Community Stuff 3/29/14

It’s Saturday! Come get sticky at Sticky Fingers Bakeshop!!! Spend $10 and get a free cookie!!!

Dark chocolate baby cake with raspberry mascarpone frosting!!

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Please join us for the Annual TAA Community Seder on the Second Night of Passover on Tuesday, April 15th at 6 pm!

Passover Seder

Led by Rabbi Lewis, we will enjoy a traditional Seder – with some contemporary twists.  We will eat a delicious Seder meal thanks to TAA’s inspired chefs and dedicated kitchen crew.
Cost for adults is $36, for children (4-13) it is $18*, and there is no cost for children 3 years or younger.
Space is limited (“sold out” last year!), so please RSVP to Natalia at (978) 281-0739 with your check or credit card number by Monday, April 7th!
Click here to register.
We hope you can join us – this is a wonderful event for all ages!


Cape Ann Theatre Collaborative Presents, LEADING LADIES, by Ken Ludwig

“Forget love —
what the world needs now is laughs.
That’s clearly the creed of playwright Ken Ludwig.
He supplies plenty in his comedy, Leading Ladies.”

— Everett Evans / Houston Chronicle

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April 4th – 13th
Fridays & Saturdays @ 8 pm
Sundays @ 3pm

Where: GORTON THEATRE
Home of Gloucester Stage
267 East Main Street, Gloucester
Directions
Buy Tickets On-line
Tickets: General Admission $15
Door sales – Cash/Check Only

 


Hi

I am the wife of Steve spencer who sent you the pictures from the top of the turbine!

I am opening a new fitness and tumbling studio in Gloucester on 4/1/14. It is a sublease of club c fitness which is already open at 3a pond rd. Gloucester.

Sisu fitness cape ann

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Sisu ( see soo) is a Finnish word meaning strength, determination and courage. We have a lot of fins on the island! I am a 3rd generation rockport townie.

Just wondering if you could write a short blog or post some photos? It is the only kids  tumbling studio on cape ann and I offer TRX, PT, Pilates and senior fitness. You can check out website at sisufitca.com or email or call with any questions.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Thank you

Laurie Olson


GloucesterCast With Guest Tom Balf From Maritime Gloucester and Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 3/27/14

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GloucesterCast With Guest Tom Balf From Maritime Gloucester and Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 3/27/14

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www.maritimegloucester.org
A Note from Tom Balf…

Maritime Gloucester has a fundraising dinner planned for Monday, March 31. Chefs from Turner’s Seafood and Latitude 43 will prepare a three-course meal highlighting underutilized, local seafood to showcase the best of what the waters off Gloucester have to offer.

This is an important event for Maritime Gloucester and, quite honestly, it’s more than a fundraiser. Let me explain.

Over the last two years, Maritime Gloucester has been increasingly active in supporting conversations and information sharing with respect to fisheries issues. We hosted a month long series of programs on sustainable seafood; we supported GMRI’s Trawl to Table workshop at our harbor campus; we hosted college groups from Endicott, Boston University and University of Rhode Island who wished to learned about Gloucester fisheries issues; and we taught lobster biology and the art of lobster trap building to high school students. We continue to work with various partners in the City in support of a sustainable fisheries and a thriving working waterfront. We have a clear role — Maritime Gloucester can convene, engage, provoke, facilitate and educate. We plan to begin that task in earnest this summer with a new, fisheries exhibit.

So you see, while this is a fundraiser, we are looking for strength in numbers – no easy task on a Monday night in March – to validate Maritime Gloucester’s instinct that it can honor 400 years of maritime fishing history, utilize contemporary communication tools and educational techniques, and host in this community the setting for a seafood table that has the potential to nourish all.

We hope you can join us at that table. Plus, it will be fun and tasty.

Tom Balf
Executive Director
Maritime Gloucester

Thank Christ For Rational Men Like Art McCann

I’m not sure whose idea it was to try to strip away the signature “Fighting Fishermen” on Newell Stadium but thank god there are still men like Art McCann who have enough sense to push back on the politically correct machine and make sure it was repainted.

Love this guy.

The petition reads:

“Let’s not rob our students of the fighting spirit to win both on the field and in the classroom.  This petition is to bring back the Fighting Fishermen”

Next thing you know they’re gonna go and try and take the word “Midget”  off of Midget Pickle Jars.

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Read the article on the Gloucester Daily Times Website here

When life’s got you down remember this video and the joy…

Joanne’s Milne’s implants are turned on and she hears for the first time

If this doesn’t make you appreciate, you’ve got no heart.

Community Stuff 3/28/14

Cape Ann Painter and Photography Group Meeting on Friday April 4, 10:30 -12

Hi Everyone,
The Cape Ann Painter and Photography Group will meet at Cape Ann Giclee on 20 Maplewood Avenue, Gloucester on Friday, April 4, 10:30 -12. We will have a social time ,share goals for our work for the year, and just have fun! Coffee and pastries will be provided. All are welcome. This is a great opportunity for artists and photographers in the area to meet each other and share ideas.
Parking at Cape Ann Giclee is on the far right of Shaw’s Supermarket.
Thanks to Jams and Anna of Cape Ann Giclee for providing a space for the meeting. It is much appreciated.
Hope to see you there!
Alice Gardner  978-810-9760 


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There are a couple of spaces left in the Pottery 1 class at The Hive.

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm for 6-week session

$150/Adult  $127/Senior or Student

No materials fee

Instructor// Susan Hershey

REGISTER ONLINE NOW

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Rockport Reunion “The Day A Town Came Together”

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Spiran Lodge # 98 Annual Swedish Pancake Breakfast

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CRANE ESTATE TO HOST LECTURE ON THE COUNTRY HOUSE LIBRARY APRIL 23

Mark Purcell, Libraries Curator to the National Trust, will present an illustrated lecture A Great Number of Useful Books: The Country House Library at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, 290 Argilla Rd., Ipswich, on Wednesday, April 23, at 6:00 pm. Tickets are $40; $30 for Trustees of Reservations and Royal Oak Foundation members. A reception following the lecture and sponsored by Freeman’s Auctioneers and Appraisers is included in the ticket price. Advance registration at www.thetrustees.org/royal-oak is recommended.

Purcell has been Libraries Curator to the National Trust since 1999 and is responsible for the Trust’s 168 historic libraries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. He presided over the cataloguing of the Trust’s vast collection of books and the digitization of the catalogue in 2010. This is his second lecture tour for the Royal Oak Foundation, whose Campaign for Country House Libraries underwrites much of the National Trust’s libraries program.

Purcell will present a lavishly illustrated lecture exploring different British country house libraries with books both useful and curious. He will show fine examples from the National Trust including an early 15th-century Chaucer manuscript at Petworth House in West Sussex. He’ll also present the book collection at Cambridge’s Anglesey Abbey, acquired by the 1st Lord Fairhaven, a member of the British House of Lords who was born in New York City in 1896.

This program is presented in partnership with The Royal Oak Foundation, a U.S. non-profit that engages Americans in the work of the National Trust of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. For more information about The Royal Oak Foundation, please visit

www.royal-oak.org. For more information about The Trustees of Reservations or this program, please visit www.thetrustees.org or call 978.356.4351.


Ellen Morse Retires

Cindy Cafasso Donaldson (L), Vice President, Addison Gilbert Hospital, extends her appreciation to

Ellen Morse, ultrasound radiology technologist, who is retiring after 42-years of dedicated service to

Addison Gilbert Hospital.    A reception was held on March 26th, providing staff and co-workers to

wish Ellen a happy retirement.

(Ellen is a resident of Gloucester)

Ellen


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Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum Presents a Talk by Chris Hood of C.W. Hood Yachts

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April 8, 2014, 7:30 pm

Join us for a gripping talk and engaging evening on Tuesday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the Waterline Center at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum as Chris Hood, nephew of the famous sailmaker Ted Hood, talks about yacht building in Marblehead – and the interesting journey of following a family legacy.

Chris Hood, 46, of Marblehead, Mass. is the nephew of the 1974 America’s Cup winner Ted Hood, and comes from a family of innovators and inventors. Along with his famous uncle Ted, who was known for his innovations and inventions, he has many unusual and interesting influences that helped shape his chosen career as a boat builder in his hometown of Marblehead, Mass. With sailing and yacht racing a part of the family legacy, his family history is full of unique individuals and influences. Chris Hood’s great grandfather R.O. Hood worked for Henry Ford and is credited with inventing the electric starter, his grandfather Ralph Stedman Hood was also an inventor and chemist for Monsanto in the early 1940s. His grandfather helped both Ted Hood and Chris Hood’s father, Bruce, with their own unique careers. His grandfather  is credited with inventing the looms that spun the famous Hood sailcloth, while Chris’s father – an MIT-educated physicists held many patents and created the product Hood Molded Foam in the 1970s – used in everything from car dashboards to Nerf toys. Chris Hood himself says that growing up with physicists and chemists and inventors in his home certainly helped shape his own keen instincts for three-dimensional thinking and innovation.
Chris Hood followed his own dream to become a boat builder and his award winning C.W. Hood 32 is now built right in Marblehead at the iconic Little Harbor.  Just featured in SAIL magazine and the winner of the Spirit of Tradition under 40-feet category in the British magazine Classic Yachts, Chris Hood truly has both the instincts and the legacy to continue to build high quality, innovative sailboats and power boats. 

His lecture will talk about his family history, his current projects and will offer practical advice for boat owners and boat lovers alike on getting a vessel ready for spring or simply maintaining the beautiful quality that his yachts are famous for.

Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Waterline Center, 66 Main Street, Essex, MA
7:30 pm

Coffee and refreshments served


Members $8; Non-Members $10

For information, call 978-768-7541


Hi Joey!

We seemed to have made a good call trying out Saturdays for dances.  The March 1 dance was so well attended that we’ve got our next two dances scheduled for Saturdays as well.  First up is this Saturday, March 29.  Then we’ll do it all again on Saturday, April 19.  Newcomers have been joining us at every dance and our intro sessions do a good job of warming them up for the evening.  We are excited that this traditional New England dance style has taken roots here in Gloucester!  The flyer has more details.

MARCH 29 CACD

 


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GloucesterCast With Guest Kim Smith and Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 3/25/14

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GloucesterCast With Guest Kim Smith and Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 3/25/14

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Topics Include: The NasalCast, Kim Smith Theme Music, Does Kim Smith Sound Sound Like Julia Child?, Kim Smith Shot Girl, Kim’s Garden Design Work, Creative Work, Specializing In Butterfly and Habitat Gardens, Monarchs in Danger, Cape Ann Milkweed Project, When Do The Milkweed Plants Come In?, Joe Virgillio Witnessed The Monarch Migration, Butterfly Counters, Lovable Dogs, The Dog Whisperer, Scottish Terrier, Cosmo and Rosie, Kitty Alzheimers, Crooked Faced Cat, Bringing Your Partner, Gay Culture Acceptance Has Come A Long Way But It Has A Long Way To Go, Kim Throws The South Under The Bus, Kim Is An iPhone Person, Backing Up Your Computer, Rick Moore Computer Repair, Carbonite, Vine App, Instagram,  Shazaam, Duckworth Bistrot, Lobster Risotto, Best Era For Fashion, Gail Huff, Clark Quinn, Marilyn Monroe, High-Waisted Jean Battle Royale

Rate This Kid’s Game

Brilliant Or Not?  Click the title of the post, look under the video for the rating stars, 1 star for idiotic, 5 stars for brilliant.

Community Stuff 3/27/13

Hi Joey,

I was wondering if you could put out a notice of a fundraiser for Chip Norton,who passed away in January.

Maritime Gloucester is sponsoring this event on Thursday, April 24,2014 at the Cape Ann Cinema

The film is, Row Hard, No Excuses; a documentary film with some local roots.

The doors open at 7 p.m. showing is at 7:30 p.m. $20 per ticket..either at the door or order on line through

CapeAnnCinema.com

This is a great film; Chip was a great man, who had many accomplishments..including rowing in The Blackburn Challenge

multiple times…dory, kayak and gig..

Thank you for considering a shout out for this very special event to raise money for a charity ( still to be decided by Chips’ family ).

                                                                             Most Sincerely,

                                                                           Debra Christofi

                                                                            Longtime MG member and an avid Gloucester Gig Rower.


GloucesterCast With Guest Linn Parisi From Discover Gloucester and Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 3/24/14

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GloucesterCast With Guest Linn Parisi From Discover Gloucester and Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 3/24/14

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Topics Include: Discover Gloucester, Social Media and Wholesale Travel, Travel Trade Shows, Gloucester Land Transportation Opportunities, Newport Rhode Island Bus Transfer Station, Tourism Complementing The Fishing Industry and Vice Verse, Steve Douglass Water Taxi- A Great Take,  King Eider, Bev, The Studio, Downtown Parking, The Amount Of People Who Thought That Rogers Street Was Gloucester’s Main Street, Lighting The Side Streets To Main Street, Life Is Good, Toodeloos, Hours On Main Street, Seafood Trail, Mass Office Of Travel and Tourism, Farm To Table…Really? , North Of Boston Tourism Bureau, Linn Uses Google, Nothing Like Fresh Fish, Cape Ann Museum Closed Through Mid August, Discover Gloucester Visitor Guide, Waterfronts In Newport Vs Gloucester, Oldest Working Fishing Port, Death Row Sub- Destinos Bomb With Pickles and Tomatoes, Seaport Grille Beet Salad,   Seaport Grille Desserts, Chococoa, Newburyport Farmer’s Market, Gloucester’s Restaurant Community, St Joseph’s and St Patrick’s Day, St Joseph’s Pasta, linn@seaportgloucester.org

Tina Ketchopolos Responds To Her Best GMG PR Person Of The Year Award

Dear Joey:

I want you to know how honored I am to be selected PR Person of the Year!

You know that GMG is my favorite blog – it is not only entertaining, but informative and educational! I appreciate the many health programs and screenings you post for us.

I feel like I have the best job in City.  I work at a wonderful hospital with amazing employees.  On Friday,

Cindy Cafasso Donaldson and her assistant, Deb Sacco, who I enjoy working with so much, told me to check GMG and that is when I saw the announcement.  What a way to begin your day! 

The co-workers I work with are incredible.  We have excellent doctors, nurses and support staff.

They are skilled and professional – but in addition, they are compassionate and caring and this is equally

important.  I feel honored to call these individuals my co-workers and  friends.  I wish I could name every department and

every employee as they deserve recognition as well.  Addison Gilbert Hospital is striving because of their good care and work.

So it is always a pleasure to share with you programming that our staff are conducting.

My job also allows me to work with so many agencies and other non-profits within the City – I have met so many wonderful people at meetings and working on projects together – this is one of the highlights of my job.

My boss Gerald MacKillop is from Gloucester and of course I told him I was bringing you to my next review!  I told him that when he called to congratulate me.

Please know that you made my day by your kindness and this wonderful honor; I am extremely grateful.

I have to go now, I have about four more notices to send you!

Gratefully and in friendship,

Tina

 

GMG PR Person Of The Year- Tina Ketchopolos

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Joey C

The members of the Pigeon Cove Circle in Rockport would also like to express our appreciation to Tina Ketchopolos for all the excellent work she does as the Press Releasewriter for our organization .

   She not only writes and submits the press notices for our meetings and events, she has taken on the responsibility for arranging the speakers for our monthly pot luck suppers.

   We are grateful for everything she does to promote the Circle and are very proud of her recognition as this years GMG press release writer.

 

           Carolyn Rask           

            President  

            Pigeon Cove Circle

Community Stuff 3/26/14

Hello Joey,

The Large Pelagics Research Center, UMass Amherst is hosting its fourth annual Gloucester Fish and Fisheries Public Seminar Series.  The talks will take place on Thursdays at 7pm, from April 3rd  through April 24th, at Maritime Gloucester.  The series is sponsored this year by Boston Sword & Tuna, Gorton’s Inc., Angelica Fisheries, City of Gloucester, & The Gloucester Fisheries Commission. I have attached our poster for the event that lists the speakers and their titles. Would you post the announcement on Good Morning Gloucester?

Thank you,

Emily Chandler

Program Manager

Large Pelagics Research Center

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Meet and welcome Adam Curcuru, the new Director of Gloucester Office of Veterans’ Services.

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Major Fred W. Ritvo Veterans Center, 12 Emerson Avenue

11:00 A.M. ~ 7:00 P.M.

Please post and pass on….

Hope to see you!

Lucia


EVENT: First Annual Bark in the Park Day – Limited Edition Pet Portraits

DATE: Saturday, April 12 from 7:00am – 12:00pm

Reservations Required – Oasis Rockport at 978-290-3184

Eastern Point Day School Open House on Wednesday, April 2nd from 9:30 am –11:30 am

New Lower Tuition = More School Choice

Interested parents, guardians and their children are invited to visit Eastern Point Day School on Wednesday, April 2nd from 9:30 am –11:30 am to meet the dedicated faculty and students that make Eastern Point Day School a unique and enriching community for children to thrive.

Eastern Point Day School is an independent school, Pre-K to 8th grade, focused on thematic teaching with an emphasis on curriculum integration and academic excellence, delivered in a nurturing, creative, and dynamic environment.

Tuition rates have been reduced to support EPDS’s mission to provide an exceptional education to our Cape Ann communities.

EPDS offers rolling admission, options to augment homeschool learning, scholarships and financial aid.  For more information, please visitwww.easternpointdayschool.org or email at info@easternpointdayschool.org.


LOCATION: Millbrook Meadow Park (weather permitting)

In case of inclement weather, photos will be indoors at Oasis Rockport Lifestyle Photography setting or on      Sunday, April 13.

FEE: $45 per Session with portrait packages starting at $99

* A portion of proceeds will be donated to Cape Ann Animal Aid Shelter ($5 for limited session, 10% for package)

Oasis Rockport Lifestyle Photography and Good Dog Gallery are holding the First Annual Bark In The Park Day on April 12 from 7am-12pm to celebrate Spring with our four legged friends. Join Angela Cook of Oasis Rockport at Millbrook Meadow Park for Bark in the Park Limited Edition pet portraits and enjoy special treats for you and your dog from Good Dog Gallery.

The newly renovated Millbrook Meadow Park provides some incredible backdrops for memorable photos of your favorite four-legged friend. Limited Edition pricing will be in effect, with a session fee of only $45 and packages starting at $99. Limited Edition Sessions are fun-themed sessions full of joy!

A portion of session fees will be donated to Cape Ann Animal Aid, along with 10% of all portrait packages purchased, and when you pick up your completed portraits from Good Dog Gallery, 49 Bearskin Neck, you will receive a special gift!

Call 978-290-3184 to reserve a time. Sessions will be held on April 12th, and only a limited number of session times will be available. In case of inclement weather, you will have a choice of an indoor session at Oasis Rockport Portrait Studio at Whistlestop Mall on April 12th or a session on April 13th.

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GloucesterCast With Sista Felicia, BJ and Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 3/23/14

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GloucesterCast With Sista Felicia, BJ and Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 3/23/14

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Topics Include: GMG Weather Guy Peter Lovasco Ahead Of The Pack, How Happy Is BJ That St Joseph’s Novena Is Over?, Rating The Food From St Joseph’s, Favorite Pasta Dishes, Promoting The Cookbook, Recognizing and Honoring The Gloucester Families Who Have Kept Up The St Joseph’s Novena Throughout The Years, The Orlandos, The Ferrantes, the Fontanas, The Groppos, The Russos, The Scolas, The Saputos, The Brancaleones, The Cannavos, The Milletellos,  ect, ect, ect, The Novena Trolley, BJ’s Favorite Smartphone Apps, Spotify vs Pandora, gReaderPro, Dictating To The iPhone,  Old Guys Wearing Inappropriate Caps,  Affliction T Shirts, Ed Hardy, Juicy Couture, Victoria’s Secret,  Schools Banning Yoga Pants, Dress Has Become Too Casual, Belly Shirts and Muffin Tops, Having To Notify Parents Of Appropriate Clothing For Confirmation, Mom Jeans vs Skinny Jeans, The Best Era For Clothing?, H&M, Where Did Felicia and I Take The Divergent Path On Being A Dog Lover vs A Dog Fearer, A Healthy Fear of Dogs,K9 Kuts Julie Borge

Bowl-A-Thon At The Hive For The Open Door With Bex

Some Pics from Halibut Point this past Summer

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Some pics from idyllic Halibut Point this past Summer: