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Karen Pischke writes-

I, like many others really miss seeing local personalities Dave and Lorre Anderson and their sweet and beautiful dog Chloe and newest family member, Kenzie at the Black Swan!  It was a sad day when they closed their doors, but I hear they have ‘new beginnings’ happening soon!! A reminder that     “when one door closes…, another opens.”  I wonder if GMG readers remember the ‘Buddha of Main Street’ Gloucester that rested outside their lovely store??! I am interested in hearing of the experiences they may have enjoyed when they encountered this lovely Buddha Statuary, and look forward to what GMG readers have to share. I am hoping to compile readers responses as a ‘gift’ to Lorre and Dave for their many years working in Gloucester and for ‘sharing’ their amazing ‘Thai Reflecting Buddha’ with all of us. Also, if you liked them before be sure to ‘Like’ again and give them a Shout on Facebook!     ~  Karen Pischke

info@dreamtimewellness.com

Post 3 Legion Registration

Registration for the 2012 Jr. and Sr. Legion Baseball team(s) will be held on March 10 and March 17 from 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. at the Captain Lester S. Wass American Legion Post 3 on 8 Washington Street in Gloucester. Registration will be held on the ground floor, please use the bar entrance. To be eligible to play legion baseball you must be 13 years of age on or before January 1, 2012 and cannot have a birthday in the entire year of 1992. Gloucester will have both a Jr. and Sr. program for the 2012 season. For more information please email Gerald MacKillop, Jr. at Post3Baseball@gmail.com . To be eligible for tryouts you must register at one of the registration sessions. Players from Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester and Essex are eligible to register.

Medication Disposal Day in Gloucester

The Gloucester Medication Disposal program sponsored by Healthy Gloucester Collaborative is once again hosting a community medication disposal event in conjunction with the US Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration Annual Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.  The Medication Disposal Day will take place on Saturday April 28th from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the parking lot of Rose Baker Senior Center, Six Manuel F. Lewis Street, Gloucester.

Items Accepted: Prescription and over-the-counter medications, Medication Samples, Vitamins, Narcotics, Liquid Medications

Items NOT Accepted, Sharps (sharps can be disposed of 24-7 in the main entrance of Addison Gilbert Hospital at the Sharps Kiosk).

Thermometers, IV Bags, Bloody or Infectious Waste,, Inhalers, Hydrogen Peroxide, Personal Care Products

I will be presenting an art marketing program this Sunday, March 4 from 1:00-3:00 at the Danvers Art Association, 105 Elliot Street in Danvers.  It is open to anyone who would like to come; you don’t have to be a DAA member.  So if you’d like to learn some of what I’ve learned over the years about marketing your artwork, please come.

DIRECTIONS TO THE DANVERS ART ASSOCIATION
From Points North Follow Route 128 South to Exit 22 (Route 62) Danvers/Middleton Turn left onto State Road Turn left onto Elliot Street (Route 62 East) The Danvers Art Associtation is located on the right at 105 Elliot Street From Points South Follow Route 128 North towards Gloucester Take Exit 22 East (Route 62) Beverly Turn right at bottom of ramp ontp Elliot Street (Route 62) The Danvers Art Associtation is located on the right at 105 Elliot Street

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/khan-studio.html

Do you want to know how Gloucester Fishermen Fish? Check out and Like this page on Facebook. It’s the official Midnight Sun’s Facebook page. They have great never been seen photos of commercial fishing. This is the boat used in many of Gorton’s of Gloucesters frozen seafood commercials.  The Midnight Sun’s Facebook  page click here.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/lisatcorp

Riverdale Rockets Softball

Hello Joe,

The Rockets are looking for your help once again in getting the word out!  All Pee Wee teams will be holding Softball sign ups shortly.  If you are signing up for the Riverdale Rockets you can register online at riverdalerockets.com.  Registration is $75 per player with a $135 family cap.  The season will be starting shortly.

Teams are organized as follows:

Softy Ball- 2^nd Graders

C Team- 3^rd and 4^th Graders

B Team- 5^th and 6^th Graders

A Team- 7^th and 8^th Graders

Thanks again for your support of local youth sports through Good Morning Gloucester……it is much appreciated!

Jim Smith

Cape Ann Brewing Photo Contest award Presentation Tonight

Cape Ann Brewing Company names Gloucester resident photo contest winner

On Tuesday, February 28th at 6 p.m., Cape Ann Brewing Company(CABC) will host an award ceremony in honor of Gloucester resident and photography enthusiast, Steve Borichevsky.
CABC invited the general public to submit photos of local scenes that would best reflects the spirit and courage of the North Atlantic fishing fleet. The winning photo replaces the original image on the Fisherman’s Brew six pack. Borichevsky submitted the winning photo of a fishing vessel returning to it’s home port of Gloucester Harbor, which was selected from over 40 images.

Free Community Concert at the Shalin Liu – Wednesday evening

Hi, Joey:

Rockport Music presents A FAR CRY, the youthful, self-conducted string orchestra, in a free community concert this Wednesday, February 29 at 7 PM at the Shalin Liu Performance Center. The concert is open to the public and no reservations are required. Rockport Music is also taking A Far Cry into the Rockport and Gloucester Public Schools for a two-day residency. The concert and residency would not be possible without the generous support of the Summer Star Foundation for Nature, Art, and Humanity.

Wednesday, February 29, 7 PM

FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT – A FAR CRY

Shalin Liu Performance Center

www.rockportmusic.org

Thank you! Gregg Sorensen

Rockport Music Director of Marketing

Boston Waterbus Services’ Knotts Island prepares to dock at Cruiseport to await haul-out at Rose Marine.

When I come across something great, I like to share it.  I recently discovered Fine Art America, an internet art print marketing, social networking and sales site that I find really amazing and wanted all GMG painters and photographers to know about.  Every creative person who has any interest in exposing and selling their work needs to have an internet presence as part of their marketing effort.  Many artists I know do not have a website, or have a website which is not properly Search Engine Optimized, so no one finds it.  Fine Art America not only allows you to have a web presence, but gives you an impressive array of tools and muscle to make it possible for your work to actually be found on the web and not just sucked into the huge vacuum of the internet. 

For free you can upload up to 25 of your images (up to 25M each – the larger the better as it allows you to offer larger good quality print sizes).  For $30/year (with a 90 day free trial), you can have a premium customized website and upload as many images as you want into an unlimited number of galleries, directly connected to FAA’s millions of visitors each month.  You can also connect it to your own existing website, especially if you have an e-commerce site, to drive more traffic to it.

You determine what you want to make on the sale of your images. When you receive an order for one of your prints on your website, FAA takes care of everything for you, including: printing, framing, matting, packaging, insuring, shipping, collecting payments from your buyers, and sending your profits to you each month via PayPal or check.  It’s a no brainer, so check it out.  I feel strongly enough about FAA that I have become an Affiliate, so if you do sign up for an account with them through this link, you’ll help yourself and me too.  http://artistwebsites.com/?affiliateid=G8661

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Sky Show

I took Mr. Morrisons suggestion last night and went out on my deck to watch the Sky show. I had a beautiful view.

Here a few photos I took. They’re not the best but you get the idea.

The Essex Shipbuilding Museum presents “Voyage to the Island of South Georgia ” with Dick Low

Tuesday, March 20, at 7:30 pm the Essex Shipbuilding Museum presents local resident Dick Low who will give a slide show about his voyage from the Falkland Islands to the Island of South Georgia and back with seven fellow sailors aboard the sailboat Spirit of Sydney. See and hear about South Georgia ’s spectacular scenery and prolific wild life. Walk in Shackleton’s footsteps on the final leg of his epic traverse across South Georgia to seek help for the stricken crew of Endurance.  Experience the amazing weather conditions and icebergs they encountered in the Southern Ocean.  Also see and hear the remarkable story about being rolled by a rogue wave en route back from South Georgia and being able to repair the damaged rig and recover sufficiently to make it back safely to the Falkland Islands without outside assistance.

Admission: $8 – members; $10 – non-members

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 – 7:30 pm

Waterline Center-Essex Shipbuilding Museum

For more information or advance ticket purchase please visit: www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org

Gloucester native, Vincenzo Di Maio has co-founded geothermal heating and cooling company that eliminates home heating oil and noisy outdoor condensers.
Since the company’s founding in August 2010, EnergySmart Alternatives, LLC has been picking up steam (sorry for the pun!). In addition to being green, geothermal systems pay for themselves by saving over 50% on home heating costs each year.  Savings are expected to be even greater as fuel oil prices pass the $4.00 per gallon mark. Learn more about the technology , EnergySmart Alternatives

Vincenzo working hard, or hardly working?

JOHN STEVENS

A weathered and ancient stone contains an

elegant epitaph for John Stevens.

It tells about his honest character,

but little about his inner being.

He was a firm patriot and social friend,

a useful citizen and affectionate spouse,

but did he delve into deep philosophies

or have profound, fearsome thoughts about life and death?

His monument tells us he was an

exemplary Christian and tender parent,

but did he ever feel anger or jealousy?

And what, I wonder, did he think of himself?

Or did those questions die with him, and what we

know  and what we remember and what is

important about John Stevens are not his

deepest thoughts, but how he lived among us.

Marty Luster

Click here to read this beautiful epitaph.

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2007 FOUND ON THE HARD DRIVE The Paint Factory

Born in Western, Massachusetts in 1950, Dennis Flavin became intrigued with art at a young age and began actively pursuing his dream to be an artist beginning in high school. Enrolling himself in as many art classes as was allowed, Dennis quickly became good friends with the art teachers and at age 17, he was teaching jewelry making classes for parents in the evening.

Dennis went on to attend Vesper George Art School, a small Boston college that taught exclusively art. It was here where he decided he wanted to be a painter instead of his previous plan to be an art teacher.

“I’ve always felt, if I have an idea on a canvas, I can paint that idea as long as I let myself be free with color and lines”

Dennis first came to Gloucester on an art scholarship from a professor/friend to paint during the summer of 1970. After marrying, Dennis brought his bride to Gloucester where they have remained residents for over 35 years.

Many people know Dennis as a charismatic restaurant owner; some know him as a fine artist; but few have seen the wide range of artwork he has compiled over a span of 40 years.

“I knew I was going to be a painter, but I knew I wanted to have a family. I always painted, worked, and tried to spend time with my family. It was a lot to do at one time. No matter what I did, I couldn’t stop painting. I always had an art studio and I squeezed in as much time as I could to be in it, working.”

Now, the artwork of Dennis is leaving his studio and going on display in the up and coming Taste O’ Sea Gallery located on 33 Main Street (inspired by a popular Flavin monotype).

March 16^th (5-8pm) will mark the Grand Opening of both The Taste O’ Sea Gallery and the first of two exhibits featuring the art of Dennis Flavin. The gallery will host art in a variety of mediums ranging from monotype and etching prints to pastel and mixed media. From March 23^rd through the end of the month, the artwork will be switched to feature Flavin’s oil paintings shown “in the rough” (unframed).