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Da Godmuddah forwards-

Lanes Cove Fish Shack Restoration

Fund Drive

Built in the late 1800’s, the Lanes Cove Fish Shack is very much a part of the living history of Lanesville and all of Gloucester. With your help, we will restore the Fish Shack to its appearance when it was last actively used by fishermen in the 1960’s and 1970’s. The restoration will employ traditional materials, including cedar shingles, roll roofing, and rough sawn lumber.

The Shack will be restored for use by commercial fishermen. Work will begin Spring 2012.
This is a community project that needs your active support. Please share copies of this flyer with your neighbors and encourage them to join you in contributing to this historic project so that together we can reach our $80,000 goal.

Contributions should be sent to:

The Gloucester Fund, Inc.
45 Middle Street
Gloucester, MA 01930

Be sure to note in the memo line of your check that your contribution is for the Lanes
Cove Fish Shack.  Your canceled check is your receipt for this tax deductible contribution.
We also seek skilled and supervised workers to keep down the cost of restoration. Let Arnie  Shore know that you will lend a hand with the work of restoration. You can reach Arnie at arnold.shore@gmail.com
At future community meetings, we will update you on contributions, volunteers, and restoration progress.
A safe, secure, and appropriately restored Lanes Cove Fish Shack is in our future and in the future of our children.
Thank you !

How quickly the weather and pastimes can change.

Muppets Christmas. “PIG”.

My Favorite part comes in about 4:57 seconds into the video. You gotta love the Muppets!

Pew Party & Pledges Please!!

Karen Ristuben writes-

Hello friends of The Center project!
Two things:
*  We are having a potluck neighborhood party at The Center this Thursday from 5-8 pm to remove the pews and to celebrate in holiday and community spirit.  Please be a part of this event!!  Invitation is attached.
*  And, a very friendly update and reminder:
Our fund drive for The Center’s Feasibility Study and Option to Purchase needs your pledges right away.  We are interviewing two excellent consultants this week, and would like to start working with one of them right after the New Year.  And, our Center Steering Committee is meeting this Wednesday to get things rolling.   But, we are still several thousand dollars short of our goal, so we need you now!  Easy pledging & Paypal available on the website – www.rockyneckartcolony.org. 
Hope to see you on Thursday if not before!
Yours, Karen

Cynthia Dempster asks-

Hi Joey,

  Do you have any idea where I can purchase used lobster buoys?

Thanks,  Cynthia Dempster

Pathways

Pathways for Children will be hosting  Parent & Child Playgroups on Monday mornings from 10:00- 11:30 am, at their Cape Ann Families playspace located at 28 Emerson Ave.( across the street from Pathways) in Gloucester.  Parents/caregivers and children ages birth- 5 years of age are welcome.  This drop-in group offers a great opportunity to socialize, learn new songs, find out about interesting family happening on Cape Ann and have FUN!  The group starts Monday, December 12^th and will be closed on 12/26 & 1/ 2 for the holidays.  For further information please contact Amy Larsen, Coordinated Family & Community Engagement Coordinator at 978 281-2400 x 120 or at alarsen@pw4c.org.  This activity is made possible through a grant from the Department of Early Childhood Education & Care and Pathways for Children. 

That Schroo Cookin’ at 185 Washington Street is under new ownership and is now called What’s Cookin’.  Pictured are new owner/cook, Brian Rice, and cook Mari Martin.  Brian was most recently cooking for Common Crow, but jumped at the opportunity to schroo working for someone else and open his own establishment.  (Actually he really enjoyed cooking at Common Crow, but this was just too good an opportunity to pass up).  What’s Cookin’ opened Thursday, December 8 and will be open Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00 and Saturday 9:00-3:00, serving made from scratch soups, sandwiches, salads, baked goods and prepared meals.  Stop in and try some of Brian and Mari’s lovingly prepared food.

E.J. Lefavour

The CAT’s Out of the Bag:
Auditions for Neil Simon’s “Rumors”
Wednesday, January 4 and Thursday, January 5, 2012

The Cape Ann Theatre Collaborative invites you to audition for its March play, Neil Simon’s comedy-farce “Rumors,” Wednesday, January 4th and Thursday, January 5th from 7 pm to 9 pm at 5 Heritage Way (in the Roy Spittle Associates building) located in the Blackburn Industrial Park, Gloucester MA. Rehearsals will take place on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, 7pm to 9pm.
This full tilt farce aims for hilarity. Four high society couples gather at the home of the New York City deputy mayor and his wife to celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary. The party is on hold though. The host has shot himself through his earlobe, his wife is missing and the cook and servant are conspicuously absent. As each couple arrives, the cover up of the shooting gets progressively more difficult to sustain. The story confounds in its growing absurdity. Oh, the scandal of it all! Doors slam and rumors abound as the couples get more and more tangled in their web of deceit. We will audition for the roles of the four couples (ages 40-50), and a policeman and policewoman (ages 30-50). “Rumors” will be performed at the Gorton Theatre (home of Gloucester Stage Co.) on March 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31 and April 1.
CAT’s past productions include, “The Weir,” “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds,” “Beyond Therapy,” and “Sylvia.” For further information please join the Cape Ann Theatre Collaborative on the web at http://www.CATcollaborative.org, on Facebook (you need not be Facebook member to access our page), email us at CATcollab@gmail.com or call 978.325.3153. Be a part of community theatre at its very best. We encourage you to audition for a role or to become a CAT Collaborative member working in a variety of non-acting positions.

PHOTO Credit: Lee Nadel.
Caption: (left to right) High society, high crime, high comedy, gunshots, a dinner party, no cook, no host, you are cordially invited to AUDITION! Behind the Scenes—(clockwise from left) CAT Collaborative’s Heidi Redston-Rideout (costumes), Lauren Suchecki (actor), Pat Maloney-Brown (director “Rumors”), Mary Lou Nye (publicity), Pia Nadel (sets), Pauline Miceli (director “Sylvia”), and Joey Arsenault (actor/social media) meet to kick-off the planning of Neil Simon’s rollicking farce, “Rumors.”

Behind the scenes of a Calendar Shoot.

No, it’s not one of Sharon Lowes or one of Ej Kahn’s Beautiful Calendars.

Unless they made a visit to Corisca on my Birthday.

But I’m Sure they’d make a lot of money if they did one like this with

the “Women of GMG”

GET TO WORK!

Due to the Mature subject Matter. View Discretion is Advised.

HERE AND THERE

When I was a kid, I spent my summers

near my grandfather’s farm in Port Benjamin,

in upstate New York. Port Ben wasn’t a port

anymore, not since 1900 when

the train replaced the D & H canal.

 

Anyway, the Rondout Creek ran near our house

and provided a great place to play, fish,

swim and have adventures that are with me

sharp and clear after more than sixty years.

 

To get to the creek, we had to cross a

hayfield, which, if recently mowed, was tough

on our bare feet , climb down the creek bank on

a rickety staircase and cross the muddy

bottom  land on a wobbly wooden walk.

 

Here’s the point. While walking Atlantic Street

the other day, as in a foggy dream,

I found that old boardwalk spread over the

flooded soggy salt marsh, no doubt trod by

kids with sixty years of adventures remembered.

 

Marty Luster

Rocky Neck Mug Ups were always a great time, but I think the quaintness of Annisquam and close proximity to Christmas made this holiday Mug Up extra special.  The turnout was great, and people brought some amazing contributions to the fare.  Paul Morrison’s bluefish pate was the best he’s made yet; Kim Smith’s truffles were to die for (well not really die, but they were incredible), Donna Ardizzoni made this cream cheese and chocolate chip ball with ginger snaps to spread it on, which didn’t sound immediately appealing to me, but was so delicious; Wendie Demuth baked Christmas cookies, as did others, but I didn’t see who brought them; Jenn Cullen brought some great Sugar Magnolias muffins, Fred Bodin brought some great treats from Plum Cove Grind and Marit from Bayview made an incredible tomato pie (see picture); Pete and Joyce Chamberlain brought a delicious cheese pie; Schooner Adventure’s Joanne Souza came in with something, but I didn’t see what.  There were many other things that appeared on the table, but I don’t know who brought them, so don’t know who to acknowledge and thank.  Henry Allen was in the house, as was Alicia and Mike, Father Green, of course, Ed Collard, Marty & Barbara Luster, Greg Bover, Sue Lovett, Val, Judith, and our beloved Joey made the long trek over from the dock.  Some visitors from Annisquam included Cynthia Kennedy Sam, Martha Bentley, Sarah Hackett, Tom O’Keefe (who was the last to leave, staying to help me clean up – thanks Tom), Kris Bengston.  There were more people, but I’ve already lost track.  It was a great time and a wonderful way to share the holiday season with a bunch of really great people.

I want to send a special thank you to those of you who made purchases while you were here.  I greatly appreciate your support.

Don’t forget about the GMG Christmas Party this Saturday, December 17th at 7:00 pm at Bodin Historic Photo, 82 Main Street.  Joey is providing the pizza – BYO beverage of choice and anything you might like to contribute to the party fare.

E.J. Lefavour

What’s Christmas without a FARTING Snowman?