Author: Joey Ciaramitaro
The creator of goodmorninggloucester.org Lover of all things Gloucester and Cape Ann. GMG where we bring you the very best our town has to offer because we love to share all the great news and believe that by promoting others in our community everyone wins.
Sports Media Is The Worst (Except For Tony Kornheiser)
Manning Mannng Manning Manning Manning Manning Manning Manning Manning.
Oh we haven’t blown enough smoke up the Manning’s Asses yet?
Let us correct that-
Manning Manning Manning Manning Manning Manning Manning Manning Oh and yeah, Manning.
Peyton, Eli, it doesn’t matter, they just can’t help themselves. Before the Pats/Denver Game it’s all about how Payton Manning is the best QB of all time despite Brady owning him on 95% of the statistics including the most important ones- Superbowl Wins and Head to Head.
Last Night’s Monday Night Football was 80% pre-game talk about the Giants and Eli Manning with an occasional blurb about the Colts.
Results: Pats Smoke Denver and Indy Crushes The Giants.
Go make another commercial Peyton.
photo- Barstool Sprorts
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Community Stuff 11/4/14
An event to celebrate the poetry and person of poet laureate Peter Todd will be held on Thursday, November 6th at the Cape Ann Community Cinema. The event will begin at 7:30 P.M.
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East Gloucester Timelapse 11/03/14 6:30AM
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Honoring Gloucester Poet Laureate, Peter Todd. Thursday, November 6, Cape Ann Cinema
Honoring Gloucester Poet Laureate, Peter Todd. Thursday, November 6, Cape Ann Cinema
Gloucester Poet Laureate, cab-driver by day, Peter Albert Todd has been stricken with pancreatic cancer and the prognosis is “guarded.” A miracle might happen and we are praying for one, but pancreatic cancer can spread quickly. In the meantime, Peter’s family is being heavily burdened by the effort plus medical and travel expenses of going to Boston almost every day.
Rufus Collinson, John Ronan [both previous Poet Laureates], City Councilor Melissa Cox and other community members will read a few of Peter’s poems this week at a community event. Peter hopes to read some too. Many of Peter’s poems celebrate everyday life, especially in Gloucester. Peter has given us a small but powerful sample of his many poems. These are ones he is especially proud of, as they commemorate fishermen, veterans, sunrises, etc. and warn against evils such as drunk driving — ironic as Peter’s nephew was hit by an intoxicated driver on Friday and now has a severe brain injury.
To commemorate Peter, his life and his work, we are hosting a poetry, pizza and movie event with and for Peter at Cape Ann Cinema from 7:30pm, this Thursday, November 6. We will have pizza donated by local restaurants and have a platter of vegan appetizers too. Admission is free, although donations are welcomed and encouraged. All donations will go to Peter and his family to help them with their huge expenses. At the event, Rufus and others will read some of Peter’s poems, he will read some, attendees can read their own poems, if they want to, and we’ll reminisce with Peter about his life in Gloucester. Around 8:00 or 8:15 Rob Newton, head of Cape Ann Cinema, will show a movie “The Source” about the Beat Poets [which the licensor has donated because our event is a fund-raiser].
We hope you can join us and other Gloucester supporters for this event honoring Peter Todd. Please forward this email to other people you think could be interested; despite the short notice, we hope to pack the theater. Thanks very much.
Best,
Lucinda Seigel with Kirstin Martin and Rufus Collinson
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Community Stuff 11/3/14
Mews From Cape Ann Animal Aid
89 ADOPTIONS IN OCTOBER!
Woohoo! Because of your support and belief in our mission, we were able to find homes for 58 dogs and 31 cats this month! These are some of the many faces that send their thanks to you!
Upcoming Events
SUPPLY DRIVE AT SHAW’S SUPERMARKET
Saturday, November 15th
11am-3pm @ Shaw’s on Eastern Ave., Gloucester
We’ll be a the Shaw’s Supermarket on Eastern Ave collecting items from our Wish List. Stop by to do some shopping and visit with shelter pups!
SANTA PAWS
Saturday, November 22nd
11am-3pm @ Rockport Ace Hardware
Get your pup’s photo taken with Santa for a donation of $10. Perfect for holiday cards!
HOLIDAY GIFT FAIR AND OPEN HOUSE
Saturday, December 6th, 11am-3pm
Join us for some holiday shopping and visit with shelter animals at our Christopher Cutler Rich Animal Shelter.
WINTER BALL
Friday, February 6th, 7pm-11pm
Save the date for our Annual Fundraising Gala at Cruiseport Gloucester featuring dinner, dancing, raffles, silent and live auctions. Tickets will be on sale in January.
SEE ALL UPCOMING EVENTS AT
WWW.CAPEANNANIMALAID.ORG/EVENTS
Elisa Pearmain, award-winning author and professional story teller to be the guest speaker at the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church on Sunday, November 9, 2014.
Special Guest at Sunday Morning Service
November 9, 2014 at 10:00am in the Sanctuary
Gloucester Unitarian Unitarian Church
Corner of Middle and Church Street, on the green
Accessible Entrance at #10 Church Street
Additional Information at www.gloucesteruu.org
DESCRIPTION:
The Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church is pleased to announce award-winning author and professional story teller, Elisa Pearmain will lead a Sunday service. It will be held in the sanctuary of the historic 1806 Meetinghouse, Gloucester’s oldest standing church, home of America’s first Universalist Society founded by Rev. John Murray in 1779.
Elisa Pearmain, MA, LMHC, has been telling stories professionally to audiences of all ages for nearly thirty years. She is the award-winning author of two books including Doorways to the Soul: 52 Wisdom Tales from around the World (1998). She is a Tapestry of Faith co-author. In 2013 Elisa recorded a double CD of stories and commentary on Forgiveness called, Forgiveness: Telling our Stories in New Ways. Elisa is also a licensed psychotherapist with a private practice in Concord MA
The church invites everyone in the community at large to come to this special service The Gloucester UU Church is a welcoming congregation that meet in Gloucester’s Meetinghouse, whose lantern steeple has guided generations of mariners into port as its people fought for the abolition of slavery, equal rights for women and the separation of church & state as a cornerstone of our democracy.
“MOSES AND MONOTHEISM” Panel Discussion
Special Event at Temple Ahavat Achim (86 Middle St., Gloucester)
Sunday, November 23rd from 1 pm to 2:30 pm
Sigmund Freud was one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century. His discoveries of the make-up of the human psyche, were, in their time, world-shaking.
The animal self, the id, (or, more correctly, the “it”) lives together with a controlling instinct, the super-ego, (or “over I”), which develops as the child develops as is not complete until we mature, and the ego, (or the “I”) the conscious self, which is the human as he knows himself, must work together in the person, to provide a rational, but emotional self. From this knowledge Freud fashioned the science of psychoanalysis.
There are those who choose to view Freud as an atheist. However, Freud himself wrote in his autobiographical sketch “…my parents were Jews, and I have remained a Jew.”
While he was dying of cancer, Freud rushed into print his facit on Judaism, “Moses and Monotheism”. It was to be the last of his many essays. In it he applies the tools of psychoanalysis and the mind of a scientist to theorize about the origins and the monotheistic basis of his Jewish faith, and the Christian faith which followed.
Significantly, Sigmund Freud chose to die, as assisted suicide, on Yom Kippur, 1939. This year is the seventy-fifth anniversary of his death, and we are marking that anniversary by holding a discussion of the radical thoughts contained in “Moses and Monotheism”, albeit two months after the actual anniversary.
The panel discussing the essay, in which the public is encouraged to participate, will consist of Philip Cutter, M.D., a retired psychiatrist, Vincent Panetta, Ph. D., a professor of psychoanalysis, and supervising analyst, and Seth Yorra, Dr. jur., a lawyer and dramatist, who has also received an M.A. as a psychoanalytical counselor.
Selections from “Moses and Monotheism” to read in preparation for this selection are available for download or at the TAA office from Natalia, (978) 281-0739.
Phyllis A. Marine Association
Scrap Steel Drive
Bring down any scrap metal you’re looking to get rid of and raise money to restore the Phyllis A.
November 8, 2014
8am to 4pm Foster’s Parking Lot (the Irving station)
107 Eastern Avenue Gloucester, MA
*Vehicles can be donated by appointment. Call 978-381-3901
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KT From The Clam’s Take- “Stop Talking to Strange Women on the Street.”
Stop Talking to Strange Women on the Street..
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Community Photos 11/3/14
Happy Halloween – photos from Anthony Marks
Autumn On The Annisquam – photos from Anthony Marks
Home Is the Sailor From peter Digre
Home is the sailor
Croissant At Sticky Fingers
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Cape Ann Film Festival 2014 Is Happening NOW!
For All the Information- http://capeannfilmfestival.wordpress.com/
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GloucesterCast 102: The Estrogen Episode- Four Broads and A Neanderthal #GloucesterMA
GloucesterCast 102: The Estrogen Episode- Four Broads and A Neanderthal
Topics Include: 2014 Halloween Observations, The East Gloucester Hard Core Liberal Gang, Hartz Street Halloween Central, Electric Razors Are Gross, Jude Duckworth Should Be A Garden Gnome For Halloween, Outrage Over Poop Costume, Who Has Not Read The Children’s Book Everybody Poops?, Trick Or Treating At Fenway, Nichole Defends The Red Sox Ownership, Asking Nichole To Start A Thursday Pick Of The Week For Grade School Kid Weekend Family Activities, Clay Imaginations, Glazed Re-Opening Up At The Hive, Words With Friends No Ad Upgrade Is $9.99, Who Knew The Term “Duckface”, Woman Walking Around NYC For 10 Hours Video, The Attractive Kid Giving A Girl Flowers vs The Nerdy Kid Giving Flowers, The Store Between Friendlies and China Port, Valentinos and Sebastians and Blacky, Rhumb Line Road Rally, Congratulations To Ryan Cox and Tracey Gansenberg From The Farm Bar and Grille Who Got Engaged Yesterday, Thanks Kim For My Second Bonavita Coffee Maker, While Recognizing The Convenience Of Keurig Coffee Makers I’ve Yet To Have A Completely Satisfying Cup Of Coffee From A Keurig Coffee Maker, Orange Coriander UFO Wheat Beer, Butternut Squash Soup, Kim Fails With Not Enough Salt On Her Pumpkin Seeds, Thank You Erin Rulli For The Chocolates, Italian Sugar Doesn’t Count, Irish Chocolate, Local Movie Theater Props, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, 32 Oz Movie Sodas Are Just Plain Wrong.
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The Move…
I can’t begin to thank Capt Pete Mondello enough for his recommendation for the cryovaced (spelling?) frozen 8 oz portions of tuna at Market Basket for $6.50 per lb. Also available at Stop and Shop. Get the little container of real wasabi too.
So you get a portion, leave it out for a couple hours to thaw, cut open the package carve off a slice, spread on a little wasabi and drizzle soy sauce. I stuffed myself with about 6.5 ounces. Straight lean protein. Delicious. No Brainer city.
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Congrats Ryan & Tracy On Your Engagement! @FarmBarGrille
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Caption Contest. Patriots Tailgating. What Would You Name It?
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Yep, we got accumulation. Nov 2, 2014 #GloucesterMA
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Stillwater Shot In Gloucester Now Playing At Cape Ann Community Cinema
Joey, we just finished a short film that was shot in Gloucester. Lead actor is based in Montreal but he maintains a summer home here. The film played on Thursday night as an Official Selection of the Cape Ann Film Festival (http://capeannfilmfestival.wordpress.com). Festival runs through Nov 16. Not sure if you post these sort of things to your site but if so then the information and link are below (film poster is attached):
“Stillwater”
Official Selection of the 2014 Cape Ann Film Festival
Synopsis: A man returns home after 20 years to find out what happened to the girl he loved and the money he lost.
Directed by Jon Halverson and Richard Notkin
Starring: Richard Notkin, Patrick Halverson, Kevin Noonan, Kristine Halverson, Mark Stafford and Constance Ross
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 13 minutes, 32 seconds
Thanks,
Jon
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Aarrgh FRED BODIN GOES BANANAS
Cat Ryan submits-
Main Street’s best-dressed list:
Fred Bodin’s masterclass in pirate chic layering, shopping super local over time from his longstanding retail neighbor, Bananas.
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SARAH RYDGREN PHOTOS IN STETSON GALLERY IN NOVEMBER
Opening reception for photographic exhibit by Sarah Rydgren of Salem to be held Sunday, Nov. 2 12-2 p.m. at Stetson Gallery in Marblehead
From The Salem Patch:
November at the Stetson Gallery in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead will feature the photographs of Sarah Rydgren of Salem. Rydgren’s exhibit, ‘home,” will be celebrated at an opening reception on Sunday, November 2, from 12-2 p.m. at the Gallery, located at 28 Mugford St., Marblehead.
Sarah Rydgren, a 28 year native of Salem, has always had an interest
in the outdoors, nature, travel and photography. She briefly studied
film photography at Montserrat College of Art, however, she is
completely self-taught in digital photography, specializing in Nikon
DSLR Cameras and Adobe Photoshop. Sarah is now pursuing a
Bachelor’s Degree in environmental biology and geology at Salem State
University and works as a Ranger in Ipswich for the Trustees of
Reservations. She recently moved back to her hometown of Salem with
her 6 year old son, Maverick, and her two cats. You can often see
Sarah spending her free time hiking and photographing the North Shore.
She has been influenced by such photographers as Ansel Adams, Darren
Jew, Paul Nicklen and Paul Souders.
Rydgren calls this exhibit “home” because, she says, “Home is where you feel comfort, and most of my work displayed in this show was taken during the last year, while I was healing from my father’s death.
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Free Safety At Sea Training For Commercial Fishermen Nov 6-7Th
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November 2, 2014 4:50AM Back Shore Gloucester MA Storm Report From Good Morning Gloucester
Sorry For Not being Able To Hear Me, The Wind Was Just Too Strong
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Beverly Sills Quote of the Week from Greg Bover
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.”
Beverly Sills (1929-2007)
Born Belle Miriam Silverman in Brooklyn to immigrant parents from Ukraine, Sills won her first singing contest at age three and would go on to win first place on both the Major Bowles Amateur Hour and Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts, the American Idol of their day. She broke into opera in the late forties, specializing in the work of Donizetti, Rossini and Massenet, and by 1971 appeared on the cover of Time Magazine as “America’s Queen of the Opera”, despite limiting her career to spend more time at home with her children, both born with disabilities. She retired from singing in 1980, but continued in the public eye, first as director of the New York City Opera, then Chair of Lincoln Center, and finally of the Metropolitan Opera, while simultaneously offering her celebrity to the March of Dimes and other charities. She was the recipient of four honorary doctorates, multiple Emmy and Grammy nominations, and the 1980 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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