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Fine artist and award winning children’s book illustrator and author ANNA VOJTECH @Sawyer Free November 26

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Don’t miss Anna Vojtech‘s special program for Cape Ann Reads from Sawyer Free children’s services. “Informative and casual master class about how to work with publishers and what do to for preparing and sending your children’s books to publishers.”

 

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After hours at the Fitz Hugh Lane House

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After work last night I was driving by the Fitz Hugh Lane House and noticed the lights were all on inside.   It’s a seldom sight in the evening so I just had to stop and grab a few pics.   blm_8314-edit blm_8309-edit

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Coming Soon to a Parking Lot Near You

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One week from today, unbelievably, the Schrafft family will make our annual day-after-Thanksgiving trip to The Beverly Tree Farm to cut down our Christmas Tree.  For us, it is more than just getting our tree…. it is about the atmosphere, the ambience, the donations that are made to charitable organizations each year…and the tradition.  Getting our tree at “the farm” is all that my boys know and it is always one of their favorite days of the holiday season…and maybe even the entire year.

All that having been said, I am well aware that there are gorgeous trees to be scored here on “the island”…so, I ask you, share where you get your tree.  Do you have a favorite place?  A well kept secret you’d like to share?  A bargain?  A favorite experience?  A place off the beaten path?  Let us know!

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Chickity Check it!- Lifestyle Blog: The Common Day

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hello,

I am an avid reader and Gloucester local and I was wondering if you’d be so kind to post on GMG a little blurb about my lifestyle blog, The Common Day.

I’d love to get the word out! I post mostly about home and family life as well as adventuring around New England.

Here is where you can find me!:

Instagram: @thecommonday

Blog: thecommondayblog.com

Thanks and Happy (almost) Thanksgiving!

Best,

Nicole Schradieck

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Brine your Turkey!

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TURKEY TIPS

Anthony Caturano Chef/Owner Tonno Restaurant Gloucester

A few years ago on Thanksgiving, I brined a Turkey and have done so often since.  The sweet and salty solution is a great way to add flavor to the turkey, which would otherwise be dry and bland (especially if it is overcooked).  Brining allows some leeway to overcooking as it adds moisture and firmness to the meat.

This Thanksgiving, I am planning to cook three smaller birds (eight to ten pounds each): one smoked, one fried, and one traditional roasted.  You can choose all three or just one, but its great to try all three together.  The smoked turkey takes the longest and seems to draw the most attention, though you don’t necessarily need a smoker.  The traditional is always a staple on Thanksgiving.  The fried turkey is fastest (and the most dangerous!) to prepare, which always adds a level of…

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This Weekend in the Arts

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“We Need a Hero”
Closing Party & Panel Discussion
at Flatrocks Gallery

Nov. 20th 3pm 

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A creative renaissance is occurring in a medium that had been mired in triviality for generations. Graphic novels – i.e. comics – have become a serious art form in the 21st Century. Comics are about connection. They express intense personal experiences while challenging cultural ideologies and precepts. Comics create meaning by sewing together fragments of data in fragmented times when data is everywhere. Employing the symbols and icons of popular culture, these artists build visions at once universal and deeply personal.

On Sunday, November 20th at 3pm, Flatrocks Gallery will host closing party and panel discussion with the participating artists in its current exhibition, We Need a Hero.

The artists participating in the We Need a Hero show will offer insight into the cultural importance of visual art, and the exploding phenomenon of graphic/comic book art as a means of expression in today’s complex world. Please join Jess Semeraro, Andrew Houle, Greg Orfanos, David Leblanc, Mark Hoffmann, Michael Crockett, and Kurt Ankeny for a lively discussion and a celebration. 

Flatrocks Gallery 77 Langsford St./Rt127
Gloucester, MA 01930  978-879-4683
www.flatrocksgallery.com

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Happiness is art for Naomi Lee ~ See her work at Cape Ann Coffees through the end of December 2016

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Artist Naomi Lee, of Gloucester Massachusetts, found a new way of
self expression, taking nature’s gifts and turning them into art.
Naomi, usually, tries for perfection by taking many photos of natural subjects she sees, whether landscapes, seascapes, sun and moon rises and sets, over land or sea and, of course, sea gulls. Naomi studies the ever changing light and shadows and when she’s ready, puts the image on canvas.
Naomi’s inspiration of self expression does indeed come from nature’s gifts.

Naomi says, “It is all in the eyes of an artist.”

Driftwood, fishing line, gill net, fishermen’s knotted ropes, shells, sea glass or anything else she finds on a beach or rocky coast is what she turns into art.
Naomi has created art with branches, bark and twigs from her own backyard. Some of these elements are added to existing paintings to further express the feeling of the work.

 

Contact: text Naomi at 781-710-1080

Come see for yourself Naomi’s concepts of nature’s beauty a through the end of December 2016 at:cc

The Joint will be jumpin tonight! Dave Sag’s Blues Party at The Rhumb Line 8:30pm 11.17.2016

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