Sunday, March 3, 2-5:00 pm at The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street.
Category: Art
This Is A Man’s Scarf Damnit!
Well at the Mass Cultural Council Meeting at Fred Bodin’s I was envious of my pal Melissa Cox’ super soft scarf. I asked her to make me one and she gave me the one around her neck. Such a good egg that Melissa.
Wore it home and when I entered the door I was greeted by someone I may or may not be related to through marriage with a quizzical look. I asked her “What with the look?” To which she replied- “You know that’s a girls scarf, right?”
Upon further inspection the pattern is a little frilly. So I returned the scarf and asked Melissa to make me a new scarf which I would pay for that had a more manly pattern.
So we sauntered (yes sauntered) over to Coveted Yarn and picked out a manly scarf design and some new yarn.
It was a daunting task with the bazillion different types of yarns and thicknesses or yarns and yarns with different yarn properties, some of which need to be hand washed, some of which can be thrown in the washing machine- anyway I learned way more about yarn than any man should ever need to know about yarn.
With some guidance from The Yarn Pimp- Roberto we picked out a super soft yarn for the scarf which my pal Melissa would be producing for me just in time for the balmy days of spring.
You can see the pattern and yarn we picked out below-
Straight sexy, right?
And here’s the yarn being made into a cake at Coveted Yarn-
Click for the very stimulating video
The skein is being turned into a cake.
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We can’t forget lovely Rockport
My heart is in Gloucester, but Rockport is lovely too.
E.J. Lefavour
http://www.khanstudiointernational.com/galleryphotomontage2013.htm
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Julia Garrison’s New Take on Her Shop & Studio!
Julia Garrison of the Sarah Elizabeth Shop in Rockport recently updated the shop’s interior and displays. I love the way the black storage/display pieces complement the antique acorn press. Check it out at 10 Whistlestop Mall in Rockport. And if you can’t make it to Rockport, you can see Julia’s line at www.sarah-elizabeth-shop.com. By the way, the shop’s previous owner was the very talented Isabel Natti. Joey did an interview with her before she passed away, which you can find through this link.
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Community Stuff 2/26/13
The Sarah Lufkin Memorial Scholarship is named in honor of Sarah Lufkin, who passed away from complications of leukemia in April, 1997. Friends of the family set up a scholarship fund to help students who are studying in a field that will have a direct effect on children. Sarah was studying Early Childhood Education at Salem State Community College when she was diagnosed.
The Lufkin Family in conjunction with Periwinkle’s Restaurant is hosting a fabulous fun evening to benefit the fund, Thursday, February 28 at Periwinkle’s Restaurant, 74 Main Street (Route 133), Essex.
The evening will include hors d’ouevres, a silent auction, raffle and live music provided by local musician Joe Militello. Tickets are $25 per person and will be available at the door the night of the event. The event starts at 6:00PM and goes until 10:00PM.
We are always looking for donations of food from restaurants or catering companies and donations of items for the silent auction and raffle. If you would like to donate, please call Sue Lufkin at 978-768-7122, Laurie Lufkin at 978-985-6532 or Kim Lufkin Williams at 978-853-0845.
Anita Pandolfe writes-
Dear Joey,
Like the beams of light
coming forth in the fog,
your blog
shows us the way,
to enjoy everyday
on our beloved Cape Ann.
Thanks for all you do!
Anita
Local therapist-midwife, Anita Pandolfe Ruchman, NP, is producing an exciting, provocative play about Childbirth.
BIRTH, a play by Karen Brody, will be performed on Cape Ann and beyond this spring and early summer
This is a call for folks to join the production and acting Teams.
On Saturday and Sunday March 2nd and 3rd, (next weekend), from 1-3pm each day, we will be holding auditions and info sessions at the Rockport Unitarian Universalist Church, 4 Cleaves St in Rockport.
The Goal of this production is to raise awareness about the profound impact the childbirth experience has on a woman’s life. Come share your skills and talents by join us in this important, exciting endeavor. We are seeking creative, energetic folks to be involved on all levels; publicity, marketing, sound, fundraising, acting, stage management, etc.
For further info please contact Anita:
La Province Renovation Sale February 28th- March 3rd
Hi Joey C & GMG!
We’re starting our Renovation SALE this Thursday, February 28th – March 3rd & everything is on 20%-50% OFF!
Thanks!
Dawn @ La Provence
4 Main Street
Rockport, Ma
978.546.5868
www.laprov.com
Winter Hours: Thurs – Sun 11am-5pm
Now accepting registrations for the next session:
March 11 – May 4
Monday adult class: 9:00-12:00 p.m.
Monday kid’s class: 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday adult class: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Wednesday adult class: 6:00– 9:00 p.m.
Thursday adult class: 6:00-9:00p.m.
Friday adult class: 9:00 -12:00 p.m.
All levels of experience – beginners always welcome!
Wheel-throwing ~ Hand Building ~ Glazing
Private lessons ~ Independent Study Program ~ Retail Gallery
Cynthia Curtis Pottery
80 Pigeon Hill Street, Rockport, http://www.cynthiacurtispottery.com
To register, call 978 546 6186 or email: info@cynthiacurtispottery.com
On Thursday, February 28th, The Gloucester High School Drama Club will be presenting the dark comedy, one act play Cagebirds by David Compton.
The show is at 7:00 pm on February 28th in the GHS Putney Auditorium and tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors.
In this allegorical play, “birds live in a cage”, each totally absorbed in their own particular characteristics. When the Wild One is introduced into their midst by their Mistress, she endeavors to persuade them to break out from their self-imposed dependence and imprisonment into the wider world outside
This February 28th’s presentation is the GHS entry that will be performed at the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild’s High School Drama Competition. The competition will be held on Saturday, March 2nd at the Ipswich High School at 9 am.
For more information about other school’s performance places and times, see the METG website at metg.org
Cape Ann Shakespeare Troup Performances
Wednesday, February 27: Opening night, all tickets $5!
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Annisquam in Green
It is just as pretty in green as it is in white.
E.J. Lefavour
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Gloucester is beautiful in the snow
Photos taken on Pleasant Street the day after Nemo.
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Robert Newton Cape Ann Community Cinema WGBH radio Interview Dishes On Oscars
Catherine Ryan writes-
Hi Joey
If you haven’t had the chance, listen to Robert Newton’s WGBH radio interview with Edgar B. Herwick III about all things Oscars, Rob’s stellar programming (which includes special events featuring nights with Liv Ullmann or movie launches with luminaries like John Sayles) and of course Rob’s enthusiasm for Gloucester! It’s the lead interview, first 10 minutes.
“Movies are spiritual experience and way of life for me…I’m happy to share my enthusiasm and joy for film…and our refuge sanctuary (here) in Gloucester !”
Outstanding!
http://www.wgbhnews.org/post/beer-and-movie-weekend-happenings
His annual Oscars night also falls on his birthday this year. Come celebrate:
New England String Quartet opens the Oscars and plays selected Oscar winning music.
Red Carpet 8PM
Movie snacks from around the world (Norway Raindeer jerky – Liv Ullmann inspired no doubt)
Happy Birthday Rob!
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chickity check it!- fortytwoseventy from evie
Evie just put together her blog- check it out here-
http://fortytwoseventy.wordpress.com/
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Dogtown and Babson Boulders
I’ve never built a stone wall, but creating this montage gave me an idea what it is like, without the heavy lifting. The boulders have been placed along the road leading from the Cherry Street entrance to Dogtown Road. There is one I couldn’t fit in – as with all stone walls, some rocks just don’t fit, and there is one I created which is not a Babson boulder. Can anyone identify the missing boulder, and which one doesn’t belong? Also, I did two versions and would be interested in knowing which one people like better, assuming you like them. The second version has the denser woods of Ravenswood in the background. They both contain the same boulders, but are placed a little differently in the 2nd version.
In case you didn’t know, Millionaire philanthropist, Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967), provided charitable assistance to unemployed stonecutters in Gloucester during the Great Depression, by commissioing them to carve these inspirational inscriptions on two dozen boulders in the area surrounding Dogtown Common. While the inscriptions are clearly visible, the boulders are scattered, not all are on the trail, and not all of the inscriptions face the trail, making finding them something of a challenge. There are an additional three boulders which are location or direction markers and are informational, not inspirational.
Babson was interested in the history of the abandoned settlement in Gloucester known as Dogtown. Dogtown (also Dogtown Commons or Dogtown Village) is located in a densely
wooded area of about five square miles, or 3,600 acres, in central Gloucester stretching from the Riverdale section of the city, north of Route 128, into Rockport, and includes
Goose Cove and the Babson Reservoir. Once known as the Common Settlement and populated by respectable citizens, it was for a century the most prosperous part of Gloucester. Â
Dogtown’s development and prosperity lasted from about 1650 until 1750. During this time, the area was home to many of Gloucester’s most prominent families, and since it was directly connected by road to all of Cape Ann’s seashore communities, the Commons Settlement, as it was called, was a thriving and successful hub of agriculture, timbering, and transportation. The peak of its population has been estimated at around one hundred families.
After new coastal roads were opened, and especially after the conclusion of the War of 1812 and its attendant risk of coastal bombardment, most farmers moved away from Dogtown. Their abandoned houses were for a few decades occupied by itinerants and vagabonds, giving the area its bad reputation. Many of the widows of sea-goers and soldiers
who never returned kept dogs for protection and company. As these last inhabitants died, their pets became feral and wild, roaming the moors and howling, possibly giving rise to
the nickname “Dogtown”.Â
Most of the area of Dogtown is now a dense woodland, peppered with house-sized boulders, criss-crossed and bisected by trails and old roads. The area is held in trust by
Gloucester and Rockport and therefore protected in perpetuity. Dogtown Road off of Cherry Street in the western section (the Gloucester side) is lined with the remains of the
cellar holes of the settlers. Babson also mapped and numbered the cellar holes left from the homes of Dogtown’s former residents.
(Excerpts taken from Babson College Archives – “Biography of Roger Ward Babson” and Wikipedia)
If you decide to go on a search for the Babson boulders, Eric Bickernicks has created a wonderful map with GPS coordinates for all the boulders, which was how my sister and I found some of the more hidden ones. You can find the map at http://www.bostonico.org/Babson_Boulder_Trail_Map.pdf. There is one small error on the map, which caused us some confusion. There is a boulder identified as “First at Tasks” which we thought an odd saying, and couldn’t find. In fact it is “First Attacked” and marks the spot where Jas Merry was first attacked by his bull. There is another marker nearby which identifies the spot where he died in 1892 from injuries sustained when the sport of wrestling his bull went bad.
E.J. Lefavour
http://www.khanstudiointernational.com/galleryphotomontage2013.htm
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Massachusetts Cultural Council Takes Over Downtown Gloucester- Photos At Fred Bodin’s Gallery With More To Come
The Mass Cultural Council came to G-Town to listen to and observe what makes Gloucester so special. There are no other towns that have more than one Cultural District. Gloucester already has Rocky Neck. If approved for Downtown Gloucester, Gloucester would stand as the only City with more than one Massachusetts Cultural District.
When sitting in the room and listening to the distinguished assembly of community people that showed up it was obvious about 10 minutes in that honestly Gloucester deserves this in spades. There is no where anywhere that is as culturally diverse, enriched and vibrant as our community.
All the people had to do was speak the truth. It wasn’t about selling Downtown Gloucester. Downtown Gloucester, it’s merchants, it’s artists, its community and artistic organizations sell itself.
You’d have to be deaf, dumb and blind to not see it and I can assure you the representatives of the Mass Cultural Council that visited, Anita Walker, Meri Jenkins, Kylie Sullivan and Maren Brown are anything but deaf dumb and blind.
Huge thanks to the Downtown GloucesterCultural District Steering Committee Catherine Ryan, Lise Breen, Judith Hoglander, Robert Whitmarsh, Anne Robinson, Ronda Faloon, Maggie Rosa and David Rhinelander for laying so much of the groundwork to make this meeting possible and also to Fred Bodin for hosting this momentous event at his Bodin Historic Photo Gallery.
Melissa I love my new scarf. You rock!
STEP AWAY FROM THE CANNOLI – PUT YOUR ARMS UP AND STEP AWAY FROM THE CANOLLI!
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Bob Lindberg Joanie on The Ponie Update
Joey: I did write to congressman and suggested a re-dedication of the statue . I will include his response.
Also I did find some additional information on Anna Hyatt Huntington the scupltress.Anna was born in Cambridge which was our second home also ! See http://www.bronze-gallery.com/sculptors/artist.cfm?sculptorID=75
If some want to see more of her work in a breathtaking location, some of the GMG readers may appreciate especially learning about her beautiful garden in South Carolina – BROOKGREEN GARDEN/zoo in Myrtle Beach area http://www.brookgreen.org/ and for some images-
see http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernside/469281417/in/photostream/
What a treasure we have in Joanie.
Regards Bob Lindberg
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The Writer’s Block
If you’re looking for some fascinating tv viewing at 8:00 tonight, tune in to John Ronan’s The Writer’s Block on CATV Channel 12 for an interview with your’s truly about my book Tales of Bong Tree Island. If you miss it tonight, it will air again on the 28th at 8:00.
E.J. Lefavour
http://www.khanstudiointernational.com/
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Art ROCKport
When the mood hits.
left at 3:10 2/20/13
http://art-rocks.org/
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Gloucester Welcomes The MCC Thursday 2/21/13 Info
Help us Decorate by printing and posting Art Haven’s poster! (attached)
Please print out and share this wonderful poster, a unique and custom welcome for MCC, designed by Art Haven, a founding cultural partner. We’re hoping residents, businesses, and organizations throughout the district at street level or above will put it in their window or door for that day. Founding partner, the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce will disperse it to its members. GMG will post it to request that folks display it for us. Fred Bodin is also reaching out to his network to encourage printing/posting! We hope all the partners print/display and share with others.
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU CAN HANDLE 8MB FILE OR PDF and thank you ART HAVEN!
Review the Itinerary
The MCC site visit will start at 10 AM with a check in at the Cape Ann Museum. This will only be a quick stop prior to the first meeting, but will give the committee a chance to greet the delegation, distribute literature and prepare information about the venues and businesses within the proposed CD, and offer them a place to stash any items that they might want later in the day.
· 10:00 AM Cape Ann Museum steering committee will welcome MCC/check in/home base
· 10:30 the MCC delegation will meet at City Hall with city officials, coffee and pastries courtesy Cape Ann Coffee
· 11:30 the walking tour begins and will include 7 stops (not more than 5 minutes each) with pointing and discussion along the way.
The proposed DGCD footprint very roughly spans from St.Peter’s/the Chamber side over to Gortons, and from City Hall to Maritime Gloucester. This means it includes the Civic jewels, all of Middle, all of Main, all of Harbor Loop, our waterfront, and Rogers until Rose Baker. It’s the same footprint used for decades and that we all know. We’ll be included in a select group that receive designation and will be marketed with 5 others on the North Shore. We will be the first town in the state with two cultural districts! It mirrors the HarborWalk’s, the Chamber of Commerce’s, Discover Gloucester, and Maritime Trail mapsl, etc–everyone’s efforts to maintain the integrity of downtown and historic harbor area. It will likely increase what is already great and working. Our downtown works hard to offer residents, visitors and employees fantastic experiences!
1)Sawyer Free, Dale Avenue Â
2)UU Church, Middle Street
3)Legion Hall/Joan of Arc, the west perimeter boundary
4)Café Sicilila, West End, Main Street
5)Maritime Gloucester, Harbor Loop
6)Rose Baker Senior Center
· 12:30-1:30 Lunch Break Halibut Point, followed by quick pop in to Alexandra’s bakery to pick up “to go” treats for MCC guests
· 1:30-2:00 walking tour continues along Main to end point, roundtable discussion
7)Art Haven, Main Street
· 2:00PM- 3:00PM MCC meets with partners at Fred Bodin’s, chair rental delivery courtesy our own “Party Rental Gloucester”
· 2:45 PM or 3PM other folks who may want to meet MCC are welcome to stop by
Peek at one page tally sheet on the web site (a draft of MCC handout to follow)
https://sites.google.com/site/gloucestermadcd/so-what-s-here-the-tally
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Abstract Origami
Each folded from a single sheet of paper following a regular geometric method. I am not sure who discovered these first; I discovered them independently back in the 80’s and published diagrams in the Origami Newsletter of the Friends of the Origami Center of America at that time. I also did a math-based science project about the one in the top middle while in high school; I showed that the spirals in the model are all based on the golden ratio.
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Did You Know? (Eastern Point)
Eastern Point is the southern half of the peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern side of Gloucester Harbor. Without the peninsula, there would be no harbor. Eastern Point is about a mile and a half long and stretches from just north of Niles Beach to the Eastern Point Lighthouse and Dog Bar Breakwater, which are located at its southern tip.
The history of Eastern Point is both the history of shipwrecks and efforts to reduce their number and a history of the privileged class which settled and developed Eastern Point. Both facets of Eastern Point’s history are covered in detail by Joseph E. Garland’s excellent book, Eastern Point ( Beverly, MA: Commonwealth Editions 1999).
In 1728, during the heyday of the Commons Settlement in the Dogtown section of Gloucester, fifteen families lived on Eastern Point. After the Revolution, Daniel Rogers, a forebear of Joseph Garland, owned a large farm that took up most of Eastern Point. In 1844, Thomas Niles acquired this 450 acre farm, and in 1859, the “irascible” Niles, as Garland characterized him, won a state Supreme Court ruling barring the public from access to most of Eastern Point. This helped create a mystique of exclusivity for Eastern Point, which even modern visitors can feel as they drive through two gates to reach the lighthouse.
Development of Eastern Point as a vacation spot for the wealthy began in 1887, with the sale of the Niles farm to the Eastern Point Associates. The next year, construction began on what would eventually be eleven “cottages”, many of which can easily be seen today. The magnificence of the interior of these dwellings can also be experienced today by visiting “Beauport,” a 40 room house on Eastern Point designed and built by Henry Sleeper from 1907 to 1934. “ Beauport” is open to the public and operated by Historic New England, formerly The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. In 1892, the Eastern Point Associates went bankrupt, primarily because they could not provide an infrastructure on Eastern Point for the homes they were building. Perhaps the peak of Eastern Point’s cachĂ© as a vacation spot came in 1904 with the construction near Niles Beach of the Colonial Arms, a six story 300 room luxury hotel, which unfortunately burned down in 1908.
from http://myweb.northshore.edu/users/ccarlsen/poetry/gloucester/easternpointhistory.htm
During the summer while I am on Rocky Neck, walking Eastern Point is something I do often. It is a small area packed with so many lovely and interesting things to see. This montage only begins to touch them.
E.J. Lefavour
http://www.khanstudiointernational.com/galleryphotomontage2013.htm
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Missing. One Rock
Missing. One Rock
I stopped at GHB Saturday at about 7:30am and decided to create and leave an “Art, Rock” before the storm rolled in. I stopped by Joey’s Dock after and he posted the photos. I also ran into Ed Collard later in the day. Ed is known for scooping up the rocks. He denied taking it but said he knew who did.
Click here for Joey’s Saturday Post
SO ED WHO DID?
http://art-rocks.org/
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Three Waters
On Eastern Point there is a lovely stately home called Three Waters, so named because from the property the inhabitants can view the three separate waters of Gloucester Harbor, Niles Pond and Brace Cove.
One night recently I had a rare sleepless night during which the words “three waters” kept running across my mind like a broken record. Muses can be very persistent and annoying sometimes. When I got up the next morning, I spent the day creating this montage called “Three Waters”, using 22 different photo layers. I have slept just fine since.
E.J. Lefavour
http://www.khanstudiointernational.com/galleryphotomontage2013.htm
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Who Wants To See This Documentary With Me? Cape Ann Community Cinema GMG Movie Night For Street Photographers Perhaps?
I bet Rob Newton would get this one for us if we had enough folks interested.
Good Morning Gloucester 