My View of Life on the Dock
Hey Joey,
Evolve Productions is setting up to shoot a Wicked Tuna commercial tonight at the Railways!
Photo From Bill O’Connor
Follow up-
Joey,
Check out this camera they’re using. for the Wicked Tuna shoot. It’s based on a platform similar to an SLR. They use this one for shooting regular speed and another that shoots high speed at 1000 frames per second!
To work out where your boy Joey works out contact the Manchester Athletic Club
978-526-8900
Hi Joey,
Here are some photos of the Fish Box Derby registration and weigh-in held last Sunday morning at C. B. Fisk. The race will be this Sunday, Sep. 16th, at High Noon on the Rogers St. Hill. We encourage everyone to come out there Sunday and cheer these fantastic kids on – the Thrill of the Hill is at its best with a great audience!
Gratefully,
Rick Isaacs for the Fish Box Derby Committee
Hi Joey
It’s a small world that you almost bought the house we’re buying on Island Rock Lane…once we get rid of the big ugly deck, we’ll have you over for a wine, or more…
It was nice to meet you and eat your 10 lobsters on Saturday! They were delicious!!
I’ve attached a few full-sail shots of the Mayor’s Cup. Use what you like.
Take care
–Caleb
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Al Bezanson submits-
A quickie with my ‘razr phone from the HM’s float.
Al Bezanson
Cape Ann Farmers’ Market accepting applications for Backyard Growers Program
The Backyard Growers Program offers training and resources to help low- to moderate-income Gloucester residents start vegetable gardens in their own backyards. The deadline to apply for the 2013 season is Friday, October 12, 2012. To download an application go to http://capeannfarmersmarket.org/backyard-growers/files/2013_OUTREACH.pdf, or contact Lara at 978-317-8025 or lara@beaconstreetfarm.org.
Mass Murder Talk
Hi Joey,
"A Forensic Psychiatrist Looks at the Colorado Shooter" is the talk I’m giving at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center on Monday, September 17th at 7pm.
I’m in private practice with my wife Jean on Main Street now, but for 8 years I worked in maximum security and interviewed over 200 murderers, including mass murderers.
I plan to walk the audience through what it’s like to go one on one with someone who’s just killed a lot of people, how you handle yourself, what questions you ask (and don’t ask), how you determine whether someone’s criminally insane and how to detect when someone’s faking it.
The purpose is to raise money for the Cultural Center, with a suggested donation of $5.
Hope you can put this in your blog.
Thanks!
Rory Anscombe
THEATRE IN THE PINES CELEBRATES 25TH YEAR WITH "LEND ME A TENOR"
Theatre in the Pines celebrates its 25th Anniversary Season with its eightieth production, Lend Me A Tenor by Ken Ludwig at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, Friday, Sept 14 at 7:30; Saturday Sept 15 matinee at 3:00 and evening at 7:30 and Sunday, Sept. 16 matinee at 3:00 p.m. Directed by Nan Webber, this hilarious comedy takes place in an hotel suite in Cleveland, Ohio. When Tito Morelli, the Italian star slated to play Otello, succumbs to an accidental overdose of tranquillizers, an unknown singer masquerades as Tito. The newcomer succeeds so well that neither Tito’s public nor his women suspect the substitution. Mayhem ensues when Tito sobers up, and the truth is revealed. Rick Doucette reprises the role of Tito which he first played here and in England in 1996. New to the cast are Larry Cook, Courtney Peckham, Martin Ray, Eileen Fitzgerald, Henry Cooper, Marjorie Grace and Mary Rudolph Black. Set design is by Frank Wolcott, costumes by Carol McKenzie and stage manager is Anne Hyde. Tickets can be purchased at the door or at Toad Hall Bookstore in Rockport and The Bookstore in Gloucester , or by calling Rockport Music at 978-546-7391. For more information visit http://theatreinthepines.blogspot.com
Pete quit smoking March 18th, 2009 and hasn’t smoked since. Congrats Pete!!!
Posted on March 18, 2009 by Joey C
Pete Mondello, a lobsterman and a smoker for over forty years is mad as a hornet and he’s gonna do something about it.
Read here for the rest of that 2009 post about Pete and cigarettes
Photos from Ron Gilson
What is Gloucester to you? What does it mean to be a part of this diverse community, where your neighbor may be a Fisherman, a Restaurateur, a Software Tech, a Carpenter or any number of things? He or she may be Italian, Sicilian, Portuguese, African, of Oriental or Irish decent or many another nationality mixed in with their American heritage. What does it means to be a part of this Gloucester Community where we’ve sweated in our toil, died in the pursuit of feeding our families and the millions of families across this great nation, or found joy in our recreation on our greatest resource… that of the ocean, or the pride we feel in raising our young ones in this place we live? It’s quite simple… It means together we are family… Gloucester family! This is something to be proud of…
Gloucester to me is being one… one with my neighbors, regardless of occupational backgrounds or our ancestral heritage… We are fortunate enough to live in a city where we don’t experience the separation, the petty bigotry and senseless fears that pervade other City communities. Yes, Gloucester is unique in this way. We are a community teaming with people who, even in these difficult economic times, will think nothing of reaching out to help a neighbor in need. There is evidence of this everywhere in this City, whether it is a fundraiser for the family of a beloved Firefighter who has lost his most courageous battle of all down to the simplest act of lending a neighbor $10.00 until their check comes through so their child will have milk that day. These are things that do happen every day in this city… We just don’t always hear about all of them. The unsung heroes of this place that we live in are many and if you can count yourself among them, and many of you probably can, you deserve to feel proud. Proud for caring about your neighbors and of the city in which you live!
I’m not originally from Gloucester, but I’ve lived between here and Rockport most of my life and there is nowhere I’d rather live than on this Island we call home! My Father was born and raised here, as was his Father before him and they too were proud of this City and proud to have lived and Worked in this great community with such rich traditions in the Fishing and Shipping Industries along with the many, many other industries and businesses that make Gloucester what it is.
Also, I like to remind people, there are cultural resources in this community that, when you think about the many talented Artists and Musicians that live, work and play in this City…well, it’s truly astounding. There are just too many to mention. We members of Full Circle are very proud to live in Gloucester and to be able to count ourselves a part of this live, local music community that just overflows with extremely talented Artists and Musicians! Here’s to our home port…Gloucester, Massachusetts, U.S.A.!
-Wesley A Thibodeau/Full Circle
Joey…..Terrific coverage here on the Parade of Sail, but for those interested in the race itself the information has been sparse and late coming. In the past the Times has had good reporting on the race but none this year. The Race Committee had a real challenge from a fizzling breeze that backed away from the SSE where it started and half the entries were unable to finish within the four hour time limit. Or they just fired up their engines so as not to be late for the 6:00 PM post-race festivities at Maritime Gloucester. (Good judgment.)
The hospitality extended to visiting schooners this year was extra special. Here is a little story on the American Schooner Association website.
Al Bezanson
9/11 My Experience
The World Trade Tower, my first impression.
And from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.
When I went to the top observation deck, this is what I saw. The Brooklyn Bridge, which is a subject of one of my posts, is on the lower right.
I always get a little choked up on September 11th, since both my father and I were born on Manhattan Island, we lived nearby, and I lost some high school friends in the towers. My cousin Kate, who lives on nearby Staten Island, remarked to me about driving to her restaurant in Mid-Town Manhattan after the attack, that so many young people died that day. Many of them worked on the floor below where I took this photo from, which was the restaurant. May God Bless them all
“The Thrill of the Hill”
The 19th annual running of the Fish Box Derby is coming up on Sunday, September 16th at High Noon. We will be racing down Rogers Street in front of Gorton’s and have more than thirty entrants. The kids and their cars will traverse the 500 foot course in about 20 seconds.
Trophies are awarded to all participants with the grandest prizes (bikes, Y memberships, whale watch tickets, and watches) going to the top four finishers in each of the two classes: Freestyle (sleeve bearings) and Modified (ball and roller bearings). Other prizes are awarded for Best Pit Crew and Koolest Kar. Over 100 sponsors from the community bought advertising signs on the hay bales that will line the course. This widespread support will also allow the Fish Box Derby Committee to award two $1,000 scholarships to former racers going on to higher education.
This is one of the great family events of the year. Much more information is on www.fishboxderby.org.
video from Kenny MacCarthy-
http://capeanninfo.com Another great day for the kids in Gloucester MA and Cape Ann at the Fishbox Derby on Roger’s St. Lot’s of action with the hay bales and burnt out brakes. NASCAR: eat your heart out.
For past GMG Fish Box Derby Coverage Click Here
Whoa!
Boston From Niles Beach Len Burgess Photo
Monday Night 9/10/12 –Len Burgess
Filmgoers in Rockport, Massachusetts, will unite with audiences in over 300 cities spanning six continents to view and judge the work of the next generation of filmmakers from around the world when the 15th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival screens at The Shalin Liu Performance Center Sun Sept 30 at 3:00pm & 7:00pm and the following Friday Oct 5th at 8:00pm. For tickets, please visit the Rockport Music website at http://www.rockportmusic.org or call the box office at 978-546-7391.
Out of 520 entries received from 49 countries around the world, MANHATTAN SHORT selected ten short films as finalists. Each film is 18 minutes or under in length. Countries represented this year include Norway, The Netherlands, Russia, England, Ireland, Peru, France, Romania, Spain and the USA, in what festival organizers describe as the “United Nations of Film Festivals.”
These short films will not only entertain a global audience, but will be judged by them as well. Filmgoers will be handed a voting card upon entry and asked to vote for the one film they feel should win. Votes are tallied at each participating cinema and submitted to festival headquarters where the winner will be announced in New York City, as well as posted on the net at http://www.ManhattanShort.com on Sunday, October 7th, at 10:00 PM.
With past finalists achieving the ultimate in recognition by being nominated and even winning the Oscar in the short film category, the Manhattan Short has become known as a breeding ground for the next big thing.
In one week, over 100,000 people from as far north as St. Petersburg, Russia, to as far south as Buenos Aires, Argentina, as far east as Kathmandu, Nepal, and as far west as Perth, Australia, to over 150 cinemas in 47 US States will come together to view and vote on these 10 films. “While the goal of any festival is to discover and promote new talent, the real aim of this festival is bringing communities together via stories from around the world,” says Nicholas Mason, MANHATTAN SHORT founder and director.
“Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that what started as a small, relatively simple event when I projected a handful of short films onto the side of a truck on a downtown Manhattan street 15 years ago, would grow into what it is today, with communities all over the world getting together to celebrate via ten short films…it’s become like Earth Day—but with film,” adds Mason.
For more information on the Festival and to read detailed interviews with the 10 Finalists visit http://www.ManhattanShort.com or click on the following links:
Download 300 dpi stills of the finalists’ films – http://www.manhattanshort.com/p_press_finalist_stills.html
To see a list of cinemas taking part in 2012 – http://www.manhattanshort.com/cinemas.html
To read interviews and view film trailers – http://www.manhattanshort.com/finalists.html
To view the trailer of the Festival: - http://www.manhattanshort.com/trailer.html
This Used to be My Spot, Viktor Valasek, spray, acrylic ,oil on board; 210×407
Painter Viktor Valasek is a native of Czechoslovakia and has a Master’s Degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He studied at Cooper Union in NYC in 2009 and his work from that time was included in an Exchange Students Exhibition. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions including at Trafo Gallery and AVU gallery both in Prague. He is currently a resident artist at Meetfactory, a center of contemporary art in Prague.
Artist Statement: Even though I have been recently working on a body of work that is more abstract, most of my work is figurative. I am trying to comment and depict my own surrounding, including cultural stereotypes and memories from my own nation’s collective consciousness. It is a view which is only possible after a person leaves his own culture and looks back from the ‘other’ location. At once, one feels trapped within his or her own stereotype. This is who I am. This is who I am expected to be. We are expected to conform to the view imposed by ‘them’ on ‘us’. I am balancing on the edge between doing a good show – as ‘expected’ and self-reflection. The ‘folklore’ otherness of Central European post communist contemporary art is the product which is delivered to the spectator, yet it comes with a self-critical edge. Is it myself, or is it the image of myself, as defined by others? The most recent abstract paintings are different not only in the attitude but also in the whole visual impact on the viewer. By covering the space of the painting with a symbol of thinking, I am also stepping out of the previous stereotypes. viktorvalasek.com/
For my project here, in Gloucester, I need old canvases, nothing very valuable, rather something damaged or something that noone needs or wants anymore. It is not important what is in the painting or how old it is, as long as it is about to be thrown away. Instead of creating brand new paintings I will try to investigate possibilities of the "recycling idea" in art, painting in particular. By removing and adding layers of paint, I will, in fact, make my own paintings but on top of someone else’s work.
Wine and cheese pairings on the deck Wednesday, September 12 from 5:30-6:30
with dinner reservations with all entrees at 1/2 price tomorrow evening. We
will be filming a commercial for the restaurant so you may even be a
celebrity! Join us at the Castle Manor Inn Please RSVP as to number in
party with phone number
Temple Ahavat Achim (86 Middle Street, Gloucester, MA) invites you to the High Holiday Services!
Come celebrate Rosh Hashanah on:
Saturday, September 16th at 6:30 pm
Monday, September 17th at 9 am
Tuesday, September 18th at 9 am
… and Kol Nidre & Yom Kippur on:
Tuesday, September 25th at 6:30 pm
Wednesday, September 26th at 9 am
… and Sukkot on:
Sunday, September 30th at 6 pm
Monday, October 1st at 9 am
All are welcome!!! No tickets required!!
Interfaith families welcome!
For more information, please visit www.taagloucester.org
Maybe you missed DEVILS ISLAND when it was shown last spring. Maybe you’d like to see it again. Either way, you’ll have a chance to see the movie on:
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
7:30 pm
Rockport Community House
Suggested Donation: $5, to be divided between the GHS film club and Thacher Island Association
Devils Island was filmed two years ago on Thacher Island by amateur filmmaker and Gloucester High School history teacher Shaun Goulart. He appears in the film, along with other Cape Ann people you might know, like Rick Doucette of the Gloucester YMCA and the late Mitch Cohen, a local therapist who died two months after his scenes were filmed. The film also features a cameo by Thacher keeper John Fulton and many scenes of the island itself.
As someone who knows the value of networking I hope you will join us on Wednesday, September 19th for Business After Hours at Ocean Optical. Ocean Optical is located at 127 Eastern Avenue in Gloucester (282-1923) while their website is http://www.oceanopticalcapeann.com.
With summer of 2012 now in the rear view mirror this is the time to move forward and meet new Chamber members as well as reacquaint yourself with business colleagues that you have not seen for some time.
It all starts at 5 p.m. with plenty of free parking and a chance to meet new clients, win a door prize and have fun! Please make your reservation this week to save yourself both time and money! If you reserve your space (with payment) by Friday, September 14th the cost is $15 for members; after that date the cost is $20 per person. Non-members are $30 each. Call the Cape Ann Chamber today at 978-283-1601 to secure your spot!
Thank you and hope to see you on the 19th.
Tim
Kathy Slifer submits-
Hi Joey,
Here’s a close look at the reason to keep your fingers away from a bluefish mouth. Those teeth are razor sharp and can bit right through a glove.
Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid
Sounds Like A Male Prostitution Ring To Me But Hey If That’s What The Mrs Wants That’s What The Mrs Gets.
Good morning All,
Just thought I’d shard this with all of you in case you are interested or if you know someone else who may be that you could pass it onto. This boat raffle will benefit the wife and three young boys of my late brother, Michael Smith. Mike was a Gloucester firefighter who valiantly battled cancer and unfortunately passed away this past July. There will be 175 tickets sold.
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· TEAM SMITTY BOAT RAFFLE! We will be raffling my brothers boat off on November 3rd! 1999, 24′ Wellcraft Walkaround, includes trailer. Estimated book value is $12,500 – $15,000. Tickets are $100 each and includes a gathering at the St. Peter’s Club for the drawing. Let me know if you need a ticket!
If you are not a boater, win it and sell it…..it will go quick if priced right! It is a nice boat that gave Mike and his family endless pleasure!! Thanks to all who have already gotten back to us and have begun to buy tickets.
My best always,
Jim
Call 978-879-8877 to het your tickets
Hello Joey
I wanted to share these photo’s of the Farmers Market ,these are probably my favorite photo’s of how I think of summer when it’s" blowing a gale" outside!
September 7, 2012
“Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”
Lou Holtz (1937- )
Best known as a football coach and motivational speaker, Holtz is a West Virginia native who had a brief career as a player at Kent State. He held head coaching positions at six different academic institutions and compiled a 249-132-7 record. Although hired by Notre Dame with a lifetime contract, it is rumored that he was forced to retire before he broke Knute Rockne’s record of 105 wins with that team.
Good Morning Gloucester 