Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi there Joey, loved all your images from Italy…I am going to have my own Gallery Show on Rocky Neck June 30 thru July 6th, please add this poster to your blog when you get a chance…thanks and look forward to seeing at one of the mug ups.

The  Holy Family Womes Guild is having a Plant Sale/Strawberry Festival June 2, 9 a.m. to 2p.m. but we need help we need plants, seedlings etc. We are also having a General Store that day and will be selling perserves , pies, cookies and goodies, and also we will have delicious Strawberry Shortcake.  It will be held on the ( Saint Ann’s) Rectory lawn the Prospect street side weather permitting or the if raining it will be in the Parish Hall. if anyone can donate plants, baskets, perserves etc please contact Jane Marshall 978-283-5111.

  Rockport High School Jazz Band

                Will be preforming May 30th 1PM at the

                Rockport Senior Center

                58 Broadway

                All are Welcome

Contemporary Art at the White-Ellery House: Jenna Powell

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present Sounding Patterns, a one day contemporary art installation by Jenna Powell at the historic White-Ellery House on Saturday, June 2 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The house is open that day as part of 17th Century Saturdays, an Escapes North program. This program is free and open to the public.

Jenna Powell documents and responds to Cape Ann’s Nautical Industry through the lens of an artist, historian, manufacturer, and exhibit preparator. Industrial materials, process and presentation provide the framework for her investigations that expose trace layers of history.  She records and reinterprets embedded memories of trade, invention, and production inherent to sites including Star Island in Rockport, and the Tarr & Wonson Paint Manufactory in Gloucester.

Powell grew up in her family’s textile manufacturing business in Essex County Massachusetts.  She was educated at The School of Visual Arts, NYC holds a Masters in Art Education from Lesley University, and is completing a M.F.A from AIB @ Lesley
University in Boston.  Powell apprenticed at the Johnson Atelier Foundry where she received technical training in all phases of fabrication, ceramic shell, and resin-bonded sand casting.  Powell also worked as an exhibit preparator for zoos, aquariums and
museums throughout the country.

The White-Ellery House is one of a handful of surviving First Period buildings in Massachusetts. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Sites because of its design, materials, and workmanship, and its plank frame construction. The house was built in 1710 for the Reverend John White, Gloucester’s first settled minister, and exhibits an elegance and refinement commensurate with White’s esteemed position in the community. The second owner of the house was James Stevens, who kept it as a tavern until 1740, at which time it was sold to the Ellery family. In 1949, when plans were unveiled showing Route 128 traversing the Town Green, the house was taken by the City of Gloucester by eminent domain, turned over to the Cape Ann Historical Association, and moved safely out of the path of the highway. The present location of the White-Ellery House is at 245 Washington Street.

Funding for these programs was made possible through a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which promotes excellence, access, education and diversity in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences, in order to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents and to contribute to the economic vitality of our communities.

The Cape Ann Museum is located at 27 Pleasant Street in Gloucester. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Museum is closed during the month of February, on Mondays, and on major holidays. Admission is $10.00 adults, $8.00 Cape Ann residents, students, and seniors. Children under 12 and Museum members are free. The Museum is wheelchair accessible. For more information please call: (978) 283-0455. Additional information can be found online at http://www.capeannmuseum.org.

Joey, This one is a long awaited greeting to you and your crew from our Sri Lankan brother.  Check out his band’s music campaign song for his marketing firm, Times, they are a changing… Calling all marketers.  It’s a catchy tune and think you’ll enjoy it. It reminds me of you. Auto play when you open his web site at http://www.bates.lk/ .  This follows hopefully for your blog. Thanks, Jo-

Left to right: Yeshanth Gunewardena, Nimal Gunewardena, Kay Ellis and Andrew Innes (back row)

We were anxiously awaiting the arrival of our Sri Lankan brother Nimal Gunewardena, Chairman and CEO at the marketing/communications firm, Bates Strategic Alliance Sri Lanka <http://www.bates.lk/> and his son Yeshanth.  It had been a year since our visit to Sri Lanka and India. Nimal was due a visit to Gloucester.  He stepped out of the car, arms stretched wide and a big smile, "I’ve come to say Good Morning Gloucester ! ".  Nimal and his wife Jayanthi had heard my husband Andy and I referring to it often during our travels pulling out the GMG traveler’s badge, etching our way through our journey snapping pictures.

Nimal came to the US in 1970 at age 17 as an American Field Service (AFS ) exchange student living with my husband’s family for a year.  He and his family have remained close family members since with many visits over the years.  Both his children attend US universities.   

We woke Monday morning to a slow rolling fog and mist as we headed down to the harbor, the fisherman’s statue and then to the dock.  Kate Ellis welcomes Gloucester’s guests from Sri Lanka aboard the Schooner Lannon to greet Good Morning Gloucester.  From marketer to marketer, Nimal wishes a Good Morning Gloucester!

Kay Ellis of the Schooner Lannon points out navigational location of Cape Ann Harbor and inner land markings.

Left to right: Yeshanth Gunewardena, Nimal Gunewardena, Andrew Innes and Kay Ellis

The Gunewardena’s invites you to visit their beautiful country virtually at a colorful video he found online at:

http://vimeo.com/37594200

Many thank to Kay Ellis for being such a gracious and welcoming ambassador to Gloucester!  For a majestic schooner tour of Gloucester harbor visit the website…

Schooner Thomas E Lannon in Gloucester, Massachusetts

Happy travels, locally and abroad,

Jo & Andy

Travel Dynamics International is pleased to announce the inaugural voyage of the newly-renovated M/V Yorktown. The sold-out voyage departs from Gloucester, Massachusetts, on May 24, 2012, and sails north along the Maine coast, through the Canadian Maritimes, and into the St. Lawrence, before disembarking in Montreal on June 5. Guest lecturers accompanying the voyage include maritime historian and former Professor of Naval History at the U. S. Naval Academy, William Cogar. Ceremonies celebrating the new ship are expected along the itinerary, beginning with a proclamation from Mayor Carolyn Kirk on behalf of the City of Gloucester during a Lobster Bake on the day of departure.
Built in Florida in 1988, Yorktown accommodates 138 guests in 69 outward facing cabins, is certified by the U. S. Coast Guard and flies the American flag. Originally operated as the Yorktown Clipper by Clipper Cruise Line, the ship was acquired by New York – based Travel Dynamics International in August 2011 and has just completed an extensive refurbishing of the interior and overhaul of mechanical and engineering systems, including installation of state-of-the-art satellite navigation and communications. The renovations were performed by Detyens Ship Yards of North Charleston, South Carolina.
Drawing on 43 years of experience operating educational voyages aboard small ships in every corner of the world, Travel Dynamics International has designed a series of itineraries that will keep Yorktown busy in North American waters. Following the inaugural voyage, Yorktown will continue down the St. Lawrence into the Great Lakes for the summer, before returning to the Canadian Maritimes in September. Cruises at the peak of fall foliage in New England and the Hudson River valley precede explorations of the Chesapeake Bay. Late November and December will find the ship along the Gulf Coast and on the lower Mississippi River. Yorktown opens 2013 with voyages to the ancient sites, rainforests and barrier reefs of Belize and Guatemala.
“We are thrilled and gratified by the tremendous response to our North American voyages,” says Travel Dynamics International Co-President Vasos Papagapitos. “It is wonderful to be able offer world class travel experiences right in our own backyard.”
Who We Are
Travel Dynamics International is the leading operator of high-caliber educational and cultural cruises aboard small ships. Offering customized voyages guided by distinguished scholars and experts, Travel Dynamics International caters to the traveler with a keen intellectual interest in history, culture, and nature.
Founded on the belief that traveling and learning about the world and its many cultures enriches individuals and society as a whole, Travel Dynamics Intern

The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the 2012 Small Business Award Winners who will be saluted during Cape Ann Small Business Week, June 4 – 11. This year’s recipients, Rick and Jean Grobe of the White Elephant Shop and Transform Fitness in Essex, Deo Braga of Braga Management in Gloucester, Chuck Hayback of Nor’East Frameworks in Manchester and Kirk Keating and Bruce Rowell of Bayside Electrical Company in Rockport, will be honored at the Chamber’s 32nd Annual Small Business Week Luncheon on Monday, June 11, beginning at 11:30 am at the Bass Rocks Golf Club, 38 Beach Road, Gloucester.
The 2012 Cape Ann Chamber Small Business Week Luncheon will feature a keynote address by Robert Nelson, Director of the Small Business Administration’s Massachusetts District Office, on the importance of small business in leading the economic recovery. The seven area high school seniors who have been awarded Cape Ann Chamber Scholarships will also be saluted at this year’s luncheon.
The program is designed to recognize the extraordinary contributions of Cape Ann’s small business community in both exemplary entrepreneurial achievement as well as notable civic and community involvement. This year’s Small Business Award winners will also be honored individually at complimentary receptions in each of their communities during Cape Ann Small Business Week. Please visit capeannchamber.com for a complete schedule of these receptions.
Friends, family members, and colleagues of all small business honorees are invited and encouraged to attend the receptions and the luncheon. Tickets for the luncheon are available to members for $30 in advance or $35 week/day of and $45 for future members.
For more information or to RSVP for this event, please contact Tim Burton at tim@capeannchamber.com or call the Chamber at 978-283-1601.