My View of Life on the Dock
Stop into Feather & Wedge this Sunday for Jazz Brunch featuring Ipswich-based guitarist Harry Wagg. Harry will be performing a variety of traditional jazz, contemporary classics and original tunes, all arranged for solo guitar.
Reservations highly suggested! 978.999.5917
Sunday, February, 17
10:30 – 2:30 PM
Feather & Wedge, 5 Main Street, Rockport, MA 01966
The snow-flakes have settled and our program committee has co-ordinated the speaker and the Manchester Community Center for Tuesday, February 19, same time and place. Let’s hope Mother Nature cooperates.
Seeing History, floral work of women artists, slide show by Martha Chiarchiaro
This programs is supported in part by a grant from the Manchester Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.” The program is free and the public is encouraged to attend.
Explore the art of Maria Sibylla Merian, botanical artist of the 17th century, and Rachel Ruysch, international master of floral still life in the 17th and 18th centuries. These distinguished women artists created a legacy and broadened our knowledge of flora and fauna.
LEARN ABOUT OUR LOCAL ROTARY CLUB
The Manchester-Essex Rotary Club will be hosting a light dinner and cocktail event at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum on Wednesday February 20 from 6 – 8 pm.  Guests are invited to learn about Rotary’s local and international initiatives, to get a look at the museum, and to hear a little about Essex’s upcoming 200th anniversary celebration.  The dinner is free to our guests.  Contact Mike Storella at 781-710-2475 or David Ray at 978-857-1353 for more information or if you would like to attend.   Hope to see you there!
https://manchesteressexrotary.org/
Big or small, red rules on Valentine’s Day!
Closing soon! Hawthorne Hotel group show continues through February 20, 2019
“A Sentimental Journey,” group exhibition was organized by local historian Jim McAllister to celebrate Salem’s art scene in the years between 1978 and 1992. Show includes Giles Laroche and many other local artists. Gallery open Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Free lecture by Jim McAllister on “Art Organizing on Boston’s North Shore 1875-1925” on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m.Where: Kensington-Stobart Gallery, Hawthorne Hotel, Salem Common, 18 Washington Square West, Salem.”  Link to Salem News article by Will Broaddus
Monday afternoon at Good Harbor Beach I found the little Razorbill washed ashore, up between the ice sheets at the high tide line. Thanks so much to Mike for sharing his story about the Razorbills he saw at the Dogbar Breakwater last week. I could identify it immediately because of Mike’s sighting. I hope so much the other Razorbill is surviving 🙂
I left him by the footbridge in case anyone else would like to see the Razorbill.
Even on a cold day, the beach at Good Harbor is very relaxing.
Dinner Specials Each Week!
Wednesday, February 13 – 7pm
My Musical Guest: LIZ FRAME!
One of my all-time favorite songwriters, the great Liz Frame
returns to our Rhumb Line Stage this week. With shrewd,
biting lyrics, the girl simply tells it like it is – and kicks some
serious ass while she’s doing it. It is always an honor for me
to have the chance to sit in on such sharp material. Come
and join in on the fun, which starts, as always, at 7pm! ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
The Rhumb Line Kitchen……features Morgan Forsythe! Dishes are better than ever before!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!
Upcoming…
2/20 – Bradley Royds (guest host)
2/27 – Ed Daley
Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/
Looking forward……to seeing you there 🙂
Don’t miss evocative pairings Paige Farrell solo exhibition
The exhibition Paige Farrell | Relationships will be at Jane Deering Gallery, 19 Pleasant Street, Gloucester MA through February 27th with a reception on Saturday February 23rd from 4:00-6:30pm. Farrell (writer, sommelier, and wine consultant) reveals the relationship between the world of two arts — the art of photography and the art of the grape. Her monthly wine column appears in Northshore Magazine, and she writes for The SOMM Journal, Boston Wine School, Winestone, and Reservoir and Wollaston Wine & Spirits. Farrell will be traveling to Valencia, Spain in March as the official wine correspondent for the Boston press, then to the Champagne region in France. Farrell holds a BA in French from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with studies at Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris, France and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Presently, she is a Diploma Candidate with the prestigious Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET). Gallery hours: Saturday and Sunday 12noon-5:00pm and by appointment at farrellpaige@gmail.com
At tonight’s City Council meeting a resolution will be discussed and [we hope] signed to send a message to the statehouse – it’s time to take action on nip litter.
Check out Victory Designs by Vee for some unique, handmade, locally crafted gifts for friends far and wide or for yourself and your home.
I have ordered three of her Longitude and Latitude signs and they are wonderful. She takes custom orders and creates them quickly….with very fair prices! While the photos I have included are of her signs, she also designs custom apparel so be sure to scroll through the Facebook page here
I think these are such fantastic gifts for weddings, vacation homes, home buyers, college graduates (with their college/university symbol), businesses (I ordered one for the school where I work…see below), to celebrate an engagement, or honeymoon, favorite vacation destination….. the possibilities are endless!
You can contact her via message on Facebook or at the following email:Â DesignsByVionette@gmail.com
The 1943 photographs taken by Gordon Parks for the Farm Security Administration have been discussed in previous Good Morning Gloucester posts but I just thought it might be interesting to show you one example of a view of Main Street in 1943 and one taken 2019. Very different and yet much the same. Other photos from this collection can be viewed here.
New Nia Routine-“Source”This new routine from Nia headquarters focuses, no pun intended, on the movement of the eyes and how that movement directs the rest of the body especially the spine and head.  The music for the routine is from Lis Addison.
Lis Addison is an award winning and internationally recognized Composer, Vocalist, Keyboardist and Electronic Musician who creates and records music in her Singing Tree Studio. She specializes in electronic and world music designed to inspire, empower and support healing for the individual and the natural world.
Not sure what Nia is all about? Here is a video from founder, Debbie Rosas on Nia.
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With Eric, Chris and The Rabbit
Beautiful…and slippery… stay safe 🙂
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Friends from New York, Kansas City and Los Angeles shared this heartwarming feel good wedding rehearsal story- Hingham Middle School students surprise their teacher. #MassProud
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Every March, The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce hosts its Annual Irish Sweepstakes. A total of $20,000 is given away at this fun event – including one Grand Prize of $10,000. The Irish Sweepstakes also features a 50/50 raffle, a traditional Irish dinner and much more!
Tickets are sold for $100 each and grant you and a guest entrance the night of the event. There is a limit of 400 tickets sold – the best odds on Cape Ann!
Tickets for the Irish Sweepstakes go fast and we’ve been known to sell out.
Call us at 978-283-1601 or stop by the Chamber today to get yours.
Can’t make it to the event? No problem! You do not have to be present to win.
Not one, but two, Snowy boys were well camouflaged amidst the rocks. They were far apart from one another when one flew toward the other. The stationary fellow didn’t move an inch and barely opened his eyes, while the flying fellow hid himself expertly behind a clump of dry wildflowers. The two sleepily hung out together, positioned not twenty feet apart.
I wished I could have stayed to see if they would behave territorially, but frozen fingers chided me off the beach.
I see you little Snowy Boy!
A flock of Snow Buntings foraged in between the rocks and they too were well-camouflaged.
Good Morning Gloucester 