I’ll shorten this as much as possible because it would take me an hour to actually tell you how awesome our night was last night….
Went to the Taste of Cape Ann (YMCA benefit) last night (I’m sorry I didn’t take pictures) and it was amazing! Food was out of this world, people everywhere, and bottomless glasses of wine. Kurt and I won 3 raffles! Woo! We happened to win this homemade crocheted baby/small blanket. We didn’t catch the name of who made it. I would love to send this person a thank you letter and tell her that it is a beautiful blanket and thank you for donating it to the raffle. Is there any way to mention a little something in GMG to find out who made it? If it’s too awkward to slip in there, no problem…I’ll figure it out. Thanks! See you Sunday! – Dani
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MONDAY SEPTEMBER 19th from 7pm-8pm Acupuncture for Pain, Sports Injuries & Trauma with Greta Williams, LiAc. Come and Join us for a Free workshop where we will look at the history of acupuncture for pain relief and explore how it facilities healing both from a Western and Eastern medical perspective. Also see first-hand a demonstration of acupuncture for a pain. Learn and see how acupuncture works efficiently to address pain, clear trauma and support a strong body! Please call 978-282-1191 x1 to reserve your space for this very informative evening. Pre-Registration is required.
Members of One Hour at a Time Gang and fellow citizens, After reading this story (see link below) I was saddened to not see Pavilion Beach or any at Stage Fort on the list. Maybe it is because they didn’t have enough volunteers to cover all of the beaches in our area. Help me throw together a group that will make this city proud and clean. These two beaches are heavily traveled by our visitors and it is a shame to see them left out of a wonderful event. Please know this clean up is in addition to the other efforts on Saturday and not sanctioned by the Coastsweep group.
I’ll be at one of these two locations on Saturday morning, won’t you join me? I’ll take care of picking up the trash bags but please bring gloves (garden or work gloves are better then disposable), water is a reusable container and a friend!! Spread the word. We can do this. Saturday Sept 17th 8am – 11am I will be stationed at Pavilion Beach while my husband, Bill Cox, will be at Stage Fort Park. Please RSVP if you can attend or if you need more information~ melissacox4council@gmail.com Together we can do more, Melissa Cox http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x1078459254/Volunteers-ready-for-coast-cleanup
Capt Bills Whale Watch is going to be donating a pair of tickets to raffle off for those who come down to the clean up on Saturday Sept 17th 8-11. Pavilion Beach or Stage Fort Beach’s. You will need to check in with Melissa (Pavilion Beach) or Bill (Stage Fort) Cox to get a raffle ticket! Thank you.
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Also, the cutest photo of Caton Andrade (Dr. Nicole’s son) in his homemade GMG T swabbing the decks of the Schooner Adventure after Mug Up on Schooner Festival weekend.
And a really nice note from Dr. Nicole:
As promised EJ, sorry for the delay! Thanks so much for having us at MugUp on Schooner Festival weekend! It was great to see Paul F, and to meet Ed C, Paul M, Dorothy Englander (LOVE her work!) and finally the infamous Bean! The Beauport Breakfast was sold out so we came back to the Neck where we visited Brenda at Imagine, then little Caton grabbed the helm and swabbed the deck on the Schooner Adventure and worked up an appetite for lunch at the Studio Restaurant . We are excited for Trails and Sails Weekend and we have a real wee GMG shirt for representin’ now! FYI there are also still slots open for the fall nooks and crannies tour at Beauport Sleeper McGann House, I highly recommend!
As you know, Cape Ann Healing Center is very committed to sharing Gloucester as a destination for healing in its art, land, history, resources and people. We are so grateful for all that you and all the GMG contributors do, we voted daily from every computer in the office. As promised also attached are fun photos and is the flyer for our YMCA for ALL fundraiser movie What If? Awakening to Our True Selves at the Cape Ann Community Cinema, next wednesday Sept. 21st. Doors open at 7, hope to see some GMG fans there, it is a great film, thanks for helping us spread the word!
So hope everyone can turn out for What If? at Cape Ann Community Cinema. I know after a wild summer on Rocky Neck, I’m certainly ready to start thinking about my health and life in a totally new way.
E.J. Lefavour
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Free Icehouse tours are offered Friday 9/16 at 2 pm, Saturday 9/18 at 11 am and at 1 pm, and Sunday 9/18 at 11 am, and again the following weekend, as part of the Trails and Sails program organized by Essex National Heritage Area. Chill with the coolest guys around at Cape Pond ice Company, in business since 1848. See 300-pound block ice being made, fishing vessels taking on ice, and ice sculptures in our historic icehouse on Gloucester’s working waterfront. See vintage film of the natural ice harvest, and learn about our connection to The Perfect Storm and the F/V Andrea Gail.
Please wear practical footwear and bring a sweater or sweatshirt for when we are in the Icehouse. Tours last approximately 45 minutes. Reservations are not required. Cape Pond Ice Company is located at 104 Commercial Street, Gloucester on the Fort.
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A Benefit Concert in Support of Peace One Day, hosted by GHS Human Rights Initiative. A great night of music and art that supports international peace day. The fantastic and exciting bands Sardonic and Fairhaven will perform! Art is now on display and for sale in The Art Parlour, benefiting Peace One Day, the artist, as well as The Annie! Great Time – Great Karma – Great Cause
The Block Party will start at 6 pm and go on until 11 pm +. We’ll be open and serving light fare and drink. Artists exhibiting include painters Jean Byrd and Kathleen Miller, glass blower Aron Leaman, fish print maker Patrick Horgan, marquetry artist Chip Brewer, and photographer Fred Bodin. The weather will be perfect for the last Block Party of the season, but it’s not the last event for us here at Bodin Historic Photo.
Now that the fall run for striped bass is underway in Gloucester and the rest of Massachusetts, anglers might want to consider some safety issues.
Short and stubby plastic ecreational kayaks are the norm these days for kayak fishing. But they have severe limitations. Rec kayaks lack both bulkheads and internal flotation. It doesn’t take much for them to swamp and sink.
Here’s a somewhat ponderous video that makes the point:
Read more about kayaking and kayak fishing at twitter.com/seakayak
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Hi Joey! I have been a follower for over two years. Congrats on winning Boston Blogger (always had it!)
I am going to try and make this very short. I married a wonderful man who introduced this southern belle to the north shore. After 37 yrs of wedded bliss,we lost our loving Yankee (not New York) in 2009. His wish was to have his ashes thrown in the great ocean on the north shore. It has been two years today. One of the ways I feel close to my husband is through your blog and all the beautiful pics of the ocean. My son, Jon, put this pic together and sent it to me tonight. I would love to share it with you and your readers. Even thought I live in Delaware my heart is there with my husband! Always a fan, Terri
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The Health Department and Boards of Health of Cape Ann and Hamilton and Wenham will be providing free influenza vaccine at clinics and events throughout the area over the coming months. We have ample supply this year and the vaccine is free for everyone.
Flu vaccine is recommended for everyone over six months of age. Anyone wishing to receive vaccine should bring their insurance card so we can bill their insurance company. If you do not have insurance you are eligible for free vaccine. We will not charge or turn anyone away who is appropriate to receive vaccine. Please wear loose fitting sleeves to more easily facilitate vaccination
Vaccine will be available at the following times and locations:
Sept. 15, 10am – 1pm, Rockport Community Center Week of Sept. 19, Gloucester Senior housing locations *September 21, 10am – 12 noon, Manchester American Legion Hall Sept. 27, 10am – 2pm, Gloucester Rose Baker Senior Center Sept. 29 9 – 11am, Gloucester, Addison Gilbert Hospital Oct. 5, 10am – 1pm, Gloucester NOAA offices Oct. 5, 1 – 3pm, Rockport Methodist Church Oct. 6, 2 – 6pm, Gloucester City Hall Oct. 20, 10am – 1pm, Essex Senior Center Oct. 22, 11am – 2pm, Essex Clamfest and Health Fair Oct. 26, 3 – 5pm, Hamilton, “the Old Library building” Oct. 29, 9am – 12 noon, Rockport Elementary School Nov. 8, 4 – 7pm, Essex First National Bank of Ipswich Nov. 9, 3 – 5pm, Hamilton, “the Old Library building” *Over 65 years of age, Manchester residents only
Additional dates and times may be determined and will be posted on the municipal websites. Influenza vaccine will also be available through the schools on Cape Ann. Check your municipal website or call your local Health Department or Board of Health for more information.
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The first two photos are the same shot taken the morning of the demo and the morning after. There was still some final demo being done to take the building completely down. Personally, I like being able to see the character of the building that was hidden behind the falling down shed building (which BTW was a relatively new structure built in the 1930’s vs. the remainder of the manufactory that was built in the 1870’s). As long as the remaining structures can be restored, our Motif #1 will remain, and in my opinion be the better of the two, because most of it will still be the original versus a rebuilt replica of the original.
Ocean Alliance, who purchased the paint factory, is a 501(c)3 organization founded in 1971 by Roger Payne. Dr. Payne has conducted research on whales in all the oceans of the world, and has been an eloquent spokesman for their welfare for over three decades. In the early 1970s, he was among the first to sound the alarm about the threat of worldwide pollution of the oceans. In the January 1979 issue of National Geographic, Dr. Payne said, “Pollution has replaced the harpoon as a mortal threat to whales, and in its way can be far more deadly.”
Believing that rigorous science and widespread public education are basic requirements for long-term conservation, Dr. Payne founded Ocean Alliance for the purpose of carrying out both these global missions. Ocean Alliance has research partnerships in South America and a research vessel, Odyssey (a 93-foot, steel, ocean-going ketch), that operates in all the world’s oceans from her home base in Gloucester.
That Ocean Alliance owns the paint factory is a fait accompli. Whether they are able to complete this major restoration project so that the paint factory remains for years to come is yet to be seen. Rather than bemoaning what is done, we might all be better served by supporting and working with Ocean Alliance to accomplish their goal of restoring this iconic piece of Gloucester’s history and landscape.
If you haven’t walked through the buildings or around the grounds recently, these shots will give you an idea of how much work there is to do, and what has been accomplished so far.
E.J. Lefavour
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This fall, Cape Ann Community Cinema at 21 Main Street in Gloucester is marking its first three years in business with a number of special events and two large back-to-back film festivals. On Saturday, September 17th at 4:30pm, the Cinema welcomes author and film critic Daniel M. Kimmel as he hosts the "The People Vs. George Lucas," a documentary about "Star Wars" fans. Kimmel is featured in the film, and will also sign copies of his book, "Jar Jar Binks Must Die… And Other Observations About Science Fiction Movies." The film repeats on Sunday, September 18th at 4:30pm, with a line-up of "Star Wars" fan films, shorts produced as a tribute to Lucas’s galaxy far, far away. Tickets are $9.50 for adults, $8.00 students and seniors and $6.50 for Members. Liv Ullmann is a world-famous actor, writer and director, and on Saturday, September 24th at 7:30pm, will visit the Cinema with her 2000 Ingmar Bergman-penned drama "Faithless." She will host a Q&A after the show and talk with guests. Tickets for the event, which is a fundraiser for the Cinema, are $20.00 and are available either at the box office or online at www.CapeAnnCinema.com. On Sunday, September 25th at 7:00pm, the Cinema hosts a special one-night-only screening of indie vanguard Kevin Smith’s latest, the psychological thriller "Red State." The film is about a fundamentalist church that lures sinners and dispatches them with heavenly force, and stars Michael Parks, John Goodman and Oscar winner Melissa Leo. The film does not hit theaters until later this fall. As a bonus, Smith himself will appear live on-screen and will take questions from viewers via Twitter. Tickets to this exclusive fundraising event are $20.00, and are available either at the box office or online atwww.CapeAnnCinema.com. The Cinema officially celebrates turning 3 years old on Saturday, October 1st at 7:30pm, and hosts renowned political comedian Jimmy Tingle for "Jimmy Tingle’s American Dream: Live On Stage & Screen." First, the 60-minute documentary "Jimmy Tingle’s American Dream," followed by a Q&A by writer/producer/star Tingle, and finally, a live set by Tingle. Tickets for this fundraising event are $25.00 at the door, $22.00 in advance, available either at the box office or online at www.CapeAnnCinema.com. As for film festivals, October brings the month-long "DoctoberFest," with the 2nd Annual Cape Ann Film Festival playing November 3-20. The line-ups will be announced Monday, September 26th, as will the extensive list of special events and guests.
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"Anna Solomon, who was born and raised in Gloucester, is bringing her debut novel, "the Little Bride," to the city this coming weekend.
The book takes place in the late 19th century and follows a young Jewish woman who travels as a mail order bride from cosmopolitan Odessa to the desolate plains of South Dakota. Her much-older husband is a member of the Am Olam movement, which supported Jews in their desire to create an agricultural future.
Amazon.com picked "The Little Bride" as one of the top 30 novels coming out this fall, and here’s part of what BookPage says about it:
"A fascinating debut…Riveting….Solomon’s prose is bold and often gritty, and she creates complicated, surprising characters that completely defy expectations."
There are two events, both free:
Friday night, Sept. 16, a reading by Anna at The Bookstore on Main Street–7 p.m.
Saturday night, Sept 17, is a performance with Anna reading and singer-songwritier Clare Burson singing and playing (violin and guitar) songs she wrote after reading the book. This performance, "A Little Suite for the Little Bride," takes place at 7:30 at the Gloucester temple on Middle Street."
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So go the lyrics in most versions of Paul Simon’s song Kodachrome. Sad to say that the last roll of Kodachrome has been shot, developed and printed. We will all have to face the task of explaining to our grandchildren what Kodachrome and, indeed, what film, was.
However, not everything looks better in black and white.
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Good Morning Gloucester 