Day: August 1, 2023

My beautiful wife @realtor_katelyn with another sale! She’s on 🔥🔥🔥 She’s got buyers lined up. Are you ready to buy or sell? She’s the woman to get it done for you!!!

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Katelyn Ciaramitaro

978-473-0922

The Rockport Legion Band will perform the fourth free concert of our 90th summer concert series at the Back Beach Bandstand, Beach St, Rockport, MA.

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August 6, 2023, 7:00 to 8:30

WESTWARD HO!

The best popcorn in Massachusetts is here!  Children are especially welcome.  Folding chairs and blankets are good. 

Bob Rick, Conductor and Music Director

Home
PieceComposer/Arranger
National AnthemHenry Fillmore
King CottonJohn Philip Sousa
Go West!arr. Ralph Ford
The Great American West Suite*Pierre La Plante
Magnificent SevenElmer Bernstein, arr. Phillippee
Hoe DownAaron Copland, arr. John Moss
The CowboysJohn Williams, arr. James Curnow
Foiled Again! (The Villain’s Gallop)Jack Wilds
Sabres & SpursJohn Philip Sousa
Portrait of the American West*arr. Jerry Nowak
Alamo March*Karl King, arr.  James Swearingen
Stage Coach – A Western Fantasy*Patrick Roszell
William Tell Overture (Finale)G. Rossini, arr. Longfield
God Bless AmericaIrving Berlin/ Arr. John Edmondson

ATTENTION ALL MARVEL AND DC COMICS FANS!

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Bob McLeod will be sharing his remarkable 50+ year career and doing a demo at the Cultural Center At Rocky Neck on Monday, August 7 from 7-8 p.m. Register on Eventbrite, kids 16 and under are free! YOU’LL BE AMAZED BY HIS TALENT!

https://RNAC-BobMcLeod-Comic-Artist.eventbrite.com?aff=oddtdtcreator

#rockyneckartcolony #comicbookart #discovergloucester

It’s looking to be a perfect night to see the Moonrise. The Moonrise market at the Emerson Inn is the perfect place.

Posted on by James Eves

Tuesday, August 1, 5-9pm – Moonrise Market at The Emerson Inn in Rockport featuring about 20 local crafters, artisans and makers and live music from Sasquatch (5-6pm) and The Jantelles (6-9pm) and cash bar and boxed picnic meals available by the Inn. Plus a full Sturgeon Moon!! 

BREAKING NEWS: Cape Ann Animal Aid Launches Capital Campaign to Construct “Wing of Hope”

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We are so excited to share this incredible and exciting news! We have been given an amazingly generous opportunity to improve and expand our life saving services. Ms. Yvonne Wood, a longtime Rockport resident, artist and supporter of local charities, wanted to see CAAA expand our mission and make our dreams of increasing our isolation and improving our shelter a reality. She has donated $1,000,000 toward creating a new “Wing of Hope” in honor of her late husband Walter. In addition, Ms. Wood is now inviting CAAA friends and supporters to assist our effort by giving an additional $250,000 matching grant. 
As you may know, over the past few years CAAA has expanded its Shelter Medicine program and now has a procedure room, a full-time veterinarian, and veterinary technicians. CAAA provides in-house care for our shelter cats and dogs, and additional services to pets in our community through programs to provide free spay and neuter for low-income pet owners and hosting low-cost vaccine and microchipping clinics. CAAA’s volunteer and community programs incorporate education in animal training and behavior and veterinary medicine. Thanks to your generous support, CAAA has the commitment and the heart for this important life-saving work but needs more physical space.
After working with architects and building advisors to create a building plan, CAAA is ready to move forward and is asking our supporters for help. We estimate that the cost to complete needed upgrades for the current building, animal housing units and the “Wing of Hope” will be approximately $1.7 million dollars. 
Buoyed by the generosity of Ms. Yvonne Wood, CAAA is launching a capital campaign for upgrades and construction and needs your help. This is a great and exciting opportunity to double the impact of your donation. All donations up to $250,000 will be matched!
DONATE AND HELP US MAKE THE MATCH
Cape Ann Animal Aid | 4 Paws Lane, Gloucester, MA 01930

Opening Reception: ADIN MURRAY | Intertidal. Solo art show at Jane Deering Gallery August 2023

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Adin Murray exhibition opens this week: ADIN MURRAY | Intertidal

Reception: Thursday August 3rd, 2023. 5-7pm at Jane Deering Gallery,19 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA.

Continue reading the news from Jane Deering Gallery:

Jane Deering Gallery is pleased to present ADIN MURRAY | Intertidal opening with a public reception on Thursday August 3rd from 5-7pm.  As in his two previous series—Horizon and Moon—Murray’s reverence for the spirit of the natural world continues with an exploration of the intertidal waters and the great salt marsh lands of Cape Ann. This new show is intended to give the viewer a peek into the process that Murray employs to create his work. Consisting of preparatory drawings, preparatory oil studies, and three final large format paintings, the exhibition affirms the fundamental stages in the development of a final piece. Adin Murray holds a BA in Art/Biology from Tulane University and an MFA in painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

His work is in the permanent collection of the Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester MA and in corporate and private collections in the US and abroad. Murray lives and maintains a studio in Gloucester, MA. This is his sixth show with Jane Deering Gallery. Intertidal runs August 3-20, 2023. Gallery hours: Friday & Saturday 1-5pm; Sunday 1-4pm; and by appointment at 917-902-4359.  The gallery is located at 19 Pleasant Street, Gloucester. janedeeringgallery.com .

Jane Deering Gallery. works from the exhibition can be viewed at:
https://www.janedeeringgallery.com/adin-murray-intertidal

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Magnolia Library Art Show, 1 week only: Aug 6-12.

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Meet the artists at this Sunday’s opening reception, Aug at 6:00PM. Participants Pat Alto, Linda Berry, Beth Buckingham, Traci Thayne Corbett, William Fusco, Richard Giedd, Ann Goldberg, Dina Gomery, James Jackson, Susan Kelley, Barbara Levine, Linda Jo Nielsen, Mike Storella

Queen Elsa Arrives Aug 3 and Aug 4! See the cast intro video! Cape Ann YMCA Presents DISNEY FROZEN JR. Musical!

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Heidi Dallin shares the showtime reminder and the cool cast intro hype

This our cast intro video. Everyone made their hats. They are part of the Oaken costume! 

Heidi Dallin

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White House Art: Fitz Henry Lane and William Ranney paintings in President Biden’s Selfie in the Blue Room

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July 31, 2023

The Blue Room (reception site)

President Joe Biden takes a selfie with mental health youth action forum participants. Official White House photograph by Adam Schultz. “We’ve invested $1 billion to help schools hire and train 14,000 new mental health counselors in schools across the country. We’re also taking steps to address the harm social media is doing to young people and hold these platforms accountable.” July 31, 2023

Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865). Boston Harbor. 1854. Oil on canvas. Gift of the Wassermans, 1963. (Provenance: via Kennedy Galleries)

William Ranney (1813–1857). Boys Crabbing. 1855. Oil on canvas. Provenance: via Hirschl & Adler (added to the White House Collection in 1972)

Read more about the The Blue Room here by the White House Historical Assoc. and this short video tour:

photo: Fitz Henry Lane’s Boston Harbor at the MFA. David Cox. 2016

*I wrote about art at the White House in 2014 which was published here on GMG in 2015:

“What’s the best art inside the White House? No matter what is your artistic preference, Gloucester and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts could top the charts as the City and state with the best and most art ties featured at the White House. 

…How does the White House collection work? It is unusual for the White House to accept art by living artists. There are more than 450 works of art in the permanent collection. New art enters the collection after it’s vetted and is restricted to works created at least 25 years prior to the date of acquisition. For the public rooms, the Office of the Curator works with the White House advisory committee–the First Lady serves as the Honorary Chair–and the White House Historical Association. The private rooms are the domain of the First Family. Works of art from collectors, museums, and galleries can be requested for temporary loans and are returned at the end of the President’s final term. The Obamas have selected contemporary art, including abstract art, from the permanent collection, and borrowed work for their private quarters. Besides the Hopper paintings and John Alston’s Martin Luther King sculpture, they’ve selected art by *Anni Albers, *Josef Albers, Edgar Degas, Jasper Johns, Louise Nevelson, *Robert Rauschenberg, Edward Ruscha, and *Alma Thomas.” * indicates works that have been donated to the permanent collection.

Catherine Ryan, 2014

Tuesday lobster roll special at Surfside Pizza and Subs! 5/9 Open Daily 11-9 $15.95

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Come visit the Lobster King today 11-9

To get your Tuesday Lobster Roll Special!

$15.95 🦞🦞🦞🦞

147 Thatcher Rd Gloucester

978-281-1700

What Are Those New Kiosks Around Town?

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You may have noticed some new kiosks around town. They are solar powered digital information access points the City has put up in 4 downtown area locations. They are Soofa smart digital displays which were funded through a grant from the Massachusetts Office of Business Development and the North Shore Alliance for Economic Development and no City funds are needed. You can check them out at 2 Commercial St (the one shown here); 65 Rogers Street, 22 Harbor Loop and 91 Rogers St. PS They are not touch screens…I know because I touched…..