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GLOUCESTER BLUE art exhibit continues at Jane Deering Gallery

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PRESS RELEASE for Paul Niely at Jane Deering Gallery, Gloucester, MA

Gloucester Blue | the art of Cape Ann inventor, Paul Neily continues thru August 31st at Jane Deering Gallery, 19 Pleasant Street, Gloucester. On view are small painted drawings bathed in the light of blue, evoking memory and flashback, impression and recall. Paul Neily’s charmed drawings document his memory of the streets and lanes, houses and rooftops of Gloucester, a city that is changing. Neily’s reminiscence echos his reflection of a city real and beloved. Also on view will be a selection of unique furniture pieces designed by Neily. Gallery hours: Friday/Saturday/Sunday from 1-5pm and by appointment.  Please contact Paul Neily at 978-491-1416 or paunei2004@yahoo.com.

Jane Deering Gallery
California & Massachusetts  . 917-902-4359
London . UK residence +44-207-584-1671
info@janedeeringgallery.com
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Whale sightings from Gloucester shore continue!

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Don’t stop looking! Jeanne Blake photo August 14, 2019, shows whale off of Long Beach, back and forth between Rockport and Gloucester, and Thacher and Milk islands.

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courtesy photo: whale sighting from shore, August 14, 2019 © Jeanne Blake

Reception tonight! 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘜𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 authors and artists at Sawyer Free library #GloucesterMA

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Once upon a Contest: Selection from Cape Ann Reads 

ON VIEW AUGUST 1 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

TONIGHT! AUGUST 15th RECEPTION, 6:30PM

SEPTEMBER RECEPTION & INVITED ARTIST TALK SEPTEMBER 19, 6PM
GLOUCESTER LYCEUM & SAWYER FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 2 DALE AVENUE, GLOUCESTER, MASS. 

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Tomorrow: Sagit Zilberman Song & Dance Around the Planet at Sawyer Children’s

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Reminder! Song & Dance Around the Planet with Sagit Zilberman at Sawyer Free Library part of summer 2019 Universe of Stories special programs

Wedneday August 14th at 10AM

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International Cat Day: Cecilia Beaux Sita and Sarita #GloucesterMA artist

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Detail from Sita and Sarita. Beaux painted the first 1893 (now at musee d’orsay Paris, and a 2nd at National Gallery)

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Happy National Lighthouse Day! Do you have a favorite?

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Beautiful  lighthouses in Gloucester, Cape Ann

Do you have a favorite here or elsewhere?

 

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Front page news| Sawyer Free Library features Once Upon A Contest children’s picture books

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Photos courtesy Sawyer Free Library ©J Vitale

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Gloucester Daily Times tremendous support for arts and library coverage is a big community builder.

Read Gloucester Daily Times article, “Cape Ann Reads Show Moves to Sawyer Free library”, by Caroline Enos here

 

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You could work with Adam Sandler tonight| photo doubles needed

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Do you know someone who looks like these actors?
Cape Ann Film shares Judith Bouley casting call– please look at portraits and share!
PAY $204/8 + OT (you will definitely get OT!)
YOU WILL WORK WITH ADAM SANDLER
WORKS TONIGHT – 7/31 – AT 6:15p – until APPROX 5am
SEND:  NAME, EMAIL, PHONE #, HEIGHT/WEIGHT TO:  judycasting@gmail.com
PUT IN SUBJECT LINE WHICH ROLE and YOUR NAME
LOTS of EMAILS are being sent without following these exact directions
and without including all info. requested. and without availability to WORK TONIGHT at 6:15pm and WORK ALL NIGHT

 

2019 Celebrate the Clean Harbor Swim #GloucesterMA is a two day festival this year!

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From the race press: save the date — it’s  a great, family friendly spectator sport event!

“CELEBRATE THE CLEAN HARBOR OPEN WATER SWIMMING FESTIVAL will be held  August 17 and 18, 2019.

Starting off  the festival will be the  Clean Harbor Kids Swim on Saturday, a 500 meter swim along the shore of Niles Beach for 8-12 year olds. Held since 2015, this is a wonderful way to introduce kids to the sport of Open Water Swimming.

Also on Saturday will be the 1.2 Mile Celebrate the Clean Harbor Swim

NEW EVENT

For 2019, we are continuing a second day to the event, creating the festival. We will be holding the  10 mile Clean Harbor Relay event on Sunday, August 18th. This event will be held on a 1.0 mile course, very similar to Saturday’s event.  We suggest teams of 5, and swimming through the rotation two times.  Your team may have more or less than 5 swimmers. We believe the more the merrier. There will be a 6.5 hour limit. This will be a fun atmosphere, so bring a beach chair/blanket, snacks, some sunscreen and shade, and have a great time hanging out on the beach between your swims with your closest swimming friends. “

Proceeds raised target Maritime Gloucester and Fishermen Wives Club

Bite Me indie film screening at Hammond Castle #GloucesterMA & candlelit tours

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The Joyful Vampire Tour of America landed at Hammond Castle for a most special screening of Bite Me, within its Great Hall, one of the location shoots for the film.

Bite Me is the second feature film of writer/director collaborators Naomi McDougall Jones and Meredith Edwards. Writer, star and producer, Naomi McDougall Jones, is so besotted by the charms of Hammond Castle, she’s currently working on her next feature inspired by John and Irene Hammond. She hopes to film at the castle in 2020. Her husband is a north shore native and connection for her introduction to this cultural landmark. Hammond Castle programming and curation is returning to its heyday. Look for upcoming special events, and curated exhibitions from new research into the archives.

 

 

Marlee Newman, Assistant to Naomi McDougall Jones, shared all the channels of this tenacious film push and where you can screen the movie. Thanks, Marlee!

Website: http://bitemethefilm.com

Youtube & Docu-series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keIisDY8eeo

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vampiresdontbite/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BiteMeTheFilm

Instagram: http://instagram.com/bitemethefilm

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7201818/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Stream the movie:

Seed & Spark: https://www.seedandspark.com/watch/bite-me

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/bite-me/id1457605251

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bite-Me-Christian-Coulson/dp/B07QBVSZ23/ref=sr_1_11?keywords=bite+me+the+film&qid=1557176151&s=movies-tv&sr=1-11

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Bite_Me?id=s6HqpTtaDgY&hl=en_US

 

Next Stops:

Wellfleet, MA (July 29): https://www.bitemethefilm.com/tour-screenings/2019/5/10/acme-screening-room-lambertville-nj-4pfw4

Cape Cod, MA (July 30): https://www.bitemethefilm.com/tour-screenings/2019/7/30/cape-cinema

New York, NY (Aug 5): https://www.bitemethefilm.com/tour-screenings/2019/8/5/end-of-the-tour-joyful-vampire-ball-and-conversation-with-team-bite-me-in-nyc

Marlee Newman

Assistant to Naomi McDougall Jones


Naomi McDougall Jones

Writer |  Actress |   Producer

www.naomimcdougalljones.com

www.bitemethefilm.com

www.imagineimbeautiful.com

www.the51fund.com

TEDTalk: go.ted.com/naomimcdougalljones
Podcast: Fear(ful)less: Filmmaking From the Edge

If you fancy getting updates on Naomi’s latest projects, sign up for her newsletter here

Gloucester Blue: fifty small painted drawings & selection of art furniture by Paul Neily | opening reception August 3 Jane Deering Gallery

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August 3 – 30, 2019

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Fifty small painted drawings bathed in the spectral light of blue, evoking a state of memory and flashback, impression and recall. What the mind stores, the dream rouses. Paul Neily’s charmed drawings document his memory of the streets and lanes, houses and rooftops of Gloucester, a city that is changing. There’s a sense of nostalgia to Neily’s recollections but no sentimentality. Neily’s reminiscence echos his reflection of a city real and beloved. Also on view will be a selection of Paul Neily’s unique furniture pieces. His platinum furniture pieces were influenced by the work of Carl Jung.

Paul Neily — painter, poet, composer, designer — is a self-taught inventor. His paintings and furniture pieces have been shown in New England. Neily’s work is held in numerous private collections. He lives and maintains a workshop in Essex, Massachusetts on Cape Ann.

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The exhibition continues through Saturday, August 31, 2019
Gallery hours: Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1:00 – 5:00pm and by appointment
Please contact Paul Neily @ 978-491-1416 . paunei2004@yahoo.com

 

Public art: Helen Bur new street art wall mural on Cabot theater in Beverly

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Monumental new street art adorns the Cabot’s historic theater walls above and beside exterior murals painted in the 1990s by owner + staff from Le Grand David Own Spectacular Magic Company. Then and now the exterior murals offered opportunities for Montserrat students to assist in some capacity.

After a competitive mural call with some 70 submissions, Alex Senna, a muralist based in Sao Paulo Brazil was selected to paint the wall at Cabot and Dane streets (here). Helen Bur of London was chosen for the side wall along Judson at Cabot Street (this post), with Abington artist Felipe Ortiz assisting.

A portion of the cost for these 2019 public art works included about $40,000 raised by the Cabot and a grant award ($16,500) from the Essex Creative Community Foundation.  The dedication is Tuesday, August 6, 2019 from 5:30-8:30PM at the Cabot (286 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA). Food trucks and brew will be part of the celebration event.

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Public Art | Alex Senna new street art Cabot theater murals #BeverlyMA (Le Grand David elephant mural stays)

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1 of  2 (photos of Senna mural)

Monumental new street art adorns the Cabot’s historic theater walls above and beside exterior murals painted in the 1990s by owner + staff from Le Grand David Own Spectacular Magic Company. Then and now the exterior murals offered opportunities for Montserrat students to assist in some capacity.

After a competitive mural call with some 70 submissions, Alex Senna, a muralist based in Sao Paulo Brazil was selected to paint the wall at Cabot and Dane streets (this post). Helen Bur of London was chosen for the side wall along Judson at Cabot Street (here), with Abington artist Felipe Ortiz assisting.

A portion of the cost for these 2019 public art works included about $40,000 raised by the Cabot and a grant award ($16,500) from the Essex Creative Community Foundation.  The dedication is Tuesday, August 6, 2019 from 5:30-8:30PM at the Cabot (286 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA). Food trucks and brew will be part of the celebration event.

 

 

Tomorrow: Planetarium in City Hall will be out of this world!

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July 29th 10 AM and 11AM

popup planetarium will be set up in City Hall as part of Sawyer Free children’s library summer 2019 Universe of Stories themed programs

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Sssnakes at Sawyer Free children’s library | scenes from Rick Roth visit

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Summer reading, new books, ongoing weekly programs, and special summer events: Sawyer Free children’s department is impressive! Families time regular visits to check out and return books with an array of fun plans. Rick Roth and crew engendered smiles and gasps with snakes from New England and the world on July 27, 2019.

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Captures from Assistant librarian and wonderful photographer Linda Bosselman

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With the crowds at capacity year round, the children’s library is ideal on this level.

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Imagine using stairs and the elevator to access the crush of ongoing and popular children’s programs on a proposed top floor of a proposed new building (review plans here). Sawyer Free has appropriated $935,000 from the endowment for a fundraising firm to assist with the capital campaign to raise 20 million of a 26 million plus project. Preliminary plans displayed at the annual meeting can be seen here

 

The childen’s department needs renovation and expansion, and access to its outdoor space again. The future planned terracing limits the public outdoor space and will impact the rich flexibility of so many outdoor options, running around and programs this department made use of since the Monell build.

Reminder – Pop UP Planetarium at City Hall tomorrow July 29,2019 summer 2019 a Universe of Stories (separate reminder post coming)

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Summer smiles for Curious Creatures at Sawyer Free Children’s Library

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Sawyer Free Library (SFL) Children’s Services  shares photographs from Curious Creatures program (July 25, 2019), one of many special summer 2019 events amidst regular weekly busy & fabulous children’s programs. Photo credit: Linda Bosselman. Christy Russo is the children’s services director.

Scroll below to see photographs from the teen program held later that day, Galaxy Tie Dye.

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Snakes of New England with Rick Roth scheduled tomorrow! Mark your calendar for more summer fun.

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Snakes of New England Coming Saturday July 27, 2019
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Not to miss ongoing weekly programs PLUS Summer Reading 2019 A Universe of Stories special events

 

Scenes from Sawyer Free Library teen program yesterday,  Galaxy Tie-Dye, programming inspired by the 2019 summer reading theme “A Universe of Stories”.

 

 

 

Now that security help is squared away, let’s open that side door back up to its open space and make it easy on these outdoor programs (and patrons)  to set up and go.

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