Dan King to join Fly Amero Tonight~ Wednesday Oct. 3rd 7-10pm @ The Rhumb Line

Posted on by Joanne

 

Dinner Specials Each Week!
Wednesday, October 3 – 7pm
My Musical Guest: DAN KING!

Love this pic. Who took it? Anyway, we’re all familiar with
Dan King’s contributions toward making the arts and
entertainment scene here on Cape Ann as amazing and
prolific as it has become in recent times. “Dan-O” is loved by
all. His music is pure, honest and touching. Last time he was
my Wednesday guest? January, 2016! How the hell did THAT
happen? Well, we make up for it this week! See you there. ~ 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…
Allen Estes, Lynne Taylor, Jon Butcher, Inge Berge… and more!
Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/
Looking forward……to seeing you there 🙂

TIME CAPSULE: CAPT’ JOEY & SONS CIRCA 2014 – aerial by Craig Kimberley

Posted on by Craig Kimberley

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Giant party subs! Jeff’s Variety of Gloucester feeding the crew of Topsfield Fair

Posted on by Catherine

Caught Jeff in action loading up delivery vans with delicious Jeff’s Variety & Deli  party platters and  giant subs for the Topsfield Fair. The fair is celebrating its 200th anniversary and continues through Monday, Columbus Day. Opens 10am daily- here’s the link to the 2018 Topsfield Fair daily schedule: https://topsfieldfair.org/dailyschedule2018.php

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Congratulations?

Posted on by Nichole S.

Thatcher was walking around downtown Rockport with some friends after school yesterday when they were asked to guard a package by a gentleman on Bearskin Neck.  I’m proud of him for knowing that he should call me and make sure that sounded “ok.”  He told me the story, told me he was with two friends, and that they were outside in a public area….  he also explained that the man was leading his girlfriend on a scavenger hunt and that she’d be by within 30 minutes to find that package before moving on to her next surprise.  I made Thatch send me a photo of the package.  It was a swan, with a note,  in a nice little bundle.

Sure as anything, about 20 minutes later, a woman came by, discovered the package, read the note, and continued on her way.  Thatcher decided it felt too creepy to snap a photo of her.   Sigh.

At any rate, kudos to the man for arranging such a fun afternoon for his girlfriend.  He was kind enough to even give Thatch and his friends some money to split for making sure that no one else took off with his swan.

I hope the afternoon was everything that he expected it to be!  Was there a proposal at the end?  I wish we knew!  Are congratulations in order?  I hope so!

I’m not so sure about the duct tape though.

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Cool Music Alert: Cables and Lines CD Release Show this Saturday Night

Posted on by John McElhenny

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Gloucester residents Erin and Andy Luman and their new band Cables and Lines will play a show this Saturday night at MAGMA in downtown Gloucester. The band, which also features Calvin Joss, will release its first CD at the show. So you should go there.

Good Morning Gloucester peeps know Erin Luman because Joey posted about her art skillz here and he once asked if the Lumans should win “most creative family” in Gloucester. I’d vote for them.

People know Andy Luman because of the GMG post here about his previous band, which wasn’t nearly as good as the new band Cables and Lines and was back when Andy was more likely to wear a man bun in his hair like a rock star.

This Saturday night’s Cables and Lines show is at MAGMA, 11 Pleasant Street in Gloucester, from 7 to 9 p.m. Admission is $10 and you can buy tickets here. Your ticket gets you into the show but you also get a CD and a portion of the profits is donated to the Open Door.

If you can’t make the show, you can hear their music and buy their CD here: www.cablesandlines.com

“My Gloucester” Mural by Captain Pete Favazza

Posted on by Manuel F. Simoes

Captain Pete Favazza honors his Gloucester with a mural of Gloucester scenes, wit his fishing boat , a photo of his grandfather and other Gloucester scenes on his truck.

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$25k Game – This Thursday Night!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce's avatarCape Ann Community

Join us at the Gloucester House THIS Thursday Night, October 4 from 5-7 PM for the $25k Game! A total of $25,000 is given away including- one Grand Prize of $10,000! The $25,000 game also features a 50/50 raffle, door prizes and much more! Tickets are sold for $100 each and grant you and a guest entrance the night of the event.

There are only FIVE tickets left – buy your tickets at the Chamber office, 33 Commercial Street! Stop by or call us at 978-283-1601.

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ADMIRING THE NOT OFTEN SEEN LITTLE BLUE CALICO HERON

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns


Have you seen the Little Blue “Calico” Heron? I had not, until this summer. I thought at first we have yet another species to add to the wonderful world of wildlife found on Cape Ann.  The calico heron is not at all a different species but is the in-between stage of the Little Blue Heron as it loses its first hatch-year white plumage and gains its adult blue plumage.

In the bird’s first summer after hatching the Little Blue Heron is pure white, with just a wee bit of grey at the wing tips. In its second hatch-year, you’ll find the Little Blue Heron in a range of white and blue-gray combinations. By the third summer, the Little Blue Heron’s body feathers are a tableau of rich blue-grey-green with lovely violet maroon neck and head feathers.

During the breeding months, Little Blue Herons are occasionally seen at Cape Ann marshes, freshwater ponds, and along the shoreline. By late summer and autumn they can be found in mixed flocks of Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Green Herons, and Great Blue Herons, feasting on fish and frogs to build a reserve of fat for the southward migration.

The above photo and top photo shows the contrast between the Little Blue Heron first hatch-year, which is flying by a calico second hatch-year Little Blue.

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Calico (second hatch-year) Little Blue practicing nest building skills

Left to right, Snowy Egret, calico Little Blue Heron, Great Egret, and adult Little Blue Heron

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Little Blue Heron range map – Cape Ann is at the northern edge of their breeding range

NIGHTMARE ON ROGERS STREET!

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

For the first time in its history Blue Collar Lobster Co. will open its doors to host a Halloween concert featuring two of the area’s premier local original bands. On Saturday October 27th Pier Ave and Over The Bridge will take the stage for what will be an incredible night of roots, rock, and reggae.

The two groups are joining forces for the evening to send a message to local music lovers. Their message is simple: The local music scene needs more collaboration. “Local musicians need to work together to promote unity and support one another. By doing this we can create a scene that is great for venues and live music fans alike. The North Shore is where we are from, and the artists who call it home are our family not our competition.” As two of the area’s highest drawing local bands the show is sure to bring in live music fans from all over Boston’s North Shore and beyond to show their support for the blossoming local music scene on Cape Ann.

Tickets to the show are on sale now! The event boast’s an impressive lineup of local sponsors, FREE giveaways, a $500 cash prize for best costume, professional sound and lighting display provided by Davis Thurston Productions.

$20 Advance, $25 Door/dos 21+ event

For more information you can visit their websites:
http://www.OTBTunes.com
http://www.PierAveMusic.comOr “Like” them on Facebook:
http://Facebook.com/PierAve
http://Facebook.com/OTBTunes

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Beautiful day on Sunday

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Sunday was so beautiful, late in day decided to go over to Good Harbor Beach and take a walk.  Gorgeous fall day.

Artist Conversation October 2, 7pm At the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck

Posted on by James Eves

Azita Moradkhani, Rocky Neck Art Colony Goetemann Artist in Residence

Artist Conversation October 2, 7pm
At the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson St. Gloucester

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Body Cast, by Azita Moradkhani
Azita Moradkhani was born in Tehran where she was exposed to Persian art and culture as well as Iranian politics, and that double exposure increased her sensitivity to the dynamics of vulnerability and violence that she explores in her work and art-making process. She received her BFA from Tehran University of Art and both her MA in Art Education and her MFA in drawing, painting & sculpture from Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts & Tufts University. The female body, and its exposure to different social norms, is central to Moradkhani’s work. Through her drawings and body castings, she is examining displacement as an unnatural state we experience when we find ourselves insecure in our own body.

Poll: Who Would You Rather See In The ALDS? The A’s Or The Yankees #RedSox #Poll #MLB

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

With tomorrow night’s American League Wildcard Game Deciding Which Team Goes On To Face Our Beloved Red Sox in The American league Divisional Series I’m A Bit Conflicted.

Do you want to face the A’s who you feel is less dangerous or do you want to face the Yankees who will make the series more interesting rivalry and hype wise?

 

Save the Magnolia Pier Tee shirts

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

T-shirts available in a variety of sizes and colors!

 

All proceeds benefit the Magnolia Pier

Tee Shirts available at Sherry’s Corner Café
2 Lexington Avenue
Magnolia Gloucester, MA 01930

 

Thank you Sherry

Upcoming ART @the Icehouse, Peter Herbert & Leon Doucette

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Please mark your calendars:
For Immediate Release:
New Generations of Cape Ann Art: Leon Doucette and Peter Herbert ART@the Icehouse Exhibit Opening

New works by Gloucester painters Peter Herbert and Leon Doucette are featured in a special upcoming Artist Exhibition hosted at the Art@the Icehouse gallery in Gloucester’s “Fort” neighborhood.
“New Generations of Cape Ann Art” opens with an Opening Reception at 5 pm Saturday, October 13, 2018. ART@the Icehouse Gallery is located above Cape Pond Ice Company, Fort Wharf, 104 Commercial Street, Gloucester, MA.
Leon Doucette is a nationally recognized young portraitist and oil painter, who has won recent awards of the Guild of Boston Artists, and an international competition by the American Portrait Society in Washington, DC. Leon received his BFA from the New Hampshire Institute of Art, and serves on the Cape Ann Museum curatorial staff. Leon’s paintings are characterized by soft tonal modeling, diligent brushwork, and often solemn atmosphere.
Peter Herbert most recently exhibited his abstract landscapes at The Jane Deering Gallery and in Annisquam, and will share a new series of land and seascapes examining play of light and color on horizons, and fresh images of Gloucester harbor and Cape Pond Ice’s wharf and Icehouse. Peter studied at the Brooklyn Museum, the Art Students League of New York, with Brooklyn realist Andrew Reiss, as well as master painter David Levine, and locally under mentorships of Erma Wheeler and Gordon Goetemann.
Preparing together for this ART@the Icehouse exhibit at Gloucester’s iconic Cape Pond Ice, Peter and Leon have explored fresh, complementary synergy in their new work and color palette.
Saturday’s 5pm, October 13th Artist Reception is free and open to the public. This special exhibit extends through Sunday, November 4th, with hours Monday – Friday from 9 am – 5 pm, Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm, and Sundays from 11 am – 3 pm, and by appointment.
For questions, please contact Scott at ART@the Icehouse, 978-283-0174 or coolestguys@capepondice.com.
(Courtesy bio photos, gallery & painting previews & PDF Exhibit Announcement attached)
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Scott Memhard, President
CAPE POND ICE COMPANY, INC.
aka Bresnahan Ice/United Party Rental, Lawrence & Peabody Icehouse
104 Commercial Street, Fort Wharf
Gloucester, MA 01930
tel: 978-283-0174 FAX 978-283-3714 cell: 978-879-9394



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