Community Stuff 8/27/13

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The online portion of Bluenose Gala Celebration and Auction is now open. The auction will run until September 2, 2013. Proceeds go to Maritime Gloucester in order to support our efforts to inspire students and visitors to value marine science, maritime heritage and environmental stewardship through hands-on education and experiences. Auction items range from exotic vacation getaways to donated items guaranteed to delight and surprise. So, tell your friends, family, community. Let the bidding begin! 

http://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/AuctionHome.action?vhost=maritimegloucester

Make Your Bid to Support Maritime Gloucester!

Now is your chance to not only get all the great items you want, but to do it knowing you are helping support our organization and mission. 

Inspiring Discovery. Embracing History. Exploring Science. Living Stewardship.

 


Dream Repeater: Toys Falling
IlaSahai Prouty and company

Don’t miss Flatrocks Gallery’s show Dream Repeater: Toys Falling, a group show curated by IlaSahai Prouty  in it’s final week.  

In her on-going project Dream Repeater, Prouty creates artworks in various media based on bits of collected dream narratives. For this show, she has invited other artists to join her.

Prouty’s work deals with the ways repetition can intensify and expand meaning. “I’m exploring how a short snippet of a dream, essentially a short story, can grow to become something larger and more mythic.”

Last summer, Prouty’s Dream Repeater work, “Goldilocks, Save the World,” was installed at the Cape Ann Museum’s White Ellery House. This year, she returns to her home town to present a collection of works based on a dream called Toys Falling. “I have been working with these dreams myself, and I wanted to expand the project – to see where others might take the dreams, and how they look through other peoples eyes.”

Each artist in this show agreed to create work in response to the dream text. The show will include sculpture, painting, encaustic, illustration, mixed media, poetry, video, printmaking, quilting, and story telling.

Participating Artists are: IlaSahai Prouty, Caroline Bagenal, Rocky Delforge, Adriane Herman, Bo Hyung Lee, Vicki Paret, Doris Prouty, Hans Pundt, Sarah Slifer Swift, Stephanie Williams, Heather Atwood, Emily Wheeler, Tim Averill, and Peter Hickman.

IlaSahai Prouty grew up in Lanesville, Massachusetts. She is a former chair of the Art Department at the Waring School in Beverly, Mass., and considers herself an artist with Cape Ann roots. She has an MFA from the California College of Art in San Francisco, California., and is currently Resident Artist at the Penland School of Crafts in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Prouty is also an Assistant Professor at nearby Appalachian State University.
Flatrocks Gallery is located at 77 Langsford Street/Route 127 in Gloucester, MA. Hours are 12-5pm, Thursday through Sunday, and by appointment. The gallery is focused on continuing the long tradition of artists in Lanesville, and is committed to offering works of art to the community that challenge and engage.

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Hello,
I’m helping out in the search for a missing coonhound/shepherd mix named Zadie. Missing since the end of May. She is now 10 months old. She has been spotted multiple times in Gloucester recently. I was wondering if you could post the attached poster on your Facebook Page. They also have a FB page. The family is desperate to find her and miss her very much. Thank you for any help in finding Zadie. Thank you so much!
Jan Jaroma

Live Blogging: Pre- shoot scouting

I’m rolling w a production crew scouting for next week’s Wicked Tuna promo shoot. When they return, it will be a big crew, with even bigger camera rigs.

Alexandra Valenti & Fia James: Giuseppe’s, By Request

afgJoin young, up-and-coming songwriters Alexandra Valenti and Fia James as they share the stage for a special evening at Giuseppe’s Ristorante in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

This will be a special evening of originals and covers featuring 2 of the area’s best, young talents.

Reservations are suggested.

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Aboard Schooner Adventure; Sea Trial August 24, 2013

Thanks to a kind invitation by FOB Greg Bover and the good folks at Gloucester Adventure, I had the opportunity to film Adventure’s second sea trial prior to her participation in the Schooner Festival on Labor Day weekend.

In the opinion of all on board, she is a sound vessel with an outstanding captain and crew. All Gloucester should be proud of Adventure as she embarks upon her career as our flagship and latest (and oldest) member of the growing Gloucester schooner fleet.

Saturday, September 21, 8 PM Presented by M.E. Productions SAVOY BROWN- UNPLUGGED featuring KIM SIMMONDS

Legendary…a blues/rock institution…true innovators. These are just a few of the ways Savoy Brown has been described over the past 40 years by music critics and fans. One of the earliest of British blues bands, Savoy Brown, with founder guitarist Kim Simmonds at the helm, helped launch the 1967 UK blues boom movement that brought blues music back to the USA invigorating the style forever. In the process, the band became part of the framework that launched the rock and roll music of the 1970’s. Their influence now stretches into modern rock as we know it today. From London’s Soho night clubs in 1966 to headlining the world’s most famous venues (Carnegie Hall, Fillmore’s East, and West, Cobo Hall, etc.), Savoy Brown has done it all and as the band continues to tour worldwide they give a glimpse into the past and also inspire new listeners with their personal brand of rocking boogie, blues, and rock.The band will play a special ‘bare essentials’ unplugged show, tailored for the intimate setting of the Shalin Liu Performance Center. For any Savoy Brown fan, this is a unique opportunity to see a one of a kind show with special material!

Mug Up At Captain Joe’s This Morning

Come down and say hey. I’ll have Tickets for Sista Felicias Cookbook Gala and also Tickets For the 1st Annual Gloucester Schooner Festival Lobster Bake

Marcus Tullius Cicero Quote of The Week From Greg Bover

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but also the parent of all the others.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC)

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A Roman statesman, philosopher, and orator, Cicero is credited with lifting Latin prose from its utilitarian origins to new literary and rhetorical heights. Born into a prominent family of the Roman Equestrian order, (the family name means “chickpea”), Cicero distinguished himself first as a lawyer and speaker, and was elected to a series of government offices at an early age, rising through the ranks during the dangerous years of the Sulla dictatorship, despite his support for a constitutional republic. He aligned himself with Pompey during the civil war that brought Julius Caesar to power, but was later assassinated for his support of Octavian (Augustus) and his antipathy to Marc Antony. Many of Cicero’s speeches and writings survived the Dark Ages to form the basis of later thinking on the formation of governments based on the consent of the governed. Leaders of the American and French revolutions often cited Cicero as the source of their belief in the natural rights of man.

Greg Bover

Mayor Kirk Takes The Plunge Off Magnolia Pier

Hi Joey,Here is photo of Mayor Carolyn Kirk jumping off the Magnolia Pier. Mac Bell bid $100.00 to do the official push off. Proceeds went to the Magnolia Community Center. The mayor was a great sport as it was not officially high tide and the water was a long way down! There are activities all day long on Lexington Ave. including: Touch-A-Truck (THANKS to Manchester Fire & Gloucester Police Depts, & East Coast Industrial!)Bounce HouseCraft Tables (if you are a crafter, tables are still available: 978-525-3343)BBQMusicMore!!!! Support your neighbors, the Magnolia Community Center & your community by attending! 
 Krista Queeney submits

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Sawyer Free Library Art Auction 2013

Annual Art Auction

The 2013 Annual Art Auction will take place on Wednesday, October 2, 2013. the silent auction will take place in the Adolph Matz Gallery from August 26, to give visitors and opportunity  to see the paintings and bid early. The vocal auction will be held October 2 at 7:00 p.m. A preview party will precede the auction.

Works of art will be displayed in the Adolph Matz Gallery, located in the main lobby of the library, and can be viewed by all that enter the library each day. Great interest in generated through the month as the bid book fills up. The final vocal auction is always an exciting event. In addition to funding art books, art DVDs, and a select number of museum passes, this year’s proceeds will support free art workshops for adults and children as well as an art movie series in the Fall and Winter.

Getting ready to hang all the beautiful art for the

Annual Art Auction!

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