We came across this event on Saturday. We were told it’s a 4 mile race starting and ending at Pavilion Beach. There was a great turnout and the contestants were real troupers!
The Harbormaster helped keep everyone safe
Fred’s Birthday party aboard the beauport princess
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GloucesterCast 294 With Connor McCarthy, Chris McCarthy, Paula Ryan O’Brien, Pat Dalpiaz, Charlene Delaney, Mike Codair, Susan Lipsett, Heidi Dallin, Robert Walsh and The Cast of True West Taped 8/26/18
GloucesterCast 294 With Connor McCarthy, Chris McCarthy, Paula Ryan O’Brien, Pat Dalpiaz, Charlene Delaney, Mike Codair, Susan Lipsett, Heidi Dallin, Robert Walsh and The Cast of True West Taped 8/26/18
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Topics Include:
Cape Ann Community Cinema Listings are always stickied in the GMG Calendar at the top of the blog or you can click here to go directly to the website
Cape Ann Coffee
Sunflowers in bloom at Colby Farm! https://www.colbyfarms.com/
Any comments PawSox to Worcester?
A little story about why we love it here (If there’s time)
Lake Powell
Sustainable Curiosity www.smartflowersolar.com
Low License Plate # Update
Schooner Festival Weekend
True West Playing At Gloucester Stage August 18- September 8th
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A CHITTERING, CHATTERING, CHETAMNON CHIPMUNK GOOD MORNING TO YOU, TOO!
The common name chipmunk is believed to be derived from the word chetamnon, the word given this small member of the squirrel family by the Chippewa Indians. If you’ve ever heard a chipmunk chattering away in the morning, it’s easy to understand why the Chippewa gave it the very onomatopoeic sounding chetamnon. Their genus name, Tamias, is Greek for treasurer, steward, or housekeeper, a reference to their habit of collecting and storing seeds, nuts, and acorns for the winter.
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34th Annual Schooner Festival
August 31-September 3
American Eagle leads the way. Photo by Carl Gustin
The 34th annual Gloucester Schooner Festival is ONE WEEK AWAY! The City of Gloucester is homeport to over 27 schooners for the Labor Day weekend. With more opportunities to get up close and on-board than ever before, this three-day event will be an historic Festival to remember. Come see Blluenose II and Columbia enter the harbor Friday afternoon and be greeted by several other vessels, including our own Gloucester schooner fleet, the Adventure, the Ardelle, and the Thomas E. Lannon. Special thanks to Beauport Hospitality Group for their principal sponsorship in support of this community-wide event. Visit the Schooner Festival website for a full schedule of activities. Many thanks to our corporate sponsors and local businesses for helping to fund this weekend!
Click here for a list of expected schooners. Stop by Maritime Gloucester next week to pick up your program and your 2018 Schooner Festival gear!
Maritime Heritage Day, September 1st
ARTISTS, EXHIBITS, SCHOONERS, MUSIC & MORE
Celebrate Gloucester Schooner Festival’s Maritime Heritage Day on Saturday, September 1st, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. We are creating a busy, festive hub of traditional crafters, engaging community organizations in the First Ipswich Bank Pavilion, expert seafood demonstrations, foot-stomping music with Old Cold Tater, schooner sails, and fun-filled family activities on Harbor Loop. Enjoy local fare at our food tents. Schooners will be docked at Maritime Gloucester’s Webster Pier with others throughout the city.
Click here for a partial list of participating organizations and vendors with updates coming in often.
The Gloucester Schooner Festival is here and Maritime Gloucester’s flagship, the Ardelle is providing you with some of the best up-close and on-the-water viewing of all the festivities. Public sails run all weekend, but don’t wait to buy your ticket for some of these exclusive and historic events:
Wednesday August 29 at 6:00
Friday August 31 at 11:00AM
Welcome to Bluenose II and Columbia! This historic event is not to be missed as these two iconic schooners enter the harbor together, joined by Adventure and Roseway and Ardelle and the Lannon. The best seat in the harbor as history is being made is right here! Join Maritime Gloucester’s Executive Director, Michael De Koster as the fleet turns out to start the Gloucester Schooner Festival in style.
Saturday September 1 starting at 10:45 to 4:45
Maritime Heritage Day One-Hour Sails! The Ardelle brings the public out to the harbor for a tour of the Schooner Festival fleet. Be a part of the action!
Check their schedule for other public sail times. MG members always receive a discount on Ardelle tickets!
Volunteer
Be at part of this happening place!
Maritime Gloucester is seeking volunteer docents for our galleries and waterfront campus. Docents conduct tours and provide a unique and engaging visitor experience. Ideal candidates are cheerful, curious, strong public speakers, and have knowledge and interest in Cape Ann’s maritime history and culture. Training will be provided with opportunities to shadow current docents.
If you are interested, please email volunteer@maritimegloucester.org.
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42nd Magnolia Road Race
Another successful Magnolia Road Race on Saturday, August 25, 2018. The fun run with young children to the 5 K, pancake breakfast and a fun sense of community made for a great time.
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Captain Chris Orsillo and The Crew Of The Trapper John Took Third Place In The Shark Tourney
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SmartFlower and Sustainable Curiosity
Hey Joe!
Thanks again for having me on Good Morning Gloucester. It was truly an amazing experience for me to be able to talk about something I love with my Dad and his best friends.
I have attached a SmartFlower Presentation and Picture to this email.
I am currently promoting sustainable curiosity on GW’s campus, which helps raise awareness for sustainable movements through the visualization of the SmartFlower. GW is run on 50% Solar power, but the farms are in North Carolina, therefore most students are not aware of GW’s commitment to their climate leadership statement. Now students can walk through a beautiful campus with a beautiful SmartFlower with GW’s logo. Additionally, it provides lifelong energy and can be compared to a lifelong bond with leaving legacy behind for your family.
Questions? Contact Connor McCarthy- 978-500-2729 cjm12@sustainablecuriosity.com
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Studing in the Garden
Gloucester Smiles-1004
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Summer nights
No Keepers Today?
I introduced by sister to Rafe’s Chasm recently. A departing fisherman noted there had been “no keepers” that day. I beg to differ at least in regard to beauty and peace. Rafe’s Chasm is a keeper in all ways……….
We weren’t the only ones enjoying the day out there.
It’s delightful to find these!
This, however, I would put in the category of “No Keepers”. You’d think I’d be used to odd sights by now, but no…….
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Join us on Monday, August 27th for Community Meditation Mondays at Gloucester Yoga Collective
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Sawyer Free Library Events 8/27-9/1
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Does this look like a charming pirate to you?
Submitted by Marcia Huttner-
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BELTED KINGFISHER
Look for this amazing bird at our local ponds and streams–amazing I think, for the way she hunts. The Kingfisher can hover mid-air, high above still water and then plunge straight down, plucking frog or fish from the depths of the pond. This one is always on the other side of the pond and I only become aware of her presence by her telltale crickley song. One of these days I hope she’ll come a little closer so we can have a much better look.
Female Belted Kingfisher
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Deer in the yard
Love the eyes on this beautiful deer
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Goetemann Artist DEBORAH REDWOOD to Construct a Large Whale’s Fluke at Ocean Alliance
News from Rocky Neck:
Goetemann Artist to Construct a Large Whale’s Fluke
Artist Talk: Tuesday, September 4, 7:00 PM
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA
Public Construction Dates: September 10 28
On the Grounds of Ocean Alliance, 32 Horton Street, Gloucester, MA
Closing Talk: Friday, September 28, 6:00 PM
On the Grounds of Ocean Alliance, 32 Horton Street Gloucester, MA
Gloucester Ma—The Goetemann Artist Residency—a program of the Rocky Neck Art Colony, Inc. that provides artists from around the world a live/work space for a month at a time—is pleased to introduce its 2018 Environmental/Installation Artist, Australian Deborah Redwood.
To be considered for the 2018 month-long residency, artists submitted a proposal responding to the mission of Ocean Alliance, RNAC’s non-profit partner, which states in part: “Ocean Alliance strives to increase public awareness of the importance of whale and ocean health through research and public education.”
Redwood is the second Goetemann resident to work at the site following last year’s installation of a seven-foot tall Great Auk by Nathan Thomas Wilson. Redwood’s practice encompasses sculpture and installation that evokes a sense of play and comments on society’s waste. She graduated from the College of Fine Arts (Sydney) in 2006 and was awarded a one-year exchange program at Alfred University, in New York.
Beginning September 10 and continuing through September 28, visitors are invited to stroll down Horton Street to observe the artist while she constructs a large whale’s fluke (part of a whale’s tail) on the grounds of Ocean Alliance, site of the former Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory at 32 Horton Street, Gloucester. Using equipment donated by J&L Welding in Gloucester, Redwood will collect scrap metal and weld it into a sculpture rising about ten feet above the water’s edge. This is a wonderful opportunity to share an artistic experience with children while making them aware of the fragility of life in our oceans. Printed information about the artist and her process will be available on site.
Deborah Redwood is the latest artist at the Goetemann Residency and the public is invited to learn more about her work when she presents an Artist Talk on Tuesday, September 4, at 7:00 PM at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck.
For the past decade Redwood has participated in group and solo exhibitions in Australia and overseas, including; Japan, China, India and the USA. She has also attended several artist-in-residence programs, in New York, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Vermont, Jaipur (India), Wellington (NZ), Sydney and now, Gloucester, MA. This challenging month-long project wraps up with a Closing Talk by the artist for the public at the Ocean Alliance site (weather permitting) on Friday, September 28 at 6:00 PM.
Images:
Deborah Redwood – Spiraling Shell
Deborah Redwood – Starfish at Killalea
Deborah Redwood – At Work
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Then and Now: where Middle Street meets Riggs Street Gloucester, Mass.
photo above: “Here is the second of the three gambrel roof houses in this section of Middle Street. Riggs Street is on the left and in the rear of the first gambrel roof house is Babson’s Field which was used as sites for some of the houses moved from Western Avenue in 1922-23′-’24 when Stacy Blvd. was constructed.” from History of Gloucester Vol. 3, published 1978, featuring photographs from James B. Benham collection and from Gaspar J. Lafata and Martin J. Horgan Jr.
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Gloucester Smiles-1003
Good Morning Gloucester 