Year: 2011

Dave Sags Blues Party to host ~ Greg Lutrell ~ Tonight at the Rhumb Line

Posted on by Joanne

Let’s get to it: This thursday at the Rhumb Line, we’re proud to present Mr. Greg Lutrell, the bestest, coolest guy I know. I mean it!! He just got back from Valhalla where he  competed in the special musician olympics jimnastyc competion, earning a gold metal on the parrallel universe bars. This cat can sing! And he plays the glitar like nobody! And he’s in tune! and he intones! He should move out  of Salem!
Beside himself , there will be Mr. Benny Benson, on concussion. Our favorite Irish Finn  MacCool and, and usual, Mr. Greg T on catarrh, and meselph, the basis.  Czech to make sure you got a number of a bail bondsman on your speed dial…

9:00 to midnight

http://www.therhumbline.com/

Greg Lutrell

http://www.gregluttrell.com/

Whale Sighting

Posted on by S.D. Kelly

 

Whale Sighting at Bean & Leaf

An extremely happy whale has been spotted just outside Bean & Leaf on Bearskin Neck. This sculpture is attributed to uber-Rockporter Tom (he’s the guy who’s been walking around with the snow shovel for the last 8 weeks digging everybody out downtown). Stop by Bean & Leaf to check it out in person – and get a cup of coffee to sustain you while you’re at it!

Basketball – GHS vs Saugus Feb 8th – Photoos by David Cox

Posted on by Manuel F. Simoes

Basketball  Slide_Show – GHS vs Saugus Feb 8th – Photos by David Cox

Click on Photo for Slide_show

seARTS Update 2/10/2011

Posted on by capeannpainter
seARTS NewsBlast banner
 
 

Reminder: 
Call for work for the seARTS Loan Program
at the Bass Rocks Golf Club, 34 Beach Road, Gloucester
April 2011 to April 2012
   

 
 
                  
 
The seARTS-Bass Rocks Art Loan Program is entering its fourth year. The Loan Program is for members of seARTS (join us now!) and will run for one year at the Bass Rocks Golf Club, installed on the main floor. Artists will be invited to an opening reception for the show in June and among the marketing opportunities, there will be Viewer’s Choice Award, a binder with artists information at the front door of the Club, general PR, and on-line promotion of the show and award winners.  
Deadline for Entries is February 23.  If an artwork is sold, the artist may replace it with a new selection after a brief review by the jury.
  
 

Social Media for Artists and Non-Profit Organizations
Ten Pound Studio, Gloucester
Saturday, February 12, 2011
1:00 – 3:30 PM
 

 
 
It’s all about engaging eyeballs (and minds). Get started with the basics …. Use FACEBOOK PAGES to promote your work …. Use LINKEDIN to connect to colleagues, businesses and resources. Participate in the global art (and nonprofit) conversation on TWITTER …. Move your message on YOUTUBE.
 
Get your free personal page with image, web and representing venue links, event listings and info on The Arts Map – Cape Ann, Cape Ann’s global mapping, artists & cultural directory connecting you to the international arts network.   Who’s Who in the Arts on Cape Ann!  Are you on The Arts Map?
 
Introduction to Social Networking for Artists, presented by Barbara Oliver (integrated communications consultant), with Jo-Ann Castano (artist, community cultural organizer) on The Arts Map-Cape Ann arts and cultural directory.
 
Ten Pound Studio
1 Center Street, Gloucester
 
Cost to attend: $50.00
 


About seARTS


 The Society for the Encouragement of the Arts is a coalition of individual artists, art organizations, cultural and civic groups, and businesses working to improve the economic base for the arts on Cape Ann, and to promote Cape Ann’s thriving arts community and rich arts heritage. Financial support for seARTS programing has been made possible by the Massachusetts Cultural Council John and Abigail Adams Art Program, the Boston Foundation Bruce J. Anderson Fund and the Bayness Andrews Fund and also with past financial support in capacity building from the Essex County Community Foundation Discretionary Fund.

Valentine’s Day at Tessera’s Mosaic Studio!

Posted on by Sharon

Children under 13 should be accompanied by an ‘older ascort’. We will have some soda and cookies/sweets. One items will be available for free and others will be available for purchase. Reservations are not necessary, however, seating is limited and letting us know before Saturday is helpful.

Ice Crystals at Sunrise1’11 From photoholic1

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

photoholic1 writes-

More heavy snow, and frigid weather coming again.
Shot at sunrise on the last day of snowy January ’11

image

How The Snowmen Deal

Posted on by DIY SKI GUY

Dear Joey,

I ran across this pic that I got from our friends in Rockport a few years back. They owned the Hula moon Café. With the weather you have been getting I thought you could relate to it. Dig your self out and remember spring is on it’s way.

Best regards,

Vern and Joy
Middleville Mich

 

 

The Degelyse Show- Tuffy Does Spring Break

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I ran into Tuffy down at Lani Kai- A Notorious Spring Break Hotel Down In Fort Meyers Where He Decimated A Bunch Of College Boys

Catch…What a Whale Shouldn’t Have to Eat

Posted on by S.D. Kelly
White Trash on White Snow

There’s a local blog (with universal appeal) you should check out. A Rockporter goes to the beach every day collecting trash and other detritus that washes up. She then organizes this trash – sometimes by color, sometimes by theme, sometimes by another method – and documents each find with a photo.

It’s a bit shocking (as well as visually fascinating) to see both the kinds of things that wash up and the volume of things that wash up. Of course we all know, theoretically anyway, that a bunch of trash litters the beach after every tide. But gone, more or less, are the days of poetic trash, like beach glass. In fact, finding beautiful beach glass juxtaposed against plastic bottle caps on the sand only heightens the awareness of how ugly and permanent our modern version of beach glass is in its plastic persistence. The irony of seeing water bottles littering the beach, when these bottles no doubt originated with health-conscious and hydration-minded people, would be funny if it weren’t so sad.

And if you’d rather not view the blog from an environmentalist’s perspective, you can enjoy the images for the sense of color and visual interest they retain. Just another example of the artistic wealth on Cape Ann, where residents are capable of creating beauty from piles of trash.

The blog: Catch…What a Whale Shouldn’t Have to Eat

Green Trash
Lighters on the Snow

Daddy Daugther Valentine’s Dance!

Posted on by Alicia Pensarosa
Daddy, Daugther Valentine’s Dance!
Saturday, February 12th
6:00pm-8:00pm
Please join us at the Cape Ann YMCA on Saturday, February 12 from 6:00-8:00pm for our annual Daddy Daugther Valentine’s Dance! Dress up for your favorite Valentine for a night full of dancing, great fun, and most importantly, love for your family. Light refreshments will be served.
Fee:
YMCA Members- $15 per couple
Community- $20 per couple
Additional Daughter Fee:
YMCA Members- $4
Community- $6
If you have any further questions, please contact Katy Milne at 978-283-0470 ex. 1714 ormilnek@northshoreymca.org

Books Looking for a Home

Posted on by God's Morning

Hey Joey:

My wife and I are paring down our personal library and we’re wondering if there are some local charities/schools/groups that could use these books. We’ve got a bunch of fiction and non-fiction, a large stack of language books (Japanese, French and Spanish, both written in that language and grammar books), and a huge pile of comic books in graphic-novel format (thicker volumes), there are some art books as well.

Could you post this to GMG and see if anyone out there can give us a good place to donate these to?  We’d really appreciate it!

Kurt Ankeny

978.281.2803
kurtankeny@gmail.com

Bird Banding and Other Adventures in Belize

Posted on by God's Morning

At the Sawyer Free Library on Thursday February 10th at 7:00 PM: For more info on this and other events at the Library, go to: http://fb.me/UhjZttBY

Karen Pischke Poem

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hello Joey.

Yesterday’s storm inspired this poem that I ‘awoke with’ today.

As they say- ‘any port in a storm!’ And I am happy our port is Gloucester.

Peace,     Karen

Snow swirling, twirling to the ground,
falling gently, without sound.
Single flakes lying one on top another,
Softly blanketing the ground they smother.
Snow falling through the night,
color turns to shades of grey and white.
As life is slowed and empty fills the streets,
I enjoy the quiet and the peace.
The cardinal calls with its familiar tune,
bright red against the white snow dune.
Birds and squirrels seeking refuge,
able to go where we refuse to.
Hunkering together, staying warm,
safe and protected in the storm.
The storm bringing neighbors together,
masks removed in stormy weather.
Seeking refuge in humanity,
temporarily fleeing the insanity,
of a world gone crazy,
its peace mission seeming hazy.
But suddenly the storm may end,
with strangers fast becoming friends,
having survived the storms together,
resilient in the midst of harsh weather.
Birds singing once again with delight,
as against a brilliant blue sky they take flight.
Hope and Sun shine anew, reflecting on the fallen snow,
And in this moment, Peace may be all we know.
~ Karen Pischke 02/02/2011
Gloucester, MA

http://www.dreamtimewellness.com/