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Cool Stuff You Might Not Have Known About The New Cape Ann License Plates Video Interview

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Did you know you can request your numbers for a little extra dough?

I’ve got printed applications right here at the dock if you want to pick one up.  I’ll even deliver it to the Chamber for you!

There was a ton of stuff I found out for the first time in this interview with Ken Riehl, Peter Webber, Brienne Black and Kerry McKenna.

Order your own plate personalized with your favorite numbers right at the Chamber website-

http://capeannchamber.com/

Download an APPLICATION.

For more information, please contact the Chamber at info@capeannchamber.com, or call 978-283-1601.

CA Plate to RMV 8 May

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If you don’t have a printer you can head to the Chamber for an application or come down the dock and I have them here-

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Gloucester Welcoming Center Open House Thursday 5:30pm — YOU SHOULD BE THERE

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So, you don’t think you benefit from tourists coming to Gloucester?  Well …. do you like: having a choice of world-class restaurants you can walk to; our extraordinarily hot music music scene in all kinds of venues, including schooners; guaranteed parking at some of the most gorgeous beaches anywhere on Earth all summer long for only $20; living among award-winning museums, studios & galleries, Broadway-quality theatre; a thriving cultural economy … I could go on and on … OR perhaps your an artists, musician, photographer, writer, actor, chef, carpenter, plumber, contractor, fitness instructor, diver, ship’s captain, etc … OR  you own or work in a hotel, restaurant, gallery, museum, boat, theatre, school or any retail store in Gloucester … or your business supports these people, like a lawyer, accountant, banker, realtor … Let’s face it, there’s really no business nor person in Gloucester who doesn’t benefit directly when tourists come here to share the City we all love.  So come to Stage Fort Park on Thursday and see what the good people who work so hard to make tourism possible do every day to make your life better!

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Art & Textiles Auction May 20th 1 Lexington Ave. Gloucester MA

Posted on by Joanne

Little Auction House/Big Art

Tuesday Evening, May 20th, 2014

6pm (Preview 3-6 May 19th & 20th)
1 Lexington Ave., Gloucester, MA

Cash, checks & CCs accepted.
MA lic#2621
No Buyer’s Premium! No Sales Tax (Proceeds go to 501c)

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There will be more than 250 lots of Fine Art, Textiles and more including:
The Age – 3  Civil War 1864 Era Newspapers
Lots of Antique Fire Brigade related ephemera 
Collection of hand carved folk art figures by Tim Jumper of Hingham MA

see partial photo gallery here > http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/photopanel.cgi?mode=1&listingid=2085479&url=auctionlist.cgi

Magnolia is a bit busier than it has been in the past 6 months, but there is parking on both sides of all the streets all the way around the the Village.

Poll- Since the Gloucester Daily Times Went Paywall- How Has It Influenced Your Viewership?

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

The poll is multiple choice, select as many as you feel are appropriate in your instance.


Feel free to leave comments below in the comment section if I left out an option which best describes you.

GloucesterCast With The Clam Creator James Dowd and Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 5/17/14

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GloucesterCast With The Clam Creator James Dowd and Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 5/17/14

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James Dowd And KT From Big Mike’s Bikes Have Started The Clam and Y’all Really Ought To Check It Out-

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SAFETY‎Safety 80s Spring Fling at Mile Marker One

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Music This Weekend – Get out and enjoy

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TONIGHT, Friday, May 16, 2014

Listen to Miranda Russell MIRANDA RUSSELL

Live and Unplugged: Fundraiser for Manchester Essex Regional Schools Spaulding Education Fund
Crowell Chapel
4 Rosedale Ave., Manchester, MA 01944
7:00 pm LINDA AMERO

Menage a Trio with special guest Jack Senier (piano) & & Mark Pucci (bass)
The Franklin Cafe
118 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978-283-7888
FREE SHOW
8:00 pm  1964: THE TRIBUTE

1964: The Tribute takes their audiences on a musical journey to a nostalgic era in rock history
Rockport Music’s Shalin Liu Performance Center
37 Main Street, Rockport, MA 01966
Phone: 978-546-7391
8:00 pm  BRITANNICA

The Studio Restaurant
51 Rocky Neck Ave, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978-283-4123
FREE SHOW
8:30 pm Listen to The Hot Tub Piranhas THE HOT TUB PIRANHAS

with special guest Frank Hawks
Pilot House Restaurant & Lounge
3 Porter Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978-283-0131
FREE SHOW
9:00 pm  DREADROCKS

Captain Carlo’s
27-29 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978-283-6342
FREE SHOW
9:00 pm THE RUNAROUND SOUND

Dog Bar
65 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978-281-6565
FREE SHOW
9:00 pm  EVAN GOODROW BAND

Rock & Soul
Minglewood Tavern
25 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978-281-0223
FREE SHOW
9:00 pm LIVE DEAD – A TRIBUTE TO THE GRATEFUL DEAD

Live Dead at The St Lawrence Literary Society
(It’s a bar!)
The Saint Lawrence Clu
11 Fairview Ave., Ipswich, MA
Phone: 978 356 3125
9:30 pm Listen to Ned and The Big Babies NED AND THE BIG BABIES rock pop rock indie

The Rhumb Line
40 Railroad Ave, Gloucester, MA
Phone: 978-283-9732

TOMORROW, Saturday, May 17, 2014

10:00 am  MOTIF NO.1 DAY

Instrument Petting Zoo
Rockport Music’s Shalin Liu Performance Center
37 Main Street, Rockport, MA 01966
Phone: 978-546-7391
FREE SHOW
12:00 pm  MOTIF NO.1 DAY: WENHAM STREET BRASS

Trio of young professionals dedicated to engaging audiences through performance and education.
Rockport Music’s Shalin Liu Performance Center
37 Main Street, Rockport, MA 01966
Phone: 978-546-7391
FREE SHOW
6:00 pm DAN KING

Early Show with special guests
The Rhumb Line
40 Railroad Ave, Gloucester, MA
Phone: 978-283-9732
FREE SHOW
7:30 pm Listen to ROOTS 66 ROOTS 66

with special guest Mark Earley
Crosswinds Coffeehouse @ First Baptist Church
38 Gloucester Ave., Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: (978) 283-4808
FREE SHOW
8:00 pm  SAFETY
Bridge Deck
Mile Marker One
75 Essex Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: (978) 283-2122
FREE SHOW
8:00 pm  CHERYL WHEELER & MELISSA FERRICK

Leaders of the New England folk music scene
Rockport Music’s Shalin Liu Performance Center
37 Main Street, Rockport, MA 01966
Phone: 978-546-7391
8:30 pm SUGARTONES

The Studio Restaurant
51 Rocky Neck Ave, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978-283-4123
FREE SHOW
9:00 pm  DON’T CALL ME SHIRLEY
Captain Carlo’s

27-29 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978-283-6342
FREE SHOW
9:00 pm  JOE UNIS BAND
Dog Bar
65 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978-281-6565
FREE SHOW
9:00 pm  EDDY’S SHOE
Get Groovy
Minglewood Tavern
25 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978-281-0223
FREE SHOW
9:30 pm  SARAH SWAIN
The Rhumb Line
40 Railroad Ave, Gloucester, MA
Phone: 978-283-9732
FREE SHOW
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Reminder: Cape Ann Milkweed Project Seed Pickup and Information Day is Sunday, May 18th, from 9:30 to Noon

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Monarch Butterflies Gloucester Massachusetts ©Kim Smith 2006Eastern Point during the Monarch’s southward migration in late summer.

The first Monarchs of Spring 2014 have been sighted in Massachusetts (Kingston), as has emerging milkweed. For the past week, a weather pattern has been in place that is perfect for the Monarchs northward migration. Powerful south winds pumped warm air northward and in conditions such as these, Monarchs are carried from southern regions more quickly northward.

Below is a map from the Journey North website illustrating favorable wind patterns for Monarchs.

Our milkweed and New England Aster seed pickup day is this coming Sunday from 9:30 to noon at Captain Joe and Sons. Captain Joe’s is located at 95 East Main Street and you can find directions posted on their website here. Thanks so much to Joey for hosting the event at the dock. Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Lisa Marie Tonight @ The Dave Sag’s Blues Party!

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She’s back….! That boisterous belter of the blues: Ms. Lisa Marie. Just back from the cotton harvest in Mississippi, she’s ready to drop that eleven foot sack on your big toe. One of our faves, this gal has the wherewithal to get your intestines in a double clove hitch! Till you cry “ooh whee!”
  She’ll be bringing along her posse of sympathetic players including “Silvertone” Steve or is it “Silverfish?” on guitar, Johnny Juxo, a new guy for me, on kleeboards, and Steevee “HaHa” Chaggaris, on defibrillators. I’ll be on base, in the corner, and hopefully, in the pocket.  Do come! Our new hours are 8:30 to 11:30.
And like Dave Brown says:” We are nothing without you!” I mean it. Free Serutan® to the first 300 contented fans!

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Saucer Magnolia and Another View of the Mabel Burnham House, Essex

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Saucer Magnolia ©Kim Smith 2014No group of trees and shrubs is more favorably known or more highly appreciated in gardens than magnolias, and no group produces larger or more abundant blossoms.” ~ Ernest “Chinese” Wilson, botanist and plant explorer

Do you have a favorite flowering tree? If I  had to chose just one, which would be very, very difficult because I LOVE all flowering tress, it might just be the Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia soulangeana). But ask me again when the dogwoods are in bloom! I would love to know what is your favorite spring blooming tree. Write in the comment section and let us know. And send a photo, too, if you’d like. Thanks!

Saucer magnolia ©Kim Smith 2014Global climate change is causing extremes in weather worldwide. The horticultural problems created by a spring cycle of freezing-thawing-freezing temperatures are only going to increase. The gardener’s best defense is to plant species that can withstand these new horticultural parameters. I find the Saucer Magnolia, which blooms later than the Star Magnolia, a much better choice for New England gardens, where spring is fleeting at best and tree blossoms are often quickly ruined by frost.

Magnolia Burnham Houes Essex MA ©Kim Smith 2014

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Does your Mom ROCK? Then Dance with her to ENTRAIN tonight at 8 and help restore Gloucester’s UU Meetinghouse

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Tickets at the door starting at 4pm.

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Jenny Dee and The Deelinquents.Tonight @ Captain Carlos.

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So good, for real!!

Posted on by Nichole S.

I’m a sucker for ricotta on my pizza…or on anything else for that matter.  We ordered a pizza from Mike’s Place in Gloucester the other night and it was unbelievable.  I’ve been jonesing for some sweet sauce pizza since one of GMG’s podcasts months ago that discussed a theory on favorite pizzas and it was finally my turn to pick the pizza.  So ridiculously yummy…

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Breaded eggplant, caramelized onions, ricotta and mozzarella with Mike’s favorite-sweet pizza sauce

Check out the Mike’s Place full menu

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Reminder: Monarch Milkweed and Aster Seed Pickup and Information Day is Next Sunday, May 18th, from 9:30 to Noon

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Where are the Monarchs today in their northward migration? They have spread throughout the Great Plains and Southern States. Some have already been sighted as far north as Michigan and Wisconsin! Monarch Migration Map

Our Milkweed and New England Aster seed pickup day is next Sunday from 9:30 to noon at Captain Joe and Sons. Captain Joe’s is located at 95 East Main Street and you can find directions posted on their website here. Thank you so much to Joey for offering to host the event at the dock. See You There!

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You Can Vote Everyday for Red, White, and You Contest to Fund Our Fireworks

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Melissa Cox shares a link to win a contest sponsored by Destination America to help fund our fireworks display. She writes, “Can you please share this link to a contest to support our wonderful Gloucester Fireworks show on the 3rd of July? You can vote once a day until May 16th.”

Red, White, and You People’s Choice

Estate Sale ~ Friday and Saturday @ 9:00 am 23 Chapel Street, East Gloucester, MA

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Check it out!

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May 9th & 10th 9:00am No early birds, please

23 Chapel Street

East Gloucester, MA

 

Reminder ~ The Open Door Empty Bowl Dinner is Thursday, May 8th, Tomorrow!

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Herb Wennerberg reminds everyone that the Open Door Empty Bowl Dinner is Thursday, May 8th, from 4 to 8pm at Cruiseport. 

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Herb submits this funny video from last year’s event, with footage of uninvited guest Homie, who not only eats someone else’s soup, he makes a terrible mess, and tries to take the pretty bowl with him! My goodness Homie, such bad manners!