Year: 2012
Did You Know? (White Chimneys)
That the white chimneys with black rings or bands on many of the oldest houses are indicative of homes that supported the British? This was called a Tory chimney, and it was a secret sign that Loyalists occupied the house.
Loyalists were North American colonists who remained loyal subjects of the British crown during the American Revolutionary War. They were often referred to as Tories, Royalists or King’s Men. After the war those Loyalists that did not want to remain in the new USA settled in what would become Canada and were given the hereditary title of United Empire Loyalists. Their colonial opponents, who supported the Revolution, were called Rebels, Patriots or Whigs, but generally just thought of themselves as free Americans. From the Patriot’s perspective, the Loyalists were traitors who would not support the rebel’s cause and collaborated with what they thought was an oppressive British government. Whereas from the Loyalist perspective, they were the honorable ones who stood by the Empire and the Crown and considered the American rebels as the traitors to the mother country.
Today you still see white chimneys with black rings, but it is probably more for the aesthetics than any secret sign.
The tip for this post came from Allen Estes who I ran into working on this old home in Annisquam. In addition to his music knowledge, he is a wealth of those great little known facts I (and you) enjoy so much.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
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iPhone 4S Camera
View from my bedroom window this morning
The iPhone 4S camera is not bad! I love that it captures color fairly accurately.
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You asked for it, You Got it ~ The complete song
You’ve seen lots of behind the scenes video and interviews (click here if you missed them).
Now here’s what so many of you have been asking for — Brad Byrd‘s complete song Zero to the 101 performed at Minglewood on St. Pat’s afternoon while gimmesound Artist of the Week Brandon Rose and his crew get crowd shots.
Lots of choices for great music tonight starting at 7pm: Dance party, fundraisers, old faves and new faces. See the full music lineup here.
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Cape Ann Seasonal Openings: 2012 Part I
Today on March 23 the seawater temperature is a balmy 48F and not the nippy 42F from a year ago. Summer is here and with it the openings of restaurants on Cape Ann.
Saturday, March 31, Top Dog of Rockport opens. A clam roll at a picnic table outside. That is my official start of the season. Might be chilly so go for a Hot Chihuahua Dog with Chili Cheese Fries.
Thursday, April 12, Lobsta Land Restaurant opens. Just say “Lobsta Land!” out loud three times. I feel better already. Check out the Lobsta Countdown on their website.
Thursday, April 12, Captain Carlo’s opens.
Thursday, April 19 The Rudder opens. The way the weather is going the new heaters on the deck won’t be needed.
Note to Restauratuers of Cape Ann: Do you want patrons when you open your doors this season? Then update your web page!! Update your facebook page!! I got these dates from updated pages. Too many places still had, “We’re closing this week for the winter, come back in the spring.” Not good. Update and make a comment on this post and I will add your restaurant.
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Gloucester MA Emergency Declaration-Closure of Woods
Emergency Declaration-Closure of Woods
Effective immediately, the public woods within the City of Gloucester and the Norton Memorial Woods at the end of Revere Street are ordered closed until further notice due to dryness and danger of fires within the woodlands of our community.
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The Bandit Kings are goin over the bridge again!
15 Bow Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801 (603)431-5222
I just love this band and could never tire of hearing them. One of these days I’ll make it to this venue. There is just so much goin on in town tonight I can’t…Happy trails to you Bandit Kings.
victoryagents@gmail.com
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Celtic-Americana band Annalivia’s upcoming show @ The Shalin Liu on Wednesday, April 4th– a free concert.
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Resevoir Road Fire Pics Here On Good Morning Gloucester- Photos From Our Anthony Marks Taken Just Minutes Ago
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Black Smoke over Gloucester – Trailer Explodes
In the Proximity of Reservoir Road.
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Sunset 03/22/2012 from Renata Greene
Sunset 03/22/2012 from Renata Greene
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9 Great ‘I quit’ moments in history. Better make that ten!
9 great ‘I quit’ moments in history
A departing Goldman Sachs exec’s broadside in The New York Times has made him the talk of Wall Street. From Richard Nixon to Rosie O’Donnell, here are some of the best bridge-burning moments ever.
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Breaking News- Anyone know where this huge fire in Gloucester MA is coming from?
Steve Saleeba From WBZ reports that it is a camping trailer on fire on Reservoir road.
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Mural: The Blessing of the Fleet
What interests me most of this mural (in a stairwell at St. Ann’s Church) is not the currently-out-of-fashion but historically correct liturgical garb of the presiding prelate (although, as a priest, I find it interesting), but rather the skyline on the shore. I wonder exactly what view of Gloucester this is supposed to represent? It certainly doesn’t match the current skyline, but obviously things have changed over the decades. The other paintings show that the artist paid attention to detail, so I don’t think he just made it up.
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St Joseph’s Novena With Frances & Ann Margaret Ferrante
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Rita & the Mighty Quinn From Anthony Marks
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Saturday’s Event to Benefit Newell Stadium at the Elks at Bass Rocks.
Hi Joey –
Here is a complete auction booklet for Saturday’s Event to Benefit Newell Stadium at the Elks at Bass Rocks.
Please encourage your GMG readers to come to the event to support this worthy cause for our community!
Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.
Tickets can be purchased at Jeff’s Variety, Destino’s, Cape Ann Savings Bank & Christine’s Variety.
If anybody has any questions, they can give me a call at 978-290-6035 or I can be reached by email at newelldonations@gmail.com
A small group of people came together a few short weeks ago to plan this event and we truly thought it was next to impossible to pull off.
Our community has been very generous with their time, talents and donations! The support has been overwhelming.
Now we just need to get people to the event to place their bids!! Please come and help us cross the finish line and meet our goal!!
Thanks!
Kristin Michel
One of The Auction Items-
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Community Stuff Friday
Henry Ferrini submits-
joey,
The Ole Salty Jazz Band play great music at Rose Baker a few times a month. This was shot on Monday March 19th.
- THE RUMORS ARE TRUE. CAPE ANN THEATRE COLLABORATIVE’S PRODUCTION OF NEIL SIMON’S FARCE ‘RUMORS’ STARTS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT GORTON THEATRE! 8 PM.
Reserve your tickets on line at www.catcollaborative.org, by telephone at 978.325.3153, or at the door.
Neil Simon, author of ‘The Odd Couple’, ‘Barefoot in the Park’, ‘Plaza Suite’ and many other comedies, crafted this farce carefully, reworking it until was perfect. Campy and colorful, it is the story of a dinner party gone awry. You will be treated to gunshots, lies, misbehavior, and more—the stuff of comedy in all of its forms. Come and enjoy a night at the theatre and have a good laugh.
Below please find our show poster, our cast photo, as well as a picture of Gloucester residents, Lauren Ashly Suchecki getting a final fitting by costume mistress, Heidi Redston-Rideout. Stay tuned this week for more photos from dress rehearsals.
Cape Ann Theatre Collaborative
PO Box 7061
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
CONTACT US AT 978-325-3153 CATcollab@gmail.com
VISIT US AT – http://www.catcollaborative.org/
Helping People Carpool to Fishing Rally in DC.
Hi Joey,
I read an article that many Gloucester area fishermen/woman won’t be attending the rally. Hi fuel prices are definitely a factor. I was wondering if you would be willing to share the good word about encouraging people to carpool to the event, or even carpool to the nearest bus in New Bedford. The United We Fish folks created a Ridebuzz Group to encourage people to share rides and gas costs to help them attend the event.
Ridebuzz Rideshare Group for Rally: http://www.ridebuzz.org/events-group/keep-fishermen-fishing-rally-dc-17010.html
Instructions: http://www.ridebuzz.org/node/2119/17010
A little Background: I recently moved back to Gloucester, and am the founder of www.ridebuzz.org. Ridebuzz.org helps people find and share rides using the web -for one-time trips, road-trips, commutes, and events. We encourage people to ride together to save on fuel costs and reduce emissions, and quite possibly make a new friend or travel companion.
Thanks,
Jeff
The Jazmen Trio plus two is performing at Cafe Shalom, Temple Ahavat
Achim, 86 Middle Street, Gloucester, this Saturday at 8:30. The
progressive jazz trio features Gloucester residents Mark Arnold,
keyboard, and Ken Steiner, bass, along with Marblehead’s Don Kaplan on
guitar.
The two guests are local legend Mark Earley on sax and wonderful
Rockport native Mari Martin, vocalist. Suggested donation is $10. No
reservation needed.
Lawrence Martin-Bittman writes-
After 10 wonderful years with the Local Colors Gallery in Gloucester I decided to sell my artwork from my studio located at 162 Granite St.,Rockport, MA 01966 . Friends suggested the name STUDIO 007. I downgraded it to STUDIO 006.5 and established a website with the same name : www.studio006andahalf.com . On Saturday ,March 24 from 1 to 5 pm the studio will be open to all friends and customers to inspect my latest artistic creations.
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Novena Crawl The Brancaleone Family and Katherine & John Scola’s St Joseph’s Altars
Greg Cook also went to a bunch of houses and took some fantastic photos of the altars which you can see at his site- The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research check them out.
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Marble – Pet of the Week
Hi, my name is Marble and I am a three-month-old girl pup who is at the Cape Ann Animal Aid until I am adopted.
There is so much going on here! Overlooked Pet Adoption on the third Thursday of every month from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m., Gloucester Pride Stride coming up on April 29, Sunset Dessert Cruise on July 21. Could you help me out and visit: CapeAnnAnimalAid.com to learn about all our upcoming events just in case I forgot a few?
Remember to stop down to our current shelter located at 260 Main Street in Gloucester and visit me. I am here with my siblings and I know it is difficult to believe, but they are all as cute as I am!
Good Morning Gloucester 