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ART HAVEN BUOY AUCTION FRIDAY NIGHT REMINDER!

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DON’T MISS THIS TREMENDOUS COMMUNITY-FAMILY-FUN-FILLED EVENT!static1.squarespace

Art Haven Buoy Auction & Family Fun Night

Friday, January 22, 2016
Cruiseport Gloucester
5pm-8pm

Tickets are $10 before the event and $15 at the door. Free admittance for children. Purchase tickets at the Art Haven and Hive locations or online here.

Free admittance for families with children who painted a buoy during buoy painting week. No tickets necessary – names will be checked at the door.

Join us for a spirited night of fundraising and family fun to support our organization. The funds that are raised will sustain our efforts to provide our classes free of charge to students from low-income families.

This year, Cape Ann Power Yoga is donating one free class to every individual who buys a buoy!

Dave Sag’s Blues Party @ The Rhumb Line to host The Goddesses This Thursday night 8:30pm 1.21.2016

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The Goddesses with Dave Sag
The Rhumb Line
Thursday, January 21st, 2016
Three sets starting at 8:30pm
Free

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The Goddesses are honored to be joining Dave Sag’s Blues Party this Thursday night, January 21st from 8:30pm-11:30pm at The Rhumb Line.   As Dave himself put it “Something new this week as I have invited Tony Goddess and his lovely wife Samantha to show up kicking and screaming and playing some of the best roots-rock and Ameriporno music I have ever played. Former members of The Jenny Dee and the  Deliquidation Band, they know how to whoop it up. I’ve been busy trying to learn 347 new tunes. Just to keep up. See you then!”

 

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40 Railroad Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 283-9732

http://www.therhumbline.com/

 

Wednesdays with Fly Amero~This weeks special guest: Dan King 7pm 1.20.2016

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This week’s Dinner Special…
Beef Stroganoff – $11.95

Wednesday, January 20th – 7pm
Special Guest: DAN KING!

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One of Gloucester’s most popular artists, Dan King stops by
this Wednesday. Whole lotta soul. We’ll be having a great
time, I promise. ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!
Upcoming…
1/27 Bill Gleason

2/3 Bradley Royds (as guest host)

Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/
Looking forward……to seeing you there 🙂

Captain Howard Blackburn Photo Submitted by Len Burgess

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HowardBlackburnGloucester’s famous Capt. Howard Blackburn (1859–1932) pictured aboard the famous fishing schooner Gertrude L. Thebaud in the early 1930’s. He was an American fisherman and during a winter storm in 1883 got separated in his dory and feared lost from his fishing schooner the Grace L. Fears out of Nova Scotia. He rowed his dory and shipmate across a wintry ocean, freezing his hands and feet badly. Despite losing his fingers at sea he later prospered as a Gloucester, MA businessman.
Yearning for adventure, he twice sailed single-handed across the Atlantic Ocean, overcoming his disability and setting record times for the crossing. Both his vessels are at the Cape Ann Museum.

Photo by Leslie Jones

Len Burgess, Essex Shipbuilding Museum.

THE STORY OF HOW CALAMARI (SQUID) CAME TO BE SERVED AT THE GLOUCESTER HOUSE AND OTHER LOCAL RESTAURANTS AS TOLD BY MICHAEL LINQUATA

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mike linquataThis is a story of an unusual creature that made good. This creature was known as “squid”. Today it is called calamari. When it was known as squid there were no sales of this product. It was not on any restaurant’s menu. It just had no appeal to the public or to restaurant cooks or owners.

Prior to 1950, the Gloucester fishing fleet would have some mixed in with their catch of other fish such as whiting or ocean perch. The fishermen did not get paid for this product. It was considered waste.

However, some of the workers, including this author, would on occasion take some home to be cooked. In my case, I had to do the cooking because the squid would have some water in them and this would splatter. I overcame the problem, but I kept the job.

Sometimes if I had cooked more than the family could consume I would bring the extra to the fish workers. Many had never eaten this before. Now there wasn’t as much waste. The workers started to bring some home to be cooked.

About a year later I assumed the position of manager of the Gloucester House Restaurant. Now I had to teach the cooks how to prepare the squid for cooking, then the proper timing to cook, then I had to overcome the dining room staff’s reluctance to suggest this item to the customers.

We overcame these problems by first changing the name from “squid” to “calamari”. Then to introduce the product, for about a year, we put a small sample on each table for customers to try at no cost. Then the next year we put it on the printed menu.

Today there are probably a thousand restaurants in the United States that have calamari (not squid) on their menus. We think that ours is still the best.

This started in Gloucester, by the Gloucester House Restaurant and the Linquata family, the owners of the Gloucester House Restaurant.

PHOTO OF MIKE LINQUATA BY JASON GROW

FABULOUS TURNOUT FOR JUNI VAN DYKE AT THE CAPE ANN MUSEUM!

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Juni Van Dyke Cape ann Museum The Neighborhood quilt Project ©Kim Smith 2016Gloucester: A Community of Neighborhoods

Saturday afternoon Juni Van Dyke spoke to an auditorium overflowing with friends, fans, and fellow artist quilt makers for the opening celebration of “The Neighborhood Quilt Project.” Juni’s all inclusive message is about the positivity of a community coming together to create beautiful works of art, “bearing testimony to the truth that the gift of creativity resides within all of us.” She shared heart warming tales about the contributing quilters and their work. For all involved in this wonderfully powerful community project it was a very special and joyous day.

Ida, Lois, Colleen, Juni Van Dyke x Cape ann Museum The Neighborhood Quilt Project ©Kim Smith 2016

Juni with Quilters Ida, Lois, and ColleenJuni Van Dyke Cape ann Museum The Neighborhood Quilt Project Pete Kovner ©Kim Smith 2016

Friend Pete KovnerKay carpenter, Bobbi Kovner, Chicki Hollet Cape Ann Museum The Neighborhood Quilt Project ©Kim Smith 2016

Kay Carpenter, Bobbi Kovner, and Chicki Hollet

Paige and Juni Van Dyke Cape ann Museum The Neighborhood Quilt Project Detail ©Kim Smith 2016Juni and Daughter Paige

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On display in the light-filled spacious gallery of the museum’s third floor are the thirteen quilts representing thirteen Gloucester neighborhoods. The Cape Ann Museum is free to Cape Ann residents during the month of January. Do Not Miss This Enchanting Exhibit!Juni Van Dyke Cape ann Museum The Neighborhood Quilt Project Detail ©Kim Smith 2016

With thanks and gratitude to Cape Ann Museum Director Rhonda Falloon and Curator Martha Oakes for taking “The Neighborhood Quilt Project” under their wings, where the quilts will be well cared for generations to come.

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THE CUTEST APRONS IN TOWN!

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Looking for a Valentine’s gift idea for your special cook? Alexandra’s Bread has the gamut, from crisp, tailored nautically inspired aprons to vintage girly girly ruffles and polka dots, and everything in-between. I especially love their current collection, including several made from cotton fabric prints seemingly inspired by Cape Ann author/illustrator/Folly Cove designer Virginia Lee Burton’s children’s book The Little House. 

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Alexandra's Bread Childrens' Aprons ©Kim Smith 2016

Laminated cotton for your littlest cook/artist

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STAGE FORT PARK BEAUTIFICATION MEETING

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Stage Fort Park Gloucester ©Kim Smith 2016 copySuper interesting meeting last night on the proposed improvements to Stage Fort Park, presented by Steve Winslow, senior project manager, Mass in Motion, Gloucester Community Development Department. A preliminary drawing was discussed outlining the new possible location for the Farmer’s Market. Amongst several proposed improvements, my favorite was the idea to connect, via a new trail, Stage Fort Park to Ravenswood. GENIUS!! A commitment was made to continue to work with the Cape Ann Farmer’s Market, Cyclocross, festivals, neighbors, and all interested parties. Looking forward to learning more!

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TWO IMPORTANT NOTICES ABOUT REQUESTS FOR GRANT PROPOSALS

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS #1

From Mayor Sefatia Romeo Thekan:

CITY OF GLOUCESTER

2016 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS & NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

The Grants Division of the Community Development Department is seeking proposals from qualified organizations, agencies, or individuals for its Program Year 2016 (PY16) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. The CDBG Program is designed to promote safe, sanitary, and affordable housing, encourage handicapped accessibility, improve public facilities, support social service and job training activities, provide economic development assistance, and improve the living environment for low- and moderate-income residents of the City of Gloucester. The 2016 CDBG Program is expected to be funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Funding of proposals is contingent upon receipt of funding from HUD.

The Five Year Consolidated Action Plan (PY15-PY19) offers direction for housing and community development efforts over the next five years. The goals and priorities indentified in the ConPlan will be used to guide future funding of CDBG activities and programs.

The REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) requirement packets will be available on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, and can be picked up at the Community Development Department, 3 Pond Road, Gloucester, MA or retrieved from the City of Gloucester website: http://www.gloucester-ma.gov.

Proposals will be received until:

12:00 PM (noon) – Thursday, February 25, 2016

City of Gloucester

Community Development Department

Grants Division

3 Pond Road

Gloucester, MA 01930

(978) 282-3027

AN INFORMATIONAL PUBLIC HEARING to address any questions and explain the CDBG RFP requirements and to obtain the views of the citizens of Gloucester regarding the CDBG Program will be held on Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. in the Friend Room of the Sawyer Free Library, 2 Dale Avenue, Gloucester, MA.

A PUBLIC HEARING will be held on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. in the Friend Room of the Sawyer Free Library, 2 Dale Avenue, Gloucester, MA. Individuals and organizations requesting funds will be required to make a brief presentation outlining their proposal at this meeting.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS #2

 

Gloucester’s Community Preservation Committee (CPC) has set its 2016 schedule for all those seeking grants from the city.  The Committee funds a wide variety of large and small programs from individuals and groups in four specific areas: open space, historical preservation, community housing and recreation.
Recent recipients include the community garden and backstops for the softball diamond at Burnham’s Field, renovations of the Rocky Neck Cultural Center, a fire suppression system for the Universalist Unitarian Church in downtown Gloucester.

The initial single-page eligibility form must be submitted to the CPC by February 29th.
The material should be sent to:

Community Preservation Committee
c/o The Community Development Department
3 Pond Road
Gloucester MA 01930
or via e-mail to
dlaurie@gloucester-ma-gov

Completed applications from those who pass the preliminary review are due by April 15th.

Final decisions by the City Council will be made in November or December.

Full details are available from Debbie Laurie, Senior Project Manager of the Community Development Department, at 978-282-8004 or email above. Information is also available from the City of Gloucester website at www.gloucester-ma-gov.

“ROMANTIC OUTLAWS” AUTHOR AND ENDICOTT COLLEGE PROFESSOR CHARLOTTE GORDON TO SPEAK AT THE SAWYER FREE LIBRARY

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51pzhdhu6QL._SX324_BO1,204,203,200_About Charlotte Gordon’s latest book Romantic Outlaws, which was named one of the top books of 2015 by The Sunday Times (London), “This groundbreaking dual biography brings to life a pioneering English feminist and the daughter she never knew. Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley have each been the subject of numerous biographies, yet no one has ever examined their lives in one book—until now. In Romantic Outlaws,Charlotte Gordon reunites the trailblazing author who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and the Romantic visionary who gave the world Frankenstein—two courageous women who should have shared their lives, but instead shared a powerful literary and feminist legacy.

In 1797, less than two weeks after giving birth to her second daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft died, and a remarkable life spent pushing against the boundaries of society’s expectations for women came to an end. But another was just beginning. Wollstonecraft’s daughter Mary was to follow a similarly audacious path. Both women had passionate relationships with several men, bore children out of wedlock, and chose to live in exile outside their native country. Each in her own time fought against the injustices women faced and wrote books that changed literary history.

The private lives of both Marys were nothing less than the stuff of great Romantic drama, providing fabulous material for Charlotte Gordon, an accomplished historian and a gifted storyteller. Taking readers on a vivid journey across revolutionary France and Victorian England, she seamlessly interweaves the lives of her two protagonists in alternating chapters, creating a book that reads like a richly textured historical novel. Gordon also paints unforgettable portraits of the men in their lives, including the mercurial genius Percy Shelley, the unbridled libertine Lord Byron, and the brilliant radical William Godwin.

“Brave, passionate, and visionary, they broke almost every rule there was to break,” Gordon writes of Wollstonecraft and Shelley. A truly revelatory biography, Romantic Outlaws reveals the defiant, creative lives of this daring mother-daughter pair who refused to be confined by the rigid conventions of their era.”

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Mike O’Connell, George McCann and Forrest “Frosty” Padgett Tonight @ The Rhumb Line’s “Dave Sag’s Blues Party 8:30-11:30 1.14.2016 It shall be smokin!

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Mike O’connell and the Three Stooges, featuring George McAnn, Chuck’s brother and erstwhile guitarist in the Jas. Montgomery Band.

mike george bw rlAlso, Mr. Frosty “Forrest ” Padgett on defibrillators. Gonna be a hot time in Fishtown Thursday night!

frosty Put on your shoes and lose yer blues!Spread out! Why don’t you get a toupee with some brains in it? Nyuk Nyuk.

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40 Railroad Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 283-9732

http://www.therhumbline.com/

Check out Katrina’s Live Music on the Weekend. Liz Frame and The Kickers on Friday the 15th, Steve Caraway on Saturday 16th and Joe Wilkins with Megan McKenzie Sunday Brunch the 17th

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Katrina’s is proud to welcome Liz Frame and The Kickers for their debut performance Fri. Jan. 15th, 9pm. Please join us to make them feel the love  photo: Vaughn Abbott

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Katrina’s is excited to welcome Steve Caraway Sat. Jan.16th, 9pm. Steve will be doing 2 sets of originals and covers and a special tribute set to David Bowie. Come join us for this special evening of music heart

My good friend and Stolen Lions compadre, Peter Malaquias will be joining me on vocals and percussion, there may be other Lions sightings,as well, Ya never know!

Steve

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Katrina’s Sunday Brunch Series
Jan. 17th, 11:am – 3pm (music 11:30 – 2:30)
Joe Wilkins / Megan McKenzie Downey
Captivating music served with creative Brunch Specials by: Chef Ross Franklin – Reservations Recommended (978) 515-7817

 

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14 Rogers St
Gloucester, Massachusetts
(978) 515-7817

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BACKSHORE EXPLODING WAVES

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After this weekend’s stormy weather, the Atlantic’s thunderous rollers were exploding all along the backshore this morning. 

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Pebble Beach Rockport Ocean Waves ©Kim Smith 2016

“THE ART OF PICTURE BOOKS” PRESENTED BY THE ERIC CARLE MUSEUM AND CAPE ANN READS

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Who is Eric Carle? Why he created one of the most wonderful and whimsical children’s picture books, The Very Hungry Caterpillar! On Saturday, January 30th, the Cape Ann Museum, in collaboration with Cape Ann Reads and the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, is holding a series of workshops for all age groups, “The Art of Picture Books.”

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The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, located in Amherst, Massachusetts, is a museum devoted to the art of the picture book and especially the children’s book. Read more about the Museum here.

From Eric Carle’s website

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has eaten its way into the hearts of literally millions of children all over the world and has been translated into 62 languages and sold over 41 million copies. Since the Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 132 million copies of his books have sold around the world.

Born in Syracuse, New York, in 1929, Eric Carle moved with his parents to Germany when he was six years old; he was educated there, and graduated from the prestigious art school, the Akademie der bildenden Künste, in Stuttgart. But his dream was always to return to America, the land of his happiest childhood memories. So, in 1952, with a fine portfolio in hand and forty dollars in his pocket, he arrived in New York. Soon he found a job as a graphic designer in the promotion department of The New York Times. Later, he was the art director of an advertising agency for many years.

One day, respected educator and author, Bill Martin Jr, called to ask Carle to illustrate a story he had written. Martin’s eye had been caught by a striking picture of a red lobster that Carle had created for an advertisement. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? was the result of their collaboration. It is still a favorite with children everywhere. This was the beginning of Eric Carle’s true career. Soon Carle was writing his own stories, too. His first wholly original book was 1,2,3 to the Zoo, followed soon afterward by the celebrated classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

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