
photo May 2024: picturesque spring step was David Lean-esque on Long Beach
My View of Life on the Dock

photo May 2024: picturesque spring step was David Lean-esque on Long Beach
photos: Spring in Gloucester, Ma. Different mood sunrises April 18 and May 10, 2024













It’s past that time of the year for the de rigeur “Hooray, the Cupboard’s open for the season!” post. Perhaps you’ve heard it’s been sold.


photos above (April, May 2024): Forlorn Cupboard, Stage Fort Park
Not true! The Cupboard will be opening for the 2024 season. That Hooray post will be coming soon!
photos (2017-23) below: The Cupboard




Although Thai Choice restaurant has been for sale, we hoped it wasn’t true. It is. Thai Choice announced their retirement and are indeed closing. The last day of operation will be May 25, 2024.
Everyone involved in their business is so amiable! Thai Choice made our family feel special whether we were grabbing take out or dining in, even more so when we gathered for small family celebrations. There is so much variety and tasty options on their menu, carefully cooked and customizable– for us it was a combination of spicy for some family members, tame for my mother in law, and just right for me.
There’s still time to order your favorite meal, thank them, and wish them well.





Thai Choice Restaurant says Goodbye

YMCA of the North Shore and Manchester-Essex Middle School Present the 2024 Young Theatre Artists Festival

featuring 6 world premiere 10 minute plays written and directed by Manchester-Essex Middle School students. The theme for the 2024 Festival is Facing Your Fears: From Beasts to Bullies. The playwrights have spent the past 2 months writing plays in a multi-draft process that adhered to the 2024 theme.
All tickets $11.00
Performances: Friday, May 17 at 7pm; Saturday, May 18 at 7pm and Sunday, May 19 at 2pm.
The 2024 Young Theatre Artists Festival
My Very Best Enemy – Written and Directed By Kit Carpenter
Shivers down my spine – Written and Directed By Scarlett Z. Chobanian
The Extra-Ordinary Life of an Extraordinary Alien – Written and Directed By Annabelle Kerivan
Little Girl -Written and Directed By Maya Khan
The Quest of Charles – Written and Directed by Calvin Lee
Don’t Worry – Written and Directed by Antonia Vivanco
listen caption: trio of ‘Good morning Dawn Chorus’ birds singing sound snippets

Celebrate Mom! Save the date May 12, 2024 at 2pm


Read more about LUCIA LIN :
“Born in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, Lucia Lin made her debut at age eleven, performing the Mendelssohn Concerto with the Chicago Symphony and went on to be a prize winner of numerous competitions, including the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Described as a soloist with “virtuosity and insight” who is “passionate and graceful” (Indianapolis Star), and whose playing has “a genuine fresh quality not often heard” (Cincinnati Enquirer), Ms. Lin has performed on the international stage, including appearances with orchestras in Europe as well as a solo recital at Carnegie Hall.
At the age of 22, she won a position in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to become acting concertmaster with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and subsequently spent two years as Concertmaster with the London Symphony Orchestra, where she was leader for numerous tours, including to Japan, Italy, Scotland, and Spain.
A return to the U.S. in 1995 brought her back to the Boston Symphony. She also founded the Boston Trio and then became a member of the Muir String Quartet in 1998.
Lucia teaches applied violin, chamber music, and orchestral studies as Professor of Music at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. In the summers she participates in a mentorship program at the Tanglewood Music Center as well as an intensive quartet program at Boston University Tanglewood Institute.
As an accomplished dancer, she collaborated with the dance company Snappy Dance Theater in the world premiere of “String Beings”, an innovative piece integrating music with dance and technology. The work was performed at the Wimberley Theater in Boston where Ms. Lin “proved to be as fearless and fine a dancer as musician.”
Ms. Lin has recorded for many labels including a recent recording with the Muir String Quartet performing works of Kreisler, Berg and Schulhof. And most recently collaborated with harpist, Ann Hobson Pilot and bandoneon player, J.P. Jofre, featuring the works of Astor Piazzolla.”
CAPE ANN SYMPHONY

April 22, 2024. Observance of the first night of Passover begins tonight. As families and friends gather at the table to celebrate may love and joy abound. Happy hopeful Passover!


April 2024.





Video series caption: Early spring, Deacon Farm Lane. (50 sec) Mute to silence wind. Adjust video for higher resolution.
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Video series caption: Early spring, April 2024. Driving Washington St., Part 1 (5 min) from Deacon to the Annisquam Village Church. Mute to silence wind. Adjust video for higher resolution.
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photos: just spring morse code. sun blazed yellow high notes light up natural and man made staffs.
Mark your calendar!
Scott Moore’s and Erica Pisaturo’s concert Dreams and Dances on Friday April 26th, 2024 7:30 P.M. at the Annisquam Village Church in Gloucester.

“The Annisquam Village Church, where violinist and composer Scott Moore is Artist-in-Residence, will host Moore and his wife, violinist Erica Pisaturo, for a performance Saturday, April 26 at 7:30pm. The program is titled ‘Dreams and Dances’ and spans some 300 years of music: from the capricious elegance of Telemann’s Canonic Duos to the tender melodies and swirling textures of Moore’s Suite for Two Violins, which the composer describes as “equal parts ballet score, barn dance, Impressionist painting; like little postcards to favorite influences from all over music, art, literature, and life.” Folk music is the connection to another work on the program, Bela Bartók’s rustic Duos, whose evocative titles include “Whirling Dance,” “Bagpipes,” “Harvest Song,” and “Mosquito Dance.” And the world of ballet provides common ground with the other composer on the docket, Sergei Prokofiev, whose Sonata for Two Violins (from 1932) is a window on the modernist neoclassicism made famous in works like Romeo and Juliet (1935), Lieutenant Kijé (1934) and Peter and the Wolf (1936).
“The intimacy, beauty, and lush acoustics of the Village Church are an ideal place to play music like this,” offers Moore.”
A reception will follow the concert.
Annisquam Village Church. 820 Washington Street. Gloucester MA
$25 suggested
“There’s something fascinating about the idea of a violin duo. It’s transparent, elemental: there’s the fire, sonorous beauty, and all the other qualities we associate with the violin, writ double, amid the dynamic of an ensemble of two—at once duel, duet, dance. . . We’re excited to play this program of rare delights.”
Scott Moore
Read more about the concert, print and share press release


So this happened, and once again Lahey Urgent Care in Gloucester was a huge help and convenience. Did you know they have medical imaging (x-rays for me) right on site? Although I won’t be walking far for a few weeks, overall it’s going to be sooner because of the prompt and efficient care I received in Gloucester. The clinic is clean. The staff is kind and professional. On the few times we’ve needed to go, they have been a great resource for referrals.

Thank you Lahey Health in Gloucester 🙂

Long Beach overlook. The still is from the video clip (pinch and zoom).
Sign up for a memorable April school vacation opportunity at Cape Ann YMCA!

Print and share the flyer or scan the code.
Talk about a Read Aloud and then some!
Save the date: April 19, 2024
Location: Trinity 70 Middle St.
“Beloved story by Gloucester’s own Virginia Lee Burton read aloud by local actress Heidi Dallin, and set to music for this ensemble performance.”
News from Sawyer Free Library
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Did you experience the solar eclipse?
Photos: Frank Ryan
Above Gloucester harbor 4/8/2024


