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Picture from Brew Fest From The Two Palaverers

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Check Out The Two Palaveres Blog Here

Hey Joey,

Here is a picture from the Craft Beer Brew Fest.  We are with Tom Ryan “First Mate O’Sails” from Cape Ann Brewing Company.

Rob & Laura

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Essex Youth Triathlon

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey!

I am coordinating the volunteers and press for the Essex Youth Triathlon, August 7th. It is a great event to promote healthy, happy kiddies in our communities! We need lots of help the day of and leading up to the event. Below is a little info!
“Just Tri!” Essex Youth Triathlon
Sponsored by the Essex Board of Health
Centennial Grove, Essex; August 7th 2010, 9:30 AM
The Essex Board of Health is holding our second annual Essex Youth Triathlon on Sat. August 7th; targeting youth of all abilities ages 5-15 on the North Shore & Cape Ann, but open to all. The goal of the Board of Health is to encourage activity & healthy habits in our youth that they can take with them into a healthy adulthood. Last year we had over 120 participate & complete the race. This year, we are planning for 200 – 250.

We are seeking volunteers and donations to assist in planning and day-of-race activity. To register your child, volunteer or donate please go to www.essexma.org or contact the Essex Board of Health at (978) 768-7614boh@essexma.org

Here is the link to the youth ti page on the Essex town site: http://www.essexma.org/Pages/EssexMA_Health/Youth%20Triathlon%202010

Thank you so much!

Jade Langley

Animal Krackers Rockport Grand Opening

Posted on by Alicia Pensarosa

Animal Krackers opened their second location in Rockport this week. It is at 18 Railroad Ave. across from Dunkin Donuts. They have their own parking lot too. It’s a beautiful store, carrying some new items that aren’t at the Gloucester store.

The Grand Opening is on Sunday. They will be giving out free snacks and a free Dog or Cat toy!

Rockport Hours are:
Closed on Monday
Tuesday thru Saturday
10am-6pm
Open Sundays!
11am-4pm

Stacy and Dozer are managing the new Rockport store

They now have their own line of treats

Relay for Life – of Cape Ann

Posted on by Manuel F. Simoes

Senator Tarr and Mayor Kirk were on hand to start the 8th Annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Cape at Newell Stadium  last night.

Click on photo below to see slide show of the Teams.

 

Also see video  below

Maritime Heritage Center Season Underway

Posted on by Marty Luster

It was a beautiful evening at Harbor Loop as The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center kicked off the 2010 season with a party for members and friends.  Guests from throughout Cape Ann enjoyed a light supper and the extraordinary music of the A TRAIN ORCHESTRA.

For more information about the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center visit http://www.gloucestermaritimecenter.org/


Alchemy Cafe and Bistro

Posted on by blackswanbeth

Alchemy Cafe and Bistro boasts a new Spring menu full of goodies and a redesigned interior with more big chairs and comfy corners. A beautiful and funky new metal sign on the corner should attract some attention. The menu offers yummy sharing tapas as well as pizza and delicious entrees. I love that they really try to source everything locally and care where their meat comes from and what it has eaten. I had to go here after Joey’s food map. There was a serious shortage of Alchemy photos – I had to be sure it got on that food map – and I did my duty. It was tough, boy, I tell you! I managed though…

Rob ordered the grass-fed burger and fries, which were heavily wife-taxed, and my sea bass managed to be eaten almost entirely by me as well. (Poor Rob.) Asparagus with poached egg tapas and a lavender creme caramel dessert made for a fine, rare date night indeed!

10-Picture slide show

Alchemy Cafe and Bistro – click photo for slide show

Are you hungry?

Grilled Asparagus
poached egg, truffle oil, shaved Grana Padano, 
and smoked sea salt – 6

Pan Seared Striped Bass
marinated squash and salsa verde – 16

Grass Fed Beef Burger
bacon onion jam, herb cheese, lettuce, tomato, 
homemade pickles and a black pepper bun – 13

Spring Peas with Butter & Parsley – 5

Lavender Scented Crème Caramel
organic honey custard, fresh berries, caramel sauce – 6

Block Party Event At “The Blackburn Performing Arts”

Posted on by Joanne

Saturday June 19   7:30 PM   Farewell performance of YOUR FAVORITE EX  Tix $10
 

Click banner to go to BPA's website

 

YOUR FAVORITE EX!! inside the Blackburn- Saturday night, June 19! Block Party! Outside! Movies! Folk-punk in the parking lot!it all begins at 6 or so…see you @ it, then !! 

Click photo to go to their myspace page

  

Megan McKenzie Band @ The Dog Bar June 19, 2010

Posted on by Joanne

 

Just a heads-up – Scarlett (formerly Slingdaddy), with replacement singer
Megan Downey has been asked back to the Dogbar as the Megan McKenzie Band this Saturday, June 19th.  I know it’s a little confusing (we will try to issue programs at the show so you can keep up) but we are also using Tod Ellyson on drums as our regular drummer is unavailable.  It is also the first block party of the summer in Gloucester so Main Street will be
hopping.  As a result, we are looking at an earlier start time (8:30pm to
close).  So come on down.

Megan Downey, Frank Hawks, Jon Donlon and Tod Ellyson

Megan
Frank
Jon
Tod

The Dogbar is located at 65 Main St, Gloucester, MA

www.dogbarcapeann.com

Awakening The Happiness Within You

Posted on by capeannpainter
Buddhist Meditation Master Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche
Visits Gloucester Saturday
 
 
From,  The Cape Ann Healing Center
Hello,  this weekend Saturday the 19th
 
We are excited to announce that we have a very special vistor who has been traveling throughout the world speaking on The art of Happiness, he is a Buddhist Meditation Master who has chosen to speak at Treetop!!
 
We are honored and would like to spread the word to our community!!!
 
Sat, June 19, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
WhereTreetop Yoga Studio (map)
Para Research Building
85 Eastern Ave, Gloucester Mass 
 
Awakening The Happiness Within You with Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche
We often think that if we are lucky we will get to be happy, but happiness is who we are.  We can spend our entire lives searching for happiness externally, but true happiness can only be found within. If we simply remove the barriers between us and our true nature, our inner happiness comes out. When we know our minds are fundamentally comfortable, innately happy, then wherever we go, whatever we do, happiness is always with us. In this talk, Buddhist meditation master Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche will introduce us to our natural state of happiness and explain methods for expanding our experience of it and extending it to others.

Beginners welcome. No previous experience with meditation or Buddhist practice is necessary.  Suggested Donation $20.  Call 978-282-1191 x 1 for info and to pre-register.

Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche

 

Bio of Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche:

Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche is a meditation master in the Nyingma lineage of the Buddhist tradition. He studied for ten years at Lharang Gar in Serta, eastern Tibet, with his teacher, the great Jigmed Phuntsok Rinpoche, who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest Dzogchen masters of the 20th century. Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is the founder and spiritual director of Atiamrita (atiamrita.org), an organization dedicated to promoting happiness, inner peace, and enlightenment. He is currently writing his first book as well as traveling throughout North America speaking on meditation and spirituality.
Check out our Website 
www.capeannhealingcenter.org

As always,
 
Thank you
Libby Lynch
Cape Ann Healing Center

Hello Everyone, from Marty Luster

Posted on by Marty Luster

I’m happy to be the newest member of the GMG team.

Joey has already told the story of our, shall we say, impetuous, move to Gloucester from the Finger Lakes of New York last month, so I thought I’d fill in a few of the details.

I am a retired (dare I say it) attorney and (this is even worse) politician. However, for the past nearly 7 years I was the co-editor, and a photographer, reporter, distributor and fundraiser for Positive News U.S. PN is a remarkable print (circulation 20,000) and online (www.positivenewsus.org) publication produced in Ithaca, NY and Bolinas California.  Our move from Ithaca made it sensible for me to step down from my PN activities and I did so—just in time for GMG to come along and fill the gap.

Photography is my main avocation (www.photonewsservice.com) and I have been a sailor and boater since age 16. I am currently boat less for the first time in 34 years, but I expect that will change pretty soon. That works out fine because Barbara and I need the time to explore and learn about our new home and community. We are thrilled with what we have seen so far.

Barbara and I met when she was in junior high and I was in high school in Queens, NY. We were married 46 years ago. Since then we have lived in Manhattan, Queens, Long Island and, for 34 years, in Trumansburg, NY. Barbara is a retired R.N., an outstanding chef and a prolific and talented quilter. She is an extraordinary mother to our two children, Brian [http://amovablebridge.wordpress.com/] (Brooklyn) and Ann (Jamaica Plain) and the world’s greatest grandma to our 4 grandchildren, Priva, Yitzchak, Shanti and Raj.

I look forward to contributing what I can to GMG and the broader Gloucester community.

Here’s my first little tidbit.

Simple Pleasures

“Our life is frittered away by detail.  .  . Simplify, simplify.” Henry David Thoreau

That’s true. So why did he say it twice?

SUNDAY JUNE 20 SEASIDE TRI CLINIC AT STAGE FORT PARK, GLOUCESTER

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Scott Bumpus Writes-
SUNDAY JUNE 20 SEASIDE TRI CLINIC AT STAGE FORT PARK, GLOUCESTER

We will be hosting a FREE open clinic on June 20th at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester for all Triathlete levels.
8:00am : Sign in
8:15am : Pre Ride of the Gloucester Fisherman Triathlon bike course
with Gloucester Fisherman’s Triathlon Race Director Janda Ricci Munn and former pro cyclist Phil Wong.
Learn how to race safely and efficiently
* pacing strategies
* climbing technique
* braking
* cornering
* and changes to course from last year
9:00am : Transition Clinic by Janda Ricci-Munn
plus tips and techniques to make your event day go smoother.
9:15am : Run Clinic with Janda Ricci-Munn
Running drills and form work to increase run efficiency.
Janda will perform run analysis using video camera and Dartfish software to film and analyze run mechanics.
Particular attention will be paid to the determination of where each runner’s foot strike occurs in relation to their center of gravity and how body position when running can affect gait mechanics throughout the stride cycle.
10:00am : We’ll have a short Q&A to finish up
*Please note that if you do not have a Gloucester beach sticker there is a $15 parking fee. Parking should also be available on the boulevard.
*Show up a little early and leave time to get ready so you don’t miss the start of the ride.
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GMG IS IN THE HIZZY!!!!! Susan Stimson Has Some Nice Things To Say

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hey, Joey …

Kathy Kelleher’s letter of praise captured it all … though she perhaps didn’t mention the Bean, her charming sister, and the family uber-cat.  As a native Vermonter who has been living in California for what seems like a million years, I also stumbled on your web-site and read it every night here.  It is a virtual taste of New England that is a taste of home … from the great food, to the boats and the harbor, to the spirit of community.  My first serious love, a wonderful man who hailed from Merrimac, took me to Gloucester years ago … we sat on the espanade watching the bridge go up and down.  A great memory.  Now, because of your website, we are talking about making sure we come back for a visit.
Keep doin’ what you do …
Susan Stimson
Thanks Susan and Kathy, but just so everyone is aware we have a great team that goes out and gets these stories.  Not just me.  I’m super proud of the entire GMG Team!
Just this past week-
Beth Swan who was already a part of the team but we’ve officially given her posting privileges and right out of the gate got the scoop on Common Crow To Go.

Also coming aboard is Marty Luster- recent Gloucester transplant who got the story in pictures of the bell buoy salvage! Woot!

Fantastic stuff all around with Manny Simoes JUST KILLING IT!!!!!( Our Lady Of Good Voyage Bells being replaced, Art Haven, Linda Greenlaw Interviews, John Morris at the Library and much more!)

Paulie Frontiero gets major props for helping out with the silkscreening of the GMG Horribles Day Float Shirts!

Alicia with her Art In The Barn coverage Woot!

Sharon despite her crazy schedule has been her usual steady force in the 9AM.

There was a Laurie Lufkin sighting this week with another recipe.

Paul Morrison his regular innovative self with the cool as hell Interactive Blackburn Challenge Map!

Donna Ardizzoni contributing with her pictures and beautifying projects around the city!

Joanne Silva with her steady compilations of the Music scene around Gloucester which NO ONE does a more comprehensive job

Thom Falzorano had some nice sports coverage along with David Cox being…. well David Cox.

We got you exclusive with Jared and Justin Talarski fresh off a relief trip to Haiti in which the stories of corruption in the Haiti pseudo government would make your hair stand on end.  who are these people coming to to tell their stories?  GMG That’s WHO!
We got you on the set of “What’s Your Number”
We Got Amazing Race Exclusive Video and Photos of the Start of The Whole Goddamn Network Television Prime Time Supposed to Be a Secret Series As It Happened!
All the people who write in supportive comments and adding to the discussion in the running comment section are part of the team as well.
We’re killing it!!!!  Stories are being broken in words and pictures left and right all around us and I couldn’t be prouder of our team! we are WAYYYYYY OUT IN FRONT OF THESE STORIES!  WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY OUT IN FRONT!  Step Up Or Move Over Because GMG Is A LOCAL NEWS FORCE BIATCH! (in case you hadn’t noticed)

GMG IS IN THE HIZZY AND WE AIN”T GOIN’ NOWHERE!!!