Fintastic fun during Shark Week at Maritime Gloucester

Visitors of all ages are invited to participate in our Shark Week Chalkquarium! Drop by for this free event on Sunday, August 4, 10:30-3:30. Draw a “Great White Chalk” and other life-sized sharks and rays on the pavement around Maritime Gloucester! All of our regularly-scheduled drop-in programs will also be shark-themed until August 10.

We were up late last night turning our Museum Shop into shark central! Our Shark Week Sale starts this Sunday. We’ll be offering 20% off all shark and ray merchandise, August 4 – August 10.

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Some Snaps From The 2013 Sidewalk Bazaar

 

Best Dental Office In The Bidness- Harbor Cove Dental Represents!

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Warren and Chris Pal Stuff Down Some Ambie’s Sazzitza

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Chris Orlando From Kid’s Unlimited Who Does So Much For Downtown Gloucester!

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THREE RECORDING ARTISTS fill the air with “new” music to start and Honky Tonk Women end the 2013 Bazaar with their performance.

Julie Dougherty
  Just released a new “double” c.d. along with an array of other outstanding cd recordings to her name.
  She has performed in several states, all over the Northshore and in Nashville . Julie Dougherty is
  featured at 11:00 am – 12:30 noon.  A voice like no other female artist in New England.
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Gerry Ryan
  First and new cd release several months ago, available for purchase.  He will be playing
  with his longtime lead guitarist and bass player, Charlie Ortolani at the bazaar featured
  at 12:30 till 2:00 pm. www.gerryryan.com
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Gary Dolinski
  1st new cd release this year.  Fingerpicking guitar artist and vocalist is featured from
  2:00 to 3:30.  Playing solo this year with a very soothing style “acoustic guitar” sound.
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Honky Tonk Women of Gloucester
 All four female quartet revisit the 1950-1960’s music era with signature harmony blending of all
 classic hits of the doo wop, oldies and Motown era.   If you grew up in the ’60’s you will know all
 the lyrics from Patti Page to the Shirelles, Patsy Cline to Roy Orbison, Elvis, Brenda Lee and
 more than 60 songs per one hour set.  www.honkytonkwomenofgloucester.com
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LOCATION:  Cape Ann Savings Bank park 103 Main St., Gloucester MA

Sefatia Strikes A Pose With The Swells In Chicago! Now Playing In Annisquam

 

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What:        The Annisquam Village Players presents CHICAGO
        Adapted from the original by :
        John Kander & Fred Ebb (Music; Book/Lyrics)
        Bob Fosse (Co-Author, Original Director, and Choreographer)

        A true New York City institution, CHICAGO has everything that makes         Broadway great: a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz; and
        one show-stopping song after another.  No wonder CHICAGO has been         honored with 6 Tony Awards®, 2 Olivier Awards®, and a Grammy®.

When:        Tuesday August 6 – Sunday August 11 . 2013
        All performances @ 7:30pm

Where:    Annisquam Village Hall
        36 Leonard Street, off of Route 127 North
        Annisquam village in Gloucester MA 01930

Ticket Info:    Reserved Seating $32.
        General Admission $16.

        General Admission and Reserved Seating tickets can be ordered online.
        Go to http://www.annisquamvillageplayers.com and click on Tickets.

        General Admission tickets (but not reserved seating tickets) may be         purchased after July 22nd at the following locations:
        Annisquam Exchange, 32 Leonard Street, Annisquam 978-281-0358
        The Bookstore, 61 Main Street, Gloucester 978-281-1548
        Lula’s Pantry, 5 Dock Square, Rockport 978-546-0010

Directions:    http://annisquamvillageplayers.com/directions-parking

The Annisquam Village Hall is air-conditioned and handicap accessible.

Refreshments served at intermission.

Abraham Maslow Quote of The Week From Greg Bover

August 2 2013

“If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you’ll be unhappy for the rest of your life.”

  – Abraham Maslow 1908-1970

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A New York native and professor at Brooklyn College, Maslow moved to Brandeis University during the 50’s and 60’s. He created a humanistic school of psychology that advanced self-actualization as a path for personal growth, almost Taoist in its then revolutionary rejection of materialism. At a time when most academic psychologists studied dysfunction, he looked at how self-motivated, well-adjusted people ordered their lives. His books include Toward a Psychology of Being (1968) and The Farther Reaches of Human Nature (1971), and his “Hierarchy of Needs,” a pyramidal diagram showing the interrelated nature of personal necessities, has become an iconic graphic. Among his many other memorable quotes: “If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”

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Fred Bodin Covers The 2013 Sidewalk Bazaar

Sidewalk Bazaar 2013

Thursdays during the Bazaar are usually very slow, but not this one, as you can see. We’re looking to the west toward the end of Main Street.

Too busy to eat but famished, I escaped to Passports up the street. The owner, Eric, was outside serving up lobster rolls, and late in the day they were reduced to $10 from $12. They’re made Joey C. style, with mayo and no or minimal condiments. There was probably a full lobster in this sandwich, and I apologize for eating 1/4 of it before taking a picture. The willpower is weak when you’re hungry. Passports will have them again tomorrow.

Interesting aside: While struggling to remember the correct phrase for “the willpower is weak,” I considered going into Jalapenos to ask, but that might have been kind of weird. But just then, a couple came into the gallery. It was, I found out, Kay Lazor, a reporter for the Boston Globe, and her husband, who voluntarily helps her with editing (he was an editor for the Boston Herald). They thought “willpower” was good, and corrected my usage of commas. I don’t know them, but I realize I need to brush up on my “AP Stylebook” and “Strunk and White’s Elements of Style.” Life is so interesting, and tomorrow will be a zoo on Main Street and in the gallery. I rush forward to meet it. http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/blogs/white-coat-notes/2013/07/30/summer-first-batch-mosquitoes-with-eee-found-amherst/zUCgZIuxPt7kIHdPi5kFRK/blog.html

Tomorrow we’ll be open at 9am. Outside we’ll feature Laura Jardullo (left) of the Dress Code with her feathered hair bands, and I’ll have 50 newly (today) arrived pieces of Dave Matthews’ pottery at discounted prices. Photo taken in front of the gallery.

Nice To Be Treated By Beasley and Amandacakes for Some Café Bishco Froyo

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Addicted- Uhm hell yeah we are!

After Work On A Hot Night- It’s Bishco Time Baby!

128 Spinout N of Grant Cr. & Car Crash 20 Concord St. Gloucester Ma

Herb Wennerberg with the report:

Published on 3 Aug 2013

128 Spinout N of Grant Cr. & Car Crash 20 Concord St. Gloucester Ma.
8-2-2013 7:10pm and 7:35pm

Lost Hound In Dogtown

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Hi Joey,

I’m a new-ish Gloucester resident ( and long cape ann appreciator ) come over from great neck in ipswich.
photographer, writer, musician, yoga-ist, pet rescuer, social scientist, long time house cleaner & interior design/ clutter buster, future counselor, yoga & health teacher and all round cool person, lol. I look at your page regularly and have been meaning to send some photos and such.
Gloucester is fascinating, and i’m glad to be here.

I have 2 hounds, one, DUNCAN, an american-english coonhound ( lemon-spotted, no less !), southern rescue,
a really serious tracking/hunting dog. ( pacifist tho, he doesn’t kill, or end the hunt ). One of the business plans i was about to emBARK on
is an exercise excursion for dogs, or dogs and humans, led my self and my hounds thru the woods… at an appropriate level of fitness.
these dogs not only lead a good outdoor work out, but they can show you where many different animals live and the paths they travel, etc.
We enjoy the beaches, and the woods and quarries daily, and get to know the woods and the people and animals in them better and better. This would be an important element of our excursions.

Sadly, i think Duncan has gone off to do the research on his own. The two hounds slipped out the back of our Lanesville Home. I woke up to find the little one home on the couch looking dazed 2 days later. Duncan has now been gone a week. He was last seen & heard baying/ singing up by Nelson’s quarry last weekend. He knows how to live in the woods, as he did in Virginia, and i have a feeling someone has seen him and is putting out food in hopes he’ll come. And that he’s eating the food and taking off to track again. he’s like an addict when he tracks. So i’m writing to you
in hopes that some of your readership may have seen or HEARD him ( very distinctive sing-song-y bay)
and in hopes that some of them might have good knowledge of Dogtown and the Quarry area that they might want to show off.
I don’t feel i can just leave him out there alone. I’m hoping some people might want to help me search for him, create some search parties.

Duncan is such a special dog to me. I’ve lost a lot lately, but at least i still had him. Now he’s running around dog town somewhere and i’ve got to somehow find him before he gets his foot caught in a pile of rocks or something. If anyone has seen, heard or can help make search parties for him please contact me
at: suburban_seaqueen@yahoo.com( and should i include a phone # ?)
Thank you in advance !!

alexandra stella d’maris

Sista Felicia’s Cookbook- Here is the Cover and Where To Pre-Order Yours

Pre-order here

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James Eves ~ Creative Director
Cape Ann Giclée
20 Maplewood Ave | Gloucester | MA 01966
TEL: (978) 546-7070 | CEL: (508) 284-2621
james@capeanngiclee.com | http://capeanngiclee.com

Would you look at that mellon?

With a head like that my boy Toby most definitely belongs in the movies.  I mean without question, right?

The only thing is what role would be the ultimate?

I see him with a green visor in an underground gambling ring as a money counter (and that’s not just because he’s a jew) 

Character?  That face has character in spades.  just look at the range of emotions.  Casting agents around the globe just licking their chops imagining what juicy roles they could put him in.

Just remember when he’s big and famous where you saw him first.  Right here baby.

Right fucking here.  Only question is will he remember us littles.

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Tremendous mellon right there, Tremendous!

Look for our next men’s night dinner video where we are gonna do up some steaks and Toby will be pairing the wine. 

*I have no idea if Enrico Pallazo will be donning the shirt this time or not.

Toby, what ones did you  say we were gonna feature again? Some smoky cabs?

*fair warning

Fish On Fridays

The Fish on Fridays series is a collaboration between Gloucester photographers Kathy Chapman and Marty Luster. Look for various aspects of Gloucester’s centuries-old fishing industry highlighted here on Fridays.

Heads or tails
Today we shot at the Cape Ann Seafood Exchange where they were processing whole monkfish. The heads are going to NY for the Asian market and the tails will go to Canada.

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Photos and video © Kathy Chapman 2013
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Amistad by Len Burgess

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The tall ship “Amistad” from New Haven Connecticut is a replica of a historic slave ship and will be at the end of Maritime Gloucester pier until Sunday, helping prepare the Schooner Adventure for the Schooner Festival. You may see the Amistad in the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie!  –Len Burgess

Potluck Family Reunion

80 people all related to me. Scary to think about but I’ll keep them all on the other Cape. So my dish started with these girls swimming in Joey’s tank at noon and now they are red:lobbies

My strategy: claws and tails removed and chilled in the fridge overnight. (The knuckles and tamale the cook eats.) Then tomorrow morning  take the meat out of the claws an tails, chop to the size that would fit on a crostini, mix with Mayo (just to barely coat) a touch of salt and bagged on ice in the cooler.

Crostinis will be fresh baggettes cut less than half inch slices and toasted in oven. A piece of fresh garlic gets rubbed onto the toasted piece and bagged.

Assembly at party the lobster meat into a chilled bowl and crostini around the edge on a larger platter. Am I missing something? (Besides Rubber Duck. She is not in the photo since she needs some tubby time.)