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Meg Hutchinson: Live at the Crowell ~ Saturday May 18, 2013

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Single Tree Music.

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Meg Hutchinson~I’d Like To Know

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Meg Hutchinson performing her song “I’d Like To Know” at the OAOMA benefit at Club Passim on October…

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.

This week Kathy visited the Causeway Restaurant for a bowl of their seafood chowder, her favorite. For $7, it’s a meal and a half. Highly recommended, but to avoid waiting for a table, try the off hours.

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So Proud Of Boston Government Actions Today

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Shutting down the city with an incredible manhunt showing the world that we’re not gonna just let this stuff happen and half ass the response.
#BostonStrong

Final night of the first SingerSongwriterShuffle 7-10pm @ Giuseppe’s

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Giuseppe’s Ristorante, Gloucester, Ma

Tonight is our final night of the first SingerSongwriterShuffle! 7-10pm, come out and hear Steve Caraway, Inge Berge, Satch Kerans, Jake Pardee, Randy Black, Brian O’Connor and Will Hunt! 7-10pm! We have a new “Shuffle” starting up again May 2nd! Stay tuned!

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The word is Brad Byrd will be playing the Dog Bar Thursdays for a while. Pretty cool heh…

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Joey C’s Proposal For Changing School Vacation Week Locally

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Kids missing school isn’t a good thing.  It’s not good for the students.  Not good for the teachers who have their performance tied to standardized testing.  Not good for education in general.  I’m fairly certain we can all agree on that.

With all public schools taking the same exact school vacation week off what it has created in the travel industry is a huge demand all at once and if anyone wants to travel during school vacation week prices not only double, but they often times triple or quadruple.

So parents who would like to take their kids away often times take their kids out a week before or a week after a winter vacation and once those kids are in third grade or so they can lose a fundamental building block of their education.   Teachers whose job performance are increasingly tied to state standardized test scores are penalized for children’s absence if they aren’t there to learn and those students bring their average test scores down.

So I ask, why not just move school vacation week forward or back a week so we don’t have to compete with the entire state for flights to Orlando or some other vacation destination at the very same time? 

You would have better attendance because parents wouldn’t pick an off school vacation week to go away.

The people who wouldn’t take their kids out of school on an off school vacation week might be able to afford to take their children away if every public school district in the State didn’t take the same exact week off.

Teachers would benefit from higher attendance rates and presumably higher standardized test scores because the kids would be in class.

I see it as a win all the way around.

Thursday night blues party to host Mari Martin @ The Rhumb Line 8-11 ~ 4.18.2013

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I’m back ! And a pain to meet on the streets of this basically clean city!  Just rinsed off my muddy boots after a week’s sojourn in the deep south, dodging gators in the French Quarter. And we’re rarin’ to go this Thursday with the likes of Ms. Mari Martin! Last time she was here EMTs had their hands full. We’re gonna do it again, see how much paint peels off the walls! She’s a great singer and I’m sure you’ll be blubberin’ like crazy after she gets done with you!
Backing her up will be that intrepid guitarist, Mr. Bob Enik, impossible to fool, Mr. Jim Gambino, on keys, if he can find the place, Mr. Andrew Jones and his beatific roadie ( His wife!) on drums and yours truly on bass. Bring an Ace bandage!

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The word is there are only a half a dozen tickets left to see David Bromberg

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Rockport Music~Shalin Liu

GUEST PRESENTATION

Saturday, April 20, 8 pm

Presented by M.E. Productions

David Bromberg

DETAILS:

He’s played with everyone, he’s toured everywhere, he can lead a raucous big band or hold an audience silent with a solo acoustic blues. Bromberg’s sensitive and versatile approach to guitar-playing earned him a coveted position as the first-call, “hired gun” guitarist for recording sessions, ultimately playing on hundreds of records by artists including Bob Dylan (New Morning, Self Portrait, Dylan), Link Wray, The Eagles, Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson, and Carly Simon. Bromberg’s range of material, based in the folk and blues idioms, continually expanded with each new album to encompass bluegrass, ragtime, country and ethnic music. Join us for a special solo evening with an american treasure.

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You have to call the box office the last remaining seats for the David Bromberg event.

Box Office
35 Main Street
Rockport, MA 01966
Hours: M-F, 10-4
Telephone (General and Box Office)
978.546.7391

“A Concert for Mother Earth” in celebration of Earth Day

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The Annisquam Village Church presents: 
“A Concert for Mother Earth” in celebration of Earth Day. 
Saturday, April 20 at 8 p.m
 
Featuring Greta Bro Group with Ricardo Frota, Maurice Cahen and Steve Travis. 
Tickets at the door only: $20/$10 students.
 
For more information: 
Call: 978.283.6416 

Wednesday with Fly Amero ♪♫♪Special guest: TMax

Posted on by Joanne


Surf & Turf Specials!
Wednesdays Only!

Hello everyone!
Wednesday, April 17th
Special Guest:  T MAX!

His real name is Timothy Maxwell, but everyone knows him as
T Max.  And they know his magazine, The Noise, filled to the
brim with music news, reviews and interviews, as a publication
that has tied the New England music scene together for over
30 years!  But T’s also a singer-songwriter, and he’s planning
on opening some of those pages for us as well… this coming
Wednesday, in fact.  A rare treat, for sure. ~ Fly
Dinner with Fly Amero: 8 – 11pm
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Surf & Turf Dinner –  $11.95 (while they last)
Tenderloin Tips with Grilled Garlic Shrimp!
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Upcoming…
Apr. 24: Elaine O’Rourke

May 1: Ron Schrank

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

Boston Marathon Terrorist Attack

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Yesterday afternoon we were at the Cincinnati airport returning to Boston when we heard the initial report of the bombings at the marathon finish line. It’s difficult to put into words the anger and sickening feelings one experiences upon seeing a beloved city under attack and especially the marathon event, which brings an international crowd of participants and cheerers-on.

The marathon is cherished by Bostonians and it shines a world-wide spotlight on their beautiful city during the celebration of this oldest of annual marathons. The Boston Marathon is a tremendous source of pride for our state and for our nation. Immediately your heart goes out to the victims and their families. You see featured on the news extraordinary acts of bravery and kindness in people helping people. But then you begin to think about future public events and the larger implications on our freedom-loving society.

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Acts of terror, whether domestic or international, are designed to forever imprint fear. We were unable to attend the marathon this year as my widowed sister-in-law remarried over the weekend, but I know where I will be next year.

After both September 11th and the marathon bombings, students at MIT illuminated the Green Building in red, white, and blue.

Today “Cape Ann Auction” – April 16th in Magnolia @ 1 Lexington Ave. preview 4-6pm – 6:00 pm auction time.

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Interchangeable Tonkas

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Vintage toolstools

Check out other auction items here >  http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/photopanel.cgi?listingid=1759569&feed=

Community Stuff 4/16/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

New York City Day Trip

Saturday, May 25, 2013

The College Women’s Club of Cape Ann is sponsoring this day trip to the

“Big Apple”.   Seats are limited and will be sold “first come, first served”.

Gloucester departure: promptly at 5:30 am from O’Maley School (free parking on lot).  There will be a 1/2 hour stop for snacks and restrooms halfway through with arrival time in NYC at approximately 10:30 am (behind St. Patrick’s Cathedral).

Spend the day at your leisure in downtown Manhattan.  Some suggestions;

sightseeing (Empire State Building, NBC tour, Rockafeller Center…) afternoon theater performances/ Radio City Music Hall…

shopping on 5th Avenue, Canal Street…

visit museums…

New York City departure: 7:30 pm (Absolute time because of parking restrictions.)  There will be a 1/2 hour stop halfway home with Gloucester arrival set at approximately 11:30 pm.

Complete cost, including tip, is $65.00 per person.

Full payment is due with your reservation by April 18th.

If you plan to attend, please fill out the order form below & send to:

             Mary Favaloro O’Shea  (call 978-281-4257 with questions)

              9 Birch Grove Heights

              Gloucester, MA 01930