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Dance the night away at the Dave Sag’s Blues Party tonight with Steve Sadler, Jimmy Scoppa and Mr. Jeff Casper @ The Rhumb Line 8:30pm 7.14.2016
We’re having a guitar extravaganza this Thursday. I’m calling’ in the big guns for a battle plan.
First, We got the commodious Mr. Steve Sadler and his willfully meandering slide catarrh in the top spot. He sings, he plays anything; he does it all.
On the other side, there’s Mr. Jim Scoppa, guitarist non pareil, with his gas-fired style and smoking amplifier. Mr. Andrew “Pops” Jones will be freaking out on the drums. I’ll be in the middle with a bunch of new toons to torture you with. Ask your doctor if The Rhumb Line is right for you!
40 Railroad Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 283-9732
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Freevolt Tonight 6pm Harbor Loop Summer Concert Series 2016 July 14th…dancing…there will be…
*as always, weather permitting.
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Gloucester portraits: Good Harbor Beach piping plover and David Rimmer Essex County Greenbelt with an Edward Hopper house. And Leon Kroll double bridge.
There are more than 110 portraits of the City of Gloucester by the American artist Edward Hopper. There are a few 1923 Good Harbor Beach scenes including one with Jo Nivison seated sketching, and in the distance Bass Rocks and a ‘Hopper’ house. That vista was already a Gloucester motif.
piping plover with Hopper house
Dave with Hopper house
Eleven years before the image of Jo sketching, Hopper painted the other side of Good Harbor (Brier Neck) when he first came to New England. Leon Kroll painted two pedestrian bridges on the Bass Rocks side of the beach that same year.
Note the double bridges on Good Harbor.
Leon Kroll, 1912, oil on canvas, (Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester) 26 x 32
Knoll also painted Niles and Pavilion. He kept returning to Gloucester; eventually his family purchased a home in Folly Cove in 1932. Learn more at Cape Ann Museum and see Kroll works of art on display.
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Off the island ~ Pemaquid Point Lighthouse
Spending a few days “off the island” this week, heading way up in Maine to the eastern most point of Lubec. We made an overnight pitstop to Pemaquid Point Lighthouse (1827) in Bristol, Maine. It’s the most photographed lighthouse in Maine mostly because of its exposed bedrock that descends from the lighthouse to the ocean creating a unique, scenic landscape. The geological history of these formations dates back hundreds of millions of years! Enjoy!
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Nichole’s Picks 7/16 + 7/17
Pick #1: Hammond Castle Renaissance Fair
July 16th and 17th 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
ADULTS = $15.00
5-11YEARS = $10.00
4 & UNDER FREE
“Come and enjoy
Live Music, Magic, Comedy,
Knights, Storytelling, Plus our Artisans and Vendors”
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CLICK HERE
http://www.abbadiamarefestival.com
PLEASE NOTE: FOR FAIR … PARK AT STAGE FORT PARK AND RIDE FREE SHUTTLE TO THE CASTLE. DO NOT DRIVE TO CASTLE DIRECTLY AS YOU WILL BE TURNED AWAY.
Pick #2: Connors Farm Blueberry + Raspberry Festival
For more information PLEASE CLICK HERE, CONNORS FARM, DANVERS
Saturday, July 16, 2016 – 9am to 6pm (Rain date Sunday, July 17, 2016)
$7.95 Admission per Person, 2 and under are free.
(A Portion of the Proceeds Benefit Local Animal Shelters)
Note: Everyone must pay the $7.95 fee for entrance to pick your own and all festivities.
Activities Included with $7.95 admission: Music, Jumping Pillow, Farm Animals, Hayrides, Cow Train, Grain Train, Duck Races, Pedal Carts & more!
Additional charge for:Food, Blueberry and Raspberry desserts, BBQ Food, Pick Your Own Blueberries and Raspberries, Pony Rides (10am to 4pm) and Face Painting.
Pick #3: Summer Moon Native American Pow-wow
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CLICK HERE
SUMMER MOON POW-WOW
A TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL-EDUCATIONAL EVENTSAT. & SUN., JULY 16-17, 2016
Endicott Park
57 Forest Street
(look for signs to get to pow-wow parking lot across from Saint Richards Catholic Church)
Danvers, MA 01923
11AM – 5PMHost Drum: Iron River Singers Invited Drum: Urban Thunder Singers
Emcee: Dave WeedenDrumming and singing will be performed by the Iron River Singers and the Urban Thunder Singers. They provide music for the dancers.
An interactive educational workshop with Claudia Fox Tree, M.Ed. – Arawak (Yurumein) will take place. There will be conversations about First Nations People (Native American) identity, culture, and history. On one day you will learn about assumptions that perpetuate stereotypes and myths, and how to expand ideas about Native American history, and the begin to explore the role of language and the power you have to change inaccurate stories about the First People of this land. On the other day, you will discover and learn about First Nations female role-models and their contributions to contemporary society and Native American history and culture. The workshop will begin around 11:30 AM each day.
Music and songs will be performed by Medicine Mammals, a vocal harmony group. They will share traditional and contemporary Native songs accompanied by hand drums, rattles, guitars and rain sticks. (Sat. they will sing a cappella with rattles and hand drums; on Sun, the full band will play.)
Join in some of the inter-tribal dancing. The public is always welcomed and encouraged to share in these dances especially the children.
Sit back and enjoy the various dance-style demonstrations inside the Circle. They will include the lady’s fancy shawl dance, jingle dress dance, grass dance, crow hop, lady’s traditional dance, men’s traditional dance, and others. You will also see a small group of youth dancers taking part in the Circle. Give them some encouragement (not monetary) for showing so much pride in their culture.
Have the children take part in craft making (antler tip necklaces) and storytelling with Loril and Peter around the tipi.Self directed Native games will be set up around the tipi too. Some of the games includeHoop Game, Pine Cone Toss, Corn Cob Dart Throw, Standing Ones Game, etc.
Kerri Helme will also offer craftmaking at her table near by – corn husk dolls and traditional clay pinch pots.
Vendors will be selling their arts & crafts. A sampling of the items include wampum jewelry, beaded jewelry, silver and turquoise jewelry, carved bone jewelry, cedar feather boxes, paintings, tipi lamps, leather goods, fans, Native-themed clothing and hats, bamboo musical instruments, ponchos, rattles, blankets and so much more.
A few Native artisans will be set up demonstrating their intricate craft work. Stop by and watch bead looming techniques by Rhonda Mills; finger weaving by Marlene Lopez; quill work by Yolanda Smith; leather hair ties by Keiko Moreno; and drum making by Strong Oak.
Taste some of the traditional Native food and some American fare for sale by “Silver Moon”. A few of the foods include Three Sisters Rice (rice, beans corn & squash); Fry bread, Seafood Chowder, Fish Cakes, Strawberry Moon Tea, as well as hamburgers and hot dogs.
We will have a resource table that will include information, event flyers, newsletters, membership applications and other information that might be of value and interest to you. We will also be selling T-shirts with the organization’s logo which represents The Circle of Unity, The Four Directions, The Pipe of Peace, and The Feather of Brotherhood.
Raffle tickets will also be on sale at this table. You will have a chance to win two admission tickets to Six Flags New England. The drawing will take place on Sunday (July 17th). You do not need to be present to win.
ADMISSION:
Adults – $5.00
MCNAA Members and Seniors: $4.00
Children: 4-12 years – $3.00
Children 3 and Under – FREEParking: FREE
The Pow-wow is “OPEN TO THE PUBLIC” – Everyone is Welcomed!Bring a lawn chair or a blanket for seating!
As always, for a more comprehensive list of family activities, please visit our friends at North Shore Kid
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Cape Ann Community Bulletin Board Listings For 7/14/16
Welcome To Cape Ann Community Bulletin Board
A place where non-profit Cape Ann organizations can post press releases directly and then those press releases will be reposted to http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com . This is not an advertising space for businesses, fitness or wellness organizations, or music listings.
The web address will be http://www.capeanncommunity.com
To have your community organization news posted here, contact Joey C who will grant access for you to post directly.
Summer Programs for Kids Continue @ Maritime Gloucester
July 13, 2016 ~ maritimegloucesterprograms
This summer, Maritime Gloucester is a playground for science fun with weeklong programs for kids! The remaining weekly themes include Coastal Explorers Sailing Adventures, Coastal Explorers Science Adventures, Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Maine, Coastal Explorers Voyagers, and Science Exploration Through Art. Age appropriate programs for ages 8-16. Check out the full description of the weekly summer programs and register online at www.maritimegloucester.org/summer-programs or call 978 281-0470.
FREE Hepatitis C Testing Day 7/23
July 13, 2016 ~ Gloucester Health Department
The Gloucester Health Department, American Liver Foundation, and Massachusetts General Hospital will be conducting a FREE Hepatitis C testing event on July 23rd 9 AM to 1 PM at the Rose Baker Senior Center, 6 Manuel F. Lewis St., Gloucester, MA. Anyone is welcome to attend.
This testing event is a part of a community wide Hepatitis C Initiative for the Baby Boomer Population. Those born 1945 – 1965 are five times more likely than any other adult to have Hepatitis C. Many people with chronic Hepatitis C do not know they are infected, getting tested is the only way to find out.
For more information, please contact Public Health Nurse, Kelley Ries, at 978-282-8023.
Illumination Weekend
July 12, 2016 ~ illuminationweekend
August 13th Illumination Weekend. Fireworks at 9:15
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Limited Tickets Still Availabe for Cocktails on the Harbor
More Cape Ann Health, Fitness and Wellness News-
http://www.capeannwellness.com
Host Committee
John and Jan Bell
Phil Chalmers and Susan King
Clyde and Lucy Gillard
Judy Gimik and Ron Kuerbitz
Paul and Christine Lundberg
Bob and Eileen Matz
Barry and Susan Weiner
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Are you having a lobster party? Then Goodwin Party Shop On Pond Road Has You Covered
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SUPER COOL BEE SWARM AT CAPE POND ICE
Cape Pond Ice and City Councilor Scott Memhard are the Bees Knees!
There was plenty of excitement at Cape Pond Ice this morning when a swarm of honey bees was discovered on the brick wall at the Ice House alley. Scott called honey bee remover Marty Jessel. Marty is a wealth of information about honey bees, which he shared generously with the crowd that soon gathered to watch him carefully vacuum the bees with a special bee removing technique (do not try this on your own).
City Councilor Scott Memhard and Marty Jessel, honey bee remover
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHztz59jFTl/
Watch in action and listen as Marty describes one aspect of bee communication, the waggle dance.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHztbGHDRaC/
Saving One Bee Hive One Bee at a Time ~ Marty Jessel may be reached at m.jessel@comcast.net
Follow this link from the Essex County Beekeepers Association to learn more about honey bee swarms.
Cape Pond Ice is open for tours seven days a week during the summer. For hours visit the Cape Pond Ice website here. While there check out the Ice House Art House. ART@the IceHouse Gallery is thrilled to be exhibiting wonderful original marine and working waterfront paintings by Gloucester artists Peter F. Vincent ASMA (1946-2012),http://peterfvincent.com, and Capt. Phil Cusumano, http://www.philcusumanoart.com, as well as photography by Eoin Vincent.
ART@the IceHouse Gallery on the Fort is open 7-days a week, Monday – Friday 9-4, Saturday 9-3 and Sunday 9-Noon.
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Can anyone guess where this is
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I don’t even watch Game of Thrones but this makes my pants tight.
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Blackburn Challenge Big GMG Reveal is 2:30 PM Thursday!!
The Cape Ann Rowing Club will be meeting with the Coast Guard tonight to work out the logistics of Saturday’s Blackburn Challenge Race. It looks to be perfect tide, and perfect weather. Hot.
Tomorrow GMG will post info about how you as a spectator can follow your favorite contestants. Go to RaceJoy and download the app to your smart iPhone or Android device. We will publish all RaceJoy Bib numbers of contestants tomorrow. Punch in the bib number, follow your paddler. Want to practice? Rubber Duck is bib number 40.
You might still be able to register for the race but do it now. Click here.
What we know currently:
- You will not be able to follow RaceJoy from a computer. Cool. Get out of your house with your phone, stop following Pokemon and follow real paddlers.
- Bib numbers. Check the bib numbers tomorrow, Thursday, to see who you want to track.
- Find “Blackburn Challenge” under Massachusetts in the RaceJoy app.
- More info tomorrow.
Contestants: Be Safe. Mandatory on your craft, PFD, Noisemaker, Map. It’s going to be hot. Make sure you bring water and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.
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Gloucester and Fiesta at Peabody Essex Museum
As I frequent museums and collections for work, and Gloucester art abounds, I suffer bouts of ‘Gloucester acquisition affliction’ . Relative newcomers at PEM include a St. Peter Fiesta scene by Gifford Beal and one of Portuguese Hill by Olga Itasca Sears. As much as I am fond of PEM– and I mean no disrespect to this august institution– I sorely wish the Cape Ann Museum had received the art or funds for acquisition. There are few major historic paintings of Gloucester (and the greater region) which remain in private hands. They include works by Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper. I’m trying.
While at PEM for special exhibits, I often check the permanent installation. Are the Frank Benson works and Norman Rockwell on view? Check. I make a point to spend time in front of the Philip Reisman 1951 Tuna Shed, another Gloucester painting and one that Wicked Tuna fans may like to scrutinize. Reisman was a masterful, versatile painter, and a smart gentle man. I was lucky to know and work with him. The Cape Ann Museum has examples of his Gloucester paintings in their collection and a binder of slides, photographs he took, many Fiesta. I remember labeling some.
I paused more than I ever have at the John Trumbull portrait of Alexander Hamilton. (Hmm. Have museums tagged works representing Alexander Hamilton? It would be a mastery of quick edits matched up to the Lin Manuel Miranda song.)
#Hamilton, @ Lin_Manuel, #PEM John Turnbull, Portrait of Alexander Hamilton, 1792, oil on canvas, gift of George A Ward, 1918, collection Peabody Essex Museum
I am looking forward to the upcoming Childe Hassam show opening July 16th at PEM. I went to see the Rodin exhibit.
Continue reading “Gloucester and Fiesta at Peabody Essex Museum”
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July 23 make way for makers
Clever poster. Saturday July 23 Boston Mini Maker Faire at the Boston Children’s Museum by the Hood milk bottle. From the release:
Meet the teams and machines from ABC’s Battlebots. Say hello to R2D2 and BB8. Explore Japanese weaving and woodworking. See 3D printers in action. And most of all, come make something amazing yourself! With 80 Makers and performers at the Boston Mini Maker Faire, you are sure to find a world of inspiration and wonder.Boston’s first official Maker Faire will take place on Fort Point Channel, in front of Boston Children’s Museum, on July 23, 2016.
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BEE SWARM AT CAPE POND ICE!
It’s that time of year when bee swarms occur. City Councilor Scott Memhard shares photos from a bee swarm at Cape Pond Ice. More photos and complete coverage tonight at 6pm!
Please leave a comment in the comment section if you are interested in removing the bee swarm.
From the Essex Count Beekeepers Association website:
Honeybee Swarm Information
If you have a swarm, you may call us, however please read below and make sure they are HONEY BEES first and not something else. We are not exterminators!
If you have a swarm, please call one of the contacts below right away, an email through ‘ecba contact’ will result in a delayed response.
SWARMS
Swarming is part of the natural reproductive life cycle of honey bees. The swarming season in Massachusetts usually begins in June and can last through August. Warmer weather, combined with an abundance of nectar and pollen stimulate the colony to increase in population. This causes over-crowding which prompts some bees to swarm so they can reproduce. Swarms usually emerge from the colonies between 10:00am and 2:00pm on warm sunny days. The old queen together with about half of the bees from the colony, leave the hive and cluster on a nearby object such as a fence or a small shrub. The swarm may remain for a few hours or one to two days while scout bees search for a permanent nesting site. Once found, the swarm will move to this site and establish a new colony. Bee swarms are NOT normally aggressive because they are gorged full of honey and homeless, which reduces their defensive behavior. A swarm will become increasingly defensive, if provoked, the longer it remains in a given location. In the original colony, a new queen emerges and continues to maintain the parent colony.
Below you will find a list of Essex County Beekeepers Association members that are willing to assist in the removal of swarms, answer bee related questions or point you in a direction to help resolve any bee related issue you may have. Beekeepers are listed by town for the general geographical area they are willing to respond to.
Please be aware that in some instances the physical location of the swarm may present challenges. For example, if a swarm is too high in a tree, retrieval may not be a reasonable or safe option. Swarms located in structures or otherwise concealed may require the skills of qualified craftsmen to dismantle and rebuild portions of that structure. The manpower and equipment necessary to complete this type of retrieval is an expense that the property owner is expected to bear.
Good Morning Gloucester 