Rep. Ferrante named 2014 “Champion of Small Business”
This Thursday Representative Ferrante (D-Gloucester) will be recognized by the National Coalition for Capital (NCFC) as a 2014 “Champion of Small Business” award winner.
As state representative, Ferrante has been a champion for small business. This past fiscal year, she worked with MassDevelopment to restructure Cape Pond Ice so that it would in business and able to grow services rather than go out of business. She led the way to securing $100,000 to fund the start-up cost of Gloucester Harbor CDC. She promoted and funded a seafood marketing program to increase consumer demand and preference for local seafood products and support for the commonwealth’s fishing and seafood industry and the residents and communities that benefit from these activities.
In addition, Rep. Ferrante has been a leader for the following accomplishments:
- Secured funds for regional tourist councils
- Established a state-wide sales tax holiday
- Passed lobster tail sales legislation
- Increased funding for MA growth capital
- $2M for innovation commercialization
- Created a 3% tax credit for small farms and fisheries
- Expanded small business banking partnerships to increase investment in small business
“I am humbled an honored to receive this award. I share this award with the business owners in our district who have taught me many lessons about the successes and challenges of small businesses as an attorney and as a state representative. I look forward to working with the Cape Ann business community to create a business climate and to give small business the support and tools needed to create much needed well-paying jobs.”
The NCFC advocates innovative access to capital policies that enable the growth of small businesses. As a non-profit, nationwide coalition of leaders the NCFC supports economic development and job creation through long-term access to capital for entrepreneurs and emerging companies. In addition, the NCFC serves as a sounding board for elected officials across the country to share “best practices” within their state or community.
Kapetanopoulos Sculpture Show
A two-week solo show of Lanesville sculptor David Kapetanopoulos will open this Sunday, October 12th at a public receptin from 2:00-4:00 PM. Kapetanopoulos, who has been a member of the RAA for 30 years, works in many mediums of sculpture: bronze, wood and granite. He received his training at Boston University, graduating in 1975. Subsequently, he worked at C.B. Fisk Organ Company carving the beautiful and intricate casings for their world reknowned organs until he opened his Lanesville studio. His work is both bold and beautiful, capturing elements of nature and the human form.
The Kapetanopoulos show will be on view until October 23rd at the RAA’s 12 Main Street Galleries. The free public reception is open to all.
Paul Strisik, N.A.: The Artist & His Collection
Opening on October 4th, the works of internationally acclaimed artist Paul Strisik, N.A. continues in the RAA’s Hibbard & Maddocks Galleries. This world-class exhibition has two components: the exceptionally beautiful works of Strisik, as well as the works of other artists Strisik and his wife Nancy collected over the years. Each part features over 100 works.
Paul Strisik studied at the Art Student’s League under Paul Dumond. His landscapes, seascapes and still lifes reflect a pristine and sparkling look at the world: the Southwest, Europe, the Canadian Rockies and, of course, our native New England. Drawing on his extensive travels, the still life work encompasses many of the artifacts from his travels, and offers the viewer a sensory feast. The collection also reflects the vast travels of Paul and Nancy. Although many of the artists are from Cape Ann, most of the work highlights that of friends and fellow artists the Strisiks met thoughout this country and Europe.
Both the Kapetanopoulos Show and the Strisik retrospective are open and free to the public. As the gallery’s hours will change after the Columbus Day holiday, please visit the RAA’s webstie at http://www.rockportartassn.org or call 978-546-6604 for more information.
Greg Verga writes-
Joey,
My high school band has reunited and we are planning our first public performance for November 22 at the GFC (see attached flyer for details) as a food drive/fund raiser for The Open Door.
I think it’s an interesting story – three local guys playing live for the first time in nearly 30 years.
The band is:
Greg Verga bass, guitar, keys
Paul Brancaleone lead guitar, keys
Peter Favazza guitar, bass, vocals
and new member Mark Bedrosian (former GHS assistant principal) drums
We really want to fill the place so we can help The Open Door stock up for the holiday season.
Cape Ann Families is seeking teen volunteers to serve as mentors to children ages 5 to 12 years. This one-on-one relationship can help strengthen self-esteem, improve academic performance and reduce isolation for children. Mentors participate in a 12-week training session on Thursday afternoons beginning October 30th. If interested, please contact Hailey Granger at hgranger@pw4c.org or at 978-281-2400 ext. 110.
Hailey Granger, LICSW
Family Services Coordinator-Cape Ann Families
Pathways For Children
The Gloucester Area Astronomy club is hosting an evening of astronomical music Saturday evening October 11 with a performance of “Musical Explorations of the Messier Catalogue of Star Clusters and Nebulae” by NY composer and pianist Bruce Lazarus. The series of short pieces will be accompanied by projected Hubble images of each Messier Object in turn.
Saturday’s concert runs from 7:00 to 8:00 at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Parking is plentiful and free. Admission is just $5, to help cover our costs in bringing Bruce to Cape Ann. The church is here: https://goo.gl/maps/JQz6F
Join us! You’ll be completely floored by this work — it is serious, topical, accessible music, and enormous fun. Bruce is a music Ph.D., a Juilliard graduate, and the Messier Cycle is his Major Opus. Before the concert Bruce will speak for a few minutes on the pieces and how they were composed, what to listen for and what to expect. You can read about him here, http://bit.ly/Y5N1k8 and preview some of the pieces at http://bit.ly/1ltr8oM. You will be really surprised by this music!
Sargent House Lecture Event, 10/25, 3PM
Free Exercise: the First Amendment, the Founders, and the meaning of Religious Tolerance
3 PM, October 25
The INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
10 Church street
Gloucester, MA
Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum Present: Provisioning Ships in the 19th Century
What Is Lobscouse Anyway? Provisioning Sailing Ships in the 19th Century
Sandy Oliver
Wednesday October 22, 2014
How did they ever provision clipper ships when they traveled for as long as 2 to 3 years at a time? Why didn’t the food go bad? How did supplies last for that long with no refrigeration? Come ready to ask Sandy Oliver your questions about this time period on the high seas. Sandy is pioneering food historian beginning her work in 1971 at Mystic Seaport Museum, where she developed a fireplace cooking program in an 1830s house. After moving to Maine in 1988, Sandy wrote, Saltwater Foodways: New Englanders and Their Foods at Sea and Ashore in the 19th Century published in 1995.
Besides food history work, Sandy is a freelance food writer with the column Taste Buds appearing each weekend in the Bangor Daily News, and regular columns in Downeast Magazine, Maine Boats, Homes, and Harbors magazine and The Working Waterfront. Her most recent book is Maine Home Cooking: 175 Recipes from Downeast Kitchens. She is the author of The Food of Colonial and Federal America published in fall of 2005, and Giving Thanks: Thanksgiving History and Recipes from Pilgrims to Pumpkin Pie which she co-authored with Kathleen Curtin. Most recently, the recipes from Saltwater Foodways has been compiled in a paper back book entitled The Saltwater Foodways Companion Cookbook.
She often speaks to historical organizations and food professional groups around the country, organizes historical dinners, and conducts classes and workshops in food history and in sustainable gardening and cooking. Sandy lives on Islesboro, an island in Penobscot where she gardens, preserves, cooks and teaches sustainable lifeways. Her books will be available for sale.
Please join us on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 7:00 p. m. in the Waterline Center at the Shipbuilding Museum, 66 Main Street, Essex Admission $10 members, $12 nonmembers. Light refreshments will be served. Visit www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org or call 978-768-7541
Saturday October 11th, from 10-noon
PLANT SALE, SWAP AND GIVE AWAY
This Saturday, Generous Gardeners is having their annual Plant Sale, Swap and Give Away on the Boulevard near the Fishermen’s Wives Memorial. Fall is a great time to plant for next year’s beauty. All volunteers who care for Gloucester City gardens including traffic circles and memorials are welcome to take away plants for free. Anyone who brings a plant can swap for any other plant.
Please come and support our volunteers who have cared for the boulevard gardens, behind the police station and many other place around the City.
Saturday October 18th at 9:00 am Bulb Planting
Generous Gardeners has purchased 1,000 tulip bulbs for the Fishermen’s Wives Memorial and 1,000 daffodil bulbs for behind the police station. We are looking for volunteers to help plant on Saturday, October 18th. We will meet first at the Fishermen’s Wives.
Thank you for posting. Contact Susan Kelly susan@generousgardeners.org if there are questions.
Susan
Good Morning Gloucester 