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Edible Plants In Rockport With Adam Bolonsky and Herbalist Shannon Kaye

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Herbalist Shannon Kaye takes Adam Bolonsky on a wild edible plants tour of the cattail swamp inland of Rockport’s secluded Loblolly Cove. The swamp and  cattails extend inland through conservation lands to the well-known freshwater wild swan nursery directly behind Pebble Beach. 

And guess what? Cattails contain corm. If you’re cooking and eating in the wild, you can use corm to make….pancakes!

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Joey writes- I ain’t eatin’ no goddamn cattails.

“Art, Rocks!” Rocky Neck Tonight after 6pm

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“Art, Rocks!” Rocky Neck Tonight after 6pm

That’s all I’m Going to Say!

NO VIDEO CAMERAS WILL BE PRESENT!

 

AFFORDABLE SUMMER ART PROGRAMS FROM ART HAVEN AND THE ANNIE

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

With the third summer of Art Haven programs comes the opportunity for Cape Ann youth to combine the visual and theater arts like never before. And once again, low-income families will be able to receive financial assistance thanks to a Community Development Block Grant and the Bruce J. Anderson Foundation.

“We really want all kids to have affordable and fun opportunities in the arts,” says Art Haven Director Dawn Gadow. “The summer gives kids a great chance to work on really fun summer projects and to get outside and learn about Gloucester at the same time!”

The main thrust of Art Haven’s summer programming this year is Summer PlayCamp in conjunction with the new Henry Allen TheatreWorks, located at The Cape Ann (“The Annie”, to her friends) at 1 Washington Street. Students from ages 6 – 18 can participate in the program, spending half the day at the Art Haven studio experimenting in the visual arts, and half the day at The Annie writing plays and working on their acting skills.

Youth ages 6-12 will spend the mornings at Art Haven and afternoons at The Annie, while ages 12-18 do the opposite. The groups will work with themes from “The Mermaid Robot of Gloucester” and “Murder on Rocky Neck” to “The Witches of Dogtown”. The end of August even offers teens the chance to write their own political theater pieces. In each two-week session students will write a play, prepare props and costumes, work with materials like clay and printmaking, and perform their play on Thursday evening at the Cape Ann Farmer’s Market.

“It’s amazing the creativity that can come out of kids of all ages,” says Henry Allen of The Annie. “These productions are going to be incredible displays of the artistic power found in the youth of Cape Ann.”

If theater isn’t your forte, Art Haven is also still offering a number of other artistic opportunities to the youth of Cape Ann. They will have continued open studio times for all ages and open darkroom times. These times allow artists of all ages to explore the art studio on their own terms with some artistic guidance from Art Haven’s staff.

Also at the Cape Ann Farmer’s Market, Teen Artist Guild members will once again have the opportunity to sell their artwork. Older students are welcome to be a part of this group to learn how to market and sell their artwork, both at the Farmer’s Market and beyond. These students will meet twice a week to work on artistic skills, business skills, and developing a sense of themselves as an artist.

“We’ve really got opportunities for everyone to get into the arts this summer,” says Gadow. “If you want to get creative, we want to help you.”

For more information about all of these programs, call (978) 283-3888, visit www.arthaven.org or 180B Main Street. Registration forms can be found on the web site or picked up at the Main Street studio.

Local Producer Reels in Top Cannes’ Prizes

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From the Gloucester Daily Times-

Joann Mackenzie  Staff Writer

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Gloucester’s Sarah Green is talking on the phone from her Los Angeles office about the film that all of L.A. seems to be talking about, Terrence Malick’s new cosmic epic, “The Tree of Life.”

“You have to see this film with your heart, not your head,” says Green, who co-produced the 2011 Cannes Film Festival Palme D’Or winner. “If you see it with your heart, you will see so much more. You will see yourself, for one thing.”

Growing up in Rockport in the 1970s, Green says she had no clue how she saw herself.

“I was drawn to the arts, but didn’t see myself as having the talent to be an artist,” says the veteran producer, whose artistic sympatico with iconoclastic directors became the hallmark of her career. “I was good at math, so oddly enough, I went to school for engineering in Boston (Northeastern University) because math and engineering seemed to make sense.”

Once in Boston, Green found herself more drawn to its film culture than to engineering.

“I was seeing everything and going back to films I loved again and again and again,” she says.

It was, she says, an awakening to realize that filmmaking was her passion.

Read more here.

Did You Know? (Night on the Neck and Grand Opening Bash)

Posted on by God's Morning
Photos by E.J. Lefavour

For those of you who don’t already know it, Rocky Neck is just about the coolest place in the Universe.  This a photo collage covers just the tip of the iceberg that is Rocky Neck.  Thursday, June 2 from 5:00 to 9:00 pm is the First Night on the Neck for the season, and the Grand Opening of Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery.  There will be performers, art, music, dance, good vibes, food, libations and genres of fun for all. 

As for the Grand Opening at Khan Studio on Thursday, June 2 from 5:00 to 9:00 at 77 Rocky Neck, G3, I hear from a very reliable source, that in addition to the opening fare that will be offered, Sista Felicia is going to be bringing one of her awesome hors d’oeuvres.  There will be a spoken word performance by renowned beat poet, Joda Khan; Good Morning Gloucester contributors and FOB’s will abound.  And there will be a premier unveiling of Wendie Demuth’s amazing secret recipe ice tea (the only ingredient we can divulge is Duckworth Bistrot’s special Cape Ann Bee-strot honey), appropriately called Joey C. Ice Tea (because the man was totally blown away by it when he tasted it).  So run, walk, bicycle, skateboard, take a taxi or CATA bus, or drive to Rocky Neck tomorrow, Thursday, June 2, and plan to stay late, as Soul Rebel Project will be sharing the love with their special reggae vibe at Madfish, starting at 9:00. 

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Mike the Lobsterman on the Wreck of the Schooner Jennie M. At Salisbury, Ma

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Adam Bolonsky Forwards-

Mike the lobsterman waxes philosophical and provides background info on the wreck of the Jennie M. off Salisbury Beach. Mike was visiting a friend at the beach during a winter gale as the waves and surge uncovered the wreck.
The Jennie M. foundered in a nor’easter off Ipswich and Salisbury as she was running granite paving stones down the east coast. Like the wreck at Long Beach in Rockport, winter storms uncover and expose the buried schooner’s ribs every couple of years.
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Above: The Jennie M. breaks up off Salibury Beach. The image combines a photograph with hand-drawn details (the gulls and the surfmen) – a common newspaper illustration technique.

Sole survivor was the ship’s cat. Local rumor has it that the schooner was carrying more untaxed liquor than paving stones.

Did You Know? (Swans Don’t Like Bananas)

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That swans usually mate for life, although divorce does sometimes occur, particularly following nesting failure? Modern genetic techniques are starting to reveal that divorces are more common than previously thought, as is mating with other swans outside of the social pairing, without breaking the social pair bond. Who knew swans were adulterous and had open marriages? Young swans are known as cygnets or swanlings, an adult male is a cob, and an adult female is a pen.  Swans feed in the water and on land. They are almost entirely herbivorous, although small numbers of aquatic animals may be eaten. In the water food is obtained by up-ending or dabbling, and their diet is composed of the roots, tubers, stems and leaves of aquatic and submerged plants.  I learned today that swans do not like bananas.  This one was following me around the dock at Madfish Wharf begging, so I gave him/her a small piece of banana.  He chomped on it a bit then spit it out and rinsed his beak out, then tried it again, spit it out again and rinsed his beak.  He tried it a third time and then ignored it.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Did You Know? (World’s Hands)

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Photo by E.J. Lefavour

That Rumi Cachimuel is from Equador, that all the products sold at World’s Hands are made by his family in Equador, and that he is an accomplished musician?  World’s Hands at 130 Main Street opened just after Mother’s Day.  Rumi is a new Gloucester resident who comes to us from Equador, via Somerville.  If you haven’t been into the store, do stop in.  It is a feast of color and beautiful summer dresses, skirts and tops, as well as beaded jewelry, bags and dreamcatchers. 

Rumiñahui Cachimuel is also a member of Yarina, a group that performs traditional Andean music and dance.  Rumi studied music theory and majored in classical orchestra and solo flute. A member of Yarina since 1992, he previously performed with the Andean Instruments Symphony Orchestra of Imbabura, Ecuador. He plays the bass, guitar, pallas, kenacho, sampoñas, mandolin, and charango. He is also a vocalist and dancer. Rumi studied flute at the Instituto de Musica Luis Ulpiano de la Torre. He has received bass instructions from Luis Guzman.

Rumi a multi-instrumentalist artist, has performed with Mariela Condo, Daniel Mancero, Alex Alvear and Marta Gomez. He has also been part of the musical composition and acted as the leading music role for the Ecuadorian Documentary Film “Sara la Espantapajaros”. His instruments include bandolin, kenas, sampoñas, rondador, mandolin, charango, bass and voice.

You can see and hear a performance by Yarina at http://yarinamusic.org/yarina-demo/ – check them out.  I’ve heard other Andean musical groups – Yarina has a very unique sound and the dancers are great.  We just have the coolest, most unique, and multi-talented people on this rock.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Erin Rulli and Beth Gillett Represent at Khan Studio and the GMG Gallery

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Erin Rulli and Beth Gillett represent at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery.  Erin gives a shout out for her brother, Caleb Rulli, who owns Hershey Frameshop in Rockport.  Look how beautiful Joey’s, Paul’s and Sharon’s work look behind them.  That really cool Discover Gloucester bag is still available for the connoisseur of Gloucester art that takes home one of these beautiful pieces by Joey C., Paul Frontiero or Sharon Lowe from the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery.   

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Boston Casting Looking For Extras

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Sent in By Meg Jarret of FilmCapeAnn

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May 31, 2011

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Boston Casting is seeking extras to work overnight Wednesday 6/1, Thursday 6/2 and Friday 6/3 on Here Comes the Boom with their car or truck.

THESE WILL ALL BE OVERNIGHT SHOOTS in the Boston Metro Area. 

You MUST be available all 3 nights.  Cars and trucks cannot be red or white.

We are looking for working class people with trucks, older SUVs, and beat up cars for this scene.

If you are interested and available, please email me atAshley@Bostoncasting.com.  Please include your full name, your phone number, and a recent photo of both you and your car.  

THIS EMAIL IS JUST AN AVAILABILITY CHECK.  We are checking to see who would be available and interested in working with their car or truck.  YOU ARE NOT BOOKED TO WORK UNLESS YOU HEAR BACK FROM US WITH THE CALL TIME, LOCATION AND WARDROBE INSTRUCTIONS.

Pay for non union actors is $64 for 8 hours.  This means you are paid $64 up to 8 hours.  After 8 hours you accrue more pay.  For a typical 12 hour shoot day you will be paid around $100, though the amount depends on how many hours you are on set.

Right now, we are only looking for non union performers with trucks, older SUVs and beat up cars.

Again, if you are interested and available, please email me atAshley@Bostoncasting.com with your full name, phone number and photo of you and your car.

Those selected will be contact by phone no later this afternoon.

Thanks!