Good Harbor Beach – Enjoying an early sunning at Good Harbor Beach today.
Grandparents, mother and Children from Melrose, while Dad was working.
Month: April 2013
Today “Cape Ann Auction” – April 16th in Magnolia @ 1 Lexington Ave. preview 4-6pm – 6:00 pm auction time.
Interchangeable Tonkas
Vintage tools
Check out other auction items here > http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/photopanel.cgi?listingid=1759569&feed=
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A good day for some flowers
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Community Stuff 4/18/13
Dear Joey,
Here’s a flyer I hope you can post for a panel discussion happening next Sunday (3:15pm) at the National Historical Park in Lowell as part of the Folklife Series. I get to be on the same stage as two men whose work I admire greatly: shipbuilder and National Heritage Fellow Harold Burnham and Erik Ronnberg, Jr. whose ship models can be found in the Smithsonian, Mystic Seaport, and many other museums. We are all going to bring models with us and discuss the similarities and differences in the ways we create and use models in our work. I’ll bring C. B. Fisk’s model of Memorial Church at Harvard and the organ we just built for them. More info at http://blog.massfolkarts.org/blog/index.php/2013/04/model-making-ship-models-pipe-organs/
Thanks for helping to get the word out.
Gregory R Bover
V.P. Operations, Project Manager, C. B. Fisk, Inc.
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Gloucester Police Fitness Challenge Wrap Up From Chief Leonard Campanello
Hi Joey,
Just wanted to let your readers know that the Gloucester Police Fitness Challenge just wrapped up on Sunday. The department lost over 400lbs collectively and we are very thankful for the support we received from citizens and businesses alike. I would like to once again acknowledge the businesses that supported us:
Cape Ann Car Wash
Castle Manor Inn
Cape Ann Marina and Resort
Gortons
Toms Auto Center
Gloucester Inn By The Sea
Acme Merchandise and Apparel
Manchester Athletic Club
Fitness Zone
Yukan Run
And thanks to all the citizens of Gloucester who rallied around us for this challenge.
Leonard Campanello
Chief of Police, City of Gloucester, MA
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Benefit dinner/show tonight for the Brain Candy Project
Video- Runner Captures First Person Explosion At Boston Marathon
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Marathon Looters Stealing Jackets As People Are Critically Injured Just Feet Away
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VIDEO- CAPTAIN DOUG’S AIRBOAT TOUR EVERGLADES CITY FLORIDA
Also Watch Our Guide Captain Dwayne In This Video From When He Saved a 90 Year Old Woman From Getting Eaten By An Alligator-
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Costa Rica Adventure – Buying Fish
Local Fishermen in Barra del Rio Colorado, come to the Lodge to sell fish, they present, gut it, and weigh it. They take the gills and other parts, and eat them, especially the gills which they fry.
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Community Stuff 4/17/13
Epicureans for Education
Saturday April 27, 6:30pm
Ryan & Wood Distilleries
"The Spirit of Cape Ann "
Blackburn Center , Gloucester
$65 per person ($75 at the door)
Click here to purchase online
or call 978-283-1700 to request tickets payable by check
Proceeds from the evening benefit the scholarship and financial aid programs of Eastern Point Day School .
A 501(c)3 non-profit corporation: tax id #04-3171451
Event Sponsors
DJ Tony
Join the AMVETS POST #32 and AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary POST #32 THIS SUNDAY 4/21 in supporting our wounded veterans !!
There will be LIVE MUSIC, GREAT FOOD, AWESOME PRIZES, and LOTS OF FUN!!
Check out the facebook event here for more information :
https://www.facebook.com/events/499469266783961/
For Questions or to purchase raffle tickets, contact:
Caitlin Kreitman, Team Huskies for Heroes
Kreitman.c@gmail.com
339-788-1994
Theatre in the Pines – "Dividing the Estate"
"Dividing the Estate" by Horton Foote and directed by Nan Webber, will be held on May 9, 10, 11 at 7:30 and May 12 at 3 p.m. at Spiran Hall located at the corner of School Street and Broadway, Rockport
In, "Dividing the Estate," old resentments and sibling rivalries surface as the members of this hilariously dysfunctional family go head to head to see who might claim the biggest piece of the pie. Rich humor clearly reflects the spirit of the playwright. Cast members include Scott Hazzard, Kierstin Hazzard, Sarah Clark, Sue Barratt Souza, Rick Doucette, Eileen Fitzgerald, and Mark and Patti Natti, Ruth Exama, Alexa Exama, Patricia Richards and Carl Pulkkinen. Randy Dupps is Stage Manager, Frank Walcott is the technical director and set design and production manager is Martin Ray.
Tickets are now on sale at The Bookstore in Gloucester and Toad Hall Bookstore in Rockport.
Flatrocks Gallery welcomes spring with Fabrications, five gifted artists dedicated to ‘transforming the ordinary.’ Though visually distinct, each body of work employs common materials in ways that play fragility against strength and continuity against temporality. Dawn Southworth, combines a vast range of materials and processes. to construct unified, emotionally charged imagery. Margaret Rack, a metal sculptor offers playful wire “drawings”, delicate yet substantial constructions. Deploying commonplace materials with vision and wit, Nina Fletcher recycles histories into new stories. Sculptor and installation artist Caroline Bagenal animates space with delicate linear structures that move us from impermanence into history. Elizabeth Billings’ weavings use organic materials gathered locally to evoke intuitive experiences we all share.
Join us for an reception to meet the artists, April 27th. 6-9pm.
Fabrications runs through May 26th.
Open Thurs.- Sun. 12-5pm.(and by appt.)
77 Langsford St./Rt.127, Gloucester, MA (978)879-4683
Hey friends, please check out Rockport PTO’s Mega Online Auction on Bidding for Good at https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/AuctionHome.action?auctionId=192057421
All proceeds go to support the Rockport Schools PTO (Parent Teacher Association)
which directly supports Rockport Public Schools.
Great local Art, all sorts of Sports Tickets, Museums, Hotels, Sailing, Restaurants, Special Experiences, and much much more!
Thanks for looking and please forward to anyone you know that loves auctions and good deals!
Becca
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Community Stuff 4/16/13
New York City Day Trip
Saturday, May 25, 2013
The College Women’s Club of Cape Ann is sponsoring this day trip to the
“Big Apple”. Seats are limited and will be sold “first come, first served”.
Gloucester departure: promptly at 5:30 am from O’Maley School (free parking on lot). There will be a 1/2 hour stop for snacks and restrooms halfway through with arrival time in NYC at approximately 10:30 am (behind St. Patrick’s Cathedral).
Spend the day at your leisure in downtown Manhattan. Some suggestions;
sightseeing (Empire State Building, NBC tour, Rockafeller Center…) afternoon theater performances/ Radio City Music Hall…
shopping on 5th Avenue, Canal Street…
visit museums…
New York City departure: 7:30 pm (Absolute time because of parking restrictions.) There will be a 1/2 hour stop halfway home with Gloucester arrival set at approximately 11:30 pm.
Complete cost, including tip, is $65.00 per person.
Full payment is due with your reservation by April 18th.
If you plan to attend, please fill out the order form below & send to:
Mary Favaloro O’Shea (call 978-281-4257 with questions)
9 Birch Grove Heights
Gloucester, MA 01930
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DOCUMERICA Project Photo Set Rockport In The 70s
Hi:
Love your blog. I follow it as a Cape Ann native currently living in Dorchester.
Not sure if you’d be interested, but there’s an incredible set of photos from the 70s taken for the DOCUMERICA Project and currently housed in the U.S. Archives. They are primarily of Rockport, but they are really cool.
Check them out here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/sets/72157622403591610/with/3930867947/
Best,
Shane Donaldson
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Rudder Opening For The 2013 Season This Thursday April 18th!
Besides Having The Most Beautiful Room To Dine In Gloucester the Rudder Also Has A pretty Good Web Presence.
Check Out Their Site For All The Details- www.rudderrestaurant.com
The Rudder is available for private functions 7 days a week. Contact Greg
Halle the event coordinator if you would like to book your special function.
For more information on the hours of operation, private functions and
social media visit www.rudderrestaurant.com."
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Rick Isaacs In Switzerland
Just a little iPhone shot that I snapped walking back to the hotel after work last evening. We’re in Lausanne, Switzerland, doing routine maintenance on the pipe organ that our incredible team from Fisk built and installed here 10 years ago.
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Wingaersheek Dunes
The dunes at Wingaersheek Beach show the damage done by this winter’s storms. However, their intrinsic beauty is undiminished.
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Sea Bird
Beautiful Sea Bird in the marsh near Wingaersheek Beach on a sunny day.
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Swing Into Spring
Hello friends,
Please join us and show your support for the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck on Sunday April 28, 4 pm. We start with wine & cheese at the Center for an hour with the Cape Ann Swing Ensemble, Mary Martin on vocals and a special dance performance by Sarah Slifer Swift, followed by dinner at the Rudder – a chance to check out the new spring Rudder offerings!
Since May, 2012, we have made enormous progress in establishing the Cultural Center as a year-round hub of arts and educational activity on Rocky Neck, while contributing substantially to the cultural vibrancy of Cape Ann. Just some of the Center’s uses have been:
*Launching an innovative Teaching Artist Partnership with the Gloucester Public Schools to connect hundreds of middle school students with professional artists.
*Welcoming diverse classes and workshops that served over 500 artists and community members.
*Generating earned income to support Cultural Center operations from cultural and community programs.
*Hosting the Schooner Adventure lecture series.
*Hosting several Gloucester Writers’ Center poetry readings and 10-Minute Play performances.
*Co-hosting three speakers on international topics with the Cape Ann Forum.
*Providing space for more than twenty business meetings.
*Hosting ten extremely well attended art exhibits with sales of artwork.
*Providing space for community salsa dancing, yoga, Ta’i chi and meditation classes.
*Sponsoring numerous artist talks, critiques, and conversations.
This spring, the Rocky Neck Art Colony will take ownership of the Cultural Center and launch the next phase of our capital campaign to retire our debt. This is an exciting crossroads for the Art Colony and the city, along with an increasing number of partners who are committed to our vision to foster the community’s economic and cultural vitality.
We hope you will come and enjoy this fun way to show your support for the Center’s acquisition by the Rocky Neck Art Colony for the benefit of all. Limited space is available so reserve your tickets (and wine raffle tickets) early by:
* Paypal at www.rockyneckartcolony.org
* Send check payable to Rocky Neck Art Colony Building Fund to P.O. Box 60, Gloucester MA 01930 or
* Call Brenda Malloy at 978-559-1709.
Hope to see you there!!
Karen Ristuben for the Rocky Neck Art Colony
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Love Soup?
“Eat soup first and eat it last,
and live to till a hundred years be passed”
Do you love soup? Do you have a great soup recipe? Do you want to help support the Rocky Neck Cultural Center? Then you don’t want to miss this.
On Sunday, April 21 from 3:00-5:00pm, mark your calendars for Sailor Stan’s First Annual Invitational Soup’s On – Best of Cape Ann Soup Competition with proceeds to benefit the Rocky Neck Cultural Center.
If you make a great soup that you would like to have included in the competition, email me at khanstudio@comcast.net with your name and the type of soup you will bring. Entries will be limited to 14 unique soups, including Karen Roberts’ and my own special secret recipes, so there is room for 12 additional entries. We want to be able to offer a variety of unique soups for people to enjoy and vote for, so come up with something other than chicken, unless you know you make the best damn chicken soup ever. The creator of the winning soup will win a $25 gift certificate to Sailor Stan’s, in addition to the worldwide acclaim and notoriety of being the best soup maker on Cape Ann. Fun, delicious, heart and tummy-warming, and all for a good cause.
Those who just love to eat soup, show up at Sailor Stan’s with $12 in hand ($5 for children under 12), enjoy soup, fresh bread and a beverage to your heart’s and belly’s delight, cast your vote for your favorite soup, and help support the Cultural Center. And while you’re here, make sure you stop by the Center and enjoy the Best of Rocky Neck show currently on exhibit.
P.S. I make a darn good soup, and Karen is the “Soup Nazi”, so bring on the competition! I’m talkin to you, Sista Felicia!
E.J. Lefavour
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Double Agent?
Can you say Rat Bastard !!
Good Morning Gloucester 