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You can actually see inside the pilot houses of the boats.
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A Mountain Biking Four Year Old! From Terry Weber
Hey Joey,
Yesterday before the rain came, we went on a walk in Ravenswood. On the trail we met Eli from Manchester who was mountain biking with no training wheels! I am a terrible judge of age, but I am guessing he was about 4 years old. With his parents nearby, Eli did manage trek down some of the hills by himself. Check out his bike!
For more pictures of Ravenswood, visit www.themightyvoyager.com
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Gloucester Webcam of The Day- North Shore Kid Wonson Cove Webcam
Check Out The North Shore Kid Website Here
click the picture below to view their webcam
This Webcam and more can be found at www.gloucesterwebcam.com
This www.gloucesterwebcam.com local webcam portal project was an idea I had last year to have as many webcams streaming from local businesses or organizations as possible which highlight the incredible vistas that we as people that live and work here get to enjoy each and every day.
The idea was to have the organization install the webcam, have them embed the webcam feed on their own websites as well and have a link to each business website on the Gloucester webcam portal website to showcase their business as well.
Tim Blakeley from Gloucester Bytes provided the initial installation at ridiculously cheap cost because he believed in the project.
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Community Stuff Wednesday
Lane’s Cove Fish Shack Restoration Auction
MARK YOUR CALENDARS….There will be a silent auction to raise funds for the Lanes Cove Fish Shack. It will be held at the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center on Harbor Loop on Sat., April 21st from 1:00 – 4:00 pm. All proceeds will go to the restoration of the fish shack. Come one come all. We have donations of many wonderful paintings done by local artists ranging in value from $75.00 to $4400.00. We also have gift certificates and other items to auction with values ranging from $25- $150.00. There’s something for everyone. We will also be selling t-shirts, note cards, & bumper stickers.
Also we now have comfort color Lanes Cove Fish Shack T-Shirts on sale for $15.00. They can be purchased at Wulla (next to the Package store) on Washington Street in Lanesville or by contacting Barbara Jobe at 978-283-9311. All proceeds will go to the restoration fund to save the Lanes Cove Fish Shack. Wulla is open Wed-Sunday.
5 GREAT JEWISH FILMS IN GLOUCESTER THIS WEEKEND
Cape Ann Jewish Film Festival In Its 4th Year
The 4th Annual Cape Ann Jewish Film Festival kicks off on Sunday, April 15 at 5:00pm at the Cape Ann Community Cinema at 21 Main Street in Gloucester with the acclaimed documentary “Jewish Soldiers In Blue & Gray.”
The other four films in the CAJFF line-up are: the Israeli drama “Restoration” (Mon. April 16 @ 7:30pm), the restored historical documentary “Nuremberg” (Tues. April 17 @ 7:30pm), the romantic comedy “The Matchmaker” (Wed. April 18 @ 7:30pm) and the eye-opening documentary “Imaginary Witness: Hollywood And The Holocaust” (Thurs. April 19 @ 7:30pm). The last film in this year’s Festival commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Also running this weekend is this year’s Oscar-winning Best Foreign Language Film, “A Separation,” playing Friday, April 13 through Sunday, April 15 at 7:30pm. The film tells the mystery-laced story of a struggling couple in modern-day Iran. The film will encore in May, along with the other four Oscar-nominees “Monsieur Lazhar,” “In Darkness,” “Bullhead” and “Footnote.”
To mark Earth Day and the April school vacation week, the Cinema encores the animated treat “Mia And The Migoo,” Monday, April 16 through Saturday, April 21 at 12:00pm. The movie is about a little girl who goes off to the jungle to find her missing father and makes friends with a giant silly monster. Tickets are just $5.00 for kids.
Tickets for all films are $9.50 adults, $8.00 students & seniors (60+) and $6.50 for Cinema Members. A full printed line-up of films is available at the Cinema, at www.CapeAnnCinema.comor by calling (978) 282-1988.
Local Video Company Adds to the Cape Ann Music Scene
This week the first ever Cape Ann Sessions video performance has been released —- featuring local rock band Dreamtigers! You can watch the video for “Keep Time” here:
Cape Ann Sessions is a video series inviting musicians from all over to play acoustic sets at some of the most fun and beautiful locations on Cape Ann. The series aims to combine the arts of video and live music in a creative way while exploring the beauty and culture of northeastern Massachusetts. Each video is produced by IN THE CAR, a local media company.
*Behind the scenes photos (by local photographer Danny Ebersole) can be seen here: http://ebersolephotography.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/an-acoustic-brew/
This Sunday at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport Music presents a new film “Guardians of the Gates: TheSurfboats” – filmed at the nation’s second busiest Coast Guard station–located right next to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The film was created by David Wittkower, a native of Rockport and a graduate of Rockport Elementary School. His parents still live in town! David’s coming in for the film and will participate in a post-screening Q&A with James Caulkett, Gloucester’s Harbormaster and a former member of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Best, Gregg Sorensen
Rockport Music
“Guardians of the Gates: The Surfboats”
Sunday, April 15, 4 PM
Film by David Wittkower
Guardians of the Gates takes a hard look at the elite Coast Guard Search & Rescue crews that conduct over 600 rescues a year. Filmed at the nation’s second busiest Coast Guard station–located right next to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco–Guardians gets an inside look at what makes these search and rescuers put their lives on the line every day, going out in extreme weather and waves that are over twenty five feet. With the camera crew riding along, you get a front seat ride as the Coast Guard crews are tested in life and death situations. Produced and Directed by David Wittkower, graduate of Rockport High School,1979 and winner of over 27 film festival awards, Guardians is his most intense film yet. The audience is invited to stay on after the film for a Q & A with the film maker David Wittkower and Gloucester Harbor Master and former Officer in Charge Boatswain Mate Senior Chief (ret) James Caulkett.
Tickets in advance or at the door: $9. www.rockportmusic.org or 978-546-7391
Shalin Liu Performance Center: 37 Main Street, Rockport, Massachusetts
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Videographer Rich Lee Directs Ed Collard Behind The Scenes
Check out the Rich Lee wikipedia page
Rich Lee is an American music video and commercial director signed to DNA in Hollywood, California and Flynn Productions in the United Kingdom. He has directed music videos for Eminem, The Black Eyed Peas, Norah Jones, Michael Bublé and The All-American Rejects. Rich Lee started his professional career as a sculptor and fabricator for broadway shows in New York City. He later moved on to computer graphics and created 3d previsualizations for big budget hollywood feature films such as The Pirates of the Caribbean I, II & III, I Am Legend, Minority Report and Constantine. From the encouragement of feature film directors he moved into directing music videos and commercials
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The Miss Zoe Rocks Our Vegan Cupcake World
Today the photos. Tomorrow the video where you will find out if “vegan” cupcakes can compete with traditional cupcakes in our official taste test featuring who else but the human garbage disposal otherwise known as Ed Collard.
Check out Zoe’s blog here-
http://themisszoe.wordpress.com/
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A Lucky Find From Ann Kennedy
Came upon this while rummaging around in a flea market in the boondocks! Note postmark encouraging visitors to the 300th anniversary celebration of your town! One of your recent posts included another postcard view of the hotel I believe. Thought you might enjoy this one.
Happy Easter!
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Bikini and Speedo Dodgeball From Zoe
Zoe writes- Thanks Bikini Speedo Dodgeball. You may have broken me, but not my spirit. I’ll see you next year.
For the rest of her entry click the link above.
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Gloucester Harborwalk Construction Update- Between Fisherman’s Wharf and Lat 43
These photos taken yesterday are from streetside looking toward the harbor between Lat43 and Fisherman’s Wharf. Below you see photos from 1980 Harbor looking toward these two buildings provided by FOB Frank Ciolino.
Thwall o the left in the top picture is depicted in this photo FOB Frank Ciolino
Fisherman’s Wharf 1980-
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Time To Gear Up For Work Season
Just Placed My Annual Order For Work Gear at Sierra Trading Post
You can get $10 off your first order if you use this referral link which means you can literally get a pair of those Carhartt industrial work pants for $7.52 and they normally cost me $42. Boom, No Brainer!!!
Top Of The List- Marino Wool Socks Warm Soft and Moisture Wicking. I’ll never wear cotton socks again as long as I live.
SmartWool Multi-Sport Solid Socks – Merino Wool, Below the Ankle (For Men and Women)
$4.65 Saved: 67% Normally Priced $13.95
Keen Bellingham Socks – 3-Pack, Midweight, Crew (For Men and Women) $19.47 Normally Priced $47.95
and of course work pants- Carhartt Washed Twill Work Pants (For Men) $17.52 Normally Priced $42.00
and that was my spring order 
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Gloucester Webcam of The Day- The Vista Motel
Check Out The Vista Motel Website Here
This Webcam and more can be found at www.gloucesterwebcam.com
This www.gloucesterwebcam.com local webcam portal project was an idea I had last year to have as many webcams streaming from local businesses or organizations as possible which highlight the incredible vistas that we as people that live and work here get to enjoy each and every day.
The idea was to have the organization install the webcam, have them embed the webcam feed on their own websites as well and have a link to each business website on the Gloucester webcam portal website to showcase their business as well.
Tim Blakeley from Gloucester Bytes provided the initial installation at ridiculously cheap cost because he believed in the project.
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Community Stuff
In early June the planet Venus will be visible in the daytime as it crosses in front of the sun. Unless medical science invents some way to extend human life well beyond 100 years, the June 5-6, 2012 transit of Venus will likely be the last one anyone alive today will ever see; the next Venus transit won’t take place until December 2117 — 105 years from now.
This month’s GAAC guest speaker, Robert Naeye, Editor in Chief of Sky & Telescope magazine, will highlight the rare geometric alignments that must take place for transits of Venus to occur, and why they occur so infrequently. Also included will be an historical overview of Venus transits, which scientists used to discover Venus’s atmosphere and measure the distance between Earth and the Sun. Mr Naeye, who watched the entire 2004 Venus transit from the tomb of Cyrus the Great (founder of the Persian Empire) in Iran, will describe how to view the transit safely, and what you can expect to see when Venus crosses the disk of the Sun.
GAAC will meet at 8:00 on Friday, April 13 at St Paul Lutheran Church in Lanesville. The public is welcome; there is no cost.
Schooner Adventure Spirng Lecture
April 19th – Don Cheney, Marine Science Center, Northeastern University “The Growing Problem with Seaweed Blooms and Their Newly Discovered Potential Harmful Effects”
May 17th – Thomas French, Ph.D., Asst. Director, Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, Westborough, MA, “Protecting Biodiversity on Northeast Massachusetts”
Jurek Schreiner’s photo exhibit ‘The Splendor of Asia’ is up at Cape Ann Coffees for the months of April and May. This is the opening for the show. Jurek will be present, offering additional explanations to the photographs. Spread the word!
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Video Tour- K9 Kuts Dog Grooming and Boutique With Julie Borge
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Not So New Gallery Wall At The House Over/Under Update
For those of you who participated in the Poll Back on the 2nd of April as to whether the wall of frames someone I may or may not be related to through marriage tastefully attached to our hallway wall would be filled with pictures within two months time, I have an update-
Photo dated April 9th 6:55PM
Photo dated April 2, 2012 below
Easy Money.
These were the results back on April 2nd
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Tea Party Ships to leave Gloucester soon Photos Kathy Chapman
Master shipwright Leon Poindexter, prepares the Tea Party Ships to leave Gloucester later this month, for their new berth in Boston at the Boston Tea Party Museum. http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/
Photos ©Kathy Chapman 2012
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Best Wings In Town- Cape Ann Brewing
Served Crispy with a variety of dipping sauces. 25 cents on Tuesdays.
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Gloucester At Dawn- Captain Joe and Sons 5:10AM 3/31/12
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This one looks really nice full screen. The detail in the background is stuff the human eye doesnt see at ths time of the morning but is only captured with the long exposure taken at three different focal lengths and then combined so everything is in relative focus.
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Video- 2012 Easter At Sista Felicia’s
Sista Felicia Gives Us The 2012 Easter Dinner Rundown
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Men In New York City Apparently Suffering From Horrible Crotch Lowering Epidemic and Skinny Jeans Poll
This trend has reached epidemic proportions.
Fashion forward or just plain ridiculous?
You make the call in the poll below the bottom picture.
(All photos taken in a 15 minute timeframe in and around New York Central Park)
Does Downtown Boston suffer from this disease to such a widespread degree or is it contained to small pockets of the afflicted?
(My boy John McElhenny is giddy with excitement at the prospect of the disease finally catching hold on Cape Ann so he can break out his fine collection of skinny jeans).
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Gloucester Webcam of The Day- Cape Pond Ice
Check Out The Cape Pond Ice Website Here
This Webcam and more can be found at www.gloucesterwebcam.com
This www.gloucesterwebcam.com local webcam portal project was an idea I had last year to have as many webcams streaming from local businesses or organizations as possible which highlight the incredible vistas that we as people that live and work here get to enjoy each and every day.
The idea was to have the organization install the webcam, have them embed the webcam feed on their own websites as well and have a link to each business website on the Gloucester webcam portal website to showcase their business as well.
Tim Blakeley from Gloucester Bytes provided the initial installation at ridiculously cheap cost because he believed in the project.
Good Morning Gloucester 