Uhm Sean, I’m pretty sure they get inside the cage before they lower you down to film for Shark Week.
I guess this is the best we can do on our limited production budget so let ‘er rip boys!
Author: Joey Ciaramitaro
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Willy Greenbaum’s Mushroom Farm
Brownies anyone?
Willy Greenbaum writes-
Hi Joey,
Thought a lot of people might relate to how this mushroom farm has suddenly shot up in the mulch pile in my backyard. Enough already!
Willy Greenbaum
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Truckee Learns to SUP – Gloucester, MA A Short Film By Timothy Bradley
Tim writes-
August 13, 2011 – Our four month old Shiba Inu puppy, Truckee, learns to Stand-Up Paddleboard (SUP) along the Mill River in Gloucester, MA. Truckee weighs about 15 lbs soaking wet…but she didn’t fall in once! Filmed with my GroPro HD camera. Song: The Kooks – “See the Sun”
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Gloucester At Dawn Yankee Clipper Crew Preps For Another Day Of Deep Sea Fishing Under A Full Moon 8/13/11 4:53AM
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The News From Rocky Neck via Judy Robinson Cox
A ROCKY NECK LEGACY, video by Henry Ferrini
music by Bert Seager and R. Carlos Nakai
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With funding from Preserve America, the Rocky Neck Art Colony commissioned this video — a tribute to the place that we, contemporary Rocky neck artists call home as we rest on the shoulders of the many fine artists who came before us. Click the link above or view onrockyneckartcolony.org
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August 17-30: PROPRIETARY CHAOS
Photography by Laurence Kent Jones
Due to his assignment to the U.S. Embassy in Haiti, Jones has resided in Port-au-Prince for the last four years. Says Jones "Haiti has a vibrant street life. Most people have very limited resources and housing is frequently no more than shelter to sleep and eat, while the rest of the day’s activities take place on the street in the open. The small merchants settle semi-permanently into a spot on the sidewalk, a passageway, or in any open space that might be available, overrunning the public space. Poorer people have colonized the corners of the older neighborhoods and created huge informal squatter settlements. The line between planned portions of the city and the squatter settlements is obvious on the ground and shockingly clear from above. We’re seeing an urban infrastructure develop that is very different from anything in North America."
This collection of photographs taken before and after the 2010 earthquake, include journalistic street scenes and oversized panoramas of informally built hillside neighborhoods in Haiti.
RECEPTION : SAT, August 20, 5-8pm | Artist Talk : 7pm
Guest Artist
at Khan Studio
Paintings by Sinikka Nobelo, August 19-Sept 1
Tidal River, painting by Sinikka Nogelo
Opening reception: Saturday, August 20, 5-7:30pm
Khan Studio / Good Morning Gloucester Gallery
on Madfish Alley
Sinikka Nogelo, a Gloucester artist, was a familiar face on Cape Ann Television until her retirement last summer. This year she’s returned to sharing work in her first medium – paint. Sinikka uses natural elements and personal symbols in the abstract expression of surroundings, thoughts and feelings. The works she will exhibit at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery encompass a "year of re-discovery."
A graduate of Tufts University, Sinikka studied art at the Silvermine Guild in CT; the Museum School, Boston; Rockport Art Association; and Montserrat School of Art in Beverly, MA. She was a founding member of the women artists’ cooperative, Center and Main, located at that Gloucester corner until the mid-1980s. During her years on television she produced many arts specials and interviewed people working in all aspects of the arts.
Sinikka’s exhibit will run from August 19-September 1 with an opening reception on Saturday, August 20th from 5:00-7:30pm at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck Ave., G3 on Madfish Wharf in the historic Rocky Neck Art Colony.
Khan Studio, Madfish Alley | www.khanstudiointernational.com | 857-891-9054
Music at the Madfish
Thursday, August 18 – 9pm to close ~ Soul Rebel Project
Friday, August 19 – 9pm to close ~ Groove
Saturday, August 20 – 9pm to close ~ Live Dead Tribute
Sunday, August 21– 7:30pm ~ Divas on the Waterfront
Sunday, August 21– 8pm to close ~ Jack Lee and Diversity
photo from GMG of last week’s Mug-Up
Sunday, Aug 21 : First Annual GMG Deviled Egg Contest
Did you Know … That people love deviled eggs? Having made deviled eggs a bunch of weeks now for Mug Up, I have come to realize that people really love deviled eggs, and it seems everyone has their own special recipe. So during August 21st Mug Up, we will be sponsoring the First Annual Good Morning Gloucester Deviled Egg Competition. We will assemble a panel of distinguished judges, including Ed "I’ve never met a food I didn’t like" Collard and Paul "R. Duck and I love deviled eggs" Morrison. The judges’ decision will be final and the entrant with the winning deviled eggs recipe will receive a 2012 Gloucester’s Finest Kind calendar or a Good Morning Gloucester T-shirt (if there is one available in your size) and a ribbon.
If you are a deviled egg aficionado and would like to be considered for a position on the judge’s panel, please post a brief description of your deviled egg experience and credentials. Those who would like to have their special deviled eggs included in the competition and featured on the blog, just bring ’em this Sunday. This is way bigger than Topsfield Fair competition and doesn’t cost anything to enter. People who don’t like deviled eggs feel free to bring along something non-egg related to share. Not to sway the judges, but I hear Mark Ring from the fishing vessel Stanley Thomas is a possible shoein for the winning deviled egg recipe.
Khan Studio, Madfish Alley | www.khanstudiointernational.com | 857-891-9054
Conrad Eric Armstrong (September 8 to October 7)
Thursday, September 8, Introductory Slide presentation, Rocky Neck Gallery
Brain Buggy (part of the Mnemonosphere cycle), 2010, 21.7" x 29.5"
Watercolor on glue gesso on panel
Conrad Armstrong is an American artist who currently lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic, where he splits his time between teaching English, making art, and exhibiting. One of Conrad’s primary interests is the intersection between landscape and memory in human culture and history. Over the last decade, Conrad’s work has dealt with this theme in various media and from different perspectives. Landscape paintings made from memory, topographic paper sculpture, mnemonically-encoded images, landscape installation, and drawing and painting in situ are all manifestations of this interest. In addition to this theme, Conrad has also produced other bodies of work and exhibitions on other subjects including fetish objects, the role of social networks in contemporary life, the relationship between cars and alternative modes of transportation, and the potential of the classroom as a creative space. Underlying all of Conrad’s work is a sense of curiosity, playfulness, and whimsy that results in a compelling and often funny experience for the viewer. Though he is quite familiar with the North Shore, Conrad is delighted to have the opportunity to deepen his relationship with the area while developing his work at Rocky Neck in September 2011.
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Annisquam Light photos and Historic Icehouse Tours for a rainy day
Scott Memhard writes-
Hi Joey – this photographer Bill Downey was down here at the ice co Saturday pm taking some pix, and looking for locations for a LaSalle college photography class project. He said feel free to post his Annisquam lighthouse photos to GMG if you’d like.
We were slammed with "rainy day" tours here at the icehouse today. Offered at 9:30, 11 am and 2 pm.
Best, Scott
Scott Memhard, President
CAPE POND ICE COMPANY, INC
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Locally-made independent film written by, directed by and starring local talent (and GHS Teacher) SHAUN GOULART
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Let’s Get Out Of Here- There’s A Honeybadger Coming!!!!
Honeybadger don’t care!
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Kathleen Valentine is the Author of the Week this week on Tracey Allen’s World
Gloucester novelist and writer Kathleen Valentine is the Author of the Week this week on Tracey Allen’s World.
Tracey Allen’s World is a popular blog that introduces new and independent authors every week. The feature contains an interview in which Kathleen discusses how writers finds a niche that fits as well as her books on knitting, a memoir/cookbook abut growing up Pennsylvania Dutch, novels, and short stories. You can read the interview and book synopsis on the blog.
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2011 Rocky Neck Artists Ball Photos From David Cox Part III
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Jesus Christ Lizard In the Hizzy Y’all
“You Go Jesus Christ Lizard!”
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That’s Right Baby- We’ve Got Believers!
Jimmy looks like a stuffed sausage in that t-shirt. Probably should have gotten an xxl 
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Sean Hurley inks a copper plate etching for printing at his studio at Beacon Marine Basin
Adam Bolonsky reports-
Sean Hurley, local artist at work in his studio at Beacon Marine Basin, just one of many artists’ beehives located throughout Gloucester, opens up his studio to Good Morning Gloucester.
Watch while Sean runs the first step in printing a large-sized copper plate etching: inking the etched copper plate.
The print Sean has created is far larger than 11″x17″.
And, attention, Gloucester and Rockport gallery owners! Sean has representation in New York, but none on Cape Ann!
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What’s New in Jenna’s Garden? Week 9
What’s New in Jenna’s Garden?
Pleasant Street resident Jenna Howard is providing updates on the peppers, squash and other vegetables growing in her plot at the new Burnham’s Field Community Garden. The reports and photos will allow GoodMorningGloucester viewers to follow the garden’s progress with a weekly answer to the question, “What’s New in Jenna’s Garden?”
By Jenna Howard
Week Nine
"It was a sad week in my garden. What was once a healthy, hardy pumpkin is now no more. In just a few days my pumpkin went from a 5 foot long, flourishing green vine to a mess of wilted brown and yellow leaves. All that is left is a greenish-yellow pumpkin that is about 6 inches in diameter. The pumpkin itself actually looks like it is on its way to being a big orange Jack-o-lantern! But unfortunately, from the looks of it, I’m sad to say it is dying. Even more upsetting is the fact that at this point in the season it is too late to grow another pumpkin in time for Halloween as pumpkins typically take 95 days to mature. Well, I guess there’s always next year! But what could have happened to my pumpkin?!"
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Isabella Ciluffo Knows How To Eat Lobster- Straight Buttah Baby!
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Not CSI… CMI Comedy Mystery Interactive Where Comedy and Mystery Interacts
For Tickets: Call 978-879-9293
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2011 Schedule Summer
CMI… Murder I Predict MURDER MYSTERY BOAT CRUISE
Onboard Gloucester’s The Privateer
Saturday July 30th SOLD OUT!!!
Saturday August 27th 7-10 pm
The Privateer – Gloucester Harbor
63 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
$49.95 plus tax…includes dinner, show, and boat ride.
Bar and Dancing Available!
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Fall
CMI… MURDER ON THE DANCE FLOOR
At historic Gloucester House Restaurant
Saturday September 24th 7-10pm
Saturday November 19th 7-10pm
The Gloucester House Restaurant
63 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
$39.95 includes dinner & show*Tax & Tip not included
Bar and Dancing Available!
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Live Blogging Judith and Kathy Work Over The Boss
2011 Rhumbline Striper Tournament Winner Interviews From Fred Shrigley
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Learn A New Word- “Sharrows” Bicycle Sharrows Arrive in Gloucester
Tell me the truth, have you ever used the word sharrows in a sentence before today?
From the City Of Gloucester Website-
GLOUCESTER, MA. — Stacy Boulevard, home to the Man at the Wheel statue and several other memorials, has a new set of wheels. But instead of facing out towards Gloucester Bay as the helms wheel the man in his sou’wester so firmly grips, these wheels look up to drivers and bicyclists from the pavement as they grip their steering wheels and handlebars.
Painted in bright, white paint by the city’s Public Works department these wheels form part of 27 stencils of bicycles joined by two arrows, indicating that cyclists often use that route.
The so-called ‘sharrows’ alert drivers that they are on a popular biking route and guide riders safely away from opening car doors. Motorists who see sharrows should watch for bicyclists, pass bicycles only when they have sufficient space to do so and look for bicyclists when opening their doors. Bicyclists should travel over the center of the sharrow marking in the direction of vehicle traffic in order to stay away from opening car doors, storm drains and raised curbs.
The new sharrows were painted this week by the Department of Public Works as part of the Get Fit Gloucester! initiative. Stacy Boulevard was specifically targeted for the first set of sharrows based on review of bicycle crash data and input from local bicyclists.
Mayor Carolyn Kirk said the sharrows show the city’s commitment to alternative transportation. “We’ve got the water shuttle and the trolley designed to ease congestion and make Gloucester a more pleasurable destination for visitors and residents alike,” Kirk said. “Bicycling is one more way to move around the city, leaving your car behind.”
Community Development Director Sarah Garcia whose office runs the Get Fit Gloucester! program noted the sharrows are all part of the effort to create a “Fit Friendly Gloucester!” “The sharrows help create a safer and more welcoming atmosphere that will encourage more residents to enjoy the wonderful and scenic bicycle routes in Gloucester,” she said. Acting Health Director Max Schenck pointed out that encouraging bicycling is one way the City can promote healthier lifestyles that reduce obesity and the chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, which result from inactivity.
Get Fit Gloucester! Project Manager Stephen Winslow worked with the DPW to purchase the bicycle sharrow stencil with $300 in funds provided by the Commonwealth’s Mass-in-Motion program. Sharrows have been studied in other communities and have been shown to encourage motorists to give bicyclists more room when passing and to encourage bicyclists to move away from car doors that may swing open. “The biggest fear many people have when bicycling are cars passing from behind,” Winslow said. “That is actually one of the least likely causes of bicycle accidents. Many more bicyclists are injured when drivers unexpectedly swing open their doors. Sharrows help address this safety issue.”
The first phase of sharrows will run eastbound on Stacy Boulevard toward Washington Street, then follow Rogers Street and Main Street to Bass Avenue. Westbound the sharrows will run on Main Street from Bass Avenue to Washington Street and then on Stacy Boulevard to Stage Fort Park. A second phase of sharrows is planned on a route that will follow Cherry Street and Maplewood Avenue that allows bicyclists to avoid Grant Circle.
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