Springtime Harborside Dining at the Rudder!

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

The Rudder’s porch is open and is wonderfully cozy and fully heated. It’s lovely to be dining al fresco on the harbor again, despite the unseasonably chilly temperatures.

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Twentieth century pricing in the twenty-first century! For the month of April, all food at the Rudder is half off! The plate of sweet puffy sea scallops and tender shrimp in the last clip is $12.50!!!!!!!!!! GO! Reservations Recommended.

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Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

Posted on by Alicia Unleashed

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Can we talk about what exactly a “Spoiler Alert” is? Seriously!

When a show airs in real time, when it is over, it is to be discussed. BUT NOOOO instead i’m blamed for a SPOILER ALERT! How can it be spoiled if it already aired? Was i supposed to put a big sign that says:

“Spoiler alert: if you didn’t watch Grey’s Anatomy don’t read further, i’m about to talk about McDreamy dying!”

If you are gong to DVR the show that you know is going to be very suspenseful

DO NOT GO ON FACEBOOK OR TWITTER UNTIL YOU HAVE WATCHED IT!

Seriously, is it just me?

 

What Awesome Weekend Events; We Live in the Best Place on Earth

Posted on by James Eves

This calendar is permanently hosted and can be viewed when ever you want at capeanngiclee.com on the ‘events’ page.

To submit entries for this calendar email text only to james@capeanngiclee.com the following:

  • A Title
  • A Date and Start and End Times
  • A Place including complete address
  • A Short description (no more than a paragraph)
  • and a link for more info

I post regular Arts related PR and announcements directly to GMG daily, so send those to me too.

Messy Art Morning at the Lanesville Community Center

Posted on by James Eves

20150423_183151-1On Saturday, April 25, from 10-12, there will be a Messy Art Morning at the Lanesville Community Center–8 Vulcan St., Gloucester.

Susan and Cheryl and I are coordinating a fun time of paint and pastels and charcoal and glue!  I also mixed up some homemade play dough this week (it’s non toxic, but you wouldn’t want to eat it 🙂 )

This week, the donation request of three dollars is down to two dollars, as we are laying in some supplies!
For any questions, please email Mary Beth at pereira987@comcast.net

Have a happy art day!
See you there!

Mary Beth

Cape Ann Big Band to play for Salem Jazz & Soul Fest Spring Gala Fundraiser SUNDAY

Posted on by Vickie & Peter
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Renee Dupuis with Cape Ann Big Band at Beverly’s historic Larcom Theatre in May 2014 (photo Sheila Roberts Orlando)

Here’s an opportunity to have some fun while supporting an excellent cause.  Local favorites Cape Ann Big Band featuring vocalists Renee Dupuis and Nathan Seavey perform down the road at Beverly’s Larcom Theatre to help raise money for The Salem Jazz & Soul Festival and their excellent music education work.

Awesome Auction Items

Before and during the concert and at intermission you can bid on some awesome auction items.  Here’s a short list of highlights:

Original artwork, gift cards to local restaurants, KHS ladies bicycle donated by Salem Cycle, theater tickets, music lessons, martial arts lessons, wizard-themed party for kids at the Salem Witch Institute’s Crown and Shield Hall, weeklong stay at a house in Southern France.

Doors are 6:30.  Show starts at 7:00pm with the North Shore Jazz Project All Stars opening.

What better way to spend a Sunday evening!

Metal Scrap Drive

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Reminder:  Do you have metal that you would like to get rid of properly, The Magnolia Historical Society is holding a Scrap Metal Drive.

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“My Cure and Reward.”

Posted on by Fredrik Bodin

I went to see Dr. McIntyre at the AGH Oncology Clinic this morning. I weighed in at 148 lbs, dangerously 100 lbs less than the weight of old Big Fred. After some listening and probing, Dr. Mac looked in my mouth and said: “You’ve got thrush! I’ll prescribe some medication, and it should be gone in a week.”
Oral Thrush is a yeast infection afflicting babies, those with weakened immune systems (me), cancer (me), and the elderly (me?). I took 2 pills today and will swallow one for the next nine days. To revive me, the clinic dripped IV hydration fluid into me for 3.5 hours. While in the chair, I ate 2 Italian ices and eight pop sickles. While still coughing, I’m mightily relieved and thankful that your thoughts and prayers allowed me to dodge yet another bullet on my way to recovery. Fred.

Can We Talk About What A No Brainer The Maplewood Car Wash Is

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

(SPECIFICALLY THE $20 TOTAL POST-WINTER DOUCHING PACKAGE)
Self admittedly my truck hasn’t seen the car wash for an exterior or interior cleaning since fall. 
I’ve been waiting for a few good rain storms to get the salt off the road.
I’m basically doubling down on what Paul Morrison had to say in his praises of the Maplewood Car Wash a couple of weeks ago.
Just do it,  and spring for the $20 works package.  Interior vacuum,  Windows,  the whole works.  Is it a real deal detailing job that pros charge over a hundred bucks for? No,  but I’ll take five of these over the course of the year over one good detailing any day.
The guys are courteous and do a great job.
Best $20 I’ve spent in a long time!

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Alfred Hitchcockesque

Posted on by Nichole S.

Six relaxing and sunny days down in Virginia and we clocked some serious time swimming, walking the boardwalk, rollerblading, shooting slingshots on the beach, dolphin watching….and feeding the birds.

Safe to say that every meal the boys ordered came with french fries this week…and, while they ate their fair share…they were more concerned about taking their leftovers directly down to the beach for feeding frenzies.  For the record, hailing from Cape Ann, I am well aware of how annoying it can be when tourists feed seagulls while you’re trying to eat a meal on a deck.  That being the case, I promise you that we fed the birds far away from others…and that the beach was all but empty when doing so.

The birds loved my boys (or at least their french fries).  And…because everything is a learning opportunity…we learned something.  The seagulls liked to land on the ground to snatch their fries…while the laughing gulls like to hover above and try to grab the fries in flight.

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The Legend Jack Muniz- Now Serving On Rocky Neck

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Just like Jesus rising from the dead. 
Is it a coincidence that Easter is just around the corner? I THINK NOT!

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JACK IS BACK ! Tonight at The Rudder!
Go show your boy some love!
PHOTO CREDIT: crazy carl

Editors note from Joey, Super K sent me this photo and I thought it was hers but it was from Crazy Carl’s Facebook page.

Make Your Reservations Today ~ Writer’s Book Club Event at Duckworth’s Not to be Missed!

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

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CB Fisk Open House April 25th To Celebrate Opus 145

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

We cordially invite you to join us at our
Gloucester workshop to celebrate the creation of
Opus 145, a new pipe organ for—

Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Southern Pines, North Carolina

Saturday, April 25

2 – 6 pm

21 Kondelin Rd

Gloucester, MA 01930

www.cbfisk.com

978 283-1909

Can’t make it on the the 25th?
Watch To Hear the Music, a documentary film by Dennis Lanson. Learn about the art of pipe organ building and the life and legacy of our founder, Charles Brenton Fisk.
To Hear the Music is available on DVD & Blu-Ray

BRANT GEESE INVASION!

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Brant Geese Plum Cove Beach Gloucester Massachusetts ©Kim Smith 2015

Brant Geese Plum Cove Beach Gloucester

Just kidding, however, they have recently been spotted all around Cape Ann! Several weeks ago I noticed three on Niles Beach, yesterday another 20 or so bobbing and diving in the waves off a little beach in Rockport, and this morning Michelle Anderson emailed that her son Atticus, with his eagle eyes, had spotted a blizzard at Plum Cove Beach. I was working on a design project in Andover and wasn’t able to get there until afternoon. The Brants were still there! Perhaps there were 50 or so feeding at the shoreline and another several hundred further off shore.

Brant Goose Plum Cove Beach Gloucester Massachusetts ©Kim Smith 2015The geese are shy. At one point while photographing, I lay flat down in the beach grass trying to blend in with the landscape while inching forward, but they were not deceived. Too far away for my camera to get a good close up, and heavily overcast today, nonetheless you can see that they are quite beautiful creatures.

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Brant Geese Rockport

Smaller than Canadian geese, the Brant Goose, also called Brent, Black Brant, and American Brant, is a coastal bird that breeds in the Arctic tundra. It migrates along both the Atlantic and Pacific flyways. With white or buff belly, black head and neck, and contrasting white bars at the neck, Brants are easy to identify. They feed on green plants including sea lettuce and eel grass. Brants have a highly developed salt gland, which allows them to consume salt water.

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU SEE ANY BRANTS, AT WHAT LOCATION AND WHEN. We would love to hear from you!

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Friend me on Facebook and follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and Vine. You can also subscribe to my design website at Kim Smith Designs, and film’s websites at Beauty on the Wing ~ Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly, Gloucester’s Feast of Saint Joseph Community Film Project, and Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly.