Tons of Great New Stuff Happening At Sawyer Free Library Including New Parton Free Parking, Out Door Book Drop Off and More!
Day: November 11, 2013
Rick and Dorthe Noonan Represent! On The Great Wall of China
Hey Joe,
Representing Gloucester and GMG after 1700 steps UP !
At the bottom while enjoying a well earned cold beer we learned thru spotting internet connection that the Red Sox’s had won the World Series, took two days to hit the local Beijing papers
Hey Dorthe- that’s a looong way from Switzerland! 
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Paint Factory Behind a Veil of Birch Leaves
I liked all the focal lengths and couldn’t decide which one to post–Paint Factory as muse.
Paint Factory Rocky Neck Gloucester
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Zombie Prom at Hamilton Wenham Regional High School
On Friday, November 15th and Saturday, November 16th jump back to the nuclear ’50s in this high energy, feel-good musical! Join the students of Enrico Fermi High as they sing and dance their way towards the senior prom, while dealing with love and loss, a tyrannical principal, and an unstable power plant! Should zombies have rights? Should they be allowed in school? Come see what craziness ensues as the students go against the rules out of devotion to a former friend!
(There is no zombie gore in this show.)
Order your tickets here for the convenience of purchasing in advance via credit card. Tickets are also available at the door using cash or check.
All performances are held at the Ferrini Dramatics Center at Hamilton ~Wenham Regional High School. 775 Bay Road, S. Hamilton, MA 01982.
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120 Years Old
See her at Maritime Gloucester.
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Fun times with Maddie, Owen, Cole and Avery
What a great weekend with the kids, thank you Felicia for the great lesson in making Pizelles, The kids had a great time.
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Artist Spotlight Series
This will be a series of artist spotlights, showing the work and giving a little inside look into the artists who create it. The first spotlight is on lifelong Gloucester artist, Theresa Testaverde.
Theresa’s art is often a collage of whatever stirs her as interesting and challenging. Some of her work is inspired by loved ones, family and friends.
Theresa is a native of Gloucester, has been drawing since the age of 5, has a BFA with her principle focus in Printmaking, and has worked in the commercial field of Specialty Printing since college.
She is the daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter of Gloucester fishermen. Her maternal grandfather, Joaquin Codinha, was deeply involved in the business side of the Fishing industry. Her paternal grandfather, R. Salve Testaverde wrote, “Memoirs of a Gloucester Fisherman.” And Theresa’s great-grandfather (her mother’s grandfather) was Antonio Santos Cortina, who while on a fishing trip on the Laura Goulart, was lost at sea in 1924. “Passionate followers of the heart; fishers of the sea.”
On Fisherman’s Wharf, her family’s FV, the Linda B, would have schools of fish hauled up in a net and loaded on trucks for market. Her most recent drawings, “Fish Faces, A Series of Drawings’ is dedicated to her young years of growing up – “we had all the fish and more!”
In addition, Theresa’s artwork for her “Daily Fish” Coasters is a salute to the life of a fisherman. “I recognize that a fisherman’s life is a noble and valued life, a dangerous life which requires dedication, heart, strength, intense work during stormy days and an immense respect of the sea from which he earns his daily bread.”
All of this was a way of life for Theresa growing up. In her words, “I embrace all of them, their memory, their stories. The women and men from which I am part. I could not create any of my artwork without these reflections. This life had heart, purpose, was hard working, honest, diligent and had love. To remember us young is to examine the heart of family, in our little town, Gloucester. My family members required the sea to maintain their everyday needs. This “fish” artwork is for them.”
You can see more of Theresa’s work at The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, East Gloucester during the Rocky Neck Holiday Art & Fine Crafts Festival Saturdays and Sundays, Noon-4 PM, November 30 – December 29.
E.J. Lefavour
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Festival of the Trees Manchester November 29th
A newly formed group made up of downtown merchants in Manchester have formed the Manchester Mercantile. In order to promote the Christmas season, create a festive atmosphere and plant the seed to think locally when shopping, they are organizing the first Festival of the Trees hoping to make this an annual event.
The plan is to decorate 24 8 foot tall Evergreens on the Town Hall Common. Groups (Hornet sports teams, a Middle School art class or make up a group) will be provided a tree and a string of white lights. The rest of the decorations are left to the imagination of the groups and individuals decorating.
Trees will be set up for decorating which will take place between November 29th and December 7th. The number of trees is limited so people are encouraged to sign up early.
For specific guidelines and sign-up sheets contact Nicole DelRosario at Surfari (978) 704-9051 or email info@supsafari.com.
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Music Around Town ♪♫♪ November 11 – 17, 2013
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Letti G Howard 11/11/2013 12:03pm
Letti G Howard at Maritme Gloucester 11/11/2013 12:03pm
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Found on the Hard Drive “Meditation” 2006
Found on the Hard Drive “Meditation” 2006
These Photos were Shot with a Kodak dx6490 4mp 10x zoom in 2006.
One year after we returned home to Gloucester
and 4 years before I was asked to join GMG.
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The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Saturday evening my cell phone alerted me that I had just received a text message. As I swiped the screen, this photo appeared with the caption “Success”. It immediately brought a smile to my face. Knowing someone had just taken a moment to send me a photo of the Caramel Apple Crisp recipe I posted last week. But it took me a few seconds to realize the message was sent from Newly Re-Elected Mayor Carolyn Kirk. It’s nice to know that she and her husband Bill shared some down time together in their kitchen after a long campaign season. They impressively whipped up a double batch of Caramel Apple Crisp!
Michelle Lewis-Nasser~ Sent in her photo of Pasta with Chicken Broccoli and Creamy Cheese Sauce, and writes “Yummy”
Lisa Fornero ~ Sent in this photo of her handsome son Joseph, and writes “Felicia, I found the cover of your next cookbook!! :)) —
Mayor Carolyn Kirk, Bill Kirk, Michelle Lewis-Nasser, and Joseph Fornero are this weeks newest additions to “GMG FOB COOKS ” All Sista Felicia Recipe photos sent in will be posted once per week, send your photos in and join the club!
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Africa 01966 USA?
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Poll- What’s Worse? Bad Pistachio or Bad Oyster
Ever be sitting down in front of the TV eating pistachios just enjoying the shit out of them and then run into that one bad one that ruins you for pistachios for years.
I can’t even begin to describe that bad pistachio rotten taste, that taste that lingers and disgusts you to no end. You try to spit it out immediately but the damage has been done. Once it hits your taste buds there’s no turning back. It’s like seeing things that can’t be unseen. Like walking in on your parents having sex- horrifying.
Now pit that up against a bad oyster, that horrible horrible bad oyster.
Which one is worse? Like if you had to endure one which would it be?
PS- Take that shell away and rotate that oyster picture 90 degrees and what does the meat look like to you?
I see a beautiful tulip.
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One Day At Fenway Game 6 Timelapse
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GHS Football vs Tewksbury Playoff
GHS is eliminated from playoffs after tough loss to undefeated Tewksbury 28-25.
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Community Stuff 11/11/13
Special Dinner at Ohana- November 14, 2013
Make reservations early for this event with a special menu, cocktails featuring Ryan & Wood products and a talk by Bob Ryan on his products – Beauport Vodka, Knockabout Gin, Folly Cove Rum and Ryan & Wood Rye Whiskey.
November 14, 2013, 6pm
Three Course Cocktail Dinner $60
Includes 3 Ryan & Wood Cocktails
By Ryan & Wood Distilleries
1st Course
~choice of~
Lobster Bolognese
fresh spaghetti, lobster brodo & truffle brown butter froth
Herb Salt Crust N.Y. Striploin
burrata cheese, speculoos butter, balsamic onion
2nd Course
~choice of~
Lemon Thyme Salmon
white bean veloute, tomato marmalade, yuzu saffron sabayon, bouillabaisse sauce
Hoisin Five Spiced Whole Roasted Duck
vanilla lime pomme puree, cornbread stuffing, maple brussels sprout, vinjuan demi
3rd Course
Eight Layer Chocolate Cake
peanut butter ice cream
Poached Pear Melba
raspberry vanilla ice cream, chantilly crème, almond tuile
“Outsidah” goes “Unzipped”
Just the Facts:
Who? Columnist Doug Brendel, “The Outsidah,” releases his 3rd annual “Only in Ipswich” book, Ipswich Unzipped
What? Book launch party
Where? MiXtMedia Gallery, 40 Essex Road, Ipswich (Rt. 133 at Bruni’s Marketplace)
When? 5-8 p.m. on “Black Friday,” the day after Thanksgiving, November 29th
Why? Because Doug always releases his “Only in Ipswich” books on Black Friday
How? Free and open to the public
A Little More:
Ipswich hasn’t been quite the same since Doug Brendel arrived.
He’s “The Outsidah,” writing a humorous column each week for the Ipswich Chronicle, commenting on life in small-town New England from the standpoint of a newcomer.
As if this weren’t bad enough, he releases a book each year, compiling the year’s columns and illustrating them with scratchy cartoons.
His third book in the series, Ipswich Unzipped, will debut at a party on the day after Thanksgiving, 5-8 p.m. at MiXtMedia Gallery, 40 Essex Road, in Ipswich.
The author, who is also a veteran actor and popular speaker, will read from his columns. “Hearing them, you avoid the cartoons,” Doug says. “They’re even worse than the columns.”
All three of the Only in Ipswich books will be available for purchase and autographs at the event. And various contests (like “How many clamshells are in this bucket?”) will give attendees the chance to win free books.
For more information about this event, contact MiXtMedia’s Susan Burton via 978-356-0408 or sue@susankburton.com. Or reach Doug Brendel personally via 978-810-1005 or Outsidah@DougBrendel.com. For news of other performances by “The Outsidah,” follow Doug’s blog at Outsidah.com.
Good Morning Gloucester 