My View of Life on the Dock
Once upon a contest is on the move. The group show opens Saturday, April 6, reception 3-5pm at Manchester Historical Museum. Installation in this beautiful light filled space in progress.
Thursday!! the big news!!The return of that wascally wabbit of the Hasbro™ Sax: Mr. Gordon “Sax” Beadle! Yes! He’s just returned from a tour of the gas giants and he’s ready to interfere with your thyroid production.
Backed up by the wildly wacky Pete Henderson, on catarrh, and everybody’s favorite drummbler Ed Scheer, we’re gonna be Saggin’ it! all night long (until 1130).
40 Railroad Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 283-9732
Ladies and gentlemen – We’re back at it Thursday, April 4th @ Drift Cafe – Main St Gloucester!
The Rum Runners are (still):
DR. Luke Conlin on upright Bass (Mega-fiddle)
Joe Kessler on Fiddle / Mandolin
(Mini-Fiddle and 8 String, fretted fiddle)
Joe Wilkins on Guitar (Non-Fiddle, but Fiddle-Like)
The Rum Runners play:
Originals!
Video Game Themes
Gypsy Jazz
Bluegrass-ish music – technically we don’t have a banjo (yet)
Americana, Folk, Vintage Country and the occasional Grateful Dead tune!
Come down and celebrate the re-opening of the best spot in town for cocktails, conversation and awesome music!
3 Main Street
Gloucester, MA
A flock of black birds harassed young hawk at Eastern Point
Celebrate spring by building a bluebird house with your child. We’ll supply all the materials and instruction to build a nest box for Eastern Bluebirds and Tree Swallows. These wonderful nest boxes also attract Black-capped chickadees, Tufted Titmice, House Wrens, and woodpeckers. A short slide presentation will introduce families to the natural history and behavior of birds in Massachusetts, and we’ll discuss where and how to place your nest box. Dress for the weather because we will take a short walk to look and listen for bluebirds.
Members:Adult $20.00, Child free
Meets in the Barn. The fee is per family and includes one kit. Extra kits may be purchased for $12 each and must be ordered when you register. Please bring a hammer and dress for the weather.
Thursday, April 4, 2019 – Sunday, May 5, 2019
Many performances available including Sensory Friendly Performances
BIG APPLE CIRCUS is thrilled to announce that real-life wonder women will take the reins of the 41st season, led by new ringmaster Stephanie Monseu, for their annual Boston-area appearance, playing the Boston area this spring at Northshore Mall, Peabody.
Playing under the Big Top, the show will run from April 4 – May 5, 2019 and will feature a new Mirror Room VIP experience leading into the Big Top tent, with craft circus treats and entertainment for all ages.
World-renowned for its one-ring, intimate and artistic style – where no seat is more than 50 feet from the performers – BIG APPLE CIRCUS is passionate about revitalizing the circus for modern-day audiences with unique and astounding human feats in the ring and enough sizzle outside the ring to entertain guests from the very moment they enter.
This year, audiences will enter the BIG APPLE CIRCUS where adults and children alike will experience new pre-show thrills and sample a dizzying array of culinary delights! Upgrades to the food selection include bespoke, organic circus classics for all ages, and beer and wine for adults.
The 41st season promises another extraordinary show filled with BIG APPLE’s roster of superhero talents, ready to incite jaw-dropping awe and sheer joy in audiences of all ages.
As always, for a comprehensive list of family activities, please visit our friends at North Shore Kid
Gloucester, Mass. Great teacher at Gloucester High School, Shaun Goulart, creates a local history scavenger hunt trivia game for his 9th grade students that takes place weekly for 6 weeks. We’re taking the challenge paced one week after the students.
ANSWERS TO SHAUN GOULART’S LOCAL HISTORY TRIVIA WEEK FOUR
How did you do? Week two delved into Gloucester’s famous inventors. Stop here if you prefer to go back to see Week 4 questions only
Mr. Goulart’s Local History Trivia Scavenger Hunt Week 4 Inventors
1.John Hays Hammond Jr. “Jack”
Go to the location of his home and take a picture with a member in it.
Answer: “Over the course of his professional career, he was awarded over 800 foreign and domestic patents resulting from over 400 of his inventions. Many of these began in radio control before extending to electronics, naval weapons, national defense, as well as various consumer products.” – Hammond Castle
“In connection with his radio researches Jack obtained most important patents for receiving and broadcasting and these he sold to RCA…” John Hays Hammond, Sr
Hammond Castle – I hope that one day the Trustees and Historic New England add this as a shared property among their preservation jewels, along with the Natalie Hammond property and much of the parents’ estate, Lookout Hill, with some portion of admission for the City. At one point Hammond Castle was one of the top attractions in Massachusetts.
2.Clarence Birdseye
Go to the location where his company was and take a picture with a member in it.
What did he invent?
Answer: flash freezing
3.Augustus H. Wonson
Go to the location of his grave and take a picture with a member in it.
Answer: Mt. Pleasant cemetery
What did he invent?
Answer: Augustus S Wonson invented antifouling copper paint to protect boats. Tarr & Wonson’s was established in 1863. The former factory and harbor icon is now Ocean Alliance.
Paint Factory Past/Present
Paint Factory Ocean Alliance_2018 09 28_ Goetemann artist Deborah Redwood public art – whale’s tail in process_Gloucester, MA © catherine ryan
4.William Nelson Le Page
Go to the location where his company was after it moved from Rockport and take a picture with a member in it.
What did he invent?
Answer: Le Page’s glue from fish waste (established 1876)
Answer: Castle Manor Inn
77 cent avocados are tough to beat
Stop and Shop Bacon 3/$10
Buy One Get One Free Strawberries
The neat, clean lines of dories are consistently appealing to my eye and I hope you enjoy these I’ve taken over the years:
Sharon Bo Abrams shares –
ABBA’s hits tell the hilarious story of a young woman’s search for her birth father. This sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago.
This is an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, (also inappropriate dialogue, and questionable moral content) but for sure an unforgettable show. The large cast, non-stop laughs and explosive dance numbers combine to make Mamma Mia! a guaranteed smash hit.
A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. Hours of Abba Songs?
You should come.
You should bring other people.
Maybe people ages 10 and up unless they are already seasoned Mamma Mia fans.
THURSDAY APRIL 4, 7:00 PM
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 7:00 PM
SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1:00 PM MATINEE
SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 7:00 PM
Gloucester High School
32 Leslie O Johnson Rd, Gloucester, MA 01930
Buy Advance tickets here: https://gloucesterhighdrama.blogspot.com/p/spring-musical-tickets.html
Feather & Wedge is delighted to feature Jose Allende at this week’s Thursday Jazz Dinner. Mr. Allende delivers incredible arrangements of jazz standards and Latin American music with wonderful improvisation, South American rhythms and classical music influences.
Thursday, April 4, 2018
7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Reservations highly suggested! 978.999.5917
Expect a photo spread from last night and we’ll post it on the website asap.
We are looking for a few small entryway rugs with rubber backing or a large one about 4 feet wide by 6 or 8 feet long for THE SHOP. Let us know if you would like to donate to our office/store. If you know of someone who is downsizing and has some cool stuff for THE SHOP, please tell them about us and the work we do.
We have numerous events scheduled on the Activity Calendar for Earth Day in April. Check them out at the link below.
Thanks,
Rick and the Pond Team
The internationally acclaimed a cappella choir Skylark will perform a program called ‘Masterpiece’ at 7:00pm with a 6:00pm pre-concert talk on Friday, April 5th in the historic (1806) Gloucester Meetinghouse at the corner of Middle and Church Streets. A reception to celebrate the performers follows the concert.
Over the centuries, art has inspired music, and music has inspired art. In this innovative multi-faceted program, Skylark will offer musical reflections and reactions to the visual arts from the ancient to the modern.
Skylark’s program will pair a specific piece of art with a particular musical composition from the same time period. Beginning with watercolors and music by Felix Mendelssohn and Hugo Alfvén, the program will progress through the impressionists Renoir and Monet – paired with music by Ravel and Debussy – to art and music of good friends Pablo Picasso and Francis Poulenc.
From Picasso, Skylark will introduce audiences to the…
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Get ready to watch the full version of our new film, “Recipe For Disaster: Green Crabs in the Great Marsh” premiering on April 5 AT 10AM on Facebook!
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My sister-in-law Amy and her husband Arnold were visiting over the weekend. Arnold shared a photo from a recent trip that they took to Dunrobin Castle, which is just north of the villages of Golspie and Dornoch in the Northern Highlands. While at the castle they went to a falconry exhibition where Arnold captured a photo of the owl flying over the audience’s heads. I’m wondering if this is perhaps the Eurasian Eagle Owl.
Cape Ann Museum members and the Cape Ann community are invited to a retirement celebration for outgoing director Ronda Faloon Saturday May 4, 2019 3-5pm
RSVP here
GOING OUT ON TOP
Ronda Faloon is retiring after an accomplished and beloved tenure at the helm as Director of Cape Ann Museum. She was an outstanding choice to lead this noble ship. How nice to have a chance to say thanks and be well!
2014 Cape Ann Museum renovation tour with Ronda Faloon Part 1 of 3 with Joey and I here
What a wonderful time I had yesterday at the Grand Opening of Mermaid Tales. Lourie the owner and her staff was so fun and attentive. Lourie actually gave me a little gift bag. This shop is next to Walgreens, it used to be Sadie Greens. Her inventory is fun and you can find great gifts for others and yourself.
Good Morning Gloucester 