Month: November 2011

Here is the GMG team’s tickets that we filled out downtown this Sunday.

Here are the details from the Gloucester Daily Times-

Following last year’s hugely successful introduction of a $1,100 holiday shopping spree sweepstakes, the Gloucester Downtown Association, spearheaded by two Main Street merchants — Palazola Sports’ Linda Palazola and Kids’ Unlimiteds’ Christine Orlando — has joined forces with more than 40 of Gloucester’s downtown retailers, to offer shoppers a chance to be this year’s winner-take-all.

The seasonal promotion, which offers holiday shoppers a free raffle ticket for every item purchased from participating merchants, starting tomorrow and running through Saturday, Dec. 10, culminates in a grand prize drawing immediately following the 5 p.m. lighting of the Lobster Pot Tree at Court House Square, outside the police station.

Theatre in the Pines presents "The Cradle Song" by Gregorio & Maria Sierra on December 1, 2, 3 & 4.   Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m. at Spiran Hall, corner of School and Broadway in Rockport.

Tickets $15 for adults; students $10.

Tickets available at door and at Toad Hall Books, Rockport, and The Bookstore, Gloucester.

The nuns of a Spanish Dominican convent are faced with  the dilemma of raising a baby girl left on their doorstep.  They name her Teresa, after the order’s patron saint. But  Teresa grows up too free-spirited to remain in the cloister.  Comedy and pathos join as one in this lovely play.

Don’t miss it!

Our final week at Jemil Beauchamp (1091 Washington Street, Gloucester) is upon us. We’re trying to clear out the store, and so that means that the deals just got even better.

While the paintings and handmade bags will remain at 40% off, everything else is being sold at cost. What we paid for it is the price for you. If we paid $5 for that Dolce and Gabbana rugby jacket, that’s the price.

And we don’t just have women’s clothes and antiques, either, since this is also our moving rummage sale. So I’ve got a very nice Altec Lansing speaker set that hooks up to your computer for $75. We’ve got a box of tools, $4 a piece, we’ve got chairs and books, purses for $5 a piece. We’ve also got some bigger furniture items like an old armoire for $40 and a folding table for $15. Lots of great stuff in wonderful condition. If we can’t get rid of it, it’ll cost us money to throw it away, so make us an offer if you need to.

Thank you,

Kurt and Jenny

This weekend is "Christmas by the Sea" Weekend in Manchester by the Sea, MA – the kickoff to the holidays in town.  The weekend’s events start on Friday night with a local "shop around" event which offers incentives to people for browsing and shopping at retailers in town.  On Saturday, Santa arrives by boat into Manchester harbor and then there is a Christmas parade in which the children march with santa to the community center for a Santa meet-and-greet. Finally on Sunday, we will light the "Friendship Tree" in the center of town.

This Saturday night, December 3rd, I (along with my band) will be hosting a fundraising event at The Landing at 7 Central – a Manchester restaurant & pub.  Our band will be donating our time and performing from 9 to midnight in order to collect new, unwrapped toys for Pathways For Children (http://www.pw4c.org) in Gloucester. Each guest who brings a toy will receive a raffle ticket and will be entered to win one of several Meat Prizes throughout the evening.  Also, if guests do not bring a toy, they can purchase raffle tickets and the money raised will be used to purchase toys. Currently, several Manchester and Gloucester restaurants and businesses have donated grass fed ground beef, roasts, etc..  We are still looking for donations of meat that will be raffled off throughout the night.

I am writing in hopes that you will make a donation.   I think having some seafood donated by Captain Joe & Sons would be a fun play on the Meat Raffle concept and would tie back nicely to funds being donated to Gloucester’s Pathways for Children.  All who donate – whether a restaurant, butcher or local business – will be recognized and would be more than willing to hand out coupons, collateral or any other info you would like throughout the night.  Should you choose to donate, I can pick up your donation on Friday or Saturday.