My View of Life on the Dock
40 Railroad Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 283-9732
Can you spot a piping plover? Train your eyes to scan for movement–it’s the easiest way to spy the piping plover summer 2017 brood. They scuttle along dry seaweed patches back and forth to the wet sand and within the enclosure. Yesterday the baby chicks were still apt to topple over inside sand scallop depressions. Â Their future wings are visibly growing out. Now 1 week old, their sweet piping chirps are clearly audible. The parents are much easier to find. We’re lucky we can see the birds close up in Kim Smith’s gorgeous art.
Phone in hand? Share your Good Harbor Beach piping plover photos and observations! tag #Glostaplover and follow Gloucester Plover at https://twitter.com/Glostaplover
Volunteers are needed for shifts over the upcoming holiday weekend. Contact Ken kwhittaker@gloucester-ma.gov
Shifting skies Tuesday vs Wednesday
Visiting from Reading Massachusetts
Family visiting from Woburn Massachusetts, I directed them to Pavillion Beach so the kids could play at the beach.
A little sunset therapy last night over at Annisquam which I have lovingly dubbed “Anni-squash-a-gnat” lol! Â Playing with my fisheye lens.
Such an easy, fun, and inexpensive ride to get around town AND, total bonus, to Good Harbor Beach, without having to pay to park! Â Get dropped off at the foot bridge as early as 10:17 and then the trolley comes back every hour up until 5:17 pm. Â Many other fun stops along the way. Â See below. Â Ummm….and an all day pass costs $3 with children under 5 Free. Â And, unless things have changed, if you are riding the trolley from Stage Fort Park, they allow you to park there for FREE. Â Total score.
SEASONAL DAYS OF OPERATION
10:00 a.m. to 5:39 p.m.
June 17 through September 4
Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays
including July 4th and Labor Day
One Way Fare: $1.00
All Day Pass: $3.00
Persons with Disabilities, Seniors
& Persons on Medicare $0.50
Children under 5 years FREE
HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE
Free live music Saturday, July 1st at Waterfront Park in Newburyport
Saturday, July 1st
​3:30 to 8 p.m.
Don’t miss Newburyport’s annual music celebration of America’s roots on July Fourth weekend. Bring the family to Newburyport’s central waterfront for a free concert featuring roots music including Marcia Ball, Nikki Hill, and the Lonely Heartstring Band, with opening act local, teen, guitar sensation Quentin Callewaert.
Event sponsorship gets you VIP seating with free snacks, beer and wine overlooking the event from the balcony of the Firehouse Center for the Arts. Â Click the button below to donate and reserve your VIP seating now.
READ ALL ABOUT THE FESTIVAL HERE
Friday, June 30th – Tuesday, July 4th
READ ALL ABOUT THE FOUR DAYS OF ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS HERE
With hundreds of activities over Independence Day weekend at Boston’s best landmarks, this family-friendly event is the country’s largest Fourth of July festival. Activities include the annual opening ceremony at Faneuil Hall, historical reenactments, Freedom Trail® walks, boat tours, live entertainment and much more!
As always, for a comprehensive list of family activities, please visit our friends at North Shore Kid.
They are an absolute no-brainer purchase. They emit a slightly warm hue that gives just enough light at night so you can walk around without flipping lights on or off (also allow me to pee in the toilet instead of guessing if it’s a straight shot into the bowl).
The are a small enough footprint that they allow you to still use the other plug in a two plug outlet. They only cost 30 cents to run for an entire year. They have a sensor that turns them off when there’s enough light that they aren’t needed. Totally ingenious, totally cheap, but they look really nice.
You can buy them on Amazon on sale now for $11.49 (normally $15.99)Â 28% savings
Here’s the link to purchase- Sycees 0.5W Plug-in LED Night Light Lamp with Dusk to Dawn Sensor, Warm White, 4-Pack
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Here’s some shots from our house-
Photos from the beautiful Sunday morning’s mass and procession in honor of Saint Peter. The mass was lead by Reverend Mark O’Connell, Bishop of the North Region of the Archdiocese of Boston, and Fr. Jim Achadinha, Pastor of the Catholic Community of Gloucester and Rockport.
I laughed out loud when coming across this batch of photos from Fiesta. I was taking a picture of Sara Favazza, when her friends just kept jumping in, wanting to be included in a photo with Sara. Watch the portrait grow!
 
Windhover is proud to announce the annual performing arts season begins with a bang when the internationally renowned Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company takes up residence starting on Tuesday, June 27 until Sunday, July 2, 2017. The company of six dancers will be teaching master classes, culminating in three public performances scheduled for Thursday, June 29 at 7:30pm, Friday, June 30 at 7:30 and Saturday, July 1, at 7:30pm. The performances will be on the outdoor stage if weather allows. Otherwise they will be performed inside the back studio, and it will be first come first-served with limited space. No tickets are required, but a suggested donation of $20 is greatly appreciated.
Ina Hahn’s choreography to two sections of Bach’s cello suite no.6 performed live by cellist Josh Gordon. The piece is titled: “Fragments of Six”. Sharing the program is Paul Taylor’s work titled “Junction” performed to Bach’s cello suites no.1 & 4.
“Tracer” is the last piece on the program. It was a lost work created by Paul Taylor in 1962 that disappeared from the repertory. The work was reconstructed last year and performed at the 92nd St Y in New York. It involved a collaboration between the late renowned artist Robert Rauschenberg and choreographer Paul Taylor. Art historian Robert Saltonstall Mattison will provide insights into this collaborative process with an introductory talk beforehand.
An all-out Paul Taylor program with masterpieces that include “Company B” with songs sung by the Andrew Sisters. The “Uncommitted”, with music by Arvo Pärt is from 2011. And “Junction” performed to sections of Bach’s cello suites no. 1 & 4 which is a link to Ina Hahn and her choreography, as both choreographers used J.S. Bach’s music as their inspiration for their dances.
Open to the public to all ages and all levels are SIX masterclasses taught by company members from the Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company. Donations are welcome. The schedule of classes is as follows, taught in the back dance studio at Windhover.
9:30-11:00 am: General class level, all ages.
4:00-5:15 pm: Beginner class
5:30-7:00 pm: Intermediate class
9:30-11:00am General class level, all ages.
9:30-11:00am General class, all ages.
9:30-11:00am General class, all ages.
For further information, please contact Executive Director, Lisa Hahn at
Lhahn@art-horizons.com or by phone at 978-546-3611.
All concerts begin at 7:00pm. Parking is free, restrooms are handicap accessible and the audience is encouraged to bring a chair and a picnic lunch (carry in – carry out). Rain dates are the following Wednesday evening at 7:00pm. Location: Stage Fort Park, Hough Avenue, Gloucester, MA
For concert information please contact David Benjamin, Tel. 978-281-0543,
Email: David@DavidLBenjamin.com or visit www.DavidLBenjamin.com,
Dinner Specials Each Week!
Wednesday, June 28th – 7pm
Special Guest: CHARLEE BIANCHINI!
Sheila Roberts Orlando photo
Always a joy, the ever talented Charlee Bianchini will be our
guest this Wednesday at the Rhumb Line. Her music is just
beautiful… and, so is she! ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
The Rhumb Line Kitchen……now features Janet Brown with some new and healthy ideas!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!
Upcoming…
7/05 – Orville Giddings
7/12 – Toni Ann
7/19 – Honkeytonk Women
Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/
Looking forward……to seeing you there 🙂
Its been a great run at 65 Main Street, but it’s quickly coming to an end. Friday June 30 is our last day at this historic location. Please come out and celebrate the end of an era with us as we wind down our last week.
Tonight – Open Mic with Special Guest Sarah Schuyler and $3 draughts
Wednesday – The Last Karaoke Waltz and $3 draughts
Thursday – Customer and all current and former employee appreciation night with Over the Bridge (and $3 draughts)
Customer and staff appreciation 7-9pm. If you ever worked here or ever hung out, come down tonight for a dog bar reunion and celebrate ten years of whatever it was we did here. Stick around for OVER THE BRIDGE starting at 9.
If you can’t make it tonight, gone down tomorrow for our last night at this location with JOE MACK!
Friday – For the last night, were bringing back Joe Mack and $3 draughts
I would like to send a huge shout out to all of the great employees who have given so much to make this a dynamic and fun environment over the past ten years, and to all of the customers who have supported us. Thank you for being such an integral part to the Dog Bar family. It’s been an amazing ride.
-Andy
65 Main St
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Call (978) 281-6565
Day six, and all four Good Harbor Beach Piping Plovers are thriving! Their survival is in large part due to the efforts of Ken Whittaker, Dave Rimmer, and a growing assemblage of wonderful volunteers. If you would like to volunteer to take a shift babysitting the PiPl, please email Ken Whittaker at kwhittaker@gloucester-ma-gov. Ken is meeting groups on the beach to explain the protocol. The shifts are brief and it’s great fun to be at GHB as an ambassador for the Plovers while monitoring and answering questions.
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Catherine Ryan and her sons Charles and George King have the early morning shifts, from 6am to 7:30, and they are splitting it three ways, each taking a half hour. Piping Plover watchers are invited to take notes–here are one of the volunteers, Hazel’s, excellent notes:
“I was there from about 11.30 to 1 pm today June 26..
During that time I only saw one adult at a time, probably about once every 20 minutes, not doing much – preening, sitting on the sand, resting under a bush, moving around relatively slowly. I also saw one baby at a time moving about – except for the last 20 minutes when I saw 2, possibly 3, moving around at the same time (I had lent my binoculars to some interested bystanders so not sure of the number).
I spoke to 2 groups of young people playing with a ball and a frisbee – they were unaware of the plover nest and very agreeable to moving further away. One couple were seated very close to the rope, and also unaware of the plovers. They said they would watch out for babies coming outside the enclosure, and later had been watching one of the babies moving around inside.
Two other groups were close to the enclosure and already aware. The second group arrived when two or three babies were moving around and excited to see them through binoculars.
I will be back tomorrow from 11 to 1 pm.
Hazel”
Loved reading the King brother’s notes. Great job Charles and George!!
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Five Day-Old Piping Plover Chick Foraging for Insects
While walking through the dunes on boardwalk 3 at Good Harbor on the way to volunteer, or simply to visit the PiPl, notice the Common Milkweed that is in full glorious bloom. You may catch a whiff of its wonderful honey-hay scent. And quite possibly, a Monarch sighting, or two!
Male Monarch Nectaring from Common Mikweed, Good Harbor Beach Dune
Summer youth sports conditioning and training at Good Harbor Beach.
Good Morning Gloucester 