Love going over to Corliss Landing to kayak and photograph. Yesterday at dusk was so pretty and saw two stand up paddle boarders. Even in December you can go paddle boarding.
This Weekend in the Arts
THIS WEEK IN ROCKPORT
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 – THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8
Weekly Figure Sketch Group | 1:00 PM
Learn more: http://rockportartassn.org/events/
Four Freshmen | 8:00 PM
Shalin Liu, 37 Main St | Learn more: http://rockportmusic.org/four-freshmen/
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9
Scandinavian Jul Fest | 9:00 AM
Spiran Hall, 19 School Street | Learn more: https://www.rockportusa.com/event-festival/scandinavian-jul-fest-2/
Rockport Art Gallery Stroll and Rockport’s Christmas Stroll Weekend | 12:00 PM
Learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/1603407696371423/
Twilight Holiday Inn & Cookie Tour | 4:00 PM
Learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/317470105395083/
Goodnight Moonshine with Emily Mure | 7:30 PM
Old Sloop Coffeehouse | First Congregational Church | 12 School St | Learn more: http://oldsloopcoffeehouse.org/concert/goodnight-moonshine-2017
Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals | 8:00 PM
Shalin Liu, 37 Main St | Learn more: http://rockportmusic.org/felix-cavalieres-rascals/
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10
Rockport Art Gallery Stroll and Lockport’s Christmas Stroll Weekend | 12:00 PM
Learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/1603407696371423/
Rockport Legion Band’s Annual Holiday Concert | 2:00 PM
The First Congregational Church, 12 School Street | Learn more: https://rockportlegionband.wordpress.com/
Cantus | 3:00 PM
Shalin Liu, 37 Main St | Learn more: http://rockportmusic.org/cantus/
Rising Above: Save Our Steeple Christmas Party | 4:00 PM
The Art of David Arsenault Gallery | 8 Dock Square | Learn more: https://www.rockportusa.com/event-festival/rising-save-steeple-christmas-party/
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12
Christmas Celtic Sojourn | 4:00 and 8:00 PM
Shalin Liu, 37 Main St | Learn more: http://rockportmusic.org/christmas-celtic-sojourn-2017/
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14
Holiday Toy Drive with Senator Bruce Tarr | 4:00 PM
Stalin Liu, 37 Main St | Learn more: http://www.northshore1049.com/north-shore-holiday-toy-drive-2017/
Flatrocks Gallery presents A Stone’s Throw II for its final show of the year.
Lanes Cove Wall- photograph by Lyla Roth
Mask- mixed medua by Meredith Anderson
It is a big overflowing menagerie of expression and medium, celebrating the wealth of creative energy on northern most corner of Gloucester. Featured are paintings by Bob Anderson, Leslie Heffron, Shaun McNiff, Pia Nadel, Mary Lou Nye, Mi Robertson, Kay Ray, Lynne Sausele, Mary Jane Sawyer and Karen Tusinski; glass sculpture by Joyce Roessler; mixed media by Meredith Anderson, Hans Pundt, Margaret Rack and Mark Williamson; collage by Anne Marie Crotty and Victoria Lopez; photography by Lyla Roth; pottery by Barbe Ennis, Anni Melanson, Jan Weinshanker and Rebeka Wostrel, encaustics by Deborah Gonet; and jewelry by locals Joyce Roessler, Meredith Anderson, Karen Drazen and Sarah Wonson.
There is something to please everyone, with a wide range of style and price. Come! Support your local creative economy!!
A reception for the artists will be held Saturday, December 9th 6-8pm. The show runs through Dec. 23rd. Flatrocks Gallery, 77 Langsford St., Gloucester is open Thursday- Sunday noon to five. www.flatrocksgallery.com or visit us on facebook.
George Martin One-Artist Show
Marsh Clouds, Meadow Paths and Stoned Shores – an exhibition of recent landscape oil paintings by artist George Martin will open in the Marguerite Pearson Room of the Rockport Art Association & Museum (RAA&M) on Saturday, December 9th. This exhibition will be on view Saturday, December 9 – Sunday, December 31, 2017.
Born in Massachusetts in 1951, George Martin is an award-winning painter and graphic designer who resides on the North Shore. A graduate of Vesper George School of Art, Boston, he studied under Robert Douglas Hunter, Robert Cormier, and Charles Cooper among other noted Boston artists and was awarded the Vesper George Scholarship. He went on to earn a reputation as a successful graphic designer at a number of major corporations and design firms such as Polaroid Corporation, IBM/Lotus, Fader, Jones+Zarkades and Giardini/Russell. Since 2005, George has been a professional painter with increasing recognition for his work. He is an artist member of the North Shore Arts Association and the Rockport Art Association & Museum. From 2011-2012, he served on the Board of Trustees as President of the North Shore Arts Association.
Artist Statement –
The partnership between art and nature has been a central theme throughout my life. Influenced by representational and impressionist styles, my landscapes and other subjects are painted from life, memory and personal references.
Plein air painting restores my passion for nature and awakens each of my senses. I am not seeking to duplicate an experience but to choose and design what I think conveys my impression of the story. The visual vocabulary can be challenging and must be boldly distilled to create a believable account of the natural stage.
As witness to the constant movement of light on the landscape and other subjects, I am carried deep into the tapestry of color, value, atmosphere and composition. Each occasion presents its own emotional energy that will influence elements that can move a painting in surprising directions.
– George Martin
RAA&M Fall Hours:
Open Tuesday – Saturday 10 AM – 5 PM; Sunday 12 – 5 PM. For more information on this and other shows, please visit the RAA&M’s website at www.rockportartassn.org
Movement Arts Gloucester MA (MAGMA), Trident Live Art Series, and choreographers Ali Kenner Brodsky and Betsy Miller are very pleased to present an evening of contemporary dance in the beautiful new MAGMA performance center in downtown Gloucester.
The program features new work and repertory favorites by choreographers Miller and Kenner Brodsky and two new commissioned scores by Rhode Island musician MorganEve Swain. It is the third joint venture of the two choreographers, who presented the first “A + B” concert in 2013 at Providence College‘s Bowab Theater.
This will be a terrific performance by a company of dancers from New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts: Ali Kenner Brodsky, Betsy Miller, Meghan Carmichael, Audrey MacLean, Sasha Peterson, and Andy Russ.
More information
Please join us!
$15 general admission / $10 students and seniors
Tickets at the door or online (recommended)
Video preview of one of the works:
https://player.vimeo.com/video/244699436?loop=1&color=ffffff&portrait=0
Trident Gallery is pleased to host a reception in celebration of the release of Cape Ann Narratives of Art in Life, by Martin Ray, a full-color 124-page anthology of stories about the creative lives of twenty-eight men and women from Cape Ann, Massachusetts, told in their own voices, based on interviews by the author.
Books are $30 and will become available to the public for the first time at the event. The author will be present and sign copies on request. Most of the persons profiled in the book live on Cape Ann today and have been encouraged to attend and sign copies on request, as well.
The event is free and open to the public. At 4:00pm Martin Ray will give remarks of acknowledgement to the profiled subjects and others involved in the book project.
The publisher is Trident Gallery Editions, which accepts orders and offers a short sample of the book online.
After the launch party, Cape Ann Narratives of Art in Life will become available from several local vendors on Cape Ann, as well.
Martin Ray also writes the blog Halibut Point Notes.
“Save Our Steeple Art & Jazz Christmas Party” this Sunday in Rockport
If you like art and jazz, you don’t want to miss the Art of David Arsenault Gallery, “Save Our Steeple Art &Jazz Christmas Party,” a benefit for the First Congregational Church with the dynamic Christian Conti Jazz Trio on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017 from 2-5 p.m. at 8 Dock Square (across from the Christmas Tree) in Rockport.
(Arsenault donated the proceeds of his painting of the Steeple, “Rising Above,” which sold earlier this year to the church (photos attached). Donating 20% of his proceeds from Nov. 1 – Dec. 9, Arsenault is also selling canvas giclees and greeting cards with the steeple image to benefit this fund.
Costs for the steeple have continued to rise and are now estimated at $820,000.
If you can’t attend but would like to help, Donations can be deposited to The Steeple Fund at Cape Ann Savings Bank or Institution for Savings. Checks can be made out to The First Congregational Church of Rockport with the notation “Steeple Fund” and sent to 12 School Street, Rockport, MA 01966)
Contact: David Arsenault – 518-466-9093/ www.artofdavid.com
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Old Sloop Tomorrow: Molly Venter of Red Molly and Molly’s husband Eben Pariser of Roosevelt Dime
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Topside Grill | Lemon Crush- do yourself a favor
LEMON CRUSH and a great dinner at Topside Grill last night for Gloucester’s downtown shopping Ladies Night. We had a ball! Thanks to Joe Ciolino, Weathervane–one of our first stops so we can meet Mark Parisi and grab the next Off the Mark calendar which he kindly signs– and all involved for such a festive Gloucester tradition. Our second annual stop is across the street– we make sure to buy a couple of new toys from Toodeloos for the stuff a bus toy drive parked right there.
upcoming…HARBOR VOICES TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. MIDDLE STREET WALK TOMORROW. AND A FEW MORE SPECIAL DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY SHOPPING NIGHTS (FRIENDS AND FAMILY, MENS NIGHT, …)
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Video WCVB #Chronicle5: Along #MAshoreline scenic byway, a sisterhood of shops invites browsing
In case you missed the wonderful tv special about these local businesses, here’s the link to watch the video (it’s not on YouTube, yet or downloadable or I’d upload it here in the post): CHRONICLE WCVB Channel 5: Business Meeting: The Women of the Byway,plus stills from the Chronicle video (all images in this post are from the Chronicle story shot by Carl Vieira), and some of the transcription excerpt from the show:
“THIS IS CHRONICLE ON WCVB CHANNEL 5. One, two, three…”We have a little bit of everything”…seven, eight, nine…”And we specialize in mid-century Danish modern furnishings…” Along this Massaschusetts shoreline, a sisterhood of shops invites browsing…”There’s room enough in this business for everyone”…
JOIN OUR BUSINESS MEETING. NEXT. ON CHRONICLE…[CREDITS/MUSIC]
host Anthony Everett- “Good evening. Working Women are our focus tonight. Opening night of the 13th Annual Massachusetts Conference For Women at the Boston Convention Center (Boston). And Shanya Seymour is there now.
host Shayna Seymour– “Hi, Anthony! Well, thousands of women have gathered here to hear Gloria Steinem, and I just got off the stage with Bethanny Frankel and she’s going to join us a little bit later in this show. Now, the conference also features professional networking. Best selling authors are here to talk, as well as products from many different female entrepreneurs…NOW, many of those entreprenurs are women that (narrator) may have met on a very scenic north shore shopping trail!”
[cue to story produced by Clint Conley and vidographer Carl Vieira, and narrated by _____]
“(Narrator) The Essex Scenic Coastal Byway. Ninety miles of salt marsh and working waterfronts, dotted with famous clam shacks, antique stores, and open coastal dreamscapes, stretching from Lynn to Salisbury. The (Essex) Coastal (Scenic) Byway is ONE OF THE PRETTIEST, MOST INTERESTING and DISTINCTIVE DRIVES IN THE STATE. Now you can approach it from a distinctly feminine point of view. “It’s ten woman owned businesses in a ten mile stretch along the coastal byway.” A group of women have joined forces to market themeselves with a brochure, a sort of coastal byway treasure map. “It’s all in a straight line on our map and we call ourselves by number. I am number one on the map, so I’ll say, go [she points], number two is a mile up the street.”
read the rest of the transcript-
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My Wife Really Gets Me. @WeberGrills Christmas Tree Designed By My Love @K_HRock
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It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas…at the Beauport
Christmas at the Beauport is beautiful. I stopped by for an hour the other day while they were still in the midst of decorating. I struggled with wanting to take photos …and wanting to stay out of their way. So, this is all I left with…but, you get the gist. I look forward to going back for a holiday cocktail and to enjoy the holiday ambience again soon.
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Recent Adventures of CB
Some of CB’s Adventures in November around town: At the Breakwater
At Good Harbor Beach:
And at Rafe’s Chasm. She likes to be by the water………
It’s very interesting looking at the world through CB. The perspective gives you pause to contemplate the beauty of nature from an angle that confuses the brain at first but then brings joy to the eye.
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SCENES FROM THE LAST NIGHT OF OPEN STUDIO LOBSTER TRAP TREE BUOY PAINTING AND WHY WE LOVE CAPE ANN ART HAVEN!
Thank you to Cape Ann Art Haven’s program director Cathy Kelley and executive director Traci Thayne Corbett for the invitation to photograph this year’s Lobster Trap Tree lighting and buoy painting. The joy was all mine–the children’s enthusiasm, the pride and joy on their faces, the parent’s participation, and the priceless gift of community spirit make this one of Cape Ann’s most cherished (and most fun) holiday traditions. And it has been wonderful to see how conscientiously Traci and Cathy run the program and how caring and thoughtful they are with the children.
Did you know that Cape Art Haven buoy painting is 100 percent FREE and open to the entire community?
What has become a much beloved Cape Ann tradition is a way of saying thank you from Art Haven to the community. If you haven’t already done so, please consider donating to this tremendously worthwhile organization. Not only is buoy painting free, but all the programs Art Haven offers are available to everyone, whether or not they have the ability to pay. Visit the Cape Ann Art Haven website here to learn more about classes, scholarships, the teen guild, and more.
So, please, donate to Art Haven today!
Lobster Trap Tree lighting Saturday, December 9th, at 4:30. Party after at Art Haven.
DONATE HERE
The Littlest Buoy Painter ~ Two-year old Marissa evolving from a not-too-messy handprint to full coverage 🙂
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WHERE TO PURCHASE “THE INNER VOICE AND THE OUTER WORLD”
To purchase the recently published The Inner Voice and the Outer World, mail a check to the Gloucester Writers Center at 126 East Main Street, Gloucester MA 01930. Please make the check to the Gloucester Writers Center and at the bottom of the envelope write: re: Veterans Book. The book costs $15.00. plus mailing.
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Taking It In Stride
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Sista Felicia’s awesome Gingerbread House
For our grandchildren, this Gingerbread House is amazing. The photo only shows a little of how wonderful the Gingerbread House is. It is amazing with the candy, gingerbread, directions, etc. My grandchildren will love this.
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New seasonal offering from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Gloucester
community notice:
When the Holidays are Hard A Vespers Service Sunday, December 10, 7:00 p.m.
The holiday season can be challenging for all who struggle to participate in the joy and excitement that can seem to be expected of us. All are welcome on Sunday evening at 7:00 p.m. in our sanctuary for a short vespers service. We will pause for quiet music, candlelight, meditation and readings to help us find peace. Please join us, and bring a friend!
For any questions, please contact Linda Wilkes, tutu28@me.com or 617-851-2738.
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Gloucester Smiles-806
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F/V Misty Blue coverage shares Perfect Storm experience and New Bedford Tribute memorial
Boston Herald Perfect Storm family experience and advice alongside coverage about the 2 missing men Michael Roberts, 44, and Jonathan Saraiva, 32, both of New Bedford, and 2 crew rescued from the sinking of the F/V Misty Blue. South Coast Today and the Boston Globe
Boston Herald ©Nancy Lane photograph of the New Bedford FISHERMENS TRIBUTE MONUMENT. The monument is by New Bedford artist, Erik Durant, dedicated in 2016, people have started to leave flowers in tribute this week
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Army vs Navy Flag Football at Newell!
Cape Ann’s First Annual Veterans Flag Football Army/Navy
High Noon land and sea Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Newell Stadium Gloucester High School– easy back and forth from Middle Street Walk and the game. Austin Dorr & Mayor Romeo Theken have the coin toss. Carlos Goulart and Daniel Collins are the refs. GHS boys soccer is ‘kicking in’ some Gatorade and water support.
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Care Dimensions Tree of Light 2017 Ceremony
Care Dimensions 2017 – Cape Ann Ceremony sponsored by Bank Gloucester.
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Nichole’s Picks 12/9 + 12/10
Pick #1: Middle Street Walk
Pick #2: Cape Ann Veterans’ Army vs. Navy Flag Football
Come cheer on some Cape Ann Veterans as they play in Cape Ann’s 1st Annual Army vs Navy Flag Football game! Should be a fun afternoon! 12:00 pm @ Newell Stadium
Pick #3: Stevens-Coolidge Estate’s Illumination Nights
Come one, come all and see the splendor of our illuminated winter gardens. Many holidays and festivals are based on lights, some even being called a Festival of Lights, like Diwali for Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and Hanukah for Judaism. Christianity also celebrates using lights, seen on a Christmas tree or in a snowcapped windowsill. Tonight, visitors are invited to explore the grounds of the Stevens-Coolidge Place as they twinkle and shine with holiday lights that brighten the landscape during this holiday season. Pick up a song book and sing holiday songs or simply listen to others as you warm up with hot cocoa and make s’mores around our outdoor fire pit.
This is a three-weekend event. Full event schedule includes:
Friday, December 8 through Sunday, December 10, 5-7pm
Friday, December 15 through Sunday, December 17, 5-7pm
Friday, December 22 through Saturday, December 23 5-7pm
As always, for a comprehensive list of family activities, visit our friends at North Shore Kid
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Sista Felicia’s “Paint Your Own Christmas Cookie Kits” Pre-Order Sale NOW through December 8th!
Sista Felicia’s, “Paint Your Own” Christmas Sugar Cookies are READY TO PRE-ORDER! Paint your own (PYO) cookies are a great activity for children and adults of all ages! These beautifully boxed Sugar Cookie Gift Sets are perfect for you, your loved ones, teachers, children, houseguests, and even co-workers.
This edible cookie craft project kit is perfect for holiday parties, classroom projects or parties, Yankee Swap Gifts, Family get togethers, Girl Scout/Cub Scout Troops, and any holiday gathering you might have going on. Give a gift this holiday season that will bring out the creative side of all your elves and holiday helpers. Let these fun Christmas cookies bring it up a notch with a magical and delicious crafting project.
Directions: Simply dip the enclosed paintbrush in water; hydrate the palette of colors with moistened paint brush, and start painting your very own Winter Cookie Masterpiece! Sista Felicia’s vanilla based Sugar Cookies are prepared using the very finest ingredients including; fresh eggs, butter and vanilla beans. Each cookie is individually hand rolled for a thick 1/4″ cookie, hand cut, and baked to perfection… in a licensed/certified Home Based Kitchen.
**Each “PYO Sugar Cookie Kit” includes the following:cookies from their box.
Square, Round or Rectangle Shaped Iced Vanilla Sugar Cookie Embellished with one Christmas image. Each hand rolled/hand cut cookie is approximately 4″ x 4″ in size.
The following Images are available:
~ Elf On The Shelf
~ Charlie Brown & Snoopy
~ Nutcracker
~ Christmas Wreath
~ Christmas Tree
~ Christmas Stocking
~ Santa Claus
~ The Rednose Reindeer
~ Gingerbread House
Each kit includes Sugar Cookie, (10 ) color tabs,
paint brush (brush will vary in color). WARNING: Children under age 6 should be supervised while using paint brush; and Jingle Bell gift waring ornament IS NOT A TOY & could be a choking hazard.
For your convenience each “Paint Your Own Sugar cookie Set” is beautiful wrapped in a box, adorned with Christmas Red Satin Bow Ribbon, and includes a Shiny Jingle Bell ! Cookies are produced in a facility possibly containing all known food allergens, heat, soy, milk, peanuts and tree nuts, and shellfish .***
Orders may Only be placed by email at SistaFeliciasKitchen@gmail.com or Facebook Private Message me by December 8, or while supplies last!
The cookies will stay fresh for 2-3 weeks at room temperature if in container. The best way to preserve them is to freeze cookies in the plastic bag you receive them in or place boxed cookie in airtight container, until you are ready to paint them. Remove from freezer 3 hours before removing cookies from their packaging.
ALL ORDERS MUST BE PLACED THROUGH PRIVATE FB MESSAGE OR EMAIL Sistafeliciaskitchen@gmail.com
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Post Storm Rewards
Wednesday December 6 seemed to be a popular day for closures. Lone Gull closed for electrical work; Cape Ann Museum closed to public for event; Parker River National Wildlife Refuge closed for Deer Hunt (yes, that’s what the sign said). We were turned off Rt 133 – closed for unknown reasons. We ran into a washed out road at Rough Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary and turned back.
BUT the ocean was open for business and it was just spectacular at Eastern Point.
Good Morning Gloucester 