For the love of God people- just say no to Red Mulch!
Cheese city.

From Pop Gallery

Here’s Marty With Son Brian at Carnegie Hall Where They Performed.

Hey Joey! Backyard Growers has a lot going on! Any chance you could post our stuff? Do I need to give you the actual links and photos or is it easy for you just to pop in our Constant Contact thing below? Just trying to make your life easier ; ) Anyway, if you need the actual link for “Click here to vote” it is http://www.seedsofchangegrant.com. Thanks Joey!

Join Backyard Growers at our upcoming events!

The week of April 14th is filled with Backyard Growers events! 

The annual miracle is about to occur. Winter will yield to spring and gardening season will return! Time to get ready! 

Join us for a free Fruit Tree Workshop

Learn how to prune, revitalize,and harvest overgrown fruit trees as a way of growing food for each other, connecting our community, and celebrating our heritage. People will learn how to work on their own trees, and receive training as a group so we can tend to fruit trees in selected downtown and East Gloucester neighborhoods.  

Workshop Instructor: James Harrison, North Shore Director of The Food Project

When: Wednesday, April 16, 5:30-6:30 PM(location TBD)

Limited spots available. To register contact John Sarrouf.

Movie Night! Come watch Growing Cities!

Calling all backyard, community, and schoolyard gardeners! And friends of people who garden!

Join Backyard Growers and Cape Ann Community Cinema for a screening of Growing Cities, a film about urban agriculture and sustainable food systems. Stick around after the film and participate in a panel discussion with youth from The Food Project, one of the organizations featured in the film.

Where: Cape Ann Community Cinema, 21 Main Street

When: Thursday,

April 17, 7:30 PM

Ticket prices are $10 adults, $8.50 students & seniors, and a special discount for BYG and CACC members. A portion of the ticket sales goes to Backyard Growers to support our programming. 

Purchase your tickets here!

Shop for Spring Seedlings & Seeds

We have lots of lovely spring items for sale at the upcoming Cape Ann Farmers’ Market. 

We have spring seedlings for a buck each (broccoli, kale, Swiss chard, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower),  High Mowing Seeds, and cool Backyard Growers t-shirts.

First and second year Backyard Growers will receive free seeds and seedlings–don’t forget to come and pick up your free stuff!

Where: Unitarian Universalist Church, 10 Church Street

When: Saturday,

April 19, 9 AM-12 PM

We’re looking forvolunteers to help us on distribution day. Current Backyard Growers have their participation fee waived or returned in exchange for volunteering. Sign up to volunteer her

Hi, Joey,   Could you include following in GMG? Thanks.
BOOK LAUNCH  TUESDAY APRIL 8 ROCKPORT LIBRARY AT 7:30
THE WIFE AND I: WALKS IN THE WOODS AND LANES OF CAPE ANN 1958 & 1959
Sarah Clark will be presenting power power slides of old and present Rockport and reading from her new book a compilation of her father, Jim Clark’s writings. Jim wrote a popular column recounting his walks with “the wife” and later also the pugnacious pooch, Molly, around Rockport and sometimes Gloucester for the Gloucester Times from 1958-1966.  Books will be available at the event and later at Toad Hall, The Bookstore and Tuck’s.  A portion of the profits benefit the Sandy Bay Historical Society, sponsor of the event.

Gloucester Area Astronomy Club April 11 Meeting

Eclipses are coming!

At our Friday April 11 meeting, GAAC favorite Jim Koerth will show us everything we ever wanted to know about eclipses in general, the moon in particular, and even more in particular, the two lunar eclipses we’re expecting this year — one in April and another in October. And there are another two eclipses coming up in 2015, so come to GAAC and be prepared!

Jim’s talk will focus on the mechanics of eclipses, lunar and solar, here and on other planets, and will touch on lunar geography and even the role of eclipses in the search for planets around other stars. Come on in for the usual good times and good eats, and a great, informative talk. You’ll leave looking at the moon differently!

The Gloucester Area Astronomy Club meets from 8:00 pm to about 9:30 on April 11 at the Lanesville Community Center, 8 Vulcan Street in Lanesville. There are no costs or fees, and the public is encouraged to attend. See more on our Facebook page,http://www.facebook.com, our website athttp://gaac.us, or follow us on twitter, @gaactweet

Dory prep rain delay!

For those of you who read the schedule of events sent to you recently by the IDRC, you noticed we have scheduled a dory prep day at Eastern Ave. Self Storage this Saturday April 5^th.  But, due to the forecasted rain, we will be moving to Sunday April 6^th, meeting around 9 AM.  We will need some bodies at least to move the boats around (un-nest a pair).  Then, we will be scraping and sanding.  The whole process should take less than 2 hours, so if you have some time please come down and lend a hand for a good cause!!

Thank you, Joey! 
Here’s our mission statement: 

Downtown Magnolia is undergoing a revitalization. At the heart of this transformation, is a gathering spot that will bring people together. Owner/Developer Eric Loiacano has partnered with the Serenitee Restaurant Group to build a restaurant that will serve as that meeting place for the community. 
Appropriately named 525, the restaurant’s neighbors may be the only ones to get the connection reference, but everyone is going to love the food! 525 will feature creative tavern fare with New England staples, served in a comfortable setting. The bar will boast great cocktails, wines by the glass and ice cold beers. With plenty of outdoor seating available, 525 will be the perfect après beach destination this summer.  
525 will be opening on Thursday, May 8th 

Cat Ryan submits-

2 minute mini video combining vintage 1961 Edward Hopper interview with paintings evolving from related drawings. Created for the exhibition: Hopper Drawing: A Painter’s Process now at the Walker Art Center, last year at the Whitney.

http://www.walkerart.org/channel/2014/edward-hoppers-creative-process

The Walker Art Center video features clips from 1961 interview by Brian O’Doherty, excerpt from Invitation to Art III: #32 Conversation with Edward Hopper, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, footage courtesy Thirteen Productions, LLC, WNET NY and WGBH-TV Boston

Gloucester Stroke Club meeting Thursday, April 3rd, 2 pm. Addison Gilbert Hospital, Babson Women’s Health
Conference Room, Washington St. entrance. For handicapped access, please use Fisher Lobby entrance to elevator.

Loss, Grief, and Healing Seminar presented by Dr. Jonathan Inz, guest speaker.

We will be honoring the memory of our deceased leader Cynthia Asaro. Also memories of former deceased members: Betty Lafata, Patricia Aiello, Charles Cognato, Manuel Garcia, Leo Downey, Donald Sutherland, Josephine Salah, Russell Asaro, Leonard Bolonsky, Sonny Favaloro, Lois Lattof, Sophie Bogyo, Leslie Lane and Vincent Pizzamenti.
Family and friends are welcome to attend.

Dr. Joathan Inz is a Licensed Psychologist with 24 years research and clinical experience working in the area of behavior medicine and medical psychology. He had been an Instructor in Psychology within Harvard Medical School at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is founder and director of the Medical Psychology Center in Beverly, Mass.
He previously directed the Outpatient Psychiatry Service at Beverly Hospital.

There is no fee or pre-registration. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments. For more information about the support group please contact Virginia McKinnon, LSW 978-283-3968 or email mckinnon02@msn.com
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http://www.nerdist.com/2014/04/stephen-colbert-gives-a-brilliant-response-to-cancelcolbert/

Thanks Brooke for forwarding the link

Details Soon on the GMG Google+ Community Group Page…

2014 Fish and Fisheries Public Seminar Series at Maritime Gloucester

Maritime Gloucester will host the Large Pelagics Research Center’s April Seminar Series.  Weekly programs start at 7:00 p.m. on Thursdays in the Gorton’s Seafoods Gallery. For advance online reservations click the links below or call 978 281 0470.

April 3:  Atlantic Bluefin, Bigeye, and Billfish:  Research for Sustainable Fisheries-and the Challenges That Go With It

April 10:  From Food Webs to Fisheries: The Interdependence of Socioeconomics and Ecology in the Gulf of Maine

April 17:  Minimizing Vessel Strikes to Endangered Right Whales: A Crash Course in Conservation, Science, and Policy

April 24: Near and Far, Large and Small: What Underwater Sound Can Tell Us About Fish and Plankton in the Sea

Beginning Tuesday, April 29, 2014 and continuing for the next 8 weeks, the Gloucester Police Department will be offering its 3rd Citizens Police Academy to Gloucester residents age 18 and over.  Gloucester Officers will instruct classes on subjects such as domestic violence, motor vehicle law, patrol procedures, accidents, firearms awareness, juvenile and drug problems, and many other topics relevant to police work. The academy will also include a police ride-along, a tour of the Middleton House of Correction, and a K-9 demonstration.
This class experience is designed to bring citizens into the station and give them a clear picture of what it’s like to be a Gloucester Police Officer. Citizens will learn a great deal about all aspects of police work and leave with a true representation if life as a police officer.
Application forms may be picked up at the police station and area businesses.  You may drop the completed  applicationoff at the front desk of the police station or mail it to: Lt. John McCarthy, Gloucester Police Department, 197 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930.  We will notify you on or before April 22, 2014.  Please feel free to contact Lt. John McCarthy at (978)281-9900 with any questions.

This program fills up fast. Get your application in early!!