Topsfield Fair is awesome, the one suck part is waiting in that monster line for tickets. Groupon has a killer deal for $20 for two tickets AND skip the line passes. Here’s the link-
Artist Talk with Copley Society of Art’s Abby Lammers at the Cape Ann Museum
Join Abby Lammers, recipient of the 2015 Charles Family Cape Ann Residency.
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (September 12, 2015) – The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present, in partnership with the Copley Society of Art (CoSo), an artist talk with this year’s artist-in-residence, Abby Lammers on Sunday, September 20 at 2:00p.m. in the auditorium. This program is free for CoSo and CAM members or with admission to the Museum. The residency was created by the Charles Family Foundation as a dedication to and promotion of the North Shore and Boston art communities. For more information email info@capeannmuseum.org or call (978) 283-0455 x10.
Lammers will discuss her development as an artist with a love of design. She will present her process and touch upon her influences in color and composition. Examples of finished works and sketchbooks will be on display.
“I try to portray a unique vision of my subjects, so that everyday life becomes a little less invisible.”
Abby Lammers, is a native of Missouri and works full time as an artist from her studios in East Falmouth, MA and Rochester, NY. Her work has been featured in numerous group and solo shows at museums, galleries and cultural centers throughout the United States. In her seventeen year career her accomplishments include acceptance into over 196 national exhibitions and winning over 62 awards.
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Something is Not Right, Something is Quite Wrong
Clearly I need some more practice taking panoramic photos. That’s one freaky soccer team.
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Community Stuff 9/16/15
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Campaign Kickoff Event for Council at Large Candidate Joe Orlando
Hello All,
As you may know, my son, Joe Orlando, Jr. is running for city council at large. I am so proud of Joe’s willingness to step forward to serve his community, and to make the city of Gloucester the best it can be for future generations.
I want to personally invite each of you to his campaign kickoff event, this Thursday, September 17th at 6:30 p.m. at the Gloucester House Restaurant. Please call the office and let Amanda know if you are able to attend. For more information, here is the Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/110112002673019/
I truly appreciate any support you can lend Joe during his campaign, and most importantly, don’t forget to vote for him on November 3rd!
All my best,
Joe Orlando
Water System Maintenance has begun
Dear Friends:
I have received the following communication from the Larry Durkin of the city Water Department:
The Gloucester DPW has begun a city wide water distribution system two- to three-week “fall flush” and three- to five-week switch to chlorine from monochloramine in the distribution system. These maintenance procedures are performed annually each September. The switch to chlorine began Sunday morning, Sept. 14, at West Gloucester Water Treatment Plant.
Flushing will begin Sept. 14 (tonight) with DPW crews working from 6 p.m. to 12 midnight.
After three to five weeks the DPW will switch back to monochloramine from chlorine at which time the DPW will flush throughout the distribution system to restore monochloramine.
During the switch to chlorine in the distribution system, a chlorine odor may be noticeable, which will not be noticeable when we return to monochloramine. Monochloramine is the main chemical used for disinfection in the distribution system. It is formed when dilute concentrations of chlorine and ammonia are combined at the water treatment plants and pumped to the distribution system and water storage tanks. The annual switch combined with flushing has helped greatly with the maintenance of water distribution system quality.
During the line flushing, if discolored water is experienced, running of cold water is recommended as flushing can disturb normal flow patterns. If water quality problems persist please call the DPW at 978-281-9785, so spot flushing can be performed as necessary.
Finally, the Klondike Water Treatment Plant on Quarry Street in Lanesville will begin approximately one month of operation in a few weeks. It is tied into the city’s distribution system and primarily will supply water to Lanesville and Annisquam.
This Water Treatment Plant is normally reserved for emergencies, and starting in 2016 it will be operated in the peak demand months of July and August annually.
Thank you for your cooperation
Larry
Lawrence A. Durkin, P.E. – Environmental Engineer
City of Gloucester – Department of Public Works
Water Compliance Office
50 Essex Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone 978-281-9792, Fax 978-281-9724
Email: ldurkin@gloucester-ma.gov
Lawrence A. Durkin, P.E.
Environmental Engineer
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Stone’s Pub is having an Ugly Shirt Contest this Saturday September 19th bring out the best of your worst and compete against Jamie Verga for a $25 Gift Certificate!
Cape Ann Dining News-
http://www.capeanneats.com
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National Georaphic’s Video From Inside a Crocodile’s Mouth
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Gloucester Gig Rowers Race this past Saturday
Multiple Gig Clubs and assorted boats came from the New England Area to compete this past Saturday in Gloucester Harbor. (several photos by Judith Oleson attached)
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DEAD SWAN UPDATE
A listless Mr. Swan this past Saturday
Mr. Swan is slowly coming back to life and has begun to move around to his other pond homes. He is very lonely still and cries his plaintive cry however, one of our dear readers writes that when he lost his first wife about six years ago, a cormorant came and sat with him everyday until “Little Girl Swan” showed up on the scene (his second wife). Hopefully history will repeat itself. Mr. Swan is thought to be about twenty years old, which is remarkable for a swan in the wild.
Mr. (right) and Mrs. (left) sharing pond vegetation with ducks, Niles Pond January 2014
Thank you to all who have written, sent photos, and reported sightings. We’re so blessed to be a part of this wonderfully caring community.
Mrs. Swan and Cygnet June 2015
RIP Mrs. Swan and Cygnet
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Katherine Howe at the Eastern Point Lit House open Mic
Hi Kim!
Can you help spread the word on this? As we mentioned at the last book club, we’re having Katherine Howe return to the Lit House to celebrate the release of her new YA novel, The Appearance of Annie Van Sinderen (read an excerpt via Entertainment Weekly here: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/06/excerpt-appearance-annie-van-sinderen-katherine-howe ).
Thanks for sharing all the incredible butterfly photos! Too darn cute!
THANK YOU!
Chris
Don’t miss our first reading and open mic event of the Fall! We are pleased to welcome Katherine Howe to The Lit House to celebrate the release of her new novel The Appearance of Annie Van Sinderen. She also is the author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, which debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, was named one of USA Today’s top ten books of 2009, and which has been translated into over twenty languages. Her second novel, The House of Velvet and Glass, was a USA Today andNew York Times e-book bestseller, and her third novel, a young adult historical thriller called Conversion, follows a group of teenage girls who must uncover the real reason behind a mysterious outbreak at their high school. She also edited The Penguin Book of Witches for Penguin Classics in 2014.
Join us at 7 for our Open Mic where you can read your own work to our growing and very supportive audience. Katherine will start at 8 p.m.
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Dana Jones
and his Blackthorn walking stick.
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Cripple Cove
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90 Day Commit to Get Fit @ MAC
Cape Ann Wellness News http://www.capeannwellness.com
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Fall Prevention Awareness Day
Falls Prevention Awareness Day
Wednesday, September 23
10:00 am—1:00 pm
Rose Baker Senior Center
Gloucester Council on Aging
6 Manuel F. Lewis Street
978-281-9765
Offered by Addison Gilbert Hospital, Lacey Health and
the Center for Healthy Aging
We invite you to attend Fall Prevention Awareness Day and to learn helpful tips showing how to prevent falling so you can always feel safe at home. As we age, the risk of falling increases, but there are many ways to prevent falls. Recognize this important event with us and celebrate Fall Prevention Awareness Day. Featured will be health screenings, information, demonstrations and giveaways:
- Center for Healthy Aging
- Center for Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine
- Falls Prevention Committee
- Lahey Health Continuing Care
- Lahey Health Senior Care
- Lifestyle Management Institute
- Northeast PHO – Primary Care Physician
- Practices affiliated with Lahey Health
- Pharmacy- “Ask a Pharmacist”
- Senior Adult Unit & NICHE (Nurses Improving
- Care for Elders Health System Elders
- Trauma Prevention
- The Discover Program
- Lifeline®
- Nutritional Services
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Last One Out Close The Door!
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MMoAA on ROCKY NECK!
Laurelin with the 1968 Cardinal trailer that serves as the Mobile Museum of American Artifact’s home.
The Mobile Museum of American Artifacts curator Laurelin Kruse is looking for donations from Gloucester residents. She is most interested in objects of a personal nature that tell a story about the owner. Stop in tonight at the Lanesville Community where the museum will be open and Laurelin will be accepting donations.
Laeurelin writes, I’ll be at the Lanesville Community Center tonight during the Mayoral Debates and Thursday at the Cape Ann Farmer’s Market. Otherwise I can usually be found at the Rocky neck parking lot [on the causeway to Rocky Neck] or check my Instagram (name: theMMoAA ) for my whereabouts.
On the 24th at 7pm I will have an on open studio in the Rocky Neck parking lot where I’ll show all the artifacts I’ve collected from Gloucester in a final exhibit inside the Mobile Museum and will discuss my process and experience here.
Until then, I’m looking for objects from people in Gloucester with personal stories behind them. People can email me at museum@themmoaa.org to set up an appointment to donate their artifact. Or they can come find me during one of my scheduled outings.
This is all thanks to the Goetemann Artist Residency at the Rocky Neck Art Colony.
Thank you!!
For more information about the Mobile Museum of American Artifacts, see E.J.’s previous post here: MMoAA.
and visit their website here: MMoAA
“The Mobile Museum of American Artifacts (MMoAA) is a touring museum of personal objects and their histories. Housed in a small vintage trailer, MMoAA travels from town to town, conducting an “archeology of the present” that uncovers objects of significant (and insignificant) connection to everyday American life. MMoAA’s presence in a city sparks a sense of local pride and inspires people to look into their communities for what gives them and their hometown a sense of place.
MMoAA is an exploration in the everyday, the local—the lives we live and the places we inhabit—and sees the present tense on its way to becoming a story, a thing regarded, the rough draft of memory.”
Surfboard Wax Balls
Arrowheads from Seine Field
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Magnolia Library Annual Meeting
The Magnolia Library Annual Meeting will be held on September 20, 2015 at 7:00 pm, 1 Lexington Avenue. All are welcome.
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Visitors from Los Angeles California
She is a Movie Hair Stylist, some of her clients included stars like Tom Hanks.
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THE SYMPHONIC SPECTACULAR
CAPE ANN SYMPHONY
THE 64th SEASON: A SEASON TO REMEMBER
Yoichi Udagawa, Music Director
THE SYMPHONIC SPECTACULAR
Launches Cape Ann Symphony’s 64th Seas
Cape Ann Symphony kicks off the orchestra’s 64th Concert Season on Saturday, September 26 at 8 pm with Symphonic Spectacular featuring a sultry program of timeless favorites from superstar composers Mussorgsky, Ravel and Gershwin at the CAS performance venue at Manchester-Essex High School Auditorium on 36 Lincoln Street in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. Founded in Gloucester in 1951, the Cape Ann Symphony is a professional orchestra of over 70 players from throughout the New England area. They perform a subscription season of four concerts per year plus several Pops and youth concerts. The Cape Ann Symphony concerts are held at the Manchester-Essex High School auditorium on 36 Lincoln Street in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. Manchester-Essex High School Auditorium is handicapped accessible. Ticket prices are $40 for adults, $35 for senior citizens, $5 for Youth age 18 and under. For tickets and information, call 978-281-0543 or visit www.capeannsymphony.org.
The concert program for the Symphonic Spectacular concert features passionate masterpieces including Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, George Gershwin’s An American in Paris and Maurice Ravel’s Boléro. Conductor Yoichi Udagawa offers a sneak peek into the evening’s program, “Composed of three virtuoso showpieces for orchestra, the first concert of the Cape Ann Symphony’s 64th season is a symphonic triumph! These fascinating pieces really give the orchestra an opportunity to demonstrate their skill, musicianship and passion for music. Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition is a tour de force in particular for the brass and woodwind players, An American in Paris by legendary composer George Gershwin paints a musical portrait of a singular city in a sparking display of orchestral color and Maurice Ravel’s Boléro is one relentless, unstoppable, inescapable musical build up and massive explosion that always makes audiences go absolutely wild and crazy. It will be an exciting and thrilling way to open the orchestra’s 64th Season, and we can’t wait to present it to our wonderful audiences.” Composer Maurice Ravel provides a link to all three pieces in the program: he orchestrated Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition gave lessons to Gershwin in Paris, and he wrote Bolero.
The Symphony Board of Directors named Yoichi Udagawa the Music Director and Conductor of the Cape Ann Symphony in the summer of 2000 after a yearlong search. In addition to his leadership of Cape Ann Symphony, he is Music Director and Conductor of the Melrose Symphony Orchestra, and the Quincy Symphony Orchestra and a cover conductor at the Boston Pops Orchestra. Mr. Udagawa is on the faculty of the Boston Conservatory where he teaches conducting. Frequently invited to guest conduct, Mr. Udagawa has worked with many different orchestras including the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Nobeoka Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, the University of Texas Symphony Orchestra, the Indian Hill Symphony, the Garden State Philharmonic, the Brown University Orchestra, the Syracuse Society for New Music, the Boston Conservatory Orchestra, the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, the Newton Symphony, the Austin Civic Orchestra, and the Mid-Texas Symphony.
Yoichi Udagawa, Cape Ann Symphony Music Director and Conductor
Mr. Udagawa is at home in popular and contemporary music as well as the standard symphonic repertoire. He is known for his relaxed manner and ability to speak from the podium which has helped new audiences as well as enthusiasts gain a greater appreciation for symphonic music. His programs often include premieres of new works – some specially commissioned for the orchestra — as well as great orchestral works across the symphonic repertoire and lively Pops programs. He is also an integral part of the Cape Ann Symphony Youth Outreach programs to area schools.
Yoichi Udagawa, the son of a nuclear physicist father and singer/artist mother, was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. His family immigrated to the United States soon thereafter. He began playing the violin at age four and made his conducting debut at age fifteen. After receiving a music degree from the University of Texas at Austin, he continued advanced studies in conducting with Gunther Schuller, Seiji Ozawa, Morihiro Okabe, and Henry Charles Smith. A fan of many different styles of music, Mr. Udagawa also enjoys performing gospel music in addition to his conducting activities. He is also an accomplished violinist and an avid fan of exercise and yoga.
The Cape Ann Symphony’s Symphonic Spectacular is Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 8:00 pm at the Manchester-Essex High School Auditorium on 36 Lincoln Street in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. Manchester-Essex High School Auditorium is handicapped accessible. Ticket prices are $40 for adults, $35 for senior citizens, $5 for Youth (18 years old and under). For information, call 978-281-0543 or visit www.capeannsymphony.org
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Ever Wanted to Sleep on a Schooner? Ever Wanted to go to Nantucket?
How is this for an opportunity? The Mystic, of recent Gloucester Schooner Festival Fame, will be tied up at the GORGEOUS Nantucket Boat Basin soon and you can seize the opportunity to sleep onboard. She’ll be in Nantucket September 21st-27th…so act soon if you’re interested!
From September 21-27, Mystic will be docked at the Nantucket Boat Basin offering visitors a unique lodging experience. Upon boarding Mystic, you will be captivated by tall masts, elaborate rigging and large, spacious decks. The interior of the ship boasts a delightful, roomy salon and comfortable lounge. Oversized windows provide natural light and spacious views. All cabins and common areas are climate-controlled and offer ample room for comfortable occupancy. Two staterooms have a double bed and private bath, and there are 14 staterooms with either a double bed or twin bunks that share bathroom facilities. A continental breakfast will be be served in the salon.
HEAD HERE FOR ALL OF THE DETAILS!!
ALSO CHECK OUT MYSTIC ADVENTURE SAILS HERE…if you’d like to charter her or head to the Caribbean.
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Alicia Unleashed Episode 4 :The Dream Team Episode With Guests Flora Mannone, Stephanie Mitchell-Thurston, Erin Davis-King, KD, John Sheehan and Host Alicia Cox
Alicia Unleashed Episode 4 :The Dream Team Episode With Guests Flora Mannone, Stephanie Mitchell-Thurston, Erin Davis-King, KD, John Sheehan and Host Alicia Cox
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My Dream Team:
Flora Mannone make-up artist, Stephanie Mitchell-Thurston massage therapist, Erin King nail tech, John Sheehan hair stylist
Meg at Styles on Main, Joey Arsenault at Envouge Salon, Rosalie at Adesso Hair and Day Spa
Disclaimer for language and content, What Joey says is God, Cape Ann Animal Aid Swear Jar, GMG is diverse, Setting the record straight, If you don’t like it don’t listen, John is the first gay male to appear on a GMG podcast, What age did John come out and when other people come out, Dolores: John’s mother, Why does Joey want to interview 2 lesbians?, Setting the record straight: Kyle is not a lesbian, Shout out to Sal, 14 listeners we are world wide, swearing for puppies, when working with public do you attract certain personalities, loving dogs, do you watch a podcast, new school math and writing cursive and the generation that can not, Entitlement babies, The 90’s and OJ Simpson, How Sicilians make Spidinis, Cape Ann olive oil company, Flora’s boyfriend in the Army called from Boot Camp, American-Samoan Men, 30th anniversary of golden girls debut,Tyler loves Betty White, Golden girls and their auto-biographies, John is more aware than he comes across, Singing to Golden Girls theme song
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