My View of Life on the Dock
Jerry Ackerman writes
Joey,
Sharron and her husband David spend a lot of time as volunteer caretakers on Thacher Island , living out there for a week at a time, and always on the watch for terrific photo ops. This is yet another. You may know Sharron as the (former) Bookmobile librarian and driver, and David as the putative bluefish king of Folly Cove. Thought that you might want to share this great sweeping sunrise view with GMGers everywhere!
Jerry
Laughing Yoga October 4th 11AM Free
Bingo Monday 1-3:30
Quilting & Hand work Group meets Thursdays 1-3:30
Scrabble Wednesday 1-3PM
Belly Dancing, this is fun and great exercise. Wednesdays 11AM 4weeks/$16.00
Art Classes, Mondays Oct 15- Dec 1st 1-3PM Drawing, Painting & Collage
6 classes/$30.00
Water Colors Class Oct 9th-Nov. 13th 1-3PM
6 weeks series of wet-in-wet watercolor and chalk pastel drawing exercises
Elder Planning & Reverse Mortgage Workshop Wednesday, October 17th at 11AM
Workshop on the importance of Elder Planning such as Medicaid Planning, wills,
trusts, accessing benefits and the pros & cons of Reverse Mortgage. Coffee & Donuts will be served.
RSVP 978-546-2573
Continental Breakfast, Tuesday, October 16th at 9AM. Free RSVP 978-546-2573
October 11th, Traveling Chef 11:30 Mongolian Grill, Beef, Snow peas, carrots, Broccoli, Celery,
Lo Mein Noodles, French Bread & Brownie $3.00 RSVPl 978-546-5027
October 18th Glazed Sirloin, baked sweet potato, corn & roasted pepper & bread pudding $2.00
RSVP
Pigeon Cove “Then & Now” Slide Show by Gilbert McCarthy. November 16th at 7PM Rockport Senior Center 58 Broadway Rockport, Call ahead reserved seating 978-546-2573
Daytrips, Call for more information & reservation 978-546-2573
Foxwood Oct 9th $25.00
Merrimac N.H. Premium Outlet Mall Nov. 29th for a day of shopping $10.00
Marble House, Lunch & LaSalette for a Christmas Concert & Festival of Lights$67.00
COME SEE WHAT’S NEW AT THE BEST GYM ON THE NORTH SHORE
Older Adult Open House at Cape Ann YMCA
The Cape Ann YMCA, 71 Middle Street, Gloucester, will host a free Older Adult Open House on Wednesday, October 17 from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
There is no fee or pre-registration required. Free health screenings, free flu shots provided by the Gloucester Health Department,
lectures on arthritis, learn more about MA Health, exercise in pool and fitness center, healthy buffet, over 20 exhibits with lots of giveaways.
Addison Gilbert Hospital, PACE at Elder Service Plan of the North Shore, Inc., will also be available for questions.
You do not have to be a member in order to attend, all are welcome!
Start a membership before November 1st and joiner fee will be waived (a $77 value). For further information,
please contact Chris Erbland at 978-283-0470 or erblandc@northshoreymca.org
Don’t miss this healthy and fun event!
Just in. If you would like it for a present for you or the Gloucester lover in your life let me know.
All mounted with hardware to hang and no need for expensive framing this 16×24 canvas wrap is $120 or $135 shipped within the continental US.
The last three sold within a day, let me know if you would like it at goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com
From Greensboro, North Carolina
September 27, 2012
“If you can’t make what you are doing fun, something is wrong with what you are doing.”
Waldo Howland (1909-1998)
As owners of the Concordia Company of Padanarum, Massachusetts, Howland and designer Ray Hunt created many of the great yachts of the twentieth century including the 39 and 41 foot Concordia yawls, of which more than one hundred were built, and which was considered by many to be the best cruiser ever made. Howland’s autobiographical trilogy, A Life in Boats, gives essential insight into the practice and recent history of American boatbuilding, and also covers his later years as a board member of Mystic Seaport, one of the best collections of historic boats anywhere. Full disclosure: my wife’s niece is married to Waldo Howland’s grandson.
Friday report from Mike Dyer aboard the Ardelle… They are lazily making their way down the Chesapeake and are eating like kings! It turns out Harold has some moves in the kitchen and likes to cook. He’s been whipping up pies in his woodstove. Bob Brophy brought all sorts of goose meat and they’ve had goose stew, goose sausage and even goose benedict this morning! For lunch today Harold came up with a goose shepherd’s pie. Mike says this is the calm part of the trip and their making up caloric intake from when they were in rough seas and nobody had time or desire to eat. It was pretty hairy but the Ardelle was solid and he wouldn’t have missed that part of the trip for the world. –Sarah Willwerth-Dyer Photos by Pierre Erhard
Follow along on the Facebook Page-
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Essex-Shipbuilding-Museum/174653662579160?closeTheater=1
Friday night, Ardelle is safely tied up at Schooner Heron Charters dock, Solomon, MD. after making great progress down the Chesapeake Bay all day. -Len Burgess
Friday night, Ardelle is safely tied up at Schooner Heron Charters dock, Solomon, MD. after making great progress down the Chesapeake Bay all day. -LB
Photos © Kathy Chapman 2012
Surf Blog: http://kathychapmanphotography.blogspot.com/
Linn Parisi from Discover Gloucester Snapped this iPhone photo of Meike from Geo Saison Magazine- while on her visit to the dock. GEO Saison is Germany’s #1 Travel Magazine and Linn is guiding her around.
I added these photos to our largest documented photo set of mutant lobsters ever documented at one dock in the entire universe– you can view the slideshow of all the crazy lobster landed here by clicking the set at the bottom of this post.
Tom Ring holds a normally colored lobster next to the yellow one landed today.
Hi Joe,
Found this photo of your father and cousin Lisa from Detroit and myself at the Taormina/Ciaramitaro wedding in 1964.
Hope you enjoy…..
Carlo Moceri
Tell Chris You Saw It On GMG! $5 Tuna Melt, $5 Chicken Salad!
Good morning, Joey. I dislike sounding like a cheesy tourist pamphlet, but Gloucester truly does have everything, and something for everyone. We’re getting ready to leave with a feeling of having not had enough time for all there is to experience. We will continue to rely joyfully on GMG and all of the marvelous images and information the community provides in order to stay connected.
We haven’t met the mayor, but we have met you–so as you commend the mayor, we commend you for your steadfast passion for all of Cape Ann. It is palpable and contagious in the best of ways. Hats off to all of your town, thank you Gloucester and we’ll see you again soon!
Ann and Bob Kennedy
P.S. I’ve tried to sum up my view of the city here:
Ann Kennedy Submits-
Looked so serene I couldn’t resist sharing. You are all so fortunate to have such a gorgeous back-drop for your work and play!
Hi Joey
I took these pictures before sunrise this morning from Rust Island north of the 128 bridge. Awesome
Mary Page
Smith Cove and My Little Friend From Rick Isaacs
Tonight, while taking this picture of Smith Cove (in the mist which was too-rapidly clearing), I felt something furry brush against my leg. I bent down to pet it, cooing "Nice Kitty!" – only to see a big, fluffy, beautiful skunk scamper away into the darkness!
Gloucester Times story about the Schooner Ardelle sailing to Washington DC
http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x708369759/Burnham-sailing-to-pick-up-award-in-DC
Here’s the latest graphic as of Thurs. Night. with the Ardelle traveling into Sillery Bay, MD.
-Len Burgess
Holy Family Parish Presents: The Vienna Boys Choir; Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Join us as Holy Family Parish travels to Springfield ’s venerable Symphony Hall for their one-of-a-kind program featuring classic and contemporary Christmas favorites performed by the Vienna Boys Choir.
Experience the beauty of twenty-four of the world’s youngest voices in one of the world’s oldest musical traditions.
The Vienna Boys Choir has been thrilling audiences all over the world for more than 500 years. While providing the music for the Sunday Mass in Vienna ’s Imperial Chapel – which they’ve done since 1498 – the choir also tours internationally, performing each year in some of the world’s finest concert halls.
Package includes: Round-trip transportation from Gloucester , Lunch prior to the concert, Gold seating at Springfield Symphony Hall for the 1:30 PM performance – $135 per person.
Deadline: Monday, October 15, 2012. Don’t miss out, space is very limited!!
For more information please contact Rosa Ladd at 978.580.4455 or rladd@necb.com
Reservation forms with detailed trip information are available at Holy Family Parish Church office at 60 Prospect St. , Gloucester .
Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe is delighted to announce the productions scheduled for its fifth season. The company has grown over the years and ranges in age from teens to eighties: students, businesspeople, teachers and other professions held together by a love of theatre and the works of William Shakespeare. New participants are always welcome either onstage or off.
The season opens November 1 at the Gorton Theatre (Home of the Gloucester Stage Company) with "Shakespeare In Two Acts", a program of comedy and tragedy juxtaposed, consisting of "Visiting Lear" an adaptation of "The Tragedy of King Lear", directed by Ray Jenness and "Love on a Midsummer Night", a twenty- first century take on "A Midsumer Night’s Dream", directed by Nick Neyeloff. "Visiting Lear" opened CAST’s first full season, was enthusiastically received and requested to be performed again. The action is set in a nursisng home, where an elderly man abandoned by his family drifts in and out of Lear’s tragedy.
"Love on a Midsummer Night" uses four players to portray Lysander, Demitrius, Hermia, Helena, Oberon, Bottom, Puck, and Titania in a tangled plot of love and deception. A narrator steps in and out of the action commenting on the follies and foibles that unfold.
Performances are November 1 – 4 and 9 – 11, with opening night a pay what you will performance.
The next production is Shakespeare’s timeless political drama, "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar", also to be performed at the Gorton Theatre on February 28, March 1,2,3,8,9,10. There are still some roles open and backstage help is needed. Anyone interested may email the director, Joseph Stiliano, at cast2008@prodigy.net .
On Tuesday, April 23, 2013, CAST will celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday with"Shakespeare Shout!" and evening of selected readings by members of the company and an invitation to the public to bring their own favorite pieces to read. Time and venue for this season’s birthday celebration are to be announced.
CAST’s final production of the season will be "Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead", Tom Stoppard’s brilliant dark comedy featuring Prince Hamlet’s university classmates who are unwittingly caught up in the intrigues at Elsinore. Directed by Ray Jenness, it will play on May 10,11,12,17,18,19 at the recently restored Rockport Community House, where Cape Ann Shakespeare Troupe staged its first productions.
More information on CAST may be found at capeannshakespearetroupe.blogspot.com and Facebook.
Joseph Stiliano, founder and artistic director
Click below for the News From Rocky Neck via Judy Robinson Cox
Hi Joey!
I thought GMG readers would be interested to know that this Saturday is Museum Day. The Cape Ann Museum will be offering free admission to those who print out a Smithsonian Pass. Let me know if you need any more info, but the website does a pretty good job explaining!
Dear Joe,
The Society for the Encouragement of the Arts is pleased to invite you to our fourth Fall Benefit, "Celebrate Emerging Stars!" on Saturday, October 27, at the Bass Rocks Golf Club. We will have two fabulous sets of musicians performing as part of an uplifting evening of art and music. We hope you’ll take this opportunity to get to know seARTS and see first-hand how we encourage and support the arts in Cape Ann. Early bird tickets are available on line or by mail (see details below). Click poster at left for a larger view.
Highlights for this celebration include performances from the 17-piece Cape Ann Big Band (right) which has recently played several "sold out" performances at Shalin Liu.
They will be opened by the Beverly High School Jazz Sextet (left). Profiles of all musicians will be featured in upcoming seARTS eblasts.
Both visual and functional art from a diverse nominated group of emerging artists of many genres and generations will also be showcased and for sale. Hearty hors d’oeuvres from Tim Hopkins Catering will accompany a cash bar at the event.
We will also have some fabulous raffle prizes, including jewelry items from Mahri, Beth Williams and other designers, museum passes and a gift certificate from Duckworth Bistrot, a five-star cafe in Gloucester.
The Board and the Bands
Left to right: seARTS Board Member Susan Boles, Board Advisor Seyrel Williams, seARTS Chair Jacqueline Ganim-DeFalco, Carlos Menezes Jr. from Cape Ann Big Band, Liam Beaudoin from Beverly High School Jazz Sextet, Adam Costa, BHS Band Director, Board Member Kristine Fisher.
Don’t miss out on this unique experience to celebrate Cape Ann’s emerging art and artists.
The schedule for the event is as follows:
Additionally, if you would like to consider a small sponsorship, we would most appreciate your consideration for any of the sponsor/donation options we have listed below. We would love for you to be able to join us personally – but if you can not, this is a way to show your support and be present in another way. We are pleased to announce our first $1,000 sponsorship from our fellow Board member Susan Boles of Axis Promotions and hope this will inspire you to do the same.
This is seARTS only fundraising event of the year and thus is a critical component of our funding sources so show your support for the Arts on Cape Ann and join us for a fun evening of colorful art and music!
Hey Joey, head’s up, as I’m sure you know, this is the last weekend of the Essex National Heritage Area Trails & Sails.
There are lots of great free events going on, rain or shine, including free Historic Icehouse Tours at Cape Pond Ice Company, 104 Commercial Street on the Fort, where we’ve been serving Gloucester’s fleet since 1848. Icehouse Tours are this Friday at 2 pm, Saturday at 11 am and 1 pm, and Sunday at 11 am. Folks should wear practical footware and bring a sweater or sweatshirt for when we are in the Icehouse. Tours last about 1 hour, and include video of natural ice harvesting, and our role in the Perfect Storm.
Tour details and directions at: http://www.capepondice.com/info.htm and complete Trails & Sails event listing at: http://www.essexheritage.org/ts/
Thanks, Scott
Sent in by Anthony Marks –
Photo below Boston Public Library
In 1946 there was a bowling alley next to Alexander’s Fish Market, a year where there was enormous groundfish landings of well over 90% more than that are landed today in Gloucester MA and before there was ever a DPA.
But as you know if you listen to the local obstructionists a bowling alley and a Fish Market couldn’t co-exist, it must have been an aberration or a mirage.
Just like The Gloucester House Restaurant and their outdoor dining would never ever work next to a place like Fisherman’s wharf because, you know, like the obstructionists always say- those two uses can’t coexist on the waterfront.
Of course it could never exist at Captain Carlos Restaurant and the Seafood Display Auction on Harbor Loop, it’s all just been a dream silly, those uses are totally incompatible on the waterfront.
Or at Cruiseport where they pump out pogie boats in front of their open air deck and they are grinding steel hulls next door at Roses Marine- NO WAY, NO HOW could those two uses ever co-exist!
Or at our dock where we load stinky bait on lobster boats and are surrounded by houses and recreational marinas- we couldn’t possibly be operating a commercial dock since 1953 here next to places where they tie up pleasure boats- the two uses are completely incompatible. If it were to be there surely would be lawsuits and riots on the streets.
Or just like the property in the top of this photo where it sits today next to Beacon Marine where they do boat work and have living space and web design. Same as it was back then in 1946 before the DPA and same as it is now- MIXED use.
That R.P. Fraser must have been on acid to have imagined a bowling alley on the waterfront in that 1946 painting- that’s just crazy talk.
This painting is in reference to the photo in the Boston Public Library Archives we posted yesterday-
Posted on September 26, 2012 by Joey C
You see the building that says Fish Market? That is the building where the fire was last week that the Gloucester Fire department quickly snuffed out. Look at Jay Albert’s pictures here from the scene His pictures are from the back of the building which is now a wood furniture maker.
Look at the stern of the the big schooner in the middle of the photo. off the stern is The Phyllis A. The oldest gillnetter in Gloucester and undergoing a major restoration project.
Read about and look at pictures of the restoration here in these Phyllis A posts
Thank you to Adam Gaffin at www.universalhub.com for the link to the picture.
File name: 08_06_023528
Title: Mass Views: Fishing schooner and fish market, Gloucester Harbor
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Date created: 1940 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 negative : film, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Genre: Film negatives
Subject: Fishing industry; Fishing boats; Piers & wharves
Notes: Title and date from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.
Collection: Leslie Jones Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright Leslie Jones.
Preferred credit: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
John McElhenny writes-
Joey,
Thanks to you and Good Morning Gloucester, GMG readers over the past couple years have followed the good things happening at Burnham’s Field including the clean-ups, the newly painted backboards and the new Burnham’s Field Community Garden. Here is some of the great GMG coverage of Burnham’s Field
With all of GMG’s support, it’s no surprise that so many people have rallied to make Burnham’s Field, the largest green space in central Gloucester, a more beautiful, family-friendly place. Here’s some breaking news: The City of Gloucester just won a big grant to continue that process and fix up Burnham’s Field even more. It’s great news for the countless kids and families who use Burnham’s Field every day. Open spaces and playgrounds matter!
Readers can read more about this great news here:
http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x964641325/City-wins-195-000-to-fix-up-Burnhams-Field
Thanks to you and the GMG community for all you do,
John McElhenny
Hi Joey, attached are some pics of last week’s Saturday pickup. We meet Sat. mornings at 9-10:30 at Kettle Cove Fields through Nov. 10th, and definitely looking for more players. Contact julieledwig@yahoo.com for more info.
Joey can you let your readers know.
Good afternoon the Giambanco Family, Sefatia, Marianne, Rosaria, Grace, Anthony and many other helpers, thru AGH is pleased to announce that we are cooking this Sunday at Open Door and we added to our family adopted Sista Felicia will help cook all are welcomed to come and enjoy the day, not only will be cook and serve we enjoy the company of all and eat like a family.. All are welcomed and dinner will be served at 4.. Thank You Sefatia
My nephew BJ had Chrome installed on his iPad. I had no idea there were different browsers available for the iPad. Do any of you use it and what are your thoughts about it compared to the stock iPad browser?
Good Morning Gloucester 