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Fish on Fridays

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The Fish on Fridays series is a collaboration between Gloucester photographers Kathy Chapman and Marty Luster. Look for various aspects of Gloucester’s centuries-old fishing industry highlighted here on Fridays.

Gloucester’s Intershell International Corporation is in the process of moving their processing plant from The Fort to Blackburn Circle. Monte Rome talks to Marty and Kathy about the state of the fishing industry and his company’s goals. http://www.intershell.biz

 

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You Gotta Love The Post Office Offering Up In House Recycling

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Probably One of The Biggest No Brainer Public Initiatives Of All Public Initiatives, No?

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The Big Freeze of January 1979

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi, Joey.  Thought you might want to post the attached photos sometime this month.
There always seem to be photos of Gloucester Harbor freezing in the early 1900’s, but have you ever seen photos of a frozen Ipswich Bay?
Here’s the proof!
It has been 25 years since Ipswich Bay froze so solid that my brother, Dan Brown, and his friend, Russell Hazelgard, walked out from Bay View to the bell bouy off Wingaersheek Beach at the entrance to the Annisquam River. January of 1979.  We haven’t seen a freeze since then!
Laura Brown

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1930’s-1940’s Copy-Ocean-Clear Lobsters Consolidated Lobster CO INC Gloucester MA (Bay view)

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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As I said I would send.  My mother sent this to me of her Father (Chester E. Mac Neil) lived both in Lanesville Duley Street early 30’s and Bay View, Washington Street.  Mom  told me – Lived on Duley Street when she was about 2 around 1933 young child her Dad Chester Mac Neil worked for the Ocean Clear Lobsters – drove out of Bay-view Lobster Company driving a truck. Later family moved to Kilbey Street in the year of 1935, then to Washington Street where mother Mildred Mac Neil lived until late 90’s…The music is for my fond memories of Grampy and Grandmother God knows they were there when we needed them most!  (Chester E. Mac Neil in the sky summer of 1968- wife Mildred Mac Neil (Fitting words of song in the sky please post both thanks you and his Wife Mildred Mac Neil).  Family is way too important!
The man in the Roadie Cap is Chester by left close to van…Mr. Raymond O’Connell (owner) with Brother in Boston pier North Shore Lobster Company State Street Boston according to her.  He drove his truck out of Bay view Mr. Bob Lee worked in office and she said she road with him across cut bridge and sometimes on trips to Boston. I think she said his longest trip was to Nova Scotia?  She told me he stopped driving after injuring his shoulder dislocated never was the same after.  (He had a beautiful garden in on his property I know (we ate vegetables out of it) 🙂
Have to rotate view clockwise on PDF…This copy is yours to post (Fred-Capt Joe)…and keep…
Keep up the great work at GMG and I will pass on other’s as they come available to the foundation of my childhood  Cape Ann.
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Gloucster Daily Times Obit her passing on into the sky with her father.

Mildred E. (Peters) MacNeiI Mildred E. (Peters) MacNeil, 106, wife of the late Chester E. MacNeil, died Friday, April 11 2002, in the Grey cliff at Cape Ann Nursing Home. Mrs. MacNeil was born Dec. 21, 1896, in Williamstown, daughter of the late James W. and Mildred (Giroux) Peters. Mrs. MacNeil, known only as Mrs. Mac, resided in Bay View with her grandson and his wife, Richard and Carol MacNeil, for many years.

Mrs. MacNeil was an active member of the community and the Sacred Heart Church in Lanesville, where she was a member of the Ladies ‘Auxiliary. She often sang in the Sacred Heart Choir and performed in minstrel shows around Cape Ann. She was a good cook and her pies and doughnuts were “legendary” at Sacred Heart bakes sales. During World War II, she often took in the Annisquam Coast Guard Station attendants, Opening her house to the men stationed there before the facility burned down. She was often quoted saying that was the least she could do, and that she hoped other women overseas were opening up their homes to her sons.   Cape Ann Known for the great cooks passed on through Generations.

Round Up of Top 2013 Local and National Art Stories: Aplomb

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image004Local and national common threads include advocacy, aplomb, and access. Oh, and Amazon. December 5, 2013 was a huge news day. Here, aplomb (awards and institutions)

Part Two: PLOMB

Gloucester, MA:  the Gloucester HarborWalk designed by Cambridge Seven Associates took home an impressive array of local, regional, and national awards in 2013. Click this HarborWalk design page link and once there click the dash for ‘award winning walk’ to read more about the details.

2013 Highlighted with other Innovative MA Placemaking Spaces, Ma Smart Growth Alliance, ABX

2013 Pioneer in Partnership Award, Essex National Heritage Commission

2013 Eminent Waterfront Center Excellence on the Waterfront Awards

2013 Prestigious Gold MUSE Award from the American Alliance of Museums

2013 Golden Shoe Award from WalkBoston

2013 One of many key parts for downtown Gloucester receiving a 2ndMassachusetts Cultural Council Cultural District designation

2013  Kenneth E. Pickard Municipal Innovation Award from the Massachusetts Municipal Association

 

Gloucester, MA: The stellar Cape Ann Museum raises millions for upgrades

Gloucester, MA: Worth repeating, Gloucester has two cultural districts Rocky Neck and downtown’s Harbortown. Who knows, there could be five in Gloucester with all that is vibrant and historic within its Magnolia, Lanesville and Annisquam villages. The twoGloucester districts have been partnering with Rockport, and Essex. On the Northshore there is also Newburyport and Lynn. Salemand Ipswich can’t be too far off. Soon launching, the Cape Ann Cultural District mobile App will help pinpoint and navigate all four districts’ cultural destinations and other points of interest. The City of Gloucester and the towns of Essex and Rockport were awarded a grant from the MCC for the development of this new App.  The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and seARTS are key partners (join both!) The bulk of the required matching funds were provided by the City of Gloucester, through the Office of Mayor Carolyn Kirk and by partner organizations and municipalities.

AAA article and hot off the press Kim Smith’s wonderful Mott article

READ MORE “Round Up of Top 2013 Local and National Art Stories” from Catherine Ryan here:

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Winter Carnival & Ice Skating on I4-C2?

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This just in from Cape Ann TV’s Lisa Smith:

Will I4-C2 become a skating rink and downtown a winter wonderland?  Find out what Mayor Kirks thinks about this when she is interviewed by Meredith Fine on this week’s Cape Ann Report. They also discuss these topics: Birdseye property development; harbor moorings; new happenings in the Gloucester Police and Fire Departments; laptops for Gloucester students and more.  The show airs on Cape Ann TV Channel 12: Thursday @ 6pm; Friday @ 1pm and Sunday @ 3pm. You can also watch this and other shows online here.

Talk about Rag Time ~ Dave Sag’s Blues Party has The Good Old Salty Jazz Band playing tonight. 8-11

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Giuseppe’s Ristorante, Gloucester, Ma SingerSongwriterShuffle! Tonight! Tony Goddess, John Jerome, Scotty Andersen, Sarah Hoonah Smith, Ryan Sweezey, Guy Zacaardi, Howie Newman for our SingerSongwriterShuffle! 7-10.

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ATTENTION GLOUCESTER RESTAURANTS

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

LAST CALL for the Cape Ann Mobile App

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I am coordinating the uptake of Points of Interest for the new mobile app across all 4 cultural districts (Essex, Rocky Neck, Rockport, Harbortown). To date very few Gloucester businesses and inns have entered their information. And only ONE downtown restaurant is entered!

We know that Gloucester is home to some amazing food and a wide variety of restaurants!!

  • There is no fee to join the app – yet. It is grant funded for the first two years.
  • Your business will be “pinned” to a Google map for visitors to see and contact you based upon your address 
  • Your business will have a “landing page” on the mobile app. Please keep your information brief and concise. It makes the download faster.
  • You can have an image/logo/photo for your landing page, however it must conform to the following design specs: 240px H max x 600px W max (same format as a Facebook banner), 150 dpi.
  • You can list up to 3 categories for your business. When visitors select a category like “Shopping and Antiques” businesses will appear based upon the proximity to the user, not alphabetically. Here are the categories:
    • Arts + Galleries
    • Attractions + Recreation
    • Historic Sites + Museums
    • Performances + Music
    • Restaurants + Lodging
    • Shopping + Antiques
    • Services

Here is the link to add your business to the mobile app. 

http://tinyurl.com/CapeAnnMobileApp DEADLINE: January 31 @ 5:00pm

If you want to get a feel for what this app will look and feel like, check out

ExperienceTheKennebunks.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely, 

Rebecca Borden

President & interim Executive Director

Cape Ann Art Haven

Round Up Of Top 2013 Local and National Art Stories: Access

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To Our GMG Readers: My apologies for our being behind in posting this series for Catherine Ryan. The following story, “Access,” is actually part three of a terrific three part series that Catherine wrote titled, “Round Up of Local and National Art Stories,” featuring the local and national common threads of advocacy, aplomb, and access.” We’ll start with part three,  Access, and work backward as this is great content relevant to our local artists and art scene.

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Round up of top 2013 Local and National Art Stories

Local and national common threads include advocacy, aplomb, and access. Oh, and Amazon. December 5, 2013 was a huge art news day. Last up below: access (public).

Part 3 of 3: ACCESS

Open Content: Sometimes my research and work has required obtaining permission for images which can be an issue and expense. In 2010, I began to hear from more and more museum curators a growing rumble that the “barn doors would be thrown wide open”. That particular quote was the most memorable expressed to me, but all were variations on the same issue: public domain and open content. Joining the National Gallery of Art, Yale University, Los Angeles County Museum, and Harvard, in August 2013 the J. Paul Getty Museum announced its complete “commitment to sharing digital resources freely with all….It is now the mark—and social responsibility—of world-class institutions to develop and share free cultural and educational resources.” And with that bumped 4600+ eligible images on line and the bigger story and message went viral. This means optimum, quality digital resolution to linger, study, and copy– no more sour imprints and hassle for many works of art. Congratulations James Cuno—who has MA and Chicago ties. Google Art Project has a part in this shift. We’ll see whether this conversation increases in 2014, and other topics concerning museum goals and values (free admission– without allowing the institutions to decay, policy debates, etc).

National trends: Crowdsource funding remains strong and in the news. Spike Lee used Kickstarter, and here at home Felicia Ciaramitaro published the first gorgeous book of her Sicilian cookbook series. Local Rob Newton Cape Ann Community Cinema successful and oh so deserving Indiegogo campaign raised $54,000. Crowdtilt gained ground. High Line ripple effect and references are everywhere and we all benefit. Amazon tries its hand at selling original art on line (while 20 x 200 closes). Maker movement/DIYcontinues to grow (Etsy, YouTube, and Pinterest).image002

Better programming and better websites: NEA, MOTT (above), Essex National Heritage…a long list of improved websites. Gloucester has this down, too, whether new events such as Cape Ann Ceramics Festival, curated by Susan Hershey, Jenny Rangan & Seyrel Williams, or mainstays amped up (see Maritime Gloucester Museum: Schooner Festival / lobster bake as one of many examples!) Ah, the floater home page!

Communication: I’m impressed by our local businesses, institutions, Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary; all combine to spread news, host, feature, and put up with plastering of flyers and the like to help the creative arts. Plus we are super lucky because local media covers the arts scene. Thank you, thank you WBUR, the Artery, Art New England, Boston Globe, seARTS newsletter, Cape Ann Beacon  and Gloucester Daily Times. Sadly for us but good news for Hamilton – Wenham, editor Jane Enos has left the Cape Ann Beacon for the Chronicle. Good luck Jane! Welcome to the new editor, JC Lockwood!image003

When I think arts access, the award-winning blog  Good Morning Gloucester has to be the apex, having redefined shared community information, and yes arts guide. It has reached beyond our geography. One quick art example: Master Drawings from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts will feature a Gloucester snapshot of the house depicted in the Edward Hopper drawing, Double House which I identified and GMG shared.

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I have worked with this museum’s print and drawing department, and met Rev. Richard L. Hillstrom, an art collector who gave the Hopper drawing to the museum. Rev. Hillstrom put together a significant collection of religious prints and drawings for the Lutheran Brotherhood; not surprising with his knowledge and eye, with the collaboration of expertise of the print & drawings department (at that time the curators, former Director Richard Armstrong, Dennis Michael Jon, and others), and with the incredible holdings at this national treasure. In 2013, Jon juried the North American Print Biennial which was exhibited at Boston University. The Director of Prints and Drawings, Tom Rassieur has MA and NY ties.

Read more from Catherine, including information on where to apply to the Essex Heritage Grant program:

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The Beatles at Cape Ann Community Cinema This SAT 1/25

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You can always count on Rob Newton to come up with something fun, which is exactly what we need in the dead of winter.  Here’s what he’s got cooked up for this weekend.

CAPE ANN COMMUNITY CINEMA CELEBRATES
THE BEATLES AT 50

Beatles tribute band, film, plus new short this Saturday

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Acclaimed local Beatles tribute Studio Two will kick off the night taking moviegoers and fans back to the early 1960s when The Beatles were taking the world by storm.

In the new documentary short “The Beatles Boston,” filmmaker and lifelong Beatles fan Eric Green examines The Beatles’ history with the city of Boston. Featured interviews include Cha-Chi Loprete (the host of WZLX’s “Breakfast With The Beatles” program) and Tim Riley (NPR music critic and John Lennon biographer). The film illustrates why Boston has always loved The Beatles and continues to today.

The feature-length “The Beatles: First U.S. Visit” documents the Fab Four during their two week trip to New York, Washington, D.C., and Miami Beach. Footage includes an intimate look at the Beatles off-guard, off- and on-stage, their historic appearance on the Ed Sullivan show, and the rise of Beatlemania. 

Ticket prices are $14.00 for adults, $12.00 for Cinema members. Advance tickets are suggested, and may be purchased at www.CapeAnnCinema.com.

ABOUT STUDIO TWO
Studio Two is a Beatles tribute band that pays tribute to the early Beatles years, choosing songs from the pre-Sgt. Pepper era. These four lads met in a “cellar full of noise” in a town west of Liverpool––way west––in Milford, New Hampshire, and very faithfully recreates the Fab Four’s music, instruments, and onstage banter. More info at www.StudioTwoTribute.com.

ABOUT THE CACC
In its sixth year, the Cape Ann Community Cinema (www.CapeAnnCinema.com) is an intimate, 110-seat living-room-style digital theater, with tables for dining, comfortable chairs, and couches. It features an extensive DVD lending library for Cinema Members, and offers a variety of filmmaking courses for students ages 8 to 88. The Cape Ann Community Cinema is located at 21 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Gloucester, Massachusetts.

For more information about the event or the Cape Ann Community Cinema, contact Rob Newton at (978) 309-8448 or CapeAnnCinema at gmail dot com.

 

Wednesdays with Fly Amero~Special Guest: ToniAnn 8-11

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Wednesdays Only: Prime Rib, $12.95!

Wednesday, January 22nd
Special Guest: TONI ANN! 

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Our longtime friend with the beautiful soul and heart of gold.
Toni Ann shares her music with us this week. Lucky us! ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Prime Rib Special – $12.95 (while they last)
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Plus – Check out Fred’s rockin’ new wine menu!
Coming soon…

Marina Evans

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Renee Dupuis

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Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/

Looking forward……to seeing you there!  🙂 ~ Fly

Hoping GMG can help out with an old building downtown…

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey-

I’m hoping you could put this on the GMG blog and see if anyone might be able to come up with something.  A buddy of mine and I just purchased 6 and 8 Center St in downtown Gloucester (mainly known for being the home of K9 Kuts).  We are just starting to plan our rehab of the exterior of the building and I’m hoping that someone out there in the GMG universe might have an old picture that shows what the buildings looked like before they were sided as they are today.  I know from peeling back some of the siding that these were once clad in traditional clapboard, but any old photos or memories that anyone might have would go a long way towards the historic restoration of the property.  I also plan to check in with Fred B, the historic commission, and city archives, but thought GMG would be a great avenue as well.  I can be reached atrtjones1@gmail.com if anyone has anything to share.  Pic of building as it currently is is attached.  

Thanks, and thanks for the blog, it’s a great aggregator of so much that goes on in our community.  

-Randy Jones

6-8 Center Street

Birds of Cape Ann: Greater Yellowlegs and the Boreal Forest

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  • Lesser Yellowlegs Massachusetts © KIm Smith 2014.

What a treat to happen upon this pair of yellow-legged shorebirds feasting on tiny invertebrates in the mudflats at Henry’s Pond. 

Lesser Yellowlegs Pair Massachusetts © KIm Smith 2014

The Yellowlegs were foraging companionably alongside the Mallards, American Black Ducks, plovers, and Kildeers. I returned the following dawn and they had already departed for parts warmer. Perhaps we’ll see them again during their spring migration as they journey north to breed in the boreal bog forests of Canada and Alaska.

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Here on Cape Ann, we are fortunate to catch fleeting glimpses of species such as Greater Yellowlegs during the great annual fall migration. The map below shows the boreal forest biome (biome is another word for ecosystem), which lies to the south of the tundra and the north of deciduous forests and grasslands. The ground in the boreal forest is damp and boggy because of snowmelt and little evaporation due to cooler summer temperatures. The moist ground and long day length at northerly latitudes during the summer makes for explosive plant growth–Think Bird Food!–not only in the wealth of plants, but myriad insects attracted!

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I believe the pair to be Greater Yellowlegs. If any of our wonderful expert bird lovers would like to weigh in on this, I would be grateful. Songbirds and shorebirds that I have filmed on Cape Ann are featured in my Monarch film and I am in the process of writing the script. I want to insure that all the bird identifications are 100 percent accurate.

Addendum: Many, many thanks to Kate and Patricia (see comments) for identifying the pair as Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)!!

Map courtesy google image search.

Community Stuff 1/21/14

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Maritime Gloucester Kicks Off 2014 Speaker Series

Maritime Gloucester is kicking off its winter speaker series, Maritime Gloucester TALKS with weekly presentations in February featuring acclaimed presenters and hometown heroes who will focus on the themes of Schooners. Tom Balf, Maritime Gloucester’s Executive Director remarked, “as the host of the city’s annual Schooner Festival, we are proud to continue exploring schooner history and reaffirming its place on today’s waterfront.  We are excited to introduce a hands-on workshop as part of the series where participants can learn basic and traditional navigation techniques.  Maritime Gloucester is a place where we learn by doing.”

All presentations are free and open to the public, donations appreciated.  Weekly programs start at 7:00 p.m. on Thursdays in the Gorton’s Seafoods Gallery at Maritime Gloucester.  Advance online reservations are strongly encouraged at www.maritimegloucester.org or by calling 978 281 0470. The schedule and speaker bios follow.  Maritime Gloucester TALKS will continue into March with a series on Climate Change.  In April, Maritime Gloucester will host the UMass Large Pelagic Research Center’s annual speakers series.

FEBRUARY 6-Adaptive Sailing Program aboard the Schooner, Sugar Babe, Capt. Ed Boynton.  Come and learn Capt. Boynton’s program that brings people with disabilities sailing aboard theSugar Babe. Ed will recount the schooner’s traditional past and exciting new mission.

FEBRUARY 13-Fitz Henry Lane Online, Melissa Trafton, Senior Researcher & Martha Oaks, Curator, Cape Ann Museum.  The Cape Ann Museum is redesigning its Fitz Henry Lane Gallery and in addition, in 2015, the Museum will launch Fitz Henry Lane Online, a catalogue raisonné and research tool, featuring new discoveries and scholarship surrounding Lane and his milieu. Join us for a journey behind the scenes of Lane’s landscapes and learn more about the plans for the renovation and the FHL Online project.

FEBRUARY 20 –Lessons of Historic Ship Preservation Projects, Harold A. Burnham 2012 N.E.A. National Heritage Fellow Master Shipwright.  Through slides and discussion, Capt. Burnham will showcase several ship and vessel preservation projects he has been involved with over the years including fishing schooners Adventure, Effie M. Morrissey/ Ernestina, and Evelina M. Goulart.  He will discuss the lessons he has learned during the projects while balancing historic integrity, seaworthiness, financial stability, and preservation practices.

FEBRUARY 27-Secrets of Celestial Navigation, Carl Herzog, Instructor, Sea Education Association (SEA) and former editor of Reed’s Nautical Almanacs.  In the GPS age, steering a ship by the stars can seem like a mystical lost art. We’ll discuss the various ways that cultures across the globe and throughout history have used the stars for ocean navigation. In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore some simple practical skills you can still use with the night sky today; examine some of the tools of the trade, and answers questions like, “What do you see when you look through a sextant?”

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Photo: Gloucester’s Own Adventure and Ardelle, by Carl Gustin

Event – My Play’s performance from Mary Beth Smith

I’m not sure it you cover events outside of Gloucester and mind a little self-promoting…  I’m a playwright from Rockport and my play, “Keep A-breast”, won the Peter Honegger Prize for Top Honors in the One Act Category in The Firehouse Center for the Arts’ New Works Festival.  It’s a dramedy about my experience with breast cancer,  playing one night only on Friday, January 24th.  It’s sold out with lots of survivors coming – we’re all wearing “a splash of pink”.  Here’s the description:

Betty’s doctor recommended she seek advice from the multi-disciplinary board to decide treatment for breast cancer. But why is the lusty mailman and cranky waitress from the diner waiting in the queue to examine her? Why does her mother get to comment from above on everything Betty says to defend herself? And are Betty’s boobs really all that important anyway? And to whom?

I appreciate your mentioning it because I’m hoping to find a theater to perform it in October for breast cancer awareness.  If it’s not appropriate, no worries.  I work a lot and without your blog, I wouldn’t know what was happening in Gloucester and when.  Really appreciate it.

Hi Joey,

  Would it be possible to get the January deal for the Y posted on GMG?  A JPEG is attached.  Super deal worth over $200.  It would be great if you could help us get the word out!

Thanks,

Chris Erbland

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Artist Gabrielle Barzaghi and poet Patrick Doud present their collaborative

program of poetry and art titled Persistent Images

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Gloucester, MA – The Gloucester Writers Center presents Persistent Images, a 

collaborative program of poetry and drawings by Gabrielle Barzaghi and Patrick Doud, 

on Wednesday, January 22 from 7:30 to 9pm at the Gloucester Writers Center.

Gabrielle Barzaghi, a Trident Gallery artist and a Senior Lecturer at the New England 

School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, has had her work shown at the Boston 

MFA, the Currier Museum, the Fuller Museum, and the Cape Ann Museum, which 

recently acquired three pieces for their permanent collection. 

Patrick Doud is a strong, prolific poet and author, who has already published several 

books of poetry and two books of fantasy. His published books of poetry are Girding the 

Ghost, The Man in Green, and Hickory Bardolino Poems. In June 2010, he published his 

first entry in his series The Winnitok Tales titled The Hunt for the Eye of Ogin. In less 

than a year, Doud had already published his second entry to the series, The Mornith War.

For over a year, these two local artists have shared their work with one another to create a 

collaborative presentation that truly displays the literary and artistic talent that Gloucester 

has to offer.

The Gloucester Writers Center is a working writers center in a working town. It was 

founded in 2010 to save the late poet Vincent Ferrini’s home and turn it into a working 

writer’s center. Its mission is to preserve, promote, and celebrate Cape Ann’s rich literary 

legacy and to encourage writing and the belief that all voices count.

For more information about this event and upcoming events from the Gloucester Writers 

Center, please visit gloucesterwriters.org or visit us at 126 East Main Street, Gloucester, 

MA 01930.

Huge Sale at Savour Wine and Cheese!

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EVERYTHING is on sale for 15% off!

Sale Begins Tuesday, the 21st through Sunday, the 26th.

~  EVERYTHING! ~

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Discovery Auction (Walk-a-Round Style) Today January 20th – Monday night – 6pm (Inspection 3-6) 1 Lexington Ave. Magnolia Village in Gloucester, MA 01930

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Discovery Auction

Extreme Snow Date Tues. Jan. 21st

Those of you who’ve attended our most recent events, know that well, we haven’t really had any RECENT events, because we’ve been very busy stocking up the old warehouse and this Discovery Auction is going to be jam packed with treasures!

What exactly IS a Discovery Auction?

A discovery auction is probably the most exciting and fun of all types of auctions to attend! No one really knows what’s going to be there. OK, so we have an idea, but up until the day of the sale, even we don’t know everything that the auction will include. That’s because we’re going to pack it with the best, most unusual, profitable loot we can find, right up until the day of the sale!

What! No listing? No pictures?!

Nope. We may post a few on our Facebook Page or on www.capeannauction.com

You don’t really have any stuff yet do you? That’s why there are no pictures.

Wanna bet? 🙂 Seriously, we are packed for this sale. But posting tons of pics and posting a detailed listing is time consuming, time better spent on getting the sale ready!

What will the cat drag in…

While we won’t give you specifics, we can tell you that there will be lots of antiques, glass & china, ephemera, furniture, box-lots & surprises!

Food?

A light snack bar & coffee by Glosta Joes!

Terms:

Cash, checks & credit cards accepted w/ID

Helpful tips:

Bring boxes & packing, get there early enough to inspect, and be prepared to be on your feet for a while. This is a walk-a-round auction with no seating. (Be wary of standing too close to friends who may want to bid on the same things you do!)

Buyer’s Premium?

N-O-P-E!

What do you mean by Extreme Snow date?

We will have the auction unless there are severe, unsafe driving conditions. Check our website or our Facebook page if you have questions about cancellation
MA Lic#2621If you want to participate in future auctions as a seller or have something to sell to us directly, email to wkolenda@gmail.com

Sizzling Saturated Sunset

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Gloucester City Hall Smiths Cove sunset. ©Kim Smith 2014Gloucester City Hall Smiths Cove sunset. seagulls©Kim Smith 2014.Sunset Wednesday began quietly enough, in softly muted rose, violet, and amber.

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Decadent Desserts!

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I am planning to sign up for Chef Matt’s “Decadent Desserts” cooking class. I’ve never taken a cooking class before, but based on how much I learned and truly enjoyed Savour’s “Become a Wine Expert” series, I know it will be tons of fun. Besides, I tried making Apple Tarte Tartin from the original 1800s recipe (not successful) and would love to have Chef Matt’s recipe!!

P.S. It’s not that I am obsessed with Apple Tarte Tartin, the thing is, that at the end of the summer when our peaches and pears ripen, I would love to make Peach and Pear Tarte Tartins!

Greetings!

Our Winter Classes and Chef’s Table dinners have been scheduled and are beginning to fill up. Call to reserve your space today!

 
 
 

Winter Cooking Classes
   
Soups (SOLD OUT)

January 23, 2014
Decadent Desserts (limited availability)

February 6, 2014
Brunch Fare

February 20, 2014
Make Ahead Hors d’oeuvres

March 13, 2014
Make Ahead Dinners

March 27, 2014

Menu

Decadent Desserts

  • Flourless Chocolate Cake
  • Tiramisu
  • Lemon Curd
  • Apple Tart Tatin

Brunch

  • Quiche
  • Herb Roasted Potato
  • Granola
  • Scones
  • Poached Salmon
  • Cocktails

All classes are offered at $55 per person. Work side by side with

beach gourmet Chef’s Matthew Beach and Meghan Pozzi to learn techniques for the beginner or the seasoned in-home chef.

Watch and Learn or participate in the cooking demonstration.

All classes will be held at the beach gourmet “Exhibition Kitchen” located in Savour Wine and Cheese.

Classes also available in home.

About the Chef’s Table

Upcoming dates:

February 8th (Italian Wine Dinner)

February 16th (Four Course Dinner)

Menus to be published soon.

The Chef’s Table is a great way to extend our hospitality to clients or private tastings and classes. Our antique, hand-crafted table seats up to twelve people comfortably and is uniquely located inside Savour Wine and Cheese, adjacent to the beach gourmet exhibition kitchen. Guests at the table experience an exclusive private dining experience with a menu that is designed specifically to compliment the wine pairing by our wine expert, Kathleen Erickson.

These events are typically booked for private parties and are not open to the public, however we periodically open the table to reservations on a first-come, first-served basis. Sample Chef’s Table menus can be viewed on our beach gourmet web page. Do not delay in making your reservations. Open Chef’s Table events tend to sell-out very quickly.

 
 
 
 
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John Lamirande   
beach gourmet
76 Prospect Street
Gloucester, MA 01930