Today’s Good Harbor Beach sunrise
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UNDULATUS ASPERATUS?
You couldn’t help but notice yesterday morning’s dramatic cloud formations. Facebook Friends have been posting from several different times of the day and these photos were taken around 7am. I am so curious and tried looking it up although it was all a bit confusing. Its fun to say undulatus asperatus, but that’s only a guess. Do we have any cloud experts that would like to write and let us know? 
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Henry Allen & The New Swingset welcomes New England Conservatory bassist James Heazlewood Dale tonight! Join us for a late supper, great drinks, and great entertainment!
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GLOUCESTER, MA
(978) 283-8228
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HAPPENING NOW! MARITIME HERITAGE DAY – DON’T MISS!
Erik and Neil measuring fish
Phyllis Bezanson and daughter Amy at the Boston Malacological Club display
Michele Del Vecchio’s beautiful block prints of the Schooners Ardelle and Adventure that she made for the Maritme center
Lotus Marsh making trunnels, the wooden nails used to build schooners
Amanda Cook’s gorgeous Salty Island Yarns, with hundreds and hundreds of handmade goods
Sam Cook making a schooner print
Katie Dench
Maritime Gloucester executive director Sam Balf and development director Sue Ann Pearson
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THE BEAUTIFUL SCHOONER THOMAS E. LANNON
During last evening’s Schooner Festival Mayor’s Reception opening festivities, a moving song of tribute to Kay Ellis was sung by Allen Estes. The Schooner Lannon wended past during the performance.
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WELCOME SCHOONERS!!
What a treat to tag along with Gloucester’s own Schooner Festival welcoming committee Brett Ramsey and his sons Max and Nick. Each year Brett purchases and assembles baskets of fresh fruit. Along with loaves of yummy bread still warm from Virgilio’s ovens (donated by Joe Virgilio), Brett and his family welcome each and every participating schooner. You could tell that the recipients were really grateful and touched by the gesture.
Special shout out to GMG FOB Schooner Green Dragon’s captain Al Bezanson. I was out filming early this morning and stopped by Rocky Neck Accommodations to say hello to Al and his wife Phyllis. This was Al’s idea to cover the Schooner Fest welcome for GMG, so thank you Al Bezanson!!
Schooner Lannon’s Captain Heath Ellis
Captains Al Bezanson (Green Dragon), Fred Murphy (Ishmael), and Matt Sutphin (Tyrone) 
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SNEAK PEAK AND SUPER EXCITING NEWS FOR CAPE ANN KNITTERS AND CRAFTERS!
Angela Marshall is going to be carrying ALPACA YARN FROM HER ALPACAS!!! As far as I know, this is the very first time ever that gorgeous Alpaca yarn from Alpacas raised right here on Cape Ann will be available for sale. Not only will she be carrying skeins of yarn, but also beautiful, warm (and very importantly, not itchy) Alpaca hats, mittens, scarves, socks, and hand warmers. I bought two pair of hand warmers on the spot! More information about when the yarn and goods will be ready to purchase, and a complete list of where to purchase, will be coming soon.
Each basket of yarn shows from which Alpaca the fiber was shorn. Dakota’s coat is a beautiful soft buff brown.
This buttery cream comes from Magnolia. The baby hat made by Angela was crocheted with yarns from both Dakota and Magnolia.
Last year I had the joy of visiting Island Alpaca on Martha’s Vineyard and think that the Marshall’s are running their growing Alpaca Farm with similar integrity. This could be a fantastic local industry and I think it will be great if we all support Angela and Pat in this exciting endeavor. They now have 23 Alpacas, including the four adorables born this summer. Harumby is the last of the summer babies and today she is one week old. Go see!
Happy Birthday Harumby
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Dave Sag’s Blues Party is gonna rock n roll tonight with Mike O’Connell, Steve Sadler and Forrest Padgett and of course Dave himself! @ The Rhumb Line 8:30pm 9.1.2016
Dave says,
Tonight the Kapusta King of Wooster, Mr. Mike O’Connell, returns to the Rhumb Line stage. Mikey, who was nearly arrested last week for wearing a Speedo® at the beach has just gotten back from a vacation visiting the Sonny Bono Memorial Pine Tree in Calif. Oughta be a story there…
He’s bringing the heavy guns to put you in the mood for celebration. There’s Mr. Steve Sadler, utility glitarist, Mr.Forrest Padgett, on defibrilllators and me, on the big bass.
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RED KNOTS OR WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS?, PIPING PLOVERS, BLACK BELLIED PLOVERS, YELLOW LEGS, MONARCHS, AND MORE: CAPE ANN WINGED CREATURE UPDATE
Nine Piping Plovers Napping
WONDERFUL creatures are currently migrating through our shores. How blessed are we who live along the Atlantic Flyway. Whether traveling by shore or by sea, there is this great and continual movement of life happening always in our midst.
Many thanks to my friend Jeff Denoncour, Trustees of Reservations Ecologist for the Northeast Region, for assistance with identifying the birds. I met Jeff earlier this summer when he kindly took me out to the tippy far end of Cranes to film the Piping Plovers nesting there.
Additionally we have seven tiny Monarch caterpillars in terrariums. It’s so late in the season for these teeny ones. Last year at this time we were releasing adult butterflies and I worry that they are not going to pupate in time to successfully migrate to Mexico. The caterpillars are too small to handle, but if any of the kids in our community would like to come see, please comment in the comment section or email me at kimsmithdesigns@hotmail.com. The last of the Cecropia Moth caterpillars has not yet pupated and he is fun to watch as well.
Here are some photos to help you identify our migrating feathered friends.
Compare the larger size of the Black-bellied Plover in the foreground with the Semipalmated Plover and Semiplamated Sandpiper in the background
Yellow Legs
The above group of four photos are of either a pair of Red Knots or White-rumped Sandpipers in non breeding plumage. The White-rumped Sandpiper is thought to migrate an even greater distance than the Red Knot, from Canada’s Arctic Islands to the Southern tip of South America, and some further still to islands near the Antarctic Peninsula. These shy birds did not allow for human interest and the photos were taken at some distance.
Juvenile Laughing Gull
Adult Laughing Gull
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Wednesdays at the Rhumb Line ~ This week Allen Estes Hosts and his guests are Jay and Laurie Keefe (and friends) 7-10pm 8.31.2016
Dinner Specials Each Week!
Wednesday, August 31st – 7pm
Special Guest Host: ALLEN ESTES!
Allen Estes plays the role of host this week while I’m on the
road with Orleans (thank you, Allen). His musical guests will be…
JAY & LAURIE KEEFE (and friends) !
Have a great time, everyone. Catch you next week! ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
The Rhumb Line Kitchen…
…now features Janet Brown with some new and healthy ideas!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!
Upcoming…
9/07 – Liz Frame & The Kickers
9/14 – Honkytonk Women
9/21 – Bradley Royds
9/28 – Chick Marston
Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/
Looking forward……to seeing you there 🙂
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SURFS UP AND TODAY’S WOW SUNRISE
Love seeing the growing number of surfers along Cape Ann beaches. Perhaps Hurricane Gaston will bring the Big Swells!
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EXQUISITE WATERCOLORIST MARILYN SWIFT OPENING AT ROCKY NECK’S GALLERY 53 SATURDAY NIGHT!
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NEW YOUTH ACTING WORKSHOP PROGRAM SET TO BEGIN AT GLOUCESTER STAGE COMPANY
FALL Session 2016 Starts on
Friday, September 9 For Children &
Saturday, September 10 For Teens
Gloucester Stage Youth Acting Workshops is accepting students 5-19 for the Fall Session. The six week Youth Acting Workshop Fall Session meets for a total of four hours per week through Saturday, October 15. The Fall Session features expanded class hours & lower tuition. The Fall 2016 Session features Acting Instruction taught by award winning actress, Harvard graduate and Gloucester native Heidi Dallin; Lighting Design taught by GSC Master Electrician PJ Strachman; Sound Design taught by The Totalitarians Sound Designer David Remedios and a special course incorporating play writing, dramaturgy and music in “How To Make A Musical” taught by guest instructor Tufts graduate and Danvers native Sarah Vandewalle.
Gloucester Stage Youth Acting Workshops are designed to provide young people an outlet to nurture their creative potential through developing self-confidence, communication and teamwork skills to use in their daily life as well as introducing them to the skills necessary for professional theatre.
Registration is open for the FALL 2016 Session. Students are divided in classes according to age. The Children’s Class (ages 5-10) meets Fridays, 4-6pm and Saturdays, 11-1pm. The Teen Class (ages 11-19) meets Saturdays, 9-1pm Class size is limited and registration is on a first come basis. For class times and schedules and to register, call978-283-6688 or visit www.gloucesterstage.com.
GSC Youth Acting Workshop Students in Action.
All Photos by Gary Ng
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CONTINUING AT THE JANE DEERING GALLERY
Continuing through September 11th: Geoffrey Bayliss | Prints, Drawings : rhythmic and lyrical at Jane Deering Gallery, 19 Pleasant Street (next door to the Cape Ann Museum), Gloucester. The gallery is open Thursdays-Sundays 12noon-5pm and by appointment. 917-902-4359. A selection of works from the exhibition can be viewed atwww.janedeeringgallery.com.
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HELP NEEDED FROM MARINE WILDLIFE EXPERTS
A pile of bones and animal parts were found by the East Gloucester neighborhood kids on Niles Beach Sunday. We are wondering if one of our readers could help us identify what we are looking at here. Thank you 🙂
There were several of these starry shaped things and this is the largest one. There is some kind of cartilage base from which they extend.
This is hard and and thin. We were holding up to the light but the sun had gone down. It was somewhat translucent when earlier the light had been shining through it.
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Music Around Town ~ August 29 to September 4, 2016
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GOOD MORNING GLOUCESTER BROUGHT TO YOU BY SUNRISE, SHOREBIRDS, BLOSSOMS, AND MYSTERY GULL
Today’s daybreak scenes
Sleepy Sanderling in the morning light
Mystery brown gull. Possibly a juvenile Herring Gull however, its legs legs, feet, and head are unusually dark if that is the case. If you have a clue, please comment. Thank you!
Semipalmated Plover
Our neighbor Richie Arnold’s wildflower patch
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What Time Is It, Mr. Fox Closes the last night of The Harbor Loop Summer Concert Series 2016, last Thursday. 8.25.2016
Delightful summer night of live music on the hill. Children frolicking, summer breeze and dancers here and there. There were many originals and some cover songs. Renee and Joe ( who, also have their own duo/band) shared a couple of their songs and then Nadia Robertson singer/songwriter (who has performed on stage with What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? in the past, along with Rockport High School Madrigal Choir) joined in.
A very special thank you to Carol Pallazolla and Christopher Silva for running the show and doing an awesome job with it! Here’s to many more.
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BREAKING SUPER SPECTACULAR EXCITING FIREWORKS NEWS!!!
THE FIREWORKS ARE A GO!!! Hold onto your hats, we’re going to be treated to an extra fantabulous spectacular display!
Barry Pett shares that the response for requests for assistance with the Schooner Festival/Labor Day Weekend fireworks show has been tremendous. He gives a heartfelt thanks to everyone for their contributions. He’d also like folks to be aware that the City contributes greatly, with support from Mayor Romeo Theken’s administration, the Police and Fire Departments, and the DPW.
Barry provided some history about the fireworks, which have been annually displayed from Stage Fort Park since at least 1880. This beautifully poetic Winslow Homer watercolor titled Sailboat and Fourth of July Fireworks, dated July 4th, 1880, was painted during the year that Homer lived on Ten Pound Island. Unfortunately, the painting is currently hidden away in storage at the Fogg Art Museum. It is Barry’s hope that for Gloucester’s quadricentennial the painting will travel to Gloucester and be displayed at the Cape Ann Museum.
Barry Pett has been creating Gloucester’s fireworks shows for over twenty five years.
Winslow Homer: Poet of the Sea
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DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER LYDA KUTH LECTURE AT THE CAPE ANN MUSEUM!
I am super excited to share that my friend Lyda Kuth will be giving a presentation on architect Eleanor Raymond as part of the lecture series for the Cape Ann Museum’s Design/Build summer exhibit. You may have met Lyda when she gave a screening of her beautiful film Love and Other Anxieties at the Cape Ann Cinema. The lecture will be held on Thursday, September 29 at 7:00 p.m. I am sure it is going to be a fantastic talk!
About Eleanor Raymond: Eleanor Raymond (1887-1989) was a pioneering woman in the field of architecture during the mid-20th century. A graduate of the Cambridge School of Art and Landscape Architecture for Women, Eleanor Raymond was a noted innovator partnering with solar energy researcher Dr. Mária Telkes to design one of the first successful solar-heated buildings in the Northeast. On Cape Ann, Raymond designed homes for artist Natalie Hays Hammond, anthropologist Carlton S. Coon and a summer cottage for herself overlooking Gloucester’s outer harbor.
About Lyda: She is an independent filmmaker and Executive Director of the LEF Foundation, which supports New England independent documentary filmmakers. She has been recognized by the Massachusetts Cultural Council with the prestigious Commonwealth Award and honored by Women in Film and Video New England with an Image Award.
Home designed by Eleanor Raymond, Belmont, Massachusetts, in 1931, seven years before the Gropius House in Lincoln, which was built in 1938.
Eleanor Raymond and Dr. Mária Telkes
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