My View of Life on the Dock
Painting Bowls at Addison Gilbert Hospital in Support of The Open Door
Addison Gilbert Hospital hosted a bowl painting on February 26th in support of The Open Door Empty Bowl Dinner.
Hospital employees, their family and friends painted over 40 bowls for the Open Door Empty Bowl Dinner to take place on
Thursday, May 8, Cruiseport Gloucester from 4-8 p.m. Everyone had fun for a great cause.
In This Newsletter
Three More Days to See Winter Bird Art
Chris Leahy Gallery Talk
Late Winter Meditations
An Interesting Tidbit
All Over Again: Music and Dance in Performance
Three More Days To See Winter Bird Art
Friday (10-5), Saturday (10-7), and Sunday (10-5) are the remaining days to see the winter bird art at Trident Gallery on loan from the Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon. After the birds leave, Winter Meditations will continue with its fourth and final phase, “Persephone’s Return.”
“Winter Birding with John James Audubon”
A Gallery Talk with Chris Leahy
Saturday, March 1, 5pm
Naturalist Chris Leahy is a charismatic and popular speaker as well as a noted author and editor. Raised in Marblehead and a resident of Gloucester since the 1970s, Leahy will speak particularly about the birds of Cape Ann as he adapts a talk he has been giving at the exhibition “Audubon’s Birds, Audubon’s Words” at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to the forty works of bird art currently at Trident Gallery.
Leahy’s interests in natural history are comprehensive, and he is a recognized authority on birds and insects; he holds the Gerard A. Bertrand Chair of Natural History and Field Ornithology at Mass Audubon; he has led natural history explorations to over 70 countries on all of the continents; he is the author of The Birdwatcher’s Companion to North American Birdlife (1,072 pp), Birds of Mongolia (forthcoming), The Nature of Massachusetts, The First Guide to Insects, “A Guide to Winter Birding on Cape Ann,” and many other publications.
The talk will last about an hour. No reservation needed. Chris will move around the gallery. Some folding chairs will be provided. A flyer is available in PDF format.
Late Winter Meditations – Doves on a Razor’s Edge
This morning, Mourning Doves were singing their mournful mating song in East Gloucester. Tonight, the temperature is 15, and a cold, gusty north wind is blowing.
Many living things don’t survive the winter, part two: a Razorbill washed up on Brace Cove beach almost exactly a year ago, and was photographed by Trident Gallery artist Patti Sullivan. First, for comparison, Audubon’s Razorbill (engraved by Robert Havell), and the stuffed Razorbill that visited Trident Gallery for Sandy McDermott’s workshop on January 31st.
An Interesting Tidbit
We’ve seen sea smoke on Gloucester Harbor and the waters around Cape Ann numerous times this year, because temperatures have been unusually cold. Sea smoke is a kind of fog, the same as our breath on a cold day. When very cold air passes over relatively warm water, the water warms and humidifies a layer of air, which drifts up into the colder air and condenses. A Rockport, Maine meteorologist gives a nice explanation here, and this scientific paper from 1963 gives a careful analysis and record of the phenomenon of sea smoke, which can rise in plumes to hundreds of meters above the sea’s surface. Photographer Winston Swift Boyer captured this scene of sea smoke in Gloucester during the winter of 1977-78.
Exhibition Poster (22″ x 23″) for sale in gallery, $25
Winter Meditations Evolves Toward Spring
All Over Again: Music and Dance in Performance
Sunday, March 9th, 5pm.
An evening of music and dance performance heralds the return of spring and again unites the visual and performing arts at Trident Gallery, marking the beginning of “Persephone’s Return,” the fourth and final phase of Winter Meditations. Multi-instrumentalist composers Nathan Cohen and Anthony Leva explore sonic geographies and genres. Dancers Olivier Besson and Chandra Cantor improvise duets with poetic intimacy, striking clarity, and dynamic surprise.
Please arrive at the gallery in time to be seated by 5pm, and note that Gloucester parking meters go off duty at 6pm.
Admission is free. Donations for the performers will be greatly appreciated.
Seating is limited. Seat reservations no later than 9am on Saturday March 8 are strongly recommended (978-491-7785 or events@tridentgallery.com or the Facebook event). If reservations fill all the seats that can be provided, some additional standing guests will be allowed.
A paper flyer is posted online in PDF format, and also a jpg image like the one above but with venue information.
Social Media
Information and images complementary to Winter Meditations appear regularly on the gallery Facebook page and the exhibition’s multimedia blog. Information about gallery events is published to all channels, but other content tends not to overlap with the content of email newsletters.
Summary of Winter Meditations events
17 January (Friday) 7:30pm-8:15pm: dance performance, Then it seemed beautiful
25 January (Saturday) 5pm-7pm: reception “Arctic Life”
31 January (Friday) 1pm-3pm: workshop: Drawing Birds and Wildlife from Nature
8 February (Saturday) 5pm-7pm: poetry reading Brendan Galvin
14 February (Friday) 5pm-6pm poetry reading Rufus Collinson
22 February (Saturday) 5pm-6pm poetry reading David Rich
1 March (Saturday) 5pm-6pm talk: Chris Leahy, “Winter Birding with John James Audubon”
9 March (Sunday) dance performance, All over again
Trident Gallery Overview
Trident Gallery is a showcase for the art of Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Exhibitions of contemporary art in traditional and non-traditional styles and media rotate every four to six weeks and are accompanied by scheduled presentations and discussions. Owner and Gallery Director Dr. Matthew Swift curates the exhibitions and gallery inventory, drawing on academic expertise and four generations of involvement in Cape Ann art to select each work of art and to illuminate its place within the cultural history of the region. Through its exhibitions, library, and programming, Trident Gallery is a part of the vital arts scene on Cape Ann and a resource for learning about the region’s rich artistic legacy and continuing importance.
Sincerely,
Matthew Swift
Director
Trident Gallery
+1 (978) 491-7785
TridentGallery.com
Gallery Hours (during Winter Meditations)
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday: 10am-5pm
Saturday 10am-7pm
Monday, Tuesday, and any time by appointment
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I hope to god these aren’t the people making flights safe for us.
If this was your flight crew you gotta pin your hopes of survival at negative 5000% right?
The perfect night out for you and your kids. Drop off at Gymazing and head out for dinner. Come back, everybody’s happy!
Fishtown Players Theatre is looking for backstage volunteers for its upcoming production of Evan Smith’s, The Savannah Disputation. They are looking for people who can help out with ushering, publicity and stage hands etc.
The Savannah Disputation is a comedy drenched in southern charm, infused with a pinch of hellfire and a dollop of damnation. Two eccentric Catholic sisters find themselves in a verbal smack down with a door-to-door evangelist in their own home. Crackling with wit and brimming with emotion, what unfolds is an up-to-the-minute comedy about organized religion, faith and morals in the not-so-United States.
The show runs:
Thurs. through Sundays, March 20th – 30th
Thurs. Mar. 20, Pay as You Can at 7:30pm
Fri & Sat Mar. 21, 22, 28, 29 at 7:30pm
A benefit performance for the Gloucester Writers Center on Thurs. Mar. 27 at 7:30 (all welcome) Call our reservation number or The Writers Center at, 978-283-7738
At the Gorton Theatre (home of Gloucester Stage Co.)
267 E. Main Street, Gloucester
For reservations please call 978-515 7957 or
Visit our website
Tickets $18 Seniors $15 Students $10
Also can be reached at http://fishtownplayers.com
The Fishtown Players delivers the heaven-sent comedy “The Savannah Disputation” to the Gorton Theatre in Gloucester. The four-person play is drenched in southern charm, infused with a pinch of hellfire and a dollop of damnation. Two sisters aren’t prepared for the well-versed door-to-door missionary as she trash-talks the Catholic church. The sisters plan revenge by enlisting the help of their unsuspecting parish priest, and a theological smack down begins. Crackling with wit and brimming with emotion, what unfolds is a delightful comedy about organized religion, faith and morals in the not-so-United States. Starring Kristine Burke, Jay DiPrima, Jessie Sorrells and Lauren Suchecki. Directed by David McCaleb. Produced by Michael McNamera. “VERY funny…blissfully entertaining.” —NYTheatre.com “A theological back-and-forth with plenty of laughs.” —Boston Globe “Seemingly endless side-splitting moments.” – The Boston Metro
Hi Joey C & GMG Readers!
We’re getting ready for new inventory to arrive soon but we need to make room first!
Entire store 30%-50% OFF until March 2nd!!!
Merci Beaucoup!
Dawn @ La Provence
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978-546-5868
Current Hours: Thursday thru Sunday 11am-5pm
Hi!
I’m really excited to share that a Cape Ann Contra Dance is happening this Saturday, March 1 at the First Baptist Church on Gloucester Ave., Gloucester. A recent survey of dancers showed that many would prefer a night other than Sundays, so here we go!
There will be an intro to dance basics workshop at 7:30, with the dance starting at 8:00. The live music will be led by house band members Nathan Cohen and John Hicks and will likely include sit-ins and maybe a surprise guest!
Complimentary coffee and tea will be available throughout the evening.
We really hope to see both new and familiar faces on the dance floor.
More details can be found at https://www.facebook.com/CapeAnnContraDance
Thanks for helping us spread the word!
Actor Seth Rogen gives his opening statement before a Senate hearing on Alzheimer’s Research. From C-SPAN3 coverage, watch the complete hearing here: http://cs.pn/1c8QeoB #EndALZ
Good Morning Joey!
I don’t know if this would be of any interest to your readers???
Normally I send you shots of me kilted up in Scotland but here’s a different
one…. I would love to know where this shot was taken on the beach in
Rockport around 1905 (I think it’s Front Beach?). The lady is my
great-grandmother, Ida Marion (Grimes) Burkhard. The three kids (l to r),
are my grandfather, Marion Grimes Burkhard, Stanley Burkhard and Russell
Vietor Burkhard. Ida’s parents were Marion Grimes and Lucy Foster Pool,
both of Rockport. (Ida was a descendant of both John Pool and Richard
Tarr). Some old-timers might remember Stan Burkhard… he had demolished my
great-grandmother’s summer cottage on Thurston & North Streets on Bearskin
Neck around 1990 and built a new home on the same spot (at the tender age of
93!), and lived there until he died (there), at the age of 101! Most people
at 93 don’t even buy green bananas.
Jim Clyde
There is another connection to Cape Ann/Gloucester with this photo… Marion
Grimes (Ida’s father), owned shares in at least three schooners out of
Gloucester in the herring fisheries and owned shares in a schooner built in
Essex called the “Marion Grimes”. His two brothers, Alden Bradford Grimes
and Manley Grimes were both schooner “masters”. Manley was lost with all
hands in 1869 on the “John W. Lowe” out of Gloucester in a blizzard off
Newfoundland. His name is on the cenotaph on Gloucester harbor….Manley’s
grandson, Cal Grimes, was a police officer in Essex for many years.
Hi Joey,
Could you please post the following. Thank you, Cristina Brancaleone
The Gloucester High School Co-ed Varsity Cheerleaders are going to Regionals this Sunday in Chelmsford. They have have worked so hard and have gotten first place at all their competitions this season. A huge thanks goes out to their coach Beth Costanzo for all her time and effort! Good luck Fishermen!
http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com Do you get it?
O’Maley Innovation School Drama Club presents musical, “Fame Jr.”
The O’Maley Innovation School Performing Arts Department cordially invites members of the Cape Ann Community to attend this year’s musical production of “Fame Jr.” The six shows, performed by two different casts and over 80 talented actors, actresses, and crew members, are scheduled on:
· Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.
· Friday, February 28, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.
· Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.
· Friday, March 7, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.
· Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.
· Sunday, March 9, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased at the door and are $5.00 for students and seniors and $7.00 for adults. All proceeds finance future productions. Questions about the performances? Call 978-281-9850.
This mom knew exactly what she was doing here didn’t she?
No kid is gonna offer up that Pop Tart. No frickin way. The only obvious way out for this little youngster was to head out the door and away from the evil mommy. Mom set her up for this faceplant pure and simple.
You don’t think next time big momma asks Parker to share she’s gonna have this facial etched in her brain? Next time she ought to up her game and lay a minefield of mousetraps along her path to the way out for a little extra effect.
You can rest assured next time Mommy Dearest asks little Parker for a pop tart she is gonna be making a bee line to mommy before she gets the wire hanger treatment. Pavlov has nothing on this mother of the year candidate.
Tough love. Tough love indeed.
SEACOAST NEWS
March 2014
Thanks to the Friends of Seacoast the residents enjoyed their Valentine’s Day with beautiful décor, entertainment and a candy gift from Turtle Alley . The weekly concerts and the monthly dinner theater by professional entertainers were all well received.
The Friends of Seacoast enhance the resident’s lives at the Seacoast Nursing and Rehabilitation Center with hours of enjoyment by providing the finances needed for the special entertainment, supplies and community outings. Any and all donations to “The Friends of Seacoast” are gratefully accepted.
We are looking forward to many upcoming events with the support of the Friends of Seacoast including a St. Patrick’s Day Celebration with Irish Step Dancers, weekly Musical Entertainment, Dinner Theater with catered foods from local restaurants, Baby Farm Animal Visit by Barn Babies, Community Outings and more…
The Cape Ann Museum received a grant from “Mass Humanities” and has been offering Seacoast an on going program scheduled from September 2013 through June 2014 called “The Power of Place”
This artistic expression project has included poetry, painting
A museum tour and art demonstrations within the Seacoast facility.
The next visit titled “Creative Exploration” is scheduled for March 20th.
The next Friends of Seacoast meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday March 11, 2014 at 6:00 PM.
Alison Cox
Activities Director
Hi Joey!
Kerry in Annisquam here. Sunset looking from Diamond Cove towards Wingaersheek.
Late and beautiful…summer is almost here!
Members of Team Cape Ann from Addison Gilbert Hospital, lend a hand to their friends at
The Open Door on Feb. 24 in helping prepare and serve a delicious meals to friends on Monday evening.
(Left to Right)
Myriah Tucker, Oncology
Deb Sacco, Administration
Sefatia Romeo, Financial Services
Karen Amero, Food & Nutrition Services
Cheryl Christo, Food & Nutrition Services
Shirley Conway, Senior Adult Unit
Did you hear the thunk? I mean straight up couldn’t lay a more solid forehead plant on that bar.
And then the mother chuckles a little before she tries to convince the kid that he didn’t just get completely annihilated.
Total compassion out of the mom right there. She ain’t raising no softie!
Define Getting Bundled: see video
Is this your move?
Like when your kid gets destroyed on the playground do you give them the old “Shake it off” routine?
I feel like there are two completely different camps on this. Mothers that would be crying harder than the child and coddling them and then other moms that will pick the kid up, give em a boot in the ass and tell them to run up that slide til they get it right.
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To get an idea of the scale of the size of this fish, Chief goes 300lbs himself.
J Felock in Boston after boat show…Saturday.
Dinner at Liberty Hotel
What, No GMG Cap? Only thing that woulda made that photo better. 
Good Morning Gloucester 