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Coast Guard Station Gloucester – Safe Boating Day – National Safe Boating Week

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Coast Guard Station Gloucester to hold Safe Boating Day event
GLOUCESTER, Mass. – U.S. Coast Guard Station Gloucester will hold a Safe Boating Day event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., May 21, 2011 at their location on the waterfront.
The event is help to promote safe boating awareness though demonstrations and informational booths.
"The goal is to put all aspects of boating safety back in the public eye as we approach our spring and summer boating season," said Chief Warrant Officer Luis Munoz, the commanding officer of Station Gloucester.
The station will showcase an assortment of search and rescue demonstrations, boating under the influence information, flare demonstrations, commercial fishing vessel safety, tours of Station Gloucester and its vessels, structured boating and paddling safety and various informational booths.
Representatives include Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S. Power Squadron, State of Massachusetts Marine Environmental Protection, commercial fishing safety representatives and many others.
The event will be held at the station located at 17 Harbor Loop in Gloucester, Mass.
For more information about the event please contact Adam Smart at (978) 283-0705
For more information about this release contact 1st Coast Guard District Public Affairs at (617) 223-8515.

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Motif No. 1 Day Schedule: Whew!

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It’s almost here, and it’s happening, whether it’s sunny, rainy, sleeting or even snowing, Motif No. 1 Day in downtown Rockport kicks off Friday night with a free film by Les Bartlett and ends the next evening, May 21st at 6:00 with Vintage Rockport on Film: the 1950s. Both the kickoff and the finale will include Twin Lights soda (or tonic…) and the newest Twin Lights t-shirts will even be on hand for purchase. Below is the Schedule of Events. Go  to our festival website for more details!

All Day Events

  • Motif No. 1 Art Exhibit in the Old Firehouse Trust
  • Dock Square Chowder Stand with chowder from Nate’s at Front Beach! (percentage of proceeds to support Rockport Festivals)
  • Kids’ Art Zone in Harvey Park
  • Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest
  • NYRE Food Booth in Harvey Park (proceeds to support Rockport’s New Year’s Eve)
  • Try Your Hand Interactive Art Event throughout downtown
  • The Spirit of the Motif throughout downtown
  • Find the Motif Scavenger Hunt throughout downtown
  • Music throughout downtown

Scheduled Events
10 am
The Way We Were a multi-media presentation by the Rockport High School Band in Harvey Park

10:30 am
Rockport Dance Academy in Dock Square. Click HERE for information on the Rockport Dance Academy.

10:30 am – 12 noon
Instrument Petting Zoo at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, 3rd Floor. Sponsored by Rockport Music.

11 am – 3 pm
Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest throughout downtown. Registration located at the corner of School & Main Streets.

Spirit of the Motif: a wandering dramatic presentation throughout downtown.

11 am & 11:30 am
Puppet Show by Adventures with Amy at The Paper Mermaid on Main Street.

12 noon – 1 pm
Back Bay Brass Quintet at the Shalin Liu Performance Center. Sponsored by Rockport Music. Concert is free, tickets on a first-come, first-served basis.

12 noon – 2 pm
Photography Reception at the Rockport Art Association. Enjoy this opportunity to the photographers behind the juried work of the RAA at this free reception.

1 pm – 3 pm
Nat Simpkins Band New Orleans Jazz & Blues with Henri Smith.

1 pm – 4 pm
Face-painting with artist Kristine Karvelas in Harvey Park

12 noon
Merrimac Valley Rounders in Dock Square. A lively mix of bluegrass standards & originals.

2 pm
Film: The Fish Shack Float That Charmed Chicago at The Old Firehouse Trust. Click HERE for movie trailer.

The Rockport Legion Band in Harvey Park. Click HERE for Band information.

2pm & 2:30 pm
Puppet Show by Adventures with Amy at The Paper Mermaid on Main Street

4 pm
Sidewalk Chalk Contest Winners announced in Dock Square

3 pm – 5 pm
Soul Force V in Dock Square. A fantastic blend of funk, soul & jazz.

4 pm – 4:45 pm
Words Before Dinner Poetry Event at the Old Firehouse Trust. Original poems inspired by life on Cape Ann.

6:30 pm
Festival Finale: Vintage Rockport on Film with Twin Lights tonic at the Old Firehouse Trust (provided courtesy of the Twin Lights Beverage Co.). Twin Lights t-shirts will be available as well!

Free Motif Number 1 PrintThe first person who goes to the information booth at Motif #1 Day and mentions the free poster as part of Good Morning Gloucester will be able to take home this Folly Cove Designers Print!

Did You Know? (Music, Joey C. and Roxi on Rocky Neck)

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That Rocky Neck Roxi is the official Khan Studio and Good Morning Gloucester greeter who will be stationed outside the gallery, when weather improves enough for her to be out in her summer outfit, to greet all visitors and work on her tan?  Roxi is a visiting fashion design student from Ethiopia who will be interning with us for the summer.  She is pleasant enough, but doesn’t say much.  You see Roxi here carrying a very cool Discover Gloucester shoulder bag and sporting an iconic sou’wester fisherman’s hat over her straw one.  Did you know that it is called a sou’wester because we get our bad weather (which we have had just about enough of, thank you) from the northeast, and you want your face towards the southwest while your back and brim of your sou’wester take the brunt of a nor’easter?  I think just about anyone could benefit from and enjoy this Discover Gloucester bag and sou’wester, and they are free to the first two patrons of a beautiful photograph or painting on the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery wall by Joey C., Paul Frontiero or Sharon Lowe.  The first buyer obviously gets the choice of which he or she wants, and the 2nd gets whichever one is left.  I have a feeling the sou’wester will go first.  Of course if the first buyer buys two art pieces by these famous GMG personalities, he or she can get both the bag and the hat.  What an amazing opportunity to own a beautiful Joey C. or Sharon Lowe photograph, and/or a Paul Frontiero painting or sharpie sketch (like a flat art rock that you can hang on the wall), and get a sou’wester, Discover Gloucester bag, or both!  Only at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery at 77 Rocky Neck, G3 will you find such an opportunity.   Open Wednesday through Sunday noon to 8:00 or later when music is happening at Madfish.

Speaking of music, tomorrow (Friday) night at 9:00 pm, Madfish Grill will have Groove performing funky dance music from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.  If you love to dance, turn out with your dancing shoes and get your groove on.  And on Saturday night at 9:00 come roots rock with my favorite music, reggae.  Dreadrocks…Fiery lyrical deliverance and diverse rhythmic sound cause the mind to think. Heavy drum and bass infused with soul and rock inform the feet to dance. Conscious messages and a vibration of love inspire the heart to open. True to the spirit of roots reggae music, Dread Rocks, with their fresh brand of Reggae have come to “lively up the place”.   I guess I’ll say goodbye to sleep until fall.

And last but not least, did you know that 13 people (including our Joey) will receive  Community Recognition Awards from the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church at an awards ceremony on Friday, May 20 at 7:30 pm at the church.  Selected by the church’s Social Justice Committee, the women and men receiving these honors come from all walks of life.  Some are known for the deeds they have done for their neighbors. Others are being honored for giving generously to the entire community, often with little or no public notice. All have made a lasting mark on Gloucester and were chosen because, although they may follow a wide variety of faith traditions, their actions embody the best of the spirit that guides Unitarian Universalism – open-hearted giving to others, done without thought of remuneration or recognition.

After the awards ceremony, Joey will be heading over to Madfish Wharf for a pre-grand opening and awardee congratulation shindig at the Gallery, and everyone is invited to join in the celebration and check out the place. 

Can I get a Hallelujah and pass the SPF45 – the sun is out!

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Tonight ~ pApAs fritAs is kicking off their European tour with their first gig since 2003 at The Rhumb Line on Thursday, May 19th

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WHAT:                  pApAs fritAs

WHERE:                at The Rhumb Line

WHEN:                  Thursday May 19th

TIME:                    9pm

DEETS:                  21+/$3

WITH:

The BF’s (9pm)

pApAs fritAs (10:15pm)

The Bandit Kings (11:30pm)

pApAs fritAs is kicking off their European tour with their first gig since 2003 at The Rhumb Line on Thursday, May 19th starting at 9pm and accompanied by The BF’s and The Bandit Kings.  (Thanks to Dave Sag for giving up one of his fantastic Thursday night slots to allow the band a hometown show!)  The Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona has invited pApAs fritAs to reunite this year for their 50,000+ attendee festival, which will be preceded by shows in Brussels, Paris, and Marseilles.   Two of their three albums (on Minty Fresh Records, Chicago) were recorded in West Gloucester, so after six European tours, two Japanese tours, countless cross-U.S. tours, and ten years…it’s fitting for the band to reunite here in Gloucester.  The band will be playing with Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents the next day (Friday, May 20th) at Harpoon Fest (at the Harpoon Brewery in Boston), as well, before departing for Europe.

BLU-BOP ~ Rowen, Mattacks & Brown ~ live at the Dogbar 5/21

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An important reminder for those who love music:

Saturday, May 21: Blu Bop featuring Dave Mattacks, Marty Rowen & David Brown live at the Dogbar.


This Saturday, May 21 Mr. Marty Rowen will glide into the Dogbar with his melodic B-3 and onto the intimate purple stage. Near the the lounge of plush comfy couches Mr. Rowen will be met by Mr. Dave Mattacks, toting his emerald drumkit—and Mr. David Brown, with his favorite guitar and his seductive slide…

At 9pm they will gather together with all of you, you who love music, and the sounds they make will fill the room with the scorching hot tunes and cool magic you would expect from a trio of this caliber. To say these players are exceptional, is really saying too little. This show is free and open to all who wish to make this a very special Saturday night.

We will see you there.
Blu-Bop • Saturday, May 21 • 9pm • Dogbar • 65 Main St • Gloucester, MA • free • Savvy?

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More Of The Gift That Keeps On Giving From Pam Courtleigh

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Pam Courtleigh writes-

A quick 1/2 hour walk tonight on Cape Hedge turned up 15 of the babies.

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THE NEWS FROM ROCKY NECK

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T H E   N E W S   F R O M   R O C K Y   N E C K


photo credits: Kathy Chapman and Anna Vojtech

Thanks to Judy Robinson Cox For The News From Rocky Neck

Spring Show

Opening Day: Friday, May 20 – 11am – 8pm

Kathy Soles
Water Marks: Shifting Elements, 2010, 48"x68"
oil on canvas mounted on board

MON, June 6, 7pm: Kathy Soles, Goetemann Artist in Residency Introductory presentation

Ocean currents, navigation routes, intersection of land, sea, and sky, and the imagining of what exists in the unspecified depths of water are all sources for the paintings and works on paper by Kathy Soles. They suggest the mystery of what exists below the surface, sometimes turbulent and at other times quietly serene. Learn more about Soles’ work at an introductory lecture on Monday, June 6, 7pm at the Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Ave.

Soles holds a B.A. from Emmanuel College in Boston and an M.F.A. from American University in Washington, D.C. She studied printmaking and painting at Maryland Institute College of Art and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She has exhibited widely in both solo and group exhibitions. A professor of painting and drawing at Emmanuel College, she lives and maintains a studio in Milton, Massachusetts.

Gloucester Stage Company

Friday, May 20, GSC 2011 SPRING BENEFIT GALA, 6 PM – 11 PM

@ Cruiseport Gloucester, 6 Rowe Square, Gloucester

Click link below for more details
www.gloucesterstage.com/images11/2011_gala_poster.jpg

GSC Launches Capital Campaign To Renovate Theater…

Hires Shalin Liu Architects, Epstein Joselin to Oversee Design Process.Read The Gloucester Daily Times Article:
www.gloucestertimes.com/topstories/x364971033/New-visions-at-Gloucester-Stage

OPEN DESIGN WORKSHOP Thursday, June 2, 2011
10:30 am to 4 pm @ Gloucester Stage Company

You are invited to stop by at GSC to learn more about the Renovation Design Process! Share Your Observations with Epstein Joselin & GSC Personnel

June 9th – 26th Art Exhibit

(during the production of Living Together)

  • Ruth Mordecai – Lobby/Concessions Area 
  • Devera Ehrenberg – Lounge Area

NSAA

NORTH SHORE ARTS NEWS
May 28, 2pm: Mary Rhinelander McCarl Lecture on the Early Art Colonies of Cape Ann

Also on May 28 at 2:00 pm, NSAA will feature local artist and historian, Mary Rhinelander McCarl, lecturing on the Early Art Colonies of Cape Ann: Magnolia, Annisquam, Pigeon Cove and Gloucester from the 1870’s-1890’s.

Victorian House by Jeff Weaver

Victorian House by Jeff Weaver

May 29 to June 12 : Solo Exhibitions by Featured Artists, Jeff Weaver, and Jack Jones, North Shore Arts Gordon Grant Room

North Shore Arts Association presents Solo Exhibitions by Featured Artists, Jeff Weaver, May 29 through June 12 and Jack Jones, May 29 through June 12 in the Gordon Grant Room.

In his early years in Gloucester, Jeff Weaver supported himself at various waterfront jobs, as well as by painting boat portrait commissions for fishing vessel captains and murals in commercial establishments and private homes. This eventually led to many years of commercial work including more than 30 murals painted in Gloucester. Returning to fine art pursuits in the 1990s, Jeff again focused on depicting Gloucester and its environs in various media. He currently operates a studio/gallery at 16 Rogers Street on the Gloucester waterfront. His exhibit at NSAA will feature his drawings, many of which are studies for later paintings.

Jack Jones, an accomplished watercolor and oil painter and teacher, is known for his lively use of color. He attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and studied with Paul Goodridge for eight years. Together with his photographer wife, Phyllis, he has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe and the Caribbean to capture the beauty of the various countrysides. His work has appeared in five major books on watercolor as well as being featured on both the cover of The Artist’s Magazine and in the 2003 issue of the Watercolor Magazine.

2011 Partner with the Artist

Weiler Photo Gallery

Dark & Stormies at ISLA House

Workshops

Explore your creative side in Photography and go beyond taking snap shots. Explore the creative use of shutter speed and aperture, dramatic black and white or toned images from start to finish, or lighting – from using available light (any light that is available) enhanced with reflectors to flash or simple studio lights.
Small groups – limited to 6 maximum.

Critique included. $150.00

www.judithmphotography.com
judith@judithmphotography.com
978 283-6856 studio
or 914 469-6983 mo

Creative Photography Workshops

by Judith Monteferrante

HDR

WEEDEND WORKSHOPS: JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST

Friday evening introduction, then all day Saturday and Sunday:
1. Creative Photography with Color and Motion: including creative use of shutter speed and aperture, panning, HDR, zoom-spin, etc. June 10-12
2. Creative Photography with B&W or Toned Imagery including post processing in LightRoom and Photoshop: July 8-10
3. Creative Photography with Simple Flash or Studio Lights to include Light Painting at Night: August 12-14

Light Inside by Sigrid Olsen

Painting from the Heart

Cultivating Intuitive Vision
with Color, Imagery, Print & Collage: by Sigrid Olsen
June 13-17, 2011
Montserrat College of Art
23 Essex St. Beverly MA 01915

This workshop will incorporate a number of techniques Sigrid has developed to allow free and spontaneous use of color and print in order to express one’s personal life vision. The goal is to open up to possibility and leave each participant inspired to leave all preconceptions behind and get on with the business of highly creative living. The mood will be equally upbeat and introspective, technically instructional while reaching deeper to unleash inner imagination and self-expression. We will use a three part media: painting, print and collage. There will be a focus on color mixing, color theory and self expression through color utilizing permanent brilliant watercolor inks on paper. In combination with the watercolor under-painting, there will be a print component, employing hand-carved rubber print blocks. The workshop culminates in a collage using all the elements practiced over the past few days. The notion of inspiration will be explored through guided meditation, audio-visual presentation and open discussion.

ANNOUNCEMENTS/OPPORTUNITIES

VOTE FOR GLOUCESTER (Deadline : May 23)

Rand McNally and USA Today are looking for the best small towns in America. The top towns will be featured in their Best of the Road® cross-country rally this summer and in the 2013 Rand McNally Atlas next year! Gloucester has been nominated as "Most Beautiful," but to win we need your votes. Please go to the Gloucester page atwww.bestoftheroad.com BY MAY 23 to tell America why Gloucester deserves to be recognized for its unmatched beauty, and help bring some positive national attention to our fair city.

June 6, MCC Cultural District Info Session, 1-3PM

The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) will hold an information session on June 6th at the Gloucester City Hall Auditorium for anyone interested in learning more about our new Cultural Districts Initiative. The session will be from 1:00-3:00 PM. The statute that created cultural districts has specific goals: to attract artists and cultural enterprises; encourage business and job development; establish the district.

Exhibit Opportunity at Khan Studio / Good Morning Gloucester Gallery

The Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery at 77 Rocky Neck Ave, G3 features photography and artwork by Joey Ciaramitaro, Sharon Lowe, Paul Frontiero, Chris Murray and EJ. There are a few guest artist exhibit spaces, for 2-week exhibits still available. If you are an artist or know an artist who might be interested in having an exhibit on Rocky Neck, please visitwww.khanstudiointernational.com/goodmorninggloucester%20gallery.htm for more info, or email EJ atkhanstudio@comcast.net.

Inside The Numbers- GMG Stats Day, Month, All Time

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Monday May 16th, 2011 22,517 Views

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Sunday, April 17 – Monday, May 16,2011  545,657 views

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All Time Views-

Saturday, January 19, 2008 – Monday, May 16, 2011  7,951,681 Views

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Did You Know? (Joey C. at GMG Gallery)

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That you don’t often see Joey C. in front of the camera?  Like most photographers, he is generally behind it taking the photos or shooting the video.  This is a rare opportunity to see video of Joey being Joey at the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery at Khan Studio on Rocky Neck.  It says the video is directed by EJ, but as any of you who know Joey know, the man is a whirlwind of energy that cannot be directed, and that’s what makes it fun. 

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Eileen Matz Gets Recognized Today For 2011 Unsung Heroines

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Eileen Matz has been volunteering for 25 plus years at Addison Gilbert , Local schools and Rose Baker Senior Center and today is being recognized  by the Massachusetts   Commission on the Status of  Women  as one of 100 Unsung Heroines in the State Of Massachusetts!

Make sure if you see Eileen around town you congratulate her and thank her for all of her work.

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Endangered Species Day Community Open House at the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey-
I was hoping you could get the word out about our Endangered Species Day Community Open House. We’ve got lots of free family activities lined up for Saturday, May 21st, Rain or Shine. We’ve partnered with NOAA Fisheries and The Whale Center of New England to offer lots of hands on programs focusing on endangered marine animals and local habitats.
Thanks,
Mary Kay

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Discover Gloucester’s May Mug Up Meeting for all local tourism-based folk

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Discover Gloucester’s May Mug Up Meeting for all local tourism-based folk

is tomorrow (Thursday) May 19, 8:30AM on Seven Seas Whale Watch’s Privateer IV, docked at Seven Seas Wharf next to the Gloucester House.

The Mug Up agenda includes the debut of the 2011 Discover Gloucester Visitor Guide, with the unveiling of the winning cover photo of the Man at the Wheel.

There’s a fabulous backstory to the photo!

We’ll also explore the 2011 Sea It All Gloucester Passport; Visitor Guide distribution and more.

RSVP to info@seaportgloucester.org and Cheers to an incredible season!

Cape Ann Skating Club will host its 37th annual spring show The CAFSC Music Awards

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Hi Joey,

I just wanted to let you know that on Saturday, May 21st at 2:00 PM, The Cape Ann Skating Club will host its 37th annual spring show titled "CAFSC Music Awards."  The show will be held at the Talbot Rink in Gloucester at the O’Maley Middle School.

Dozens of skaters from preschoolers to high-schoolers will perform an array of skating programs with colorful costumes to grammy award winning songs.

Eleven members of the Cape Ann Team won medals this past winter at the Bay State Games.  Those medals qualified the skaters to represent Massachusetts at this years State Games of America, to be held in San Diego this summer.

A special treat this year will be 2 performances by the International Gold Medal Winning Adult Theater on Ice Team, Imagica.  Imagica won gold last year in France and has also qualified to compete in its third annual Nations Cup, to be held in Spain.  The team includes members from the Cape Ann Area, including Cindy Backe and Sherry and Mike Descios of Danvers, Anne Marie Crotty, Doug Grimes and Theresa Lee of Gloucester, Faye Greel of Rockport, Vikki Hyer and Gale Denis of Newburyport; Kathy MacNichol of Georgetown, Heidi Rowell and Carol Woods of Billerca, and Theresa Snow of Chelsea.

Imagica, under the direction of Tansey Mazzarino of Danvers and Amy Vecchio of Winthrop will skate a short program, which is a patriotic skateto an Olympic Medley and a longer program which tells a story of a leprechaun tracking down a pot of gold.

Tickets can be purchased at the door for $10.00.

Hope to see some of your subscribers at the rink cheering on these accomplished young skaters!  It is sure to be a great afternoon of skating.

Thanks so much, Becca Campbell

Eat for a good Cause!

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We all need to eat, so why not eat for a good cause? Come to Ellen’s Harborside Restaurant on historic T-Wharf this Thursday, May 19th for a DineAround fundraiser and 20% of the proceeds from your meal will go to support the programming for Motif No. 1 Day & HarvestFest. This is a great way to begin the Motif No. 1 Day festival weekend which kicks off the next night in downtown Rockport. Rockport Festivals (in charge of Motif No. 1 Day & HarvestFest) is run by community volunteers and funded entirely through community sponsorship, so this event will go a long way toward making the festivals happen. Many thanks to the Inns of Rockport & the Rockport Chamber of Commerce for sponsoring the DineAround and to Ellen’s for hosting it.