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Music Filled Weekend Starts Tonight!

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Inge Berge 7:00 pm Listen to Inge Berge INGE BERGE

Singer Songwriter Shuffle w/ Dave Simmons, Sarah Hoonah Smith, Julie Dougherty & Kathy Comeau,
2 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-879-4622

FREE SHOW
7:00 pm  TONI ANN ENES

Singer Songwriter Shuffle w/ Brian O’Connor
2 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-879-4622

FREE SHOW

8:00 pm  KINGSTON TRIO

one of America’s most beloved folk and pop groups, returns to the Shalin Liu Performance Center
37 Main Street, Rockport, MA 01966

Phone: 978-546-7391
8:30 pm  BRIAN FINES

open mic
11 Rogers St., Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: (978) 282-7399

FREE SHOW
8:30 pm  DAVE SAG’S BLUES PARTY

w/ Ed Scheer, Rick Russell & Mario Perrett
40 Railroad Ave, Gloucester, MA

Phone: 978-283-9732

FREE SHOW
9:00 pm  BRADLEY ROYDS

And Friends
65 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-281-6565

FREE SHOW
DJ Vito 9:00 pm DJ VITO

“SHAKE IT THURSDAYS”
25 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-281-0223

FREE SHOW
9:30 pm  WALLYS FUNK BAND

285 Cabot St, Beverly, MA 01915

Phone: 978-921-2233

FREE SHOW

Friday, June 7, 2013

Linda Amero 7:00 pm LINDA AMERO

Menage a Trio w. Jack Senier & Thomas Hebb
118 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-283-7888

FREE SHOW
7:00 pm  PETER SERKIN

Rockport Chamber Music Festival Opening Gala
37 Main Street, Rockport, MA 01966

Phone: 978-546-7391
  7:30 pm  RUNA

12 School Street, Rockport, MA 01966

Phone: 978-309-9667
7:30 pm  BOB AND JEN STROM

12 School Street, Rockport, MA 01966

Phone: 978-309-9667
8:00 pm  THE DUBTONE HORNS

Bridge Deck – Reggae On The River
75 Essex Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: (978) 283-2122

FREE SHOW
8:30 pm  JOE THOMAS

dueling pianos w/ Ricky Lauria
2 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-879-4622

FREE SHOW
9:00 pm  THE LISA LOVE EXPERIENCE

27-29 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-283-6342

FREE SHOW
9:00 pm  AT ALL COSTS

65 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-281-6565

FREE SHOW
9:00 pm  DAVE BAILIN AND THE BAILOUTS

rock/blues/classic rock
25 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone: 978-281-0223

FREE SHOW
9:30 pm  TWO BASS HIT

285 Cabot St, Beverly, MA 01915

Phone: 978-921-2233

FREE SHOW
Ned and The Big Babies 9:30 pm Listen to Ned and The Big Babies NED AND THE BIG BABIES rock pop rock indie

40 Railroad Ave, Gloucester, MA

Phone: 978-283-9732

Andrew is Leaving Cape Ann TV

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Andrew Love has been hired away by a neighboring TV station. I am so happy for Andrew’s new job opportunity but think I speak for the entire community when I say we are so sorry to see him leave CATV.  Andrew will be sorely, sorely missed by all.

Andrew will continue to live on Cape Ann, and remains available to hire as a freelance producer, videographer, editor, director–Andrew’s skills are many–and as I said before, Andrew is a genius! Seriously!

The following is a short film Andrew made for the company videoimpacts. It is a story that highlights the dangers of texting and driving. Beautiful work and great job Andrew!

The End Of An Era- Last Gloucester MA Eastern Rigged Dragger The Little Sandra Sunk

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Check Out The Story On The Gloucester Daily Times Website–

June 5, 2013

End of the Little Sandra
Last of city’s iconic trawlers put to rest

By James Niedzinski Staff Writer

and photos from our Paul Frontiero-

“Little Sandra” from Glenn AKA “Swimdad”

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Paul F. Frontiero Jr.

Last of the Wooden Eastern Rigged Side Draggers

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Paul F. Frontiero Jr.

Last of the Old Timers

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Paul F. Frontiero Jr.

Little Sandra

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Paul F. Frontiero Jr.

Mayor Kirk presents award to Jan Bordinaro @ Lobsta Land last night

Posted on by Vickie & Peter
Mayor Kirk presents award to Jan Bordinaro
Mayor Kirk presents City of Gloucester award to Jan Bordinaro at Lobsta Land 6/4

Our Boy Ed with Gloucester’s Small Business Person of the Year, Jan Bordinaro

Posted on by Vickie & Peter
Jan Bordinaro with Ed Collard
Jan Bordinaro, owner of Atlantis Oceanfront Inn and Cape Ann Chamber’s Small Business Person of the Year for Gloucester with Chamber President, Ed Collard at Lobsta Land 6/4

St. Ann School group photo

Posted on by Matthew Green

Everyone is sad to see St. Ann’s School go.  Last week I took a series of final group photos.  The children were squirmy in the hot sun, so there’s no one photo where they all are smiling and looking at the camera. I hopped into one of photos, since it was my last week at St. Ann’s too (albeit the church in my case, not the school)!

_Group photo with me

Special thanks to all the people who kept the school alive for so many years – the parents, teachers, administration, donors, etc.

Please comment if you have good memories of this school that you’d like to share! But let’s not get into the “blame game” about why it is closing. The school board, the principal (Michele Butler), and everyone involved have done whatever they could to avoid this situation. Let’s focus on the positive, and on thanking the hard work of all the people who made the school the special place it was.

– Matthew Green

 

What Time Is It Mr. Fox and The Rockport High School Madrigal Choir ” A Little Bit Of Blue” 5.31.2013

Posted on by Joanne

 

Click the photos for a slide show.

Stripers Are In!!!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey,

Mike Muniz holds up a striper he caught while fishing with his friend, Manny Silva, in Wonson Cove.  Apparently this one was caught in water that was less than 5 feet deep!

Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid

Stripers_in_Wonson_Cove

Babson Boulders at home

Posted on by Matthew Green

The Babson Boulders of Dogtown are one of the harder-to-find attractions in Gloucester; you have to download a map and go trekking through the woods. It’s well worth the walk, and can be a lot of fun (especially when it isn’t tick-and-mosquito season).

But you can also get your own miniature, customized “Babson Boulders” at home. Here’s mine:

Truth

 

It was a gift from the artist, my friend Michael Foley.  I don’t know of anyone else who makes these!  You can see more of his work, including other “boulders”, on his website or on Facebook. He also has work at “The Art Nook” on Bearksin Neck.

– Matthew Green

 

This is a Call Out to all Masters in the Craft of Deviled Egg Making

Posted on by God's Morning

deviled egg competition

It is time for the World Renowned GMG Biennial Deviled Egg Competition.  Those who would like to have their special deviled eggs included in the competition, be featured on the blog, and go down in deviled egg history,  just bring ‘em on Sunday, June 9th at 9:30am at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck Ave., Gallery 3.  This is way bigger than Topsfield Fair competition and doesn’t cost anything to enter.  I’m specifically calling out Kathy Chapman, Gigi Mederos/Stevie Black, Paul Frontiero, Sue Lovett and Joanne Souza – competitors in the last Deviled Egg Competition; but all those deft in the art of deviled egg making are welcome.  Beware, I did not enter my world famous deviled eggs in the last competition to give people a fair chance.  Not so this year – I’ll be there with my eggs and will show no mercy.

We’ve assembled a distinguished panel of experienced deviled egg competition judges, including: Joey C., Ed Collard, Paul Morrison, Adam Bolonsky and newcomer, Richard Rosenfeld.  If you missed our first GMG Deviled Egg Competition in 2011, or are not sure how the judging works, you can see the distinquished panel at work here https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/2011-good-morning-gloucester-deviled-egg-competition/

People who don’t like deviled eggs or are not entering into the competition, feel free to bring along something non-egg related to share for Mug Up.

E.J. Lefavour

Beauty in Our Midst

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Habitat Gardening

Native cherry tree ©Kim Smith 2013

Sunday morning I was planting my friend Janet’s butterfly garden over at Beach Road. She has the most beautiful native cherry tree (Prunus) growing alongside her home. The tree was planted by her parents and has been beautifully maintained over the years. Black Cherry and Chokecherry are often thought of as weed trees however, when they are well-cared for, they will reward you with lovely boughs covered in racemes of tiny white five-petaled flowers. Cherries are a caterpillar food plant for the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and while at Janet’s, we saw several Eastern Tiger Swallowtails investigating the foliage and racemes. The fruits, too, of the cherry are much loved by the songbirds.

American Robin nest ©Kim Smith 2013

Yesterday was a great day for butterfly sightings and Robins! Under the eaves of Janet’s porch is an American Robin nest. Pa and Ma Robin flew to and from the nest, scolding loudly each time I walked past as they were none to happy to see me.

American Robin male and female ©Kim Smith 2013

Ma and Pa Robin conferring over my extremely annoying presence

American Robin nest -1 ©Kim Smith 2013 copy

What a sloppy nest by Robin standards!  ~ I actually think it is interesting with the blue streamers

More about the American Robin on GMG

SingerSongwriterShuffle for the month of June @ Giuseppe’s Ristorante

Posted on by Joanne

singersongwriter for june

Each player has a twenty minute time slot. Such a great variety of talent. I would want to miss hearing anyone.

This Thursday’s performers are,

Dave Simmons
Sarah Hoonah Smith
Julie Doughherty
Kathy Comeau
Toni Ann Enes
Inge Berge
Brian O’Connor

Hosted by Memory Layne

Donna Piraino Rants About The Dun Fudgin Boat Ramp

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Donna writes-

Boating is supposed to be FUN…right? We use our boats to ride to the beach & play in the sun, dance in the water and spend time with friends & family. Some use boats to head out on the water and enjoy the many types of fishing available to us. The boat ramp at the High School is a GREAT way to get our boats in and out of the water with ease. There is room for THREE boats wide, yup THREE, trucks, trailers and boats can all fit side by side with LOTS of room to spare. Obviously, the center needs two competent operators…one to drive the truck/trailer and one to drive the boat. For those who needs to tie their boats off to the side, those using the CENTER are in NO WAY interfering with those on the sides. If directed by the gentleman on duty at the boat ramp on any given day, we wait our turn and use THE MIDDLE. When we pull the boat out, we use THE MIDDLE. Lets all play nice at the ramp, OK? I won’t give folks a dirty look or make snide comments if they need to use the sides. The gentleman launching the Dories today called me a name I’d rather not print here…yup, I was using THE MIDDLE of the ramp. The nerve of me! Using the boat ramp to it’s fullest potential! Taking advantage of the Boat Ramp sticker that I purchased! WOW! What nerve I have! Let’s just play nice, OK. We can all enjoy the beautiful waters of Gloucester without the drama at the boat ramp. Just sayin’…