My View of Life on the Dock
August 14, 2024. 6pm.
Images: Exciting sightings! Shoreside views looking in the direction of Milk Island and Twin Lights from Long Beach neighborhood. Feeding and fast maneuvers between Twin Lights and Good Harbor Beach with the extended feeding seen in the images closest in line to Milk.
tonight’s weather Images August 4, 2024.
photos: 2:45-8:45pm
MEMA Outage map July 29, 2024 at 5pm here (about 6 hours for us).
Update: out again 720pm.
1400 outages in Gloucester (out of 1640 total outages in Massachusetts)
On July 23rd 800 customers were out in Gloucester and Rockport
Heidi Dallin shares the Press release and cast photo by Sassy Square. Link for tickets here
Disney’s The Little Mermaid JR. is playing at the Cape Ann YMCA, 7 Gloucester Crossing Road, on Thursday, August 1 and Friday, August 2 at 5pm. Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved stories, Disney’s The Little Mermaid JR. is an enchanting look at the sacrifices we all make for love and acceptance. The talented young cast of North Shore residents features over 40 young actors led by Director Heidi Dallin and her YMCA Theatre Team.
The Little Mermaid JR. takes place in a magical kingdom beneath the sea, where a beautiful young mermaid named Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. But first, she’ll have to defy her father, the king of the sea, escape the clutches of an evil sea witch and convince a prince that she’s the girl with the perfect voice. Based on the 2008 Broadway production and the 1989 animated feature film, The Little Mermaid JR contains all of the songs from the Academy Award® winning animated feature film as well as three new songs from the Broadway show. The musical includes the classic Disney hits : Part of Your World, Under the Sea, Kiss The Girl and Poor, Unfortunate Souls.
For information on purchasing tickets please visit MermaidTickets or call the Cape Ann YMCA: 978-283-0470. Tickets are $15 for Adults and $10 for Children.
Disney’s The Little Mermaid JR. is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized materials are supplied by Music Theatre International
Photo Attached : The Cape Ann YMCA’s Little Mermaid Company Photo Credit: Sassy Square
Upcoming show invitation from Gloucester gallery owner, Jane Deering:
Please join us for the Opening Reception of ‘Lines of Thought | Contemporary Women Artists Draw’ on Thursday August 1st from 5-7pm. The opening will also have Dick Luecke on classical guitar. He’s terrific.
As Art Critic Robert Hughes wrote:
Drawing never dies, it holds on by the skin of its teeth, because the hunger it satisfies – the desire for an active, investigative, manually vivid relation with the things we see and yearn to know about – is apparently immortal…”
The gallery is pleased to include artists—Meg Alexander . Gabrielle Barzaghi . Ann Conneman . Linda Ekstrom . Celia Eldridge . Paige Farrell . Renata Fryshara . Lilian Hsu Anne Johnstone Ann Ledy . Kat O’Connor . Whitney River . Marie Schoeff . Emily Speed . Joan Tanner
JANE DEERING. Jane Deering Gallery. Summer gallery hours: Thursday 4-7pm . Fri & Sat 1-5pm . Sun 1-4pm
Gloucester, Ma. (July 26, 2024)—At each end of Stop & Shop’s lot on Thatcher Road, two ‘electric vehicle fueling station’ bays with two EV charging spots each are being constructed for public use. They’ll have kiosks running advertisements and should be up & running soon (ETA 2-4 weeks). This is the 8th Stop & Shop Massachusetts EV supermarket installation for the Volta crews.
photos: charging station installation for Stop & Shop, Thatcher Rd; detail from Google maps showing charging stations in Gloucester, Ma. as of July 2024.
Stop & Shop press release July 2021. Volta was acquired by Shell.
Was a pretty summer morning out there today!
Thacher Island vs. Thatcher road (two ‘t’s)
“Performance Camp has been great! The actors are working very hard!! Join us ‘under the sea'”!
Heidi Dallin.
Thursday Aug 1. Friday Aug. 2nd
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!
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:
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?
Utility work on Thatcher. View back to Old Nugent Farm condos on the right and Good Harbor Beach parking lot sign on the left.
July 4, 2024
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 🙂
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.
Drawings illustrating the final project will be public over the next couple of weeks.
July 1, 2024
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Fiesta clouds and blue sky: Two days to go before St. Peter’s Fiesta 2024 Gloucester looks ready!
Moons coming 🙂
6/21/2024. Electric videos for GMG courtesy of a Gloucester fan in Boston!
post updated: video cropping to resize for the vertical orientation
caption: Boston Celtics Legends on the green duck boat, of course
Images: video clips with Celtic players spotted on duck boats.
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!
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
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!
(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.
photo June 3 St. Peter’s staging status. Opening night June 26, 2024. St. Peter’s Fiesta schedule here
JANE DEERING GALLERY Saturday June 1, 2024. Reception 3-5pm
On view: Solo Bobbi Kovner exhibition plus a group show, ‘Blue arrived, and…’
Good Morning Gloucester 