Drop off your unwanted scrap metal at the Magnolia Historical Society April 26 through May 3, 2014 at 46 Magnolia Avenue, Gloucester, MA.
Month: April 2014
April 18, 2014: Homie and Rubber Duck’s Third Anniversary
Homie and Rubber Duck’s First Anniversary
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Help Needed at Larcom Theatre in Beverly
We are looking for people who would like to help at the Larcom Theater for our 2014 Season. See current shows here. More will be announced soon.
Ushers get to see the show for free and help others enjoy their show experience! Ushers assist our patrons in finding their assigned seats and provide playbills to patrons. The ushers then take a seat in the theatre during the show in order to address any needs that audience members may have.
If you are interested please call Peter or Vickie at 978-525-9093. 
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More fun with Radio Ads & Adobe Premiere
Some of you may remember the last time I added visuals to a radio ad and made a video. Well I’ve done it again for our UU Meetinghouse benefit next Friday, April 25 featuring local stars 3rian King, Chelsea Berry, Renee Dupuis, Joe Cardoza and Dennis Monagle with Boston-based Meff and Brendan Burns, all of whom “come together” as The Number Nines for a fresh take on The Beatles.
CREDITS: Music by The Number Nines; radio ad produced by Jay Foss of Northshore 104.9; most of the photos by Louise Welch & Philip Doyle; the Number Nines logo by 3rian King. Poster design by Vickie Van Ness.
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Khalil Gibran Quote of the Week from Greg Bover
Khalil Gibran Quote of the Week from Greg Bover
April 11, 2014
“Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.”
Khalil Gibran (1883-1931)
Born in Lebanon when it was still a part of the Ottoman Empire, Gibran moved to Boston’s South End as a child, but returned to his native country for later education. He lost his mother, a sister, and a brother in the space of a year when he was still a teenager, and was supported by an older sister. His drawing and painting drew the notice of Fred Holland Day, an avant-garde Boston artist and publisher who introduced him to the staid New England art community, but it was his 1923 collection of inspirational poetic prose, The Prophet, which gained him widespread notoriety. Never out of print, and rediscovered by the counterculture generation of the 1960’s, he is one of the best-selling poets of all time. Among the many memorials to Gibran around the world one resides in Copley Square.
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Largest Bluefin ever caught! World Record?!
A robotic submarine has completed its first successful scan of the seabed in the hunt for the missing Malaysian plane, but investigators say tests have ruled out that a nearby oil slick came from the aircraft.
The Bluefin-21’s first two missions were cut short by technical problems and deep water, but the unmanned submarine managed to complete a full 16-hour scan of the seabed far off Australia’s west coast overnight. Data was still being analysed but nothing of note had yet been discovered. The sub has now scanned 90 sq km (35 sq miles) of the Indian Ocean floor.
| Diameter | 21 in (53 cm) |
| Length | 16.2 ft (493 cm) |
| Weight (Dry) | 1,650 lb (750 kg) |
| Buoyancy | ~ 16 lb (7.3 kg) net positive |
| Lift Points | 1 (located mid-vehicle) |
| Depth Rating | 14,763 ft (4,500 m) |
| Endurance | 25 hours @ 3 knots with standard payload |
| Speed | Up to 4.5 knots |
| Energy | 13.5 kWh of total energy Nine 1.5 kWh battery packs Lithium-polymer, pressure-tolerant |
| Propulsion | Gimbaled, ducted thruster for propulsion and control |
| Navigation | Real-time accuracy ≤ 0.1% of D.T. CEP 50 INS, DVL, SVS and GPS USBL tracking with vehicle position updates |
| Antenna | Integrated — GPS, RF, Iridium and strobe |
| Communications | RF, Iridium and acoustic; Ethernet via shore power cable |
| Safety Systems | Fault and leak detection, dropweight, acoustic tracking transponder, strobe, RDF and Iridium (all independently powered) |
| Software | GUI-based Operator Tool Suite |
| Data Management | 4 GB flash drive for vehicle data Plus additional payload storage |
| Standard Payloads (others available) |
EdgeTech 2200-M 120/410 kHz side scan sonar (option: EdgeTech 230/850 kHz dynamically focused) EdgeTech DW-216 sub-bottom profiler Reson 7125 400 kHz multibeam echosounder |
| For information on the BPAUV configuration, please download the Bluefin-21 BPAUV Product Sheet. | |
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Traditional Easter Egg Bunny Cookies Officially Ready for Delivery!
After a two day baking event, the “Bunny Cookies” are officially ready for our family and friends. Now onto cooking and setting tables!
BJ teaching Michelle how to make the perfect Bunny Cookie. Your never to old to make Bunny Cookies!
Karlee Lorden stopped by last week to make Bunny Cookies for the first time … I think she will be back next year!
Send us your Easter Bunny Egg Cookie Photos …We would love to share them on GMG’s Sista’s Dish!
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Gloucester High Photograpy Students Leave For Tour Of Italy
Gloucester High School Photography class is officially off to Italia with Tom and Jacqueline Underwood. The GHS students would like to Thank everyone for supporting their fundraiser last November held at Cruisport Gloucester!
Lillian LoGrasso Writes ~ “Alessia has been asking to go to Italy for many years so when The Underwood’s said they wanted to take a group to Italy, she was ecstatic! We are so grateful for this opportunity and blessed to live in such an amazing city!”
Click see more for trip details ! Continue reading “Gloucester High Photograpy Students Leave For Tour Of Italy”
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Vote For Homie
Our good friend, Homie, is feeling slighted…to say the least…that his friends, in this otherwise adoring and faithful community that we call GMG, let him down. I, for one, am ashamed. I think that possibly I am not alone in this. Joey, Craig Kimberly, and James + Anna Eves brought this oversight to light in a recent podcast…and since then, each time I see Homie, I feel bad.
How is it that no one made certain that his likeness, as iconic and symbolic as it is, was put up for consideration in the Cape Ann License Plate Design Contest? And I don’t mean that itty bitty homie that is sharing the stage with a lobster, sailboat, pier, etc. in one of the designs. Homie should be center stage. Although that particular design is lovely, as are the others…they’re just not homie.
Bygones. Let’s just move on. I have taken it upon myself to create a Homage to Homie Plate…which may or may not be illegal. I have slightly accessorized him to add to the global appeal. Feel free to print/copy and join the Homie Revolution.
For those of you who have been under a rock and don’t know what all of this homie talk is about….put “Homie” in the search bar and see all of his claims to fame.
To see the original plate designs…minus our mad seagull, See: You Can Influence the Voting
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Community Photos 4/18/14
Beaches Are Cool and Open From Brianmoc
Vivian Maier (and Kevin Henry’s Hand) Represent! at The Showcase Theater In Asbury Park, NJ
good morning joey,
there was a lot of buzz about this enigmatic woman and the movie. it is well worth seeing. this was yesterday at the showcase theater, asbury park, nj.
kevin
From Maritime Gloucester’s Executive Director, Thomas Balf: “Thanks again to all who were involved in this Saturday’s First Gloucester Harbor Marine Debris Cleanup. We estimate more than 70 people participated at sites around the harbor, and we collected more than 100 bags of waste and recycling. In one hour! The students in boats, in concert with the land patrols, were very successful. Thanks to Rachael Miller and the Rozalia Project for their initiative, leadership and resources. And to Hiltz Waste Disposal for their corporate support. And to each individual. It is these type of events that can demonstrate that we are not alone and that collectively we can make a difference. I think we were all shocked when we reconvened at the dock at Maritime Gloucester and saw both the numbers of people involved and the quantity of marine debris collected. I think I share the sentiment when I say that the efforts of others, and the extent of the problem, has motivated me to do more.”
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Friday April 18th , 2014 Cape Ann Weather..
Marine Forecast …..
Small Craft Advisory ..
Fri E winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the morning. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
Fri Night E winds 5 to 10 kt…becoming NE after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Patchy fog. Vsby 1 to 3 nm.
Friday Video Forecast…
Hourly Forecast…
Week Ahead …
Have a wonderful Easter Everyone!
Thanks for viewing …
GMG weatherman
Peter Lovasco…
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Sidewalk sweeping and earth day
Everyday should be Earth day. Please see the following information from Patti Amaral.
Hello Donna, here is a couple of pictures one for sidewalk sweeping and one for earth day. The one sweeping is for sidewalk sweeping and the dog with the recycling is for earth day. I figured you could put a caption “ Even a dog can help cleanup for Earth Day” and recycle too. Sidewalk sweeping is April 19th. The Building Center of Gloucester sponsors our Sidewalk Sweeping Day with a ad in the Gloucester Times asking residents to join in and sweep our sidewalks. We ask residents to sweep their sidewalks keeping it in small piles so that the street sweeping machine can pick it up.
Earth Day is April 26th. from 9-12 at Stage Fort Park. Wolf Hill has generously donated a pansy for children to take home. We are also again asking for donations for the Open Door asking if volunteers can bring fresh fruits and veggies for the pantry. I have contacted Joey and we are suppose to get together to do something for earth day but I thought a little information ahead of time will hopefully let people know to save the date and such. Thank you for your help and if you need anything else from me just let me know. Patti Peace
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Community Stuff 4/18/14
Foreign Affairs New Menu
Who needs Prada, Gucci and Jimmy Choo? This spring, it’s TIN CAN SALLY who has the cutting edge on shoe design! Sally’s newest collection of tin artwork, titled ‘TINDERELLA COMPLEX’ is on display at Local Colors Artists’ Cooperative, 121 Main St. Gloucester, from April 19 – May 9. Gallery hours: 10-6pm daily. 978-283-3996 http://www.local-colors.org/
Knowles Fireworks Painting Raffle
Joey, here is the painting we are raffling at $50 per ticket. The painting will be at the Cruiseport event on April 30th.
“Rockport Illuminations”
30 x 40 inches oil
framed
Ken Knowles
THEATRE IN THE PINES – MAY PERFORMANCE – THE HEIRESS
Nan Webber, Artistic Director, Theatre in the Pines, announced the spring production will be, THE HEIRESS by Ruth and Augustus Goetz adapted from the novel Washington Squareby Henry James. Performances will take place at Spiran Hall, located at 18 Broadway on the corner of Broadway and School Street in Rockport. Performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. on May 15, 16, 17 and May 18th at 3 p.m.
The background of the play is Washington Square, New York City, during the latter part of the 19th Century.
A shy, plain young woman Catherine Sloper, falls desperately in love with a delightful young man named Morris Townsend.
Larry Cook and Heidi Pulkkinen are the two leading actors in this production. Audiences loved them in “Summer and Smoke, ”
and they are electric in this stunning production of THE HEIRESS.
Tickets are now available at Toad Hall Bookstore, 47 Main Street, Rockport; The Gloucester Book Store, 61 Main Street, Gloucester and at all performances.
Performed many years ago by Theatre in the Pines, “Arsenic and Old Lace,” has been requested many, many times to return.
The September production, “Arsenic and Old Lace,” will take place at the Shalin Liu Performance Center 37 Main Street, Rockport on September 12 at 7:30 p.m., September 13 at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. and September 14 at 2:30 p.m.
In spring of 2015 the Theatre in the Pines, will produce a gala production of Romeo and Juliet.
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The Demolition Of Newell Stadium From The GHS Film Club
Hello All,
Yesterday the Gloucester High School Film Club uploaded a short video documenting the demolition of Newell Stadium from the fall of 2012. It really is worth taking 4 minutes to watch. Check it out here:
Shaun Goulart
Social Studies Teacher
Gloucester High School
Editor’s Note From Joey:
You know I scheduled this post before watching the video and then went back and viewed it. I didn’t think about it til the scenes were unfolding but what history those stands held. As a player or as a spectator. All those beams and seats supporting the crowds throughout the years being dismantled. I’m sure it held a ton of great memories for people. Thanks to the GHS Film club for documenting the demolition.
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Jesse Cook Last Night at the Wilbur!
On a whim, and for no particular event, birthday, or anniversary celebration, I purchased tickets to take my guitar-playing husband, Tom, to hear the mesmerizing, evocative, and GORGEOUS music of Jesse Cook and Company. He loved it and I am a huge fan now, too. On stage last night, Cook announced that they are returning to Boston this summer to play at Copley Square and I hope to find out more about this upcoming performance.
Cook is thought to be the most influential figure in nuevo flamenco guitar and his music is richly infused by many forms of music from around the world including Egyptian, Armenian, and American jazz and blues.
As they did in this live performance at the Rose Theatre, Jesse and the band came into the audience last night at the Wilbur to perform their second encore.
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How Attracting Wild Bees and Butterflies to Farms Can Save Farmers Money
Well written and interesting article from author Richard Conniff ~
“Luring local pollinators to farms can pay for itself in four short years, according to a new study.
Right now in Washington and Oregon, 380,000 honeybee hives are at work pollinating cherry, pear, and apple orchards. Last month, a million hives—three-quarters of the nation’s entire stock of commercial honeybees—were pollinating almonds in the Central Valley of California. Pollination by insects is an essential service, necessary for 71 percent of the top 100 crops worldwide. But it has also become alarmingly expensive and uncertain, as colony collapse disorder and other problems have doubled or tripled the cost of renting honeybee hives.
Why not let native pollinators do the same work for free?
That might be a good idea, except that populations of wild pollinators have also collapsed, largely because intensive agriculture has eaten up huge swaths of former habitat, with no end in sight. When researchers in Utah and Illinois recently looked at four North American bumblebee species, they found that their geographic range had shrunk by as much as 87 percent, and their population by as much as 96 percent, with a significant share of the loss having occurred within the past 20 years.
The developing concern over a different kind of national security—pollinator security—recently led the White House for the first time to include a pollinator garden in its plantings, with the aim of supporting bees and monarch butterflies and drawing attention to their crucial role in food production. A group called Make Way for Monarchs is lobbying for large-scale federal action ahead of National Pollinator Week in June. (It has also called on Americans to “join us in a day of action and contemplation for imperiled pollinators” today.)
Of potentially more lasting impact is that some farmers have begun to ask whether introducing flower strips, hedgerows, and other forms of habitat in the margins of their farms might bring back wild pollinators—and ensure that their crops will get the pollen they need to bear fruit. A new study in the Journal of Applied Ecology adds to the growing evidence that it can work.”
Read the complete article here.
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Off Island: New Orleans
Priestess Miriam at the Voodoo Spiritual Temple, New Orleans.
Here is a short slideshow. A video will be posted in a few days.
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Trail to Ocean Lawn
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Gollum says Hobbit House Studio is Preciousssss
I wanted to come up with something new for Hobbit House Studio. I thought Gollum and his “precious” was appropriate. You have to know J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” to appreciate. Is it too over the top?
“A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.”
J.R.R. Tolkein
Elynn Kroger and John Nesta are also usually open on the weekends (and during the week too). The Rudder has reopened, and The Studio should be opening soon. In a minute, all of Rocky Neck will be happening again.
E.J. Lefavour
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Rare Bag Tree Coming Into Bloom
Go visit Joey at Capt. Joe & Sons to see it. People tend to pick the blossoms, or they blow away in the wind, so don’t last long.
E.J. Lefavour
Good Morning Gloucester 