Month: August 2016

Today! Ed Emberley @CapeAnnCinema 2PM is in good company as a Gloucester Daily Times weekend pick along with

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Gloucester Stage Saturday morning live theater for tots, Our Lady of Good Voyage  Carillon Bells tonight 5pm, and North Shore Arts Association Sunday pot luck reception for its annual members’ Small Works Exhibition!

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Ed Emberley is “drawing” them in today for Cape Ann Reads. Plus he’s part of the 8th Annual Cape Ann Cinema film festival running August 25-September 1st.  Other luminaries on site for special screenings during the film festival include:

BOBBI GIBBS,LINDSAY CROUSE, ROBERT MEEROPOL, AND ADAM NIMOY!

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Cape Ann Symphony Big Night, Big Music Concert

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THE 65th ANNIVERSARY SEASON:

Cape Ann Symphony proudly announces the launch of the orchestra’s 65thAnniversary Concert Season on Saturday, September 24 at 8 pm with the Big Night, Big Music Concert featuring symphonic masterpieces from Bernstein, Debussy and Respighi. The orchestra’s new season features the Cape Ann Symphony Chorus in the annual Holiday Pops Concert in November 2016; a romantic concert in March 2017 featuring cello soloist Blaise Dejardin and a Scandinavian Spectacular in May 2017 with the remarkable blind pianist Yoo Jin Noh making her CAS debut. Cape Ann Symphony Music Director and Conductor Yoichi Udagawa is eager to open the CAS 65th Anniversary Season, “The 65th Season of the Cape Ann Symphony starts off with a Big Night, Big Music program of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Claude Debussy’s La Mer and Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of Rome. These pieces are orchestral blockbusters, and the audience is going to go wild. We have Holiday Popsin November and in March, we are featuring virtuoso cellist Blaise Dejardin playing Saint-Saens gorgeous Cello Concerto. We finish the season in May with an all Scandinavian program with the remarkable pianist Yoo Jin Noh – blind since birth – performing the beautiful and lyrical Grieg Piano Concerto. We’re going to have an incredible season, and the musicians and I can’t wait to share it with our fabulous audiences.” All Cape Ann Symphony Concerts are held at the Manchester-Essex High School auditorium on 36 Lincoln Street in Manchester-by-the-Sea., MA. Manchester-Essex High School Auditorium is handicapped accessible. Season subscriptions for the four concert season are available to purchase. Single ticket prices are $40 for adults, $35 for senior citizens, $5 for youth 18 years old and under. For information, call 978-281-0543 or visit www.capeannsymphony.org

BIG NIGHT, BIG MUSIC

Performance: Saturday, September 24, 2016              8:00 P.M.

Cape Ann Symphony kicks off the 65th anniversary season with Big Night, Big Music featuring the thrilling music of Bernstein, Debussy and Respighi as well as showcasing the extraordinary talents of the CAS musicians. TheBig Night, Big Music program includes Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances fromWest Side Story; Debussy’s La Mer and Respighi’s Pines of Rome.

 

HOLIDAY POPS

Performance: Saturday, November 26, 2016               8:00 P.M.

Performance: Sunday,    November 27, 2016              2:00 P.M.

The Holiday Pops Concert, Cape Ann Symphony’s joyful holiday tradition, including an audience sing-along to kick off the holiday season on Saturday, November 26 at 8 pm & Sunday, November 27 at 2 pm. The Cape Ann Symphony Chorus under the direction of Rockport’s Wendy Betts joins the orchestra for this exciting celebration of holiday music.

 

ROMANTIC MASTERS

Performance:                Sunday, March 26, 2017        2:00 P.M.

The Romantic Masters Concert celebrates the richness, beauty and power of music from the Romantic Era on Sunday, March 26 at 2 pm. Boston Symphony Orchestra cellist Blaise Dejardin joins the orchestra for the elegant Saint-Saens’ Cello Concerto. The program also includes Rossini’s La Scala di Seta and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8.

 

SCANDINAVIAN SPECTACULAR

Performance:                Saturday, May 20, 2017                  8:00 P.M.

Stirring works from Scandinavia are featured in Cape Ann Symphony’sScandinavian Spectacular on May 20 at 8 pm. The phenomenal blind pianist Yoo Jin Noh makes her CAS debut with the Grieg Piano Concerto. The CAS celebration of Scandinavia features audience favorite Sibelius’Finlandia and Nielsen’s Symphony No. 1.

PLACE

Manchester-Essex High School Auditorium: 36 Lincoln Street in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA

Manchester-Essex High School Auditorium is handicapped accessible

SINGLE TICKET PRICES FOR CONCERTS

Adult/$40.00

Senior Citizens/$35.00

Youth (Age 18 and Under)/$5.00

Season Subscriptions are Available.

 For Information call 978-281-0543 or Visitwww.capeannsymphony.org

 

PHOTO: Cape Ann Symphony Music Director and Conductor Yoichi Udagawa Photo Credit: Jeph Ellis

 

SAVE OUR FIREWORKS!

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TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT THE DECISION WILL BE MADE. PLEASE DONATE TODAY. THANK YOU!!

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HELP SAVE THE FIREWORKS!

WITHOUT AN INFUSION OF DONATIONS MADE BY FRIDAY AT MIDNIGHT, the Schooner Festival/Labor Day weekend fireworks will be cancelled. Gail McCarthy, senior staff writer for the Gloucester Times, reports that Barry Pett, who heads the Gloucester Fund and has organized Gloucester’s fireworks shows for the past 25 years, shares that there is only $4,000.00 in the kitty when approximately $12,500.00 is needed. Insurance costs alone are $1,000.

I think we can do this! I just made my donation on the Gloucester Fund’s website FIREWORKS page here. You can donate with all the usual credit cards as well as through PayPal. Or send a check to the following address with the memo “Fireworks”

The Gloucester Fund
45 Middle Street
Gloucester, MA  01930

Our July 3rd fireworks were spectacular, so thank you for that Barry Pett!! Let’s continue the fun!

 

Joe Nadeau & Jay Aptt One Night Only! Friday 7-11pm at the Lobster Trap in Essex ,Ma 8.26.2016

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One Night only!!! This Friday 7-11pm at the Lobster Trap in Essex ,Ma (no they’re not opened again )Our band Manager and Tour bus mechanic rented the place for Joe and Karen’s arrival into Fishtown. Joe is only around town to see family and for a quick gig with The F.T. Band and our good friends The Steamers opening the show!. The F.T. Band has the pleasure of having caught and empty schedule night for the very busy ivory tickler John Hyde on Keys and ACCORDION!! We have to ask for a $10 cover which includes finger sandwiches and snacks etc. 2 bartenders to cover the bar. We ALL would like to thank our band manager Sean Nolan and Extreme Truck and Auto for setting up and paying for this night!
Sean and crew …..this Notes for YOU!

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Gloucester Smiles – New Artist in Town – Wayne Stimens

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New Artis in town Wayne Stimens, see some of his work at Art of Wayne Stimens.  Wayne seen here with his sister visiting from North Carolina, in Gloucester Smiles.

OMG Sunrise different today!

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There was a cloud bank off to the east so for the first time in weeks sunrise did not occur at sunrise.

Rockport Sunrise officially was 6:02 AM this morning but the sun did not appear until 6:10 AM.

Sunrise Rockport Aug 26, 2016

The Pink House

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The Pink House has been part of the landscape of Newburyport since the 1920s and although it is empty and has remained uninhabited for quite a while, it welcomes you  whenever you are heading to Parker River Wildlife Refuge.  This house is one of the most photographed and painted houses around and it has recently been rumored to be slated for demolition, although there is a organization, Save the Newbury Pink House,  working to save it.   The house is presently owned by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and managed by the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.  I know you are all probably getting tired of my night shots, but summer is the best time to stay out late….since it’s warm and all…so here is yet another night photo of The Pink House!

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The Pink House – Newburyport

Fin and Feather

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While camping and fishing this week we were able to enjoy some interesting critter behavior.  All the more reason to love the great outdoors.  I love that both fin and feather enjoy traveling with their friends and both groups travel so seamlessly.  We should all be so lucky.