Photo by Greg Bover
I think this is a tricky one, but Cape Ann people never cease to amaze with their great powers of observation.
Month: May 2012
TOMORROW: Schedule of Events for Motif No. 1 Day!
For more information about specific events, click HERE to go to the website.
2012 Motif No. 1 Day Schedule of Events
All Day Activities
Kids’ Art Zone art activities for children
Dock Square Chowder Stand
Mini-Motif Scavenger Hunt
Sidewalk Chalk Competition
Try Your Hand Interactive Art Event
Scheduled Events
9 am
The Motif No. 1 Day 5K to benefit Rockport Elementary Schools Health & Wellness programs!
10 am
The Motif: Why it Matters presentation on the Motif by artist and historian Les Bartlett at the Rockport Art Association.
Community Event: Toad Hall 40th Birthday Celebration! Meet at 10 o’clock in front of Toad Hall for a walk to Millbreak Meadow to enjoy face-painting, books & CUPCAKES!
10:30 am – 12 noon
Instrument Petting Zoo at the Old Firehouse Trust. Sponsored by Rockport Music. For more click HERE.
11 am – 3 pm
Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest throughout downtown. Registration located at the corner of School & Main Streets.
11 am
The Merrimac Valley Rounders in Dock Square. A lively mix of bluegrass & Americana.
11 & 11:45 am
The Way We Were a multimedia presentation by the Rockport High School Band in Harvey Park at the First Baptist Church
12 pm – 1 pm
Free Community Concert at the Shalin Liu Performance Center. Sponsored by Rockport Music.
12 pm – 2 pm
Photography Exhibit Reception at the Rockport Art Association.
1 pm
The Rockport Legion Band in Harvey Park.
Folly Cove Designers Feature in the Old Firehouse Trust.
- Design Showcase: the Sarah Elizabeth Shop Rockport block printer Julia Garrison is the new owner of the legendary Sarah Elizabeth Shop and will be showcasing her work as well as the work of Isabel Natti and the Folly Cove Designer Sarah Elizabeth, printed on the original Folly Cove Designers’ acorn press.
- Film: Virginia Lee Burton: A Sense of Place with the film’s producer, Christine Lundberg. A short documentary on the legendary Cape Ann author & designer. The producer, Christine Lundberg will be at the screening.
2 pm
Alek Razdan & the A-Train Orchestra on Bearskin Neck.
Artist Rocky Delforge painting in Dock Square in a collaborative work created on the spot.
Brad Byrd playing an acoustic set in Dock Square on Bearskin Neck.
3 pm
Carrtunes in Dock Square. Dixieland Jazz from the 20s, 30s & 40s.
3:30 pm
"In Search of the Motif" reading & book signing by author LM Vincent at the Old Firehouse Trust.
4 pm
Sidewalk Chalk Contest Winners announced in Dock Square
Words Before Dinner Event at the Old Firehouse Trust. Original poems inspired by life on Cape Ann. Twin Lights Soda, a Cape Ann original, will be on hand.
5 – 5:30 pm: A Community Festival Finale
Rockport Home Movies with Twin Lights Soda. Film from the collection of Pierce Sears of the Thomas Wilson Beverage Co. Located at the Old Firehouse Trust. Complimentary Twin Lights soda available at the screening.
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Yappy Hour!
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Words Before Dinner
Suellen Wedmore An Acrostic for Ray Bentley Ending with a Line by Jane Hirshfield
Marty Luster: At the End of Bearskin Neck, The Joy Within, Below the Waxing Gibbous Moon
Sarah Clarke: Charles Haskell’s Fence
James Scrimgeour: In the Nook of Dancing Leaves
Sharon Chace: In Honor of Camilla Ayers, In Memory and Celebration of Dorothy Mack Russell
Susan Bumagin: Good Harbor: Memories and Dreams
Ruth Maassen: To Rockport, 2012
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Italy Day 8: Capri
Took the Ferry From Positano to Capri. Beautiful ride- 38 euros for the two of us plus the one large suitcase we brought.
It is amazing to me how very distinct each of these places are along the Amalfi Coast. Each one more beautiful than the next.
Here is how I would rate them (even though rating them is totally subjective)
Praiano<Amalfi<Positano<Ravello<Capri
Rating them from least favorite to favorite might give the wrong impression that any one of them is not spectacular in its own right- they are all amazing places.
Capri is bustling with high end dining and shopping. The kind of shopping that is way out of our budget but is still cool to look in the windows. It is very active on one side and then on the other side of the island it is tranquil and there are long paths cut into the mountains that lead down to the sea.
I don't know who paid to have all of the beautiful parks and walkways done or how long ago but I'm continually awestruck at the beauty of the architecture and landscaping.
The people from Italy that come to the US must look down at us for not having one tenth of the imagination and creativity to create beautiful spaces that they do here. Everywhere. We have it in certain spaces but here in Italy the attention to aesthetically pleasing spaces is everywhere.
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50s Rockport From Ann Kennedy
Hi Joey. Welcome home. A dear family friend, no longer living, was a geographer and children’s textbook author. While going through old books in the basement, I came across one of his texts and discovered that the first chapter was about Rockport. Thought you might enjoy the images from the early 50s, from the book, Ways of Our Land, by C.W. Sorenson, 1954.
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Community Stuff May 18th
Free Health Resources and Information at Safe Boating Day at US Coast Guard Station in Gloucester
On Saturday, May 19, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. free health resources, access to health insurance, overdose prevention information, safety resources and other educational materials will be provided by: Healthy Gloucester Collaborative / Gloucester Health Department, Addison Gilbert Hospital Gloucester Family Health Center, The Open Door, PACE, and Adult Foster Care.
This program will be held at the U.S. Coast Guard Station, 14 Harbor Loop in Gloucester. There is no fee and all are welcome to attend. The free health fair is being held in conjunction with Safe Boating Day that will be held from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
For further information about the health fair, please contact Kathy Day at Healthy Gloucester Collaborative Gloucester Health Department 866-964-4604. Safe Boating Day features: Commercial Boating Education, Recreational Boating booths, Signal Flare and Fire Extinguisher distress at 1000 and 1200, Fishing Vessel Examinations, try out safety gear, learn about safety gear requirements, VHF Radio Use Class, Rescue Boat, Police Boat, and Cutter Tours, Dispose of expired flares (collected with appointment). Fun activities for kids!
For more information about the Safe Boating Day Events please contact Rick Bowen 978-283-0705, ext. 208.
Parking for these events are available at the lot adjacent to the Building Center and on Harbor Loop.
Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe will present its final production of the season, the comedy "I Hate Hamlet" written by Paul Rudnick and directed by Ray Jenness. The story involves a television actor, Andrew Rally, who has been offered the part of Hamlet with the Shakespeare In The Park company. At once attracted to the challenge and at the same time afraid of it, he is encouraged by his girlfriend to take it on. A real estate agent finds him an apartment in New York once occupied byJohn Barrymore, famous for his Hamlet in the mid twentieth century. When Barrymore’s ghost is summoned at a seance, he returns to coach Rally in the role. Rally, however, is more conflicted about playing Hamlet after being offered an easy well-paying TV role. Pulled in one direction by Barrymore and his girlfriend and in the other by fear and greed, he faces some tough choices with comic results. The cast includes Beth Bevins, Evie Gariepy, David McCaleb, Beebe Nelson, Craig Owen, and Nick Neyeloff
Trupiano’s Sausage Facebook Page
Hi Joey –
Just wanted to shoot you a quick email to let you know that Trupiano’s Sausage now has a Facebook page – http://www.facebook.com/TrupianosSausage if you wouldn’t mind spreading the word a little and/or liking us on Facebook.
thanks
Ciaramitaro Family
North Shore Art Throb Launch June 1 at Latitude 43
Friends,
Please mark your calendars for our Friday, June 1 Launch Party on the deck at Latitude 43 in Gloucester. Our monthly launch parties bring our readers, contributors, advertisers and lovers of the arts all in one place! We’re in our second year as the go-to magazine for bridging art and community. The May party at Porter Mill in Beverly gathered more than 150 people from all over the North Shore.
Come enjoy the beginning of summer and pick up your free copy of our Water issue! Fun begins on the beautiful deck overlooking the harbor from 6:30 to 8:30 and then moves next door to Minglewood Tavern! Latitude 43 is at 25 Rogers Street, right downtown.latfortythree.com
Hope to see you there!
Best,
Dinah
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Good Morning Gloucester Has Been Nominated For a Best of North Shore Blog Award
I just found out ten minutes ago but it looks like the voting started on February 28th.
If you feel like the hard work and dedication that the GMG Crew Puts In Is Worthy Of Your Vote, it would be nice of you to vote for us.
It looks like the voting started way back in February so I’m not sure if any of our readers know about it yet and the voting ends June 1st
You can vote here- http://nshoremag.com/bons-2012-blog/
Once at the page there is a drop down box, you’ll see Good morning Gloucester. It’s pretty simple to vote.
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Gloucester At Dawn 4:46AM 5/17/12
Can you see the moon?
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Yard Sale To Benefit The Recovery Of Caleigh Anne Harrison Saturday May 19th
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Brooke and Tristan Welty Enjoyed Their Stay In Gloucester
Joey,
Just wanted to write a note to let you know how much Tristan and I enjoyed our trip. It was perfect! The people in Gloucester were warm and welcoming, the food was amazing and the town is beautiful. It’s a gem. We’re planning on relocating there, hopefully in the fall! I’ve attached a picture of Henry the Aldabra tortoise proudly wearing his GMG sticker, representing the blog here in central PA.
Brooke and Tristan
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Bleeding Heart
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Again why we love being Nonnie and Papa
Little Riley is getting big at almost 5 months.. what a little doll
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The Gloucester Fleet
The Gloucester Fleet, circa 1930 Alice M. Curtis/©Fredrik D. Bodin
This classic harbor scene is one of the most popular photographs in the gallery. It’s not just the interesting content, but also the artful composition, with reflections in the water that I’ve seen in Emile Gruppe’s renowned oil paintings of that time. The fishing and seine boats packed together in Harbor Cove recall the days when fishing was the big business. Mackerel seiner Angie & Vence is on the left, and the Jupiter is third from the left. The white seine boats are filled with seining nets with cork floats. The Gloucester Coal and Lumber building sits in the background, topped by its 35-ton steam derrick (crane). Coal was loaded onto barges, and lumber was carried away by lumber schooners. The company was founded in 1903 by tugboat captain Charles “Cap” Heberle, and is now called The Building Center. The Heberle family still owns it and often visits the gallery.
Image printed archivally from the original 4×5 inch film negative in my darkroom. Image #A8345-012
Fred
Fredrik D. Bodin
Bodin Historic Photo
82 Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
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Ed, Paul and R. Duck are Jonesing for Deviled Eggs . . . so
we will have our first Mug Up of the seaon this Sunday, May 20th at 9:00 am at Khan Studio & the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck Ave., G3. FOB, Barry Marshall will also be heading back to CA and would have missed the Memorial Day weekend events, so we wanted him to be able to experience a Mug Up first hand.
Come on by, check out the new gallery look with the tropical turquoise floor, Judith Monteferrante and Roger Salisbury’s Spirit of the West exhibit, the new GMG Gallery wall, Carol McKenna’s work, my new glass paintings, and of course good coffee, deviled eggs and whatever other mug up type fare people bring along to share. Always great people and food, and always a good time.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
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Essex River Race, this Saturday, May 19th
A crowded schedule of things to do this coming weekend what with the Motif #1 Day going full bore in Rockport. Art, music, food, all day. To get the most out of the day you could check out The Essex River Race sponsored by (The Cape Ann Rowing Club) bright and early. The race heats start at 9:30 AM. (If you are racing, get to the captain’s meeting at 9 AM at the Essex Ship Building Museum.)
The Essex River Race is open to all seaworthy human or rubbery waterfowl-powered rowing and paddle boats. Participants’ crafts usually include Banks dories, fixed seat singles, doubles, multi-oars with cox, multi-oars without cox, sliding seat singles & doubles, single & double touring kayaks, surfskis.
Still time to enter. Only 27 bucks and you get a T-Shirt and a good start to the season.
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North Shore Wedding Magazine
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For weeks I had planned to photograph the tulips in bloom at Willowdale, but only in the late afternoon sun. Each afternoon I headed out, the sky grew overcast. Last Monday the sun shown gloriously the entire day.
Fortunately I caught the tail end of North Shore Wedding Magazine photographing their Premier Issue in the gardens at Willowdale. North Shore Wedding Magazine is a brand new biannual publication featuring quality North Shore wedding professionals and venues, and is the sister publication to New Hampshire Wedding Magazine.
Sarah Boucher’s (Willowdale’s Planning Manager) lovely table styling for the North Shore Wedding Magazine photo shoot.
Kristina Hathaway with model
I hope this does not sound boastful however am mentioning because I just love it when people understand the design intention of a project. Kristina Hathaway remarked that she loved the feminine quality of the garden’s design juxtaposed against the masculine architecture of the stone mansion—music to my ears! The design challenges at Willowdale are multifold, yet rewarding, and from April 1st to until the first week of November you will find the gardens in bloom!
Tuesday evening, June 12, at 7:00 pm come join me in the gardens at Willowdale Estate. Enjoy refreshments and a tour of the garden, followed by a showing of my film “The Butterfly Garden at Willowdale Estate.” RSVP to Info@Willowdale Estate.
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Oops wrong song title ~ the real one is better
In yesterday’s post (see here) I got the title wrong to my favorite new Pete Lindberg song. The real title is Death, Taxes, & Matches — perfect title.
I also forgot to mention that at the end of Tuesday’s spectacular show at Minglewood, Pete led ALL the performers in The Weight, which turned into a crowd sing-along and really got to me (I’m a big Levon Helm fan and we had him booked at North Shore Music Theatre for July 7 — bad luck for all).
In this video, Pete does an excellent version of another Band favorite, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, at Celebrate Gloucester 2010. Not many people can pull this off solo. We should all be grateful that Pete’s voice is getting better!
It’s almost the weekend. Lots of great choices starting tonight. See the full music lineup here.
And don’t forget the Herb Pomeroy tribute concert on Friday that benefits the Berklee/Gloucester Scholarship Fund.
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Attention Generous Gardeners Plant Sale to Benefit the Gloucester Education Foundation Saturday May 19th from 9-2 at Stage Fort Park
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Spring Fling Fundraiser dance with Mari Martin and The Dirty Little Secrets @ The Rockport Country Club
Rockport Country Club this Sat., May 19th. 8-11pm. Doors open at 7pm. It’s a benefit for Huntington’s Disease that the Sandy Bay Sisterhood is hosting. $25 advance sale tix (ask me how to get ’em) https://www.facebook.com/mari.martin.963 or $30 at the door. Food, great raffle items, and musica! I’m fortunate to have Steve Caraway, Greg Dann, Dave Koen, and Eric Goldberg on the gig. Hope you can make it.
Read about The Sandy Bay Sisterhood
http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x2089090827/Rockport-Ramblings-Saluting-Rockports-own-global-change-maker/print
http://www.rockportgolfclub.net/
Rockport Country Club
36 Country Club Rd
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