My View of Life on the Dock
This is a must attend event every year. Wish it happened every week or every other!
Just another wild weekend in Gloucester with only 50 or so community events happening around town to choose from.
You know those people who say there’s nothing to do around here? They really ought to be committed to the funny farm.
Ya, another packed event for a great organization. One of about 50 this weekend 🙂
I apologize for the not great photography, had the camera on the wrong settings.
Go Magnolia!
The Gloucester Area Astronomy Club is pleased to host two wonderful presentations at the December 13 meeting, one by Steve Kolaczkowski, and another by Dr. Mario Motta. Steve K will open the meeting by showing us what’s in store for us in the winter sky, from planets to galaxies to star clusters and nebulae; Steve will be followed by Dr. Motta’s presentation on the strange journey of one of his giant telescope optics.
The large mirror, 1/3 the size of the Hubble primary (!), was designed as part of a satellite before it became the primary optic for Mario’s first big telescope. When he made another large telescope for his Gloucester observatory, Mario donated the mirror to a facility in Italy where it is now being used for spectroscopy.
Come on out and enjoy Mario’s remarkable optical saga, Steve’s fun and informative look at what’s up, and the usual (and some not so usual) good things to eat and drink, and great conversation.
The public is warmly invited. There are no dues or fees, and no special knowledge or equipment is needed to have a great time.
GAAC meets on the second Friday of the month at 8:00pm, at the Lanesville Community Center, 8 Vulcan Street, in the Lanesville neighborhood of Gloucester. More info can be found on the club website at http://gaac.us and on the club facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/gaacpage or on Twitter, @gaactweet.
Hi Joey,
My open house is coming up soon. Perfect for the holidays are small bowls made up with stones and narcissus bulbs, ready to grow indoors; extra-large mugs; and bud vases in bright colored glazes. Stop by to enjoy home made cookies and choose a free piece of pottery from my special basket (while they last). My 20 % off all pottery sale extends through the month of December. Call ahead for hours beyond the open house: 978-281-3347www.martymorganpots.com. I’d love to see you over on this side of Cape Ann!
“I put a dollar in a change machine. Nothing changed”
George Carlin (1937-2008)
A five-time Grammy award winner, Carlin’s often dark humor can be heard on 20 albums, in six books, and appears in ten movies. A native New Yorker, he made his name on the Ed Sullivan Shoe and the Tonight Show, first with Jack Paar and later and even more frequently with Johnny Carson, for whom he often substituted as host. Carlin was the first host of Saturday Night Live. His best known routine was Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television, for which he was arrested and fined on several occasions. Liberal, brilliant, thoughtful and reflective, he took stand-up to a new level while supporting free speech and free thinking. He was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2008.
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Can’t wait til Sista Felicia whips up something special with it and to grill up some steaks and use it!!!!
No one tells stories about the old days like Ron Gilson.
Nobody.
Ask him about officer MacCaffery.
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In light of my recent shaving disaster I’m taking my boy Rick Doucette’ (among other people’s) advice. Literally 7 different people emailed me today telling me how much they dig the dollar saving club service.
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So for $72 a year I’ll get 48 Blades. Way Less Than Gillette razors for the same quality shave. I get to toss the blades once a week and use a fresshie. They give you a free handle and if you don’t like the razors you simply quit without any obligation. No Brainer city baby.
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Hi Joey!
It’s time again to start making a gingerbread house for the Middle Street Walk contest!
I know, it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but after you have a great dinner with the family, get the kids together and start a gingerbread house!
Rules and entry form is attached. More about the Walk is coming soon!!!
Thanks!
The Middle Street Walk Committee
Hi Joey,
Thanks for the retweet! Could you share this information with GMG readers? The Open Door Thanksgiving Food Drive with North Shore 104.9 will be held on Saturday, November 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Shaw’s on Eastern Avenue, Stop & Shop on Thatcher Road, and Market Basket at Gloucester Crossing. Items most needed: Peanut butter, tuna, hearty soups, breakfast cereal, pasta and pasta sauces, and 100% juice and juice boxes.
Hope to see you there!
Julie LaFontaine
Executive Director
The Open Door
Donna just picked up these delectable treats this morning.
Give the girls a shot. Inside Brown’s Mall in the former space of the Savory Skillet.
Thanks Toby Pett
Courtesy of Bex
More information needed? Contact 978-546-1234 or slarsen@rpk12.org
Holiday Bazaar
at
Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
The community is invited to a Holiday Bazaar at Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center,
292 Washington Street, Gloucester (located behind Addison Gilbert Hospital) on
Saturday, November 23 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Santa to visit from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Fresh home-made pastries and cookies, raffle, quality craft vendors will be available in time for holiday gift-giving. A white elephant table will also be available and lunch! Don’t miss this fun and festive event.
Snow or Shine
The Gloucester College Success Program of Salem CyberSpace is offering two free hands-on workshops for Cape Ann (Gloucester or Rockport) high school seniors and their parents.
December 10, 2013 – Crash Courses in Filling Out College Applications – Gloucester High School (Room 2306 – computer lab behind the library) 6 pm – 8 pm
January 18,2014 – FAFSA Applications – Endicott College (Gloucester Campus) 9 am – 3 pm (by appointment)
These workshops are perfect for any senior and parent who :
· Is starting to panic about completing their college applications. Trained staff will be on hand to go through the Endicott (Gloucester campus), North Shore Community College, Salem State University or the Common Application.
· Needs help filling in the application for Federal Financial Aid (FAFSA)
Joey – I am now (once again) in the Pacific Northwest ..but the fishin’ is great in Zihuatanejo, where I’ll be heading in January to host this writers and artists retreat.
Here’s some info to post if you wish! Let’s get some of those Cape Anners out into the Pacific!
(I first came to Zihuatanejo for a yoga retreat in 1999 with Janet Green and Frank Garrison of Glosta – this began my love of Mexico, travel and school-building adventures, and my book-in-progress – The Zihua Diaries…)
Complete details also at www.lisabmartin.co
SSEX SHIPBUILDING MUSEUM GIFTSHOP OPEN FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPING!
Vist the Essex Shipbuilding Museum for your holiday shopping. The newly revised Museum store is open and filled with wonderful gifts for the holidays!
Store is open on Saturday and Sunday 10am to 5pm.
We look forward to seeing you as you experience the history of Essex and the Shipbuilding Museum.
The Magnolia Library and Community Center offers members and visitors samplings of all sorts of information on a regular basis.
Friday night, it will offer a taste of Magnolia itself.
The 19th annual Taste of Magnolia, an annual fund-raiser for the library and community center, is set for Friday, November 22nd, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Center, located at the corner of Lexington and Norman avenues in Gloucester’s Magnolia village.
The event, said Jamie O’Hara, one of the organizers, offers the chance to enjoy the evening sampling food from restaurants from all over Cape Ann, while also tasting fine wine and beer.
The event will also include a silent auction, a prize raffle and a chance to enter the center’s 50/50 cash raffle (winner to be drawn on Feb. 13th).
Tickets are $30 — including all food and drink — and will be available at the door.
Also, residents or visitors may also purchase tickets for the event by calling (978) 290-3734, (978) 979-7533, or sending an email to MLC.librarian@gmail.com.
Attendees must be at least 21 years of age; all proceeds benefit the library and community center.
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Work Party this Sunday November 24th 3 – 5 PM
With the IDRC
We are long overdue to remove and put away our race dories for the season, so please volunteer a couple hours this Sunday from 3 -5 (working around high tide). We plan to meet at the Eastern Ave Self Storage building and load up 2 practice dories to swap out with the outbound race dories. Please let me know if you have a trailer available, we need at least one! And, we will need 8 or more able bodied volunteers to help lift/nest the dories in the tent.
Please respond if you can help out!
Erik
Flatrocks Gallery will host a talk by Don Lindgren, ” A Look at Some Grand Meals” , what we know about feasting throughout history,with illustrations from a selection of cookbooks through history, and from various cultures. We have a wide selection of rare books on food and drink on sale from Don’s impressive collection.
Don Lindgren is the owner of Rabelais, Fine Books on Food & Drink, an antiquarian bookshop specialized in food, drink, farming and gardening. His inventory includes more cookbooks, manuscripts, and ephemera from six centuries. He is a member of the Antiquarian Bookseller Association of America, and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the Ephemera Society of America, and the Wayward Tendrils (a wine book collecting society). Together with his wife Samantha, he cooks, gardens and keeps chickens.
Join us Thursday, November 21st at 7:30pm
Flatrocks Gallery 77 Langsford ST/Rt127 Gloucester, MA 01930
978-879-4683
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Just finished a lovely portrait of chef Paolo Laboa. Story and link below.
Twenty-nine year old Michael Magner, owner of a sub shop and pizzeria, decided to open an authentic Italian restaurant in Beverly, Massachusetts. He needed a chef. Paolo Laboa, a two star Michelin chef, had just moved to Massachusetts with his wife and children from San Francisco. This award-winning chef couldn’t find a job anywhere in the Boston area. Calling All Chefs is the story of the improbable meeting of these two men and the magic they created. www.walkercreekmedia.com
Please post for Cape Ann Theatre Collaborative. This is the last of our two weekends at Gorton Theatre. Our theatre is for the community and we appreciate your support to help us get the word out! Pat Maloney-Brown, Co-founder and director of Homestead Crossing.
PHOTO BY DESI SMITH / GLOUCESTER DAILY TIMES, HOMESTEAD CROSSING production by CAT Collaborative, Gorton Theatre, November 21-24 – Last Weekend!
Thanks Toby Pett For Forwarding
Good Morning Gloucester 