This Weekend in the Arts: 9/27-30/2019

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Andrew Anderson-Bell – “Layers of Pastel” One-Artist Show

September 29 – October 11, 2018

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 28, 2:00 – 4:00 PM

 

 

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An exhibition of representational landscape paintings in the medium of pastel by Ipswich artist Andrew Andersson-Bell will open in the Marguerite Pearson Room of the Rockport Art Association & Museum (RAA&M) on Saturday, September 28th with an artist’s reception from 2 – 4 PM. The exhibition will be on view Saturday, September 28 – Thursday, October 10.

Native to the New England area, Andrew Anderson-Bell is a representational landscape artist painting in the medium of pastel. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, Andrew initially pursued graphic design and photography. While these remain passions to this day, his interest in painting in pastel was sparked by viewing a pastel exhibition he saw 20 years ago. The immediacy of the medium, the vibrancy of the colors and the diversity of mark making inspired him to pursue a career in pastel painting. Where Andrew lives keeps him in daily contact with the great outdoors, his leading source for artistic inspiration. His paintings offer the viewer the indulgence of a meditative space to contemplate the grandeur of nature and reinforce the notion that even the most solitary and tranquil moments have significance.

Please check out Andrew’s website: www.anderson-bellstudio.com for further information about this dynamic artist.

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Damaged Goods: Finding Beauty in the Old, Worn and Damaged

Photography Show by Tom and Judy Robinson-Cox

Marblehead Arts Association: September 28 to November 10

Opening Reception: Sunday, September 29, 2:00 to 4:00 PM

Closing Reception: Sunday, November 10, 2:00 to 4:00 PM

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(top) Weathered Door, Bahamas, by Judy Robinson-Cox (bottom) Boat Yard Blues II, by Tom Robinson-Cox
The public is invited to attend a reception for “Damaged Goods” a photography exhibition by Tom and Judy Robinson-Cox at the Marblehead Arts Association (MAA) at 8 Hooper Street, Marblehead MA, on Sunday, September 29 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. Damaged Goods explores the beauty in often overlooked objects and structures. Four other photography shows including Marblehead’s Member Photography Exhibition are on view at the MAA concurrently.
About Tom and Judy Robinson-Cox
Tom Robinson-Cox and Judy Hall Robinson-Cox joined forces 33 years ago and relocated to Cape Ann. They had each studied photography in college and have actively pursued it since then. Tom and Judy each have their own distinctive style, though over the years one has influenced the other. The show brings these influences to light and reflects their love of exploration, art, and life on Cape Ann. For more information, call 978-290-2639.
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Open Studio and Art Sale
FINAL SALES SEPTEMBER 28TH AND 29th

Cape Pond Ice Company located at 104 Commercial Street in Gloucester

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Hello all,

I hope you have been out enjoying your summers and the absolutely spectacular weather we have been given.

I wanted to make you aware of a new project I am involved in, and invite you to attend an Open Studio and Art Sale event I will be putting on all of next month – September 1st – 30th.

The event will showcase my sculptural works and latest explorations in abstract art and mixed media forms.  The event will take place in the “Loft Area” of the Cape Pond Ice Company located at 104 Commercial Street in Gloucester (Cool place, yes?).

To give you an idea of the type of work I will showcase during my event, I am forwarding a link to my new CloudBoard Channel below ( instructions as to how to best view the Channel follow the link).

Please call, text or email me to make a special appointment at any time to join the fun at my

Bobbi Gibb 978-273-1552
bobbigibb@aol.com

I hope to see you there!
Warmest Regards,

Bobbi

To view a brief preview of some of my artworks click on:
https://app.cloudboardnews.com/api/v1/broadcast/FAZEDG

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Phantom Of The Opera With Accompanist: Peter Krasinski: A Pop Up Movie Night at Hammond Castle Museum in Partnership with The Cape Ann Community Cinema

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Join us for Phantom Of The Opera! A live piano score by renowned silent film accompanist Peter Krasinski will rattle the rafters and fill you with suspense!

In this classic silent film, aspiring young opera singer Christine Daaé (Mary Philbin) discovers that she has a mysterious admirer intent on helping her become a lead performer. This enigmatic masked presence is Erik, also known as the Phantom (Lon Chaney), a horribly disfigured recluse who lives underneath the Paris Opera House. When the Phantom takes Christine prisoner and demands her devotion and affection, her suitor, Vicomte Raoul de Chagny (Norman Kerry), sets out to rescue her.

Advance ticket purchase: $15, at the door $17.

Tuesday, October 1st. 7pm.

https://www.hammondcastle.org/event/pop-up-movie-night-at-hammond-castle-in-conjunction-with-the-cape-ann-community-cinema/

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Second Annual Classic Car Show

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From our friend, Charles Nazarian, Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation

I added a Cape Ann Community blog entry today about the upcoming classic car show to benefit the Meetinghouse on September 28th.  Here’s the link:

 https://capeanncommunity.com/2019/09/18/cape-ann-classic-cars-on-the-green/

 

Mike O’Connell, David Brown, Forrest Padgett with Dave Sag Tonight! 8:30pm @ The Rhumb Line 9.26.2019

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Thursday at the Rhumbline: Mike O’Connell and his Squiggletones….again. Seems like he was just here, but through the miracle of personal brain damage he’s back cavorting…and he’s beautiful. Always a great groove and he never drops a beat. With the volcanic Dave Brown on catarrh and the effervescent Frosty “Forrest”” Padgett on skins. 830 to 1130 

Dave

 

40 Railroad Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 283-9732

http://www.therhumbline.com/calendar/

Calico Lobster Donated To Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute đź§¬

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Here’s the calico lobster that Mike Tupper landed yesterday at the dock. I bought it and donated it to Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute 🧬 where they will analyze it and hopefully do a gene sequencing study on it to determine what are the specific genes that make it a rare calico lobster. Pretty cool stuff!

Here’s an interview with Tim Sullivan we did when I went to drop it off this morning-

Texture

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Upon walking outside from Tonno the other night, Paul Horovitz captured this image of some pretty serious texture in the clouds.  The more I look at it the more I see.

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Cape Pond Ice House Tour on Saturday

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One of the Trails and Sails events this year is a tour of Cape Pond Ice scheduled for 11 Am This Saturday September 28. We went last week with a couple dozen others and Scott Memhard led a very entertaining tour. Many of the participants were local, and I recommend you stop down if you are available. We are very proud of this company’s history and adaptations to the times.

Support GHS Football

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Purchase a “Gold Card” and support the Fishermen Football Program. For $20 you receive the card and key chain tags which get you discounts at local and out of town places. I got mine two weeks ago and have already used it 4 times and its paid for itself. If interested, reply, I will mail the cards out if needed.

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City of Gloucester Launching New, Redesigned Utility Bill –On-line Payments Enhanced and Available on All Web Browsers

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 Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken today announced that residents and businesses will notice a change to their utility bills later this month as the City of Gloucester launches a new billing layout.

The new billing layout is a result of the City completing the transition to new utility billing software. This will be the first quarterly bill to be presented in the new format. The redesigned utility bills create a more customer friendly design with the important aspects of customer’s bills available and easy to view.

Mayor Romeo Theken said, “Our top priority is delivering first-rate customer service and ensuring our customers stay informed about their accounts.  The new bill has a clean design that makes it easier for customers to find important information about their bills and usage activity.”

The transition took a bit longer than anticipated resulting in this bill being issued slightly later than the normal billing date. The quarterly consumption period covered by the bill however remains the same as in past years, April 1, 2019 to July 2, 2019.  Bills are due October 28, 2019.

John Dunn, Chief Financial Officer, said, “This was a complicated project and required considerable effort on the part of a small number of staff from IT, Treasurer/Collector and DPW departments to complete it.  We hope that all utility customers find the bills to be informative and easier to read than the previous format.”

Payments can be made in person at the City Collector’s Office at Gloucester City Hall, by mail or on-line, by visiting the Online Services page, www.gloucester-ma.gov/payments.  The enhanced on-line portal is now available on all web browsers and payments are free by e-check or a small surcharge is added to pay by credit card.

For those with a balance due prior to June 30, 2019, there is no balance forward on the new bills.  The City will be issuing demand bills in early November 2019 under the old billing software. Instructions and directions related to paying old balances and new balances will be posted on the City’s website on the Online Services page.

Questions regarding meter reading, usage or service should be directed to the Department of Public Works at 978-325-5600. Questions regarding utility payments should be directed to the Collector’s Office at 978-281-9735.

This is one of the final steps in Munis integration which has been a four year project to modernize the City’s financial systems. The implementation of various Munis financial software modules has continued to make budget and finance reporting and billing more transparent. This final transition included months of collaboration between the Department of Public Works, Treasurer/Collector’s Office and Information Technology to transfer account information, test for quality assurance and prepare for distribution.

The next bill will be mailed out on or about November 28, 2019 and bills thereafter will be produced on the regular historic cycle.

WITH GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO GLOUCESTER’S CITY COUNCIL FOR PROTECTING OUR GOOD HARBOR BEACH PIPING PLOVERS!

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Last night, the Gloucester City Council voted unanimously to make permanent the ordinance change disallowing dogs on the beach after March 31st. A sunset clause had been added to the ordinance when the ordinance  was passed last April. The sunset clause was expected to expire at the end of this year. The vote keeps in place the new regulation, which is that dogs are allowed on Good Harbor Beach from October 1st through March 31st.

The permanent rule will help all wildlife at Good Harbor Beach, but most especially nesting Piping Plovers (and Killdeers). We had a wonderfully successful year fledging three Piping Plover chicks, due we think to the cooler spring weather, the ban on dogs after April 1st, increased enforcement, and to the over 1,000 man hours donated by a group of 45 super dedicated Piping Plover volunteer monitors.

Thank you Gloucester City Council!

An extra huge shout out to two very special people– Ward One City Councilor Scott Memhard, who is also our new councilor liaison to the Animal Advisory Committee. He has been providing excellent, clear, non-combative, and non-prejudiced advice and is truly committed to assisting the committee positively, with an open and fair mind. Our deepest thanks to Heather Hall, who has spent the past month exhaustively combing through documentation to create a spreadsheet compiling the monitors report’s throughout the summer–that’s how we know there were 45 monitors total and 1,00 plus hours spent volunteering with the PiPls.

Thank you Scott and Heather ❤

 

 

GLOUCESTER TO BOSTON SCHOONER EXPRESS

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Wouldn’t it be wonderful to commute to Boston via the Schooner Lannon!

Contemporary Comedy NATIVE GARDENS Opens at GLOUCESTER STAGE

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Robert Walsh, Artistic Director &  Christopher Griffith, Interim Managing Director present:

Karen Zacarías’ Contemporary Comedy

NATIVE GARDENS

OPENS AT GLOUCESTER STAGE

 Female Creative Team Leads Production 

Gloucester Stage Company continues its 40th Anniversary Season of professional theater with Karen ZacarĂ­as’Native Gardens from September 27 through October 20 at Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA. This contemporary comedy follows high-powered lawyer Pablo Del Valle, and his very pregnant wife, doctoral candidate Tania, who have just purchased a house next door to community stalwarts Virginia and Frank Butley. Soon a disagreement between the neighbors over a longstanding fence line derailstheir plans of realizing the American Dream.

Directed by Kelly Galvin in her GSC directing debut, the cast of Native Gardens features GSC veteran Patrick Shea returning to Gloucester Stage for the first time in 26 years to play Frank Butley, and GSC newcomersEduardo Ruiz as Pablo Del Valle; Alaina Fragoso as Tania Del Valle; Leigh Strimbeck as Virginia Butley; and Jeomil Tovar and Fernando Barbosa as the Landscapers. Led by an entirely female creative team, including Director Kelly Galvin, GSC continues to support the Gender Parity initiative started by StageSource and benefit from the vibrant perspective this team brings to the table. Marcella Barbeau (Lighting Design), Jessica Brennan (Assistant Stage Manager), Madison Cook-Hines (Assistant Director), Lindsay Genevieve Fuori (Scenic Design),Chelsea Kerl (Costume Designer), Alexis Rappaport (Sound Design), Melissa Richter* (Production Stage Manager), andEmme Shaw (Props Design). Native Gardens is presented with production support from the Sawyer Free Library, discovering the past and creating the future.

Native Gardens playwright Karen Zacarías is one of the inaugural Resident Playwrights at Arena Stage in Washington, DC, and is a core founder of the LATINX THEATRE COMMONS. A Washington, D.C resident, Ms. Zacarías is the founder of Young Playwrights’ Theater, an award winning theater company that teaches playwriting in local public schools in Washington, DC.

Director Kelly Galvin is the founder of the rig, a project that brings live performance to audiences with limited access to professional theater. She is company member of Shakespeare & Company where she has directed The Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labor’s Lost, and The Clean House (reading), and serves on the faculty of the Young Company Summer Conservatory. Ms. Galvin previously served as Artistic Associate for WAM Theatre, where she directed The Last Wife and readings of The Virgin Trial, The Tall Girls, and Blue Stockings. Regionally, she has directed for Southwest Shakespeare, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Berkshire Playwrights’ Lab, and The Theater at Woodshill. She has assisted at the Guthrie, Asolo Rep, Orlando Shakespeare, and Shakespeare & Company. Ms. Galvin received a 2018 Directing Fellowship at Asolo Rep and has completed Directing Internships with Arena Stage and the Huntington Theatre Company. She holds an MFA from Boston University and a BA from Wellesley College.

Alaina Fragoso makes her Gloucester Stage debut as Tania Del Valle. In New York she has originated roles in Convention (BHP, Irondale Center); Hope (a reading at Yoke Theatre Company), Murder at the FoodCoop (NY Int’l Fringe Festival), and No One Asked Me (NY Int’l Fringe Festival/Encores). Ms. Fragoso is a graduate of Emerson College and the Atlantic Acting School.

Eduardo Ruiz is a Puerto Rican actor, from Mayagüez making his GSC debut as Pablo Del Valle. He received his BFA in theatre arts from the University of Puerto Rico and  his MA in Classical Acting for the Professional Theatre from London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. His recent credits include Vivace from Aristofanes’The Congresswomen, Claudio from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and Oliver/Audrey from Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Mr. Ruiz was also recently part of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival Fellowship Company.

Native Gardens marks Patrick Shea’s first appearance at Gloucester Stage in 26 years. His previous GSCproductions were Benefactors, Wenceslas Square and The Last Yankee. After graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he began his career in the Acting Ensemble of the New York Shakespeare Festival and subsequently in the Broadway production of Child’s Play. A veteran of Shear Madness in Boston, he also received a Dramalogue Critics Award for his performance in the Los Angeles production. He has appeared with The Huntington Theatre Company, Speakeasy Stage, New Rep, Merrimack Rep, Gloucester Stage, The Wilbur Theatre, The Nickerson Theatres and Worcester Foothills. Mr. Shea has performed as an actor and narrator with the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, and Boston Lyric Opera. His film credits include Wait For Laugh, Infinitely Polar Bear, Ted, The Invention of Lying, Gone Baby Gone, Mystic River, Killer Flood, andBy the Sea. Mr. Shea’s TV credits include Frontline, Brotherhood, Spencer: For Hire, The Late Show with David Letterman, Unsolved Mysteries, Cheers!, and Against the Law.

A Massachusetts native who grew up locally in Marblehead and Swampscott, Leigh Strimbeck makes her GSC debut as Virginia Butley. Most recently she appeared as Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit with Voice Theatre of Woodstock, NY. Ms. Strimbeck is an Associate member of The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble (BTE); theformer the Artistic Director of the Theatre Institute at Sage (TIS); an artist in residence in the theater program at Russell Sage College; and co-founder of WAM Theatre in The Berkshires. Her regional theater acting and directing credits include productions at Barrington Public Theater; Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble; WAM Theatre; The Rep in Albany, NY; Saratoga Shakespeare; Shakespeare and Co; Berkshire Playwrights Lab and Voice Theatre. Ms. Strimbeck’s feature film credits include UnCivil Liberties, Fighting for Freedom, Little BiPeep, Deception, the short film Key Transitions and Lifetime Movie Network’s Off the Rails.

Jeomil Tovar and Fernando Barbosa make their GSC debut as Landscapers in Native Gardens.  Jeomil Tovar recently played the same role in Native Gardens at Merrimack Repertory Theatre. Mr. Tovar’s previous credits include various roles with The Firehouse Center for The Arts, Front Porch Arts Collective, Underlings Theatre Company, Marblehead Little Theatre, Heart & Daggers Productions, The Center of Arts in Natick, The Hanover Theatre, and Salem State University where he is currently pursuing his BFA degree in performance. A Boston based, actor, singer, and musician, Fernando Barbosa he is currently pursuing a BFA in acting from Salem StateUniversality. Mr. Barbosa’s recent credits include All’s Well that Ends Well and Cymbeline withCommonwealth Shakespeare Company; Assassins, Arts After Hours, and Jesus Christ Superstar at  Marblehead Little Theatre; Children of Eden with the Theatre Company of Saugus; Macbeth at  UMass Lowell; Cloud Tectonics, Fort Point Theatre Channel, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Apollinaire (Elliot Norton Nom.), P.O.V, Umass Lowell.

NATIVE GARDENS PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES:

SEPTEMBER 27 – OCTOBER 20

Wednesdays – Saturdays: 7:30 pm;

Saturdays – Sundays: 2:00 pm

PLACE:

Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

 

SINGLE TICKET PRICES: Single Ticket prices are $15 to $48 with discounts available for Preview Performances, Senior Citizens, Military Families, and College Students and those under 18 years of age. For detailed ticket information visit www.gloucesterstage.com

PAY WHAT YOU WISH: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2 PM: Gloucester Stage is committed to inclusion and diversity, including socio-economic status. Pay What You Wish performances are the first Saturday Matinee (2pm) of each production, allowing access to the arts for all. No one is turned away for lack of funds and donations can be made before or after the show.

CAPE ANN NIGHTS: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 7:30 PM; SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2 PM & 7:30 PM; WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, OCTOBER 9 & OCTOBER 16, 7:30 PM: Enriching our local community is key to our mission impact. Residents of Cape Ann can purchase $25 tickets at Preview Performances and every Wednesday of each production. Limit of 2 (two) per household. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Box Office 978.281.4433, with a valid address.

POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS: SUNDAY: OCTOBER 6 & OCTOBER 13: Following the 2 pm performances on Sunday, OCTOBER 6 and Sunday, OCTOBER 13, audiences are invited to free post-show discussions with the artists from Native Gardens.

ABOUT THE COMPANY: Gloucester Stage is a professional non-profit theater providing a unique, intimate experience as audiences are never more than five rows from the stage. Located in a century-old repurposed brick warehouse on the waterfront of Cape Ann, the organization is led by Artistic Director Robert Walsh and Interim Managing Director Christopher Griffith. Entering the company’s 40th Season in 2019, GSC benefits from a loyal audience searching for intellectually stimulating and socially relevant stories.

For further information, call the Gloucester Stage Box Office at 978-281-4433

or visit GLOUCESTERSTAGE.COM

Native Gardens is presented with special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.