Partners in Pinoli Chef Paolo LaBoa and Mark McDonough
Sunrise on Shore Road
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Full Moon Madness Party
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Peter Todd Fundraiser
Lucinda Seigel writes that Peter Todd, Gloucester’s poet laureate, is currently in the hospital facing an uncertain outcome. She forwards along the fund rasing information: Any checks going into the account will have to be made payable to Peter Albert Todd Fundraising Campaign only. Checks can be sent or delivered to the bank. Any questions can be directed to Shannon Randazza at the Bank of Gloucester:
Shannon Randazza
Customer Service Representative
160 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
978-283-8200 Ext. 213 Fax 978-2817283
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Fred ready for ladies night
Sent on a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® 5
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Santa Comes To Rockport On a Lobster Boat 3:45 PM This Saturday December 6th
Elfen Wi-Fi wireless reports that Santa will be arriving by boat in Rockport this Saturday December 6th at 3:45PM. Santa disembarks at Bradley wharf then makes his way to Dock Square to flip the switch on the Christmas Tree at 4 PM.
The following is what this all looked like in 2010 (Sue me I’m lazy!) 50 degrees and maybe a light rain forecasted will not deter the teaming throngs of children screaming “It’s SANTA!!!” when the Freemantle Doctor turns into the harbor.
Santa in Rockport 2010:
As if it was a tradition that went back centuries Santa Claus came to visit Rockport today. On the way to the harbor:
Time’s a wasting. Santa will be there at 3:45PM
The crowd packs the wharfs in the harbor as Santa’s arrival is just moments away:
Harbormasters Rosemary Lesch and Scott Story lead the way, the Freemantle Doctor with Santa, and the Coast Guard protecting the rear:
It’s SANTA!!! It’s SANTA!! It’s SANTA!!!
The crowd goes wild as Santa pulls into Bradley Wharf:
Santa thanks the skipper Mike Tupper of the Freemantle Doctor for the smooth ride while his mother-in-law Nancy McDowell looks on. (Nancy was the one who convinced us that Rockport was the best place on earth to live.) :
Low tide so Santa needs a bit of a goose up the ladder:
Carolers warm up the crowd as Santa makes his way down Bearskin Neck:
Dock Square is cheek to jowl of children all of which swore they had been nice and not naughty:
Santa’s ride is a vintage 1941 Fire Truck. Why buy new when used will do?
The countdown 3, 2, 1
A burst of light as the tree is lit.
Time to refill the hot toddy mug.
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Bodin Historic Open for Ladies’ Night
We’ll be open for Ladies’ Night (tonight) from 5pm until about 9pm, with apps and refreshments. Also, we’re fully loaded with all sizes of Fish City and In Cod We Trust tee-shirts. Although I ordered 80 pounds (a lot) of shirts, they’ll go fast – so come in soon. Pictured below are gallery artist Laureen Maher, Santa, and Janet at last year’s Ladies’ Night. 82 Main Street.
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Hope to see all at Art in the Schoolhouse this weekend
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Cape Ann Designs Newsletter
Dear Joe
It’s getting close and I hope to see you soon at one of these shows or just give me a call if you need something special. It’s such a great time of year to reconnect with everyone and these lovely venues make it a colorful experience!
Just a few reminders:
Thursday: The 42nd Annual downtown Gloucester Ladies Night at the lovely Pop Gallery – 5-10PM.
Friday & Saturday: Shop Rockport evening 4-9 PM & Saturday 10-3 Cape Ann Artisans at the Rockport Art Association. And did I say food, wine, cider, and great shopping around town too!
Then December 12-13 – the 8th Annual seARTS Holiday Show -Wearable Art & Home Decor at the Saunder’s House at the Sawyer Free Library. Don’t miss the intimate Opening Reception 5-7 on Friday evening. On Saturday, we welcome the Chamber Music Players from Rockport High School at 3PM to add some Holiday Cheer!
I hope to see you soon at one of these events or after December 13th, right here in the studio. 
All the very best to you
and your family – Jacqueline
16 Artisans at the Rockport Art Association!
18 seARTS Artists at the Sawyer Free Library!
Copyright © 2014 Cape Ann Designs, All rights reserved.
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Some of Gloucester’s Best Musicians @ Old Sloop Next Friday 12/12
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Here’s Your List Of Discounts Available In #RockportMA For Shop Rockport Event
Rockport retailers should all take 30 seconds and whip out a quick thank you for all the hard work Dawn Noble from La Provence has put into this year’s Shop Rockport Event
Hi Joey C & GMG Readers!
There’s tons of great things happening in Downtown Rockport TONIGHT, Friday, December 5th, during our Annual Shop Rockport Event from 4-9pm! We have 47 shops, galleries & cafes participating in the fun!
Here’s just a small sample of some of the great promotions that will be offered…..
La Provence – 20% OFF Store-wide, double raffle tickets & FREE Shop Small tote with every purchase. Wine, cheese
& homemade snacks!
Sea Again – 20% OFF store-wide & double raffle tickets & FREE Shop Small tote with every purchase
Bearskin Neck Leathers – 20% Off Dansko shoes and a free gift!
Christmas Dove – Refreshments & drawing for giveaway of a Margaret Furlong angel ornament!
The Pewter Shop – Every $40 spent, you will receive one of our handcrafted Christmas ornaments for free!! (11.95 value) Lots of cookies will be out to snack on too
Camera Corner – 25% OFF all binoculars; 25% OFF Canon, Sony & Nikon batteries and chargers; 25% OFF all memory cards.
John Tarr Store – 20% off Storewide, free gift wrapping
Good Dog Gallery – 20% OF ALL SALES from SHOP ROCKPORT night to be donated to Cape Ann Animal Aid &.Raffle of 3 special items and treats for dogs and people!
Tusinski Gallery – Wintry Pebble Beach Reception & $20.00 2015 Pebble Beach Calendars by Karen Tusinski!
Bean & Leaf Cafe – Raffle for chance to win $25 B&L gift card and stainless travel mug! Also save on gift cards, $5 free for every $20 spent!
Stone Angel Boutique – 15% off of your total purchase and raffle prizes
Tuck’s Candy & Gifts – Free Christmas Tins with the minimum $15 purchase of Candy, specials on Beanie Boos, Jewelry, and more. You can also fill out a FREE raffle ticket to win a Big Teddy Bear!
Tuck’s Candy Factory – 20% OFF store-wide
Sand Castles – B.O.G.O SALE buy clothing item and get the second 1/2 off!
Village Silversmith – 15% off all merchandise at both, & lots of snack, drinks, and fun
The Art Nook – 10% OFF local art and handmade gifts
AliKat – All Clothing 20%-50% OFF
Toad Hall Bookstore – 20% OFF
We hope to see you in Downtown Rockport! Tell em’ Joey C sent you!
Dawn @ La Provence
Joelle @ Sea Again
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The Cave On Main Street Is Ready For This Evenings Ladies Night!
The Cave is always the place to be on Ladies night! Laura, Jeff and I look forward to hosting another tasty night of shopping local on Main Street! P lease join us at the Cave tonight from 5-8pm for some scrumptious tastings and holiday cheer. Owner Laura Cramer will be serving a complementary special “Sista Felicia Appetizer” at the cheese counter, along with other yummy tastings sprinkled throughout the store! Tonight’s the night to Stop by The Cave Cheese Shop on Gloucester’s Main Street to pick up some specialty items and a signed copy of “Gifts Of Gold In A Sicilian Kitchen With Sista Felicia Harvest.”
Last year was a blast…this year will be even better!….See you all tonight!
To order copies of “Gifts Of Gold” on line click link below
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Chris Stovall Brown Tonight! Dave Sag’s Blues Party @ The Rhumb Line 8:30 to 11:30 12.4.2014
Ho, Ho. Ho! Marry Christmas with music, and what do you get?…The gift that keeps on giving, even during your nightmares. In the spirit of Xmas passed and presence, I offer you my favorite crowd- stomping musical buddies this coming black lung season, so, let’s get going!
This Thursday nite sees the return of that comedic, string-biting master of guitar and harp: Mr.Chris “Stovetop” Brown. Long a mainstay of the Rhode Island and Boston scene, his antics and dry humor will have you on your worst behavior! Forrest “Frosty” Padgett, drum-dribbler and all-around go to guy handles the boom booms. I’ll be the object of derision. Phew! what a nite!
Sunday, I’ll be re-living the nightmare at O’Reilly’s Bar in Newton. With Chris and a cast of thousands. Call for info.
http://users.rcn.com/drhepcat/CHRIS_WEBSITE/Home.html
Monday, I’ll be at the Rose Baker Senior Center, once again with the Good Old Salty Jazz Band. From 1 to 3, we’ll be playing all your favorite traditional jazz standards for the prune juice crowd. It’s free!
40 Railroad Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 283-9732
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Peabody Essex Museum Art Basel New York Times Theo Jansen’s art walk in Miami
Hey Joey,
Coming to theaters December 2015, have you seen the new Star Wars trailer? Museums kindle interest with trailers, too, and there’s one in Miami that may go viral.
This week the art scene is all about Art Basel Miami, the annual contemporary art fair juggernaut. With so many international artists, galleries, exhibits and events, it can be difficult to get any coverage at all. The single event the New York Times Magazine featured last weekend to build anticipation for Art Basel Miami was the Peabody Essex Museum prelude for Theo Jansen’s 2015 national tour. The story quickly climbed to the #1 most emailed articles for the NYT magazine. Jansen’s kinetic sculptures are on most media short lists as a must see experience at this year’s Art Basel Miami (e.g. Huffington Post Art Basel to do list)
PEM is featuring Dutch artist Theo Jansen at Art Basel Miami to herald the national museum tour for Strandbeests, managed and debuting at the Peabody Essex Museum in the fall of 2015.
Will there be a chance to marvel at these curiosities in our natural world? Will we encounter a herd at Good Harbor, Wingaersheek, or Singing beaches? I’m not sure. These graceful engineered beings seem a good fit for visiting our shores and inspiring wonder. Does anyone remember the Crane’s Beach dune buggy scene from the 1968 Thomas Crown Affair with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway?
PEM ranks in the top 10 largest collections in the country and is growing fast. I’m not sure where the Jansen exhibit will be installed within the museum, but I bet connections will be past, present and future all betwixt and between. I am anticipating and looking forward to the Jansen exhibit calling forth my memories of the dinosaur fossil skeletons and mounted installations. I remember feeling awestruck by the scale of the objects within the spaces and purpose. “That every mariner may possess the History of the World”.
Special congratulations to PEM curator, Trevor Smith, for the Theo Jansen exhibit. On December 5th, he’ll be with Theo Jansen as part of Art Basel Salon discussions. Trevor launched the FreePort contemporary artist commissions at Peabody Essex Museum in 2010. He helped as a juror for the Gloucester HarborWalk Public Art Challenge.
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Decorating the Trees, Manchester by the Sea
The tree decorating for the Festival of the Trees is ongoing. Remember that the official lighting of the Freedom Tree and the Festival of the Trees is this Sunday.
SUNDAY: The 3:30 holiday concert performance at the First Parish Church. Immediately following the performance at 4:30 will be the official lighting Manchester’s Friendship Tree and the Festival of the Trees on town hall common to officially kick off the holiday season.
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Lexington Avenue Lights
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Seacoast News December 2014
Thanks to the Friends of Seacoast!!! The Friends of Seacoast Holiday Bazaar was a huge success!
Thank you to all the ladies who baked cookies and contributed to the cookie walk.
Special thanks to all the Raffle donors:
Bank Gloucester for the gift basket,
David Cox and Lawrence Mc Eachern for their framed pictures,
Joe Palmisano for the Gift Basket. Our own Friends of Seacoast members, Rosalie Nicastro for her wine Basket, Seaport Grill Gift Certificate and the Crockpot, Maryann Amero for her Italian Basket, Grace Simpson for her Homemade Jelly Basket, Pat Ciarmitaro for the Gifts of Gold Cookbook and Paul Spinola for the lottery ticket raffle arrangements.
Thank you Mayor Kirk for drawing the scratch ticket lottery raffle winners!
Thank you to David Cox for his photo shoot of this event and to
Rudy Macchi for his Santa Claus visit which always provides joy to the children.
Thank you to all our Vendors who make the Fair the big success.
Thank you to our staff, families and friends for the donations to the white elephant sale. This year’s white elephant sale was spectacular. Special thanks to Cathy Groves and the Annisquam Exchange for their wonderful donations to the White Elephant tables.
Many thanks to all the members of the Friends of Seacoast, the people who give selfishly of their time and who are so committed to enhance the quality of life for the residents living at Seacoast Nursing and Rehab Center. Their efforts provide special entertainment, dining at area restaurants, dinner shows at Seacoast, gifts at Mother’s and Father’s Day along with Christmas, and many more events that would not be possible without the Friends of Seacoast support. Our Friends of Seacoast members, Maryann Amero, Angela Ciaramitaro, Pat Ciaramitaro, Tom Lattof, Lisa Leahy, Buzz Mc Eachern, J.D Mac Eachern, Rosalee Nicastro, Vincie Scola and her daughter Lee Oleary,, Mary & Paul Spinola, Rita Stapulonis, Grace Simpson, & her sister Vinnie Woodham.
Thank you Joey Ciaramitaro for posting the Seacoast Holiday Bazaar on Goodmorninggloucester and Gail McCarthy for the article about the fair in the GloucesterTimes. The community involvement was tremendous!
To our dedicated staff members who contributed to making this event a success, The staff at Seacoast Nursing and Rehabilitation Center: Roseangela Cabrera, Pat Ciaramitaro, Dorothy Nelson, Mary and Paul Spinola, Dolly at the reception desk, the kitchen crew who prepared the food for the food table and our Maintenance workers Anthony and Tom Thank you!!!
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Homemade Vinegar Peppers
Thanks to GMG FOB and friend Brian O’Connor this recipe was created! Brian delivered a bag of fresh sweet and mildly hot peppers from his garden a few weeks ago. After doing some research, I was able to developed a no fuss recipe that is easy to prepare just in time for the holidays. Jars of homemade Vinegar Peppers make great hostess gifts during this time of year. Thank you for the peppers Brian, my family and friends we will be enjoying them this moth!
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Fisherman’s Wives’ Memorial – photo from Anthony Marks
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Former GDT Delivery Boy Bite Into Show Biz and IS A SEMIFINALIST FOR DORITOS SUPERBOWL COMMERCIAL!
Violet Gray submits-
Hey Joey,
My brother Chuck, (formally your parents paper boy) turned Hollywood Actor has not one but two entries that have made it into the semifinals of the Doritos Crash The Super Bowl contest.
This link explains the contest
This is Chucks submission:
This is another submission featuring Chuck as lead Pirate:
Chucks self styled press release:
Former GDT Delivery Boy Bite Into Show Biz
My name’s Chuck McCarthy. I grew up in Gloucester and delivered papers for the GDT. My sister Violet lives there still, and my father lived there up to his death. He also delivered papers for the GDT and was very active in local and state politics. If you knew him, you may have been put off by my email address… as he is dead and wasn’t very good with computers when he was alive.
Good Morning Gloucester 