Month: September 2013

Happy, Happy Birthday Baby

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Andromeda Emmeline Lammott is 4 years old today. DOB 9/11/09 at 11:11 pm in Chicago, IL. Her mother is Vignette, and Lucas is her dad. I spent most of the day with little Andromeda on Monday, while Vignette and Peggy of the POP Gallery gave my gallery a window "makeover." It was a birthday present from them. Delightful all around, so happy birthday to little Andromeda.
Andromeda Emmeline Lammott is 4 years old today. DOB 9/11/09 at 11:11 pm in Chicago, IL. Her mother is Vignette, and Lucas is her dad. I spent most of the day with little Andromeda on Monday, while Vignette and Peggy of the POP Gallery gave my gallery a window “makeover.” It was a birthday present from them. Delightful all around, so happy birthday to little Andromeda.

LOBSTER GANGS OF THE EARLY 80’S- HUS MAN AND TUF

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WOODEN BOATS , WOODEN TRAPS AND RESPECT .

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I see a little bit of the crazy in Tuffy’s eyes.

Wicked Tuna On Twitter

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Community Stuff 9/11/13

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Open Door Food Panty benefit Sunday

Joey,

  I think you talked to my wife, Diana, about the benefit concert for the Open Door on Sunday.  Details:

  There is a free praise concert and food drive and for the Open Door Food Pantry on Sunday, September 15, at 5:30 PM at the Stage Fort Park Gazebo.  The concert will feature the praise band Mixed Bag of Nuts (picture attached).   Folks are encouraged to bring protein (canned peanut butter, tuna, or chicken), or healthy snacks for kids’ lunches. 

Feel free to call or email for more information.

Thanks!

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Hi Joey,

I’m looking for local storytellers to share their Chicken Stories this Thursday the 12th at 7:30 at the Gloucester Writers Center. The deal is that folks come in and sign up to tell a 5 minute true story that is told not read. We also love having people who just come to listen, which is part of the fun! We have a great lineup, too.

All the best,

Maureen Aylward

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Schooner Adventure’s History Sharing Program – September 13, 2013 (10am) Come see images of old Gloucester and share your own memories during these free monthly presentations at the Rose Baker Senior Center. This month – Early Gloucester Fish Companies: How and where did Gorton’s start? See images of the companies and sites that were once part of Gloucester’s older fishing industry. (Program supported by New England Biolabs Foundation, David Greenwalt Charitable Foundation and Applied Materials). For more information – email bwelin@schooner-adventure.org or call Schooner Adventure @978-281-8079.

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Cape Ann Community Forum

Location: Shalin Liu Performance Center ,37 Main Street, Rockport, MA
Date: October 15, 2013  – 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Lahey Health & Addison Gilbert Hospital will host a community forum to discuss recent updates and developments at Lahey Health and Addison Gilbert Hospital.  Presenters will include Denis Conroy, Chief Executive Officer of Addison Gilbert and Beverly hospitals and Cindy Cafasso Donaldson, Vice President of Addison Gilbert Hospital.  All residents are encouraged to attend this community forum, which will include a question and answer session.

Another Man’s Treasure…” 4th Annual Flea Market Extravaganza.  Join us Saturday, Sept. 14th from 9:00-4:00pm.  Treasures to discover at bargain prices, dancing to the stylings of our in-house DJ and Hoopers Haven hula hoop dance classes…and all at 222 Arts & Wellness Center, 222 Eastern Ave., Gloucester.  Have treasures to sell?  Set up with us for free.  Call Lin for availability  @ 978-281-6222 or 978-852-6228.

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Hello Joey,
Can you post this in the community events section?
Many thanks,
Lenore Balliro
The Lanesville Community Center Tie Dyers designed fab t-shirts for the annual LCC music festival held on September 28. Show up early to purchase your very own, one of a kind t-shirt and enjoy the music. Outdoor music 1-7; inside dance party-7:30-11:00. For more

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Hi! I am having a show of my paintings opening tomorrow, September 11, from 5:30pm-7:00pm at Alchemy Restaurant, 3 Duncan St., in Gloucester. The show continues through October 7.  I have painted in two series. One is inspired by Rebecca Siswick Graham, a local fellow artist and friend, who introduced me to the opening of the Ocean Alliance at the Paint factory. This re-kindled my love of all creatures of the sea, big and small and was the impetus to create an Aquatic Series as part of this show.

The other series in the show focuses on the wonderful Omo River Peoples of Southern Ethiopia who hand paint their bodies with different colored clays and adorn with flowers and plants. I feel the origin of all art forms comes from practices like these.  Our ancestors did this and today as we apply makeup, prune ourselves and choose our clothes, we simulate what was once an organic process. This organic art lives on today in the Omo communities in Africa, where the cradle of humanity began.

Hope you all can swing by some time.  Best wishes. Ramani

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Our Craig Kimberley Knows How To Shoot And Edit Video- Trev Gowdy’s Monster Fish Episode 1

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Craig writes-

This is my second episode for Monster Fish that I directed, shot, and edited. I’m on the AKULA w Capt. Fred “SEAWORM” Lavitman. Fred knows how to hunt giant tuna with the best of them…all day, every day.
In this episode, we get into even more giant bluefin tuna.

http://www.vimeo.com/65862532

Flight Installation at Cox Reservation Opening Wednesday 9/11/13

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The Flight sculpture was installed at the Cox Reservation today. We’d greatly appreciate your assistance in promoting its opening effective Wednesday, 9/11.

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Flight, by Dale Rogers at Cox Reservation September 11-30

Greenbelt hosts East Coast Debut of Large-Scale Sculpture Exhibit

Greenbelt, Essex County’s land trust, is thrilled to host the East coast debut of “Flight” at its Cox Reservation headquarters in Essex, MA, September 11-30. “Flight” is the stunning exhibit of nine large-scale stainless steel birds, each with a wingspan of 12 feet, supported on metal frames 12 to 16 feet high. “Flight” made its award-winning debut at ArtPrize, the country’s largest art exhibition held in Michigan, in 2012. “Flight” is the third large-scale public exhibit designed by Haverhill native Dale Rogers. A full time metal sculptor since 2003, Rogers’ passion for public art led to his first exhibit, “The Big Dog Show,” in 2009, followed by “Monkey Mania” in 2011.

“The flock will be arranged in a serpentine pattern in a waterside pasture, and brought to life by the reflections of sky, sun and water of the Cox Reservation landscape,” said Greenbelt’s Executive Director, Ed Becker. Visually interesting both up close and from a distance, the installation invites interaction. “We welcome the public to visit the Cox Reservation to stroll the grounds and marvel at the scale and artistry of Dale’s creation,” Becker added.

Dale Rogers visited Greenbelt’s headquarters in 2012 as a participating artist in the organization’s annual Art In the Barn benefit. At that time, “Flight” had just won the ArtPrize, and he was looking for a suitable location to reach new audiences for his work. “The Cox Reservation is an ideal site for “Flight,” offering many ways for people to enjoy the sculpture as an additional aspect of the landscape,” said Rogers. “I can envision families and children imitating the act of flying underneath the enormous birds, and others photographing the birds, –playing with the reflections to get the perfect shot,” he added.

Meet the Artist: Sunday September 29, 1-3pm. Dale Rogers will discuss the design, creation and installation of “Flight”, in Greenbelt’s free Monthly Walk Series. This event is also part of the Trails & Sails Weekend of Walks & Water, presented by the Essex National Heritage Commission.

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Rubber Duck: Fish on Tuesdays Photo Series

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A new series Rubber Duck will post on Tuesdays. Grab two fish and get a friend to snap a photo. Send your entries to: paul_morrison@dfci.harvard.edu

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Image credit: Oleksandr Hnatenko it’s worth it to click his name and visit his website.

Rules:

1) Only two fish per person. (Did I have to write that? Yes, I did.)

2) You could try lobster but try not to hurt yourself.

3) No catch and release. Either bait or plan to eat it. Two stripers that you manhandle then release back into the water will die of embarrassment when they get back to school.

4) No photoshopping.

As always, creativity will be rewarded. First prize might be a GMG bumper sticker absolutely free just pick it up at the dock when you win.

Fields From Which Dreams Are Made

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So many thanks to the Donovan Family for allowing me continued access to film and photograph B-roll for my Monarch film, at their beautiful…

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Donovan Wildflower Field & House ©Kim Smith 2013 copySkylar’s Field

Male American Goldfinch and Cosmos ©Kim Smith 2013

Male American Goldfinch Eating Seed Heads ~ click to view larger

Juvenile Blue Heron & Cosmos Donovan ©Kim Smith 2013Juvenile Blue Heron

Sunflower Donovan Field ©Kim Smith 2013 copySunflower (Helianthus annuus)

 

THEN and NOW– iPhpnes

Posted on by Manuel F. Simoes

jPhone–1 (2007)    iPhone-5 (2013)

Not sure what the big difference, since I like my old flip phone.

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“Helping people to see is the transformative power of theatre” – Benny Sato Ambush, director, Driving Miss Daisy

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Lindsay Crouse as Daisy Werthan and Johhny Lee Davenport as Hoke Coleburn
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I’ll bet there are many people, who read GMG regularly and have not seen any of this season’s plays at Gloucester Stage.  If you’re one of those people, you’ve got until next Sunday (9/22) to rectify that situation.  And it’s the perfect week to do so because Driving Miss Daisy is the best production of this excellent season.

Let’s start with the play itself.  “Driving Miss Daisy” was written by Alfred Uhry, who is the only playwright ever to win an Oscar, a Tony, and a Pulitzer Prize.  Perhaps you saw the 4-time Oscar-winning movie starring Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy and Dan Aykroyd.  If you haven’t, I suggest you wait until after you see the play at Gloucester Stage (get tickets here).  The play is much more powerful.

Gloucester Stage’s production of Driving Miss Daisy stars Academy Award nominee Lindsay Crouse (who has appeared in dozens of films, including 3 of my favorites: The Insider,  Being Human and The Verdict),  Johnny Lee Davenport and Robert Pemberton — all of whom give stellar, riveting performances.

We saw the play on Sunday with our ten-year-old son, John.  He was skeptical.  While reading the playbill before it began, John complained that it couldn’t be interesting with only three characters.  “But I loved it!” he exclaimed after it was over.  “It’s a great life lesson.”
  “What lesson would that be?” I asked.
   “Don’t be mean. You’ll regret it.”

We stayed for the “Talk Back” with the actors and director, during which Lindsay Crouse profoundly elaborated on that very concept, describing her character, Miss Daisy, as struggling to forgive herself after having pushed blame off onto others in her life.

Near the end of the Talk Back, director Benny Sato Ambush responded to a comment from the audience about how the characters faced their fears by noting the root of the Greek word for theatre is θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see”) and seeing the root of your fears helps you overcome them, saying “Helping people to see is the transformative power of theatre.”

Bravo!

Whether you’re 10 or 100, seeing Driving Miss Daisy at Gloucester Stage will be a transformative experience for you.  And if you live on Cape Ann, you can get half price tickets on Wednesday & Thursday.  Call the box office 978-281-4433!

It’s A Dance Party!

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An African Music and Dance Party, featuring the band ‘Samba Lolo & Boubacar Diabate’ at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center, 6 Wonson St.  Saturday, September 14th 7-10 pm. $10
About Boubacar Diabate & Samba Lolo
Boubacar Diabate is a Griot singer, guitarist, songwriter and storyteller from Mali. ‘Bouba’ creates his own style of contemporary music by combining traditional rhythms with modern influences including Reggae, Blues, Bluegrass, and Jazz. Bouba sings of a common shared experience of love, life and humanity, giving all an opportunity to hear the age-old West African tradition of Griot storytelling through song.
Now based in Boston, Bouba was born in Bamako, Mali-West Africa. He was raised playing Djembe and Guitar while learning from the Griot elders as they passed down their ancient heritage through their music and song.
About Griots
In Africa, Griots pass down the oral tradition of legends, stories, and proverbs through many generations, which is essential to preserve their culture. A Griot is a teacher, poet, musician, and participant in important ceremonies such as weddings, naming initiations and installations of chiefs.

Beginner Guitar, Level 2 With Joe Wilkins

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Joe Wilkins kicks off Level 2 of his beginner guitar course at The Landing at 7 Central starting on Tuesday, October 1st.

This 5 week course takes place every Tuesday from 7 to 8pm and caters to players with a basic understanding of chords and strum patterns.

Cost for the 5 week program is $70 per student.

If you have specific questions, email Chris Langathianos at clangathianos@me.com

7 Central Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts 01944
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Going! Going!………………………Sawyer Free Art Auction is Heating up!

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Sawyer Free Library Annual Art Auction 2013

Going! Going!………………………

The Sawyer Free Library Art Auction is Heating up!

The Bid Book is filling up. Get a great deal on great artwork from some of Cape Ann’s Famous and emerging Artists.

Works of art will be displayed in the Adolph Matz Gallery, located in the main lobby of the library, and can be viewed by all that enter the library each day. Great interest in generated through the month as the bid book fills up. The final vocal auction is always an exciting event. In addition to funding art books, art DVDs, and a select number of museum passes, this year’s proceeds will support free art workshops for adults and children as well as an art movie series in the Fall and Winter.

The silent auction will take place in the Adolph Matz Gallery from August 26, to give visitors and opportunity  to see the paintings and bid early. The vocal auction will be held October 2 at 7:00 p.m. A preview party will precede the auction.

David Curtis' entry
David Curtis’ entry

 

Celebrations… pre and post game.

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