Month: April 2014

From Pop Gallery

Here’s Marty With Son Brian at Carnegie Hall Where They Performed.

Hey Joey! Backyard Growers has a lot going on! Any chance you could post our stuff? Do I need to give you the actual links and photos or is it easy for you just to pop in our Constant Contact thing below? Just trying to make your life easier ; ) Anyway, if you need the actual link for “Click here to vote” it is http://www.seedsofchangegrant.com. Thanks Joey!

Join Backyard Growers at our upcoming events!

The week of April 14th is filled with Backyard Growers events! 

The annual miracle is about to occur. Winter will yield to spring and gardening season will return! Time to get ready! 

Join us for a free Fruit Tree Workshop

Learn how to prune, revitalize,and harvest overgrown fruit trees as a way of growing food for each other, connecting our community, and celebrating our heritage. People will learn how to work on their own trees, and receive training as a group so we can tend to fruit trees in selected downtown and East Gloucester neighborhoods.  

Workshop Instructor: James Harrison, North Shore Director of The Food Project

When: Wednesday, April 16, 5:30-6:30 PM(location TBD)

Limited spots available. To register contact John Sarrouf.

Movie Night! Come watch Growing Cities!

Calling all backyard, community, and schoolyard gardeners! And friends of people who garden!

Join Backyard Growers and Cape Ann Community Cinema for a screening of Growing Cities, a film about urban agriculture and sustainable food systems. Stick around after the film and participate in a panel discussion with youth from The Food Project, one of the organizations featured in the film.

Where: Cape Ann Community Cinema, 21 Main Street

When: Thursday,

April 17, 7:30 PM

Ticket prices are $10 adults, $8.50 students & seniors, and a special discount for BYG and CACC members. A portion of the ticket sales goes to Backyard Growers to support our programming. 

Purchase your tickets here!

Shop for Spring Seedlings & Seeds

We have lots of lovely spring items for sale at the upcoming Cape Ann Farmers’ Market. 

We have spring seedlings for a buck each (broccoli, kale, Swiss chard, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower),  High Mowing Seeds, and cool Backyard Growers t-shirts.

First and second year Backyard Growers will receive free seeds and seedlings–don’t forget to come and pick up your free stuff!

Where: Unitarian Universalist Church, 10 Church Street

When: Saturday,

April 19, 9 AM-12 PM

We’re looking forvolunteers to help us on distribution day. Current Backyard Growers have their participation fee waived or returned in exchange for volunteering. Sign up to volunteer her

Hi, Joey,   Could you include following in GMG? Thanks.
BOOK LAUNCH  TUESDAY APRIL 8 ROCKPORT LIBRARY AT 7:30
THE WIFE AND I: WALKS IN THE WOODS AND LANES OF CAPE ANN 1958 & 1959
Sarah Clark will be presenting power power slides of old and present Rockport and reading from her new book a compilation of her father, Jim Clark’s writings. Jim wrote a popular column recounting his walks with “the wife” and later also the pugnacious pooch, Molly, around Rockport and sometimes Gloucester for the Gloucester Times from 1958-1966.  Books will be available at the event and later at Toad Hall, The Bookstore and Tuck’s.  A portion of the profits benefit the Sandy Bay Historical Society, sponsor of the event.

Gloucester Area Astronomy Club April 11 Meeting

Eclipses are coming!

At our Friday April 11 meeting, GAAC favorite Jim Koerth will show us everything we ever wanted to know about eclipses in general, the moon in particular, and even more in particular, the two lunar eclipses we’re expecting this year — one in April and another in October. And there are another two eclipses coming up in 2015, so come to GAAC and be prepared!

Jim’s talk will focus on the mechanics of eclipses, lunar and solar, here and on other planets, and will touch on lunar geography and even the role of eclipses in the search for planets around other stars. Come on in for the usual good times and good eats, and a great, informative talk. You’ll leave looking at the moon differently!

The Gloucester Area Astronomy Club meets from 8:00 pm to about 9:30 on April 11 at the Lanesville Community Center, 8 Vulcan Street in Lanesville. There are no costs or fees, and the public is encouraged to attend. See more on our Facebook page,http://www.facebook.com, our website athttp://gaac.us, or follow us on twitter, @gaactweet

Dory prep rain delay!

For those of you who read the schedule of events sent to you recently by the IDRC, you noticed we have scheduled a dory prep day at Eastern Ave. Self Storage this Saturday April 5^th.  But, due to the forecasted rain, we will be moving to Sunday April 6^th, meeting around 9 AM.  We will need some bodies at least to move the boats around (un-nest a pair).  Then, we will be scraping and sanding.  The whole process should take less than 2 hours, so if you have some time please come down and lend a hand for a good cause!!

License plate voting

Sent from my Galaxy S®III

Thank you, Joey! 
Here’s our mission statement: 

Downtown Magnolia is undergoing a revitalization. At the heart of this transformation, is a gathering spot that will bring people together. Owner/Developer Eric Loiacano has partnered with the Serenitee Restaurant Group to build a restaurant that will serve as that meeting place for the community. 
Appropriately named 525, the restaurant’s neighbors may be the only ones to get the connection reference, but everyone is going to love the food! 525 will feature creative tavern fare with New England staples, served in a comfortable setting. The bar will boast great cocktails, wines by the glass and ice cold beers. With plenty of outdoor seating available, 525 will be the perfect après beach destination this summer.  
525 will be opening on Thursday, May 8th