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Month: May 2015
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Madhouse Just took the stage! Official kick off to Summer 2015! Does’nt get better than this!
Newly remodeled outdoor bar looks great !Toasty warm with outdoor heaters!
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Oscar Wilde Quote of the Week from Greg Bover
“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.”
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Born in Dublin to intellectual parents, Wilde was a leading light of the Aesthetics Movement, which included Whistler, Pater, Swinburne and Waugh among others, and celebrated beauty for its own sake rather than the social uplift it might provide as championed by Ruskin et alia. Better known for his incomparable satiric plays such as The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde’s sole novel was the darkly Faustian The Picture of Dorian Gray. Although very successful as an essayist and lecturer, he died penniless in France after being jailed and then hounded from England for his sexual preferences. His last words, perhaps apocryphal, as he lay on his death bed surrounded by creditors: “Well gentlemen, I seem to be dying beyond my means.”
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Super Fun at Super K’s Birthday Party!
Kate and Her Dad Bill
Wonderful friends, fun, and food–with Joey expertly grilling! Happy Birthday Kate!
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Good Afternoon at Wolf Hill
  
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Mrs. and Mr. enjoying the view
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seARTS celebrates 8th Annual Art Loan @Bass Rocks Show at Opening Reception May 28, 2015
The Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (seARTS) proudly announces its eighth year in partnership with the Bass Rocks Golf Club for the Annual seARTS Art Loan Program. This year’s show presents works by 19 regional artists at its opening reception on May 28th. The opening provides a chance for seARTS members along with the general public to view the works and meet the artists in this wonderful and picturesque setting.
The program is a year-round exhibition, showing and selling the work, and since its inception artists have sold nearly $15,000 worth of artwork through the program, netting more than $10,000 to the artists in the show. The fresh and bold work of the 2015 show balances a body of returning artists with new, introducing the space to completely new genres of work.
Among the newly enrolled artists are Charlie Carroll, Matt Cegelis, Anne Marie Crotty, Janel Houton, Eva-Lynn Loy and Marny Williams. Returning to the show from previous years are Katherine Coakley, Anne Cowman, Rob Diebboll, Susan Guest-McPhail, Mary Forte Hayes, Leslie Heffron, Michael Oleksiw, Ron Pruett, Patricia Yarborough Reed, Judy Robinson- Cox, Ruth Schneider, Deb Schradieck and Marilyn Swift.
Responsible for the show’s thoughtful and lively selection of art is this year’s jury, consisting of Manchester resident and Rockport gallery owner Bruce Johnson, photographer Paul Cary Goldberg, auctioneer and art/antiques dealer Michael March and Central Street Gallery director Alison Rowell. The jury will award honors that will be announced at the event. Awards are sponsored by Manchester-by-the-Sea’s Nor’east Frameworks, Artemis Custom Framing of Gloucester, and Hershey Frame Shop of Rockport.
Jurors Bruce Johnson, Michael March and Alison Rowell will hold a panel discussion about the art work and their selection process, followed by a question and answer session with the audience. (Paul Cary Goldberg is unable to attend.) seARTS is pleased to welcome art historian Judith Curtis as panel moderator. Judith, the author of Rocky Neck Art Colony, 1850-1950, will also give a talk: “For the Love of Light; Cape Ann as a Painter’s Destination.”
Details of the Evening:
Date: Thursday, May 28, 2015
Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
Location: Bass Rocks Golf Club, 34 Beach Road, Gloucester, MA, (978)-283-1866
Please RSVP by leaving a message at (978) -281-1222 or emailing info@searts.org
Event is Free & Open to the Public
Light Fare & Cash Bar
Raffle of Gift Basket, Generously Donated by Local Merchants
seARTS Cape Ann, a registered 501(c)3 is a coalition of artists, art lovers, cultural institutions, businesses, and municipal organizations, all working together to improve the economic base for the arts and the larger Cape Ann community. In 2013 seARTS launched a new website where there is a robust section about the Art Loan Program and the works that have been on display. Find out more about this signature program and more at www.searts.org.
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Magnolia’s Little Lost Cat Happy News!
Terry Weber writes that Max the cat has returned. He showed up on his deck, safe and sound, after a couple of days vacation. Thank you Terry for letting us know!
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Twin Lights from Back Shore
Taken at the end of Grapevine Road on the backshore. The sound of the pebbles rolling every time a wave came and went was deafening.
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Stones Pub Hot Dog Perfection On Display
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Live blogging from the State Fish Pier
Cruise Port 5/23/2015 8:08am
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You’d Be Crazy To Not Take Advantage of This Red Sox Package
I know that I’m super fortunate that my boys have had the opportunity to experience some pretty awesome days at Fenway Park and with the Red Sox, but I also know that it can be REALLY difficult to score tickets that don’t break the bank…never mind actually feed the kiddos while you’re at the game.
If you’ve always wanted to go, but couldn’t justify spending that kind of $$$….or even if you’ve gone 100 times and simply want to go again….this is a SWEET DEAL!
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4 Game Tickets, 4 hot dogs, and 4 sodas ALL FOR ONLY $75!
A great deal for families! Bring the whole crew out to Fenway Park to watch the Red Sox take on the Twins. Courtesy of our friends at Aramark, $75 buys 4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, and 4 sodas.*
* Tickets must be presented at concession stands to redeem food/beverage. No substitutions available.
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Fishtown Horribles Parade Committee is hosting a fundraiser Saturday May 30th at O’Malley school
The Fishtown Horribles Parade Committee is hosting a fundraiser Saturday May 30th at O’Malley school parking lot from 9am to 2pm.
The Touch a Truck event has been a great success for us and we hope to continue this streak. All the proceeds go directly to the operational cost of the July 3rd Parade.
There will also be a Chowderfest with some local restaurants participating.
We are a nonprofit organization that needs the community’s help in our quest to put on an exciting Parade each year.
Thank you.
David Harvey, Treasuer
Fishtown Horribles Parade Committee
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GloucesterCast 139 With Carol Thistle, Senior Project Manager Visitation #GloucesterMA, Kim Smith and Joey Ciaramitaro
GloucesterCast 139 With Carol Thistle Senior Project Manager Visitation #GloucesterMA, Kim Smith and Joey Ciaramitaro
Topics Include: Guests Kim Smith and Carol Thistle Senior Project Manager Visitation #GloucesterMA, Huge Fans of Gloucester’s Community Development Department, Community Development Involvement In the International Boston Seafood Show, More Great Hires By Carolyn Kirk- Tom Daniel, Community Development Calendar Now Integrated with GMG Community Art Calendar, Explaining One Third Of Hotel and Restaurant Tax Will Go Toward Promoting Tourism, What The Difference Between How Hotel and Restaurant Tax Will Be Handled vs How It Was Handled In The Past, Mayor Sefathia All In As Far As Supporting The Arts and Tourism, Explaining The Five Year Tourism Plan, How Do You Keep Different Tourism Groups Working Together, The Importance of Social Media, The Phenomenal Job John McElhenny Did Placing Positive Gloucester Stories In Big Time National Media Publications PR, Pitching Gloucester Outside Of Gloucester vs Pitching Gloucester to People Who Already Know How Great Gloucester Is, With The Addition Of The Beauport Hotel, the Opportunity To Market Gloucester For More Than Just The Summer Months, Opportunities To Team Up To Market Gloucester, The City Has Offered Office Space, Gloucester and Salem Taking Similar Tourism Marketing Initiatives vs Beverly, Comparing Pride In Gloucester To Pride In New Orleans, Paris or Gloucester?, Talking About The Block Parties, Please Thank Block Party Organizers, Pleading With Powers That Be To Remove Obstacles For Restaurants to Serve Food/Alcohol Outside.
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Fun Facts About Gloucester’s Breakwater From Terry Weber
Fun Facts About Gloucester’s Breakwater
Because I am a research geek, I present to you some fun facts about Gloucester’s breakwater.
This 2,250 foot breakwater was built by the Army Corps of Engineers aided by the Rockport Granite Company between 1894 – 1905.
Its official name is the Dog Bar Breakwater.
It was built partly because after Eastern Point Lighthouse was lit in 1832, ships continued to run aground on Dog Bar Reef. Residents also wanted to keep rough water out of the harbor during storms.
The substructure is a rubble hill made from grout, broken granite and the refuse from quarries, averaging 100 feet wide at the base and gradually narrowing to about 30 feet.
The rubble was dumped overboard in a line and allowed to “settle” for several years until it was ready for the top structure, or “superstructure.”
The superstructure is composed of seven tiers of cut granite, placed on top of each other in pyramid-like fashion.
Each of the top capstones weights at least ten tons.
Further extension of the breakwater was considered, but officials at the time could not agree whether it was necessary, or would have adverse affects on the harbor.
Cost at the time was $300,000 to $500,000; now it would cost an estimated 14 million.
The breakwater was described in a 1905 Boston Globe article as a “delightful promenade for the people.”
Dog Bar Breakwater is now part of a 53-acre nature preserve owned by the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Monarch butterflies and seabirds can be spotted there.
Nearby the breakwater, towards the Eastern Point lighthouse, you can find “Mother Ann’s Rock”—a rock formation similar to New Hampshire’s Old Man of the Mountain. You can find a great post about Mother Ann’s Rock from E.J. LeFavour on GMG, just put the words “Mother Ann” into the Search Box, and you will see it about three posts down.
Did you know? A short loop trail through a nearby “forest“ is located across from a cul-de-sac named Aileen Terrace. It’s public and you can walk it if you can find it!
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Are You Looking for a Quick and Easy to Prepare Recipe for Your Holiday Weekend Barbecue?
Watermelon and Baby Arugula Salad
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Lady J. Heading Out at Daybreak
Good Morning Gloucester 