Job posting: Gloucester Downtown Assoc seeks 2017 Sidewalk Bazaar Coordinator

news from Joe Ciolino:

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Business Owners comprising the Gloucester Downtown Association are looking to hire a new paid coordinator for the 2017 Sidewalk Bazaar.  John Orlando who has done a great job for many years  is now stepping down to concentrate on his own business, The Harbor View Inn . If anyone is interested  in the job, which does pay, please contact  Joe Ciolino (The Weathervane 978-281-1227)  or Patty Gates (Premier Imprints 978-282-3227)to learn more and to meet to discuss the job description.

Thanks,
Joe Ciolino GDA Director

Late morning sunrise

Late morning sunrise on Monday, the first day of Spring.   Took a little extra time for the sun to reach it’s way over the low cloud bank.

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Niles Pond Sunrise

 

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Windswept waves at Braces Cove

Next Tonno Guest Chef Wine Dinner With Chef Tony Susi of Capo Restaurant April 5th

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TONNO ITALIAN RESTAURANT GUEST CHEF WINE DINNER SERIES CONTINUES WITH CELEBRATED CHEF TONY SUSI

Wine dinner series features a rotating line up of Chef/Owner Anthony Caturano’s friends from the Boston area

WHO:                   Famed Chef and Restauranteur Anthony Caturano brought his old-world style of cooking to Gloucester and debuted Tonno coastal Italian seafood restaurant in June 2016. Now Anthony has invited his Chef friends from the Boston area up to the north shore to launch a wine dinner series.

WHAT:                  Tonno’s Guest Chef Dinner Series launched in January and the first Wednesday of every month features an exclusive menu from one of Anthony Caturano’s talented chef friends.

On Wednesday, April 5 nationally recognized Chef Tony Susi of Capo is sharing a special menu of fine Italian food with house-made pastas and more. Chef Tony Susi’s culinary career has taken him all over town – from humble beginnings in the heavily Italian North End…

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Margarett Sargent talk at the Cape Ann Museum

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Margarett Sargent: The Bold and the Beautiful

Saturday, March 25 at 2:00 p.m.

Celebrate Women’s History Month with a lively presentation by Museum docent Margaret Bernier focusing on the life, loves and work of artist Margarett Sargent. Offered in conjunction with the Cape Ann Museum Book Group’s reading of The White Blackbird: A Life of the Painter Margarett Sargent, written by her granddaughter Honor Moore. To complement this program, a selection of works by women artists from the Museum’s collection will be featured in the galleries.

Margarett Sragent, Women and Mirror, 1933-1936, oil on canvas. Gift of Alvin and Estella Hochberg, 2002.

This program is free for Museum members or with Museum admission, paid on arrival. Space is limited; reservations required. Reservations can be made by calling 978-283-0455 x10, emailing info@capeannmuseum.org or online at Eventbrite.

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A HEART FULL OF MEMORIES – VIVA SAN GIUSEPPE!

With love and deepest gratitude to the Groppo Family and Friends. My most heartfelt thanks to all, and especially to Nina and Franco. Viva!

Rafe’s Chasm

Rafe’s Chasm is so beautiful. As you walk through the woods and then the ocean appears. Went out there late Sunday afternoon. The wave action and wind were very strong. You must be very careful out there and stay up high and do not go to the bottom rocks.

Earth Day

Earth Day Clean Up will be held on April 22, 2017. The time is 9:00 – 11:00. If you would like to participate please let me know. The One Hour at a Time Gang will be cleaning Main Street. Also please remember that everyday should be Earth Day. Please dispose of your litter properly and remember that cigarette butts are litter. Thanks all.

Not bad for the first day of spring!

It was a beautiful ending to the first day of spring!  You can see a little sparkle from the Boston skyline on the horizon.    Looking forward to more of these!BLM_0435-Edit

Like Sand Through an Hour Glass…

I’ve never been much of a Soap Opera fan, but we all know the expression, “Like sand through an hour glass, so are the days of our lives.” Life is such a blur these days that it feels like time is flying by this quickly.  As crazy as it is, we try to find time to stop and smell the salt (or the roses).

 

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FREE BOSTON SCREENINGS AND TELEVISION DEBUT OF DOCUMENTARY – SACRED COD: THE FIGHT FOR A NEW ENGLAND TRADITION

Susan LaRosa shares the following –

Documentary on New England Fishery,
‘Sacred Cod’, Holds Free Public Screenings in DC and Boston

Film to make television debut on the Discovery Channel on April 15

WASHINGTON (Saving Seafood) — March 16, 2017 — A new documentary on the state of the New England cod fishery will be screened for the public in a free special engagement in Washington, D.C. The film, Scared Cod: The Fight For a New England Tradition, was directed and produced by Steve Liss, Andy Laub, and the Boston Globe’s David Abel.

The film is a “feature-length documentary that captures the collapse of the historic cod population in New England, delving into the role of overfishing, the impact of climate change, the effect of government policies on fishermen and the fish, and the prospect of a region built on cod having no cod left to fish.” It features interviews with fishermen, scientists, and federal policymakers.

April 4, 2017: Boston’s Park Plaza Hotel as part of the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s national meeting. More here.

April 13, 2017:  The Boston Public Library as part of a Conservation Law Foundation screening.

Sacred Cod will premiere on the Discovery Channel on April 15.

The Museum of Natural History has announced plans to hold a free public screening on Friday, March 23, at 6:30 pm. Registration for the event is free and can be done here. Following the screening there will be a panel discussion with Mr. Liss and Mr. Abel, moderated by Nancy Knowlton, the Museum’s Sant Chair for Marine Science.