My View of Life on the Dock
Visitors from South Hadley, he and his wife were celebrating his birthday.
They had just finished a “Taste Gloucester” tour.
Visitors from Pittsburg Pennsylvania.
Of course we talked about Football.
New England Patriots and Tom Brady vs Pittsburg Steelers and Terry Bradshaw
2017 Smallest Full Moon is tonight June 9th
An early morning walk around the back shore always promises some rewarding and interesting views
Friday’s program at the Lanesville Community Center will feature a presentation by our own Paul Duval on his September 2015 trip to the Deutsches Museum in Munich, home to a remarkable astronomy exhibition.
The exhibits included a planetarium and even an amateur astronomy exhibit. Paul went on a one hour inter-planetary walk through a scale model of the solar system, and got a chance to observe through a number of exotic and historic telescopes.
In addition to the featured presentation by Paul Duval, Friday night is also Jim Koerth night at GAAC. Jim, one of GAAC’s founding members, will be pulling up stakes and moving to North Carolina in the next few weeks, so come in, have some cake, and say bon voyage to an original GAAC stalwart.
You won’t want to miss Jim’s farewell or this colorful record of Paul’s trip — come early for a good seat, good…
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Captain Harold Burnham and his crew have lots of great plans for the Ardelle during Sail Boston 2017. Visit their website to see the schedule and to order tickets. Sail Boston will be an extraordinary experience that you don’t want to miss. As always Maritime Gloucester members get a discount on Ardelle tickets!
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Essex-built schooners participating in Sail Boston will be a significant part of the upcoming celebration of Tall Ships, June 16-22. They are: Lettie G. Howard, Roseway, Adventure, Thomas E. Lannon, Ardelle, Fame, and Lewis H. Story.
There will be fifty-one vessels participating in Sail Boston, twenty-nine of which will be schooner rigged. Of these twenty-nine, seven were built in Essex, MA, and four were built by eleventh generation Essex shipbuilder Harold Burnham. The oldest, Lettie G. Howard from South Street Seaport, New York, was built in 1893, with Ardelle the youngest, in 2011.
Other participating schooners with a local connection are American Eagle from Rockland, Maine, originally the Gloucester dragger Andrew and Rosalie, and the small schooners Green Dragon from Gloucester and Redbird from Essex.
The website Sailboston.com has a complete list of all of the vessels, plus a calendar of events and viewing information.
CONGRATULATIONS TO GREG BOVER, GLOUCESTER’S 2017 RECIPIENT OF THE CAPE ANN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SMALL BUSINESSPERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD!
Sara Young, Greg Bover, and Ken Riel
Last night the Studio Restaurant was crowded with colleagues, friends, and well-wishers in honor of Greg Bover, vice president of the organ building company C.B. Fisk, and the latest is a long line of super community minded, dedicated men and women representing Cape Ann’s business community.
Greg has lent his formidable leadership skills and hands on mentoring to many organizations in our community–to name just a few of his contributions–building the captain’s quarters of the Schooner Adventure, past Sawyer Free Library president, clerk for the Fish Box Derby, and trustee of Awesome Gloucester.
The award could not have been given to a kinder person. Thank you Greg for all that you give to our beautiful community.
Greg and Mayor Sefatia
Jamison, Greg, and fiancé Maureen
Sara Young and Sinikka Nogelo
Bob Gillis and Tobin Dominick
Greg and Stefan Edick
soothes the soul like a walk on the beach.
One of our favorite places to kayak.
Last chance | last week to visit current group exhibition at
Flowers and Elegant Objects
Group show features Bobbi Angell, Liz Ayer, Stephen Bates, David Bareford, Lorrie Berry, Eli Cedrone, Geoffrey Teale Chalmers, Anne Winthrop Cordin, Traci Thayne Corbett, Yhanna Coffin, Fran Ellisor, Bobbi Gibb, Paul George, Ellen Granter, Marjorie Hicks, Christine Molitor Johnson, Bonita LeFlore, Nella Lush, Marija Pavlovich McCarthy, Tracy Meola, Carole Porter, Judith Monteferrante, Katherine Richmond, Jan Roy, Rosalie Sidoti, Tony Schwartz, Charles Shurcliff, Deb Wolf
Charles Fine Art is hosting a book launch Tuesday June 13 for the new children’s book about Bobbi, The Girl Who Ran, by Kristina Yee and Frances Poletti with illustrations by Susanna Chapman. The event is co hosted by Sawyer Free Library and The Book Store. Here’s the Kirkus Review:
“In cooperation with Gibb herself, Poletti and Yee tell the story of the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, questioning authority with her feet.
The Boston Marathon had been taking place for 70 years when Bobbi Gibb, a white woman, steps illegally to the starting line in 1966, a hoodie covering her hair. Her road there is strewn with the land mines of bias, everything from “So unladylike” to the official comments on the rejection to her application: “Women cannot run marathons. It’s against the rules.” Poletti and Yee neatly evoke the joy some find in running, simply running. Gibb “ran with her pack, going higher and higher, / the world whooshing by, like the wind in the fire.” Such couplets are found every few pages, the last four words the refrain. Readers gain a sense of the experience through Chapman’s artwork, the light-footed energy of the watercolors slipping outside the pen’s fine line, a veil of wind trailing behind Gibb. Halfway through the race her ruse is up. She is boiling in her hoodie and confides to a fellow marathoner, a black man, that she is afraid of ejection. “We won’t let anyone throw you out; it’s a free road.” Well-told and illustrated, Gibb’s story speaks to not only women’s fight for equality, but the power of community.”
Alejandro Springall, Mexican film producer, talk back after The Thin Yellow Line / La delgada línea amarilla screening at Cape Ann Community Cinema, Gloucester, MA.
Last night at Cape Ann Community Cinema was a rare chance to see an auteur film before its American distribution. A memorable talk back with Alejandro Springall — a film producer with a poetic touch– was informative and inspiring. Springall provided behind-the-scenes details on the making of The Thin Yellow Line, other films including ones in collaboration with John Sayles, and the Mexican film industry. Mexican companies can invest in films and write off a deduction with tax incentives built into mandatory state funding for culture. Why give it to the government when your marketing is funding a movie? It’s easy to see why Sayles and Springall have worked together: similar artistic approach to filmmaking, a particular focus on characters, great scripts, and dignity.
About the 2 Gloucester screenings this week
“The New England Beach Soccer Cup tournament is not just about crowning a champion, but more importantly giving back to the community.
These two organizations have been instrumental in the development of thousands of young student-athletes and soccer players and have played a vital part in the community for several decades. We’re so happy to be able to give back to these deserving organizations and re-invest in our youth and community!”
We can’t be there because of a Fishermen Youth Soccer game this Saturday–AWAY AWAY as in Haverhill– but we’ll check out that this cool new add-on: LIVE streaming the event!
Video from 2016
Visitors from Georgia at the Fishermen’s Memorial
Visitors from Montana at the Fishermen’s Memorial
Visitors from Hubbardston Mass at the Fishermen’s Memorial
counting down…13 days to go
Novena June 12
June 10th and 11th along the Charles River
http://www.bostondragonboat.org/
The 38th Annual Boston Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival will be held the weekend of June 10-11, 2017. Be sure to save the date! Races and cultural performances. Admission is free.
69 teams raced in the 2016 Boston Dragon Boat Festival, once again breaking a Festival record for the number of teams competing. See the list of teams that participated.
Saturday, June 10th at 11:00 am
Be sure to buy plenty of raffle tickets for the big Rubber Duck Race, 11 a.m. June 10, 2017. Event is sponsored by the Friends of the Council on Aging, and if your duck comes through among the first, you can be a winner! — in Millbrook Meadow and Pond.
The second Saturday of every month is free from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for families with school-aged children. Families are invited to the Activity Center to participate in hands-on activities that delve into the art, history and culture of the region. Each Second Saturday focuses on a specific theme based on the Museum’s collection and/or special exhibitions.
As always, for a comprehensive list of family activities, please visit our friends at North Shore Kid
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