Year: 2012

Back to Work! from deb clarke

Posted on by capeannpainter

Back to Work!

From deb Clarke;
we had an engagement party for my elizabeth and her man joshua a few weeks ago. i had to clear my workspace to make way for the bar. krash/slide and all survived. forgot that all of this work was stored behind/beside/beneath. wonders never cease. back to work, getting ready for my mini residency at The Cape Ann Museum at the end of this month. more details to follow. for now, bringing work to various stages of completion. will demonstrate process, be available to chat with folk.

http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com/

A-Train Orchestra On iTunes!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

If you’re a local to Gloucester and unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve heard the fantastic A Train Orchestra at one of the many local events.  Well now’s your chance to get their music on iTunes-

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Here they were on Rocky Neck-

Stained Glass Landscape Detail at St. Ann’s Church

Posted on by Matthew Green

St. Ann’s windows are real works of art. There are lots of details that can easily go unnoticed.

Nubar Writes- Turns out the street artists up on Elm St are slackers

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

The guys on West Main are hip!

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You may remember this photo from Nubar posted on the 28th of February

Nubar Alexanian Submits- Lots of street art happening on Elm Street lately.

John McElhenny Gets Us The Bikini Speedo Dodgeball Coverage Videos From FOX and CBS

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Bikini Speedo Dodgeball Coverage on Boston TV stations

Joey,

I thought people might be interested in the clips of the Bikini Speedo Dodgeball Tournament that ran on Boston television stations.

Here is the segment that ran on WBZ Channel 4.

Here is the segment that ran on FOX 25 TV=

The FOX clip has a nice interview with Noah from The Farm Bar & Grille. But the best part is the impromptu dance party in the same clip by my friends Heather Fraelick and Gina Briguglio. Somebody call Dancing with the Stars!

New Gyotaku Artist Joe Higgins At Local Colors

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey-

My name is Joe Higgins – I’m one of the artists at Local Colors- I make Gyotaku fish prints- (like attached). I’m the newest artist. I catch all the fish from a kayak off the North Shore coast. I have a website www.fishedimpressions.com if you want to see more. Anyway I thought i would introduce myself– I’ll be running some event in June at Local Colors as well as raising some money for local fish related charities including The Large Pelagic center and others (maybe you have some suggestion-

Here are a few prints that are in gallery- the tuna tail is from a #700 lb tuna.

Anyway I’ll be hosting some weekends in June where kids can make fish and lobster print shirts at no cost–
I’ll be working this tomorrow and Saturday all day at Local Colors – -if you are in the neighborhood – swing by

Regards-

Joe

Cape Ann Cuisine From Ann Kennedy

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Ann Writes-

Hi Joey.  In case you have a slow news day–unlikely, I realize.  Here are a week’s worth of reasons to get back to Cape Ann asap.  While Kansas City is a fabulous restaurant town, there are some things that must be eaten only on Cape Ann!  I know you’ll recognize the food from your terrific local eateries.

How many of the dishes can you recognize where they were served?

Series- Can You Date The Publication of This Old Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Visitor Map- The Cape Ann Trail? Gloucester Inner Harbor Part IV

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

FOB Frank Ciolino brought down this old Visitor’s Guide map and I’ll be posting a different neighborhood photo each day this week.  Look for clues to tell you when you think it was first published.

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Radio Show Appearance in Which I Give a Shout-out to Rockport’s Dump!

Posted on by S.D. Kelly

The Craftsman brand of tools has an online channel featuring a show with host Frank Fontana (formerly of HGTV’s Design on a Dime) in which he discusses DIY Disasters. His producer found my blog and asked me to be on Frank’s show for a brief segment. I mostly rambled about nothing but I did go on and on about how great Rockport’s transfer station is. I don’t know if the DPW guys would be excited about yet another advertisement for Rockport’s Swap Shop but it’s hard to talk about great finds, etc. and not bring up the dump. The clip from the show is found  below. Oh, and before my interview, George Takei from Star Trek (?) and Kathy Ireland the model (??) are on, so if you might want to check out the whole show to hear their interviews. The part where I come in (and Rockport) is at the 44 minute mark.

Dory Fishing on Schooner Adventure

Posted on by God's Morning

Dory Fishing on Schooner Adventure – a presentation by Ron Gilson

 

Essex, MA – On Wednesday, March 28th at 7:00 pm the Essex Shipbuilding Museum and Schooner Adventure will join forces and present Ron Gilson, author of “An Island No More”, who will relate his experiences about going out on the last American dory fishing schooner, Adventure – an Essex-built vessel, while a young man of 17 years of age.

Ryan & Wood Distilleries will also be joining us for the evening and presenting a rum tasting.

Admission: $10

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

7:00 pm

Essex Shipbuilding Museum

Waterline Center

66 Main Street

Essex, MA  01929

For further information or to purchase tickets in advance, please visit www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org.

Friday, February 15, 2013 Asteroid Near Miss

Posted on by paultmorrison

Remember in November I posted about an asteroid near miss? I used a 24 foot Aquasport as an analogy. Basketball sized earth at the bow, tennis ball moon sitting on the Mercury engine at the stern. The asteroid missed the moon by just four feet but well clear of the bow.

But on Friday February 15, 2013 the Asteroid 2012 DA14 will be much closer to the basketball in the bow. If you lined up three basketballs on the bow the asteroid would hit the outermost one!  That is pretty close. And we just found this asteroid this year (hence the name.) This asteroid will be within the orbits of some of our satellites circling the earth.

There will be a lot of hype that day but it won’t get us, at least this time. And this asteroid is only 150 feet across. The impact on earth would only be equivalent to a thermonuclear bomb but shoot, lots of water to hit. They will get better tracking info in 2013 so when it again plays dodgeball with earth in 2020 we will have Bruce Willis ready to go push it out of the way.

Come to think of it, that weekend might be a good time to schedule the next Dodgeball Tournament with an Armageddon theme.

Look at all the Buds!

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

I am glued to my office hour upon hour editing footage for butterfly film as well as photographs for upcoming lectures, though longing to get out and photograph on this gorgeous day. My goal is to have all accomplished before the garden design season is full underway. Fortunately I have our sweet dog and cat to keep me company and they are curled up in their individual and jealously-guarded-chairs. Making work even more enjoyable is the epiphyllum, which is in full, intoxicatingly fragrant, bloom.

Happy Gorgeous Day!

Epiphyllum ~ I am unable to share the name of this species because it was obtained without an identifying tag from a plant sale.