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The Ethnic Arts Center will perform two showings of "Beastie, the Sea Serpent of Gloucester" Puppet Show on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at the Children’s Area of the Cape Ann Farmer’s Market in Stage Fort Park, Gloucester.
The first performance will be at 4:00 pm, to be followed by a repeat performance at 4:30 pm. This participatory Puppet Show is an historical interpretation of the events surrounding the sightings of Gloucester’s legendary sea serpent, and includes a happy ending, heretofore undiscovered.
This Puppet Show will include singing of the Beastie song, all 15 verses plus Chorus,
accompanied by a live musician, as the Puppet Show is performed. Attending children are invited to manipulate many of the props in the pantomime. Prior to the show, from 3:30 to 4:00 pm, children will learn the lyrics and practice prop manipulation for the show.
This production was funded in part by the Gloucester Cultural Council’s LCC grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Admission is free.
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Ed writes-
i am now 81 dont think i know you – may know family members from the old days
my dad fished out o gloucester late 30s 40s 50s italian fleet seiners draggers would like very much to talk to you about this– we are releasing a dvd ( a 8mm movie converted to a dvd- taken in 1944 of the dragger Curlew fishing at the banks) probably sadly we wont see fishing like this again – history for sure
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Sista Felicia, Dee Noble and the kids went day before yesterday and Ed Collard, Donna Ardizzoni and Tim Burton went yesterday and both report back that it is a MUST-DO activity!!!!
Donna writes-
So fun … it was a blast and I actually got up and stayed up.. great guys as well
Dee Noble Writes-
Just completed our lesson and first paddle. Lainie (10), Bj and Amanda (13), and Flea and Me (old). It was a TOTAL blast. Tyler is awesome. We mastered standing, kneeling, turning, and boat wake. It was great. 5 for 5 had dry hair at the end.
Worth the trip. Very, very fun….
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Loving these Kayalu clamps. The ball heads are completely interchangeable between the suction head RAM Mount and The nClamp so you can mount a camera in just about any situation. The things that get me goin, I swear I’m such a geek.
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I’ve been a fan and follower of your site for a while now … i think you do an amazing job (where do you get the time and energy?). I wanted to share a site i just launched called TheOtherCape.com
It’s still WAY under construction, but I’m building it up slowly. It’ll most likely appeal to visitors than residents, but who knows where it’s headed, right? Take a look and lemme know what you think.
And again, keep up the AWESOME work!
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(ps: if you’ve got time, check out my studio site, too: www.plutomedia.com)
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Hi, Joey: Busy week at The Annie! As if the 1st Annual TRAGABIGZANDA Political Theatre Festival wasn’t enough (running now through Aug 14th), The Annie is inaugurating our Everlasting Literary Festival this week, too! Twice a month on Tuesday nights at 7pm, we will host staged readings of plays, poetry, spoken word – all things literary – as part of our on-going Cape Ann After Dark series of weeknight events. Contact info@henryallen.org with event ideas or for more information. www.TheAnnie.orgWe ask a minimum donation of $5 per guest to help keep the lights and air conditioner on. TUESDAY, AUGUST 9TH, 7pm Wendy MacLeod’s The House of Yes – a staged reading, directed by our own Nick Neyeloff. 7pm Also, Every Wednesday at 7pm is THE SING, an evening of friends & music in The Art Parlour at The Annie. BYOB, pot luck snacks. The good things just keep coming. Thanks for supporting local arts! Henry Allen
Director
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To Make clear the following is only satire and I’ll take responsibility for people not from around the waterfront misunderstanding
I was wrong to assume that because I predominantly write our hyperlocal blog for our Cape Ann residents that people would understand how preposterous the notion that you could have time to move all the lobster gear even if they knew where the lobsters were released and to set it and for those lobsters which were probably miles away from that location would ever get caught.
I was obviously wrong and people did not understand with the outlandishness of it all that it was a joke.
It’s on me.
What I am happy for is that the releasing of the lobster story which would have been a simple story largely forgotten by now has gotten huge legs and all the positives of Buddhism are highlighted. For that I am grateful.
For those of you who would like to learn more about Chokhor Duchen click to find out.
You know the craziest part? So many people think I’m hatin on Buddhism, but I download a Buddhhism podcast from this guy that Lindsay Crouse recommended that I listen to- Lama Marut.
Check him out, the guy makes a lot of sense. http://www.lamamarut.org/
also sign up for the upcoming Summer Retreat, here are our interviews talking about the upcoming 2011 Summer Retreat-
Receiving the coordinates of where the lobsters were released by Buddhist monks, the boys went out yesterday and hauled the lobster traps they set all over that ocean bottom and caught exactly 534 lobsters, the precise number the monks released.
I was wrong to assume that because I predominantly write our hyperlocal blog for our Cape Ann residents that people would understand how preposterous the notion that you could have time to move all the lobster gear even if they knew where the lobsters were released and to set it and for those lobsters which were probably miles away from that location would ever get caught.
I was obviously wrong and people did not understand with the outlandishness of it all that it was a joke.
It’s on me.
What I am happy for is that the releasing of the lobster story which would have been a simple story largely forgotten by now has gotten huge legs and all the positives of Buddhism are highlighted. For that I am grateful.
For those of you who would like to learn more about Chokhor Duchen click to find out.
You know the craziest part? So many people think I’m hatin on Buddhism, but I download a Buddhhism podcast from this guy that Lindsay Crouse recommended that I listen to- Lama Marut.
Check him out, the guy makes a lot of sense. http://www.lamamarut.org/
also sign up for the upcoming Summer Retreat, here are our interviews talking about the upcoming 2011 Summer Retreat-
Receiving the coordinates of where the lobsters were released the boys went out yesterday and hauled the lobster traps they set all over that ocean bottom and caught exactly 534 lobsters, the precise number the monks released.
Thank you and come again next year Mr Buddhist monks, we would like to invite you back again and again to purchase our lobsters and “restock the pond”
From Reuters-
GLOUCESTER, Mass. — Instead of plunging headfirst to their death in a pot of boiling water, 534 live lobsters escaped the dinner plate and belly flopped to freedom into the dark waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
A group of Tibetan Buddhists flanked the sides of a whale-watching boat at dusk on Wednesday, sprayed the lobsters with blessed water, clipped the bands binding their dangerous claws and gently released them one by one into the deep water below.
Video coming from our boys, the crew of the mighty Degelyse-
More pics and lots of video to come
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We are very excited to invite you to our August event, "Discovering the History of Gloucester and Cape Ann Through Its Family Businesses and Their Stories." Join us on Tuesday, August 9th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm in the beautiful city of Gloucester, Massachusetts to enjoy a buffet dinner at The Gloucester House with Cape Ann family businesses and their advisors. The City of Gloucester and the Cape Ann area are unique in many ways, and owe much of their history to the family businesses which helped shape, grow, and nurture the rich traditions, character, and culture which define the area. Enjoy a wonderful meal and hear the history of the area as told through the stories of these family businesses, and learn what they are doing to keep the entrepreneural spirit alive and vibrant by the sea north of Boston.
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