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The Barque Picton Castle

Posted on by God's Morning

 

 

The Barque Picton Castle is a three-masted tall ship based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada but best known for sail training voyages around the world to ports in the United States and Canada, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the Spanish Main.

The Picton Castle is tied up at the Marine Railways and will be here until Saturday morning.  She and her crew came here from Newport, RI where they took part in the Ocean State Tall Ships event.  Pictured above at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery are Picton Castle purser, Kate “Bob” Addison from England, and Capt. Daniel Moreland from Nova Scotia.

Each year Sail Training International recognizes excellence by handing out awards to sail trainers, volunteers and sail training organizations large and small. This year, at the conference in Toulon, France, Captain Daniel Moreland was recognized as Sail Trainer of the Year.  He has sailed for years out of Gloucester, and was good friends with Joe Garland.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

38 artists at 21 venues this weekend. How do you choose?

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

No, you can’t see them all.  You’re just gonna have to pick your favorites.  We can help.  First, you can see a complete live music lineup here.  And if you’re not sure who you might like, you can  see 15 Artists of the week in over 75 videos too.

Here are a very few suggestions in various genres (this is NOT an exhaustive list of who you might enjoy — see that here)

If you’ve never seen rocker Ned and the Big Babies, you should  catch them tonight at the Rhumb Line.  You’ll be dancin’ — believe me.

If you missed The Runaround Sound high energy ska, reggae, punk-rock band at the Boulevard on July 3, you can catch them tonight at Capt Carlo’s and tomorrow at the Rhumb Line.   You’ll get a workout if you go to both shows, so no need to go to the gym this weekend.

If you like New Orleans Jazz & Blues and you missed Henri Smith opening for Aaron Neville on June 30, you can catch him at the Brew Pub on Saturday (see Henri Smith videos here)  Henri is also opening the Gloucester Blues Festival on August 11.

Also on Saturday is the latest in T Max’s concert series at the Dog Bar.  This time he mixes bluegrass from Tom Eaton & Pick 3 with singer/songwriter Jon Waterman and his own style that’s a must-see but impossible to peg.

On Sunday music begins at 10:30am at Seaward Inn in Rockport and continues all day with two free outdoor concerts: Michael O’Leary’s Celtic music at Halibut Point State Park at 2:30 and the Compaq Big Band at Stage Fort Park at 7pm.

Remember this a very small list of a few highlights.  Check all shows before you decide where to go.

Found, USS Oakland Cap at the Sawyer Free Library.

Posted on by capeannpainter

Found! USS Oakland Cap

from the Sawyer Free Library Facebook page;

This cap was left at the library – does anyone know who it might belong to? I’m sure it is important to it’s owner!

“I know how valuable these are to Our great Veterans. Please help it find its Owner”

If so contact the Sawyer Free Library.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sawyer-Free-Library/202051117106

Telephone: 978-281-9763

Celebration Time!

Posted on by capeannpainter

It’s time to celebrate!

Why?

It’s National French Fry Day!

French Fries are one of my favorite food groups. The best for take out in my uneducated opinion are the ones the Cupboard make. I’ve had them three times so far this summer and every time I’ve had them they’ve been hot, crispy and tasty. Also the Cupboards Location can’t be beat.  I’m not saying there aren’t better Fries around. I just haven’t had the luck to find them.

I’m sure there are a lot of great fries to be had on Cape Ann.

What are some of your Favorite places to get “Take Out” Fries?

Community Stuff 7/13/12

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Small sailboat rental?

Joe, a few years ago you helped me find Patty Page of GHS sailing. We went sailing with a GHS young man for an hour or so  and in exchange, made a  donation to the program.
   I called her and they don’t do that anymore. I tried the YMCA at Patty’s suggestion, no good. I tried Brown’s in Gloucester and the Sandy Bay club in Rockport- all no good. No luck with internet searches either.
Any Idea where I could rent a small sailboat for a few hours between Aug 2 and 7? Thanks for help.
Bill Rothschild

Wrapped Stick

July 14 – September 30: water, water: A multimedia installation by Sarah Hollis Perry & Rachel Perry Welty
water, water is the first collaborative museum show for mother–daughter artists Sarah Hollis Perry and Rachel Perry Welty. In addition to maintaining separate practices, Perry and Welty have been working collaboratively since they overlapped as students at the School of the MFA, Boston in 2000. They have two permanent sculptural installations at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.
Perry and Welty organized and filmed their video performance "Drawing a Line with the Tide" in July 2011 using eighty volunteers from the seaside village of Annisquam in Gloucester, Massachusetts where they both live. Moving to avoid the inevitable, the performers demonstrate a futile attempt to control nature with its stubborn adherence to the circling of time.
Included in the installation are three short films in which the artists explore aspects of identity and the complexity of the mother-daughter relationship of dependence, independence, and interdependence.
Gallery Talk with Sarah Hollis Perry & Rachel Perry Welty
July 21 and August 1 at 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
$10 members; $20 nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Reservations are required.

Joey – our child is all grown up!

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

Downtown Gloucester Block Party

With apologies to all the good people who run the block parties now, I finally finished the new Block Party website with 9 days to spare before the first block party NEXT SATURDAY, JULY 21!

This block party crew has really taken it to a whole new level (more music, more dancing, more dining, more entertainment, magic, etc,) and next Saturday, you’ll see what I mean — our child is all grown up!

They call themselves Blockheads (see a whole page about them here) and they asked that I keep the page about the founders and guess what?  I found a picture of an original Block Party committee meeting taken by our boy Joey using a timer (If you want to know why we’re all smiling so much click here and find out).

So what ever your plans are for the rest of this month, be sure to go downtown next Saturday at 6pm — stores are open ’till 11!

See you there . . .

Picton Castle in Gloucester

Posted on by Marty Luster

The Picton Castle is registered in the Cook Islands, in the South Pacific, and is owned and operated by the Windward Isles Sailing Ship Company, Ltd. The ship’s mission is deep-ocean sail training and long-distance education. Also, she carries supplies and educational materials to far-flung islands in the South Pacific. Her North American homeport is Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

The ship is a completely refitted barque that observes the rigorous standards of Germanischer Lloyds for steel-hulled Cape Horners. She is 179 feet overall, with riveted steel hull, clear oiled-pine decks, steel masts, and wooden and steel yards. She carries 12,450 square feet of canvas sail. The ship also has a powerful 690 hp Burmeister & Wain alpha diesel engine for occasions when sailing is not feasible. The galley is on deck, and its 1893 cook stove is similar to those used on commercial sailing ships 100 years ago.

Shari Barr Quote of The Week From Greg Bover

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

From the deck of SV Linnet in Casco Bay, heading home to Gloucester.
"Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian."

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Shari Barr (no dates or Wikipedia article available) See www.Sharibarr.com
A self described country girl from southern Iowa, Barr is a mother and wife who writes children’s literature from a Christian perspective. Her books include those of the Camp Club Girls series.
Greg Bover
Sent from my iPhone

Piston Castle Gets Thomas E Lannon Escort Into GTown

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Hi Joey, The Picton Castle received a Schooner Escort by the Thomas E. Lannon into the Harbor today! Also Keep your eyes peeled for the Tall Ship HMS Bounty as she sails up the coast for her arrival in Newburyport sometime tomorrow morning. To track the Bounty, go to this page and click ‘Update’ to get the latest info! As I’m writing this the Bounty is just clearing the Cape Cod Canal! Enjoy! ~Bill O’Connor North Shore Kid

Opening Reception – Eileen Patten Oliver

Posted on by God's Morning

Looking for something fun to do Saturday night.  Come to Rocky Neck – have an awesome sushi dinner at Madfish Sushi, go to the Opening Reception of “Reflections of Cape Ann” paintings by Eileen Patten Oliver from 7:00-9:00 at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck, then if you feel so inclined, return to Madfish Grille and rock out to F Bomb from 9:00 til whenever.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

 

Check Out Kathy Roberts’ Exhibit at Addison Gilbert Hospital

Posted on by God's Morning
Throughout the month of July 2012, Artist and Gloucester native, Kathy G. Roberts will be displaying her watercolor paintings at the Pat Maynard Gallery at Addison Gilbert Hospital. Located adjacent to the cafeteria. Painting for over 20 years, Kathy’s show highlights her show with scenes of local seascapes. For additional information she can be contacted at kathygroberts@yahoo.com or 978-281-3665.

Loblolly Cove, Rockport, circa 1920

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Loblolly Cove, Rockport, circa 1920 Alice M. Curtis/©Fredrik D. Bodin

Gloucester photographer Alice Curtis shot this photograph from Eden Road, looking across Loblolly Cove. The tip of Emerson Point is on the right. Thacher Island sits in the distance, with its two 124 feet tall granite towers. Built in 1861, Thacher has the only remaining twin lights still operating in the United States. I’ve been asked several times in the gallery what loblolly means. Since 1597, loblolly was a restorative thick stew or gruel served on a ship to ailing or injured sailors, much like the way chicken soup is usde today for colds. Also an old British and American naval term, it refers to a warship surgeon’s assistant – a loblolly boy.

Printed archivally from the original 5×7 inch glass negative in my darkroom. Image #A8657-125

Fredrik D. Bodin Bodin Historic Photo

82 Main Street Gloucester, MA 01930 info@BodinHistoricPhoto.com

Like us on Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/BodinHistoricPhoto

978-283-2524

Reason Number One Why I Could Never Fit In To Corporate America- Corporate Speak

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

You ever run into someone in the corporate or country club world and they give you the-

How are yeeeew?  Or Thank Yeeew.  If you get the corporate yeeew thrown in there you can rest assured that the person delivering the  yeeew has zero and I mean zero care about your reply.  It is because they are required to speak to you for tehir job and they are trained mentally to talk in some weird way.

The same person you run into on a personal level greets you with “hey how are ‘ya.”  And you know what?   They probably give at least a little bit of a real care about how things are going for you.

But if you run into that sideways handshake and the “How are yeeeew?” you may as well get a swift kick in the nuts because that’s about as disingenuous as it gets.  I’d rather the person come out with “Listen you jabroni, you’re keeping me from checking out the latest post on Good Morning Gloucester so can we just forgo the pleasantries and let me take care of whatever menial bullshit you’ve got for me so we can both get on with our lives?” 

Much better.

Just sayin.

Caption Contest

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Terry Weber submits-

Who are these guys in this picture? What are they doing? Any guesses? If you come up with the best caption you will win…

mystery men