Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

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Community Stuff 9/8/13

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Residents Reminded to be Vigilant about Protecting Themselves from Mosquitoes

As we move into the later part of mosquito season, mosquito populations will start to decrease but older mosquitoes are also more likely to carry virus. It is essential that residents be reminded to be vigilant about taking all necessary steps to avoid mosquito bites. As Fall sports activities begin, residents are reminded that mosquitoes are highly attracted to both body heat and carbon dioxide and both are produced in higher amounts during physical activity.

The Cape Ann Boards of Health (Essex, Gloucester, Manchester and Rockport) reminds residents to take precautions when going outside so they can enjoy a happy and healthy fall.

West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) are two diseases carried by mosquitoes that you may have heard about.

·    West Nile Virus (WNV) is a disease most commonly spread through the bite of an infected mosquito. Most people infected with WNV won’t have any symptoms and will recover on their own, but some may develop a fever, headache, nausea, a rash, or more serious symptoms.

To-date this year there have been over 200 positive WNV mosquito pools identified throughout Massachusetts, 0 positive horses and 2 human cases in Norfolk and Plymouth Counties.

·    Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) is a very rare but serious disease caused by a virus transmitted through the bite of a mosquito. The first symptoms of EEE are fever, stiff neck, headache and lack of energy.

To-date this year there have been 32 positive EEE mosquito pools throughout Massachusetts, 3 positive horses and 1 human case in Norfolk County.

Local officials monitor mosquito activity and disease throughout the fall until a hard frost occurs and will advise residents if the risk changes.

The good news is that there are some simple steps you can take to protect yourself and your family from these diseases:
·    Use the right bug spray anytime you are outdoors.
o    With DEET but not more than 30% DEET for kids.
o    Oil of Lemon eucalyptus is natural and as effective as low concentrations of DEET, though not as long-lasting.
o    Be sure to read the label before applying.
·    Wear long-sleeves, pants and socks when possible.
·    Avoid the outdoors from dusk until dawn during peak mosquito biting times.
·    Repair all screens to keep mosquitoes out.
·    Drain standing water from places in your yard where mosquitoes can lay eggs and breed, such as flower pots, pet food and water dishes, birdbaths, swimming pool covers, tarps, buckets, barrels and cans.
·    Use mosquito netting over infant carriers when outdoors.

Regardless of whatever else is going on to control mosquitoes in your town, personal protection is your strongest defense against mosquitoes and the diseases they carry.

For more information go to http://www.mass.gov/dph/mosquito or visit your Cape Ann Town website.

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Hi Joey!

We’ll have our next Community Contra Dance on Sunday, September 8 at the First Baptist Church Gloucester.  We’ll start with a potluck at 5:00, provide a newcomers’ workshop at 6:30 and start the dance at 7:00.  These dances have been great fun!  This is a public event, open to all and family friendly.  We look forward to welcoming new dancers and sit-in musicians.  Nathan Cohen will be playing with us too!

Rose Sheehan

Folk Life Studio

Contra Flyer 9-8

Celebrating Wearable Art II!  A seARTS Benefit
Sunday, September 29th, 2:00-5:30 PM
During Boston Fashion Week
What you will experience:
Over 60 unique looks of wearable art & fashion from local artists
Runway show with next generation of art & fashion from MassArt, Montserrat
and more
An exclusive shopping experience with local artists & designers
A chance to spend time with host-artists over “high tea”
Fabulous raffle prizes
For tickets, click here (please insert the following link:
http://searts.org/wp/celebrate-wearable-art-ii-2013-tickets-on-sale-now/)

Wearable Art Bust Alone

Books Wanted for October Friends of the Rockport Library Book Sale

The Friends of the Rockport Library are preparing for the annual  Fall Book Sale to  be held  October 18 to 20.  Donations of  clean books in good condition are  being accepted at the library desk during the hours that the library is open.  Hard back, paper backs, children’s books, DVDs, books on tape are needed for the sale.

No textbooks, magazines or encyclopedias will be accepted.

All proceeds from the book sale go to support programs for children and adults at the library.

Thank you

Dianne Anderson

Virginia (Frontiero) McKinnon With The Story On The Mother of Grace Club

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Virginia Frontiero McKinnon submits-

Hi Joey, Your readers may enjoy my story on the Mother of Grace Club.

Notice in the pictures on the right your great-grandmother, Eleanora Gagliano, is carrying the banner. True faith and dedication from women. On Sunday night even

Senator Bruce Tarr and Mayor Caroline Kirk usually join us for the evening procession.

Love your blog, Virginia (Frontiero) McKinnon

Mother of Grace Club

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Frances Aiello, “Zia Francisca” came to visit my mother, Mary Frontiero, one afternoon, shortly after World War 2 began. She was frantic. “Mary,” she stated, “What can we do? My son and relatives have been called away to fight in the war. I am so worried.” My mother had three brothers and many relatives in military service. After much discussion they agreed. “We can pray.” She invited people to her home to pray the rosary. Soon her home was not large enough for the large crowds of people attending. She went to Mayor Weston U. Friend. “There is an abandoned little building on 48 Washington Street,” she stated. “We need a place to pray for the safe return of our loved ones.” 5,675 men and women served in the military from Gloucester, 22% of the total population. 40% of the male population, probably more than any other city large or small in the country. 114 were killed in action. After much persuasion Mayor Friend agreed to give her a 100 year lease on the building on August 15, 1944 for one dollar, but no money would be available for repairs. This building had been used by the city as “The Continuation School” Students not interested in furthering their education were sent there after grammar school. The boys learned basic skills of carpentry, electoral repairs and plumbing. The girls learned homemaking skills. The club was chartered May 26, 1953 as the Mother of Grace Society.
This dedicated little group of mostly Italian women had bake sales, pizza sales, raffles, and recruited more members. Working diligently, one project at a time. Soon they raised enough money for a new foundation, roof, bathroom, windows, siding, wiring and plumbing. One of the foundling members, Dominia Cianciola, ordered a statue of Our Blessed Mother of Grace from Italy, donating this in honor of her son, serving in the Navy in Pacific Theater. Sewing committees decorated the altar with beautiful ornate trimmings, curtains for the windows and a beautiful banner. Soon the members had a very comfortable, spiritual place to pray. Daily they gathered praying the rosary fervently for the safe return of their loved ones. Their motto was and always will be: “Pray for Peace“. When you sing you pray twice, Very beautiful Italian hymns were sung, Everyone of the members loved ones came safely home from the war. They were all spared, I believe from the power of prayer. After the War the club celebrated a fiesta in thanksgiving to our Blessed Mother of Grace for her prayerful intercession in the miracle of all the members loved ones in
the military service, returning safely from the war.
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At our first fiesta program I introduced Mayor Friend and Pastor Maurice O’Brien, who commended the ladies on their extraordinary accomplishments, their faith and dedication. On September 8th our Blessed Mother’s birthday, the day begins with a mass at Holy Family Parish, St. Ann’s Church followed by a Continental breakfast upstairs in the club house. In the afternoon the Benediction ceremony is celebrated by the Holy Family Parish, St. Ann’s pastor. A religious procession follows with a marching band, the statue of Our Blessed Mother of Grace carried by four men, children and club members chanting “Viva Beda Madre di Gracia” in celebration. The procession stops at the WW2 Ward 2 Memorial on Middle Street, the last one in city, formally maintained by the club. A child dressed in Army and one in Navy uniform shoot off toy guns and the band plays taps for the fallen soldiers. The procession continues down Western Ave. Rogers St, Main Street, Washington Street and back to the clubhouse . Many spectators pin money on the banners, as donations to the club. Many dedicated volunteers help, Joe Novello provides the electrical work, setting up all the lights for the fiesta. I formed a Junior Mother of Grace Club. We marched in parades in our uniforms and also did fund raising. Frances Aiello also organized many bus trips. We went on pilgrimages to Canada and New York visiting beautiful churches.

The Mother of Grace Fiesta’s are still being celebrated today. A nine day novena always proceeds the event. Daily rosary at the club house in the afternoon and a group of Italian ladies pray the rosary again in the evening. The program has grown to a four day event. Rosary in the afternoon and musical entertainment in the evening. The program ends with a raffle and a candle light procession, where Our Lady in marched again up to the Legion and back to Her place on the club altar. Also novenas are celebrated in the month of May. Gus MacIntosh, in memory of his grandmother, Rose Ciulla, continues to help Katie Fontana, the dedicated club president, who is fulfilling her promise to her mother, Jenny Giacalone, the former club guardian, to never abandon the Mother of Grace Club and their devotion and gratitude to our Blessed Mother for her intercession to her beloved son, Jesus, to bring Peace to Our World. Many new members were enrolled his year as the club continues to be stronger than ever, praying for world peace.
Virginia (Frontiero) McKinnon September 2013

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Mother of Grace Club, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

While the Saint Joseph’s novenas pray for the safety of our fishermen, the Mother of Grace Club prays for peace.

 

Fisk Documentary Screening

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Dear Joey,

You and everyone in GMG land are invited to join us for any of three screenings of the new documentary “To Hear the Music,” an hour-long film about C. B. Fisk, Inc. the Gloucester organ building company. It focuses on our founder Charles Fisk, the workshop community he fostered, and the organ we built for The Memorial Church at Harvard University, dedicated at Easter 2012. Film maker Dennis Lanson and his professional crew have created a PBS-quality document which beautifully captures the history of the company and all that goes into each organ we create.  Folks will find further information and a trailer at: www.tohearthemusic.com .

Screenings include: Saturday, September 14th at Cape Ann Community Cinema, Gloucester, 2:30 and 5PM http://capeanncinema.wordpress.com/advance-tickets/

And Thursday, September 19th at Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, 7PM. Free Screening. http://www.rockportmusic.org/cinema-events/9-19-13.html

There will be a Q&A with Dennis and yours truly after each screening. We will hope to see you there.

Greg Bover

http://www.cbfisk.com

Fruit Cup Ninja Strikes Again

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Bill Cox writes in-

We were welcomed from our journey with this….. I am currently working on a fruit cup ninja theme song to the tune of Foreigner’s ‘Jukebox Hero’…..

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To appreciate this you must read the first entry in this series-

Who Is The Fruit Cup Ninja?

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Joey C

Joan Didion Quote of The Week From Greg Bover

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September 5, 2013

“Character – the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life – is the source from which self-respect springs.”

Joan Didion  (1934-     )

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A Sacramento native, Didion grew up in an Army family, their constant relocations causing her to feel like a perpetual outsider. As a student at UC Berkeley, she won a writing contest sponsored by Vogue, leading to a job at the magazine. She was married to writer John Gregory Dunne, and is the author of five novels and more than a dozen non-fiction books.  Didion often writes about what she sees as chaos in American culture. Her work is permeated by a sense of foreboding dread of social change and anxiety at individual uncertainty. Her best known work, Slouching Toward Bethlehem, is a series of vignettes illustrating life in 1960’s California. One of her most recent works, The Year of Magical Thinking describes her experiences around the deaths of her husband and daughter in a short span of time. President Obama will present her with the National Medal of Arts and Humanities this year.

With this post the Quote of the Week celebrates three years with Good Morning Gloucester, one hundred and fifty entries. Just so you know, I write the biographies based on my research to give the quote context, and one can click on the name or the picture that Joey adds to be connected to a Wikipedia entry for that particular author. Sometimes the adages are only attributed when I can’t find evidence of the direct quote; famous quipsters like Abraham Lincoln and Yogi Berra are often credited with things others actually said first.

I am always encouraged by your comments, and your suggestions are welcome too.

Many thanks to Joey and the GMG team for creating a forum where these lines can be shared. I find it astonishing how much wisdom there is in the world, and how the thoughts of famous men and women can apply to my own life. I hope you do too.

Greg Bover

Mary Barker Rides Adventure For The Schooner Races

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Hi Joey,
I had the honor of being aboard the Adventure for the Parade of Sails and Schooner Race.  I don’t want to duplicate any of the magnificent photo’s that you have shared thus far, so here are a few of my more unique shots.

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An observation from Jeff

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Hi Joey…your doing a great job and providing a great service to the community…love the page and look at it every day.

My observation and from not just me alone, the page is getting very product oriented. You have to get thru all the products you and your family are selling before you get to the news. Shirts, hats, cookbooks, mason jar cups, Joey approved photo gear, photographs, etc….

Please don’t take it the wrong way, the blog is great but it looks like you are more interested in selling stuff than ever before….

jeff

My response to Jeff-

Thank you for your observation Jeff.
I heavily heavily promoted my sister’s cookbook for several reasons-

She had three years of non stop working on that cookbook all day every day- a ton of pride and hard work went into it and it cost her a ton to produce with it being a no compromises small run hardcover with jacket and glossy photos cookbook.  She could have lost her shirt.  As it is she may still only break even or have a tiny profit but if her Kickstarter didn’t work out she was going to be heartbroken and on top of that out a shitload of money.
selling the tshirts and caps is really fun for me.  I like doing the research to find just the right products and designing them and picking the colors.  Every time an order comes in (and please dont think I make a ton of money off of the hats and tshirts) it is a rush for me.  I’m proud of the products and the process.  After all is said and done at the end of the year it probably pays for the computer and camera upgrades for the blog along with the huge amount of space upgrades from the massive amount of content we’ve posted.

I’ve posted well over 19,000 posts, and a huge portion of those posts are promoting people and businesses in and around Gloucester other than myself and never asking a dime from these businesses.

If you knew how much time I spend editing and re-editing people’s messed up press releases for the GMG community announcements you might cut me a teeny tiny bit of slack.

I have a lobster business, how often do you see me shilling lobsters on GMG?  Very rarely.

I understand you wrote your note without malice and I appreciate the feedback but if you understood how much time and effort I put into the blog I would think that you would cut  me a little break on the “you’re only doing this for money routine”
Again I know you didn’t mean it with malice but if you knew how much time and energy I put into this community through the blog it really is kind of insulting that you don’t think I should ever plug the things we do (especially when it’s peanuts we’re talking about).

Maybe stop to think about how much money we put into all of the schooner’s pockets from people who didn’t even know they could go as passengers for the schooner races.  Or the money that Maritime Gloucester raised from the lobster bake that was an incredible success because of GMG, or the countless other organizations we help every week.
Just this morning I posted 5 community announcements-
Wellspring House

Lanesville Community Center
Sandy Bay Preschool in Rockport

Free Flu Clinics

The Cape Ann Emergency Planning Team and

the Cape Ann Boards of Health
Magnolia Historical Society
Boston Area MG Club 4th Annual ‘North Shore Ride”

So excuse me if I occasionally step out of line and promote something my family or I am involved in.  I think I’ve earned the right.
Respectfully,
Joey Ciaramitaro

Community Stuff 9/6/13

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Information and Registration Sessions for Fall Classes at ALI Program at Wellspring House

The Adult Learning Initiative (ALI) at Wellspring House in Gloucester will be holding Information and Registration Sessions for parties interested in attending our fall classes. Sessions will be held Thursday, September 5th and Tuesday, September 10th from 9:00 am-12:00 pm. Fall classes begin Monday, September 16th and you must be registered before that date.

ALI provides free classes in English, Math, Computer Skills, and Career Development, for men and women interested in attaining a GED, returning to school or finding a career. If you are seeking a GED, now is the time to act as the test will change in 2014 to become a longer, more expensive, computer-based version. If you have not completed the GED exam by the end of 2013, all prior scores will expire.

The goal of the ALI program is to help individuals move toward personal and financial self-reliance by gaining self-confidence, direction, motivation and workplace skills necessary to further their education and careers.

Whether your goal is to go back to school or to get back into the workforce, come to an Information and Registration Session to see what the program is all about. Call Program Coordinator Mary Scofield for more information or to sign up for classes at (978) 281-3558, ext. 304. Wellspring House is located at 302 Essex Ave., Gloucester MA

Tuesday, Sept 10th

City Council President, and our Ward 4 Councillor Jackie Hardy has announced that the

Gloucester City Council will conduct its Tuesday, Sept 10th (7pm) City Council meeting at the Lanesville Community Center. 

This is an effort by the Council to bring their meetings into the neighborhoods.

The agenda can be found by connecting with this link: 

http://www.gloucester-ma.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3047

ALSO …

The last couple of Candidate debates have been a success so Councillor Hardy has asked you to Save the date for the upcomng October 29th Debate to be held at the LCC.  Join us for friendship, coffee and nisu at the debate.  More to follow.

Sandy Bay Preschool in Rockport is holding a Yard & Bake Sale next weekend. How do we get on Good Morning Gloucester’s site and FB? Here’s the content:

It’s a Yard & Bake Sale to support Sandy Bay Preschool! Come check out kid and non-kid items and grab some goodies, too! When: Sat. Sept. 7, 8am-12pm. Where: Scout Hall, 47 Mt Pleasant St, Rockport. All profits will benefit the school!

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Free Flu Clinics

The Cape Ann Emergency Planning Team and

the Cape Ann Boards of Health are offering the following free flu clinics.

September 24, 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Rockport Senior Center, 58 Broadway, Rockport, MA

October 10, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Rose Baker Senior Center, Six Manuel F. Lewis Street, Gloucester, MA

October 17, 2 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Gloucester City Hall, Nine Dale Avenue, Gloucester, MA

October 17, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Essex Senior Center, 17 Pickering Street, Essex, MA

October 24, 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.

BankGloucester, 160 Main Street, Gloucester, MA

October 26, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Essex Fire Station, 24 Martin Street, Essex, MA

November 5, 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

First Ipswich Bank, Eight Martin Street, Essex, MA

November 14, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Cafe, Addison Gilbert Hospital, 298 Washington Street, Gloucester, MA

Hi Joey!

We are having a fun auction event in Magnolia at the Little Red Schoolhouse (the Blynman School) 46 Magnolia Avenue on Saturday Sept 14th.  We are hoping you can help us promote our event, I’ve attached a word document with all the details as well as a JPEG of our poster/flyer.  Please post both if you can.  If it’s too early I can resend you this info at a closer date, whatever you think is best, you’re the Pro!

Thanks, Cathie Hull
Magnolia Historical Society

Magnolia Auction & Dinner, Saturday September 14th

All are welcome to the “Little Red Schoolhouse”, the Blynman School, 46 Magnolia Avenue, Magnolia. 
Wind down summer with a good time! 
A not-to-be-missed event, the MHS announces the Magnolia Auction! 

Live and Silent Auctions, HUGE silent auction 3-5pm (preview at 2pm).  Live auction 5pm. 

The event will be catered by Classic Cooks Catering, great food and drink! 

Come for the auction, stay for the party atmosphere, fun neighborhood event, all welcome, $25pp ($20 for MHS members).
Auction items include antiques, paintings – featuring artists Carol Loiacono, Sandy Herdman and more. Gift Certificates from the greatest stores and restaurants in town.  Red Sox & Celtics tickets, sports memorabilia, collectibles and fine goods and more, come by!

Boston Area MG Club 4th Annual ‘North Shore Ride” to tour Cape Ann on Sunday Sept 8th.

The Boston Area MG Club is one of the largest and most active clubs in eastern Mass. for vintage British sportscars — MGs, and also Triumphs, Austin Healeys and other beloved old British marques. For the past three years, the club has put on a leisurely driving tour for members that centers on Cape Ann, and the fourth “Ride” is coming up this Sunday, Sept. 8th. 

If you’re out on the streets Sunday around noon, look for a dozen or more of these lovely old cars winding their way through Gloucester, along the Boulevard and the back shore of East Gloucester, before heading on to Rockport via 127-A. 

Be sure to wave “Hello”! 

Please Welcome New Official Contributor Fred Bodin

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Well he’s been contributing unofficially for quite some time now so I figured Fred has earned his stripes and a key to the GMG posting dashboard. 

Fred has shown an ability to create interesting posts, not make it all about himself, and he hasn’t been a total pain in the ass about the way I’ve edited what he has submitted for the blog.

So he’s now official.  A GMG contributor!  look for him in the 9AM slot.

Write a note of congratulations to Fred in the comment section below the photo!

You know the L-R’s. Photo by Janet P. Crary with my camera. Fred is in Full Banana outfit: Designer tux, white shirt and bow tie, and Tommy Bahama silk slacks. Pet lobster, Shaggy, by Walgreens. We were at Sista’ Felicia’s Gala Book Launching.

Julie Cleveland Teaches Piano and Would Like Your Business

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Hi Joey,

I’d like to introduce myself, I’m a small businesswoman here in Gloucester, my name’s Julie Cleveland, and I teach and play piano – my biz is the Cape Ann Piano Studio, down on Exchange St.

Recently Brendan Pike (great photographer/videographer here in town!) shot a promo video for my studio, wondering if you might want to post it on your blog?

I’d really appreciate it. Love reading the blog, esp. all the music stuff! 🙂

Thanks,

Julie Cleveland

Hammond Castle on Chronicle Tonight!

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Linn Parisi forwards-

Hammond Castle Museum will be featured on CHRONICLE on WCVB Channel 5 Boston on Thursday September 5th (tonight!) at 7:30 PM. The program is entitled “Hidden Treasures” and features the Hammond Castle Museum, John Hays Hammond, Jr. and our Curator John Pettibone.

Community Photos 9/4/13

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Len Burgess submits-

Here’s some shots of the race on my facebook. –Len Burgess
https://www.facebook.com/leonard.burgess.180/media_set?set=a.3509445111782.1073741833.1741489716&type=1

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Community Stuff 9/5/13

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Pole Hill Trail Maintenance September 7, 2013

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Join the Cape Ann Trail Stewards on September ? at Pole Hill in Gloucester to clip brush along the trails of this City-owned property.
This area was once known as Beacon Pole Hill because of a tall ship’s mast used as a flagpole. It is also sometimes called Whortleberry Hill because of the abundant Huckleberries.
With low growing shrubs such as Huckleberry and Sweet Pepperbush dominant on the site, it is one of the few sites on Cape Ann that has the open vistas so common here in the 19th century.
The City purchased the land in 1998 to prevent development and preserve this historic site. 
We will be on site from 10AM to 2PM. There is an access road with parking for several cars off of Riverview Road. There is also parking for two or three cars at the intersection of Periwinkle Lane and Sunset Hill Road.
Because parking is limited, we must limit the number of volunteers. Please register by emailing katewalton @ capeanntrailstewards.org if you plan to attend. Bring clippers and loppers if you have them.

Kate Walton

operations manager

www.capeanntrailstewards.org

katewalton@capeanntrailstewards.org

(978) 968-4109 (c)

 

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A new season is just around the corner. Saturn is setting earlier and earlier now, and Jupiter won’t be back for a couple of months, but the fall sky is hardly a wasteland: some of the best astronomy of the year is upon us! Cooler, dryer weather (we hope), fewer insects and earlier nightfall allow eager astronomers to start sessions sooner, view in better comfort, and stay out longer.

But you don’t need a telescope. At the September 13 GAAC meeting, amateur astronomer Alan Winter will take us on a tour of the wonders now appearing in our evening sky. We won’t just look at pretty pictures; we’ll also learn about how far back in time we’re viewing, how big these objects really are, and what makes them tick. 

On the September agenda: sparkling open clusters and asterisms like Little Dagger in the Heart, Kemble’s Cascade, Muscleman and the Circus Bear, and the Dragonfly Cluster; a parade of odd little planetaries like the Saturn and Little Dumbbell Nebulae, as well as some giant favorites, like the Veil and North American Nebulae, now at optimum zenith visibility; and bigger-than-life views of our closest galactic neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy, with its own little galactic orbiters.

GAAC meets at 8:00pm on Friday September 13, at the Lanesville Community Center, 8 Vulcan Street. More information is available at facebook.com/gaacpage, at http://gaac.us or on twitter, @gaactweet.

Sequencing, Editing & Direction with Nubar Alexanian

Two-Day Photography Workshop, October 26-27



10:00am to 5:00pm

Limited to 12 photographers

Tuition: $325 – Lunch included

A $100 Refundable Deposit is required

Apply by contacting nubar@nubar.com

Workshop webpage: http://nubar.com /rncc_workshop.html

More about Nubar here: http://nubar.com/gallery/bio.html

The Workshop will be held at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center
6 Wonson St. Gloucester, MA
http://www.rockyneckartcolony.org

A two-day workshop for intermediate & advanced photographers to build, edit & sequence a strong portfolio or body of work. Whether you’re working on a long-term project, building a portfolio, a book or trying to find a cohesive thread in your work as a whole, each participant’s work will be reviewed with emphasis on how to strengthen their ability to communicate ideas visually.

In this workshop, you’ll gain important perspective on the editing process as you work to refine your own portfolio, and how to look at your work and see what it’s asking for. We’ll also explore how sequencing and context can alter the power and meaning of images. Our goal is for you to leave this workshop with greater insight and confidence in the direction of your own work.

“In a world where everyone can be a photographer, it is more and more challenging to know what makes a great photograph. Nubar is exceptional in his remarkable insight to see exactly where you are at in your photographic journey and guide you toward what it is you want to communicate through your work. I am deeply grateful for all that I learned from working with Nubar.”   –Millicent Harvey, Palm Springs, CA

“I had the privilege of being part of a small group of select professional photographers who worked with Nubar on our personal projects for almost 10 years. He understood exactly what was needed to bring our work to the next level. I owe much of my current success as a photographer to the critique group led by Nubar.” –Tsar Fedorsky, Gloucester, MA

http://nubar.com

www.rockyneckartcolony.org

AGGREGATE: formed by the collection of units or particles into a body

a : clustered in a dense mass

b : composed of mineral crystals of one or more kinds or of mineral rock fragments

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Cape Ann is an island of rock, and we who live upon it are surrounded by the beauty, power and permanence of rocks – from the granite boulders of Dogtown, to the flat ledges along the Lanesville shore after which Flatrocks Gallery is named.

In celebration of our first anniversary, Flatrocks Gallery presents AGGREGATE, eight distinguished artists use eight different medium to explore eight different ways of envisioning the rocks among which we live. Truly, an “aggregate” of talents and sensibilities.

Bob Anderson’s oil paintings, are elegant deconstructions of powerful rock forms.  Jane Crotty’s watercolor’s catch the  defining relationship between the sun’s light and the rock’s surface. With oil impasto  Beverly Rippel, captures the energy of the ocean against the rock coastline. Vivian Berman’s prints create compelling hard edged quarries, while Pat Lowery Collins’pastels explore how the sea softens the forms on the beach. Pia Juhl Nadel’s acrylics are bright, playful boulders. The collages by Anne Marie Crotty, are textured and colorful descriptions of our coast.

Brooks Gibson, photographs from below the surface of the water and offer a unique perspective on the tension between two worlds.

AGGREGATE will be on display at Flatrocks Gallery from September 5th to October 6th, with an opening reception from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, September 7th.

Flatrocks Gallery is located at 77 Langsford St./Route 127, Gloucester, MA 01930

Hours are Thur-Sun, 12-5 p.m. Call 978 879 4683 or visit http://flatrocksgallery.com/ for more information.

Tribute To Gloucester from Mark Goettemann

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Hi Joey,
The 16′ white skiff sailing among her big ocean-going schooner sisters in the Parade of Sails on Sunday was the latest addition to the Gloucester’s fleet of wooden watercraft.  The boat is named the TRIBUTE II   Rocky Neck (pun on II – 2 completely intended).   She is a Montgomery Fish Boat from the chine down, my own lapstraked lines above.  The rig is a pre-1960s Fish Boat rig.  She is made of various eucalyptus (mahogany, red grandis, cumuru) and white oak, all solid, scarf jointed boards, no plywood.

I know she is just a drop in the bucket compared to the other grand vessels cutting through the harbor yesterday however, though it’s a big name for a little boat, the gesture of building this classic boat in the spirit and celebration of Gloucester boatbuilding heritage is one that all of us in Gloucester can appreciate. 

Thanks to Joey for spreading the word.
She is at the dock behind my parent’s gallery on Rocky Neck, if anyone wants to see her up close, or just watch over Gloucester waters when the wind is up, you’ll surely see her chasing her big sisters out on the horizon…

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Schooner Tyrone takes Line Honors and Medium-class category

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Kathy Chapman submits-

Schooner Tyrone took Line Honors and placed first in the Medium-class Schooner category on Sunday in the Mayor’s Race. Today Captain Matthew Sutphin (pictured) with Mate Lisa Goodwin and crew will compete in the Fisherman’s Cup race which starts in Gloucester, with the finish line in Provincetown. She races against Schooner Ardelle among others. 

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This is the first time Tyrone raced in the Gloucester Schooner Festival thanks to Al Bezanson of Schooner Green Dragon. Tyrone’s home port is Chatham, MA. http://chathamclassicyachtcharters.com/

Online portfolio for more images: 

http://kathychapman.viewbook.com/album/schooner-tyrone

Photos and video © Kathy Chapman 2013

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