Day: December 9, 2011

Peter Thomsen Back Shore Poem

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Peter writes-

The Backshore is huge part of my life. I’ve grown up on the rocks and my personal ideology is formed from it. Here I tired to put words to my connection with it. Hope you like it!

Come Find Me There Sometime and We’ll Share Freedom

By Brunner T

I’ve seen beaches collect atop the rocks,

I’ve seen them be ripped away.

I’ve seen placid, clear water;

Green glass resting on the seaweed.

I’ve seen the essence of rage:

Walls of blue-gray fury

Dashing

Themselves to foamy fragments

On intransient boulders.

I’ve seen every tide, mood, and time

Of the Backshore.

My shins are bruised,

My skin has torn,

I’ve felt weathered rock

Bite my lip.

The line of horizon

Belittles me,

Life feels a lifetime too short.

The road above is busy

But I assure you the air is clean.

My dog files his nails here,

But I simply breath.

Community Stuff Friday Edition

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
Miracle on 34th Street: The Musical

imageMary Aarons writes-

Dear Joey: 3 shows this coming weekend featuring Gloucester resident Robert Kent as Kris Kringle. A great family outing! Check out the North Shore Players’ website for details. Merry Christmas, Mary Aarons
http://www.northshoreplayers.org/

Fri. Dec 9 at 7:30 PM

Sat., Dec 10 at 7:30 PM

Sun.,  Dec 11 at 2 PM

Play info and On-line Tickets: Main Stage Productions

Rockport Art Association Winter Show

Skip Montello forwards-

Hi Joey,

The Rockport Art Association invites one and all to a reception Friday, December 9th, from 4-8PM for it’s  "Masters in Miniature" Art and Photography Show.

Come to Rockport and enjoy the art and photography as well an evening of "Christmas in Rockport"  festivities hosted by Local Shops and Businesses.

Thanks, Skip

 

 
3rd Annual Docksider Christmas Carnival- Saturday, December 17th

10am-12pm at the Gloucester High School Field House, $10.00 per person.

Enjoy face painting, games, bounce house, cookie decorating, build your own sundae, jugglers and unicylers, dancing to the holiday music of the Docksiders and a visit from Santa.

Raffle Tree 

Download and print your own raffle tickets here

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On the next Cape Ann Profiles show host Rich Sagall interviews Tony Beadle, the executive director of the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport. He discusses what it’s like to manage the facility, select the performers, and why the center has become such a success.
Cape Ann Profiles can be seen on Cape Ann TV Channel 12 on Friday, December 9 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, December 11 at 2:00PM. It repeats on Friday, December 16 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, December 18 at 2:00PM.
Rich Sagall is a physician and the president of NeedyMeds, a national non-profit that provides information on programs that help people unable to afford their health care costs. He also publishes Pediatrics for Parents, a children’s health newsletter.

Luck & Arcade Open House-

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