Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

Riverdale Rockets Softball

Hello Joe,

The Rockets are looking for your help once again in getting the word out!  All Pee Wee teams will be holding Softball sign ups shortly.  If you are signing up for the Riverdale Rockets you can register online at riverdalerockets.com.  Registration is $75 per player with a $135 family cap.  The season will be starting shortly.

Teams are organized as follows:

Softy Ball- 2^nd Graders

C Team- 3^rd and 4^th Graders

B Team- 5^th and 6^th Graders

A Team- 7^th and 8^th Graders

Thanks again for your support of local youth sports through Good Morning Gloucester……it is much appreciated!

Jim Smith

Cape Ann Brewing Photo Contest award Presentation Tonight

Cape Ann Brewing Company names Gloucester resident photo contest winner

On Tuesday, February 28th at 6 p.m., Cape Ann Brewing Company(CABC) will host an award ceremony in honor of Gloucester resident and photography enthusiast, Steve Borichevsky.
CABC invited the general public to submit photos of local scenes that would best reflects the spirit and courage of the North Atlantic fishing fleet. The winning photo replaces the original image on the Fisherman’s Brew six pack. Borichevsky submitted the winning photo of a fishing vessel returning to it’s home port of Gloucester Harbor, which was selected from over 40 images.

Free Community Concert at the Shalin Liu – Wednesday evening

Hi, Joey:

Rockport Music presents A FAR CRY, the youthful, self-conducted string orchestra, in a free community concert this Wednesday, February 29 at 7 PM at the Shalin Liu Performance Center. The concert is open to the public and no reservations are required. Rockport Music is also taking A Far Cry into the Rockport and Gloucester Public Schools for a two-day residency. The concert and residency would not be possible without the generous support of the Summer Star Foundation for Nature, Art, and Humanity.

Wednesday, February 29, 7 PM

FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT – A FAR CRY

Shalin Liu Performance Center

www.rockportmusic.org

Thank you! Gregg Sorensen

Rockport Music Director of Marketing

The Essex Shipbuilding Museum presents “Voyage to the Island of South Georgia ” with Dick Low

Tuesday, March 20, at 7:30 pm the Essex Shipbuilding Museum presents local resident Dick Low who will give a slide show about his voyage from the Falkland Islands to the Island of South Georgia and back with seven fellow sailors aboard the sailboat Spirit of Sydney. See and hear about South Georgia ’s spectacular scenery and prolific wild life. Walk in Shackleton’s footsteps on the final leg of his epic traverse across South Georgia to seek help for the stricken crew of Endurance.  Experience the amazing weather conditions and icebergs they encountered in the Southern Ocean.  Also see and hear the remarkable story about being rolled by a rogue wave en route back from South Georgia and being able to repair the damaged rig and recover sufficiently to make it back safely to the Falkland Islands without outside assistance.

Admission: $8 – members; $10 – non-members

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 – 7:30 pm

Waterline Center-Essex Shipbuilding Museum

For more information or advance ticket purchase please visit: www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org

Gloucester native, Vincenzo Di Maio has co-founded geothermal heating and cooling company that eliminates home heating oil and noisy outdoor condensers.
Since the company’s founding in August 2010, EnergySmart Alternatives, LLC has been picking up steam (sorry for the pun!). In addition to being green, geothermal systems pay for themselves by saving over 50% on home heating costs each year.  Savings are expected to be even greater as fuel oil prices pass the $4.00 per gallon mark. Learn more about the technology , EnergySmart Alternatives

Vincenzo working hard, or hardly working?

Born in Western, Massachusetts in 1950, Dennis Flavin became intrigued with art at a young age and began actively pursuing his dream to be an artist beginning in high school. Enrolling himself in as many art classes as was allowed, Dennis quickly became good friends with the art teachers and at age 17, he was teaching jewelry making classes for parents in the evening.

Dennis went on to attend Vesper George Art School, a small Boston college that taught exclusively art. It was here where he decided he wanted to be a painter instead of his previous plan to be an art teacher.

“I’ve always felt, if I have an idea on a canvas, I can paint that idea as long as I let myself be free with color and lines”

Dennis first came to Gloucester on an art scholarship from a professor/friend to paint during the summer of 1970. After marrying, Dennis brought his bride to Gloucester where they have remained residents for over 35 years.

Many people know Dennis as a charismatic restaurant owner; some know him as a fine artist; but few have seen the wide range of artwork he has compiled over a span of 40 years.

“I knew I was going to be a painter, but I knew I wanted to have a family. I always painted, worked, and tried to spend time with my family. It was a lot to do at one time. No matter what I did, I couldn’t stop painting. I always had an art studio and I squeezed in as much time as I could to be in it, working.”

Now, the artwork of Dennis is leaving his studio and going on display in the up and coming Taste O’ Sea Gallery located on 33 Main Street (inspired by a popular Flavin monotype).

March 16^th (5-8pm) will mark the Grand Opening of both The Taste O’ Sea Gallery and the first of two exhibits featuring the art of Dennis Flavin. The gallery will host art in a variety of mediums ranging from monotype and etching prints to pastel and mixed media. From March 23^rd through the end of the month, the artwork will be switched to feature Flavin’s oil paintings shown “in the rough” (unframed).

Bob Jobe submits-

There is a benefit on March 29th to raise funds for the fish shack restoration project. The more people who attend the benefit the more money will be donated to the fish shack restoration fund.

Come one, come all, enjoy an evening out at a great play and donated to the restoration fund at the same time. It’s a "win…win" for all. See the poster here…

Museum reopens in March with Ships at Sea exhibition!

Ships at Sea: A Celebration of Cape Ann’s Role in the Maritime Trades will open at the Cape Ann Museum on March 3 and remain on display through May 27, 2012. The exhibition features a selection of marine paintings, prints and ephemera from the collections of Roswitha and William Trayes and the Cape Ann Museum. There will be an opening reception on March 3 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. This program is free and open to the public.

Essential Skills for Alzheimer’s Care

It Starts with Communication

Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:00 – 3:00 PM

Gloucester Council on Aging

Rose Baker Senior Center

6 Manuel F. Lewis St. Gloucester, MA 01930

Presented by Jill Seiler-Moon and Debra Katt-Lloyd,

Alzheimer’s Association

Pre-registration required – www.alz.org/MANH or 800-272-3900