Month: August 2012

Who’s the Serious Security Guy in this Blues Fest Video of the great Shemekia Copeland?

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

Here’s another video of Shemekia Copeland (Queen of the Blues) at the Gloucester Blues Festival with yet another powerful song that shows off her band as well as her remarkable voice (see yesterday’s post if you missed the song that gave me the chills).

Who’s that security guy walking in front of the stage at at about :30 seconds into the video?  He looks so serious! You wouldn’t wanna mess with him would ya?

Just in case you missed getting Shemekia’s excellent CDs signed at the Blues Fest, you can order one here and ask her to sign it next time you see her (see tour schedule).

It’s a testament to Gloucester’s stature as a music destination that we can attract major international recording artists, the caliber of Shemekia’s Copeland, for our very first Blues Festival.  Perhaps it’s because of the tremendously talented musicians who live here.

Don’t take them for granted.  Check Cape Ann’s live music schedule and go see them now.  Some day you may  have to drive an hour and pay a hundred bucks to see artists you can see this weekend right here on Cape Ann for free.

Meet the Artist Reception

Posted on by God's Morning

If you missed H.A. Lind’s Opening Reception on 8/19, you still have a chance to see her exhibit and say hi to her while she is home visiting.  There will be a Meet the Artist Reception on Sunday, 8/26 from 2:00-4:00pm at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck Ave., G3.  Come on by and say hi to H.A.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

The Biggest Hugest Most Ginormous Blue fin Tournament To Hit Gloucester In Decades Begins IS UNDER WAY! The Bluefin Blowout! Mile Marker 1 Is Gonna Be Off The Rails

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Mile Marker 1 is Undoubtably Going To Be The Place To Be This weekend For The Weigh Ins For The Bluefin Blowout.  video coming

Follow the progress on twitter @BluefinBlowout

and on Facebook for leader updates /BluefinBlowout

Pics from Brianmoc

 

For updates click here-

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Is Joe-pye a Weed?

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Sneezeweed, Butterfly Weed, Ironweed, Milkweed, Joe-pye Weed–these are names European colonists assigned to the wildflowers they found growing in North America. Is it any wonder these native beauties have long been overlooked for gardens. The name Butterfly Weed gives us a clue that what to the early settlers was a “weed,” is a pollinator’s dream.

“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.”

                                                     ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

For the past week, our blooming patch of six-feet-tall Joe-pye Weed has been covered in a bevy of butterflies including more Painted Ladies than ever I even imagined visiting our garden, dozens of newly emerged Monarch butterflies, Eastern Tiger Swallowtails, Question Marks, and thousands of bees.

The Eupatorium growing in the Harbor Walk Gardens is a lower growing species called ‘Baby Joe,’ and it too is as equally attractive to the pollinators.

Joey-pye Weed

Block Party rainbow; camera woes

Posted on by Matthew Green

Just at sunset during the latest block party, there was a mild rain shower, and this glorious rainbow appeared.  I managed to snap a shot, despite the fact that my camera was staring to malfunction.

This one came out OK, but many of my photos have started to be underexposed or just plain black  (despite being on the right settings, even in the automatic mode).  I need to either repair or replace the camera… Anybody know of a place nearby where I can get a Sony camera repaired? It’s not under warrantee anymore (it’s a year and a half old, and – silly me – I didn’t get an extended warrantee), so Sony will charge me a flat fee of $250 to repair it. Buying a brand new camera body of the same kind would cost $500.  I’m torn between repairing it – it’s a great camera! – and upgrading to a new model…

– Fr. Matthew Green

Castle Hill Casino

Posted on by Sharon

Last night we were at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate in Ipswich. Beautiful night! Entrain was amazing as usual.

The grounds are incredible. This building is the casino. Here’s more info on Castle Hill.

 

August Block Party (Photos by David B. Cox) 4 of 4

Posted on by Manuel F. Simoes

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Community Photos 8/24/12

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
Gloucester Marine Railways photo makes it to juried NJ show

Our long time FOB Kevin From NJ writes-

Hi Joey,

I shot the attached out in the yard of the Railways during a Sept. ’08 visit.  It’s been accepted to a juried show at the Monmouth Museum here in (Lincroft) N.J., 14 Sep- 28 Oct.

Best, Kevin

Untitled 1 to print

Motif #1-A Different View from Janet Rice

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That would make an awesome canvas print vertically.

I’d call Cape Ann Giclee and see about getting it done in a canvas wrap.

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Community Stuff 8/24/12

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Joey—
Cheesie Mack—that Gloucester kid—is at it again!
The second book, Cheesie Mack Is Cool in a Duel, came out in June, and I’m planning a return visit to Gloucester schools in October.

More about Steve and Cheesie Mack here

I have had terrific responses to my author events. During the last school year I spoke at 84 schools from Gloucester to Los Angeles…and from Ann Arbor to Miami, including, as you know two in Gloucester. I gave over 300 presentations, speaking to more than 16,000 students. One of these visits was captured on video and is online-

Most recently, the school librarians associations of New Hampshire and South Carolina selected Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything as one of the best children’s books of 2012-13…and NYC’s Bank Street College of Education selected it as the top book in the humor category (ages 9-12). The series’ third book, Cheesie Mack Is Running Like Crazy!, will be out in 2013, and I have just been signed to write books #4 and #5.
I hope you’re doing well, lobster prices are favorable, and GMG is thriving!
—
Steve Cotler
Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything

Cheesie Mack Is Cool in a Duel
(published by Random House Children’s Books)

http://stevecotler.com/books/main.php

Captain Mike Parisi Has Some Nice Things To Say

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hey Joe,
        I had a fishing charter today with 4 guys for L.A.  Ca. that wanted to catch a tuna.We used some of Capt. Joes  famous bait  and caught 2 nice tuna for my clients.
Kept 1 and release the other
Thanks for the Great bait
Capt. Mike
www.Amandamariefishing.com

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Got Great Goat Cheese?

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Gloucester Quilter submits-

Here in Gloucester, we know great food. And we know the importance of fresh, local food. Gail Hobbs-Paige is a James Beard Award Winning Chef and a dear friend of Gloucester Quilter. She left the kitchen to start a goat farm in rural Virginia. Since 2007, Gail has also become the face of "slow food" advocacy efforts (chefs communicating the value of cooking with locally grown products) in Virginia. Her work and cheese has been written up in Bon Appettit, Washington Post, Southern Living to name a few. Like our own E.J. Lefavour, Gail has turned to KickStarter to take her homegrown business to the next level – because her product is that good.  Gail and Caromont Farm are in the final stages of "Vats the Idea" campaign to buy the next generation vat-cheese-making machine.

LIMITED TO 10: If you pledge $100, you will get 1000g of Caromont Cheve along with a selection of her small-batch, specialty cheeses or charcuterie cured meats 6-times a year = every other month you will get a sample of great, fresh, local, artisanal goat cheeses and/or cured meats.

There are lower pledge-levels to support Gail and Caromont Farms. Trust us: you will not be disappointed.

Click here to email Caromot Farms. Call Caromont Farms at 434-831-393.

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Gloucester Quilter

http://gloucesterquilter.wordpress.com/

Henry Allen Done At The Annie.

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

 

From the annie website

Henry Allen Closes The Annie’s Doors… and Sprouts Wings!

Dear friends, community and supporters:

After a year and a half of a lot of hard work and so much heart, I regret to inform you that The Annie will be closing its doors at        1 Washington Street within the next month.

For Kathy Downer

Posted on by God's Morning

FOB Kathy Downer has a cottage on Long Beach and had asked a number of times why no one on GMG ever puts up photos of Long Beach.  I’d never been there until Violet took me there during my intimate island tour.  So these photos are for you Kathy and everyone else who visits and loves Long Beach.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com