photos – road conditions 7am Main roads, side roads Eastern Ave, Hartz
It’s snowing here and sticking some #gloucesterMA
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Jane Deering Gallery First Exhibit in 2023 is
Our Opening Weekend is Saturday January 21st (11-5pm) and Sunday January 22nd (1-4pm) 2023 to coincide with the 2nd Annual Gloucester So Salty. George Wingate opens the season with ‘Letters / Words / and.’ In the words of an artist friend, George is a postmodernist, a minimalist, a sculptor, a poet and an all over evocator. I would add he is a wordsmith; he invigorates the mind.
Come whenever you can.
Come often during 2023; it’s Gloucester’s 400+ and there will be lots to view.
The gallery welcomes all.
Jane Deering – Jane Deering GalleryPleasant St. Gloucester, MA
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Annisquam As You Like It candlelight masque & listening party
Jane Deering shares news about an upcoming special event:
Save the date January 21, 2023!
As You Like It: candlelight masque & listening party with Lanes Coven Theater and new music by Scott Moore
As You Like It brings a newly-composed score to the Annisquam Village Church on Saturday,
January 21, 2023 at 7pm. Artist-in-Residence Scott Moore created the eclectic large-scale work
throughout the spring and summer, playing and recording every instrument himself. The music
brings to life the forms and gestures of Shakespeare’s beloved pastoral comedy with a fun, fresh
pastiche of styles and sounds—from absurd, neo-Baroque strings and harpsichord, to hip-hop
drums and impressionist dream folk. Originally commissioned by the Louisville (KY) Ballet, and
premiered as a ballet in August, the piece has been substantially reworked to include dialogue
from the play, delivered live by Gloucester’s rising theater stars, Lanes Coven. Conversation with
the composer will chronicle the journey from conception to premiere, illuminating the artistic
process and framing the evening’s performance. A feast for the ears and the mind, this unusual
and enchanting evening will also feature light refreshment. All are welcome; donations are
gratefully accepted, and will benefit the AVC music program.
Annisquam Village Church, 820 Washington Street, Gloucester MA 01930
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The Embrace Statue honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King | Monument Unveiling on Boston Commons
Now there’s three centuries of striving for equality expressed in public art sculpture on Boston Commons.
photo caption: Daybreak photos on Boston Commons, January 13, 2023, a few hours before the Embrace unveiling ceremony- and the rain.
Hank Willis Thomas Monument to the Kings
The memorial by Hank Willis Thomas is installed just inside the Boston Common Parkman Plaza entrance (across from 151 Tremont St.). Today’s event precedes the public access to the site. Note: The area will be fenced off for a few more weeks before public access is cleared.
In addition to photo documentation of how the Embrace looks today as its readied for the unveiling event, there are photos of the art featured on the temporary fence wrap; the surroundings alongside the new installation and how the Embrace is set into the Boston Commons to give an idea of scale; and photos of the Robert Kraus Boston Massacre / Crispus Attucks Memorial (dedicated 1888), the Augustus St.-Gaudens Robert Gould Shaw | 54th Regiment Memorial (1897), and the John Paramino Signing of the Declaration of Independence tribute tablet (1925) for context and to illustrate their proximity. With the addition of the Embrace (2022) commission, three centuries of striving for equality– now including a tribute to a woman* rather than an allegory for the spirit of Freedom– are located on the Boston Commons within sight of the State House.
*Cyrus Dallin’s Ann Hutchinson and Sylvia Shaw Judson‘s Mary Dyer statues are on the State House grounds.
2023 January 13- morning of Embrace unveiling
Embrace is by American artist Hank Willis Thomas, with Mass Design Group architects. It’s 22 feet high and was fabricated in the Walla Walla Foundry. Thomas was inspired by a photograph of the spouses hugging when MLK was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. When it’s open, people can walk through the heart of the sculpture. I’ll write more about it later. Hank Willis Thomas is now represented by Pace Gallery, NY.
American History – For Freedoms
The Embrace will fall on the Freedom Trail and Black Heritage trail. It’s incredibly moving to visit these liberty milestones sited in such close proximity.
Jan 23, 2023 photos emphasize site lines in relation to the new Embrace commission.
1888 Boston Massacre – Crispus Attucks obelisk
Boston Massacre – Crispus Attucks bronze by Robert Kraus. The 25 feet high obelisk marks the day of the Boston Massacre and includes a tribute to its victims.
Crispus Attucks, a freed black man, whaler, and sailor, was the first revolutionary killed in the battle for liberty.
The sculpture was inspired by Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People commemorating France’s battle to overthrow the King in 1830 (decades following the French Revolution). France’s National Assembly disclosed the Declaration to the Rights of Man and Citizen in 1789. Olympe de Gouges pamplet, Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne (the Declaration of the Rights of Women and the (Female) Citizens) came soon thereafter.
Boston Commons: Boston Massacre | Crispus Attucks Memorial on left; Embrace King tribute between the trees, past the temporary fencing; State House dome on right. Rainy day scenes are 2023. Blue skies were March 2018. All photos: C. Ryan
1925 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TABLET
Sculptor John Paramino, after (John) Trumbull’s monumental painting completed in 1818 and installed in the Capitol, The Signing of the Declaration of Independence (Aug 1776), tablet set into granite with eagle carving and produced at the Gorham foundry, Providence, RI.
Closer to home in Gloucester, Massachusetts, the bronze doors on the A. Piatt Andrew bridge are by Paramino.
1897 54th Regiment Robert Gould Shaw memorial
Augustus Saint-Gaudens took nearly fourteen years to finish. The memorial was unveiled May 31, 1897. Charles McKim designed the site. The names are carved at the back The paths slope down in the direction of the new statue.
People on their phones that morning whether standing, seated or walking.
June 2022- BEFORE installation
site work
Rainy day scenes, today, Jan 13, 2023. Before scenes depicting site preparation and leafy trees dated June 2022. photos: C. Ryan
About the Embrace memorial Fence Wrap Artists
featuring Rixy Fernandez, Yotron the Don, Malakhai Pearson, Harry Scales, Zahirah Nur Truth, and Ngoc-Tran Vu
1960 – Religion, Learning, Industry
Wayfinding: Commissioned for a 1958 build out for Parkman Plaza designed by Shurcliff and Merrill, this tribute celebrates Boston’s industriousness, scholarship and spiritual history. Sculptors Arcangelo Cascieri & Adio di Biccari completed the series before a 1960 installation. The unveiling dedication was in 1961. This is the closest park entrance to see the Embrace.
blue sky photo: C. Ryan, March 2018 – Religion, Industry, Knowledge Boston Tribute 1961
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tune in 7 days: Cape Ann Symphony Annual Meeting
Cape Ann Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Notice of the upcoming Annual Meeting
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 7:00 pm
via Zoom
The Annual Meeting of the Cape Ann Symphony Orchestra, Inc. will be held on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, at 7:00 pm. The purpose of this meeting is to hear reports of the past year’s activity by the Music Director, President, Treasurer, Manager and Board Officers. The meeting is also convened to elect Directors and Officers for the period from January 19, 2023 through January 18, 2024. All regular patrons of the Cape Ann Symphony are welcome to attend. The meeting will be held via Zoom conference. To receive a Zoom invitation to attend please send an email to info@capeannsymphony.org. Enter “Annual Meeting” in the subject line and include in the email your desire to attend the meeting and an email address so that you can receive a Zoom invite. For further information please contact Cape Ann Symphony at 978-281-0543.
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Mayflour on the move on Cape Ann from Whistlestop #RockportMA to #EssexMA…
After five years on the block of Whistlestop mall in Rockport, Mayflour (and its bakery/coffee shop formerly known as Blume) is temporarily closed. Mayflour is reopening in 162 Main Street, Essex come Spring 2023, just perfect timing for new beginnings. How will they build out and design their new space?
Photos: Mayflour, Rockport. November 21 and December 30, 2022
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What’s coming to 177 Main Street? #GloucesterMA
177 Main Street was most recently occupied by a CVS pharmacy branch which moved to Gloucester Crossing.
Photos: November 17, 2019; November 17, 2022; November 21, 2022; December 4 2022
The property was acquired by Granite Cove Equities in March 2022
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What’s Happening at I4 C2? #GloucesterMA
Jan. 10, 2023.
Before spring, DPW is managing a gas work project on Main Street between Duncan and Hancock Streets.
A temporary staging site has been set up on I4,C2 (65 Rogers St). Street signs alert drivers on Main. This job is by National Grid that has a subcontractor, Neuco.
Public Works is heavily involved in all aspects of any utility work in the city and “stays tight with projects every step of the way.”
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Stepping into 2023 on a clear and sunny New Year’s Day. Walking in #GloucesterMA
Picnics, promenade, and polar plunge- there were fresh starts everywhere we turned.
Photos: Gloucester, Ma. New Year’s Day, 2023. Coffin’s Beach, Long Beach, Good Harbor Beach, Niles Beach, Stacy Boulevard, and Wingaersheek Beach.
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Ate. Too. Much. Cooper’s Hawk #GloucesterMA
Just outside the window, my neighbor encountered a hawk which had been there all morning. Here’s the expressive Juv. Cooper’s Hawk. Dec. 30, 2022 that took breaks digesting and feasting on a branch in a tree, on a downed branch, and the ground during a four hour window that was long after its feast began.
Opted for a downed branch, then ground.
Back up to 2nd perch, more digesting. Head turn in response to distant train whistle.
This is all normal digestive process for the bird. It takes hours depending upon the size of the prey (birds, small mammals). Prey is ripped apart and swallowed down the esophagus into an ingenious multi compartment stomach sorter –a hopper (the “crop”), the acid bath proventiculus, and gizzard– then on through intestines till it poops. The pellet is coughed up long after.
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On the rocks
Dec. 25, 2022
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Merry Christmas Gloucester Gifs
Gloucester, MA 2022
May your day be merry
and bright
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Storm walk on Long Beach after high tide backed off seawall. #winterstorm
Dec. 23, 2022
Views from winter storm walk an hour after high tide when the splash over waves settled back from the Long Beach seawall. The waves are not as huge as some storms. Still, stair and platform debris at both ends of the beach. Surge pushed back into the street. This is the 2nd of 3 high tides in the forecast.
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Veterans’ Elementary School Christmas Concert 2022 and throwback to East Gloucester’s 2014
at St. Ann’s 12/19/2022
Dec. 17, 2014 throwback- East Gloucester Elementary theater holiday concert, and before the show seeing the classroom snowman decorating friendly competition displayed
listen to 14 seconds from 2014 singing at EGS theater holiday concert (snow falling down, down, down)
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1000+ power outages #GloucesterMA about 9AM
Update. http://mema.mapsonline.net/
9AM. 72,000+ out across Mass.; 1006 in Gloucester; 9 in Essex
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Storm at sunrise was 50° Surf & Wind. 3 hr to Next High Tide #GloucesterMA
Jingle Bell Storm rise sunrise photos Dec. 23, 2022, about 3 hours before the next high tide: Power is on at Long Beach; Creek level at Good Harbor Beach footbridge; Salty Salt Island; Twin Lights, Thacher Island – sunrise spray and waves; Back Shore
8 AM No power outages reported on Cape Ann – 60,000+ in Mass.- http://mema.mapsonline.net/
9AM Update – 1000+ outages in Gloucester
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Storm Coming. Batten Down the Hatches. #GloucesterMA
Traffic signs on Stacy Boulevard, Dec. 22, 2022
Forecast
Massachusetts power outage map MEMA
MEMA phone here: mema.mapsonline.net/phone.html
MEMA desktop here
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Did you know The Ames Brothers Were 4 of 9 siblings, the Uricks from Medford Mass and Ukrainian descent? Gorgeous Quartet listening!
Four of nine siblings–Joseph, Gene, Vic and Ed Urick– were a big singing sensation. I’m listening to a compilation of The Ames Brothers singing classic Christmas songs. Their voices are stunning. Fans know Ed from his acting and solo singing career as well. I didn’t know they were from Massachusetts or their Ukrainian heritage.
See Wicked Local article: “His parents, David Urick (Eurich) and Sarah Urick (Zaslavskaya) immigrated to the USA in 1905, due to the increased pogroms and discrimination against Jewish people in the Russian Empire.”
“In 1956, they starred in their own show, The Ames Brothers Show, which was seen on Friday nights. It was the first syndicated television show to be shown in foreign countries…
Ed is the last surviving member.”
Wikipedia page here: read
Video clip – O holy Night
Robert Mitchum & The Ames Brothers “Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ra”
Moonlit Bay
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Lobster Trap Menorah is shining Happy Hanukkah 2022! Temple Ahavat Achim #GloucesterMA 🕎
Happy Chanukah 2022
Reminder – Menorah lighting celebration is tomorrow, Tuesday Dec. 20th, 2022, 5:30-6pm
Day | Night photos: Lobster trap menorah is up. The 3rd candle will be lit in sequence tomorrow. The shamash candle raised in the center is lit first, to help light the others.
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Lack of ADA Automatic Door Opener for Rose Baker Senior Center is a head scratcher
Here’s hoping that the heavily accessed– and heavy!– door at the Rose Baker Senior Center parking lot entrance will be remedied as soon as possible. Of all the doors in Gloucester, it’s this one for seniors, in most active use, that’s a mystery to me why it’s not automatic. I’m there a couple of times a week dropping off and picking up. Every time I see people with canes, walkers, and strength issues unable to pull that door.
2019 – parking lot
Rose Baker Senior Center exterior was attended to in 2019 with the new parking lot, and
and with a new exterior in 2020
yet that door wasn’t fixed.
December 2022
More exterior work is slated soon as a new roof is coming (see 2022 bid notice here) and replacement HVAC unit (see 2022 bid notice here). The city’s contracted state-of-the-state building plan road map (read here) does not include such glaringly red flag accessibility issues as this one despite studies and phases. Trusting that the door can be updated by them this month because of cold and inclement weather. It’s very windy in that lot, too. While they’re at it, they could throw in a button at the temporary SFL site, 21 Main St.
