Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

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

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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

http://www.rhsdeca.com

More information needed? Contact 978-546-1234 or slarsen@rpk12.org

Holiday Bazaar

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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

Lanesville Congregational Church Christmas Fair

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 24^th 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

Nubar Alexanian forwards-

5 minute doc on chef Paolo Laboa from Rockport

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!

15th. Annual Ladies Day. (Men are Welcome too!!)

Pauline Breshnahan submits-

Please save the Date!!
We love to invite all of our Old and New Customers to stop by so we can say thank you!
Thank you for your Support, your Business and especially your friendship. We are truly blessed to be in a community where small businesses are treasured and supported..
Looking forward to sharing a memory, having a laugh or finding that little gift you were looking for.
Please print and save and Share with friends.

Seaport Gloucester Destination Marketing Organization

    TIME TO RSVP:

• Overview of the CDC’s Downtown Study meetings that were held this summer.    
• The new Cultural Districts cooperative Phone App opportunity.
• Co-op coupon/flier opportunity for the Drive, Group & Cruise markets.
• Consumer Show co-op opportunities.
• Advertising in the 2014 (6th edition) Discover Gloucester Visitor Guide.  

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  BE SURE TO PENCIL IN THE FOLLOWING DATES & RSVP:

DECEMBER 4 , 2013

GROUP TOUR MARKET WORKSHOP/ROUND TABLE         

8:30-10:30AM, CAPE ANN’S MARINA RESORT COMPASS ROOM

Wondering how to get more Group Tour business? Not sure how big or small “groups” are? What Group Tour Planners are looking for or if you have what they require?  This workshop & round table discussion is for you.

Experienced Group Tour professionals will cover the nuts & bolts of the Group Tour market. You’ll leave prepared to pursue Group travelers in a variety of ways. The agenda:

• What is a “group” and why you may or may not want them.
• What Group Tour Operators are looking for.
• Ways to get in front of the Group Market.
• How to produce an effective Profile Sheet.
• Following up on Leads.

                                             RSVP now to info@seaportgloucester.org.

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                                         YOU’RE INVITED!                                                           TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2013, NOON-2:30PM

        DISCOVER GLOUCESTER HOLIDAY & AWARDS PARTY           at LA TRATTORIA, 64 MAIN STREET, GLOUCESTER

                 $20 per person, inclusive, for Italian Buffet Luncheon.                                       Pay at the Door. Cash Bar.                        

Reservations necessary via info@SeaportGloucester.org

Join the festivities while we celebrate the Holidays and a successful year. We’ll also be congratulating three people or organizations from our local tourism community who will win Discover Gloucester Awards:

• The Golden Sou’Wester Award recognizes a person, business or organization having recently jumped into tourism to add a new dimension to our diverse Destination.
• The Discover Gloucester Heritage Award recognizes a person, business or organization for ensuring that our maritime & cultural heritage remains current and relevant.
• The Good On Ya! Award recognizes a person or organization for helping create a Destination that is a wonderful place to visit and in which to live.

Let us know asap if you have a nominee in mind, and do plan on attending the Holiday Awards Party to find out the Winners of these special Awards!

                                                  RSVP to info@seaportgloucester.org