Driving past the Essex Salt Marsh during Tuesday’s dissipating fog, I could not help but stop to take a panorama. The view reminded me of a photo from this past March 12th, a sight I’m not quite ready to embrace. Can’t it be warm and balmy for another month, oh please Weather Goddess, just one more month!
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Excellent service should always be recognized!
Did you know The Studio Restaurant’s menu is half off today and Friday? And yes that includes Sushi!
We went and had the best waitress! Her name is Danielle and you definitely should ask for her!
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Almost worth having knee surgery
Sista Felicia is the best. She is so considerate and thoughtful, she brought Rick and I a wonderful and yummy meal on Wednesday night since my knee is the size of an elephant’s knee. Felicia brought over, butter squash soup, salad, bread and a wonderful salad. Thank you so much our friend.
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Mark your calendar and please tell your friends. This is an important yearly fundraiser for the Essex Shipbuilding Museum so come join us Friday, Oct. 16th and have a great time. For reservations / info: essexshipbuildingmuseum.org or 978-768-7541. See auction items on our facebook page as they arrive!
 
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Marty and Barbara Represent at Roman Ruins
Volubilis. Morocco
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Greg Verga to Run Write-In Campaign for Councilor At-Large
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Greg Verga to Run Write-In Campaign for Councilor At-Large
Since the Mayoral preliminary election, I have heard from many, many citizens both in person and online urging me to run on a write-in bid to retain my Councilor-at-Large seat. It is truly humbling to be urged by my constituents again and again to fight for my seat and continue to serve the City of Gloucester.
After much reflection and discussion with family and friends I have decided that I will run a write-in campaign to remain your Councilor-at-Large. I cannot ignore the needs of the constituents whom I have served for so many years.
We are now 20 days away from the election. In order to build on the grassroots support I have already received, I will work each day to get my message out leading up to November 3rd. I will remain as accessible and transparent as I have always been as both a City Councilor and School Committee member l and everyone in Gloucester to check on my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/WriteInGregVerga daily for how everyone can help. People can also reach me at 978-325-3523.
Each ballot will allow for the opportunity to vote for up to 4 candidates for Councilor-at-Large. I hope that each voter includes writing in “Greg Verga” on their ballot come November 3rd. I urge each citizen in Gloucester to commit to doing this and reaching out to others as well. I want to continue to serve our wonderful City and intend to for another term with your help.
Councilor-at-Large Greg Verga
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“Sax” Gordon @ The Dave Sag’s Blues Party…The joint will be jumpin at The Rhumb Line tonight! 8:30-11:30pm 10.15.2015
Dave says,
We’re going to reach terminal velocity this week, so if you got plans to stay home and iron your underwear, better go to confession and plan on destroying your liver instead.
Firstly, Mr. Gordon “Sax” Beadle returns to the Rhumb Line stage this Thursday. My favorite guest star, if you haven’t seen or heard of him, you must crawl out from under that rock that you’ve been hiding and put on your sailing shoes! This guy will tear your tonsils out with his own unique brand of saxophone mayhem. Always gets the crowd going wild. Not only that, but Ed “Ed” Scheer, my favorite four-on the-floor frontman and drummbler, will be holding down the beat and handling vocal duties. Furthermore, Mr. Pete Henderson makes a rare appearance as a foil and catarrhist of note. I can’t wait!
The Mecca for live music!
40 Railroad Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 283-9732
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Three Stages of AWAKENING
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Wisdom’s Heart is honored to host this world leader in awakening-focused meditation practices.
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Gloucester Smiles ~ 49
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“Mother Ann” on a Beautiful Day
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mother Ann is a rock formation located near the Eastern Point Lighthouse in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. When viewed at the correct angle, the formation appears to be the silhouette of a reclining Puritan woman. It is also believed locally that the formation represents the royal mother of King Charles I, Anne of Denmark, after whom Cape Ann is named.
The formation may have been named by Captain William Thompson of Salem in 1891, and has since been compared to New Hampshire’s Old Man in the Mountain.[3] A nearby whistling buoy is known as “Mother Ann’s Cow”.
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Minestrone Soup
Minestrone Soup
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Movie Night @ MAC – 2.5 hours of uninterupted childcare
Cape Ann Health, Fitness and Wellness News-
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Featured stopover on the drive to Baltimore from New Jersey … Fort Square Cafe
Last Sunday at the Fort Square Cafe … ran across some friends at breakfast. They were on their way to Baltimore from New Jersey. No kidding! On the right, Caitlin Warr, aerial ballet artist from Missoula, MT, now living in LA, was about to do a photo shoot aloft on the THOMAS E LANNON. Eve Brem from Switzerland is the photographer. Bryan Ruegg, holding a calendar featuring Caitlin flying over schooners, and his father Tom Ruegg did the driving. They are all racing on sch ADVENTURER in the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race (GCBSR) from Baltimore to Portsmouth, VA starting Oct. 16th.
ADVENTURER, from Easton, MD was first (again) in the medium class this year in the Gloucester Schooner Race, and has often been first in class in the challenging GCBSR. Last year at the GCBSR Awards/Pig and Oyster Roast Caitlin Warr wowed us with her daring, fluid moves from high aloft.
Al Bezanson
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Nichole’s Picks 10/17 + 10/18
Once again we have what is called a “No Brainer” for fun family activities. Â So much so, in fact, that I’m only giving you two options. Â Between Rockport’s Awesome HarvestFest and Salem’s Fantastic (albeit creepy) Haunted Happenings you should be all set. Â If you’re still finding yourself with free time get outdoors and take a hike or head to one of the dozen or so phenomenal apple picking locations and get yourself some cider donuts!
Pick #1 Â Rockport HarvestFest
Scarecrow judging, live music, food, beer (yes, beer in Rockport), cooking demonstrations, tons of family activities, AND a BLOCK PARTY on Bearskin Neck. Â Come on, seriously! Â Can you think of anything more fun?
Read More About HarvestFest HERE
Pick #2 Â Haunted Happenings in Salem
Ok, so I can’t lie. Â I have never taken my boys into Salem to appreciate any of the mayhem that is the “Month of Halloween.” Â This is the year, however, that I fully intend to go! Â I almost made it last year, but our weekends are just, what I’ve come to call, “No Joke Busy.”
Here is a link for all of your Haunted Happenings Needs! Â Totally check it out!
For a more comprehensive list of family activities, visit our friends at North Shore Kid
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4:17AM. Bait Trailer Unloaded @CaptJoeLobster #grind
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Community Stuff 10/15/15
Gloucester U “Tuesday Talk” with Carrie Stack on 10/20
Please join us for our next Gloucester U “Tuesday Talk” on 10/20
The talk begins at 2:15 in the Gloucester High School library, with refreshments. All students, parents, staff, teachers and community members are invited.
On Tuesday 10/20, Carrie Stack, M.Ed., Founder of the SayYes Institute in Salem, certified life coach, author and motivational speaker will join us at 2:15 to share ideas and stories about how to act professionally in college and job interviews, when networking for jobs, and generally in life when meeting new people and encountering challenging situations. Learn important “people” skills strategies to build positive relationships in your life!
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#Lobster Man Brad Chisholm Crates Up His Lobsters For @CaptJoeLobster #GloucesterMA
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Pics from Rededication Event at 3 Page St, Gloucester, Sunday, 10/11
Hi Joey and everyone,
My husband and I thought you’d enjoy these pics from the re-dedication on Sunday of the “Trail of Thai Royalty” plaque
that is now re-installed at 3 Page Street. The Children in the photo are from Thailand, and performed a traditional Thai
dance as part of the festivities, which included speeches, traditional Thai prayers, song, dance and foods.
Amy (Shapiro-) and Ed Kaznocha
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FRIENDS! DON’T MISS JOHN SLOAN GLOUCESTER DAYS AT THE CAPE ANN MUSEUM
FRIENDS! DON’T MISS JOHN SLOAN GLOUCESTER DAYS AT THE CAPE ANN MUSEUM
![(Delaware)OurRedCottage,Lilacs[1]](https://goodmorninggloucester.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/delawareourredcottagelilacs1.jpg)
Red Cottage is located on East Main Street, across from the entrance to Rocky Neck, and is still painted red!
Beautifully curated by Martha Oaks, from museums around the nation, the exhibit comprises a stellar collection of canvases painted by John Sloan (1871-1951) during the five summers he spent on Cape Ann. I know how much everyone enjoys Hopper’s Houses and it is a joy to see scenes of our community expressed through the eye and brush strokes of Sloan, one of our country’s most celebrated early 20th century painters, and a leader in the Ash Can School of painting.
As was I, you will be thoroughly delighted by the approximately three dozen paintings of our neighborhood, scenes of Gloucester’s Main Street, Rocky Neck sunflowers, the former US government fish hatchery on Ten Pound Island, the trolley along East Main Street, fashions and sentiments of the period, and a wealth more of Gloucester captured in the midst of everyday life during the transitional years of the first World War.
![Image: John Sloan (1871-1951), Sunflowers, Rocky Neck, 1914. Oil on canvas. Gift of Alfred Mayor and Martha M. Smith, 2008. [2008.14]](https://goodmorninggloucester.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sloan-sunflowers-rocky-neck.jpg)
“A Landscape is a Portrait of Place” ~ Sunflowers by John Sloan
Of the approximately 1200 canvases painted by Sloan, 300 are of Cape Ann. One of my favorites of the favorites is Red Cottage, summer home to he and his wife Dolly during the artist’s highly productive Cape Ann years.
Red Cottage and Daniel Gill Fisherman House, Built 1847
I’ll return to take a photo of Red Cottage in prettier light, rather than today’s sunny high noon skies.
John Sloan Gloucester Days runs through the end of November. The last lecture in the series of three, Passing through Gloucester: John Sloan between City and Country will be presented by Michael Lobel on Friday October 30th. For more information visit the Cape Ann Museum website.
Credits:
Our Red Cottage, Lilacs, 1917 Oil on canvas. Delaware Art Museum. Gift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000. © 2015 Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
John Sloan (1871–1951), Sunflowers, Rocky Neck, 1914. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Cape Ann Museum. Gift of Alfred Mayor and Martha M. Smith, 2008. ©2015 Delaware Art Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
John Sloan (1871–1951), Our Red Cottage, 1916. Oil on canvas. Private Collection. ©2015 Delaware Art Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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