Day: June 5, 2015

Congratulations to All the 2015 Poetry Without Paper Winners!

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To celebrate April as National Poetry Month, the Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library is proud to have participated in its twelfth annual Poetry Without Paper contest.

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Elementary School:

First and Second Place (shared): Charles King, Grade 5, East Gloucester Elementary School: “Fireworks”
and George King, Grade 5, East Gloucester Elementary School: “Blank Slate”
Third Place: Calvin Del Vecchio, Grade 5, East Gloucester Elementary School: “The Sun”
Honorable Mention: Aurelia Harrison, Grade 3, West Parish School: “Immortal”

Middle School:
First Place: Mila Barry, Grade 6, O’Maley School: “Living in The Valley Green”
Second Place: Willa Brosnihan, Grade 6, O’Maley Innovation Middle School: “The Swarm”
Third Place: Ruby Mills, Grade 7, O’Maley Innovation Middle School: “Forest”
Honorable Mention: Katherine Bevins, Grade 7, O’Maley School: “Memory Window”

High School:

First Place: Emily Ryan, Grade 11, Gloucester High School: “Loving in Reverse”
Second Place: Josette Thompson, Grade 12, Gloucester High School: “True Love Haiku”
Third Place: Spencer Taft, Grade 12, Gloucester High School: “A Note for the Windshield”

To read all of the prize-winning poetry, click here

PRIZES: Each winner will receive a cash prize, a book of poetry, publication of the winning poem, an invitation to read the poem at the awards ceremony, and the chance to appear on the local TV program The Writer’s Block.

See Martin DelVecchio’s Beautiful Photo Gallery Here:

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GMG Ode To Bruce ManCast Podcast AKA The Blame It On Oprah Cast AKA Thank You Jesus For Yogapants Podcast AKA Chicken N Beer Podcast Taped 6/4/15

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Yep, We Can’t Make Up Our Mind So We’re Soliciting Suggestions For Names For Our Estrogen-less Weekly Podcast

podcast_iconTaped 6/4/15 Featuring Frankie Gwynne, James Eves, Craig Kimberley and Host Joey Ciaramitaro.

Topics Include: The Inability To Come Up With a Podcast Name, The Grill Master Craig Kimberley Reviews Joey’s New STOK Grill, Bruce Jenner/Caitlin Jenner Is It The Big Deal That The Media Is Making It Out To Be?, Frankie Estimates How Many People Under 30 Pay For Cable/Home Phones, Being a Huge Fan Of Amazon Prime, Craig’s Dodgeball Footage, Frankie Just Back from Vegas, Sox Talk, The Paternity Suit In Which The Dude Was Only The Father Of One Twin and Won the Paternity Suit, Frankie’s Manilla Folder, Six Of The Worst Chain Meals In The USA, The Drunk Driver That Set Up His Own DUI Check Point With Road Flares and All, The Shrimp, The Ribeyes, Craig Fried and Then Grilled Our Chicken Wings With A Homeade Sauce, Cowboy Charcoal, The Corn On The Cob, The Cathardic Process of Charcoal Grilling Is Like Man Yoga Where You Zone Out Of Everything Else, The GMG Award For Small Businessman of The Year, Most Rewarding Part of Creating the Blog Is The Friendships that Are Created.

 

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Community Stuff 6/5/15

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Gloucester Block Parties: Glosta’s Got Talent A talent competition for all ages and all talents!

We are looking for talent submissions in order to select 35 performers from Cape Ann to show their stuff at the block party on Saturday, June 20th for a chance to win a cash prize and go on to perform at the next 3 block parties.

DETAILS: Each act will have 2 min. to perform before the audience and a panel of judges, who will choose the top 15 acts to go on to perform at the following block party on July 18th. Then, the top 5 acts, chosen by the public, will perform at the August 15th show, and a winner will be chosen to perform a longer set at the September 4th block party.

To ENTER: email your name, your talent, and a link to a video or a description of your act to:

ashley@gloucesterblockparty.com by June 10th.

There is a one-time $15 registration fee for each act.

When: Saturday, June 20th

Time: 7:00 pm

Where: Center Stage, Main Street

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