Yet another reason that Gloucester is a great place, with people like Tony Giacalone helping to shepherd cool events like this to happen and a willingness by City officials to take barriers to doing cool stuff out of the way instead of putting them in front of you. Gloucester is on the move and it’s because we have forward thinking leaders that are allowing progressive fun stuff to happen instead of trying to squash anything just for the sake of squashing it. Kudos to the organizers and hopefully when work isn’t so crazy I’ll be able to attend one.
Please – Join the “Coolest Guys Around” at Cape Pond Ice Company on Gloucester Harbor for our free Historic Icehouse Tours, offered over the next two weekends with Essex National Heritage Areas’ Trails & Sails programs… Calendar & details at: http://www.essexheritage.org/ts/event/historic-ice-house-tours Scott
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TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR CHAMBER’S ANNUAL $25,000 GAME
Reserve your ticket for the BEST ODDS in town!
Join the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, October 1, for the Chamber’s annual $25,000 Game. The event will be held from 5:00 – 7:00pm at The Gloucester House Restaurant, 63 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA, and one person will walk away the lucky winner of $10,000. As one of the most exciting and fun-filled events on Cape Ann this Fall, it will also feature a 50/50 raffle, door prizes and much more. A total of $25,000 in prizes!
Tickets are available on a first come first served basis at the Chamber office located at 33 Commercial Street in Gloucester and are $100 each. A limit of 500 tickets will be sold. Each ticket admits the ticket holder and one guest to the Gloucester House festivities on October 1st and includes a light dinner. Prizes are as follows:
To reserve your ticket for the Best Odds in town, please visit the Cape Ann Chamber today or call us at (978) 283-1601. More information can also be found on www.capeannchamber.com
September Business After Hours at Ohana!
Thursday, September 17, 2015 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Ohana
151 Main Street Gloucester, MA 01930
Come Mix, Mingle and Network with other area Business Leaders at this delicious, award winning Restaurant!
Sample from their menu and enjoy this great little jewel of a restaurant in Downtown Gloucester. $10.
Cash bar available.
Mayoral Candidates Forum
Tuesday, September 15, 2015 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
The Elks at Bass Rocks 101 Atlantic Road Gloucester, MA 01931
The 2015 Gloucester Mayoral Race promises to be an exciting one! Come meet the Candidates and hear where they stand on important issues facing Gloucester, in this first of two Forums.
A light breakfast will be served. $25 per person.
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As part of a revolving exhibit titled “Spark!,” the short film that I created for the Berkshire Museum, A Flight of Monarchs, will be playing continuously from now through November at the Leonardo in Salt Lake City, Utah. I am super excited about this–the exhibit sounds wonderful–
“What is “spark?” Is it that feeling you get when you know you’re on to something big? Is it that irresistible flow of an idea that’s just about to burst into reality? What happens when your creativity is ignited? What becomes possible?
We get it– which is why we created this brand new (and really big) exhibition.
Imagine, explore and interact with over 700 pieces of original 2D and 3D art, live performances, original writings, and more.” Read more about it here: SPARK!
Thank you for watching! More about Monarchs and the potential for a spike in this year’s southward migration tomorrow.
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Look up downtown if you haven’t yet seen the wonderful Pleasant & Main ARTISPHERE sign designed and project-boosted by artist and dealer, Ken Riaf. Then head on into his Jeffrey Marshall exhibit Law & Water Gallery.
I bet you’ve seen that Ed Touchette painting catching your eye through Trident’s window—last days to see the group exhibit at Trident Gallery. Just one week away from Ed Touchette’s solo exhibit at Trident. East Gloucester and Veterans School parents please get ready to bring your kids to see his exhibit. East Gloucester kids can find an Mr. Touchette throwback tucked away on East Main. Here’s a snapshot – try and find it.
Pass through Parsons down to Rogers or up to Main to see the progress of the artists of Art Haven/Hive. Their wall mural along a private building of Parsons Street is coming along and their depiction of Man at the Wheel is filling in…check it out! We have cleaned and scrubbed out graffiti on many walls, more than once, and are happy to see new public art added alongside the temporary FISH NET street mural and Dress Code’s.
I’m not sure what artist, Bob Stephenson, would have thought of the latest mural, but I wish he could have seen it. I do know he liked the Calderwood Fish Net mural and was grateful to have the graffiti painted out, the lights installed and anytime we swept and weeded.
Special thanks this week to the folks with Dan Leaman Landscaping and Maintenance Corp for extra clean up and weeding along Parsons Street.
First order on the meeting agenda is the fact that it is almost the end of tourist season and where the heck are we going to start finding our french fries?
Did anyone bring a pencil? Whose turn is to write the meeting minutes? Why do you always get the highest piling? What makes you so special?
I took this photo because I thought it was funny that 3 seagulls looked like they were having a meeting. I just realized that there are actually 4 seagulls sitting on the pilings.
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Good morning! This is Jordan Olson from LEAP for Education. We’re currently looking for volunteers in the Gloucester area to help with our College Success Program. I’ve attached a volunteer flyer and I was hoping that you would be able to post it onto your GMG blog!
We’re especially looking for volunteers that can be there on Mondays for the Gloucester Program. Here is a bit about what a volunteer can expect to do:
Prior to the meetings: Reading the pre-planned lesson plan and preparing for the activities by collecting materials,etc.
Setting up the room, putting out the snacks, writing agenda on board for students, turning on computers, etc.
Taking weekly attendance and keeping track of students’ grades on a quarterly basis
Reminding students of upcoming meetings and follow up with students who are not meeting attendance standards
Monitoring and assisting students as they work on assigned tasks (such as resume writing, college and/or scholarship applications, financial aid forms, registering for college entrance exams like SAT’s, Subject Tests, ACT’s, etc.)
Cleaning up, putting away snacks, etc.
Reflecting on the lesson and what the students got out of the activities so we can make changes for the future
If you have any questions/concerns please contact me.
Best wishes,
Jordan
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GloucesterCast 150 With @KimSmithDesigns , Toby Pett and @Joey_C Taped 9/13/15
Topics Include: The 150th GloucesterCast, Eric Myers Attic Gold Show, Thanks To Dot (Gloucester Quilter)and Bex For A Great Evening, Fish Tales On The Schooner Adventure, Fitz Hugh Henry Lane, Picturing Bing McGilvray, Kim Promises To Cover The Mobile Museum Of American Arifacts (no pressure), Peach Thief, The Dead Swan and Hypothesizing How It Happened, Migration Time, A Murmation ,Get Your Flu Shots, Assessing Alicia’s Podcast Alicia Unleashed, Kim’s East Gloucester Kids with Butterfly Photos, What Is The Latest With The Cape Ann Community Cinema, Farm Raised GMO-Free Monarchs, Apologies To Paul McGeary and Greg Verga, The Sad Part About This Election, The Schooner Festival Has Finally Arrived Thanks To Some Key People Like Tracy Arabian and Her Marketing and Tom Balf and The Awesome Team At Maritime Gloucester, 150th Podcast In the Books!
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It’s on tonight at 8PM on the DIY Network Husband and wife picker/appraiser team Eric and Michelle Myers clean out junk-filled New England attics looking for hidden treasures. They’ll clean the space for free, but they get to keep what they find. And in these old Colonial houses, there’s no telling what’s hidden behind the rafters, from valuable vintage toys to mint-condition collectibles. After they pick the place clean, they transform the attic into a bright new space the whole family can enjoy.
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And what a great bunch of fish tale story tellers! You may recall Greg Bover’s invitation from last week where the Gloucester Writer’s Center, Schooner Adventure, and Maritime Gloucester joined forces to bring us Gloucester’s Fish Tales held not at the writing center but from Webster Pier, on board the beautiful and welcoming Schooner Adventure. Maureen Aylward organized a fantastic line up of story tellers. I unfortunately was only able to stay for the first several story tellers but had the pleasure of listening to GMG FOB Ron Gilson, Bing McGilvray, Jim Masciarelli, and Jimmy Tarantino. I believe Henry Ferrini was filming the event so hopefully it will be available to see soon.
Ron Gilson holding a photo taken in 1951 when he was a young man aboard the Adventure during the time when it was still a working dory fishing schooner.
Bing McGilvray
Jim Masciarelli
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At first sight, Leo Vitale finds the panel where his Dad’s boat is featured in a gorgeous Paul Frontiero photograph. His cousin and sisters join in.
Joey Ciaramitaro, Vito Giacalone, Mark McDonough, and Peter Prybot were the original authors of this outdoor display, before it was expanded and updated. The exhibit was restored because the original faded. Artists generously granted reproduction permission of their work. Go see their art! Look for Joey Ciaramitaro, Paul Frontiero, Martin Luster and Brenda Guiled. Individuals and organizations were generous too. More on this later…
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Good Morning Gloucester 