King Cut Prime Rib with scalloped potatoes green beans almandine, caesar salad, cheesecake.
2) Teriyaki pineapple chicken
Oven roasted pineapple topped with rice pilaf, carmalized onions roasted red peppers and chicken thighs in buttery teriyaki sauce, caesar salad, cheesecake.
3) Caprese stuffed portobello mushroom
Grilled marinaded portobello stuffed with heirloom tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella and drizzled with a balsamic gastrique, caesar salad, cheesecake.
Tables of 8. Buy 8 tickets and tell me who you would be sitting with and we will put your names on the table or show up and you can seat at unassigned tables.
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Female Common Eiders are already well into it, sharing parenting.More moms taking care of fewer kids is even better.Maybe catching up, a male Goldfinch is resplendent in his breeding plumage.A pair of Cedar Waxwings, planning their family.Ms. Mourning Dove is nesting again on top of our hot water solar panels.Mr Dove is content to watch from the railing above.Our House Finches are nesting. Last summer we mistakenly took their nest away early.They planned a second brood and had to build again. Look at his expression of disdain.“Houston – We have a problem.”Carolina Wrens are starting a family in our Boston Globe delivery box.
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Tony Award Winner VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE to open Gloucester Stage’s 45th Season
GLOUCESTER STAGE COMPANYproudly announces the launch of its 45th season, marking nearly half a century of delivering exceptional theatrical experiences to audiences in Gloucester and beyond. To kick off this milestone season, Gloucester Stage is thrilled to present the Tony Award-winning play VANYAAND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE by Christopher Durang, directed by Rebecca Bradshawº.
As part of the celebration, Gloucester Stage is honored to pay tribute to one of the most distinguished playwrights in American theater, Christopher Durang, recipient of the 2024 Dramatist Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award, whose illustrious career has left an indelible mark on the world of theater. VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, a comedic masterpiece that has garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, will run from May 31 to June 23, captivating audiences with its wit, charm, and hilarity.
Set against the backdrop of Gloucester Stage’s 45-year legacy of excellence, VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE promises to be a highlight of the season. The accomplished cast, including Diego Arciniegas (Vanya), Adrianne Krstansky (Sonia), Wendy Waring (Masha), Jaime José Hernández (Spike), Valyn Lyric Turner (Nina), and Eryn O’Sullivan (Cassandra), brings Durang’s vibrant characters to life on stage.
In this uproarious comedy, three adult siblings reunite under one roof, bringing with them a cacophony of opinions, quirks, and desires. Directed by Gloucester Stage’s Artistic Director Rebecca Bradshawº, the production navigates the complexities of family dynamics with humor and heart as the trio finds themselves slipping into the petulance of their teenage years amidst a cast of eccentric characters.
Audiences are invited to embark on a journey of laughter, camaraderie, and unforgettable performances with VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE which was awarded the 2013 Tony for Best Play, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Play. While the play may nod to Chekhov, one need not be a Chekhov aficionado to enjoy the comedic brilliance of Durang’s script.
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE will run from Friday, May 31 – Sunday, June 23. All performances, unless noted, are Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 pm, Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm, and Saturday and Sunday at 3:00 pmat Gloucester Stage Company located at 267 East Main Street, Gloucester. Tickets are now on sale and available at GloucesterStage.com.
The 2024 Season at Gloucester Stage has been made possible by the Shubert Foundation. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is made possible in part by Martha Anger at Compass Realty and the Beauport Hospitality Group.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW: Tickets to the Gloucester Stage 2023 season are on sale now. Single Ticket prices range from $15 to $67, with discounts available for seniors, military families, college students, youth under 18, young professionals under 35, Card to Culture (E.B.T. and W.I.C.) and Cape Ann residents. For detailed ticket information, visit www.gloucesterstage.com.
Season Packages start at $200 for four tickets for any mainstage performance and include early access to seating, no fees, and free ticket exchanges. Packages can be purchased or renewed by calling the Box Office at 978.281.4433 or visiting gloucesterstage.com/subscribe.
For additional information, contact the Box Office at 978.281.4433 or boxoffice@gloucesterstage.com. Located at 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, the Box Office is open Tuesdays thru Saturdays from 10am to 5pm.
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Manship Artists Residency is pleased to announce The Quarry Project: Photographs by Tsar Fedorsky,which opens at the Manship Artists Residency on Friday, June 7 and runs through July 7. The Quarry Project is a continuation of Manship Artist Tsar Fedorsky’s twenty-year practice investigating the properties of black-and-white photography and how it creates abstraction from realism. Begun in 2016, the more recent quarry photographs are a study of duality and tension. They comprise a deep exploration of the familiarity of place, the quarries near Fedorsky’s home in Gloucester.
Photos by Tsar Fedorsky for The Quarry Project photo seriesPhotos by Tsar Fedorsky for The Quarry Project photo seriesPhotos by Tsar Fedorsky for The Quarry Project photo seriesPhotos by Tsar Fedorsky for The Quarry Project photo series
Fedorsky explains the meaning behind her work, “ [The photographs] straddle a space between truth and fiction, between the exterior and interior, between fact and dream…We think we are looking up, yet we are really looking down. We think we see the sky, but instead we see the water. What appears to be a mountain, is actually a rock. With the pandemic, war, the dire effects of climate change, and a dangerous political theater — meaning is breaking down, language has lost its meaning, and we are left in a perpetual state of questioning. The Quarry Projectembraces this confusion, allows for projection and the possibility that a negative space can be beautiful.”
Tsar first worked with Manship Artists Residency in 2020. She collaborated with Marc Zegans, a California-based poet. Due to the pandemic, Zegans was unable to be physically present for the residency so their work revolved around the concepts of presence and absence. Fedorsky captured glimpses of an imagined “ghost” poet in the Manship home. Their collaboration resulted in a limited-edition photo book titled Ghost Book, published in 2024 by Kite String Press. Samantha C. Harvey, a professor of English at Boise State in Boise, Idaho, and a self-proclaimed fan of “creaky old houses,” wrote the foreword for the book. Copies of the book will be available for sale at Fedorsky’s opening reception.
Tsar Fedorsky is a photographer based in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Her photographs have been exhibited and published nationally and worldwide. Fedorsky holds an MFA in Photography from the University of Hartford in Connecticut and a BA from Amherst College in Massachusetts. She received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship for Creative Arts in Photography in 2018, was a Critical Mass Finalist in 2015 and 2017, and received an Artist Fellowship Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council in 2015. Fedorsky traveled to Brazil as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in 2023-24.
The exhibition opening and artist’s reception will take place Friday, June 7 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Gallery hours will be 1:00 – 4:00 pm on Saturdays and Sundays through July 7 with the exception of June 15 and 16 when the gallery will be closed. Visitors can register to attend on the home page of the Manship Artists Residency website at ManshipArtists.org.
ABOUT the MANSHIP ARTISTS RESIDENCY
The site of the Manship Artists Residency was once the summer retreat of Paul Manship, the sculptor of the Prometheus Fountain at Rockefeller Center. Many of the same opportunities and qualities that attracted Manship to Cape Ann are available to those who come here seeking solitude or community in this restorative landscape. Manship Artists Residency gives artists and the creative spirit time and space to flourish for the benefit of our community by welcoming artists and thought leaders from around the world to work in these serene surroundings steps away from the scenic northeast coast of New England. Our residents magnify the social capital and the cultural value of Cape Ann, and our innovative programming contributes to the health and vitality of our community and beyond. ManshipArtists.org
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I was fortunate enough to take a boat ride around “the Cape” with GMG’s ,Chris Langathianos, on his awesome Zodiac the other day. (click for video) It was just choppy enough going around the outside…and along the back shore… to make it exciting….then super flat once rounding Halibut Point. We stopped to see the seals off of Rockport and then, as hoped, stumbled upon three or four humpback whales uncommonly close to land. With a ton of bait fish present on the surface, it was no wonder the whales had found their way inside the bay. It was a phenomenal afternoon and another reminder, after a dreary start to our spring, that we are indeed so lucky to live on Cape Ann. Thanks, Chris!
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Today May 30 is the original date to recognize Memorial Day (previously Decoration Day for those of us of a “certain age”). I like to take a pause every year on May 30 in honor of the tradition.
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Good Morning Gloucester 