My View of Life on the Dock
Thursdays in Rockport just got a whole lot better! Join us every Thursday from now through June 1st and enjoy two entrées for the price of one for you and a friend. Please print and bring in the coupon below.
Reservations can be made by calling 978-546-6321 or visiting our OpenTable site.
In the next day or so, the Schooner Adventure will be leaving the Jodrey State Fish Pier and returning to her home at Maritime Gloucester! Look for the Adventure making her way across the Harbor.
As Captain Stefan Edick is assuming more responsibilities in his executive director role, Captain Willy Leathers (above) will be commanding the Schooner. An absolutely fantastic season of education, adventure, and sailing events is scheduled for 2017. Visit the Schooner Adventure website here for more information.
Last days at the Jodrey for the Adventure!
The 4th Marc K. Jackson Memorial Golf Tournament
Benefiting the Marc K. Jackson Neuro-oncology Patient Support Fund
Friday. May 19th. Enjoy a day of golf at beautiful Stow Acres Country Club. 58 Randall St. Stow MA. Includes a delicious lunch afterwards and a chance to win awesome prizes, including Red Sox tickets!
Event Contacts – Mike, Janna, Brian, Kari
For More Information Email: info@tootsforetufts.org
100% of the funds raised go towards helping cancer patients.
The Magnolia Pier float has been put back, thank you volunteers and a sure sign of summer.
The annual Citywide Arts Festival, a collaboration between the Gloucester Public School District and the Gloucester Education Foundation continues to grow with another extensive downtown event. This year’s festival will feature art and performances from children in every school in the Gloucester Public School District.
The Arts Festival takes place on Saturday, May 13 and is a showcase of student visual and performance art, including painting, ceramics, photography, woodworking, poetry, theater and music from every school in the district.
All are invited to participate in a collaborative art project that will take place from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in the Sculpture Park across from the Cape Ann Museum.
A highlight of the festival will be the paintings and drawings by Gloucester’s own rising artists – students from the Gloucester Pre-School, the city’s five elementary schools, O’Maley Innovation Middle School and Gloucester High School – that will be displayed in downtown venues – City Hall, Sawyer Free Library, the Cape Ann Museum, and the Sculpture Park.
To see a video about the Festival, visit https://youtu.be/G1KftLNJeyE
What: Citywide Arts Festival – Gloucester, Massachusetts
When: Saturday, May 13, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (see below for a schedule of events)
Where: Sawyer Free Library, City Hall, Cape Ann Museum.
For more info: www.thinkthebest.org
11 am to 12 pm GHS Culinary Arts Reception – Sawyer Free Library
11 am to 11:30 Mad Hot Ball Demonstration – City Hall
11:30 to 12 pm Recorder Performance – Elementary School Students – City Hall
12 to 12:340 pm Ukulele Performance – Elementary School Students – City Hall
1 to 1:30 pm GHS Interactive Engineering Demonstration – City Hall
1 to 1:30 pm Dancing Through the Decades Workshop – City Hall
1 to 3 pm Collaborative Art Project – Sculpture Park – Museum
1:30 to 2:00 pm GHS Theater Performance – City Hall
2 to 2:30 pm GHS Chorus Performance – City Hall
2:30 to 3:00 pm O’Maley Chorus Performance – City Hall
3 to 3:30 pm O’Maley Jazz Band Performance – City Hall
3:30 to 4 pm GHS Docksiders Performance – City Hall
Elementary Schools – City Hall
O’Maley Innovation- Sawyer Free Library
High School – Sawyer Free Library
Industrial Arts, Engineering, Woodworking – Cape Ann Museum and City Hall
CONTACT:
Christina Raimo, Executive Director
or Susan Brewer, Gloucester Education Foundation
978-282-5550 • susan.brewer@thinkthebest.org
The new Butt Butlers will be appearing throughout the city. Thank you again Patti for painting the butlers.
Dinner Specials Each Week!
Wednesday, May 10th – 7pm
Special Guest: TONY FRONTIERO!
Sharp songwriting, singing and playing. Tony Frontiero is
the total package, people. Come and listen to his message.
I’m sure you’ll agree. ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
The Rhumb Line Kitchen……now features Janet Brown with some new and healthy ideas!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!
Upcoming…
5/17 – Inge Berg
5/24 – Jon Butcher
Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/
Looking forward……to seeing you there 🙂
For more information and to sign up – www.gordon.edu/lavida
Returning From Florida
Honestly…I can’t get enough of the new views to be had on the Boulevard. Last night I was stuck at the bridge and had to pull over to snap the Lannon floating by the flowers. We have Generous Gardeners to thank for these gorgeous flowers!! It takes a lot of hours and funds to make this happen and they are always looking for volunteers to give a helping hand. You can put in as many or few hours as you have available and you don’t have to have a green thumb, they will show you what to do! All you need is a love for your city and a few hours a week!! Did you know that all of the tulips are still in pots and at the end of May they will be selling off the pots to raise funds for next year’s flowers so stay tuned!! 
If you don’t have any extra time to volunteer, you can help out by buying a raffle ticket for an amazing trip to Amsterdam next year to see the original Holland Tulips! Click here for more info on the raffle or Contact susan@generousgardeners.org.
Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week occurred a couple of weeks ago and my co-workers and I were b.e.y.o.n.d spoiled by our fabulous parent community. Amongst so many other generous and amazing surprises (goodie bags, gift certificates, massages, raffle items, etc) were some delicious faculty luncheons.
One day lunch was delivered by b.good in Beverly. While I find myself at the Dodge Street Plaza kind of often when running to the Paper Store, Modells, Staples, etc. I actually hadn’t tried b.good yet…but I’ll be going in the near future for sure.
The food was really terrific…and pretty to look at. As if lunch on Monday wasn’t enough…Tuesday morning brought a Smoothie bar…also from b.good!
Join The Open Door for an evening of food and hospitality at the 17th Annual Empty Bowl Dinner and celebrate a beloved North Shore tradition on Thursday, May 11, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Cruiseport Gloucester.
The meal is simple—soup, bread and a cookie. Guests can choose and keep a special soup bowl created for this community event. The bowl goes home as an unspoken reminder that somewhere someone’s bowl is empty.
Tickets available at the door. $15 for adults and $10 for children under ten. Extra parking is available at Harbor Beach with complimentary trolley service to and from the event site.
Empty Bowl events are held nationally to generate awareness concerning hunger and to raise money for local hunger-relief programs. Proceeds from this event will benefit The Open Door Summer Meals and Mobile Market programs.
Sneak Peek at some of the 2017 Silent Auction Items:
Good Morning Gloucester 