My View of Life on the Dock
Gloucester BBQ Delegation Cap
Gloucester BBQ Delegation Cap #GLOUCESTERBBQDELEGATION caps! Finally!! Heather Grey front, black mesh back six panel high quality caps with merrowed edge high stitch count patch. Criss-cross Fishing Hooks and Criss-cross bbq utensils. Patches being affixed today Saturday 19, 2019 and will be available by the end of the day!
$20.00
Five BBQ Delegation Caps Available. When they’re gone, they’re gone.
They’re the ones you see @craigkimberley and I wear.
First Horizon-Scale Image of a Black Hole
Image Credit: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration – “Scientists have obtained the first image of a black hole, using Event Horizon Telescope observations of the center of the galaxy M87. The image shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun”
Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office June 6, 2016
“A black hole is very, very far away and very compact,” Katie Bouman* says. “[Taking a picture of the black hole in the center of the Milky Way galaxy is] equivalent to taking an image of a grapefruit on the moon, but with a radio telescope. To image something this small means that we would need a telescope with a 10,000-kilometer diameter, which is not practical, because the diameter of the Earth is not even 13,000 kilometers.
But even twice that many telescopes would leave large gaps in the data as they approximate a 10,000-kilometer-wide antenna. Filling in those gaps is the purpose of algorithms like Bouman’s.
Bouman will present her new algorithm — which she calls CHIRP, for Continuous High-resolution Image Reconstruction using Patch priors — at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference in June. She’s joined on the conference paper by her advisor, professor of electrical engineering and computer science Bill Freeman, and by colleagues at MIT’s Haystack Observatory and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, including Sheperd Doeleman, director of the Event Horizon Telescope project.”
*then post-doc
There is talk about a Nobel for this work, another EE taking the physics prize
Thursday night at the Rhummie: Ms. Cheryl Arena! Everbody’s favorite reed-busting vocalist and harpist. Get there early to help her unload her tractor trailer of 100 pound amplifiers. My back is killing me! With Mike DiBari, fabulous guitar wrist of Madhouse fame, and Ipsquitch pacemaker, Mr. Kurt Calker. 830 to1130.
40 Railroad Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 283-9732
news from Cape Ann Museum
ESTHER PULLMAN
Green Places/Green Spaces/Greenhouses
April 13 – June 16, 2019
OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, April 13, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Join artist Esther Pullman for the opening of an exhibition of her large-scale panoramic photographs. Reception is free for Cape Ann Museum members or with Museum admission. Shot over a twenty-year period, these large-scale panoramic photographs of greenhouses explore such universal themes as the passage of time, the cycle of the seasons, death and rebirth, and have also unavoidably become a metaphor for our threatened planet.
Pullman’s work is featured in two openings on Pleasant Street on April 13th and it’s easy to schedule both!
Pullman’s work is included in a group show, A Turning Poing: the Contemporary Landscape, at Jane Deering Gallery, which represents her work. The gallery is located next to the museum. The show is opening the same day:
Venue: Jane Deering Gallery, 19 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, Mass.
Group show: A Turning Poing | The Contemporary Landscape
Artists: Gabrielle Barzaghi, Paul Cary Goldberg, Tom Fels, Jacob Hessler, Jeff Marshall, Adin Murray, Esther Pullman, Steve Rosenthal and Erma Wheeler from New England; Nell Campbell, Gail Pine and Young Suh from California; Gail Barker, Neeta Madahar and Michael Porter from the United Kingdom
Opening Reception: Saturday April 13, 4:00-6:00pm
Opening day! We are officially open for the 2019 season. Looking for some color to spruce up your garden or front step. Come grab some pansies. You can stroll thru our greenhouses to see some more color but we recommend you only buy pansies and a few perennials that are ready. The 1st veggie plants will be ready in another week. Our hours to start will be 9-5 7 days a week. We will adjust hours soon. A lot of people are looking forward to this years Farmer Bob Card. If you want to purchase early you can, especially people buying spring plants. The card is $10 but will be half price Memorial day weekend when the farm stand opens. I look forward to seeing you! 😁
Marshalls Farm Stand
144 Concord Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
Thank you to Paul Horovitz for this absolutely beautiful photo of the Annisquam Yacht Club at 6:30 Wednesday morning.
As the bridge construction project at one end of the boulevard is starting to wrap up, another project at the opposite end is getting underway. The former Morning Glory restaurant is being converted to the Yella Restaurant. Looking forward to welcoming them to town!
The Scollins-Warsi jazz duo is back at Feather & Wedge! With Kevin Scollins on guitar and Sahil Warsi on double bass, they will play from their extensive setlist including selections from the Great American Song Book, modern jazz, contemporary blues and R&B.
Reservations highly suggested! 978.999.5917
Thursday, April 11, 2019
7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Feather & Wedge, 5 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966
For more information, click here.
The north-south weather vane is perfectly aligned as are the three gulls encircling the Hall–both by pure chance 🙂 
Right whale #1204 with her 2019 calf in Cape Cod Bay
FROM THE CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES
On Sunday, April 7 the Center for Coastal Studies right whale aerial survey team spotted their first right whale calf of the year in Cape Cod Bay. This sighting heralds the arrival of the 2019 calves to their feeding grounds here in the northeast.
The calf, which was first sighted by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) on January 17 in the calving grounds of the southeastern US, is the third of seven known mom-calf pairs of the season. Its mother is right whale #1204, a whale of at least 38 years of age that was first seen in 1982. This is #1204’s ninth known calf; her first was documented in 1988, the most recent in 2013. Out of the nine calves, this is only the second #1204 has been documented with in Cape Cod Bay.
Boaters, kayakers, paddle-boarders, swimmers and light aircraft and drone pilots are reminded that it is illegal to approach a North Atlantic right within 500 yards (1500 feet) without a Federal Research Permit. However, the right whales often feed very close to shore, offering whale watchers on land unbeatable views of one of the rarest of the marine mammals.
CCS right whale research and response operations are conducted in partnership with DMF and NOAA under federal permits issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Support also comes from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust, CCS aviation contractor AvWatch, private foundations, and contributions from CCS members.
Eben Jordan II was born in boston on Nov. 7, 1857, the son of Eben Dyer Jordan and Julia M. (Clark) Jordan. Jr. founded the Boston Opera House, was president of the New England Conservatory of Music, and director of the Royal Opera in London and the Metropolitan Opera.
information and visuals from Beth Welin, Director of Manchester Historical Museum:
Anthony Sammarco lecture Jordan Marsh: New England’s Largest Store presented by Manchester Historical Museum at First Parish Chapel (across from the museum) on April 16th. Stop by Manchester Historical Museum to see Once Upon a Contest and head over for refreshements and a great talk!
I know the poor seagulls gets a bad rap, but they are really beautiful in flight.
Hi kids:
Hope all is well. Saturday clean up
When: April 13, 2019
Time: 08:00 – 09:00
Where: Good Harbor Beach near foot bridge
On Saturday I will not be there, we are going to the Maine to visit the best grandchildren.
Thank you all,
Donna
Developed by artist and educator Dawn Southworth, Annisquam Arts has been a summer haven for creativity and fun for over 20 years! All workshops are taught in Dawn’s professional home studio on Goose Cove, with access to Gloucester’s many cultural offerings and Cape Ann’s most scenic spots. Excursions, beach days, and group activities give students plenty of time to socialize and be outdoors. Projects are designed to encourage imagination and to support individual creative expression––students have a blast learning a range of artistic techniques with the highest quality materials. Small class sizes and individual instruction serve and nurture all levels of ability. At the end of each week, students go home with an impressive portfolio and a memory bank full of fun experiences to share with their families!
Ages: 6–14
Tuition: $250/week
Location: 63 Bennett Street South, Gloucester, MA
Sample Day*:
9:00 AM Drop off at Annisquam Arts, students gather together to learn about the day’s artist/thematic and associated project
9:00 AM Set up in small groups and work on their projects
10:30 AM Snack-time & take a break
10:45 AM Continue working on project, or transition to another project or activity
12:00 PM Lunch-time in or outdoors with supervised play
12:30 PM Wrap up the day’s work and hang their work to dry or archive in their developing portfolio
1:00 PM Pick up
*Tuesday or Wednesday is beach day! This is weather dependent. We leave the studio at 11:00 AM and eat lunch at Lighthouse Beach. We are back at the studio by 12:45 PM. Thursday is ice-cream day! We have sweet treats at the studio after lunch.
All classes are taught by professional artist and educator Dawn Southworth in her professional home studio on Goose Cove, with assistance of 2-3 additional helpers each week.
Dawn Southworth is a well-known Boston artist recognized for her mixed media works and installations. Dawn teaches art at Glen Urquhart School, in Beverly, MA, and is a former visiting faculty member at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. Dawn previously owned Clark Gallery in Lincoln, MA. Her work is represented in many public and private collections, including the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, the Addison Gallery of American Art, the US Embassy in Morocco, the Boston Public Library, and Fidelity Management and Research. www.dawnsouthworth.com.
Each week is designed as a separate enriching program. Young artists may sign up for one week or all seven! Classes run Monday–Thursday, 9:00 AM–1:00 PM.
Week 1: June 24- July 27
Shore-LINES
With sketchbooks in hand, we’ll make daily excursions to some of the area’s most iconic spots. Hop aboard a boat shuttle through the Gloucester harbor; explore the galleries and studios of the Rocky Neck Art Colony; and follow the same scenic paths as legendary Cape Ann artists Winslow Homer, Fitz Henry Lane, and Edward Hopper. Walking shoes, swimsuit, and a towel are encouraged this week––as well as an appetite for ice cream☺
Week 2: July 1- July 5 (no class July 4, Thursday)
Mirror Mirror
This week, we’ll make our selfies by hand! Using ink, charcoal, collage, and pastels, we’ll explore a range of portraiture techniques. From Picasso to Frida Kahlo, we’ll find inspiration from the traditions of cubism, surrealism, pop art, and graffiti. Your reflection will never look the same!
Week 3: July 8- July 11
Journey to Japan
Take inspiration this week from the time honored traditions of Japanese art. We’ll explore textile design, bookmaking, and ink painting; try our hand at manga comics; and create our own big waves inspired by Hokusai’s iconic painting. Students will bring a piece of Japan home in hand-dyed Shibori silk, hand-bound journals, and Sumi-e ink paintings.
Week 4: July 15- July 18
Sew Much Fun
Delve into the art of textiles, where form meets function through a variety of colors, textures, and prints. Crafting decorative pillows, embroidering designs, and learning a variety of basic stitches, you’ll bring your own expressive flare to time-honored traditions. Gain handy skills, like how to sew a button, while creating pieces you can wear and decorations for your home!
Week 5: July 22 –July 25
Nature’s Art Box
Artists have always turned to their surroundings for inspiration. We’ll do the same this week, making works from found and natural materials. Forage and sculpt in the spirit of Andy Goldsworthy, capture the shapes and colors of the landscape before you like Georgia O’Keeffe. We’ll make whimsical fairy houses, funky block prints, and intricate observational sketches of shells and sea creatures!
Week 6: July 29 –August 1
Recycled Reseen
Someone’s trash is another’s treasure! Artists like Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, and Julian Schnabel are known for making masterpieces from the recycling bin. This week you’ll learn how to make something from nothing and everything from anything, turning broken plates into mosaic collages, forming driftwood into sculptures, and using cereal boxes to make handmade books.
Week 7: August 5- August 8
Oodles of Doodles
A line is a dot that went for a walk. This week, we’ll be running in all directions with ink, charcoal, and pastels to bring our own imaginative doodles to life. From ancient cave painting to modern day graffiti, we’ll explore how drawing techniques have evolved over time. Practice observational drawing on Cape Ann’s docks in the tradition of Stuart Davis and compose a dynamic comic-book painting in the style of Roy Lichtenstein. You’ll find there are endless possibilities for making your mark!
Join us for an evening showcasing local art! Over 50 artists from Cape Ann will be displaying paintings in our Grand Ballroom for purchase. Artist Dan DeLouise will also demonstrate a live painting to be raffled during the event. All raffle proceeds support Pathways for Children. The show is free and open to the public.
Beauport Hotel Gloucester
55 Commercial Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Wednesday, April 10 – 7pm
My Musical Guest: LISA MARIE!
We have an amazing evening full of blues lined up for you this week with first-time Wednesday guest, Lisa Marie! I honestly don’t know why it has taken so long to make this happen, but I know it promises to be a total blast. Lisa will be accompanied by Charlie O’Neal on guitar. Come early… we hit at 7pm! ~ Fly
THE RHUMB LINE
40 Railroad Avenue
Gloucester, MA
Good Morning Gloucester 