It was great to catch the new Ocean Reporter in rockport Harbor last week.
I wonder if there is a meaning of the penquin standing on the pilot house.
Or just a decoration.
The New Ocean Reporter
Month: March 2012
We can all use some hope…
…which is represented by an anchor in Christian iconography. Nice nautical imagery for a stained glass window in Gloucester. I expect we’ll be hearing a lot about hope as this election year goes forward.
Wherever you find your hope, share it with someone who needs it. Hope grows when we share it, and the more people are inspired by it, the better chance it has of coming true.
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Historical Photos of Rockport, Then & Now ~ Program at the Rockport Senior Center
Freda Collins, Meal Coordinator for SeniorCare and Gil McCarthy, Rockport Council on Aging board member look review photos for upcoming program at the Rockport Senior Center.
Gil McCarthy is preparing a video of photos to be show on Friday, April 20, 2012 at 7 p.m. at the Rockport Senior Center.
"Historical Photos of Rockport, Then & Now."
The evening will be a comparison of historical photographs with current photos for all to enjoy. There is no fee, refreshments will be provided. Pre-registration is requested by calling the Rockport Senior Center at 978-546-2573.
The Rockport Council on Aging is extending an invitation to all area residents to attend. Guests are welcome to bring photos! The evening will also be an opportunity to view the recently renovated oil paintings that were place in the Community Center around the boarder of the ceilings in the late 30’s. The beautiful paintings have been restored and placed back in the Community Center.
Michelle Talisman, Chairman of the Rockport Council on Aging said, "this will be an excellent opportunity for Cape Ann residents to attend an enjoyable evening with friends and to share refreshment and exchange experiences of living in the beautiful town of Rockport."
The Rockport Senior Center is now housed in the Rockport Community Center, located at 58 Broadway.
To learn more about this program or upcoming programs at the Rockport Senior Center, please contact the Center’s director, Diane Bertolino at rockportcoa@rockportma.org
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Rockport’s own Brad Byrd is looking to cast an attractive female lead for his upcoming music video for his song "Zero to the 101"
Rockport’s own Brad Byrd is looking to cast an attractive female lead for his upcoming music video for his song "Zero to the 101". Brad’s music has been featured on MTV, VH1 ABC’s Happy Endings, as well as others.
The video shoot is going to be on Sat. March 17th, and Sun. March 18th, so you must be available both days.
The video is going to help promote the musician’s newest album so the video will be getting a large amount of exposure.
The casting call is going to be held on Thursday, March 15th, from 1pm to 5 pm in the Gloucester / Rockport area.
All those interested please send:
1) A Head shot or photo
2) Your age
3) Best way to contact you
4) Preferred time of audition on Thursday
to brandon@mindventurepictures.com
***Also, if you are interested in being the female lead and are free the 17th and 18th but not free for the casting call you may still submit the above information***
All those who respond will receive an email with:
1) their time of audition
2) the location of the casting call
3) the contact info for the production.
For compensation, the lead will be reimbursed for gas, and will receive a DVD copy of the video upon completion.
Thank you everyone.
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Ravenswood Woodpecker From Bill O’Connor
Hi Joey,
My son and I took a walk through The Trustees of Reservations’ Ravenswood Park today and we came across this woodpecker that was eating the snow. I thought it was pretty funny because I’ve never seen this behavior from a bird, but it makes better sense than having to fly to the nearest water supply to have a drink!
Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid
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Community Stuff Tuesday
Skeptics in the Pub
The March Cape Ann Skeptics in the Pub, will be on the 20th, at La Trattoria, 64, Main St, Gloucester. The program will be presented by Mary Kingsley and is called 1,001 Ways to Lie, Cheat and Steal: An overview of the ways in which consumers don’t get what they bargained for including outright lies, half-truths, deceptions, unsubstantiated claims, and con games. Mary will show that skepticism is essential in the marketplace but isn’t enough!
As usual, we will meet at 6:00 to order food & drink and greet each other. The program begins at 6:45. We meet in the back room at La Trattoria.
We hope to see you there for this informative program.
For more information go to www.capeannskeptics.com
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Wooden Boat Enthusiasts: Boat Building Session with Craftsman Geno Mondello!!!
From the IDRC-
The GMHC is offering a boat building session with craftsman Geno Mondello for high school students (see attached flyer with contact information). Please contact Tom Balf if your students would be interested in this unique opportunity!
Thanks, Erik Dombrowski
Maritime Gloucester Offers Teen Boat Building Course
Beginning on Tuesday, April 3rd, Maritime Gloucester is offering a new session of its boat building course for high school students. The course runs for eight weeks with classes scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 p.m – 6p.m. at the Dory Shop. Taught by Geno Mondello, the program gives participants hands-on experience in laying out, lofting and making full-sized patterns, making full-sized pieces and assembling and finishing a skiff. No prior experience necessary. The fee is $50. The course is limited to six participants. To register, call (978) 281-0470.
Contact:
Thomas Balf
Maritime Gloucester
Phone: (978) 281-0470
tbalf@gloucestermaritimecenter.org
Hurry, Space is limited!!!!!!
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Video- December 4 1990 Storm Surge Good Harbor Beach From Our Boy Tim at Gloucester Bytes
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Series- 100 year Old Gloucester Postcards From Peter Dorsey- The Magnolia Road
Peter writes-
Joey,
I have a big box of old postcards, and I realize that a few of them are from Gloucester, Mass. Perhaps your readers would like to see some of them. I’ll send you a few here. Maybe I can find some more in my big box. I’ll send them from time to time; if you like. My father was born in a house near the cut in 1919, and his father worked as a scientist for Mr. Hammond (of the castle);so I have a historical attachment to Gloucester.
I always think its amazing to see the changes that occur in just 100 years, and am glad to have the chance to study old pictures and share them when I can.
I really enjoy Good Morning Gloucester!
Peter Dorsey
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Sea Glass Harvest
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It looks like cotton balls
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Did You Know? (Reiki)
That Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing? It is administered by “laying on hands” and is based on the idea that an unseen “life force energy” flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one’s “life force energy” is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.
The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words – Rei which means “God’s Wisdom or the Higher Power” and Ki which is “life force energy”. So Reiki is actually “spiritually guided life force energy.”
I believe Jesus of Nazareth was the greatest Reiki master who ever lived, but he also made it clear that we all possess the same abilities he had, if we only learn to use them. What is the first thing we all do if we get an injury or have a pain? We instinctively put our hand over it, because our highest self knows that is where the healing energy comes through, whether our conscious minds knows it or not.
I used to host monthly Reiki healing circles when I was in Florida, and can say that the energy channeled is amazing. There is nothing strange, new age or religious about it. It is ancient and natural.
E.J. Lefavour
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Japanese Flowering Quince ‘Toyo-Nishiki’
I am in the process of organizing photos for my upcoming season of garden design lectures and am enjoying looking over the past year in photos. This was my first year with the Fujifilm x100 and the photo of the flowering quince below was one of the first photos I took with the x100. I do love this camera!
Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Toyo-Nishiki’
Coaxing Winter Blooms
From mid-February on is the recommended time to prune members of the copious Roseaceae (Rose family) and their cut branches create stunning arrangements. The bare limbs dotted with five-petalled blossoms are particularly evocative juxtaposed against the cool, low light of winter. I am picturing the plum rose of Prunus cerasifera ‘Thundercloud,’ the vivid pink of peach blossoms, the elegant sparkling white blossoms of apricot trees (Prunus armeniaca), and the brilliant fiery red-orange ‘Texas Scarlet’ Japanese flowering quince illuminating the rooms in which they are placed. I have to say my favorite of favorites is Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Toyo-Nishiki,’ with buds swollen and ready to burst by mid-winter and flowering in multiple hues of white, rose, and apricot pink, the beauty of their blossoms emphasized by the sharply zigzagging branches.
Note: Flowering quince provides nectar for northward migrating hummingbirds. It is not too early to put out your hummingbird feeders.
More information about Chaenomoles ‘Toyo-Nishiki’ may be found in Chapter Three, “Planting in Harmony with Nature,” Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities!
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Cole Herbst mural almost done at new Eco Boutique
This mural by Cole Herbst with the Eco Boutique logo and some really sweet flowers and fairies is going up in Eco Boutique’s new space at 186 Main Street – stop in and check it out!
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Joint Meeting of the Planning Board and Planning & Development Committee Monday, March 12 (tonight) 7 PM at City All
Joint Meeting of the Planning Board and Planning & Development Committee Monday, March 12 (tonight) 7 PM at City All
Key item: * Rezoning of Commercial Street #33 and #47 (Bird’s-Eye), Amend Gloucester Zoning Ordinance to create Hotel Overlay District
Please come and let us hear your voice… this is a very important issue and ALL need to be heard.. now is the time..
Thank you Sefatia
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Flying to Ireland? Let Michael O’Leary send you off!
That’s right, folks, gimmesound artist of the week Michael O’Leary will be at Logan Airport this week serenading travelers to and from Ireland. Watch the video to find out when.
Michael is one of the only musicians on Cape Ann who routinely performs with no mics, no amps, “nothing to plug in” — just you and his band in a venue with good acoustics. In this video he describes the appeal of truly acoustic music — the way music was heard for thousands of years.
The Dog Bar reopened last night with more seating for music fans. This rounds out Gloucester’s West End music scene giving us more music choices all week long. See full music lineup here.
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Music Around Town ~ March 12 – 18, 2012
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Dave Mattacks on Sirius XM Radio through the month of March
(Photo: Dave Mattacks and Meg Griffin outside Gloucester’s Bang A Song Recording Studios)
Internationally respected drummer Dave Mattacks is a native of North London who now makes him home in Marblehead, Massachusetts. After years as a member of Britain’s Fairport Convention, he has recorded with Richard Thompson, Nick Drake, XTC, McCartney, Joan Armatrading, Elton John and so many more. Dave can be heard regularly at in Gloucester venues including Jalapenos, The Dog Bar, The Rhumb Line and The Franklin playing everything from Jazz to Americana to The Blues with a variety of other notable musicians who make their home on Cape Ann, Massachusetts.
At Bang A Song Recording Studios in Gloucester, Dave recently co produced “Epic Hello”, the 2nd album from Gloucester based band, ‘Bandit Kings’.
During this 2-part conversation with Sirius XM’s Meg Griffin, Dave Mattacks talks about his rich musical experiences with the late Sandy Denny and Nick Drake as well as his love of the Gloucester music scene and the players who make it great.
“Having Words With Meg” featuring Dave Mattacks on Sirius XM ~ The Loft channel 30
http://www.siriusxm.com/theloft
Monday & Tuesday March 12th & 13th at 2pm
Sunday March 18th at 4pm
Saturday March 31st at 9pm
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Poem By Peter A. Todd
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The Captain at the Wheel By Peter A. Todd 04/23/2010
Capeannsalon.com
“Taking watch of harbor through days and nights With his hands firmly gripping at the wheel Our statue of yesteryear and today With his eyes fixed like hardened steel Many seasons and storms have passed him by Since the Captain was dedicated by our shore Through raging winds and sunlit skies The Captain has done his faithful chore The sands of time that has ebbed and flowed In circling our great statue of the sea Like the many stories of Fishermen of old Our Captain sets the spirit within us free The inscription etched below his feet So treasured to the Fishermen in many ways When the Sands of Time are stilled we’ll meet Those we have lost now raised by God From the oceans grave.”
Peter A. Todd
We are so lucky to have so many talented people on this small Island!
Good Morning Gloucester 