“Performance Camp has been great! The actors are working very hard!! Join us ‘under the sea'”!
Heidi Dallin.
Thursday Aug 1. Friday Aug. 2nd
What a big and busy Summer Cast! The Little Mermaid Performances are next week at Cape Ann YMCA!
Author: Catherine
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(thumbnail portrait of Catherine at MFA, Boston © David Cox photo)
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There’ll be ice cream in August. The Cupboard Update in the news.
The spring without The Cupboard has turned into summer and ever more. Gloucester’s authentic, reliable & affordable summer eats is **gasp** done.
Read more about the status in a front page story by Ethan Forman in the Gloucester Daily Times.
Although the restaurant and food take out won’t open, the ice cream windows will serve happiness for a few weeks. So, trying to stay positive, the send off will be a sweet, soft closing which may soften the blow. At the very least it will prod a visit and a chance to express gratitude.
When summer days and nights beckoned and our cupboards were bare, The Cupboard was indescribably full. Wish them all the best!
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1978 was the beginning of Vincent Castagnacci’s Cape Ann paintings…2024 features a New Solo show opening Thursday. Jane Deering Gallery #GloucesterMA
Opening this week! Vincent Castagnacci | Variations on the rock that is Cape Ann.
Reception Thursday July 11th, 2024. Jane Deering Gallery.
Jane Deering shares a reminder and some more about the exhibit:
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They will be green again: Old Nugent Farm Monster Exterior Reno Project! 20M+ and scores of condos remodeled all at once #GloucesterMA
Out with the old exterior and in with the new! The Old Nugent Farm condominiums are getting some love in the summer of 2024. There are 70+ (72?) condos and SPS was contracted to take care of each one. The exterior components to be demoed and replaced are all the biggies: Roofs (some with skylights). Siding. Windows. Deck. Chimney repointing. The completion date is expected before the summer of 2025.
A unique construction staging area was tucked away to manage the scale of this project. Besides deliveries and garages, a mini mockup condo model was constructed to test the materials in the field, and problem solve optimum execution and training (such as the flashing performance).
The original great design of the Old Nugent Farm condos, which deferred to nature, will remain. They will be green again. Do you remember before there were condos?
PHOTO SERIES: JULY 1, 2 & 8 2024
March 2024. BEFORE.
Utility work on Thatcher. View back to Old Nugent Farm condos on the right and Good Harbor Beach parking lot sign on the left.
prior years
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Fireworks over Long Beach.
July 4, 2024
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Happy 4th of July! Enjoy William Gillespie baritone solo from Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942
Happy 4th! Enjoy William Gillespie with the gorgeous solo from the George Washington finale number (George M. Cohan samples Battle Hymn of the Republic in You’re a Grand Old Flag); and two clips with James Cagney as Cohan: dancing down the White House stairs; and on the dock because Gloucester and the fireworks signal from the ocean liner 🙂
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Back at it! Good Harbor Beach Inn construction update #GloucesterMA
Gloucester, Mass. July 3, 2024.
After a lull in construction on the Good Harbor Beach Inn site — reflecting 3 months fine-tuning the engineering plans just so– the foundation digging for the anchor lobby building has commenced for this scenic property across from Salt Island.
The Martignetti family who purchased Good Harbor Beach Inn a couple of years ago are diehard Gloucester fans. Mark Martignetti who is directing the building is overjoyed to be back at it.
“I’m managing the building for a family venture. We have always, always loved Gloucester! Part of growing up North of Boston is coming to Gloucester…to Good Harbor Beach, right? We had talked about the business for years and years. Now we are thrilled to own it. We can’t wait to open and be part of the community!”
Mark Martignetti. Good Harbor Beach Inn, July 2024
As reported with the demo here, the configuration of the Inn will remain roughly the same featuring a main lobby building with the guest room out buildings clustered on the hill. One local amenity that will not return is the rustic snack window takeout which was not grandfathered into the renovation. Stay tuned: A family familiar with the food & beverage and hospitality industry will no doubt have some attentive and creative ideas to satisfy guests.
The construction site will get busier now. Crews are lined up and final construction ETA may be 9 months out.
Renderings
Drawings illustrating the final project will be public over the next couple of weeks.
BEFORE
July 1, 2024
April 1
March 18
2019 here
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Bows and flows of angel hair and Fiesta garlands in the air #GloucesterMA
Fiesta clouds and blue sky: Two days to go before St. Peter’s Fiesta 2024 Gloucester looks ready!
Blooms and Junes and Ferris Wheels
Moons coming 🙂
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Jrue! JT! JB! Pritchard! White! Enjoy Boston Celtics Parade Copley videos: Confetti, crowd chants and beaming players!
6/21/2024. Electric videos for GMG courtesy of a Gloucester fan in Boston!
post updated: video cropping to resize for the vertical orientation
Jrue
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TATUM
Al’s float then GM Brad Stevens’
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Truth | Legends green duck boat
caption: Boston Celtics Legends on the green duck boat, of course
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Derrick White – all smiles
Confetti bang! green and white 🙂
Images: video clips with Celtic players spotted on duck boats.
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The Little Mermaid! Summer theater performance camp news from Heidi Dallin, Cape Ann YMCA
Summer musical at Cape Ann YMCA puts the some more in summer! Join in and be part of an incredible show — 4 weeks July 8 – August 2, 2024 . Register here, or scan the QR code on the flyer below!
Flyer to print and share
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Save the date~ Beautiful program lined up! Lobster Cove String Quartet
Lobster Cove String Quartet: UNITED
The Lobster Cove String Quartet gives the third and final performance of its debut season, Friday June 14 at the Annisquam Village Church @ 7:30 pm. The Gloucester-based group presents UNITED, an adventurous program of all-American music, featuring an array of iconoclastic works by Henry Cowell, Philip Glass, Samuel Barber, Antonín Dvořák, and Scott Moore. From the weird and arcane, to the contemporary and austere, to some of the most beloved music of the last 130 years—with a playful old-time fiddle romp thrown in—the quartet unites to celebrate a few of the many threads which make up the ever-evolving tapestry of American music.
Friday, June 14 @ 7:30pm | $35 suggested
Annisquam Village Church . 820 Washington Street . Gloucester MA 01930
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Make it a binge weekend! SHAKE THESE BONES streaming from the Seattle Film Festival June 7 – 10. With a $15 All Access pass, you can keep watching more movies 🎦🎬🍿
June 5, 2024. Movie tip for this upcoming weekend!
I’m sharing news about a project I’ve been working on that I think GMG readers, film buffs and dance fans would be keen to know. My dear friend’s remarkable movie is building momentum at film festivals. The next screening is virtual thanks to the Seattle Film Festival and its partner EOFlix. This special pre-release screening opportunity for SHAKE THESE BONES is available all weekend at your convenience wherever you may be.
**Friday 5 p.m. (EST) June 7th, 2024 until Monday at midnight (PT) / 3 a.m. (EST)**
ANY SEAT, ANY SCREEN
Viewers select the time and device that works for them anytime June 7 – June 10, 2024! Plus there’s a fun bonus perk: With the All Access Pass ticket ($15), you can enjoy SHAKE THESE BONES plus dip in to curate your very own weekend film festival from the full slate of ‘Official Selection’ films accepted into the Seattle Film Festival 2024!
Seattle Film Festival Full program can be found online: here
Read more about the film | Press Release
(printable PDF)
GMG readers may recognize producer Amy Sewell’s award winning film MAD HOT BALLROOM. Gloucester residents may be familiar with it as well, because the Gloucester Public School district like others across the country were inspired to program the 5th grade Ballroom dancing initiative district wide.
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Yay! St. Peter’s Fiesta 2024 just around the Corner
photo June 3 St. Peter’s staging status. Opening night June 26, 2024. St. Peter’s Fiesta schedule here
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Big day! The newly expanded Jane Deering Gallery Opens June 1
JANE DEERING GALLERY Saturday June 1, 2024. Reception 3-5pm
On view: Solo Bobbi Kovner exhibition plus a group show, ‘Blue arrived, and…’
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New expanded space at Jane Deering Gallery opens June 1! Solo art show Bobbi Kovner Green Resolutions #GloucesterMA
News from Jane Deering
Opening Reception. Saturday, June 1, 2024 from 3:00-5:30 P.M. ‘Bobbi Kovner | Green Resolutions #1-12’ Jane Deering Gallery
“I am besotted by plants and flowers -their form, their color, their contrasting meaning and function…As markers of seduction and marriage, birth and death, serenity and celebration; As sexual receptacles vibrating with thrum, buzz, wind and heat; Indoors as cut, curated artistry and ornament; Devolving from their prime into rank chaos – faded, battered, hanging by a single thread to a stalk.”
Bobbi Kovner
Bobbi Kovner has a BA from Wheaton College; MA Degrees from Columbia University and Lesley University; and a diploma from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She has taught Theory of Design seminars and Advanced Drawing at Endicott College. Her work has been shown at the New Museum in NYC, Tryst Gallery, Forest Gallery, Gallery Lumiere, and the Attleboro and Springfield Museums in Massachusetts. Works are currently on loan to the Decordova Museum. Kovner has been selected for numerous exhibitions and awards. Her work is held in private and public collections. Kovner has completed multiple commissions for national corporations, including a 36-ft long mural for the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas commissioned through Creiger Dane Gallery. This is her first solo show at Jane Deering Gallery.
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Spring step. Long Beach
photo May 2024: picturesque spring step was David Lean-esque on Long Beach
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Red tulips, trees and skyline photos | Stacy Boulevard Sunrises. Springtime in Gloucester.
photos: Spring in Gloucester, Ma. Different mood sunrises April 18 and May 10, 2024
APRIL 18
May 10
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The cupboard is not open for the season, BUT IT WILL BE! Rumors of its status have been exaggerated
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
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Thai Choice Restaurant Says Goodbye
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
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Coming up for Manchester-Essex Middle School Theatre
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.
Purchase Tickets here: https://our.show/YoungTheatreArtistsFestival2024
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
Good Morning Gloucester 