What’s going on here in front of the Long Beach Hotel? Remembering another rodeo photo I have, taken at the Plum Cove baseball field, I figured it out (maybe). Horses, cowboys and cowgirls in western outfits, and two different locations: this was probably a publicity event for the circus. People came to watch the horses race down the beach. The spectators tell us the time period: A policeman in vintage uniform, girls and boys checking each other out, and the cool kid in the white t-shirt (I can just see a pack of Marlboros rolled up in his sleeve). If anyone remembers the Long Beach rodeo or has any pictures, I’d love to hear from you.
Printed from the original 6×7 centimeter film negative in my darkroom.
Fred Bodin
Bodin Historic Photo
info@BodinHistoricPhoto.com
82 Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
978-283-2524
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Last night an interesting swath of diverse Gloucester folk were invited to recite their favorite poem at the Sawyer Free Library. I happened to be one of those people invited to read. Instead of reading someone else’s poem I decided it would be a good idea to work on my own after our good FOB Deb Clarke suggested the idea. With a little help from Snoop Maddie Mad and The Bean we put together a little something.
I’m not sure why I get so goddamn emotional when I speak about G-Town. Not sure if you can tell from the video but I was pretty much a wreck. It probably had something to do with not wanting to do a disservice to the city I love or the blog for which I’m obviously insanely passionate about but I sort of get overwhelmed at times when I speak about them.
Anyway I’d like to thank the Sawyer Free Library Lyceum and host Rufus Collinson for inviting me. I’d like to thank my great poetry contributors Snoop Maddie Mad and The Bean, and I’d like to thank everyone who came out for the event including our very own E.J.
Written and Read For The Sawyer Free Library Lyceum Sponsored Program- Gloucester Reads Poetry
Look for many of the other invited readers’ videos as the week goes on, I know the camera ran out of memory about half way through so I didn’t get to capture everyone unfortunately.
GOOD MORNING GLOUCESTER
Good Morning Gloucester, Open Your Eyes
What Do You See?
Gloucester At Dawn, Fishing Boats Heading To Sea
Working Boats- Lobster Boats- Gillnetters, Draggers and Seiners
Marine Industrial Flowers- Rocky Neck Flowerboxes- Thorny Rosa Rugosa, Fragrant and Colorful Along The Rocky Back Shore
The Sound Of The Dory Oars Clacking Away As The International Dory Boat Racers Practice Before Work
Beautiful Industry Comes Alive- The Fishhouses Hum- The Trucks Bring Our Seafood Harvest To Market
The Herring Boats Pump- The Gulls Fight For The Scraps
As Morning Comes The Community Gathers To Fuel Up At The Lone Gull, The Pleasant St Tea Company and Cape Ann Coffee- “Hey Joe, How Ya Been?”
Planners Start Planning- Doers Start Doing- Road Races – Block Parties- The Fiesta- The Horribles Parade- The Schooner Festival- The Lanesville Parade- Art Haven- Art Coloniy- seART- Nights On The Neck- The Sidewalk Bazaar- The Farmers Market- The Fish Box Derby -The Middle Street Walk- Celebrate Gloucester- Harbor Loop Concerts – The Lobster Trap Tree- A Sheer Embarrassment Of Cultural Events That Bedroom Communities Can Only Envy
No Worries- We Can Always Pop Into Virgilio’s for A Nice St Joseph’s Sandwich, or What The Hell A Slice O’ Pizza At 9AM at Sclafaini’s
Let’s Take A Ride Shall We? A Quickie – Spin The Beach By The Footbridge First and Then Head Round East Gloucester (God’s Country, Don’t You Know?) First The Back Shore, Farrington Ave Past Niles Beach Down East Main and Back To The Dock
Offload Those Lobster Boats Joe- Get ‘Em In Get ‘Em Out and Get Paid, Ain’t That The Way?
Well Works All Done Kid, Dusk Is Settin’ In.
Time To Head Home To The Bean and Snoop Maddie Mad
A Quick Ride Down Main St To Check On My Peeps and Give A Wave- “What Up Homie?”
Down Past The Man at The Wheel and Look Out To Dogbar-
Sun’s Settin’ Joe
Good Evening Gloucester
Here is a picture courtesty Sawyer Free Library of the readers for the event-
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Henry Allen TheatreWorks Open Auditions for 2011 Season
Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday
May 3rd 4th & 5th
Henry Allen TheatreWorks, the resident history theatre at The Cape Ann (“The Annie”), at One Washington Street, Gloucester, is holding open auditions for their inaugural 2011 season.
We are bringing the pulse of Cape Ann to life with four original shows created from local folklore: Greasy Pole, The Musical!, The 1st Annual TRAGABIGZANDA Political Theatre Festival, Song of the Sea, and also a fabulous, jazzy Cape Ann holiday show. The season will run from mid June through December of this year. Musicians, singers and actors are needed, all ages (children and adults), all levels of expertise. HATW AuditionForm
Download the pdf audition form and bring it with you to the audition with a current photo attached. Please prepare a full song of any genre. No need to memorize a monologue. We want to see how you tell a story through singing. You do not need to be a great singer, though great singers are encouraged to audition. Wow us.
We support The Brain Candy Project, a North Shore-based charitable foundation that provides a support system for parents living in hospitals with their critically ill children. www.braincandyproject.org
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Good Morning Joey, Joey, Attached is my recent painting of another Dahlmer boat. The Margaret D. was launched in Dunkirk, NY and brought to Gloucester in 1910. She was owned by my Grandfather, Capt. John A. Dahlmer and christened by my mother, then 9yr.old Margaret Dahlmer. The Dahlmers lived on Rocky Neck then and later moved to Hovey Stree. The Margaret D fished mostly as a gillnetter and later as a western-rigged dragger. My painting shows her returning from gillnetting, rounding Eastern Point and about to pass Dog Bar Breakwater into the harbor. She went ashore in fog on Salt Island in 1914 and was a total loss. Grandfather never began a trip on Good Friday or Friday 13th. Bill Hubbard www.indianriverartistsstudio.com Marine Art & Therese’s Sketches
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Working with this photograph has been a lot of fun for me because I’ve met so many people who have fond memories of “Ketchop’s,” as they refer to it. They recall the quality cuts of meat, produce, and particularly the beautiful lantanas hanging from the columns. Notice the Laurel and Hardy movie poster, showing at Town Hall, leaning against the tree on the left. One local woman, a Ketchopulos, pointed out to her friend while in the gallery: “There I am as a little girl!” The Ketchopulos Market closed in the early 1970’s, but the building remains on Broadway.
Printed from the original 5×7 inch film negative in my darkroom.
seARTS kicks off it signature artists grant program, Partner With an Artist 2011, with a discussion and preview of grant-winning artists’ new work created with business and community partners.
When: Tuesday, May 3 6:30 – 8:30pm
Where: Cape Ann Museum, Folly Cove Auditorium
Artists and partners:
Susan Erony, mixed media; Gloucester Writers Center and Ten Pound Books
Elizabeth Harty, painting; Rockport Council on Aging
Kristen Miller & Rob Newton, film with original music; The Annie and Alchemy Cafe
John Tagiuiri, photography; Gloucester Marine Railways
Abby Ytzen, graphic art; Capt. Joe & Sons Lobster, and others
Moderator: Sarah Slifer
Note: All projects will be on public display May 14 and 21.
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OK, you’ve pigged out on the chocolate bunnies and the jelly beans and the sugar rush is peaking. What to do? Mom has the ham ready and is out in the garden on this beautiful
day finishing her coffee. It’s time to sneak into the kitchen and get some use out of those peeps. You can’t eat them raw, they need to be fluffed up in the microwave. Time for the Annual Easter Peeps Battle.
1) Select four sturdy Peeps, two per color. (You can add a whole regiment but only in new construction with wiring up to code.)
2) Four toothpicks or cut some wooden skewers down to jousting length.
3) Arrange on a plate. You can dress your Peeps up. Waterloo, French and British complete with Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington. Get creative. Add that fake grass and jellybeans for cannon balls. They may even blow up. Or Yankees vs Red Sox. Boston Bruins vs the Montreal Divers. Mine went commando today.
4) Place in center of microwave, select 30 seconds and hit start. Get really close because you don’t want to miss any of the action. They can get so enormous they press their little peep faces against the window. Package end peeps tend to expand lopsidedly and are good for flanking maneuvers.
Waterloo in 30 secondsYellow looks to be fadingAh, pink may have struck first but pink also attacked their own. Yellow wins 2011About ready to eatYes, from the GMG blimp this shot proves yellow wins.Oh, the humanity.
Brought to you by Good Morning Gloucester. Happy Easter.
Warning: If you do try this at home. There is a small window of time wherein a fresh peep microwaved is quite tasty. Before that window the peep will sear your throat sending you to Addison Gilbert ER. After that window the peep will pull all your fillings out sending you to the dentist. That window is small. Test them out on your baby sister first.
Recently Awarded Pulitzer Award Finalist Writer Amy Nutt Wrote Jon’s Biography Which Just Hit The Shelves and Is Killing It On Amazon Hitting As High As The Number 250 Best Selling Book Out Of All The Books Amazon Sells Last Week!
Jon was on NPR With Terry Gross.
Click the picture for the audio-
Amy Nutt who wrote Jon’s biography will be in Gloucester signing copies of her book at The Bookstore of Gloucester
61 Main Street Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 281-1548
Jon writes-
i will be discussing my biography (“shadows bright as glass”) at “the bookstore” on main street in gloucester on thursday, may 12 at 7:00 with its author, amy nutt.
photos of Jon’s art piled up in his old Birdseye work space-
You gotta see these videos with Jon in his element-
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A big celebration is planned for Mother’s Day weekend. Oasis Rockport, the newest Bearskin Neck art gallery, is holding their Grand Opening. The gallery features fine art scenic photography from Angela Cook. Angela’s focus is on dramatic seascapes and breathtaking sunrises and sunsets as well as many beautiful floral, wildlife and wilderness images. When asked about her photography, Angela is quoted as saying “I enjoy sharing the beauty, emotion and simplicity of life with my images.” Angela is a local photographer who loves Cape Ann and wants to share the beauty of that with her customers. Oasis Rockport will not just offer photos. There will be regularly scheduled walking photo tours as well as outdoor portrait shoots. Angela also plans on including some beautiful semi-precious stone jewelry crafted by Sharon Lane in her gallery as well as select hand-made keepsakes designed by Suzanne Ouellette. The Grand Opening of Oasis Rockport will be held May 7th from 9am to 6pm and May 8th from 10am to 5pm. There will be giveaways, refreshments and a good time to be had by all. This new gallery is located at 65 Bearskin Neck, right next to Helmut’s Strudel and is well worth a visit. If you would like a sneak preview, feel free to check out the Oasis Rockport website at www.oasisrockport.com and be sure to Like their Facebook page, where Angela posts her most recent work.
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Plenty of people let me know. But I do appreciate it.
I have to make sure I do my research if I post any more Rocky Neck Photos. Especially if some of us GMG Authors become Neighbors with the Hard Partying Rocky Neckers. More on that later!
Waterloo in 30 seconds
Yellow looks to be fading
Ah, pink may have struck first but pink also attacked their own. Yellow wins 2011
About ready to eat
Yes, from the GMG blimp this shot proves yellow wins.
Oh, the humanity.
Good Morning Gloucester 