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YOU’VE BEEN FLOCKED!

Posted on by Sharon

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You’ve probably seen these flamingos around town. I stopped to ask the Reardon family on East Main St. how they got flocked and how they could get “unflocked”. They said they had an idea it might happen to them, but weren’t sure. The “flocker” is anonymous (to keep people from getting revenge). So now the Reardons have the choice of paying (donating) $5 to ensure that they won’t get flocked again, $10 to get the birds removed, and $15 to flock a “friend”.  Of course, it’s all in fun, and a creative way of raising money for a worthy cause!

Cape Ann Relay for Life’s Team Re-lei for a Cure is holding a “Flocking” fundraiser. Surprise a friend by having a flock of pink flamingos placed on a their lawn to help raise money for the American Cancer Society. Call Patty or Melanie Wall at 978-283-4406.

BIG MOVIE SALE SATURDAY! 10,000 VIDEOS!

Posted on by Rob Newton

Hello Film Fans,

In the couple of weeks since the end of The Cape Ann Community Cinema’s successful inaugural season at the Gloucester Stage, we’ve had a fantastic development — we’ve found a summer home!

From July 1 to the end of September (at least), we’ll be showing our regular line-up of independent, foreign and local films at 21 Main Street in Gloucester (above the St. Peter’s Club and Mystery Train Records), and are proud to be the only provider of such programming on Cape Ann. The space is the home of Shannon Mount’s event company, West End Events, and Shannon has so generously offered us the space for three entire months. The space is fully handicap accessible and features a wet bar, prep kitchen and stage. We will be working with local restaurants on various “Dinner And A Movie” packages.

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In the mean time, in order to raise the funds required for the move, we are hosting a VIDEO SALE, featuring a great selection of 10,000 VHS tapes donated by Pam Ranger of the former Video Viewpoint in Manchester. The sale will be held this Saturday, May 30 from 9am-2pm behind The Gloucester Stage Company at 267 East Main Street in Gloucester, with a rain date of Sunday, May 31 from 9am-2pm. No tape will sell for more than $3.00. And oh yeah – we need volunteers to help run the sale.

As much of a technophile as I am, I feel that people gave up on VHS too soon, as a considerable number of films released on the format in the last 30 years are still not available on DVD. And with the economy in the state it is, VHS provides an affordable “placeholder” for those who want to keep growing their movie collections on a budget. For anyone who would like to help the Cinema financially but doesn’t want to take anything home, we will donate your purchase to local charities that service people who can use them. It doesn’t cost a lot, and everybody wins.

Another way people can help is by donating their old VHS or DVD movies. Most of them will be sold at the sale, but some will find their way into our DVD lending library, which we’ll make available free loan to cinema patrons once we’ve reopened. I’ve been collecting DVD’s since there were DVD’s to collect, and have amassed a fun and ever-growing collection that I’m just rarin’ to share with Cape Ann, especially considering there are no video stores (other than “Lackluster”) remaining.

Our July schedule — including operas and ballets — will be up next week!

Thanks again for your support, and I hope to see you soon.

Warm regards,

Robert Newton
Managing Director
The Cape Ann Community Cinema
85 Eastern Avenue – Suite 102G
Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 309-8448
(978) 290-3106 [wherever I am]
website: www.CapeAnnCinema.com

Main Street Looking West

Pirate Word Scramble

Posted on by Sharon

Unscramble the pirate words below:

1. otlesnohy________________

2. niaamsudlg________________

3. ueanlbldbr________________

4. ogrg________________

5. goadhseh________________

6. zimzne________________

7. ilbcanne________________

8. snwgeghoarl________________

9.kelehual________________

10. aedogs________________

Derby Dame Lobster Abuse!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Someone call the authorities!

2009-05-16-026, originally uploaded by Boston Derby Dames.

Pictured- Top: Piña Collidah
Bottom L-R Claire D. Way, Harlot Fevah, Krushpuppy and Etta Maims

Photo from the Boston Derby Dame Flickr set

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Jay Albert- Creator Of Cape Ann Images

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
Interview with Jay coming up at 2PM

Jay Albert- Creator Of Cape Ann Images, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Where Zat? Answer

Posted on by Sharon

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From spearze:

Im going w/ Bird Eyes

From Jay Albert:

Yup…the old Birdseye plant….Beach side 2nd window from the end of the building! The shadow of the piping left and the stain is too much a giveaway!

Congrats, Guys! Next week I gotta find a totally obscure location!

Where Zat? #25

Posted on by Sharon

Today’s Where’s Zat? is off the beaten path, but almost everyone has seen it. This might be an easy one. Jay?

Good luck and thanks for playing!

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Woodman’s Lobster Sign 4:40AM 5/25/09

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Bob Grover’s ’38 Roadster

Posted on by Sharon

38 Ford Roadster

My brother-in-law Bob Grover and my sister Pat just picked up our mother in Bob’s ’38 Ford Roadster. My mother, who turned 80 in March, thought it was great! The car was used in a advertisement photo shoot last week. Very cool!

Off for a ride…Determination

Posted on by Sharon

So last week I had to get off my 3rd blood pressure medication. It’s baffling the doctors because I have undeniable side effects. At a party yesterday I was talking to Dave and Chris Curley who are training to do the 175 mile MS ride in the near future. We got talking about cycling which I used to do a lot.  This morning I start a mission to lower my blood pressure by getting out there and riding around our beautiful city. I’ll start off slowly and work up to a Newburyport ride by summer’s end and hopefully it will give me all the benefits of regular exercise.

Now that I’ve posted it here, it makes my commitment official. Wish me luck!

—Sharon

Ernie Morin’s Custom Built Camera

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while.  Here is Ernest Morin, incredible photographer and one of the original Gloucester Guerillas.  Ernie showed his documentary slide show of the Fort at the first Block Party.

The camera in front of his grill is 100 percent customized.  Each piece comes from a different camera.  He put all of them together and what you see is what you get.  He told me what all these different parts were but my memory fails me so I’ll just list all the different parts and models that make up this one of a kind piece of equipment.

rodenstock grandason, front mount speedgraphic, zeiss ideal, graflex roll film back, voistlander viewfinder,

You can check out some of Ernie’s fantastic work at dbaDocument, his website

Ernie Morin’s Custom Built Camera, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

This is hard core


My Wall St. Rock Garden

Posted on by Sharon

pinkI’ve always wanted to do a rock garden. I must have gotten it from my Nana Lowe. There are little dirt pockets up the rock wall and I could picture what I wanted . So after doing some research online, I went over to Marshall’s on Concord St. and bought a bunch of perennials. This is a huge commitment, but I think the end result will be worth it. Tomorrow we do the vegetables. Now I just have to figure out what’s eating the basil…

UPDATE MAIN STREET PAVING PROJECT:

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

From The Cape Ann Chamber Of Commerce-

Crosswalk removal TODAY
Curbing work NEXT
Full street paving WEEK OF JUNE 8

The DPW continues to work on downtown road surface improvements.

Today all crosswalks will be removed.  Traffic will be temporarily re-routed
around the work areas as they move down the street.  This work is expected to
finish with all machinery removed this afternoon.  No work is planned for the
Memorial Day Weekend.

Full street paving will take place the week of June 8.  This will require 1 day
to grind the street, 2-3 days raising casting and 1 day to pave.  Please be aware
that the grinding work will be noisy and dirty, but will be completed as quickly
as possible.

Temporary street closures and re-routing of traffic are necessary to complete
the project and disruptions should be expected.  However, all work is expected
to be finished prior to the June 20th Block Party.  The results will be a
smoother, neater, more visitor friendly Main Street.

For updates on the work, please see the City of Gloucester website,
http://www.ci.gloucester.ma.us/ or contact the DPW at 978-281-9785.

Exit 11 Rocked Capt. Carlo’s! GMG’s own Mike Lindberg!

Posted on by Sharon

Cap2973_1050963476453_1296722091_30118015_7587652_nt. Carlo’s was packed last night. The band, Exit 11, rocked the house. The guys hadn’t played together for a couple of years, but you’d never know it. Frank Gentile, Jim Frontiero, Mike Lindberg, Pete Malaquias each on instruments and doing vocals had the place dancing and singing along.Their accapellas were incredible. Familiar songs done uniquely their way.

To Mike and all the guys- Thanks for sharing the music and fun! Looking forward to the JJ benefit on Thursday June 25.

Remember when….?

Posted on by Sharon

Carnival

No, this isn’t Fiesta. Remember when the carnival was at O’Maley School? I took this shot maybe 13 years ago. Film, of course. I scanned it this morning, gotta remember to find those cool old shots. I’ll put this in the Block Party slide show next month. It won 3rd place in the Summer Sun photo contest that the Times ran back then.

Still hope for the Schooner Adventure!

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THE VOTES ARE IN AND THE WINNER IS…

THE PARAGON CAROUSEL!

Thank you for taking the time to vote in our Greater Boston Partners in Preservation program. For those of you who haven’t had a chance to check the website yet, the popular vote goes to the Carousel, which will receive its full grant request of $100,000 to restore its doors and windows, recreating a fitting home for this seaside gem.

Located on the South Shore of Boston, the Paragon Carousel wins the popular vote!

Don’t despair if your favorite project didn’t come in first, there is still a chance that your favorite project will be awarded a grant. In the second part of our effort to give away $1 million, our Advisory Committee will be making recommendations on the rest of the grant awards. Stay tuned for our June 16th announcement of all the additional grants.

But there are NO losers among our 25 participants in the Greater Boston Partners in Preservation program. Because YOU voted by the thousands, we were able to generate significant publicity for ALL 25 participants. That publicity has alerted hundreds of thousands of people to the plight of each and every one of these unique sites as well as how the community would benefit from saving them.

Time after time we have learned that once people realize what they can do to help save the special places that represent our shared heritage, they step up to be part of the solution.

So pat yourself on the back — your votes are helping not only to give away $1 million in Partners in Preservation grants, they have also helped galvanize local communities to finish the job started by the program!

The National Trust for Historic Preservation and our Northeast Office, located in historic Faneuil Hall Marketplace, is proud to work with American Express to bring preservation grants to the Greater Boston area. For more than 30 years, the National Trust’s presence in Boston has allowed us to help the people of the Northeast protect, enhance and enjoy the places that matter to them. In recent years we have:

  • Worked with our Statewide Partner Preservation Massachusetts and other local advocates to identify a preservation-based approach to the adaptive re-use of the historic Ames Shovel Shop complex. The complex contains buildings, landscapes, sculpture, and stained glass by several renowned architects and artists and we will continue to push for re-use of this historic site.
  • Rescued famed architect H.H. Richardson’s home and studio in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 2007, we responded to threats of demolition by including the 19th-century home on our 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list. Placement on the list generated national pressure to preserve the house, which resulted in a purchase by a preservation-minded buyer who is renovating it as a home for his family.
  • Worked with then City Councilor Thomas Menino in 1983 to bring our successful National Trust Main Street Four-Point Approach to Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood. By its third year, the program had accomplished 73 facade changes and 43 commercial building renovations. When Menino became Mayor in 1995, we expanded the operation to create the Boston Main Streets program which now includes 19 neighborhood commercial districts.
  • Shone a spotlight on several of the region’s sustainable historic rehabilitations, proving that the greenest building is one already built. Boston-area examples include Trinity Church, the J.W. McCormack Federal Courthouse, and the Cambridge City Hall Annex.

THANK YOU for helping protect and enhance all the sites
in the Greater Boston Partners in Preservation Program.

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