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Gloucester Schooner Festival Schedule- Boat Booking Info and Accommodations!!
Gloucester Schooner Festival Schedule- Click Here
Yes you can be on the water in a bunch of different ways to enjoy Schooner Festival-
Call the Schooner Thomas E Lannon ticket office 978–281–6634 or go online – http://schooner.org/
Cruise: Welcome Bluenose II & Columbia Link to reserve- August 31, 2018 at 10:00am (3 hours)
Aboard The King Eider – Reserve Here
Seven Seas Whale Watch Fireworks Cruise- Reserve Here
The Ardelle- Reserve Here
Cape Ann Whale Watch Fireworks Cruise Reserve Here At The Office 415 Main Street Gloucester MA
https://www.seethewhales.com/ 1800-877-5110
It’s that time of year!! The annual BOAT LIGHT PARADE & FIREWORKS CRUISE aboard the HURRICANE 2!
-SATURDAY September 1st!
-7:30pm-10:00pm (boarding @ 6:30pm)
-$15 per ticket *KID FRIENDLY* cash only!
-FULL cash bar (snacks too!)
-DJ Tracey Sousa
-415 Main Street in Gloucester
We are the JUDGES boat! Get your ticket for a front row seat & enjoy the last weekend of summer in Gloucester !
Call The Chamber of Commerce For Places To Stay While You’re In Town-
Beauport Hotel- https://www.beauporthotel.com/
The Accommodations On Rocky Neck- http://www.rockyneckaccommodations.com/
The Atlantis- http://www.atlantisoceanfrontinn.com/
Ocean House- https://www.oceanhousegloucester.com/
Vista- http://vistamotel.com/
Castle Manor Inn- http://www.castlemanorinn.com/
Cape Ann Motor Inn- http://capeannmotorinn.com/
Blue Shutters- http://www.blueshuttersbeachside.com/
Harborview Inn- http://www.harborviewinn.com/
Cape Ann Campsite- http://www.capeanncampsite.com/
Cape Ann Marina- https://capeannmarina.com/about/
Schooner Festival Schedule- Click Here
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14-Day Trial at Crossfit Cape Ann
Not sure if CFCA is right for you? We offer a 14 day trial membership for $65 so you can test the waters before fully committing to improving your health/fitness and life! Trial memberships start with a private intro session with one of our coaches. The intro will give you an opportunity to check out our facility, learn more about our program, watch an actual class in progress and learn some of the basic movements that we use on a regular basis. More importantly, it’s a chance for us to get to know you… (your goals, athletic background, previous injuries) and address any questions or concerns that you may have. This session generally lasts 40-60 mins. Once you have completed your intro… come to class as much as you want for the next 14 days! Get a feel for our workouts, our coaches and our supportive community. When the 14 days are…
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Art Classes for Kids, Teens and Adults
Cape Ann Art Haven has art classes for kids, teens and adult this fall. Our line-up of programs includes ceramics, life-drawing, illustration, fashion and more!
We are proud to provide the community with a positive and fun learning studio space and quality art education for creative kids to learn, grow, and express themselves. Check us out this fall!
Registering now online.
www.arthaven.org
Don’t Miss Our Special Events!
We offer more than art classes. Follow us online and social media for notices about our FREE and affordably-priced family community events.
THIS FALL
September Slime Workshop
Fall Block Party
October Pumpkin Carving
December Buoy Painting and Holiday Lobster Trap Tree
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Pork Shoulder Burnt Ends Play By Play
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Coastal Cleanup September 15th
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Blooming Lotus ~
Without the mud the lotus would not bloom….
Ayurveda Wellness Healing, LLC encourages you to start your daily meditation practice or deepen your current practice.
Meditation is an essential tool for bringing a person’s mind back into balance and should be incorporated into everyone’s health regimen. There are varying types of #meditation available depending on a person’s prakruti (your base point) and depending on if a person’s mind is in a state of rajas, tamas, or sattva. For example, a kapha mind should be kept busy. Conversely, a vata mind should be quieted and kept still. A pitta mind should be calmed. So an appropriate meditation technique should be chosen based on a person’s manasa prakruti and what state it is in.
Your life will open up to new experiences as the lotus flower below opens to greet each new day.
Sounds daunting – but it does not…
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You’re invited to the Great Gloucester Growdown!
Join us for a fun and funky evening with friends to support our Community Gardening and Farm to School programs. Enjoy delicious farm fresh appetizers, dinner and cocktails, plus garden tales with Phoebe Potts and a live auction, followed by a karaoke after-party!
Generous local farmers, business sponsors and our amazing frieinds at Short & Main help us keep event costs very low so that 85% of proceeds go right back into our local programs, helping kids, families and older adults grow their own healthy, organic food.
What: Great Gloucester Growdown
When: September 25, 2018, 6:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Where: Short & Main, 36 Main Street, Gloucester
Tickets go fast, so purchase yours today at this link!
If you can’t make it, you can still make a gift to Backyard Growers here.
Hope to see you at the Growdown!
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Here’s the reason you should drop what you’re doing and book your sails and accommodations for schooner Festival now!
First off you want to get on the good boats and by good boats I mean not the weird ones that have a bunch of desk jockeys masquerading as salty seamen. Also the good boats meaning boats built by and financed with their own money that rely on you to support them.
Also by good boats I mean the local people that you run into in our community that give back in so many ways.
So here’s the move,
Call the Schooner Thomas E Lannon ticket office 978–281–6634 or go online – http://schooner.org/
Thomas E Lannon press-
Winner of the Best of North Shore “Best Charter Boat” for 3 Years in a Row
We Won Editors’ & Readers’ Choice Again for 2018!
Thank you to all who voted.
See our spot in Northshore Magazine.
Captain Heath also made it into the magazine.
Cruise: Welcome Bluenose II & Columbia Link to reserve- August 31, 2018 at 10:00am (3 hours)
Aboard The King Eider – Reserve Here
Seven Seas Whale Watch Fireworks Cruise- Reserve Here
The Ardelle- Reserve Here
Cape Ann Whale Watch Fireworks Cruise Reserve Here At The Office 415 Main Street Gloucester MA
https://www.seethewhales.com/ 1800-877-5110
It’s that time of year!! The annual BOAT LIGHT PARADE & FIREWORKS CRUISE aboard the HURRICANE 2!
-SATURDAY September 1st!
-7:30pm-10:00pm (boarding @ 6:30pm)
-$15 per ticket *KID FRIENDLY* cash only!
-FULL cash bar (snacks too!)
-DJ Tracey Sousa
-415 Main Street in Gloucester
We are the JUDGES boat! Get your ticket for a front row seat & enjoy the last weekend of summer in Gloucester !
Call The Chamber of Commerce For Places To Stay While You’re In Town-
Beauport Hotel- https://www.beauporthotel.com/
The Accommodations On Rocky Neck- http://www.rockyneckaccommodations.com/
The Atlantis- http://www.atlantisoceanfrontinn.com/
Ocean House- https://www.oceanhousegloucester.com/
Vista- http://vistamotel.com/
Castle Manor Inn- http://www.castlemanorinn.com/
Cape Ann Motor Inn- http://capeannmotorinn.com/
Blue Shutters- http://www.blueshuttersbeachside.com/
Harborview Inn- http://www.harborviewinn.com/
Cape Ann Campsite- http://www.capeanncampsite.com/
Cape Ann Marina- https://capeannmarina.com/about/
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Cape Ann License Plate Low Number Auction Podcast
GloucesterCast 294 With Connor McCarthy, Chris McCarthy, Paula Ryan O’Brien, Pat Dalpiaz, Charlene Delaney, Mike Codair, Susan Lipsett, Heidi Dallin, Robert Walsh and The Cast of True West Taped 8/26/18
GloucesterCast 294 With Connor McCarthy, Chris McCarthy, Paula Ryan O’Brien, Pat Dalpiaz, Charlene Delaney, Mike Codair, Susan Lipsett, Heidi Dallin, Robert Walsh and The Cast of True West Taped 8/26/18
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Topics Include:
Cape Ann Community Cinema Listings are always stickied in the GMG Calendar at the top of the blog or you can click here to go directly to the website
Cape Ann Coffee
Sunflowers in bloom at Colby Farm! https://www.colbyfarms.com/
Any comments PawSox to Worcester?
A little story about why we love it here (If there’s time)
Lake Powell
Sustainable Curiosity www.smartflowersolar.com
Low License Plate # Update
Schooner Festival Weekend
True West Playing At Gloucester Stage August 18- September 8th
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34th Annual Schooner Festival
August 31-September 3
American Eagle leads the way. Photo by Carl Gustin
The 34th annual Gloucester Schooner Festival is ONE WEEK AWAY! The City of Gloucester is homeport to over 27 schooners for the Labor Day weekend. With more opportunities to get up close and on-board than ever before, this three-day event will be an historic Festival to remember. Come see Blluenose II and Columbia enter the harbor Friday afternoon and be greeted by several other vessels, including our own Gloucester schooner fleet, the Adventure, the Ardelle, and the Thomas E. Lannon. Special thanks to Beauport Hospitality Group for their principal sponsorship in support of this community-wide event. Visit the Schooner Festival website for a full schedule of activities. Many thanks to our corporate sponsors and local businesses for helping to fund this weekend!
Click here for a list of expected schooners. Stop by Maritime Gloucester next week to pick up your program and your 2018 Schooner Festival gear!
Maritime Heritage Day, September 1st
ARTISTS, EXHIBITS, SCHOONERS, MUSIC & MORE
Celebrate Gloucester Schooner Festival’s Maritime Heritage Day on Saturday, September 1st, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. We are creating a busy, festive hub of traditional crafters, engaging community organizations in the First Ipswich Bank Pavilion, expert seafood demonstrations, foot-stomping music with Old Cold Tater, schooner sails, and fun-filled family activities on Harbor Loop. Enjoy local fare at our food tents. Schooners will be docked at Maritime Gloucester’s Webster Pier with others throughout the city.
Click here for a partial list of participating organizations and vendors with updates coming in often.
The Gloucester Schooner Festival is here and Maritime Gloucester’s flagship, the Ardelle is providing you with some of the best up-close and on-the-water viewing of all the festivities. Public sails run all weekend, but don’t wait to buy your ticket for some of these exclusive and historic events:
Wednesday August 29 at 6:00
Friday August 31 at 11:00AM
Welcome to Bluenose II and Columbia! This historic event is not to be missed as these two iconic schooners enter the harbor together, joined by Adventure and Roseway and Ardelle and the Lannon. The best seat in the harbor as history is being made is right here! Join Maritime Gloucester’s Executive Director, Michael De Koster as the fleet turns out to start the Gloucester Schooner Festival in style.
Saturday September 1 starting at 10:45 to 4:45
Maritime Heritage Day One-Hour Sails! The Ardelle brings the public out to the harbor for a tour of the Schooner Festival fleet. Be a part of the action!
Check their schedule for other public sail times. MG members always receive a discount on Ardelle tickets!
Volunteer
Be at part of this happening place!
Maritime Gloucester is seeking volunteer docents for our galleries and waterfront campus. Docents conduct tours and provide a unique and engaging visitor experience. Ideal candidates are cheerful, curious, strong public speakers, and have knowledge and interest in Cape Ann’s maritime history and culture. Training will be provided with opportunities to shadow current docents.
If you are interested, please email volunteer@maritimegloucester.org.
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Captain Chris Orsillo and The Crew Of The Trapper John Took Third Place In The Shark Tourney
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SmartFlower and Sustainable Curiosity
Hey Joe!
Thanks again for having me on Good Morning Gloucester. It was truly an amazing experience for me to be able to talk about something I love with my Dad and his best friends.
I have attached a SmartFlower Presentation and Picture to this email.
I am currently promoting sustainable curiosity on GW’s campus, which helps raise awareness for sustainable movements through the visualization of the SmartFlower. GW is run on 50% Solar power, but the farms are in North Carolina, therefore most students are not aware of GW’s commitment to their climate leadership statement. Now students can walk through a beautiful campus with a beautiful SmartFlower with GW’s logo. Additionally, it provides lifelong energy and can be compared to a lifelong bond with leaving legacy behind for your family.
Questions? Contact Connor McCarthy- 978-500-2729 cjm12@sustainablecuriosity.com
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Join us on Monday, August 27th for Community Meditation Mondays at Gloucester Yoga Collective
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Sawyer Free Library Events 8/27-9/1
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Does this look like a charming pirate to you?
Submitted by Marcia Huttner-
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LOOKING FOR LOCAL ARTISTS!!!!!
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Please join us in celebrating the 108 years since the “Michigan Bears” arrived in Gloucester! And see what is happening on Gloucester’s oldest fishing vessel!
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Easy Peasy Lobster
Kate’s been away living the dream in Punta Cana at Hard Rock.
I didn’t have a plan for dinner and just needed to get to bed asap after work so bringing lobsters home was the plan.
So just having a couple small lobsters I took a casserole dish with glass top, poured a little water in the bottom and placed the glass top on and let it rip in the microwave for one minute to warm up the water before placing the lobsters in.
8 minutes covered in the microwave and they came out perfectly.
Then I took the dish out, drained the hot water out and filled it up with an ice bath.
Ten minutes later, perfectly ready to shuck .
Best part was how easy the clean up was. A couple of swipes with soap on the sponge and it was so fresh and so clean clean.
Goddamn they were delicious.
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