Month: July 2014
Aurelia Nelson Gives Chazz Palminteri Sista Felicia’s Cookbook
A Bronx Tale is in my top 10 all time movies, my favorite scene was in the bar when the bikers came in and Chazz delivers the classic line- “Now Youse Can’t Leave.” You gotta watch the YouTube clip of that scene just below this picture.
Aurelia Nelson is the host of Curtain Up on North Shore 104.9 and has been hosting the movie nights at The Harbor Walk. Her show Curtain Up! with Aurelia Nelson airs Sundays 9 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. You can listen to the last Curtain Up taped July 21 by clicking here
If you need a quick gift idea or would like to treat yourself and your family you can purchase one of Sista Felicia’s Cookbooks here-
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Friday July 25th , 2014 Cape Ann Weather..
Marine Forecast :
Today NW winds 5 to 10 kt…becoming SW 5 to 15 kt this afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Tonight SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
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Community Stuff 7/25/14
Joey,
This sweet juvenile tabby cat showed up at my door this evening. (Thursday) He is a sweet, vocal tabby with white boots. He seems to be well cared for and lost, not a stray. Could you please share with your readers and help him find his way home?
Found on Middle St. near the Boulevard.
Vickie Grassman
Hi Joey,
Everyone had such a good time dancing on the wooden floor at the American Legion that we’ll be back there again this Friday, July 25. The dancing gets underway promptly at 7:30 PM with live music by the Cape Ann House Contra Band. As always, we hope new dancers will join us. Everyone is welcome. No experience is necessary. All dances are taught.
A donation of $10 is requested of each dancer. Dancers under 16 are free.
Potluck contributions of non-alcoholic drinks as well as finger snack foods are welcome to be brought and shared during the break. Water bottles are recommended to reduce our use of paper cups.
This event is supported in part by a grant from the Gloucester Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Cape Ann Contra Dance can be contacted at capeanncontradance@gmail.com
Find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/CapeAnnContraDance
Hi Joey! Please help us spread the word about this Cruise.
The Suicide rate among veterans and active duty is double and even triple the rates of civilians at a rate of almost 1 per hour, every day!
22+ Veterans and 1 Active duty Soldier takes their own life each day.
In 2012 more soldiers died by their own hand, than in combat. Suicide was the #1 cause of death within our military that year.
It takes all of us to prevent suicide! So please, step up and act. Reach out to a friend, family member, veteran in need.
Veteran Crisis line: 1-800-273-8255 (press 1)
Artistry of the Guitar with Ken Bonfield
with Raymond Gonzalez and Adam Miller
Saturday, July 26, 7:30 PM
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester.
Gloucester MA— Gloucester resident, and master guitarist Ken Bonfield will host an Artistry of the Guitar in-the-round concerts at The Cultural Center in Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson St., Gloucester, MA on Saturday July 26th with special guests Cape Ann’s own Raymond Gonzalez and all the way from Australia, Adam Miller. The concert starts at 7:30pm and tickets are $15 at the door. Doors open at 7pm; there will be light refreshments. Each show will start with a short solo set from each artist followed by a short intermission and then a second set with all three guitarists in-the-round swapping songs and stories and sitting in on each others compositions.
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The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, the official Welcome Center for Rocky Neck and home of the Art Colony, hosts exhibitions, workshops, meetings, lectures and cultural events of all kinds. The Center accommodates 60 to 80 people and is fully handicapped accessible. For information about renting the facility for a meeting, theatrical or musical performance, a small wedding or anniversary, both private or for the community, contact the coordinator at rnaccoordinator@gmail.com.
Upcoming Artist Workshops on Rocky Neck
August and September 2014
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester.
Gloucester MA— The Rocky Neck Art Colony is proud to provide the Cultural Center for these upcoming workshops by distinguished artists:
August Midsummer Day Art – One-day workshop with artist Lully Schwartz
August 6, 2014 at 9am – 4pm.
Techniques for painting and/or drawing indoors and en plein air in oil, watercolor, acrylic, acrylic and/or charcoal.
Cost: $210 / $185 for RNAC members.
To register contact Lully Schwartz at lullysart@gmail.com
Drawing as Process with Gabrielle Barzaghi
Aug 9 & 11, 2014 at 10am – 3pm and Aug 10, 2014 at 12:15-5:15pm
This three-day workshop is about experimentation and the image making process. Students will work on a series of drawings from an object of their choice and move past the obvious into the realm of symbolism and metaphor by experimenting with expressive mark making, simplification, exaggeration, cropping, composition, scale, value and color.
Cost: $325 / $300 for RNAC members.
To register contact Gabrielle Bazaghi at gb@gabriellebarzaghi.com
Revolutionary Painting Techniques with Ekaterina Smirnova
September 3-5, 2014 at 9am – 12pm
This three-day water media workshop is for students who want to improve their painting techniques by experimenting with familiar media while breaking through traditional norms and loosening their style.
Cost: $200 / $150 for RNAC members.
To register contact Ekaterina Smirnova at k.a.smirnova@gmail.com
For more information on these workshops please visit http://mail.rockyneckartcolony.org and select “Newsletter”
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Lully M. Schwartz is a graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Mount Ida College. She enjoys her 25+ year career as a working artist and teacher. Her oil paintings and drawings are award winning, nationally exhibited and collected. Lully is a studied artist adept in art history, all media painting, printmaking and drawing. The Mill Pond Gallery, Long Island, Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, New York City, Armory Art Exhibition, Florida, the Cornell Museum of American Art and Culture, and Johnson & Johnson headquarters Gallery, New Jersey, are just a few of the galleries that have exhibited Lully’s art. Her work may be viewed through her websitewww.lullyschwartz.com. Mis. Schwartz, Vice President of the National Association of Women Artists, Inc. (MA Chapter).
Artist and educator Gabrielle Barzaghi is a Senior Lecturer at New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University and has taught college level drawing since 1980. She is represented by Trident Gallery. You may see her work at www.gabriellebarzaghi.com
Ekaterna Smirnova was Goetemann Resident Artist at Rocky Neck in 2012, and has painted and exhibited her way around the globe. Gloucester and Rocky Neck are fortunate to have her return to paint in the area this summer. You can follow her exciting travels and view the resulting work on her blog, http://ekaterinasmirnova.wordpress.com .
In 2006 she became a member of the Art Students League of NY where she has been developing her style ever since. In the past 5 years, Ekaterina has received numerous awards in juried shows by the Salmagundi Club, Allied Artists of America, the Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, and other art organizations.
RAA Events Week of July 18th
Demonstrations:
Tuesday, July 28th – 7:00 PM
Paul George in Watercolor
RAA Members Free/ Nonmembers $5.00
Wednesday, July 30th – 7:00 PM
Line Tutwiler in Oil Painting
RAA Members Free/Nonmembers $5.00
Classes For Adults: $30.00/class
Thursday, July 31st – 9:00-1:00
Carole Loiacono Outdoor Watercolor Class
Friday, August 1st – 9:00-1:00
Susan Guest-McPhail Indoor Mixed Media Class
Wayne Morrell Retrospective Continues in the Maddocks Gallery through August 19th
YMCA Camp Spindrift community pool night
Good Morning
It is going to be a hot one today and potentially a busy night at Camp Spindrift!
Every Monday and Wednesday night for the summer the pool is FREE for YMCA members and only $2 per person (with a family maximum of $10) for the community
Great photo opportunity as well!
thank you in advance
Helene
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Best Clam Chowder In Town @ The Studio Resturant
Absolutely Outstanding! Two thumbs up Sista Felicia Approved!
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Here’s the Deal On Alchemy…
We will be reopening fall 2014 with Chef Paolo Laboa in the kitchen. Paolo’s menu will consist of genuine Northern Italian cuisine that showcases the freshest, local ingredients at approachable prices.
If you want to catch Paolo before the opening, he will be touring the Serenitee Group restaurants. Paolo will work the team to create a signature dish that reflects his interpretation of the restaurant’s cuisine.
Head to Facebook for more information on where Paolo is: https://www.facebook.com/AlchemyBistro
Thank you!
Sam
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Groundhog or Woodchuck (or Whistle-pig)?
Marmota monax
That’s precisely what I wondered when I encountered this large member of the order Rodentia at a job site recently. Our eyes locked for several moments as we both stood perfectly still, it trying to disguise itself as an inanimate object and me trying to take a snapshot. I took a step forward and off it burrowed back into its tunnel.
Google search reveals that groundhogs and woodchucks are one and the same species (Marmota monax) and the critters also go by the names of whistle-pig (I like this one best) and land-beaver. The name whistle-pig is derived from their behavior of emitting a high-pitched whistle to alert members of their colony of impending danger. Woodchuck stems from either an Algonquin or Narragansett name for the animal, wuchak.
Whistle-pigs are the largest members of the Squirrel Family, although you can’t see that in the above photo as this is a juvenile. They dwell in areas where woodland meets open space. All summer long whistle-pigs stuff their little furry faces with wild grasses, other wild plants, tree bark, berries, and agricultural crops to build their fat reserves for the long winter hibernation. They are notoriously destructive in gardens. We have yet to see any damage in the gardens at Willowdale due to the resident woodchuck family. I imagine they are finding enough food in the surrounding forest.
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Amazing View of Gloucester Harbor from the Tippy-top of the Paint Factory Chimney
Chimney restoration made possible with cultural preservation funds.
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Brought to you live
Sheila Foley of Stoneham, Ma. has found a nice little niche for herself. Among other creative endeavors she is a live event painter. She captures special events as they occur, or,when schedules conflict, she does on-site preliminary renditions which she competes later from photos taken at the event. Either way, what comes out is a unique way to remember important occasions.
Here, Sheila does some sketches of the pier at Maritime Gloucester in preparation for a live event painting of an upcoming engagement party.
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Summer time at Good Harbor
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Kitty Beer visits Gloucester
I met Kitty Beer on the Water Shuttle, she is an author who has published “Human Scale” Fiction – about Boston in 2062. where it is mostly under water. She also wrote “What Love Can’t Do” another fiction about portrayal of the consequences of global warming.
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Block Party Video By Cape Ann TV – Allen Estes & Will Hunt
Put A Good Buzz On – Allen Estes and Will Hunt at the Gloucester Block Party July 2014
Cape Ann TV Video shot by Chris Mullen, Steven Essery, James Frye, John Walker, Dylan Benson and Jim Capillo. Edited by Jim Capillo
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Windhover Performing Arts Center – Quarry Dance – August 1 & 2
WINDHOVER ANNOUNCES “QUARRY DANCE 3”
AT DEEP PIT QUARRY
111 HIGH ST., LANESVILLE, (GLOUCESTER) MA (01930)
ON
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2014 AT 5:30PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2014 AT 11:00AM & 5:30PM
FOLLOWING ON THE SUCCESS OF “QUARRY DANCE 2” IN 2013, WINDHOVER HAS INVITED CHOREOGRAPHER DUSAN TYNEK AND HIS COMPANY TO DEVELOP ANOTHER SITE-SPECIFIC QUARRY DANCE THIS SUMMER AT “DEEP PIT QUARRY” IN LANESVILLE TO BE PERFORMED ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 AT 5:30 PM AND SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 AT 11:00 AM AND 5:30PM. THE PERFORMANCES ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC. CONTRIBUTIONS ARE WELCOME.
  (NOTE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING SEATING, PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION BELOW.)
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Take Yourself Out to the Ball Game (and maybe bring the family)
Absolutely… spending a day at Fenway Park is one of the best ways to enjoy a day here in the Boston area, but, let’s be honest, it is not always that easy to score tickets that are affordable. Â And…if you have young children, you can’t guarantee they’ll care much about the game. Â I’ve seen more grumpy moms and dads grudgingly leave the ballpark because their young child was “done.” Â OR….you spend a gazillion dollars on ice cream, popcorn, peanuts, cotton candy, big foam fingers, Wallys, inflatable bats, and other souvenirs as tokens of hush money….all to no avail. Â 3rd inning…out the door.
I’ll never recover from a day a few years ago when I brought Thatcher onto the field with me pre game to take photos of the players warming up. Â He was a super cute 4 year old at the time and was wearing a “Pedroia” shirt. We walked past the dugout and Kevin Youkilis started to raz Thatch for not wearing his # instead. Within a minute Thatcher had the attention of Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis, and Josh Beckett. Â They were all chatting him up and joking with him and I couldn’t have been happier. Â Thatch?….you may ask. Â Over the moon?…you may assume. Well, not exactly. After a minute of tolerating the attention, he turned to me and said, “Can we go back to our seats before Finn eats all the popcorn?” Â Alrightly then. Â Bye guys.
So, while my boys are now old enough to love Red Sox games, and they get through a whole 9 innings or more with only a little bit of bribing, it is still something that we can really only pull off a couple of times each summer.
The solution?? Â Three words. Â Minor League Games! Â My boys are almost just as happy to head to the Lowell Spinners, the Pawtucket Red Sox (PawSox), and, hopefully soon, the Portland Sea Dogs. Â The venues are incredibly family friendly, affordable, and FUN. Â The children get much closer access to the players and can often times score themselves a run around the bases, an autograph opportunity, or a chance to catch something chucked into the stands in between innings.
I, just a moment ago, received an email from the Spinners reminding me of the Family Sleepover. Â Come on….talk about fun for kids! Â You go to the game, head back to the car for a minute, grab your tent and gear, set up shop, watch a movie on the scoreboard, and spend the night sleeping on the field.
If you have a budding baseball fan in the family and haven’t taken advantage of the minor league teams in our area, you’re missing out. Â I highly recommend looking into tickets….and, might I add, there really isn’t bad seat in any of those houses!
Play Ball my friends!
Family Sleep Over at the Lowell Spinners
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Hey! SAMAY!!
Hey! SAMAY!!
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The Crow’s Nest a welcoming atmosphere to wet your whistle
The Crow’s Nest was made even more famous after the movie The Perfect Storm, staring George Clooney, who when in Gloucester may stop in for a drink.
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Sista Felicia Nails It With This Pasta With the Gagooza, Egg and Grated Cheese
On Niles Beach, natch.
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Re-opening the Cape Ann Museum: From ceramic shards and Lane’s light to more than 1000 prisms
Click below for the video with Cape Ann Museum Director Ronda Faloon
Catherine Ryan writes-
RE-OPENING THE CAPE ANN MUSEUM with Director RONDA FALOON
Part 3 of 3: From ceramic shards and Lane’s light to more than 1000 prisms
In part 3 of touring the Cape Ann Museum’s recent renovation, Director Ronda Faloon heads upstairs and inspires several portrait shots by Joey Ciaramitaro.
designLAB Architects were tasked with orchestrating four projects for this Cape Ann Museum 2013-14 renovation. The museum required interior repairs and updates for older parts of the building “studs in” such as electrical, plumbing, fire and security systems. There was some necessary upkeep and care of fifty year old surfaces. Underutilized spaces were re-configured. Lastly, the renovation provided an opportunity to reinstall the permanent collection. Prior to this renovation, one of the museum’s last building projects was the Graham Gund master plan, a dramatic facility expansion and redesign begun in 1990 and completed in multi-stages so the museum could remain open.
It’s not easy to temporarily close a Cape Ann mainstay. In order to continue to encourage such a superb experience and repeat visitation, the Cape Ann Museum has continually improved. The museum has been in existence since the 1870s. The various buildings, architects and additions are part of its history and success in sharing the arts and culture of Cape Ann.
When the museum re-opens in August 2014 , as visitors ascend the familiar Graham Gund staircase to the second floor (or elevator—Cape Ann Museum is fully accessible), they’ll encounter a new gallery space custom designed for the massive and rare first order Fresnel Lens, one of 39 remaining in the United States. French physicist Augustine-Jean Fresnel designed these lens in the early 1820s. This one was manufactured in Paris, France, and installed on Thatcher Island in 1861. The lens is remarkable for the science and history and is just one of many objects of notable design in the museum’s collection.
Funding support also tells the story of a museum. This project was successful in raising 5 million for a capital campaign including funding from the Gloucester Community Preservation Act, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Henry Luce Foundation, the Wyeth Foundation for American Art, among others- and most recently the NEA for the upcoming Fitz Henry Lane Online project.
Although we could not pin her down on a new favorite spot to recommend (“Hopeful that folks will find their own!”)
THREE QUESTIONS FOR MUSEUM DIRECTOR RONDA FALOON
Congratulations on the successful capital campaign and major facilities renovation and collection updates! When did you start as Director?
“I worked as the Assistant Director from 2004-06 and was hired for the Director’s position in 2006. I’ve lived on Cape Ann for 25 years.”
How does it feel to be almost opening?
“10 months is a long time to be closed- I look forward to having people in the museum enjoying and enlivening the spaces! Everyone here on staff has done more than 200% to make this transformation a reality.”
Is there anything you’ll miss from the prior design?
“Change is hard and it was tough to see rooms you loved being disassembled, but now that they have been replaced with something wonderful it’s exciting! We are so grateful to the members, friends, and community for being so very generous and offering such broad support.”
SAVE THE DATES
August 16 – Cape Ann Museum Reopening Gala
August 19- Museum grand reopening to the public
August 21 – Members’ Reception
Cape Ann Museum website: www.capeannmuseum.org
Architect 2013-14 renovation: designLAB
Lighting designer: LAM Assoc
Exhibition consultant: Naomi Chapman
Display cases: Jeff Westlake
Locals businesses: Timberline, Spittle Electric, Hiltz, Clean Pro and many more
For more on the legacy of artists on Cape Ann and how important the Cape Ann Museum is…
LOOK UP this August to see Hopper, Homer, Hassam, Lane and more on billboards across the country. The Art Everywhere US campaign will feature works by American artists on displays, ads and transportation platforms across the country. Popular vote decided which images will go large. Visithttp://arteverywhereus.org/art-gallery to see the 58 works of art that were crowd sourced from high lights of 5 museums. Hopper, Homer, Lane, Hassam, Heade: images by artists with some Massachusetts and/or Cape Ann –and Cape Ann Museum–connections are represented. Edward Hopper’s Nighthawksat the Art Institute of Chicago received the most votes. Look for Homer’s Gloucester image, Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), from the National Gallery (which granted Gloucester permission for the Winslow Homer story moment marker for the Gloucester HarborWalk) and Lane’s Boston Harbor, Sunset, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Several artists have more than one image chosen (Homer, Cassatt, and O’Keefe to name a few).
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Thursday July 24th , 2014 Cape Ann Weather…
Marine Forecast :
Today NW winds 10 to 15 kt…becoming NE 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Patchy fog this morning with vsby 1 nm or less.
Tonight S winds around 5 kt…becoming W after midnight. Seas around 2 ft.
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Weekend And Beyond :
Thursday Quick Look !
Sat Night 8pm Fun Show no set guest call ins welcome http://www.dtmwickedradio.com
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Rose Cliff on East Main Street
Good Morning Gloucester 