Community Stuff 8/19/15

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Good morning,

We are very pleased to invite you to our Open Studio this Saturday August 22nd from 2:00 to 8:00 at the Kismet Gallery located on Rocky Neck, betweenThe Studio and the Rocky Neck Art Gallery.

Our latest collection is all about putting the F-U-N in Funky! One-of-a-kind necklaces, scarves, bangles, and Liberty London print wrap bracelets will be on display at great prices.

There’s something for everyone.

And let’s not forget – wine and cheese, please!

We hope to see you there and share a little bit of summer.

Anne and Lisa

The Divorce Center Offers Workshop on What You Need to Know About Divorce in Massachusetts

Professionals to Discuss the Legal, Financial, Family and Personal Issues Encountered in the Divorce Process 

The Divorce Center, a non-profit organization of professionals from multiple disciplines providing support and education for people going through separation or divorce, is offering a half-day public education workshop entitled “Divorce Matters for You! ─ What You Need to Know About Divorce in Massachusetts” on Saturday, September 12, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at The Barn at 10 Liberty Street, Danvers, MA. 
The workshop will cover the legal, financial, family and personal issues that are often encountered during the divorce process. Trained professionals will provide knowledge and information that will empower anyone who is contemplating divorce or currently overwhelmed with the process, increasing their confidence and peace of mind.

The topics to be covered in the workshop include:

Legal Issues:

· Your options for the divorce process in MA

· What is Mediation, Collaborative, Litigation and Pro Se and how do they differ?

· Understanding the Alimony Law and Child Support Guidelines

· Protecting Yourself Legally

Understanding the Financial Issues:

· Taking an Asset Inventory

· What are considered Marital Assets and how are they divided?

· Do you keep or sell the Marital Home?

· What about retirement?  Will I be ok?

Family Issues:

· Dealing with a hostile spouse

· Protecting the children

· Strategies for coping with the stress of divorce

· Rebuilding your self-esteem

The workshop fee is $25 and includes light refreshments and snacks. For more information on “Divorce Matters for You! ─ What You Need to Know About Divorce in Massachusetts” and to register for the workshop, visit http://thedivorcecenter.org/events/event/divorce-matters-need-know-divorce-massachusetts-2/.


About The Divorce Center
The Divorce Center is a non-profit organization of legal, financial and mental health professionals working to empower people before, during and after divorce or separation by providing education and resources.

Since 1983, The Divorce Center’s focus has been on improving the divorce process and its impact on the family. The organization’s mission is primarily to:

· Support families experiencing divorce;

· Educate the public about divorce and its effects; and

· Help professionals improve the service they provide to their divorcing clients.

The Divorce Center offers its expertise and compassion to all those who need it — individuals and families, divorce professionals, religious groups, parent organizations, non-profit groups, and others who can benefit from the public education, professional programs and support.

For more information, visit http://thedivorcecenter.org.

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For Everyone That’s Bitching About The Heat- A Little February 15th, 2015 Throwback Video For Ya-

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

What would you rather be out there shoveling all frickin day? Removing the snow from the bottom of your driveway that you just shoveled out because the overworked plow guy just made another swipe and pushed it all right back in front of the spot you just shoveled?

Don’t make Homie come and kick ya in the nuts. Nobody wants to see that now do they?
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WEB WEAVERS SEASON IS UNDERWAY

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Spider Web Niles Pond ©Kim Smith 2015If you look closely, you can see the the spider repairing its web in the lower right corner and if you look even more closely to the opposite lower left corner, you can see the reflection of the web in the pond water.

LOBSTERING HISTORY

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Our son-in-law Matt was doing some research for a project and came across the following super interesting article about the history of lobstering. Some of the information I knew and there is lots I didn’t. I hope you find it informative, too.

I was reminded of this video of a blue lobster, caught by Captain Dave Jewell of the Lady B., where Joey describes the difference between a male and female lobster.

From the Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Long ago, lobsters were so plentiful that Native Americans used them to fertilize their fields and to bait their hooks for fishing. In colonial times, lobsters were considered “poverty food.” They were harvested from tidal pools and served to children, to prisoners, and to indentured servants, who exchanged their passage to America for seven years of service to their sponsors. In Massachusetts, some of the servants finally rebelled. They had it put into their contracts that they would not be forced to eat lobster more than three times a week.

Until the early 1800s, lobstering was done by gathering them by hand along the shoreline. Lobstering as a trap fishery came into existence in Maine around 1850. Today Maine is the largest lobster-producing state in the nation. Though the number of lobstermen has increased dramatically, the amount of lobsters caught has remained relatively steady. In 1892, 2600 people in the Maine lobster fishery caught 7,983 metric tons; in 1989, 6300 Maine lobstermen landed 10,600 metric tons of lobster.

Smackmen first appeared in Maine in the 1820s because of increased demand for lobsters from the New York and Boston markets. Smackmen were named after their boats, a well smack. Smacks were small sailing vessels with a tank inside the boat that had holes drilled into it to allow sea water to circulate. The smacks were used to transport live lobsters over long distances.

The first lobster pound appeared on Vinalhaven in 1875 and others quickly followed. Lobster pounds work in the same manner as the smack boats. The lobsters are kept in tanks with water passing freely through them. The first lobster pound was in a deep tidal creek, but today they are more common on docks floating in the harbor. Using the pound, dealers can wait for the price of lobster to increase or allow a newly-molted lobster time to harden its shell.

By the 1930s, the traveling smackmen were being replaced by local, land-based buyers who served as the link between the harvesters and the public. –

READ MORE AT: http://www.gma.org/lobsters/allaboutlobsters/lobsterhistory.html

Sparkling Summer Evening Jewelry Event – ROCKY NECK ART COLONY

Posted on by James Eves

Sparkling Summer Evening: Jewelry at Historic New England and Rocky Neck Art Colony

Thursday, August 20, 5:30pm – 7:30pm

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck

6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, Mass.

$10 Historic New England and RNAC members, $15 non-members

Gloucester MA — Historic New England and Rocky Neck Art Colony are pleased to announce a joint program in cooperation with Hughes-Bosca/Side Street Gallery. Join Associate Curator Laura Johnson for a lecture illustrating some of Historic New England’s extensive jewelry collection. This talk will focus on jeweled gifts such as watches, rings, bracelets, and cuff links that marked major life transitions and helped men and women tell stories about themselves and their families. Through these heirlooms this talk explores how New Englanders mark their important moments and memories of love and life. The lecture is followed by a walking tour of Rocky Neck Art Colony, with a visit to Hughes-Bosca/Side Street Gallery and Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck, where contemporary jewelers will answer questions about materials, methods, and techniques. Light refreshments provided.

Registration is required. Please visit the Historic New England website for information and to reserve a space. Seating is limited.

http://shop.historicnewengland.org/BEA-LECTURE-9738/

IMAGE CREDITS:

Brooch and Heart Pin: Historic New England Collection

Pendant and Bracelet: Hughes-Bosca Gallery

 

 

About Historic New England

Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House is one of thirty-six historic sites owned and operated by Historic New England, the oldest and largest regional heritage organization in the nation. Historic New England shares the region’s history through vast collections, publications, public programs, museum properties, archives, and family stories that document more than 400 years of life in New England. For more information visit www.HistoricNewEngland.org.

5 Spots Open For Tonight’s Night’s Sista Felicia Heavy Appetizer & Wine Sail Aboard the Thomas E Lannon

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Gonna be a Gorgeous Night Tuesday for the Thomas E. Lannon 8/18/15 Wine and Appetizer Sail With Sista Felicia’s Grub-
She just got back from The Cave Where She Picked Up A Ton Of Gourmet Cheese.
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Sailing from Seven Seas Wharf at the Gloucester House Restaurant (978) 281-6634 or book online at www.schooner.org/book-online

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If anyone wants one of the new Gloucester Beach Sticker Hoodies or T’s I’ll bring them tonight.
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Reason 1,567,351 Why People Should Vacation In Cape Ann Over Cape Cod- You Won’t Get Eaten By A White Shark

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I’ll never understand people that fight that insane South Of Boston traffic to go to Cape Cod only to put their lives in danger of getting eaten by a huge ass white shark. I guess it’s Darwinism 101. If you’re dumb enough to go to Cape Cod over Cape Ann you kinda deserve to get eaten by a big ass shark.
Published on Aug 17, 2015

Failed predation attempt off Monomoy, Cape Cod (8/17/15)- filmed by Dr. Greg Skomal of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries working with Atlantic White Shark Conservancy

Need for dredging Annisquam

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
Need for dredging Annisquam

Good morning Joey,
If u b a boater then u know how badly dredging is needed on the Annisquam River.  This is one of many boaters that have run aground in the river between R 34 and R36..  Perhaps I could send ongoing pics of boats aground to dramatize the need as part of a campaign to get the river dredged.  Love your blog.
Michael O’Laughlin

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This pic is from the early summer. River has needed dredging for at least 10 years.  Tis getting worse n worse.

This right here is why you gotta go cat all day long over bloodthirsty dogs.

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Here is empirical evidence why if you you’re gonna have an animal in the house it’s gotta be a cat rather than a dog (bloodthirsty killers) that could bite you without warning.

Mystic

Posted on by Nichole S.

Yesterday I did a post about much we all love the Mystic Aquarium.  There is much, much more to Mystic, Connecticut however than just the aquarium.

For the boys’ birthdays my awesome brother gave them Mystic Passes that included admission into the Aquarium, the Mystic Seaport, and the Planetarium. With so many things to do we decided to make our yearly one-night getaway a 2 night mini vacation.

The first night we swam in the hotel pool and then strolled through Old Mystic Village…which the boys equated to a quieter Bearskin Neck…stopping for a great dinner at Mango’s Wood Fired Pizza.  The boys fed the Koi fish and watched the ducks in the pond.  They made a wish in the wishing well and spent some of their spending money in the Army/Navy store.  We stopped for ice cream at Sea Swirl before heading back to the hotel.

The next day we made a dent in the complimentary breakfast at the Hyatt Place Mystic, to fuel up for a long day at the aquarium.  When we finally felt ready to say “good-bye” to the belugas, we hit the hotel pool before heading into downtown Mystic for an early dinner at Mystic Pizza and some sightseeing.  We made it an early night and watched the Patriots take on Green Bay back at the hotel.

The next morning we got to the Mystic Seaport right when they opened at 9:00 so we could see enough before hitting the road home to beat Friday afternoon traffic.   We only spent about 3.5 hours there and could have EASILY spent much more time.  Being a little bit of a control freak, I had planned ahead and made note of all the different activities I wanted the boys to have a chance to do and we definitely had to skip a few.

The quick trip ended up being the perfect blend of laughing and learning and we’ll definitely be going back next year.

Read all about the Mystic Seaport HERE

PLAYTIME STORIES CONTINUES: PETER PAN & RAPUNZEL

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  PLaytime_Stories_Activties_TableActivity Time at Playtime Stories: Playtime Stories Actors and Audience work on fun crafts after the show

LIVE AT GLOUCESTER STAGE SATURDAY AUGUST 22 AT 10AM

 Live Theatre Performances for Young Audience Members Age 3 and Older

Gloucester Stage continues Playtime Stories, a fun combination of children’s stories, live performances and children’s activities for ages 3 and older, on Saturday, August 22 at 10 am at Gloucester Stage, 267, East Main Street, Gloucester. The stories set for August 22 are the classic tales of Peter Pan and  areRapunzel. Following the performance, young audience members are invited to join Youth Program Director Heidi Dallin, Gloucester Stage Education Apprentices: Avery Daniels and Amelia Dornbush and cast members from the Gloucester Stage Youth Acting Workshop program for activities and theatre games. Playtime Stories offers young children the unique opportunity to experience the fun and magic of live theatre as they watch their favorite books come to life onstage as well as the opportunity to join the Playtime Stories Company in fun and interactive workshops relating to the story. Each week Playtime Stories explores a different story ranging from classic fairy tales to new stories to works by local authors. Upcoming books to be read and performed by the Playtime Stories Company are Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax and his new story, What Pet Should I Get? on August 29. AllPlaytime Stories’ performances are held at 10 am at Gloucester Stage, 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA. Admission is $5. For more information, call the Gloucester Stage Box Office at 978-281-4433 or visit www.gloucesterstage.com 

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