Month: September 2011

GMG fan Doug Brendel is performing in a knockout one-man show about Vincent Van Gogh

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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GMG fan Doug Brendel is performing in a knockout one-man show about Vincent Van Gogh — yeah, the artist who cut off his own ear! This full-length two-act play (actually written by Leonard Nimoy of Star Trek fame) is hilarious and heartbreaking — and it’s sold out for its first week. But a few tickets are still available for next Thursday-thru-Saturday, September 22-23-24. Performances begin at 7:30 pm at Time & Tide Fine Art, 4 Market St., Ipswich. Tickets in advance $15 at the gallery. Only 20 seats per show, so call 978 238 8848 to hold your tickets until you can get to downtown Ipswich to pick them up.

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Jimmy Tingle’s American Dream: Live On Screen & Stage (Gloucester, MA * 10/1/11)

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

This is a date-specific trailer for “Jimmy Tingle’s American Dream: Live On Screen & Stage,” making its North Shore premiere on Saturday, October 1st at 7:00pm at The Cape Ann Community Cinema at 21 Main Street in Gloucester, MA.

This special show marks the Cinema’s 3rd birthday, and tickets are available athttp://www.CapeAnnCinema.wordpress.com/advance-tickets

Abbey Mathews Represents! In Italy

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey!
The Mathews family are big fans of Good Morning Gloucester and our daughter Abbey who just Graduated from UMass Amherst this spring is spending a year in Florence Italy working on her Masters.  Here she is "representing" at the Duomo and Ponte Vecchio.    She’s already missing the Fall here…so I’m sure she’ll be looking forward to the fall pictures on GMG!
Peace!
Bridgette Mathews

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Where’s the moon going to rise? From John Wheeler

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

John writes-

Joey,

It was nice to meet you tonight. Here is the web site I was telling you about.

Has you can see in the attached picture, I knew when, and where to be to get the moon between the towers. Knowing the time of the moon-rise ,and sun-set helps with the exposure of the Twin Lights. I’m still working on my settings, so I don’t over expose the moon, or under expose the rest of the shot.

I hope the other photographers find this has cool to use has I do.

The other picture is something I found on my way across the rocks, off Penzance Rd. in Rockport. I was told it is where the earth split millions of years ago, and filled in with molten lava.

http://photoephemeris.com/

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Prepare Yourself For Another Bat Shit Crazy Fun Filled Weekend In Gloucester- Here’s Your Playbook

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I suggest y’all rest up because yet again (I feel like I say this every week) there is an insane amount of fun just about free stuff to do.  Get Ready To Partay!

Saturday September 17th

Downtown Gloucester Block Party

Entertainment:

At 6 pm sharp start dancing to the Docksiders Big Band plus jazz, reggae, African, folk, rock, show tunes and oldies. Linda Amero is at the Franklin Café, the Bandit Kings play at the Dog Bar.  The Honky Tonk Women of Gloucester and we will be performing at 7p.m. in front of the Sovereign Bank.  Enjoy exquisite dancing by OmBellyCo Tribal Dance and the Cape Ann Center for Dance Performance. Buy 50/50 raffle tickets from our Gloucester High School cheerleaders and help support the parties.

Also at 6 pm, a special magic show in Kids’ Town – win a special prize from magician Joe Howard!

GMG/ Lat 43 Outdoor Celebrate Gloucester II Bash To Renew Newell Stadium

Stop by and say hey and let me take your pic.  We will be live blogging the event!

LAT 43 Entrance

Saturday Starting at 7PM

Matt Burke From the Gloucester Daily Times Will be presenting  Awards To the top 25 Gloucester High School Gridiron Greats and we will have photos of the award winners blown up 25 feet on the big screen as Matt gives out the awards.

We will unveil the 25 foot screen that Ed Collard and I conceived and Ed mostly built with help from Sista Felicia and screen Sam Hartson’s “This Is Fiesta” movie- outside hoisted high up on the pilings in front of Lat 43, show footage of the blue lobsters albino lobsters, golden sea robin, Sunday Senior Seine Boat race, Friday Saturday and Sunday greasy pole footage, Monkey Balls, Craig Kimberly’s Fiesta Videos, Faces Of The Fishermen From EJ, Gloucester’s Finast Kind Calendar, and much much more.  The Outdoor café setup in the parking area in front of Lat 43 will be incredibly set up Lat 43 will be practically giving the food away and there will be adult beverage service- NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!

Lat 43 will be serving Sista Felicia’s Special Hot Cocoa and Peppermint Schnapps (also served without the booze for the little ones) and we will be proudly serving The fantastic Ryan and woods Folly Cove Rum with hot mulled Cider to keep y’all warm through the night.

Best of all 10% of all food and beverage sales goes to GFAA to help rebuild Newell Stadium.

Art Now Rockport

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Tickets are available for this evening event, please visit www.artnowrockport.com. (The official promo poster is attached to this email.)

Featured artists: Kurt Ankeny, Renata Fryshara, Ben MacAdam, Nina Samoiloff, and Karen Tusinski. Much thanks to Sarah Kelly, Rockport’s very own events guru and all around booster for the arts!

Sunday September 18th

10:00AM

Mug Up and GMG Lobster Roll Competition!!! at Khan Studio Good Morning Gloucester Gallery

Swing by the Gallery at 77 Rocky Neck Ave gallery G3 (On Madfish Wharf)

Meet lots of your favorite GMG personalities and enjoy free coffee, pastries and EJ’s killer deviled eggs.  Bring some pastries if you would like but it’s not mandatory.  Sometimes Paul Morrison even graces us with Monkey Bread!

On Sunday, September 18th during Mug Up, we will be holding the First Annual Lobster Roll Competition.  Judges for this competition will be Sista Felicia (we all know what an awesome cook and foodie Felicia is), Wendie Demuth (who grew up working for her father’s lobster business and ate huge amounts of lobster, prepared in every imaginable way), Brenda Hill (food judge for the International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association, author and freelance writer from FL, originally from Gloucester) and Kim Smith (butterfly garden and lobster roll expert, who’d better show or Ed Collard gets her spot).  The lobster roll competition will be fierce and require special handling, so we need to have an idea of the number of entrants in advance.  Bun grilling can be done here at the gallery just before the entry goes to the judges, so entrants only need to bring a batch of their filling (hopefully enough to share a little with everyone after judging is complete) and their buns of preference.  If you are planning to enter, please reply post on the blog, or if you want to be more secretive, you can email me at khanstudio@comcast.net.  You might also want to put in a reservation early with Joey at Capt. Joe & Sons for your lobsters.

12:00PM Sunday

The Fish Box Derby On Rogers Street!

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Fish Box Derby Info Here

Sunday September 18th
The Lone Gull 10K

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Runners (and those interested in running),
An email will be sent out to all registered runners sometime tomorrow in regards to the final race details. I will outline some important points below for anybody who doesn’t feel like waiting for the email. This year’s Lone Gull 10K will in fact be its final running. It has been a great five years and I really want to thank all of the runners, volunteers, sponsors, and most of all my family for helping and putting up with my September stress! So here are some details for the race:

1) Pre-race packet pickup is available at New England Running Company on Friday (10-7) and Saturday (9:30-6).
2) You can pickup your numbers and shirts on raceday starting at 7:30 AM at Good Harbor Beach.
3) You can sign up for the race on raceday.
4) There is plenty of free parking available at Good Harbor Beach.
5) We will not be holding on to shirts that have not been picked up so after the race it will be on a first come, first serve basis.
6) Good luck to all runners!!!!!

For more info-

http://www.lonegull10k.com/

From Suzanne Gosselin-women and their boats in the news

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi, Joey

Kudos to the youngest woman captain on the Harvey Gamage. And here’s a human interest story about another influential woman and her love affair with boats and sailing.   Emily Wick is quite an accomplished woman who has set a very high standard for those of us who have the privilege of knowing her.  Recently, Sandy Bay Yacht Club honored Emily by renaming the Race Committee boat in her honor.

Emily’s response to all the attention?  "I just wanted to have fun!"  

Hope your readers enjoy this…..

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EJ DID IT AGAIN!

Posted on by capeannpainter

EJ Arranged another great Sunday Mug up!

Where else can you get a taste of an award winning Lobster Roll and Tour the Newest Member of the Gloucester Schooner Fleet The Ardelle!?

Only at the Kahn Studio\GMG Gallery on Rocky Neck!

Here’s EJ’S Post:

Special guest at Lobster Roll Competition Mug Up Sunday, September 18

Photo by E.J.

The Pinky Schooner Ardelle (along with Harold Burnham, Laurie Fullerton and Daisy) will be joining us this Sunday at Mug Up for the First Annual Lobster Roll Competition.  She will tie up at Madfish Wharf from 10:00-11:00.  If you haven’t had the chance to see Ardelle up close and personal, this is your chance to see her and meet Harold Burnham of H.A. Burnham Boat Builders, the 28th Burnham to operate a shipyard in Essex since 1819.

Of course, it is also Mug Up and our First Annual Lobster Roll Competition too, so plan to come, bring on your award winning lobster roll entry (optional) and have fun at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck on Madfish Wharf from 10:00 until we’re done.  Everyone is welcome. 

Lobster roll judging will begin promptly at 10:20, so if you are an entrant, please be here by 10:00 to give yourself time to grill your buns (if you do that) and do your final preparation for the judging.  I have tons of butter, so don’t bring that unless you use a special kind (I have the Cabots salted variety).  Note: There has been a change in judges.  International Food Judge, Brenda Hill, has had a scheduling conflict, so will be replaced by Eastern Point Lightkeeper, Dani Lubber.  The other two judges will be Sister Felicia and Wendie Demuth.

Mug Up at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery is open to anyone who wants to join us.  Mug Up type food contributions (whatever you feel like bringing and sharing) are always welcome.  We provide the coffee, deviled eggs and good time. 

E.J. Lefavour

Photos From Father Green

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Good evening, Joey!

Like everyone else, I was saddened by the fire that destroyed a house and a store yesterday. So, I was concerned when I saw the emergency vehicles today at the corner of Hancock St. and Main St.  Fortunately, it looks like it turned out to be a false alarm. I did get a nice photo of the trucks, though.

And the view of the Manufactory was clear and beautiful in the crisp evening light.

The White Knight Represents! They Are Open For Bidness In Essex Baby!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Sir W.E. Night Speaks.  “Come on down to the White Elephant.  The road closed us down for 8 weeks but we are back in action.  Essex is open for business and some serious jousting.

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Looking Ahead

Posted on by Marty Luster

Out at the end of Bearskin Neck, out past the Fudgery, past Helmut’s Strudel Shop,

past Bradley Wharf and Motif #1, past The Barn Gallery and The Country Store –

at the very end of the Neck where the only attractions are the harbor, the sea and the sky-

I saw a young woman and a young man sitting close together on the rocks.

 

They noticed only each other and that they could see beyond the harbor,

past the breakwater, past Rockport, past Gloucester, past Boston.

They could see themselves anywhere in the world under slips of silver clouds,

sitting close together by some safe harbor.

Marty Luster

Live Blogging Celebrate Gloucester 2 From Lat 43

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Click here or pic for live feed from Lat 43!!!!

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MAKE NO MISTAKE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE PLACE TO BE TONIGHT!!!!

GET THERE EARLY TO GET A TABLE!!!!!

COME PARTY WITH US!!

WAY TO GO TEAM!!!!!

Screen Construction- Ed Collard on Lead with help from Joey and Frank Ciolino,Paulie Walnuts, Thom Falzarano, Donna Ardizzoni and Rick, Sista Felicia, BJ and Amandacakes!

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The Café is starting to take Shape!

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It’s ALIVE!!!!!!!

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Dog Park Sign Installation

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Chris Fogarty of CF Carpentry, Inc., a building committee member of Gloucester Dog Park, getting some encouraging words of support from his two co-pilots Addison and Griffin as he puts up the Future Home site sign for Gloucester Dog Park

Co-founders Judi Masciarelli and Mary Lou Maraganis with Marta, Mary Lou’s foster dog(who is still looking for her forever home) in front of the just installed Future Home site sign of Gloucester Dog Park which will occupy an untilized section of stage fort park behind the basketball field.

Visit www.gloucesterdogpark.org to volunteer and/or make a donation

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Special guest at Lobster Roll Competition Mug Up Sunday, September 18

Posted on by God's Morning
Photo by E.J.

The Pinky Schooner Ardelle (along with Harold Burnham, Laurie Fullerton and Daisy) will be joining us this Sunday at Mug Up for the First Annual Lobster Roll Competition.  She will tie up at Madfish Wharf from 10:00-11:00.  If you haven’t had the chance to see Ardelle up close and personal, this is your chance to see her and meet Harold Burnham of H.A. Burnham Boat Builders, the 28th Burnham to operate a shipyard in Essex since 1819.

Of course, it is also Mug Up and our First Annual Lobster Roll Competition too, so plan to come, bring on your award winning lobster roll entry (optional) and have fun at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck on Madfish Wharf from 10:00 until we’re done.  Everyone is welcome. 

Lobster roll judging will begin promptly at 10:20, so if you are an entrant, please be here by 10:00 to give yourself time to grill your buns (if you do that) and do your final preparation for the judging.  I have tons of butter, so don’t bring that unless you use a special kind (I have the Cabots salted variety).  Note: There has been a change in judges.  International Food Judge, Brenda Hill, has had a scheduling conflict, so will be replaced by Eastern Point Lightkeeper, Dani Lubber.  The other two judges will be Sister Felicia and Wendie Demuth.

Mug Up at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery is open to anyone who wants to join us.  Mug Up type food contributions (whatever you feel like bringing and sharing) are always welcome.  We provide the coffee, deviled eggs and good time. 

E.J. Lefavour

Video- Final Day Screen Building

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

A few modifications explained by Ed Collard.  hope to see y’all tonight at Lat 43!

CHAMBER’S $25,000 GAME

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Don’t miss out on your chance to win the grand prize in the Chamber’s $25,000 Game! Less than 100 tickets left!  The drawing will be held at The Gloucester House on Wednesday, September 28 from 5pm to 7pm.  There will be appetizers and a cash bar. Tickets can be purchased for a $100 donation and admits two to the party.  The $25,000 game prizes are as follows:

1st prize        $10,000
2nd prize        $ 5,000
3rd prize        $ 2,500   
4th prize        $ 1,000 (six prizes)
5th prize        $    500 (three prizes)

Again this year, we will have the 50/50 raffle at the party.  Those interested in purchasing a ticket should contact the Chamber office at 978-283-1601 or email susan@CapeAnnChamber.com.  Get your ticket now.  This is always a SELL OUT EVENT!

Theater Pie Workshops for Fall

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Theater Pie Workshops. Three Crusty Dramas offered for Children as warm and easy as Pie.

The SUN Troupe, grds. K-4, Thursday, 3:30-5:30, Oct. 13-Dec. 8, THE AUTUMNAL TOPIARY, A play by voice and design will be performed on Dec, 8 at 5:30  Workshop fee:  $78.

The Chicken Coupe Troupe, grds. 4- until a chicken decides to fly the coupe, Friday, 4:15-6:15., Oct. 14-Dec. 16, ROBIN HOOD, an ancient, wild, and merry tale will be performed Dec.16 at 7 pm, and Dec. 17 at 4 pm and 7 pm.  Workshop fee:  $88.

SATURDAY PLAYHOUSE, grds. 4 and older, A Three Week Intensive, Nov. 5, 12, 19, 12:30-4:30 pm, with a presentation of the play, THE FROG PRINCE, at 5:00 pm on Sat., Nov. 19.   Workshop fee: $48.00

The Theater Pie Workshops rehearse and perform at The Unitarian-Universalist Society of Rockport on Cleaves Street and are sponsored by The UU Society and Art Harbor of Cape Ann.  For more information email or call Dona Lambert at donalambert1@gmail.com, 978-546-9041.  All the workshops are coached by Dona and very dramatic and funny Art Harbor HS friends.  Fees made be split into two payments.  Registration is on a first call basis.