Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

Feast! – A show celebrating the art of gathering and eating, opens November 7th at Flatrocks Gallery. Our walls are stuffed with a smorgasbord of artists to whet your appetite for the holidays. We collected the finest locally made tablewares in clay, metal, wood, glass and linen to bring your table to life. Our special guest ‘Rabelais’ Fine Books on Food & Drink, will be offering rare and historical cookbooks, menus and food posters.

And gather we shall – hosting Don Lindgren proprietor of Rabelais for a talk on “Feasting: A Look at Some Grand Meals”; for a weekend of fundraising;  with an evening of song;  and of course, for our usual bacchanal opening of the show. Join us for all the joys of the season –

Bon Appetite!

Feast! opens November 7th and runs through December 29th.

Nov. 9   6-8p  An Opening reception

Nov. 21  7:30 pm  “A Look at Some Grand Meals”- talk by Don Lindgren

Dec. 14 &15  A Fundraising weekend

Dec. 22  4-6  Songs of Joy & Peace

Flatrocks Gallery 77 Langsford St/Rt 127  Gloucester, MA

Open Thu-Sun 12-5pm (& by appt) 978-879-4683

Beet :photograph by Paul Cary Goldberg

Gloucester Stroke Club meeting Thursday, November 7th at 7 pm,  Addison Gilbert Hospital, 298 Washington St., Longan Room, Front Entrance. Registered Dietitian, Birana Caruccio will be the guest speaker.

Topic will be good nutrition. Refreshments. All are welcome, especially Stroke survivors, caregivers , families and friends. For more information  please call Cynthia 978-283-2633 or Virginia 978-283-3968. 

Submitted by Virginia R. McKinnon, 2 Stanwood Terrace, Gloucester, MA

978-283-3968

Hello!
This Thursday, November 7, at 7pm I’m giving a talk on my new book, The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World.
The event, sponsored by the Bookstore in Gloucester and the Rocky Neck Cultural Center, will be at the latter’s wonderful facility at 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester.They’re just beyond the small causeway going over to the Neck. There’s public parking nearby.
Rather than read from the book, I’ll provide a multi-media glimpse of the work on which it’s based, including:

• A revealing study with psychologist Kim Leary on why many people feel anxious about negotiating;
• Interviews with great negotiators like UN trouble-shooter Lakhdar Brahimi and former Senator George Mitchell, who mediated the Good Friday Accords in Northern Ireland; and
• Surprising lessons I’ve learned from master improvisers in other realms, including trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the visionary artists, Christo and Jeanne Claude.

I’m looking forward to seeing friends and neighbors and sharing what I’ve learned about negotiation over the years (and what still puzzles me). We’ll have wine, soft drinks, and light refreshments. I hope you can come!
Mike Wheeler

Join Us:
Thursday, November 7th at 7pm
ROCKY NECK CULTURAL CENTER
6 Wonson Street
Gloucester, MA 01930

THE ART OF NEGOTIATION:

How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World
Michael Wheeler

Harvard Business School & the Program on Negotiation

Maritime Gloucester 2013 collage

Curtis Sarkin submits-

We had an amazing 2013 season! Our Museum and Aquarium will reopen in late May 2014, but be on the lookout for special winter programs, including maritime lectures and children’s activities.
While we are currently closed to the public, we’re busy visiting Cape Ann’s elementary schools and hosting field trips through our expanded Ocean Explorers program!

SEACOAST NEWS

November 2013

Thank you to the Friends of Seacoast!

The Friends of Seacoast have recently provided our facility with a couple of wonderful foliage trips a lunch trip to Turner Hill and Russell’s Farm in Ipswich. A special Halloween Variety Show with exceptional entertainment provided by Big Smile Entertainment, Dinner Theater and weekly concerts.

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.

The Cape Ann Museum received a grant from “Mass Humanities” and will be offering Seacoast an on going program from September 2013 through June 2014 called  “The Power of Place”

This artistic expression project will include poetry, painting

A museum tour and art demonstrations within the Seacoast facility.

We are looking forward to many upcoming events with the support of the Friends of Seacoast including A Veteran’s Day Celebration with Singer Sargent Dan Hart, Dinner Theater with entertainment and special foods, outings, weekly concerts and more……

The Holiday Bazaar is scheduled for Saturday, November 23, 9AM-2PM. Will Feature a Cookie Walk, Bake Sale, Raffle, White Elephants, Many craft vendors. Food and Fun for Everyone in the Community.

All Donations to white elephant table and bake sale will be accepted.

Alison Cox

Activities Director

“Outsidah” ruins your lunch at Ipswich Museum

Just the Facts:
Columnist Doug Brendel, “The Outsidah,” speaks at Ipswich Museum
Brown Bag lunch program, Monday, November 4, at noon
Free to Ipswich Museum members — Others $5 at the door
A Little More:
If you thought the Ipswich Museum was a serious, solemn place, think again. “The Outsidah” is about to mess it all up.
Ipswich humorist Doug Brendel will speak at the museum’s Brown Bag lunch onMonday, November 4, beginning at noon.
The Ipswich Chronicle columnist and author of the cartoon-illustrated Only in Ipswichbook series will read from his funniest “Outsidah” columns. “Hearing them, you avoid the cartoons,” Doug says. “They’re even worse than the columns.”
He will also offer a sneak preview of his upcoming book Ipswich Unzipped, and offer his typically off-beat commentary on life in small-town New England from the standpoint of a newcomer. (Unzipped will be launched the day after Thanksgiving at a MiXtMedia Gallery event in Ipswich.)
Doug will have his first two Only in Ipswich books available for purchase and autographs at the Brown Bag lunch. “While supplies last,” he adds. “Don’t forget to say ‘while supplies last.’ We’re trying desperately to start a rush. We need to make room in the basement.”
What, you thought the Ipswich Museum was closed by November? “I did,” Doug says, “I confess.” Think again. Only their guided tours finish in October. The Museum’s regular schedule of lectures, lunches, school programs, and special events continue throughout the fall, winter, and spring.
For more information about this event, contact Museum Co-Director Stacey Fraser-deHaan via 978-356-2811 or director@ipswichmuseum.org. Or reach Doug Brendel personally via 978-810-1005 or Outsidah@DougBrendel.com. For news of other performances by “The Outsidah,” follow Doug’s blog at Outsidah.com.
Thank you!

Last week for:

Rockport Art Association presents a solo photography exhibition by:

Judith Monteferrante

Garden’s Earthly Delights

October 27 – November 7, 2013

Greeting Cards also available.

Exploring Macro photography and the energetic impact of water as if frozen in time, all from the garden.