Category: gloucester

JOIN CB FISK FOR AN OPEN SHOP CELEBRATION IN GLOUCESTER!

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You are cordially invited to join us at our Gloucester workshop to celebrate the creation of a new pipe organ. See and hear Opus 153, tour the shop, and learn about the art and craft of organ building. We look forward to seeing you then–

Saturday, April 6
2 pm – 6 pm

C.B. Fisk, Inc.
21 Kondelin Road
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
978 283-1909 • http://www.cbfisk.com

OPUS 153

WESLEY UNITED  METHODIST CHURCH
MUSCATINE, IOWA

3 manuals • 39 stops • 34 independent voices
(1:16 scale model shown)

BEST PASTA MAKING DAY EVER!

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With love and gratitude to Nina and Frank Groppo who each year open their hearts and home to the community, sharing in the true spirit of Saint Joseph ❤

This special, extra day of pasta-making, especially for kids, as well as grownups who could not attend last Tuesday, would not be possible without the love and help of Groppo family friends, grandparents, moms, dads, aunts, and uncles who take the time and care to show the “next generation” time held traditions and celebrations. Viva San Giuseppe!

FREE! BIG TINY ART-MAKING WORKSHOPS AND CALL FOR BIG TINY ART TO BENEFIT THE ROCKY NECK CULTURAL CENTER!

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Machaca’s $1,000 Singer-Songwriter Challenge week #5 happening this evening 8pm 3.13.2019

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Tonight, we bring you week #5 of our $1,500 Singer-Songwriter Challenge starting at 8pm. We have an incredible lineup tonight, so arrive early to get a seat and catch a great night of live, regional talent and see who will move on to the April 3rd Finals and a chance to play for part of the $1,500 prize purse!

14 Rogers Street
Gloucester, MA
(978) 865-3669

https://www.facebook.com/machacagloucester/

 

Wednesdays with Fly Amero @ The Rhumb Line ~ His Very Special Musical Guests:BOB DAVIS’ JOHNNY CARWASH! Tonight 7pm 3.13.2019

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JB!
Wednesday, March 13 – 7pm
My Very Special Musical Guests:
BOB DAVIS’ JOHNNY CARWASH!

 

Seriously folks, this will be an extraordinary and unforgettable
night at the Rhumb Line that no one should dare missing. For
starters, it features a rare 20th Anniversary appearance of Bob
Davis’ incredible trio, “Johnny Carwash”. But, that’s just the
beginning! March 13 marks Brother JB’s 71st birthday!
Sitting in with the band on this night, JB has been close friends
with Bob since the Beatles were babies. In fact, it was Davis
himself who introduced JB to the very guitar that started the entire Amero journey so many, many years ago. Thus, we
celebrate. 20 years of Johnny Carwash, 50 years since JBand Bob have performed publicly together – and… 71 years of
JB! Are you friggin’ CRAZY? Be there early if you want a seat!
No shit! ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
The Rhumb Line Kitchen……features Morgan Forsythe! Dishes are better than ever before!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!
Upcoming…
3/20 – Quentin Callewaert (Bradley Hosts)

3/27 – John Rockwell Hosts

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

 

JOE VIRGILIO MAKING SAINT JOSEPH ROLLS

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The Virgilios began making St. Joseph rolls in the early 1950s, for the Feast of Saint Joseph, and today, they make them year round. Back then, there were so many families that celebrated Saint Joseph traditions that even as young kids, Joe and all his cousins had to hurry to the bakery after school to help their grandfather fill the St. Joseph roll orders. Now the bread is made with state of the art equipment but in his grandfather’s day it was all made by hand. Joe smiled thinking about how his grandfather would love today’s mixing and baking machines. I went home with a camera-full of stories and bag full of Joe’s bread, both generous, and much-appreciated gifts.

Virgilio’s Saint Joseph rolls are super yummy plain, with a touch of butter, or olive oil, and are even more super delicious made into one of their world-famous sandwiches!

Chris Stovall Brown tonight @ Dave Sag’s Blues Party ~ The Rhumb Line 8:30pm 3.7.2019

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Thursday nite: Chris “Stovall” Brown parachutes into the RhumbLine with his wild toolbox of groovey toons, guitar lix and trix to regale you with his wide palate of soul and Blooze. Along with Mike Clarke on drummps,  our li’l trio makes a lot o’sound. See for yourself!

 

 

http://users.rcn.com/drhepcat/CHRIS_WEBSITE/Home.html

 

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

http://www.therhumbline.com/

 

Toni Ann Enes tonight with Fly Amero @ The Rhumb Line 7pm 3.6.2019

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Dinner Specials Each Week!
Wednesday, March 6 – 7pm
My Musical Guest: TONIANN!

March of 2019 marks my 28th year of weekly shows at the
Rhumb Line. Can you even imagine? Now, that’s a house
gig! Very fitting I should have one of my all-time favorite
music guests on this special night. The wonderful, soulful,
sweet and loving ToniAnn Enes. Let’s all show up and give
the girl the love she deserves. She is, after all, Gloucester’s
very own child… and treasure! It’s a 7pm start, of course. ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
The Rhumb Line Kitchen……features Morgan Forsythe! Dishes are better than ever before!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!
Upcoming…
3/13 – Johnny Carwash Reunion

 

 

 

 

 

3/20 – Quentin Callewaert (Bradley Hosts)

 

 

 

 

3/27 – John Rockwell Hosts

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

Dave Sag’s Blues Party celebrates tonight …Yes, it’s Mardi Gras Time @ The Rhumb Line 2.28.2019

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Thursday at the Rheummie, Let’s celebrate Phat Tuesday. Yes, it’s Mardi Gras Time and in honor of St.Hadacol, we’re gonna whoop it up before the dreaded Lenten heave-ho. So, look out for something a lil different. I’ve got John Cameron, fleet-fingered piano perfessor to tinkle the ivories, Steevee Sadler to mortar the cracks, and Andrew “Pops” Jones lubricatin’ that second line beat. Plus a whole slew of musical cronies who promise to show up and electrify the situation.Gonna be singin’ a whole lot of nude stuff. be prepared! 830 to 1130

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

http://www.therhumbline.com/

MAR 4TH Fireside Chat Speaker Series @ Beauport Hotel Gloucester w/Captain Paul “Sasquatch” Cohan

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Grab a drink, pull up a chair and listen to the tales of Captain Paul “Sasquatch” Cohan who made his living off the fierce ocean that is the fishing grounds of the North Atlantic.

Sasquatch has achieved an iconic stature in Gloucester through his 35 years captaining his own commercial fishing boats, his tireless fishing industry activism, and especially, his music. An acclaimed story-teller and songsmith, Sasquatch speaks from, and of the heart, and his boundless love of Gloucester. He is the quintessential “Gloucesterman” and it is verified by a style which he glibly refers to as “Gloustacana”, which embodies the heart and soul of The American Fisherman’s Home Port. His wit, his wisdom, and his “Sea Cred” are melodically woven into each of his spell-binding appearances. You will laugh and you will cry, and you’ll always remember your encounter with “Sasquatch”!

Space is limited, so please reserve your spot today for this FREE event by emailing our Concierge at concierge@beauporthotel.com. Be sure to mention your name and how many people will be attending. Light refreshments will be served. We hope you will join us for an engaging and lively discussion!

55 Commercial St
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Get Directions
Call (978) 282-0008

THANK YOU TO ASHLEY DESTINO FOR THE FANTASTIC TOUR OF GLOUCESTER MARINE GENOMICS INSTITUTE!

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GMGI conference ‘room with a view.’

Friday morning, ahead of the first of many public open houses to be held at the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute, we taped our weekly podcast in the conference room at the stunning new science center. Ashley Destino, development and communications director, gave us a grand tour of the labs, as well as a tour of the second floor.

Tim Sullivan

It was all very exciting to learn more about this stellar institution and my favorite parts were interviewing one of GMGI’s lead scientists, Tim Sullivan, and learning about Red Sea Urchins (Mesocentrotus franciscanus). This fascinating species can live for two hundred years, regenerate damaged appendages, and reproduce throughout their life span. The Red Sea Urchin is just one of many species the institute is sequencing. GMGI is also studying blue American Lobsters, one donated by Captain Joe and Sons!

At GMGI, Red Sea Urchins are housed in aquariums and fed weekly. Here’s one ‘chowing down’ on iceberg lettuce (just kidding; it was eating so slowly, you could barely tell it was eating at all). In the wild, Red Sea Urchins eat kelp.

The second floor is available to rent and the build out possibilities are limitless, with a huge amount of floor space, sun pouring through the windows, and an expansive outdoor deck, including a spectacular view.

Host Joey, with Ashley, Ron Gilson and Chris McCarthy

The Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute is located at 417 Main Street in Gloucester. Listen to our podcast and visit the GMGI website to learn more about the Institute’s research and education programs.

Hand painted oar gifted to GMGI by Sam Nigro

STACKING LOBSTER TRAPS AT CAPTAIN JOES

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All in a day’s work.

Joey and Chris stacking lobster traps.

A MAGICAL MIRAGE CALLED AN ‘OMEGA’ MOONRISE

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February’s Super Snow Moon was magical in more ways than simply beautiful. The unusual mirage captured during the Moon’s rise was seen by other Cape Ann photographers as well as myself. Lisa Freed from Rockport photographed the omega shape, rising adjacent to Motif No.1.

The effect has several names including Omega Moonrise, Etruscan Vase Moonrise, and Inferior Mirage Moonrise. The omega shape is seen more often during a sunrise, so it is quite exciting that we were witness to an Omega Moonrise on Cape Ann!

From my reading, this is how I understand why it occurs:

During cold weather, when the seawater is warmer than the air, the lowermost air layer is warmed up by the water and produces a temperature difference.

This omega shape is a type of inferior mirage. The refracted (inverted) image is actually below the object’s true position. When the Moon protrudes above the horizon at Moonrise, its inferior mirage can sometimes be seen below it, where it joins the true Moon, creating an omega shape. For this mirage to occur, a layer of very warm air must lie just above the sea surface.


Omega Moonrise (above)

A few minutes later

Wednesdays at The Rhumb Line ~ Bradley Royds hosts for the evening with Special Guest: Jake Pardee 7pm 2.20.2019

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Dinner Specials Each Week!
Wednesday, February 20 – 7pm
Your Guest Host: BRADLEY ROYDS!

photo by Sheila Roberts Orlando

Pictured here demonstrating unbelievably super-human brute strength, we see Bradley Royds
single-handedly preventing the collapse of an abandoned 4-story brick condo in Bar Do Abismo,
Portugal, where he has become a celebrated and worshipped folk hero. Odd, since he’s so
well-known for bringing DOWN the house wherever he performs. Lucky for us all, though, he’ll
be concentrating his amazing powers toward hosting this week’s Rhumb Line Wednesday
Extravaganza in my absence (I’ll be on a string of Orleans dates in California). Thank you,
almighty powerful Mr. Royds! Bradley’s musical guest this week will be the very talented and
popular Jake Pardee, a powerhouse in his own right (and write)!

Come and say hello to these products of a rare and special breed. Meanwhile, I’ll be looking forward to seeing all you
beautiful people next week. ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
The Rhumb Line Kitchen……features Morgan Forsythe! Dishes are better than ever before!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!
Upcoming…

2/27 – Ed Daley

 

 

 

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

OUR FUNNY VALENTINE

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Puddle Jumping (and puddle sitting)!

When our kids were little people they loved Stage Fort Park, and now here we are with Charlotte ❤

 

Violinist Sara Pajunen and accordionist Teija Niku bring their contemporary chamber-folk sound to Cape Ann. Thurs., Feb. 21, 2019, 7:00 p.m

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https://www.aallotarmusic.com/

Pajunen was warmly received in performance here in 2018, and now with Niku draws on their Nordic heritage to create traditional and modern folk music as well as distinctive vocals.

Aallotar plays on Thurs., Feb. 21, 2019, 7:00 p.m.

St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1123 Washington St., Lanesville. https://www.stpaulcapeann.org/

Free will donations appreciated.