My View of Life on the Dock
Meg Hutchinson performing her song “I’d Like To Know” at the OAOMA benefit at Club Passim on October…I’d Like To Know |
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www.FilmCapeAnn.com Submits-
Boston Casting is looking for couples from Boston, Cambridge and the North Shore for a bank commercial.
Shoot date is either May 22nd or May 23rd.
If cast, Job Pays $700 for the couple.
Please email your PHONE NUMBER and PHOTOS of you and your significant other
and include the TOWN you live in
to bostoncastingsubmit@gmail.com ASAP!
We will be in touch if we need to schedule an audition
THANKS!
What are your thoughts?
The art of negative thinking
From the PAINTERS KEY;
May 17, 2013
Dear P F,
Recently, I had the opportunity to look over the shoulders of two painters who were giving demonstrations on the same day. The first was almost deliriously positive and bubbly about his work, his wonderful life as an artist and his prior successes. Enthusiastic throughout, he shouted epiphanies and dispensed “empowerment” like rose petals at a wedding.
The second demonstrator spoke less and, when he did, it was mostly about problems he was having with the work–and other more worrisome ones that lay ahead. A couple of times he got himself into trouble–but he scratched his brain and was able to recover. Guess what–the gloomy malcontent did the better painting. We all applauded when he held it up. There were whistles. He didn’t even smile.
This understanding has now been backed up in a new book by former Indiana and Texas Tech college basketball coach Bob Knight, aided by Bob Hammel: The Power of Negative Thinking: An Unconventional Approach to Achieving Positive Results.
“Superiority and success doesn’t favor good effort or self-esteem,” says Knight, “and it definitely doesn’t hand out trophies for participation. The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful cliches.”
Bob and Bob have come to the conclusion that if you’re perennially upbeat you’re just setting yourself up for defeat. The positive thinker, they think, has a chronic “no danger ahead” disorder. He’s so busy believing in himself that he’s blindsided by oncoming problems and his own shortcomings.
Success, it seems, favours rigorous self-criticism. Here are some other interesting items I gleaned from the book:
Never gloat. Don’t talk too much. Don’t seek praise. Failure is endemic. Success is being hard to please. Be intolerant of failure. The easiest person to fool is yourself. Know your weaknesses. Be tough. Never let scanty positives override glaring negatives. Don’t be a good loser. Don’t satisfy yourself by just knowing you can do it. Do it. And by the way, keep
God out of your equations:
“So when I hear a guy after a game-winning home run say or gesture that God was on his side,” says Bob Knight, “I think to myself, ‘He’s saying God screwed the pitcher.’ “
Best regards,
Robert Genn
PS: Positive wish: “The sun will come out tomorrow.” Negative reality: “Yeah, and it will flash brand-new daylight on the same old mess unless something is done to clean it up.” (Bob Knight)
click here for more articles from the painters key
Last night I went to this show over at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck. It was a lot of fun!
There are several more performances this weekend: 7:30PM today and Saturday, and 2PM Saturday and Sunday. More information and tickets available here.
Here’s a slideshow:
Still Exploring Rocky Neck From Ann Kennedy
Manchester Common May 6th From Sam Ina
The Topside Grill would like to invite you toour 1st annual Preakness Party!!!
You’ve all been to ourKentucky Derby parties… Well this year, we decided to give the Triple Crown a try! Join us for the fun tomorrow. Party starts at 4:00pm Get there early to secure your spot at the bar!
The 25th Annual
Putnam County
Spelling Bee
The Gloucester High School Theatre Program annual musical comedy is being rehearsed and perfected; gearing up for this week’s performances. We hope you will come out this weekend and join us at the show!
The Gloucester High School Theatre program presents…
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
This GHS production is directed by Jape Payette, Technical Director is Nick Neyeloff, and the music is directed by Duanne Sullivan. Come see the students who made the county level competition and navigate their way through the lexicon comedy that is The 25th Putnam County Spelling Bee. This musical comedy is set in an “anywhere” Middle School gymnasium and the participants are as quirky as you may suspect. We invite you to watch them reach for vocabulary greatness!
Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18 at 7pm and a matinee on Sunday May 19 at 2pm
at the Putney Auditorium at the Gloucester High School.
Joey,
Love GMG!!! My name is Archie. I have signed up to host a Hands across the sand event at Good Harbor Beach this Sat at 11:30am working closely with Mercy Cover at Oceana.
Info available here: https://sites.google.com/a/regenerate.is/gloucester-hands-across-the-sand-good-harbor-beach/
Wondering if you might be able to throw up a post? I saw you did so a couple years back. If this is something you want to support, would be great for the shout!! Thanks for the consideration and happy to answer any questions.
Many thanks!!
Archie
Hey Joey;
Two new items – my talk tomorrow at the RAA – Saturday for Motif1 Day
AND – the ‘Cape Ann,’ iPad App debuts with the story of Motif No.1.
This app is being updated monthly with historic and contemporary content features.
When you can add it , great!
Les
Benefit Concert for Schooner Adventure
Wednesday, June 5 (6-10pm) at the Gloucester House Restaurant come enjoy a concert with Daisy Nell & Captain Stan along with a silent auction, raffles, dinner buffet and cash bar.
Tickets $40. For more info call Schooner Adventure @ 978-281-8079 or email info@schooner-adventure.org.
GHS loss to Saugus on senior night
Al Bezanson submits-
Joey___
How many folks can name the schooner sailing over City Hall and explain why she merits such a lofty presence? It is a fascinating story – thoroughly researched here in Gloucester by a Canadian — Capt. Keith McLaren. A Race for Real Sailors (2006), the Bluenose and the International Fishermen’s Cup, 1920-1938. An America’s Cup yacht race had been cancelled in 1920 for weather conditions considered ‘normal’ for working fishing schooners, and this prompted the idea for the competition between the Gloucester and Lunenburg fleets with ‘honest to God boats.’ In the words of Joe Garland, Capt. McLaren’s book is “The definitive account of the fabled sailing rivalry between the fastest of the last fishing schooners of Canada and the States — and with photos to take your breath away. What a read!” The front jacket painting: Racing Schooners, circa 1921, by Dusan Kadlec, portrays Bluenose and Elsie racing. Sailing proudly over City Hall is Elsie.
At the Cape Ann Museum across the street there is an exquisite Elsie model built by Erik Ronnberg.
In the acknowledgements the author makes special mention of help he received from Joe Garland and Dana Story, and credits Erik Ronnberg along with James Craig and Stephanie Buck at the Museum. A Race for Real Sailors is available in the Museum’s gift shop.
A newly-launched Bluenose II will be making her first appearance in Gloucester on Labor Day weekend at the Schooner Festival. Our good friends from Nova Scotia have reached deep into their pockets to create a new masterpiece. This would be a perfect time for people in our city to refresh their knowledge of Gloucester’s famed past in preparation for a grand welcome.
Al Bezanson
Hello Friends, Colleagues & Get Fit Gloucester Partners,
The Backyard Growers Program has just launched its first-ever on-line fundraising campaign! We are raising money to host a FoodCorps Service Member next year and to support our expansion into Gloucester’s elementary schools (read below for details).
Check out our campaign at www.indiegogo.com
Please consider making a donation and/or forwarding our campaign to your networks.
The fundraiser video features my lovely daughters, and is guaranteed to put a smile on your face : )
Thank you!
Lara
Here’s the nitty-gritty on who we are and what we’re asking for (you can also read this on our campaign site):
What we do
Backyard Growers is a program of the Cape Ann Farmers’ Market. We are part of the farmers’ market strategy for increasing fresh veggie eating in Gloucester!Since 2010 the Backyard Growers Program, in partnership with The Food Project, has provided low- to moderate-income Gloucester residents with backyard raised-bed vegetable gardens, garden training, and ongoing mentor support.
It’s simple! We help people grow their own fresh vegetables. Our survey results show that having a backyard garden and knowing how to use it:
- Increases the amount of fresh produce a family eats,
- Gets kids excited about eating fresh veggies,
- Saves money on grocery bills, and
- Builds community within neighborhoods.
We are expanding!
Next fall we will expand into Gloucester’s elementary schools, bringing our comprehensive garden program to over 1300 students! Our program will build the capacity of each school community to manage their school farms over the long term. Students will:
- Learn through doing in the school garden!
- Grow and harvest their own salad greens and eat them as part of school lunch in the cafeteria.
- Plant crops in June to be harvested when they return to school in the fall as part of an annual harvest celebration.
To do this we need help…
We have an opportunity to host a FoodCorps Service Member for one year starting in September.FoodCorps is a national nonprofit organization that works with schools to create a healthier school food environment. It is part of the AmeriCorps service network, and targets improving childhood health by placing service members in public schools around the country to teach hands-on nutrition education; build and care for school gardens; and work to bring high-quality local food to school cafeterias.
Our Service Member will build the capacity of each school to maintain productive school gardens with the goal of school gardens becoming part of the culture of each school!
Donate!
Your contribution will make all this possible! Please help us raise $7,500 by donating to our campaign.
- $5,000 = Our salary contribution for a one-year, full-time FoodCorps Service Member
- $2,500 = Program expansion costs (garden & program supplies, additional staff costs)
We have some fun perks for you, including free seeds & seedlings and garden training, and some special ways for you to connect with the school garden program. If we don’t reach our entire fundraising goal we will ramp up the grant writing. If we exceed our goal, we will put the funds toward the future sustainability of the Backyard Growers Program.
Help us Spread the Word!
Forward this indiegogo campaign to your people.Like and follow Backyard Growers on Facebook.
Lara Lepionka
WHAT A DAY!!!! The pier is all fixed and it did not take long to have swimmers jumping off.
Don MacEachern told me about his experiences as a teenager in the ’40s in Gloucester making oilskins for the fishermen.
Good Harbor Beach was ready for a perfect day to Tan UP…….
Last month, we previewed Chronicle star Ted Reinstein’s new book (see post here) with Motif #1 on the cover.
Tonight’s Chronicle at 7:30pm on Channel 5 previews his book for the first time on TV — and it features a segment on Gloucester & Cape Ann. Don’t Miss it!
After the show, take advantage of this gorgeous weather and check out over a dozen artists playing live tonight around Cape Ann tonight. See the full schedule here.
Excited to be playing again @ Giuseppe’s Ristorante, Gloucester, Ma tonight from 8:25-45pm, some amazing singer/songwriters on the bill tonight including ex Velvet Underground member Willie Loco Alexander, and local superstar Chelsea Berry among others… speaking of Chelsea, she’s also our featured artist tonight at 10pm at the Dogbar Capeann. It’s gonna be a BIG night in Gloucester….come early for the DJDK dinner set.
Brad Byrd
http://www.bradbyrdofficial.com/
The newest element of Rockport Motif No.1 Festival is the Short Film Festival. Festival organizer and GMG’s Sarah Kelly writes that, “one of the goals of the festival is to help create grass-roots interest in Rockport as a place to work across the arts, and as a place that encourages working artists outside a historical context.”
All the short film entries accepted are screening on both Friday and Saturday. On Friday at 7:30pm at the Rockport Community House hear filmmaker Emile Doucette talk about his work and his short film “Homemade Parade” which captures the unique spirit of Cape Ann. On Saturday, at the Old Firehouse Trust, the screening events begin at 3pm. I will be giving a brief talk about my BomBom Butterflies short film and forthcoming film, Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly.
I am so excited to have been invited to be part of the first ever Rockport Short Film Festival and I hope to see you there!!
Saturday, May 18th at 3 pm
Motif 1 Short Film Festival Screening in the Old Firehouse Trust.
Your Motif No.1 Day Festival Guide HERE on GMG!
From: Island Art and Hobby;
“What an amazing day to take your art outside. The 15% off sale is still on.. Stop in and grab some paint and a canvas, or a sketch book and some graphic pencils, and create something beautiful. Have a great day !”
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPECIALS AND DEALS
Good Morning Gloucester 