Cape Ann Symphony: Musicians Unleashed Concert: BACH To The Future

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Cape Ann Symphony Chamber Concert Series MUSICIANS UNLEASHED  Continues February 24 with BACH TO THE FUTURE 
at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Gloucester
ALL BACH PROGRAM SET FOR FEBRUARY 24
Musicians Unleashed is a program of 3 concerts to be performed in small venues.  The concert series features CAS musicians and special guests.  The Musicians Unleashed concerts are fund raisers for Cape Ann Symphony  and all musicians are volunteering their time to perform.  The next concert in the series is BACH to the Future on February 24 at 2 pm at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 48 Middle Street in Gloucester. Ticket prices for the concert are:  $35 for adults and $15 for Youth. Call Cape Ann Symphony at 978-281-0543 or go to www.capeannsymphony.org for tickets. 
 
Purely Baroque and absolutely modern, hear how Bach’s genius leaps the centuries in a concert matching the Fisk organ and modern instruments.The concert will give audience members an insight into Bach, and his music as well as the many famous compositions that were inspired by Bach.  Musicians include: Lincoln’s Stephanie Stathos playing the Flute; Samuel Nelson playing the Fisk Organ; Rockport’s Wendy Betts and local music educator Patty Clark playing the Brandenburg Concerto for Piano Four-Hands; and  Oksana Gorokhovskiy and Ipswich’s Susanne Powers playing the Bach Double Concerto. 
 
Lincoln’s Stephanie Stathos currently holds the Principal Flute position with the Cape Ann Symphony where she was featured soloist in 2015 and in 2018. In BACH to the Future Ms. Stathos will play the Bach Flute Sonata BWV 1031 in E flat Major. Ms. Stathos looks forward to playing in this unique and intimate concert , “I am thrilled that the symphony is offering a chamber series this year and am rooting for its success! I hope it will present an opportunity for the players to meet and thank our supporters, fans and community members in person as well as further enrich the music scene on Cape Ann. “Stephanie Stathosearned her Bachelor of Music degree in flute performance from Boston University’s School for the Arts where she was a student of Doriot Anthony Dwyer.  Since that time she has she continued her flute studies with Irena Grafenauer and Michael Faust in Germany and with Jacques Zoon in Boston.  In addition to CAS, she plays piccolo with the Lexington Symphony. From 2003-2013 she served as the piccolo and second flute with the touring orchestra of the National Lyric Opera of New York.  As a soloist Stephanie has performed throughout the United States and Europe,recently performing Cimarosa’s Concerto for Two Flutes with the Orchestra Del Concentus Musicus Patavinus in Padua, Italy (2016). An active freelancer and chamber musician appearances include performances with many of New England’s ensembles including Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Symphony New Hampshire, Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Symphony By the Sea, Concord Chorale (NH), Newburyport Choral Society, Northshore Choral Society, North Shore Chamber Music, Reagle Players and with vocalist Catherine Hammond, with whom she has done two recordings.  Stephanie especially enjoys performing with the Festival Trio with her husband, cellist Stephen Smith and her mother, pianist Margaret Moreland Stathos.Also passionate about jazz, New Music and ethnic music of all kinds, she has toured and recorded for the Green Linnet label with Argentinean vocalist Mili Bermejo and jazz ensemble Orange Then Blue.
 
CAS President Fran White was thrilled with audience reaction to the first MusiciansUnleashedConcert in January, “The first Musicians Unleashed concert in January, Dance of the Instruments, was a resounding success!  This series is something very different for the CAS and we are hoping that the remainder of the concerts in the series will be well received.”
The schedule for the remaining concerts is :
·        February 24 2:00 PM – Bach to the Future – St. John’s Episcopal Church – 48 Middle Street Gloucester
·        April 28th 2:00 PM – Spring into Strings   – Crowell Chapel – Manchester -by-the Sea
 

Ticket prices for each concert in the Musicians Unleashed Series:  $35 for adults and $15 for Youth. 
Call CAS at 978-281-0543 or go to www.capeannsymphony.org for tickets. 

Samuel Nelson, Organ; Courtesy Photo

Stephanie Stathos, Flute; Courtesy Photo
Wendy Betts, Piano; Photo Credit: David Stotzer

Salisbury Reservation

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Not great photos of the seals, but a pretty day.  After visiting Parker River Wildlife Refugee we went to Salisbury State Reservation.  Another great spot, what made it more fun ran into Jim and Pat Dalpiaz again.

Save the Date

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1623 Studio’s Cape Ann Report is doing a topic, Litter in the City.  The date is set for Wednesday, March 20, 2019 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm.  More information will be coming.

Please tune in or set your DVRs.

Thank you

 

Head to Jalapeños on Wednesday Night to Support GHS Girls’ Basketball!

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Yummy food, good drinks, AND raising money to help support GHS Girls Basketball!  Win, win, win.
Bring your appetite and lots of friends to Jalapeños on Wednesday night any time between 4:00-9:00 and a portion of the proceeds from your dinner/drinks will help the team!

Wednesday, February 20th
4:00PM to 9:00PM

A Fun Night For A Great Cause
Authentic Mexican Food
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Northern Lights Farmstand

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On Route 133 in Ipswich and open year round! We were drawn in by the sign promising homemade pie and we were not disappointed. Nicely set up, local businesses represented (Virgilios for one!) And the pie pleased the taste buds. I recommend stopping by.

GloucesterCast 322 With Ken Riehl, Kerry Mckenna, Ralph DiGiorgio, Jim and Pat Dalpiaz, Chris McCarthy, Kim Smith and Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 2/17/19

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Topics Include:

Joey and Ralph starting a diet after eating like a savage in Playa Del Carmen

Chamber Event Updates

Birding weekend, Irish Sweepstakes, recap, Afterhours event at Ryan and wood, College and Career Fair, CAIC, Essex Centennials www.essexma.com , Gloucester 400 www.gloucesterma400.com

Local Prime Rib specials chart will be updated once a day as new information becomes available, so stay tuned!
Which side of the bed do you sleep on and is there a difference?
What would you do at 4:30AM?
Ordered New Glasses from Zenni Optical for short money Check out Zenni Optical Website Here
Father Alves Passing
Judith Goetteman Passing
Nip Ordinance
Cape Ann Wildlife Update- Muskrats, Three Young Swans, Bald Eagle
Pat got a new phone and got nickel-and-dimed like the phone company took notes from the airlines! But the staff at the Verizon store at the Crossing was very helpful.

come to hear the story and build a steam shovel or create your own machine! Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel Lanesville #GloucesterMA

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February 23, 2019 Lanesville Community Center Virginia Lee Burton Writing Center

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Some Old Timers Still Lobstering- Their Boats In 1985 and Now #commercialfishing @nationalfishermen

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1985 Photos courtesy Billy Rowe/Present Photos Joey Ciaramitaro

Captain Pete Mondello’s F/V Allison Carol 1985

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Tommy Burns’ F/V Arethusa- 1985 At Producers With The Scottish Seine Gear Aboard

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STUNNING BALD EAGLE IN THE HOOD!

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Saturday afternoon a captivating young Bald Eagle swooped onto the scene with a fresh catch held tightly in its talons. He was fairly far off in the distance and I couldn’t quite capture what exactly he was eating.

It didn’t take long for the eagle to devour the little creature and after dining, he circled around the pond several times before landing in a nearby tree. I’ve never been so close to an eagle and it was a gift to see, really just gorgeous. It’s feathers were richly mottled in shades of chocolate brown, with contrasting white tips. Despite its youth, you could see the majesty and strength in its wings when soaring overhead.

The eagle perched in the branches for a few moments, completely ignoring the squwacky crows that were gathering, before heading out towards sea.

There have been numerous reports of Bald Eagles in the area. Earlier in the day, a passerby told me she had seen a juvenile Bald Eagle with a crow in its clutches. Although I don’t have a side-by-side comparison, the young Bald Eagle’s talons appeared enormous, even larger than a Snowy or Great Horned Owl’s talons.

Bald Eagles have repopulated the 48 contiguous states, Alaska, Canada, and northern Mexico. Their recovery over the past several decades is largely due to the ban on DDT (yet another deadly dangerous poisonous insecticide manufactured by Monsanto). Bald Eagles mate for life and they are breeding in the area. Wouldn’t it be fantastic to see a nest on Cape Ann!

I believe this to be a second or third hatch year juvenile Bald Eagle. You can tell by the broad brown band on its face, the iris is transitioning from amber to yellow, and because the beak is beginning to turn yellow.

Click on any of the photos in the gallery above to see a full-sized slideshow.

Fourth hatch year Bald Eagle -note the remaining brown feathers around the face.

Mature Bald Eagle (images courtesy wiki commons media). 

Jacqui Parker Debuts New Work about Phillis Wheatley

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New Work Celebrating Famed Boston Poet Phillis Wheatley at Gloucester Stage For 3 Performances  

WRESTLING WITH FREEDOM

Written and Directed by  Roxbury’s Jacqui Parker

At Gloucester Stage Company for Three Performances Only

February 22: 7:30pm |  February 23: 4:00pm and 7:30pm

 

Freed-slave and famed Boston poet, Phillis Wheatley was one of the best-known poets in pre-19th century America. Phillis Wheatley’s life and friendship with Obour Tanner comes alive on stage in Jacqui Parker’s (Director of 2018’s The Agitators at GSC) new play, Wrestling with Freedom. Educated and enslaved in the household of prominent Boston commercialist John Wheatley, paraded in front of the still-young American political leadership and the English empire’s aristocracy, Phillis Wheatleywas the abolitionists’ illustrative testimony that freed slaves were both artistic and intellectual. She was a household name across the world after publishing her poetry in both England and the United States – her achievements a catalyst for the fledgling antislavery movement.

Wrestling with Freedom highlights the friendship between Phillis Wheatley and Obour Tanner, another freed slave woman. Inspired by actual letters written to Obour and poems written by Phillis, this play speaks to the American Revolutionary and struggles of slavery, through two brilliant women’s minds. The cast is Candis Hilton as Phillis Wheatley and Ines de la Cruz asObour Tanner. Wrestling with Freedom is at Gloucester Stage Company on Friday, February 22 at 7:30pm and Saturday, February 23 at 4:00pm and 7:30pm. The show is approximately 80 minutes. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for Students (Under 18 years old). Tickets are available online at www.gloucesterstage.com or via phone 978-281-4433.

Roxbury resident, playwright, actor and director Jacqui Parker made her Gloucester Stage directing debut with the New England premiere of The Agitators in 2018. As an actress she last appeared at Gloucester Stage in 2014’s award winning production ofFences. Ms. Parker has won numerous awards for her work as an artist including; the Elliot Norton Award, Boston Theatre Hero Award, eight Independent Reviewers of New England Awards (IRNE) and the DRYLONGSO Award, for her struggle against racism. She is named one of Boston’s most influential people, in Don West’s book Portraits of Purpose. Ms. Parker was the visiting playwright at Hibernian Hall, where she wrote and directed five productions including A Crack in the Blue Wall, which was nominated as Best New Play, by the Independent Reviewers of New England. Her directing credits include: Glitch at the Contemporary Theatre at Boston Conservatory; Top Eye Open at Hibernian Hall; Naomi Iizuka’s Polaroid Stories at Harvard University; Intimate Apparel at Brandeis University; and Deborah Lake Fortson’s Body & Sold produced by Amy Merrill at Hibernian Hall. Ms. Parker is presently a part of the I Dream Team at Emerson College, devising New Works in High Schools across the city of Boston

Wrestling with Freedom is at Gloucester Stage Company on Friday, February 22 at 7:30pm and Saturday, February 23 at 4:00pm and 7:30pm. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for Students (Under 18 years old). Tickets are available online atwww.gloucesterstage.com or via phone 978-281-4433.

BACKGROUND INFO ON PHILLIS WHEATLEY:https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/phillis-wheatley

L to R: Candis Hilton as Phillis Wheatley and Ines de la Cruz as Obour Tanner.

Courtesy Photo Writer/Director: Jacqui Parker Courtesy Photo

Seagulls in slow motion using the $60 YI Lite Action cam

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Seagulls in slow motion using the $60 YI Lite Action cam. Crazy how many features are packed into this $60 cam.

Check it out on Amazon here- https://amzn.to/2X3XvPX

 

 

Ron Gilson’s patriotic tribute to his friend, Joe Mondello at the dory shop

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A spectator packed room and observation deck at Geno’s Dory Shop, greeted Ron and Joan Gilson on this sunny, mild mid-winter afternoon for Ron’s patriotic tribute to his friend, Joe Mondello. It was to the sound of bag pipes, guitars, concertina, and mandolin, playing light, spirited music, Ron delivered his tribute to his longtime boyhood friend, Joe Mondello, on the occasion of Joe’s 93rd year.

Joe Mondello, a lifelong Gloucester cobbler, still working daily, is a proud U.S. Navy WW II veteran. Surrounded by his family and friends, he stood at attention and returned Gilson’s respectful salute while the audience sang Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America”.

Following this tribute, Mondello, “the Dog Hill legend”, and his guests shared a delicious cake, frosted with the patriotic colors of red, white and blue, as the crowd congratulated Mondello and “the band played on”!

CELEBRATING CAPE ANN ANIMAL AID!!!

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Cape Ann Animal Aid is just one of the many nonprofits on Cape Ann that is eligible to receive grants given yearly by the Cape Ann Community Foundation. In the last two years the Foundation has awarded $24,000 in grant to Cape Ann Nonprofits. This year they will award another $15,000. This all happens because you show your love for Cape Ann and order a Cape Ann License Plate at Lovecapeann.com. The License Plate funds the Cape Ann Community Foundation.

My own cat, Bogey is a 2007 rescue from Cape Ann Animal Aid. The work they do mean so much to the animals and the people who rescue them.

NEA allocates 27 million and the winning arts applicants are…

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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) 2019 grant recipients were announced this month. Poetry was competitive.

  • For the NEA 2019 Artworks – 972 of 1605 eligible grants were funded (ranging from $10,000-$100,00 totaling more than $25 million)
  • For the NEA 2019 Challenge America – 138 of 221 eligible applications to receive $10,000 each for a total of $1.38 million
  • For the NEA 2019 Creative Writing Fellowships in poetry–  35 of 1700 eligible applicants (none having won an NEA fellowship before) to receive $25,000 each. “Visit the Arts Endowment’s Literature Fellowships webpage to read excerpts by and features on past Creative Writing Fellows and recipients of Literature Fellowships for translation projects.”

Comparison by state from N. Dakota 1 grant $30,000 to NYC 252 grants 6.8 million

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Here are the details for Massachusetts 40 grants totaling $1,085,000. In 2019 there were three projects awarded on the North Shore: RAW Beverly; Decordova Museum; and PYD in Somerville. Continue reading “NEA allocates 27 million and the winning arts applicants are…” →