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Month: August 2012
Lumper’s Picnic, Labor Day, circa 1950 From Fred Bodin
In the large pot of boiling water: Monsta Lobsta’s. Beers of choice: Ballantine XXX and Blatz.
The Gloucester Lumper’s Picnic, Scandinavian Grove, circa 1950
From left to right in the photo above: Louie Houle, Jocko "Gas Bag" Powers, Mel Mountain, ?, ?, Bill Saint Pierre,?, ?, ?,and Wesley "Hank" Hannon.
Fred adds-
Hi Joey,
Glad you liked my Lumpers’ Picnic submission, scheduled for 6 pm tomorrow. I’m hosting a Lumpers’ Picnic themed reception in the gallery on Friday, August 10th for the Mayor and her Walk the Walk tour at 1:45 pm. I’m waiting to hear from Mark McDonough about a picnic platter before I put anything out. Maybe you’ll want to tack this onto my Lumper post, or do a separate one. Up to you my friend.
Thanks, Fred
Bodin Historic Photo
82 Main Street Gloucester, MA 01930 info@BodinHistoricPhoto.com
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Today Harbor Walk Ribbon Cutting
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Smart Dog
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Blyman Bridge
Watching these beautiful boats going through the canal
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Bruce Tarr reveals the secret of successful ribbon cutting
I just got back from the Harbor Walk ribbon Cutting and inaugural walk led by Mayor Kirk with lots of great video. Here’s a little gem in which Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr reveals the secret of successful ribbon cutting to the crowd on hand. Lt. Gov. Tim Murray at center and Mayor Carolyn Kirk with the big scissors.
More Harbor Walk video in the days to come . . .
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Pin Wheel on Wicked Tuna
When I took these photos in July, I was sworn to secrecy by the Wicked Tuna film crew and made to promise not to release these photos until after August 4th. Not sure what all the secrecy was about, but here is the Wicked Tuna film crew and the crew of Pin Wheel out of Rye, NH, who apparently will be upcoming in the Wicked Tuna series. I don’t have a tv at the gallery, so can’t watch the series, but maybe those who do will understand the significance. Deb Schradieck, guest artist at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery through August 16th and Wendie Demuth of Wendie Demuth Photography wanted to get in the action too.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
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Getting ready for
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Today’s the Day! Gloucester HarborWalk Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Ceremony!
Gloucester Harbor Walk August 2012
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I thought GMG readers would like to see just how far we’ve come! The before photos of I4-C2 were taken in May, of this year!
I4-C2 May 2012
I4-C2 August 2112
Helenium autumnale ~ a bee and butterfly magnet
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Sidewalk Bazaar – People From Thom Falzarano
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There’s a new poster coming to town today ~ and you’ll never guess who helped create it.
As many of you know, ORLEANS’ founding member, John Hall will re-join the band for their 40th Anniversary Tour — and their first east-coast concert is at North Shore Music Theatre on Fri, Aug 31 (get tickets here).
You probably also know that Gloucester’s extraordinarily talented musician, Fly Amero is a longtime member of ORLEANS, which means he’ll be with the band on Aug 31.
What you may not know is that Fly is also very talented with Photoshop — and he created a new photo for us to use for the top of the new poster, which will be showing up around town starting today.
Looking at the poster, you’ll also notice that award-winning Gloucester songwriter Allen Estes is opening.
And that 10% of profits will benefit summer camp programs at the YMCA of the North Shore (where 1 in 4 kids attend only because of your generosity).
This will be one of those shows that you talk about for years!
Allen will make a special appearance tonight at 6:30 to open the Harbor Loop concert with one of his signature songs about Gloucester as part of Harbor Walk Weekend, which starts NOW!
It’s such a great weekend that I can only think of one tiny bit of bad news: you just can’t see all the live music, so you’re gonna have to choose.
Here’s some help with that — get the full live music lineup here.
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Live At The Gloucester Harbor Walk Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
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Herb White From Exchange Street- Striper Assassin
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Where Were We?
Where Were We?
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Chickity Check It! Gloucester 2.0 From Derrick Z. Jackson Boston Globe
Gloucester 2.0
By Derrick Z. Jackson Globe Columnist
August 09, 2012
GLOUCESTER
This town’s last national burst of buzz came from the movie version of “The Perfect Storm,” in which desperate fishermen going farther and farther out in search of dwindling stocks of swordfish were swept into the abyss by a hurricane. You may soon hear about Gloucester again, as visionary leaders chart out what they hope is a perfect scenario of renewal. There are still hundreds of working fishermen here, but officials now talk of Gloucester becoming a cluster for a much broader “marine economy.” Picture an aquatic Silicon Valley — a center of research on the “wired ocean” and a workshop for entrepreneurs developing products based on discoveries from the deep.
Wendy Maeda/Globe staff
Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk demonstrates how QR codes enable an interactive smartphone tour along the city’s HarborWalk.
“This is what’s happening to the city, this is where we’re going,” vows Mayor Carolyn Kirk. “Come hell or high water, we’re going there.”
Touring the city this week, there was ample evidence that Gloucester can build on its seafaring heritage, even as it seeks to develop economic niches beyond fishing.
For the entre story click here
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Would you look at the lunch Sista Felicia Brought Me!
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Street Bazaar photo series
I am going away for a spiritual retreat for the week, so if you are a person of faith, please keep me in your prayers! My posts in my absence are a series of photos from the street bazaar.
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Help Create a Scene in Rockport!
Rockport is an awesome, beautiful place, but some of us who live here would like to shake things up a little bit. So we’re throwing an art party of sorts on August 18th right in downtown Rockport. And to truly make this a community event, I set up a project page on Kickstarter. I’ve been really out of it lately, having a baby and trying to stay awake during daylight hours, so putting this together on Kickstarter took some more mental prowess than I expected, but I figured it out eventually (hats off to GMG contributor E.J. who funded her book project with your support through Kickstarter!). Anyway if you’re one of the Cape Ann locals or visitors who want to see art happen in spontaneous ways in dowtown Rockport, check out the Art Exchange project to see if it’s something you can support. We are funding this event with a goal of $500 and so far we have $50 raised, which is exciting! Feel free to email me (Sarah) at artnowrockport@gmail.com or therovinghome@gmail.com with any questions about the project or the event itself. And just click the image to find out more:
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Sidewalk Bazaar Faces – David Cox Photos (1 of 4)
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Community Photos 8/9/12
Karen Pischke submits-
Hi Joey.
Cape Ann has the prettiest sunsets and night sky. Enjoy! Karen
hi joey,
one more of an endless number of glorious gloucester sunsets.
david girard
Good Morning Gloucester 