Month: September 2013

2013 Gloucester Stage Youth Acting Workshops start on Friday (9/27) Still time to register

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

2013/2014 Gloucester Stage
 Youth Acting Workshops
(YAW Program)
Acting Classes for Ages 6 – 18 years old

Six-Week Program begins on
Friday, September 27, 2013
Classes on Fridays and Saturdays
through November 2, 2013 

Children’s Class (ages 6-10):
     Fridays 4pm – 6pm, and Saturdays 2pm – 4pm

 Teen Class (ages 11 +):
Saturdays 12pm – 4 pm

 The YAW Program Director is award-winning actress and Gloucester native Heidi Dallin. Workshop topics include basic acting techniques, theatre games, improvisation, movement, vocal and physical expression, non-verbal communication, character study, storytelling, public speaking and confidence-building training.

Students will also prepare for the 2013 edition of the annual YAW holiday production, Holiday Delights in December.

  Special Guest Instructors for the Fall Session 2013 

Curriculum Include:

  • Sign Language Interpreter Kara Kelly Martin, teaching American Sign Language
  • Theatrical Yoga Instructor Daria Whittaker

Class size is limited and
Registration is on a first-come basis.
Tuition: $225 Per Student.

 To register, call Heidi Dallin at 978-283-6688
Visit http://gloucesterstage.com/youth_workshops.html for more information.

Tonight’s Music Lineup

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

TONIGHT, Thursday, September 26, 2013

7:00 pm

Deb Hardy, Andrew Geano, hristopher Mitchell, Mike O’Connell and Brian King
2 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-879-4622

FREE SHOW
Inge Berge 7:00 pm Listen to Inge Berge INGE BERGE

Singer Songwriter Shuffle hosted by Aurelia Nelson
2 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-879-4622

FREE SHOW
T Max 7:00 pm Listen to T Max T MAX

Singer Songwriter Shuffle hosted by Aurelia Nelson
2 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-879-4622

FREE SHOW
7:00 pm  OTHELLO

Othello by William Shakespeare, presented by National Theatre Live
37 Main Street, Rockport, MA 01966

Phone: 978-546-7391
8:00 pm  CRAZY MOON

6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-758-1210
Dave Sag's Blues Party 8:30 pm DAVE SAG’S BLUES PARTY

with Crag and Shag, I.E. Chris ” Stovall” Brown, Steve Chaggaris
40 Railroad Ave, Gloucester, MA

Phone: 978-283-9732

FREE SHOW
9:00 pm  BRIAN FINES

Open Mic
11 Rogers St., Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: (978) 282-7399

FREE SHOW
DJ Vito 9:00 pm DJ VITO

“shake it thursdays”
25 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-281-0223

FREE SHOW

Fly Amero Music Productions presents… TOGETHER LIVE: JON BUTCHER & FLY AMERO Liu Performance Center – 8pm 37 Main Street, Rockport MA

Posted on by Joanne

Both Jon and Fly will be Introducing brand new material from their upcoming solo CD’s, and have been working great shows, becoming fast friends over the recent months.
Tickets are still available folks, but they’re going fast, fast, fast!

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From a magical blend of raw talent, natural chemistry, and compelling material comes
“Together Live,” a moving and entertaining evening of acoustic music not to be missed.

JON BUTCHER

Grammy-nominated Jon Butcher is one of a select handful of influential recording artists comprising the legendary Boston music scene. MTV videos and hit songs “Life Takes A Life,” “Wishes,” and “Holy War” comprise the underpinnings of a recording/touring career that continues today. Three critically acclaimed CD’s, Positively The Blues, Barefoot Servants, andElectric Factory mark Jon’s enduring love affair with all things Americana…blues, jazz, Dixieland, folk, swing, Cajun, and more.


FLY AMERO

Certified Gold recording artist and journeyman Fly Amero embraces each and every audience with passion and intimacy. Currently touring as a member of the classic American pop group Orleans, Fly draws from a lifetime of rootsy Americana, folk, blues and jazz influences… and his well-seasoned acoustic guitar and vocal skills serve to deliver emotional original pieces like “Paint It Blue”, “I Am” and “I Don’t Know Where I End (and You Begin)” deep into the hearts of listeners everywhere.
Liu Performance Center – 8pm
37 Main Street, Rockport MA
Tickets: 978-546-7391, or… http://tickets.rockportmusic.org/single/SelectSeatingSYOS.aspx?p=1757&z=3&pt=2

 

 

Mile Marker is closing in on it’s last events and wanted to let you know the are having a Fallfest in the RVET tent on October 5th with Eric Wilson Band at Noon and Dan King on at 4pm! Blue grass and Roots music.

Posted on by Joanne

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Mile Marker One, The Bridge and Marshall’s Farm Stand Present fallfest 11am- 6pm October 5th, 2013

We really Just Want To Say Thanks for a Great season and having some more Fun on the River in the River View Event Tent! Free Admission, Free Raffle, Free Popcorn, Free Live Music, Free Parking,

Featuring Games, Food, Live Animals, Farmers Market, Market Vendors, Train Rides, Tarot Readings, Craft Beer Tastings, Blue Grass and Roots Music, Bouncy House and More!!

FREE RAFFLE on Entry! Includes a gift basket from Mile Marker One and Cape Ann Marina which includes a one night stay at the Cape Ann Marina Resort, a $50 gift certificate to Mile Marker One, a bottle of wine with glasses, and chocolates.

Participating Vendors include- Marshall’s Farmstand, Cape Ann Animal Aid, Glosta Joe’s Coffee, The Open Door, Tuck’s Candy & Gifts, Tiny Island Beach Glass, Harbor Cove Dental Hobby Life US, Ryan & Wood Distilleries, Jewels of Gloucester, Premier Imprints, Essex Birdshop & Pet Supply, Cape Ann Auction, Pauline’s Gifts, Sea Meadow Gifts & Gardens, Leslie Galacar

Mile Marker One Menu Food Selections Clam Chowder, Cheeseburgers, Honey BBQ Chicken Sandwich, Chili, Chili Dogs, Roasted Turkey Legs, Pumpkin Bread, Apple Crisp with Vanilla Ice Cream

10th Annual Ravenswood Trail Race October 20th 9am

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

10th Annual Ravenswood Trail Race

October 20th 9am

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For race information go to the Team Gloucester web page

http://teamgloucester.com/

Applications are available at the Lone Gull and Palazola’s Sporting Goods also.
There is NO post registration and the race is capped at 175 runners.
Thanks
J D

Stage Fort Carved Up for Development

Posted on by Fredrik Bodin
In this 1884 map, one of our gems, Stage Fort Park, has been sentenced to cookie cutter, suburban-type development. Fortunately, this never happened, and it's a public park which we can all enjoy. This weekend, September 28th and 29th, Stage Fort will host the Grand Prix of Gloucester. http://www.gpgloucester.com/: Known nationally as “the New England Nationals” – unfolds at one of the most beautiful race venues in the country: wind-swept ocean side park. Winners are a veritable who’s who of cyclocross: Johnson, Vervecken, Trebon, Anthony, Powers, Bessette, Dunlap, Knapp and more. Gloucester is one of the oldest UCI races in North America and attracts hundreds of racers and thousands of spectators. I love it when I see small fuel efficient cars driving down Main Street with high tech bikes on roof racks. I know it's Cyclocross time! They don't spend much, if anything, in my gallery. But they're really nice people, clearly have great jobs and pay checks, and that helps my fellow merchants. Let's count our blessings that the original settlement of 1623 belongs to all of us, and we can share.
In this 1884 map, one of our gems, Stage Fort Park, has been sentenced to cookie cutter, suburban-type development. Fortunately, this never happened, and it’s a public park which we can all enjoy. This weekend, September 28th and 29th, Stage Fort will host the Grand Prix of Gloucester.
http://www.gpgloucester.com/: Known nationally as “the New England Nationals” – unfolds at one of the most beautiful race venues in the country: wind-swept ocean side park. Winners are a veritable who’s who of cyclocross: Johnson, Vervecken, Trebon, Anthony, Powers, Bessette, Dunlap, Knapp and more. Gloucester is one of the oldest UCI races in North America and attracts hundreds of racers and thousands of spectators.
Me: I love it when I see small fuel efficient cars driving down Main Street with high tech bikes on roof racks. I know it’s Cyclocross time! They don’t spend much, if anything, in my gallery. But they’re really nice people, clearly have great jobs and pay checks, and that helps my fellow merchants. Let’s count our blessings that the original settlement of 1623 belongs to all of us, and we can share it.

Seal pup takes a nap

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey,
This seal pup chose to take a nap on our dock today. The kids were allowed to see it, but we kept our distance and let him rest. He looked pretty tired, and we saw him swimming in the seaweed in cove after he went back in the water… Good luck seal pup!

Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid

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Community Photos 9/26/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Notice the reflection in the water. Our city is so  beautiful!

Tuesday Sept. 24th East Gloucester. Virginia (Frontiero) McKinnon

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Annisquam River Sunset, photos from Anthony Marks

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Community Stuff 9/26/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
Nature Connection Programs on Cape Ann

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Hi Joey,

I love good Morning Gloucester. 

I was wondering if you might have interest in posting a story about the nature connection programs Kestrel Educational Adventures has just unveiled. 

We’ve always worked with the Cape Ann public schools, getting all the kids out an connecting with their own landscapes.

By popular demand, we are now offering some original programs for individual kids. 

All our programs offer kids the opportunity to blend art, science, and authentic immersion in the natural world, without leaving Cape Ann. 

Our 8 week program for 4-7 year olds, “Being Animals” invites children to explore a place from the viewpoint of a different animal every week. They learn to walk like the animal, hunt for food and shelter, and interact with other wildlife. At the end of each day of the program, children create a story together about their experiences as animals. 

In “Lights, Camera, Nature,” a partnership with the Cape Ann Community Cinema, 8-12 year olds venture into Chebacco Woods with high- zoom cameras and film wildlife drama. Back in the studio, they create and edit short films that tell the story of a specific place. These films will be shown for the public on the big screen. 

In “Making Nature Maps,” 8-12 years will explore Magnolia Beach and Coolidge Reservation and create layered maps documenting their discoveries.

All the details on our website, located under the “Our Services” tab.

Thanks for offering a great service to Cape Ann!

Jessica Kagle
Founder/Program Director
Kestrel Educational Adventures

www.kestreleducation.org

GHS BOYS SOCCER TEAM KICK’N CANCER BENEFIT GAME

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The GHS Boys Soccer teams are playing on Friday, October 4th to benefit cancer.  The games will be at the New Balance Track and Field at Newell Stadium.
JV at 4:30pm
Varsity at 6pm
There will be a donation admission at the door for the Varsity game.  Cancer t-shirts will be available for $10.00.  All proceeds will benefit cancer patients and research.

Thank you very much

Jodi Bertolino

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Patio Farewell Week From Terry Weber

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey, 

For the last two weeks, the owners of the Patio Restaurant–John and Irene Burke, have bid farewell to their restaurant and to their many friends, family members, and ‘regulars’ at the Patio. The Burkes recently sold the Patio after over 30 years in business on Lexington Avenue in Magnolia. Click on this link for just a few snapshots of one of their farewell parties. 

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The Patio has been described by many as a “home away from home, an extension of one’s own living room, a clubhouse” and more. This is due to the warm hearts and hospitality of John and Irene, their family members: Margo and Chris Rezza, Melissa and James Rezza, and long time friends and co-workers: Kathy Mackin, Lori Somers, Dave Morley, Charlene Young, and Lopes. 

Thank you to John and Irene Burke, and their family, who have made the Patio a second home to many Magnolia & Gloucester residents. Even though “we’ll see you around the neighborhood”, we’ll miss seeing you on a regular basis as you enjoy some long overdue relaxation. The neighborhood won’t be the same without the Patio. 

If any of the readers of GMG have a fond memory of the Patio, and would like to see it published in a possible memory book or other publication, please email your story to bartlett103@yahoo.com. You may also email photos. Please send your stories before November 1.

Degeylse Buoy Found- Long Cove Point Chamberlain Maine

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

From Gloucester To Long Point Cove Chamberlain Maine

Dear Joey,
My name is Dale Cooke and in the summers I reside in Chamberlain, Maine.  Today has been a rough seas day, as was last night.  While walking around Long Cove Point Road (where my cottage is), I spotted a very large buoy with Egelyse and 000777 on the side and VII on the top.  I Googled  Egelyse and came up with your name and website (which I have subscribed to).  My husband, Matt, climbed down into the gut of Long Cove Point and brought back the buoy.  We now have it at our cottage.  I don’t know if the Capt. wants it back…it’s in fine shape, the rope is the only thing that gave out.  I will be here until the end of Oct. so if he does want it back he is more than welcome to come and get it.  I would bring it down on my way back to Alabama, but it is just too big with all the stuff I have to carry home.  If not, we will keep it here at the cottage, and next season if he wants it and is in the area he is more than welcome to it.  Otherwise, I will clean it up and keep it in the garden.
Sincerely,
Dale Cooke

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Here are those same type buoys aboard the Degelyse from years past.

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You can see how far it’s traveled from this Google Map

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Hi Joey,
Sorry about the misspelling regarding the lobster boat and buoy.  Attached you will find the pic of Long Cove Point and 2 pics of the buoy. 
Dale

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This is where it was found-

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Rocky Neck Gallery’s Summer Artists Series: Family Trees

Posted on by God's Morning

Rocky Neck Gallery’s Summer Artists Series: Family Trees
Mixed media assemblages by Stephen Thomas Martin
Wednesday, September 25 – Sunday, October 13, 2013
Artist’s reception on Friday, September 27, 6-8 PM

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Rocky Neck Gallery is pleased to announce the next Summer Artists Series show: Family Trees, featuring the mixed media assemblages of Stephen Thomas Martin. This is the last exhibit in this series for the gallery’s 2013 season. And the first time Rocky Neck Gallery is exhibiting the fascinating and mysterious assemblages by Martin of Amesbury, MA. This new show opens Wednesday, September 25 and runs until Sunday, October 13, 2013.

Martin’s art is both literally and figuratively about reclamation. While the literal incorporates found objects to form the “ground” of the pieces, of more importance, is the figurative element. The search for unique “found objects” he uses in his pieces is a big part of his creative process. In many of his works he incorporates old photos of individuals he discovers at antique shops and flea markets.

As Martin states, “Using these photographs I am giving new life to people long forgotten by family, friends and society. They have not only been reclaimed but are indeed reclaiming a place in the existing world, not to be forgotten again.”

Martin is a self-taught artist now working full time to meet the demand for his assemblages. Prior to this new career, he owned and operated an antique and retail furniture business for twenty years in Newburyport, MA. Martin is the founder and owner of Gallery 206, a pop-up experimental gallery in Amesbury, MA. He is also represented by Galatea Gallery in Boston, MA and is a juried member of the Cambridge Art Association, of Cambridge, MA and Newburyport Art Association in Newburyport, MA. His award winning work is juried into many prestigious shows along with residing in several private art collections throughout the USA. The corporate collections that currently own his assemblages are Growth Coach Management Consultants, Kodiac Venture Partners, and the Italian movie production company, Blue Suede Shoots.

Please join us on Friday, September 27, from 6-8 PM for an artist’s reception. Meet Stephen Thomas Martin and learn about his process reclaiming and reinventing new lives for discarded objects.

Rocky Neck Gallery is located on 53 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester. The hours are: Sunday – Wednesday: 11 AM – 6 PM, Thursday – Saturday: 11 AM – 8 PM. Free parking is available.

Rocky Neck Gallery
53 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930
978-282-0917
http://www.rockyneckgallery.com

Image: “Family Tree” by Stephen Thomas Martin, Mixed Media Assemblage, 12 x 12

Schooner Roseway

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Schooner Roseway ©Kim Smith 2013

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While searching though my photo library, I discovered a batch of stills from the Schooner Festival that I have not yet posted because I was so intent on editing the Schooner Festival video. I’ll try to post them this weekend–if everyone hasn’t already had enough of schooner photos!

The Schooner Roseway is a National Historic Landmark, owned and operated by World Ocean School, which is located in Camden, Maine. She is a gaff-rigged schooner and was first launched from Essex in 1925.  The Roseway runs sails out of Boston during the summer and out of Savannah, Georgia and St. Croix during the winter months.

If you have sailed on the Schooner Roseway, I would love to know about your experience. Please leave a comment in the comment section. Thank you!

History of the Roseway from the World Ocean School website: 

In the fall of 1920 a Halifax, Nova Scotia, newspaper challenged the fisherman of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to a race between the Halifax fishing schooners and the Gloucester fleet. Therefore many schooners, such as Roseway, built at this time were not strictly designed for fishing but in order to protect American honor in the annual races.

Roseway, 137′ in sparred length, was designed as a fishing yacht by John James and built in 1925 in his family’s shipyard in Essex, Massachusetts. Father and son worked side by side on Roseway, carrying on a long New England history of wooden shipbuilding. She was commissioned by Harold Hathaway of Taunton, Massachusetts, and was named after an acquaintance of Hathaway’s “who always got her way.” Despite her limited fishing history, Roseway set a record of 74 swordfish caught in one day in 1934.

Read more about the history of the Roseway here

 

Win tickets to see Allen Estes Band & Fabulous Mustangs at Beverly’s Historic Larcom Theatre

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

Allen_PosterI know.  You think you can wait until the last minute to get tickets for the Allen Estes Band at the Larcom Theatre next Saturday, October 5th.  And even though you know you don’t want to miss this concert because it’s one night only — and because Allen will have a brand new band featuring multi-platinum guitarist David Brown, Fairport Convention founder Dave Mattacks on drums, Matt Leavenworth on fiddle, Steve Burke on keyboards and Wolf Ginandes on Bass. You also want to be the first to hear Allen’s newest music. And when you see Allen Estes singing his Howard Blackburn hit “Not With Ya Hands” on next season’s Wicked Tuna TV premiere, you want to be able to say you danced in the aisles as Allen sang and played that memorable song with his new band in October.

And you want to be able to see South Shore sensation Dave Foley and his Fabulous Mustangs open for Allen (Foley opened for REO Speedwagon at the Melody Tent this summer to rave reviews) because you’ve got no intention of driving to Plymouth any time soon.

But you’ll still wait to get tickets because you think that maybe, just maybe, you can win them.  Well you’re right, but only for another couple of days.  Here’s how:

WIN TICKETS ON FACEBOOK
Like our gimmesound page on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gimmesound).  Then comment on the HUMP DAY post with the picture of the Allen Estes Band poster in it.  We’ll pick a winner tomorrow morning.

WIN TICKETS FROM NORTH SHORE 104.0
Listen to North Shore 104.9 tomorrow morning.  They will be giving away tickets before noon.

You should also know that, unlike our sold-out April concert at the Larcom Theatre, all of our concerts in this Fall Series have reserved seats.  So if you get your tickets now, you’ll be assured of the best seats.  You can even get a discount subscription with premium seating to all three concerts for only $99.  But those great seats won’t last long, so don’t wait until the last minute.