Community Stuff 1/17/15

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Winterfest breakfast with Disney characters.

                Come enjoy a pancake, sausage, and fruit breakfast with Disney characters and children’s games while enjoying the sounds of the GHS Docksiders band.

                When:  Saturday January 24th, at Gloucester High School from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.

                Cost:  $6 per person with children 1 and under free

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-Promotion begins 1/15/15 – Winner will be announced Valentine’s Day!

Prizes must be claimed by 04/01/2015

Phyllis A Annual Meeting

at Rocky Neck Cultural Center
January 24, 2015
4:30-7 pm
Join us for chowder and cream puffs!
Hear the amazing news of the past year,
and our plans for 2015!
Enjoy a performance by “Three Sheets to the Wind,” and participate in a rousing sing-a-long!

Suggested donation of $10.00 per person
Please RSVP by January 19, 2015,
so we can plan accordingly.
Or leave a message at 978-381-3901

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Gloucester Democratic City Committee Launches New Film Series

First Screening in honor of MLK weekend is Monday, January 19, 7pm.

In partnership with the Cape Ann Community Cinema and Stage (CACAS), the Gloucester Democratic City Committee (GDCC) is sponsoring a new film series on important social and political issues. It will run the third Monday of each month.

The inaugural screening will be 7pm, Monday, January 19. We’ll see “The Night James Brown Saved Boston.” It’s the remarkable story of how—shortly after Martin Luther King was assassinated—Mayor Kevin White urged The Godfather of Soul to go ahead with his concert at Boston Garden and to have it broadcast on public television. It’s particularly fitting that we will see this documentary on MLK weekend.

The theater is located at 21 Main St., Gloucester. There will be no charge for this first show but we encourage donations to our partner, Cape Ann Cinema and Stage.  Tickets will be available on a first-come basis at the door.  Join us for an informative evening—and great company!

Deanna Fay

For the Gloucester Democratic City Committee

Leslie Heffron Tool Company Photos #RockportMA

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey – Here are some pics of the Tool Company from my morning walk. Thought you and Kim might like to see them since we were talking about its progress on the podcast the other week.

Leslie

Cape Ann TV Announces ‘Winter on Cape Ann’ Video Contest

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Cape Ann TV Announces
‘Winter on Cape Ann’ Video Contest
Gloucester, MA – Cape Ann TV ( www.capeanntv.org  ), a non-profit local access cable station serving Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester-by-the-sea, and Essex, is hosting a winter video contest.  
Cape Ann is one of the most scenic and beautiful places in New England, and as such it is the perfect canvas for video. Show us your interpretation of “Winter on Cape Ann” in five minutes or less and win…
•    A free computer tune-up from Abacus Computers in Gloucester
•    A $25 gift card to Wally’s Blackburn Bistro
•    $50 from Cape Ann TV
All submissions are due by midnight on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2014. Cape Ann TV will determine the three finalists and the winners will be chosen by public vote online. All finalist’s videos will play on Cape Ann TV’s channel 12 in February.
Criteria:
•    Must include, however creatively, “Winter on Cape Ann”
•    All submissions must be under 5 minutes
•    Video producers must own all the rights to their content including music
•    Must be submitted via YouTube link to: contest@capeanntv.org by February 14th, 2015.

This Guy Must Have Picked the Short Straw

Posted on by Nichole S.

Construction continues on the Rockport Breakwater and, after watching this guy do his work, you have to assume that he picked the short straw.

Yikes!  That is not a job I would want in January…or anytime really.

Great job, my friend!

 

 

Drawing On Ice From Leslie Heffron

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
Hi Joey – I made a little movie I wanted to share with GMG.  I attempted to send it to you directly from Vimeo, but I don’t know if you ever got it.”
     On Sunday, down at Niles Pond I used my skate blade as my “pencil” and the ice as my “paper” to do some abstract drawing.  Hope you like it!
Leslie

Friday January 16th , 2015 Cape Ann Weather…

Posted on by Peter J Lovasco

Marine Forecast :
Fri W winds 15 to 20 kt…increasing to 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Gusts up to 35 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
Fri Night NW winds 20 to 25 kt…diminishing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Gusts up to 35 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Light freezing spray.

Pod Cast Weather :
http://www.spreaker.com:80/episode/5499886

Hourly Forecast :

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TBT ~ The Cheetah Coat

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Liv Cheetah coat ©Kim Smith 2015Liv sent this snapshot that Matt took over New Year’s. I designed the coat that she is wearing before she was born (!); and also designed a coordinating pencil slim skirt, too. The coat made appearances in a number of music videos, art films, and theatrical productions. I love that the ensemble has yet a new life and that she has fun wearing it out in the evening. I saved a few of the samples, just in case we were blessed with a daughter, and just in case she wanted to play dress-up.  There’s a leopard version on my website, with Gail Huff (Brown) modeling here.

Dave Sag’s Blues Party, Tonight! with “Willie Loco Alexander” 8:30pm @ The Rhumb Line 1.15.2015

Posted on by Joanne

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Tonight Willie “Loco” Alexander’s ragtime band featuring Billyclub Loosigian, the most dangerous guitarist I know. You’ll see.
Dave Sag

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RIP “BLAZE”

Posted on by capeannpainter

I Had to put my Girl BLAZE to sleep this morning. She had a rough couple of weeks. She helped me through a rough couple of years. She was a sweetheart. She’s now with my son and father.

I brought her to the GMG headquarters a few years ago. She almost took down GMG that day. I was so proud of her!  🙂

I will miss my sidekick so much.

RIP “BLAZE” 2001-2015

Blaze a few years before we saved her
Blaze a few years before we saved her

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Nichole’s Picks of the Weekend 1/17 and 1/18

Posted on by Nichole S.

Pick #1

If you make it, they will come….I think.

With no real accumulation and the kids dying to go sledding…or in this case TUBING, New England Sports Park (formally Amesbury Sports Park) has you covered! This weekend is finally opening weekend so they must be making snow.

What is New England Sports Park? Where do we start? 

We are best known the steepest, fastest snow tubing hill in New England in the winter.  

But we are so much more.

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Pick #2 

I am a huge fan of Scavenger Hunts…just saying.  So, this sounds like a ton of fun! I’ve been meaning do one of the Watson Adventures Scavenger Hunts for some time now.  I’m not going to lie, the outdoor ones around Boston are more my cup of tea, but this sounds great….especially if you have kids who can’t get enough of the Museum of Science!

The Mad Science Family Scavenger Hunt

See the surreal side of science on a whirlwind tour to see the best of the Museum of Science. Kids and adults work together to uncover the secrets of eye-popping interactive exhibits, a life-size T. rex, a sneaky snake, hidden messages, an electrified jumping disk, optical illusions, a mad scientist’s lab, a musical zebra in a hunter’s trophy room, a book by a cat, live animals and a nightmare chair.

For ages 7 and up. Kids must be accompanied by adults, and vice versa. Click on the button below to see the hunt schedule and find more fun!

Saturday 1/17 at 2:00.  Kids 7 and up.  Be sure to purchase tickets ahead of time on the link provided!  GOOD LUCK!

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Pick #3

Ok. So this is a bit premature, but if you want to score tickets, you need to act now.  The new Cabot in Beverly is such a fantastic venue and they have opened with a bang offering a wonderfully diverse array of shows.  If you’ve been wanting to take your kids to a concert, but haven’t scored tix to Taylor Swift, One Direction, or Gosh Only Knows Who Else….or if you’re not sure that they’re old enough for such an event…next weekend’s Alastair Moock concert may just be the ticket you’ve been looking for. A sweeter, simpler concert for young music fans, for sure!

ALASTAIR MOOCK: A REAL CONCERT FOR KIDS
  • When: Saturday, Jan 24, 2015 10:30 AM (Doors open at 10:00 AM)
  • Ticket Price: $5.33 – $8.24

AWARDS: 2014 Grammy nomination – Best Children’s Album; 2013 People Magazine Best Kid’s Album; 2013 Parents’ Choice Gold Medal; 2013 NAPPA Gold Medal.

Nearly twenty years into his performing career, 2014 Grammy-nominated musician Alastair Moock has managed to carve out a unique niche for himself: He is a songwriter committed to celebrating the roots of American music while knocking down the walls between different audiences, genres and musical traditions. Today, his audiences range from adults all the way down to preschoolers, and he plays everything from nightclubs to theaters to schoolrooms. Like his boyhood hero, Woody Guthrie, Moock believes in the power of music to reach all people — young and old, far and wide, for all occasions.

 

 

But it is Moock’s newest album, Singing Our Way Through: Songs for the World’s Bravest Kids, which is nearest and dearest to his heart. In July of 2012, one of Alastair’s daughter’s was diagnosed with leukemia. The Singing Our Way Through project began when they started writing songs together in the hospital. Over the next several months, Moock continued to write and collect songs that reflected his family’s experiences – the love, the pride, the surprising amount of joy, and some of the more difficult parts too.

Moock decided he wanted to record an album for other families traveling similar paths. With the help of an amazing fundraising campaign and the musical talents of friends including co-producer Anand Nayak, Chris Smither, Aoife O’Donovan, Rani Arbo, Mark Erelli, The Okee Dokee Brothers, and (fellow 2014 Grammy nominee) Elizabeth Mitchell, Moock released Singing Our Way Through in July, 2013. Since then, more than 2,500 albums have been distributed to hospitals, cancer organizations and patient families around the country.