Day: September 9, 2023

Book Release At Dogtown Books

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hey there GMG-ers,

  Hope that the summer has treated you well. It’s been a busy one for us, but no complaints.

We are hosting a book release for local photographer Anne Rearick at the store.

WHAT: A celebration of the release of Gloucester photographer Anne Rearick’s new book You Will Look to the Mountains

WHEN: September 15th at 7pm

HOW MUCH: Free to attend. Books available for purchase.WHERE: Dogtown Books: 132 Main St. in Downtown Gloucester or visit dogtownbooks.com to order copies.

Happy Birthday George

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Good morning Joey,

Can you please wish my son George a happy first birthday on air or in print – he will be one year old today. I am his mom and I love him very much! It would mean a lot to me, because he is a special little person entering into a great big world. He has been visiting with family in the North Shore area and since I cannot be there today myself I would love for a birthday message to be shared with the citizens of Gloucester (the city is 400 and George is just one, so I understand if this request isn’t heard until a later date) 

George is a strong and adventurous child with a happy smile and a joyful personality. He loves blueberries and morning walks with his brother and dad. Happy first birthday George Robert! 

If you can share this message please let me know where it will be written or when it may be announced. I support local news and follow up on local events, particularly stories related to nature and local history.  I’d like to stay in touch and I appreciate your time.

Thank you, 

Olivia Wrobel

Dogtown Common Theatre Production: Friday, September 22 and Saturday, September 23rd at 7:30pm

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

30pm

Takes place indoors in the back dance studio.

Dogtown Common by Percy MacKaye, adapted and directed by Peter Littlefield at the Windhover Center for the Performing Arts, Rockport, MaPercy MacKaye’s 1922 poem, Dogtown Common, is a beloved document of Gloucester lore. It tells the story of two legendary figures, Tammy Younger and her niece Judy Rhines, shunned for practicing witchcraft. It was inspired by Charles Mann’s 1906, The Story of Dogtown or In the Heart of Cape Ann, that compiles recollections about the outsiders, berry-pickers, subsistence farms and self-proclaimed witches that inhabited Dogtown after it was abandoned in the early 1800’s.The poem has a history with The Windhover Center for the Performing Arts, where Ina Hahn performed it more than once. Lisa Hahn, the current Executive Director, asked Annisquam resident and Director Peter Littlefield to do a new production. Windhover had been a dairy farm. It seemed the perfect place to stage the poem because it looks the way Dogtown must have looked before it was abandoned after the Revolution. Windhover’s production combines the idea of an installation with a staged reading like a ghost story. The performers sit around a table and build an image of Dogtown as they enact the poem. The performance is as fully staged as a conventional play, but we put the emphasis on the imaginative act of engaging a poetic text.Cast: Peter Berkrot, Judy Brain, Duncan Hollomon, Cass Tunick, Brain Weed and Deirdre Weed Music arranged and performed by Kathleen Adams

Sawyer Free Library to Host Book Sale of Arthur Ryan’s Collection September 21 to 23

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
Sawyer Free Library to Host Book Sale of Arthur Ryan’s Collection September 21 to 23

Organically Good Trio Sunset Music Cruise Gloucester – Plays Aboard the Wejack Yacht Tonight

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
https://www.capeanncruises.com/
  • Saturday, September 9, 2023
  • 5:30 PM  7:30 PM
  • Cape Ann Cruises (map)

Cape Ann Cruises Presents an amazing evening with Organically Good Trio aboard the Legendary Wejack Fishing Yacht. Hop aboard and leave the land behind for one of Boston’s top reggae, funk, soul lineups and catch the sunset on the water as the ocean and tunes move you. Full Bar onboard (no BYOB). This is an intimate music setting on a warm, welcoming, and vibey boat! Don’t miss out. Get your tickets before they sell out fast!

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City Hall comprehensive plan #GloucesterMA

Posted on by Catherine

Committees, officials, residents at City Hall

for the comprehensive plan. Not live feed, (will be shown on YouTube and TV later.) and yes it’s hot.

Which one? 3 test patches Curing, & 4 patinas. Daedalus at work on Bronze Tablet Stage Fort Park #GloucesterMA

Posted on by Catherine

Gloucester, Mass. August 9, 2023.

Part 2. “NOTABLE”. “EXEMPLIFICATION”. “ARBITRATION”.

Three test patches are visible on the commemorative bronze plaque set into Tablet Rock. Along with surface patina aesthetic choices, test patches are left to cure or age to see their impact. When considering care and protection for public art, there is no singular approach. There is no other American commemorative tablet that’s so colossal, set into a glacial outcropping in this precise angle and manner, and susceptible to its surroundings and climate over this length of time. Hence the test patches.

Daedalus is a renowned sculpture conservation firm and will approach this work with respect.

Money was raised to address the plaque and patination (some had preference for a brown finish) Gloucester Daily Times, 2016, and then that project was paused. As far as I know, funds were not returned nor redirected for restoration of the city’s art deemed in distress. At the time William Taylor addressed the verdigris:

“As an antique dealer for decades who dealt many times with bronzes and patinas I completely agree that the tablet should not be restored. While I applaud…well-meaning and generous inclinations not only does natural oxidization form a protective surface it looks appropriate and should not be fiddled with. Restoration is too expensive and absolutely not necessary. Cleaning it would remove many decades of well acquired history.

William Taylor, letter to the editor, GDT

Restoration science about corrosion on bronze and copper vs. verdigris is fascinating. See Walker Hancock Comprehensive Plan 1958 related to patina. Some methods change. Some don’t.

Continue reading part one here .

Bronze tablet. Founders Plaque. Tablet Rock work 2023. Part 1 here

Storm’s a Brewin’

Posted on by Pat D

I’m throwing my hat in the ring with the Friday afternoon storm clouds around the harbor. So interesting how they changed as I went from State Pier to Rocky Neck to Good Harbor. Timestamps on these only range about 30 minutes.

Grove Street Self Storage Now Open By Appointment Only

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