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UBER IS COMING TO CAPE ANN AND IS LOOKING FOR DRIVERS THAT CAN MAKE HUGE MONEY
Uber has partnered with the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and will be in town looking for partner drivers!
Click here to get signed up
. To fill you in (if you didn’t know), Uber is a mobile app that seamlessly connects riders with drivers at the push of a button. The technology has taken-off in over 260 cities across the globe (it’s HUGE in Boston!) allowing residents to travel around their communities quickly and efficiently. Driving with Uber is perfect for a those looking for seasonal/temporary work or for folks who need an entrepreneurial full-time opportunity. You can work whenever you want at the push of a button (you’re the boss!) and no previous experience as a driver is necessary.
Uber’s driver partners come from all occupational walks of life ranging from traditional driving and transportation industries to service and creative industries. If you are a designer, artist, entrepreneur, fisherman, or in between jobs and need flexibility, you should try driving with Uber to supplement your income. Partners in Boston are making up to $35/hour ($6400/month in fares) and checks are deposited into their bank accounts weekly.
With the summer demand just around the corner, there will be huge opportunities to make some more money during our summer festivals!
Here are some pretty cool videos to see how people use Uber as a great way to keep their income rolling:
– Uber Partners for Every lifestyle
– Uber Partner Musician
Interested? Here is some basic information about being a partner driver:
What You Need to Get Started:
✓ 4-door vehicle (2000 or newer)
✓ Valid driver’s license and personal auto insurance
✓ Vehicle registration
✓ You’re at least 21 years old
Start the application today!
If you are interested, start the application process here: t.uber.com/GMGloucester
If you have any follow-up questions, please visit us in person at The Hive on Tuesday 3/17 or contact partnersboston@uber.com . The more you to today, the sooner you will be on the road making a difference and earning income!
Meet the team:
The Uber team from Boston will be holding an onboarding/information session on Tuesday 3/17 from 6p-9p at The Hive at 11 Pleasant St in Gloucester to explain the economic opportunities for the residents of Cape Ann.
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Lucky Friday the 13th: Lanesville Senior Social. Submitted by Mary Beth Pereira
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Creating an Abundance of peace and well-being to your life!
Check out this and more Cape Ann Health Fitness and Wellness News here- http://www.capeannwellness.com
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34th Rockport Chamber Music Festival Lineup Announced
Yo-Yo Ma Kicks Off the 34th Rockport Chamber Music Festival
Friday, June 5
Opening Night Gala
featuring Yo-Yo Ma, cello
The Opening Night Gala honors David Deveau for his 20 years of Artistic Leadership
Gala Chairs: Diane Chen Koch-Weser & Jan Koch-Weser and Joe & Eileen Mueller
6 PM Concert :: 7:30 PM Gala Dinner
PROGRAM
SAYGUN: Partita
BACH: Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
CRUMB: Sonata for solo cello
BACH: Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Tickets: Concert Only $150, Gala Event tickets start at $600
Saturday, June 6, 8 PM
Shanghai Quartet
BEETHOVEN: Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 18 No. 6
BARBER: String Quartet
BEETHOVEN: Quartet in F major, Op. 59 No. 1
Tickets: $58, $48, $39
Sunday, June 7, 5 PM
Shanghai Quartet with David Deveau, piano
HAYDN: Quartet in G, Op. 77 No. 1
BARTOK: Quartet No. 5
BRAHMS: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
Tickets: $65, $55, $45
Week 2
Tuesday, June 9, 7:30 PM
Rising Star: In Mo Yang, violin
Renana Gutman, piano
MOZART: Sonata in A major, K.305
BRAHMS: Sonata No.1 in G major, Op. 78
SCHOENBERG: Fantasy for violin and piano
RAVEL: Sonata No.2 in G major
Tickets: $34, $28, $19
Thursday, June 11, 8 PM
An Evening of French Music
Franziska Huhn, harp | Pei-Shan Lee, piano | Sooyun Kim, flute
Sophie Shao, cello | Randall Scarlata, baritone
FAURE: Fantaisie, Op. 79 for flute and harp
CAPLET: Deux Divertissements for solo harp
RAVEL: Chansons Madecasses (Madagascar Songs) for baritone, flute, cello and piano
POULENC: Sonata for cello and piano
DEBUSSY: Sonata for cello and piano in D minor
Tickets: $58, $48, $39
Friday, June 12, 8 PM
A Schubertiade Evening
Jennifer Koh, violin | Randall Scarlata, baritone | Benjamin Hochman, piano
SCHUBERT PROGRAM
Sonatina in D major for violin and piano, D.384
Selected lieder for baritone and piano
Piano Sonata in D major, D.850
Tickets: $46, $38, $28
Saturday, June 13, 8 PM
Art and Music: Boston Trio
A Collaboration with the Cape Ann Museum celebrating its ocean-related collection of works by Fitz Henry Lane and others
SALLY BEAMISH: The Seafarer (narrator and piano trio) ** U.S. Premiere **
FAURE: Piano Trio No. 1
DEBUSSY/arr. SALLY BEAMISH: La Mer ** U.S. Premiere **
Tickets: $65, $55, $45
Sunday, June 14, 5 PM
Russell Sherman, piano
Celebrating 70TH Anniversary of New York debut
All-Beethoven Program
Sonata in E minor, Op. 90, No. 27
Variations and Fugue in E-flat major, Op. 35 “Eroica”
Sonata in E major, Op. 109, No. 30
Sonata in F minor, Op. 57, No. 23 “Appassionata”
Tickets: $68, $58, $49
Week 3
Thursday, June 18, 8 PM
David Deveau, piano
Andrés Cárdenes, violin
Anne Martindale Williams, cello
HAYDN: Trio in E major
HARBISON: Trio No. 2
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 “Archduke”
Tickets: $68, $58, $49
Friday, June 19, 8 PM
Jupiter String Quartet
Nelson Lee, violin | Megan Freivogel, violin | Liz Freivogel, viola
Daniel McDonough, cello
BEETHOVEN: Quartet in D major Op. 18, No. 3
HINDEMITH: Quartet No. 4, Op. 22
BRAHMS: Quartet in C minor Op. 51, No. 1
Tickets: $65, $55, $45
Saturday, June 20, 8 PM
Marc André Hamelin, piano
JOHN FIELD: Andante in E-flat Major, H. 64 (Unrevealed Andante)
MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN: Paganini Variations
DEBUSSY: Images, Book II
SCHUBERT: Four Impromptus, D. 935
Tickets: $78, $68, $49
Sunday, June 21, 5 PM
Jupiter String Quartet
Andrés Cárdenes, viola
Anne Martindale Williams, cello
David Deveau, piano
SCHUBERT: Notturno in E-flat major for piano trio
SU LIAN TAN: “Life in Wayang”
BRAHMS: Sextet in G major Op. 36
Tickets: $68, $58, $49
Week 4
Tuesday, June 23, 7:30 PM
Rising Star: Matthew Aucoin, composer and Friends
Program: Some of Aucoin’s recent instrumental and vocal chamber music, including The Orphic Moment (a “dramatic cantata” for voice, solo violin, and ensemble), Celan Fragments, Celan Songs, and a series of piano études.
Tickets: $32, $28, $19
Thursday, June 25, 8 PM
Boston Symphony Chamber Players with Emanuel Ax, piano
SCHUMANN: Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano, Op. 70
MOZART: Quartet for oboe and strings, K.370
SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Tickets: $93, $83, $55
Friday, June 26, 8 PM
Emmanuel Music
Ryan Turner, artistic director
Andrew Rangell, guest pianist
HANDEL: Overture The Queen of Sheba from the opera Solomon
BACH: Keyboard Concerto in D minor
HANDEL: Cantata Apollo e Dafne, HWV. 122
Tickets: $52, $41, $31
Saturday, June 27, 8 PM
Peter Serkin & Julia Hsu, piano
SCHUMANN: Six Etudes in the form of Canons, Op. 56
BIZET: Pieces from Jeux d’Enfants
MOZART: Sonata in B-flat major, K.358
SCHUBERT: Lebenssturme and Rondo in A major
BRAHMS: Four Hungarian Dances, No. 8, 9, 11, 18
Tickets: $78, $68, $49
Sunday, June 28, 5 PM
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
FRANCISCO MIGNONE: Quartet No. 2
MANUEL PONCE: Estrellita and Gavota
PIAZZOLLA: Four for Tango
VILLA-LOBOS: Quartet No. 5
GINASTERA: Quartet No. 2
Tickets: $46, $38, $28
Week 5
Tuesday, July 7, 7:30 PM
Rising Star: Cicely Parnas, cello
Tickets: $34, $28, $19
Thursday, July 9, 8 PM
Anonymous 4
Anthology 25: A program of 25 songs from anonymous 4’s 25 albums featuring music from the Middle Ages to today
Tickets: $68, $58, $49
Friday, July 10, 8 PM
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Yehudi Wyner, piano
David Deveau, piano
SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73
HINDEMITH: Sonata for clarinet and piano
WYNER: Commedia
BRAHMS: Sonata in f minor, Op. 120, No.1
Tickets: $68, $58, $49
Saturday, July 11, 8 PM
Escher Quartet with Gilles Vonsattel, piano
MOZART: Quartet in D minor, K.421
JANACEK: Quartet No. 1 Kreutzer Sonata
TANEYEV: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 30
Tickets: $65, $55, $45
Sunday, July 12, 5 PM
Escher Quartet with Carol Wincenc, flute
MOZART: Quartet for flute and strings in C major, K. 285b
YUKO UEBAYASHI: Misericordia for flute and strings ** Massachusetts Premiere **
SCHUBERT: Quartet in G major, D. 887
Additional works to be announced.
Tickets: $65, $55, $45
Saturday, August 1, 8 PM
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
MENDELSSOHN: Two Preludes & Fugues
CHOPIN: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 5
RAVEL: Tombeau de Couperin
LISZT: Venezia e Napoli
Tickets: $46, $38, $28
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Dinner with David :: 5:45-7 PM
Fridays: June 12, 19, 26
Tickets: $35 (includes 3-course meal)
Pre-Concert Talks :: 7 PM
Fridays :: June 12, 19, 26, July 10
Saturdays :: June 6, 13, 20, 27, July 11
Speakers
Dr. Elizabeth Seitz | Dr. Teresa Neff | Dr. William Matthews | Dr. Jan Swafford
Free, Open to Ticketholders
Wednesday, June 10, 7 PM
Meet the Author-Collaboration with Rockport Public Library
Bonnie Marsden, author of Sleeping with Schubert
Location: Rockport Public Library
Tuesday, June 18, 7 PM
Masterclass: Anne Martindale Williams, cello
Saturday, June 20, 10 AM
Family Concert: Jupiter Quartet
Saturday, August 15, 10 AM
Family Concert: Alexa Tarantino Jazz Quintet
All Community & Education events are free and open to the public.
Ticket Sales Dates
Subscriptions: March 30, 2015
Single Tickets: April 14, 2015
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Funds For Fridge PARTY ~ The Word (Reunion)
Don’t miss this dreadful winter’s best event to help support our good friend Paul Carr, as he fights the big C. AKA Fridge, was a big fan of the cover band “The Word”. Along with the long awaited reunion of this great band, comprised of the original 5 members, we are offering some great bucket raffles with chances to win many awesome prizes. All ages are welcome so bring your kids! Cash bar and light snacks. We anticipate a full room, so be early to get in. $5 cover at the door
Also, $25 buys a chance to win an original Ken Knowles Painting worth $5000. Call Ken or Eric Beal
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Ongoing repairs at Mitch’s on Rogers Street
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Live From “Second Glance” The Thrift Store Of The Open Door
Yesterday Charlene M Delany a Facebook friend posted the photo and caption above. After liking her post, I couldn’t stop thinking about the photo of the religious statues. This morning after meeting friends for coffee, I decided to stop by The Open Doors Thrift Store, Second Glance to see if the St. Joseph and St. Anthony statues were still on display, and find out if they were indeed for sale. After a quick scan of the glass and collectable area of the store, I was directed to their back room, where I immediately spotted them on a display shelf, exactly as shown in the photo on Facebook yesterday morning. As I approached the shelf I was thrilled to see they both were labeled with very reasonably priced sale tags! As I carefully lifted the heavy statues from the display, my heart was fluttering with joy, as I carried them to the cash register to purchase them!
After a quick wash and polish, they were added to our family altar!
They make beautiful additions to our collection!
Second Glance is located on Pond Road, Gloucester Ma.
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Know Your Dinosaurs
The youngest Schrafft, 5 year old Finn, finished up his 3rd hockey season the other day. Thatcher’s team is in the play-offs and will finish up, one way or the other, this weekend.
While there will surely end up being some summer sessions or hockey camps in their near future, for now, the early morning wake-up calls are almost over.
I used to wake up at 5:45 to rally the troops and get myself to work and the boys to their respective classrooms, but lately I’ve been pushing it to a bit after 6:00. Try as I may to convince myself to go to bed just once before 11:00 pm, I can’t seem to do so. I love my boys…but, I also cherish my quiet late night hours alone.
So, while school days are always a bit of a whirlwind with a dash of crazy thrown in, when we miraculously get through to Saturday unscathed, the weekend early morning hockey practices usually do me in.
Until recently my husband worked early Saturday morning…which left me to get both boys into their hockey gear bright and early to get to the rink for 8:00 and 9:00 practices. Actually, now on a travel team, Thatcher’s early Saturday practices have turned into earlier Sunday morning games.
While both boys are now experts on getting into their gear…they still need a fire lit under their butts to do so. It wasn’t nearly as pretty for the first few seasons, however. It was always a mad rush…they both needed help with everything….they needed snacks to eat while the other one was on the ice…and even books, matchbox cars, and a bag of tricks to use as hush money to get through back-to-back practices. It was downright ugly for quite a while. Might I mention that I am not…never have been…and never will be…a morning person.
I was laughing the other day when Thatcher reminded me about the “Hockey Dinosaur.”
There must have been many, many consecutive Saturdays, that I teetered on the edge of sanity while trying to get them out the door.
I believe my mantra became something like, “If you think I want to be up at the crack of dawn, you’re wrong, so please just get dressed” or “If you don’t want to get into your gear, and you don’t want to skate, I certainly won’t mind not getting up at the crack of dawn, boys!” or “If you think I got up at the crack of dawn yet again to beg you both to get off the couch and into your gear, you are crazy.” You get the gist. All very proud parenting moments.
So, one day, while I was no doubt stomping around like a mad woman, I heard Thatcher quietly say to Finn, “Mom sure is mad about the crackadon. I don’t even know that type of dinosaur.”
So, for a while, stomping around like a Crackadon became my way of getting them ready for everything…school, hockey, soccer, etc. Somewhere along the way, the Crackadon left us and the boys started to become a bit more self-motivated. I won’t be surprised if however, years from now, a couple of giant crackadons visit my grown-up sons and their future families. And we can all laugh about it again.
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I4-C2 Downtown Snow Farm Being Harvested
Be syre to watch the Video below. Three Bucket Loads per Truck, I wonder how long it will take to remove all the snow, before we can park cars in there and then take them to the car wash.
IC42 Snow Farm
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Cape Ann TV Production Class
Cape Ann TV Video Production Class-
Thursday, March 19 at 6:30 to 9:00 pm.
Did you know that the facilities and equipment at Cape Ann TV are available to all Cape Ann residents? All you need to do is to become a member and pay a yearly membership fee of $20. We also provide the training, no experience necessary. To sign up for the class or for more information about Cape Ann TV call: 978-281-2443 or email lsmith@capanntv.org. website: http://www.capeanntv.org
The class is taught by Jim Capillo and covers how to use the field equipment.
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Mexico Day One…
Day One
I’m super planner guy when I travel. Have just the right bags (four wheel 22 inch spinner and messenger style style second bag that slides over the handle of the spinner) with everything packed just right. Anyone who knows me knows about my obsession with staying dry and comfortable so I get up early, shower, and power the hell out of my nuts to avoid that sticky nuts sensation you get on long flights where they get stuck to your leg and you gotta peel them off when you finally let the boys free. I didn’t have any baby powder so I used this product that Kim Smith gave me last year which is a corn starch based powder. I pre download several podcasts including the Tony Kornheiser Show, Joe Rogan and Adam Corolla podcasts onto my ipad.
All set to go. Everything’s perfect.
We’re close to the last people boarding and our seats were toward the back of the plane but you could see that overhead compartments were all filled up at the back of the plane so I was worried about them having to check our carry ons if all the overhead compartments got filled. We purposely took carry on luggage to avoid having to check bags and lose an hour after getting off the plane waiting at the carousel instead of working our way through customs and ultimately to our hotel. So I toss the carry ons up into the last couple of open compartments which are about 15 rows ahead of our actual seat assignments.
We have the middle and window seat and there’s already a guy in the aisle seat of our row and he gets up and we get settled into our seats but both of us really had to pee. Feeling terrible about making the guy get up twice because we had to go pee like five minutes after we made him move the first time, I give him our assurance that I won’t make him get up again, not wanting to be a total pain in the ass.
So now we’re three hours into the flight and I’m really bummed out because my ipad which had my downloaded podcasts stored on it is stored in the carry on that is 15 rows ahead in the overhead compartment and I had given this guy in the aisle seat my assurance that we wouldn’t get up again and he’s like like a water saving camel. I figured at some point he’d have to get up and go pee which would give me a chance to go grab my ipad but no, the guy is like a rock. Staring straight ahead the whole time, never once reaching for his seat belt or giving any signs that he’s gonna budge.
It’s a total test of wills but at this point. I’ve had this monster frontal wedgie where my nuts have been all mashed up into my body and because I used so much corn starch thinking it would keep my nether regions dry, I realize that it’s created a corn starch /nutsack sweat-like paste between my balls and my inner theigh/taint area because I’m sweating from contracting my prostate for so long to hold in the pee because I don’t want to bother the half camel /half man creature sitting in the aisle seat.
Finally I can’t take it any more and I ask to get up because I’m just too uncomfortable and the big goofy ginger in the front row of our section wearing a Washington Wizards basketball jersey stinks so bad that my eyes are watering from his uncomprehensible BO. And the reason I say it’s uncomprehensible is because he’s with a girl, not completely unattractive who you would think might tell him that he needs to take a frickin shower before you go on a four hour flight to an eighty five degree destination. You have to wonder how the not-completely unattractive girl is with Stinky, Neanderthal, Washington Wizards Basketball Tank Top Wearing Ginger Stinky Guy. No joke we were five rows behind him and could smell his BO.
So I work my way past stinky guy and get to the bathroom, lock the door behind me which slides the vacant sign to “occupied” on the other side of the door. Not even 10 seconds into the bathroom the door handle starts jiggling uncontrollably and someone is trying to get in. I figure they’re going to realize immediately that it’s locked a) because the door won’t open and b) because the goddamn sign shows in their face that the frickin bathroom is occupado! But no, not one but two more rounds of crazy handle jiggling at which point I fully expect an ax to come flying through the door and Jack Nicholson to poke his head into the chasm created by the ax, screaming “Heeeeere’s Johnny!”
I finally finish my business and Super K is waiting for me on the other side of the door and I ask her if she was messing with me but, no it wasn’t her.
At the very least I got my frontal wedgie unstuck and relieved myself and we are starting our descent to our final destination.
Weeeee!
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Currently Gloucester’s Community Developement Office Twitter Account Has 8 Followers. Let’s change that GMGers
Follow them on twitter here- https://mobile.twitter.com/innovateglosta
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Preparing St Joseph’s Pasta Video From Cape Ann TV
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Silhouettes ~ Capt. Joe Fishing Boat
Yesterday afternoon as the sun was setting I stopped down the Jodrey State Fish Pier to see if there was any ice left in the harbor. There was some, but it seemed mostly along the edges. Snapping photos of the Captain Joe fishing boat, I met the captain of the Captain Joe and, no surprise, his name is Captain Joe! He was super personable to talk with and asked whether I was speaking American English or was from Great Britain. I asked him from where was his accent and he said a combination of Sicilian and Italian. One of the crew joked and demanded a $100.00 per shot as he assumed I was working for an international magazine. Funny! I told them all about Good Morning Gloucester. If you read this Captain Joe, thanks for the photos of your beautiful boat in the setting sun!
I think the photos would be prettier if it were high tide, and will try again one afternoon.
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Rock-a-Bye
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Zoey
Love to visit my little friend Zoey.
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Would you be offended if…
Who pays on the first date? In the year 2015 there really isn’t a right or wrong answer.
Some men get offended when a woman insists on paying the bill and some women get offended when the men are adamant on paying. Is it who asks out who first is the one that pays? Is it the person that picks the place? Nevertheless it can be an awkward moment at the end of the meal.
Thoughts?
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Sounds Good to Me
Good Morning Gloucester 