Update: #USCG training fishermen in the use of flares and fire suppression equipment.
Thursday Night Blues Party with Dave Sag’s Tonight~ Ed Scheer, Jack Ward, Mario Perrett and Paul Foss 8:30 – 11:30 @ The Rhumb Line 5.7.2015
Dave says,
We got a real fine band this week: The Euphemystics. Not really new but famous in my own mind as a favorite to work with.So, let’s get going! Our fearless leader this time is the diaphanous Mr. Edd Scheer, the singing, talking drummbler par excellance. He sings, he plays, he has amusing side effects on the band and crowd. As agent provocateur, we have the commodious Mr. Jack Ward (Cleaver): glittering glitarist, singer, and blues composter; a real pleasure. On sax, we got that former teen idol and Playgirl® spokesmodel with his jewel-encrusted uvula: Mr. Mario Perrett. From Maine, we got the guy who put the bunion (Bunyan?) in Bangor: Mr. Paul Foss. We’re old friends. I don’t know why. Add me, the severely addlepated basis of blunt, stir well, and have a great time. Don’t miss this. 8:30 till…
40 Railroad Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 283-973
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Not My Circus Not My Monkeys…
No time for drama. Good luck to all those that try to drag me into their nonsense. Life is way too short for grudges and negativity.
Every year that passes Buddhism and Buddhist principles make more sense.
I choose happiness and laughter. Try it on, it’s a good fit.
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A great sign of Spring/Summer
If you have not been over to Pauline’s Gift at 512 Essex Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930, you are missing a great store with hand painted gifts. If you would like to contact Pauline’s Gift please call 978-281-5558.
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Tacos Lupita For Cinco De Mayo!
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“Out of Africa ~ and Into Rockport.”
The carved granite African wildlife has been uncovered after a long winter. Big game photographer, our own Marty Luster, adds to his trophy collection with a happy elephant family. Yesterday’s weather was simply stunning.
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Behind The Scenes @CapeAnnTV Taping The GloucesterCast
Huge thanks to Erich Archer, Lisa Smith and Henry Cooper At Cape Ann TV.
Watch Channel 12 and bookmark http://www.capeanntv.org
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Don’t Miss Anita Diamant Reading at the Cape Ann Museum!
The Boston Girl at the Cape Ann Museum
Reading and book signing with refreshments from Ohana Restaurant
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (May 6, 2015) – On Saturday, May 16 at 3:00 p.m., in collaboration with the Bookstore of Gloucester and Ohana Restaurant, best-selling author Anita Diamant brings The Boston Girl book tour to Cape Ann. Join us at the Cape Ann Museum for a reading and book signing with light refreshments. Books will be available for purchase. This program is free and open to the public.
The Boston Girl is a coming-of-age story about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century. Written with attention to historical detail and emotional honesty, The Boston Girl is a moving portrait of one woman’s complicated life in twentieth century America, and a fascinating look at a generation of women finding their places in a changing world.
Anita Diamant is the best-selling author of several books, among them theRed Tent, Good Harbor, and Last Days of Dogtown. Diamant has often used Cape Ann as an inspiration for her novels and The Boston Girl is no exception. The Rockport Lodge, a vacation house for working women of low and moderate income, plays a significant role in the main character’s life.
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The Cape Ann Museum tells multiple stories, all relating to Cape Ann. Founded in 1873, the Museum’s collections represent the history of Cape Ann, its people, its industries, its art and culture. For a detailed media fact sheet please visit www.capeannmuseum.org/press.
The Museum is located at 27 Pleasant Street in Gloucester. Hours areTuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission is $10.00 adults, $8.00 Cape Ann residents, seniors and students. Youth (under 18) and Museum members are free. For more information please call: (978)283-0455 x10. Additional information can be found online at www.capeannmuseum.org.
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Nichole’s Picks: May 9th and 10th
I’ve fairly certain that I’ve never had an easier time coming up with a perfect first pick!
Pick #1
The Gloucester Public Schools Art Festival
Come one, come all to the Gloucester Public Schools Arts Festival on Saturday, May 9 from 11am – 3pm.
This fabulous showcase of art, music, theater, dance and technology from grades pre-school through 12th will take place throughout downtown Gloucester all day long. A ukulele concert, drama workshop, poetry reading, ballroom dance demonstration, art displays, and an outdoor community painting project are just a few of the days offerings.
Check out the Gloucester Education Foundation for more information HERE
AND…see the entire SCHEDULE OF EVENTS HERE
Pick #2
Ride the Water Shuttle
Cape Ann Harbor Tours, Inc.
With nice weather finally here, get out on the water and see the sights! Hop on, hop off. Grab a bit to eat, check out the galleries on Rocky Neck, enjoy a cocktail or an ice cream, etc.
The prices can’t be beat and season passes are now available.
Get all the info you’ll need HERE!
Pick #3
Visit Long Hill Gardens in Beverly
As a member of the Trustees of the Reservation, Long Hill is a must see at some point, and why not this weekend?
If you’ve never been, Long Hill is a glorious 114 acres of gardens, trails, and wooded areas.
http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/northeast-ma/long-hill.html#t6
As always, for a much more comprehensive list of family activities, please visit our friends at North Shore Kid.
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The Stones of the Quarries Documentary
Hi. Hows it going?
My name is Rob Apse and I’m a filmmaker out of Boston, MA. Over the last year or so I filmed a documentary involving the granite quarries of Cape Ann. It was an Official Selection at both the Boston International Film Festival and Newburyport Documentary Film Festival. The film is also receiving a Gloucester Historical Commission Award on May 17th and will be screened at the ceremony as well.
I’d love to share it with the entire Cape Ann community and Good Morning Gloucester seems like the perfect place.
I hope you’d be willing to share it and more importantly, I hope you enjoy it.
You can watch the film here.
Take care and thank you for your time.
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Rob Apse
creative writer//director//editor
http://www.indywayproductions.com
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Beautiful, Beautiful Watecolors by Gloucester Artist Marilyn Swift Solo Show!
Come see Marilyn Swift’s exquisite solo show at the lovely gallery at Saint John’s Episcopal Church in Beverly Farms. The opening is this coming Saturday afternoon, May 9th, from 4 to 6pm. Congratulations Marilyn!
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Eastern Point Lit House Welcomes Emily O’Neill
Emily O’Neill is a writer, artist, and proud Jersey girl. Her recent poems and stories can be found in Five Quarterly, Profane, and Split Rock Review, among others. Her debut collection, Pelican, is the inaugural winner of Yes Yes Books’ Pamet River Prize. She teaches writing at the Boston Center for Adult Education and edits poetry for Wyvern Lit.
She has facilitated workshops and poetry programming in association with the White Plains Public Library, the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, and the New Jersey public school system. She competed at the 2010 National Poetry Slam in St. Paul, MN with the Hampshire County Slam Team and is a founding member of the nationally touring performance poetry troupe No More Ribcage.
Her work has appeared in The Best Indie Lit New England Anthology, Sugar House Review, and Whiskey Island, among others. Her poem “de Los Muertos” was selected by Jericho Brown as the winner of Gigantic Sequins’ second annual poetry contest, and her poem “& when the canary stops singing” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2014 by Vector Press. She is a former editor and essayist for Side B Magazine.
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Paranormal Investigations at the Sawyer Free Library Thursday Night
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Little Girl + Little Dog = Big Smile
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1975 World Series
Just a few photos of the World Series that some believe was the greatest ever.
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Birds hanging out at Clarke Pond
What a way to end a busy Saturday. Coolidge Reservation is so beautiful. Take a walk but I mostly love Clarke Pond and its beauty.
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Red Sox vs Tampa Bay
Red Sox beat Tampa 2-0 with Rick Porcello pitching shutout ball for seven innings and Mookie Betts hitting two solo home runs over the monster seats. It was fun seeing the guys from that epic 1975 World Series. Boy did they get old! Just for fun I will post a few photos from that series next.
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Flatrocks Gallery’s May7-June 7 show, ‘Blooming’
Flatrocks Gallery’s May7-June 7 show, ‘Blooming’– features paintings by Claudia Kaufman, Rokhaya Waring, Patricia Crotty and Laurel Hughes, photographs by Paul Cary Goldberg, stainless steel sculpture by Gints Grinsbergs. This survey will lead the viewer on a journey from photo realism, to abstract art. Using flowers as the subject, they take on new identities as characters in a metaphorical journey.
Claudia Kaufman’s is a contemporary realist painter, her works are studies in observation – still life set-ups of familiar objects that are deceptively simple, yet complex. She challenges herself to translate the perceived three-dimensional world to a 2D field by observing and capturing the conditions of light, form, color and space through the painterly properties of oil paint.
Rokhaya Waring paints in the spirit of Impressionism and Plein Air painting, with its constant change in light, color and mood, are a natural extension of her sensibilities and lend vibrancy to her work. She conveys through her paintings a feeling of being there, the power of nature- a transient beauty that is often bittersweet.
Patricia Crotty’s paintings explore the territory between abstraction and realism with bold gestural brushwork and a sureness of line and color. When her subject is flowers, she “tries to capture their fleeting beauty and catch a glimpse of the eternal in their brief life, to see the universal in their particular forms.”
Laurel Hughes is an abstract painter, drawing on quiet moments in nature, her paintings grow out of thoughtful observation, sensations and split second glimpses. She is perpetually drawn to ideas and practices that help ‘re-seed our earth.’ —planting seeds of compassion, joy, and gratitude so that we touch the earth and stir her wonder.
Paul Cary Goldberg has established a reputation photographing our local industry and culture with a keen eye that transcends documentation, with painterly results. Last year he returned to his studio and the still life. His images are layered with rich texture, color and symbol – contemporary versions of still-life painting of the 17th-century Dutch genre containing symbols of change as a reminder of its inevitability.
Gints Grinsbergs’ creates welded stainless steel over sized flowers that maintain their delicate grace. The sculptures indoors or out combine modern metal structure with rough, natural stone making these works unique sculptural forms.
There will be a reception for the artists May 16th from 6-8pm. ‘Blooming’ runs through June 7th. Flatrocks Gallery is open Thursday – Sunday 12-5pm. 77 Langsford St. , Gloucester. (978)879-4683. www.flatrocksgallery.com or visit us on facebook.
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This is a great deal!!!!
It’s time to think SUMMER!!!
Take advantage of the Best Deal on the Harbor.
“Water Shuttle Seasonal Passes” are now available.
Only $50 before June 30th.
email us at harbortours@gmail.com
http://www.capeannharbortours.com/shuttle.html
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Saturday’s Clean up
Clean Gloucester and the One Hour at a Time Gang’s Saturday’s schedule
When: Saturday, May 9, 2015
Where: We can meet at the Fishermen’s Wives Memorial
Time: 8:00 – 9:00
I have bags, hope to see all there on Saturday.
Good Morning Gloucester 