped out of school at 16 to go to sea and ended up in Gloucester, where he worked as a Grand Banks fisherman and learned the art of sailing. He was mate on Irving Johnson’s Yankee on its noted circumnavigation in 1937. He was navigator on the Essex-built schooner Gertrude L. Thebaud under Captain Ben Pine in the 1938 Fisherman’s Cup races v. the Canadian schooner Bluenose. Partly due to the intense media coverage of those races, he was discovered by the press: his photo in the Boston Post captioned “Thebaud Sailor Like Movie Idol” led to modeling opportunities in New York and a call from Paramount Pictures. After captaining a voyage to Tahiti, he signed with Paramount in 1941. The blonde, 6-foot, 5-inch actor thrilled audiences in some 60 films. Dubbed the “Beautiful Blond Viking God” by Paramount Pictures, he is best known for his roles as General Jack D. Ripper in “Dr. Strangelove” (1964), for which he was nominated by BAFTA as “Best Foreign Actor”. Other noted roles were a corrupt cop in “The Godfather” (1972), Roger Wade in “The Long Goodbye” (1973), Leo Dalco in Bertolucci’s “Novecento” (1976), and a comedic turn as the CEO in “Nine to Five” (1980). He often expressed his dislike for acting, stating that he only acted to pay for his sailing. Utilizing his love for the sea and knowledge of sailing, he also authored the best-selling 1976 work “Voyage: A Novel of 1896”. He was married three times with six children, and died of prostate cancer. Hayden was a genuine adventurer and man of action, not dissimilar from many of his movie parts.
BREAKING NEWS 2:30 PM: SUP the Coast just south of Magnolia. They will be south of Kettle Island in just a few minutes. By checking the Real Time position we will know if they head for Pavilion Beach likely getting there at 3PM or do they pull into Magnolia. Could someone get a GMG sticka down to the beach? Joey is threatening to fire all the reporters if SUP does not Represent.
2:49PM: they have not triggered the GPS device since 2:20PM off Kettle Island. They could be off Hammond Castle right now.
2:50PM GPS triggered at 2:41 and they were even with Rafe’s Chasm! They should be visible from the Boulevard in just moments as they pull even with the Dog Bar Breakwater.
3:03 PM. The GPS has an eight minute delay so the could be off Stage Fort Park by now. Alana says Will is heading in for a Destino’s sub so their pace may quicken. Get to Pavilion Beach now.
3:25PM Do we have a GMG reporter at the beach? Anyone? Bueller?
The epic adventure continues, Will Rich (grew up in Bayview) and Mike Simpson are now paddleboarding from Key West, Florida, to Portland, Maine to raise money for the Wounded Warriors Project and SUP Cleanup
Look for the exclusive interview with The Boss tomorrow.
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Come celebrate the sweet life and support a working writers center in a working town. Enjoy a harbor sunset, music, dance, wine, deserts and a toast to writers everywhere on Vincent Ferrini’s birthday.
The Gloucester Writers Center serves as a gathering place and resource for writers, readers, and involved citizens. We are devoted to the exploration, development and celebration of our diverse voices through dialogue and the artistic process. We host literary readings, workshops, youth programs, writers talks and a writers residency program.
Great-great grandchildren of Salvatore Favazza
SUP the Coast website
Good Morning Gloucester 