Timothy Wilson Quote of the Week from Greg Bover

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“…the intrigue of existence would be purposeless without the element of the ineffable.”

Timothy Wilson (198?-     ) From Quantum Art Review (as is the bio below.)

Timothy was born and raised in rural Maine. Upon graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design he enrolled briefly at the Grand Central Academy before moving back to Maine to work as a creative designer for a clothing company. Not long after, he decided to leave the portence of a successful career and pursue a life as a frustrated painter. In November he will be undertaking a two month Fellowship in the Hudson Valley courtesy of the Art Students League. Timothy keeps his studio in Portland, Maine where he occasionally cat sits for his sister’s purebred Persian. His solo exhibition at the Steven Amedee Gallery in New York City opens in October.

Greg Bover

With thanks to Nick Bover

Essex Living History Tour in the Ancient Essex Burial Ground.

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The Ancient Burial Ground in the village of Chebacco Parish (now Essex) came back to life this past
weekend. On Sunday afternoon, visitors had the opportunity to experience the burial ground and see
life in the 1700’s to the middle 1800’s through the eyes of some of its prominent citizens and even
one infamous one.  The graveyard dates back to 1681. Among those buried there are two of the town’s
earliest ministers, many shipbuilders and veterans of the French and Indian Wars, Revolutionary War,
War of 1812 and Civil War.
The tour started with Emma Frances Burnham portrayed by her relative Becky Axelrod wearing an
authentic Civil War period dress owned by one of her ancestors.  Becky also showed guests the Hearse
House, built more than 170 years ago, which holds the town’s original victorian hearse, purchased
in 1861.  Also in the Hearse House is an early sleigh hearse and two holding boxes that predate the
practice of embalming.  At that time, block ice was used to preserve the body of the deceased until
burial.  In all, there are 374 headstones in the Ancient Burial Ground, the oldest ones dating back to the
beginning of the 1700’s.
Then guests met Barry O’Brien who, as Reverend Robert Crowell, introduced the story of the town’s
infamous Grave Robberies. The minister shared his famous sermon, given in 1818, when the empty
caskets of the victims were reburied in a common grave located under the Hearse House.  Next thing,
David Gabor who had been lurking behind the building came out of the shadows, shovel in hand. He
was the town’s doctor Thomas Sewall, accused of stealing eight bodies from the Ancient Cemetery to
be used for anatomical study. Then appeared Kerry Breeze aka Sally Andrews, a young patient of Dr.
Sewall’s. Sparks flew. The fact that Dr. Sewall was fined a pittance, asked to leave Essex and the State
only to become a world renowned author on anatomy left guests wondering whether the science and
knowledge gained through the robberies were worth the anguish of the families.
Guests then met Alan Budreau who as Reverend John Cleveland spoke of his ministery in Chebacco,
and his Chaplaincy in the French and Indian War and in the Revolutionary War. 
This year’s tour included a new character, the famous Madame Varney, portrayed by her 10th
granddaughter, Laura Doyle.  Madame Varney and a few of her women friends orchestrated the
building of Chebacco’s first meetinghouse in 1677. When the town fathers of Ipswich forbade the “men
of Chebacco” from raising a meetinghouse, the woman of the parish took charge and enlisted the help
of men of Wenham, Gloucester and Manchester. Technically speaking, they were outside the ban. 
The volunteers arrived from all over and the meetinghouse was up in one day! (Becky Axelrod is also
related to Madame Varney).
Mark Nelson was the Reverend John Wise, who became the town’s first minister in 1683. He served as
a regimental chaplain during the French and Indian War, and was well known for speaking out against
taxation without representation more than a half century before the Revolutionary War.
Jim Witham portrayed Skipper Wesley Burnham, who was a navigator and ships captain. He served
in the militia during the Revolutionary War and witnessed the surrender of General Burgoyne at
Saratoga.  He spoke to guests about events leading up to the Revolutionary War including the Stamp
Act and Tea Act. He also spoke of the militia and the role they played during the war and shared
stories of his days as a privateer.  One of Skipper Wesley Burnham’s great uncles was Jim’s 8th great
grandfather.
Guests departed by way of the museum to visit the collection and have refreshments. Throughout
the tour guests were treated to music played by Tom Duff on his tenor penny whistle.  Jenny
Stephens, Liz Guerin and Sue Harrington assisted with ticket collection. Diana Hughes Maria
Burnham, Mary Wilhelm and Barbara Spyropulos led the guests on their tour of the Ancient Burial
Ground.  Len Burgess chronicled the event by taking photographs. 
Story by Jim Witham and Laura Doyle

Skipper Dave Marciano of FV Hard Merchandise visits ENHA tour at Cape Pond Ice

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Celebrity NatGeo Skipper Dave Marciano of FV Hard Merchandise stopped by Cape Pond during our ENHA Trails & Sails Saturday morning tour, to sign autographs and settle up his ice bill – he’d been by earlier with the boat – and also to model a Wicked Tuna / Wicked Ice t-shirt, which we traded for a fresh blue fin tuna steak…. — with Dave Marciano.

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There’s a new Humpback Whale at Cape Pond Ice on Gloucester’s inner harbor – if you didn’t see one today out on a Gloucester whale watch, than come tomorrow, Sunday, or next Friday, Saturday or Sunday, for our free ENHA Trails & Sails Icehouse tours. Master Ice Sculptor Donald Chapelle of Brilliant Ice Sculpture is carving a “pod” of Humpbacks for our ice sculpture display, a smaller scale version of his life-size sculpture done in 2007 for Boston’s First Night…. and the first whale has definitely arrived, in all his fluking glory.

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Community Stuff 9/21/14

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There will be a reception for local artist, Anita Johnson, on Saturday, September 27, at  BankGloucester at 160 Main Street, Gloucester.  You can meet the artist in the bank’s lobby between 11:00 and 1:00, and enjoy light refreshments. Anita’s paintings include scenes of New England and Italy, still-life’s, and portraits.  Her work will be on view until Nov. 8th.

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Gloucester maritime culture to be featured at New Bedford ’s Working Waterfront Festival

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Gloucester ’s maritime culture will be well represented at New Bedford ’s 2014 Working Waterfront Festival. A celebration of the commercial fishing industry, the free festival takes place on the working piers of New Bedford ’ historic waterfront on Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28. 

The Pinky Schooner Ardelle, designed and built by master shipwright Harold Burnham, will be at the event on Sunday.  Pinky Schooners were a common type of fishing vessel that sailed out of Cape Ann harbors from the early eighteenth century through the early twentieth century. Burnham bears a family name that is virtually synonymous with Essex , the birthplace of approximately 4,000 schooners. He is the 28th Burnham to operate a shipyard in Essex since 1819. Growing up in a family of shipbuilders in a town where shipbuilding is a tradition handed down over the generations, Harold has learned the traditional techniques of his forebears, carving out a place in history as a master designer, shipwright, and sailmaker.  He twice has been a recipient of a Traditional Artist Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and was the 2012 recipient of a National Heritage Award, the highest honor bestowed on traditional artists.

Gloucester based author JoeAnn Hart will be signing copies of Float at the Festival Bookstore on Saturday from 1:30-2:00. The novel is a wry tale of financial desperation, conceptual art, insanity, infertility, seagulls, marital crisis, jellyfish, organized crime, and the plight of a plastic-filled ocean.  Essex based musician and children’s author Daisy Nell will read from her latest book Moxie and the Whale aboard Schooner Ernestina on Sunday at 11:30. Ernestina was originally the Effie M. Morrissey, a Gloucester built Grand Banks fishing schooner.  She will also read The Stowaway Mouse on the deck of the Schooner Ardelle from 2:30-3:00 about a mouse who sneaks on board as the Burnham Boatyard launches a new schooner.

Angela Sanfilippo, President of the Gloucester Fisherman’s Wives Association will represent the Port of Gloucester as a cook in the Seafood Throwdown which takes place on Sunday at 3:30.  She will compete against Vera Carvalho, representing the Port of New Bedford . The two cooks will compete to create a winning seafood dish using a surprise local seafood ingredient which is revealed to them at the event.  The Seafood Throwdown is a collaboration between the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance and the Working Waterfront Festival.

The Working Waterfront Festival is a project of the Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern MA, a non-profit organization. The FREE festival, a family friendly, educational celebration of New England’s commercial fishing industry, features live maritime and ethnic music, fishermen’s contests, fresh seafood, vessel tours, films, author readings, cooking demonstrations, kid’s activities and more.  It all takes place on working piers and waterfront parks in New Bedford , MA , America ‘s #1 fishing port, on the last full weekend in September.  Navigate to us at www.workingwaterfrontfestival.org.

Laura Orleans, Director

Working Waterfront Festival

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Drone Video of The Chip Norton Memorial Gloucester Harbor Race

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A short video from today’s Gloucester Harbor Rowing Race via Martin Del Vecchio

Apples!

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Apples ©Kim Smith 2014 copy Blossom to Fruit ~ With all the delicious smells associated, from the heavenly sweet scent of apple blossoms wafting on the breeze of a bright spring day to the fresh aroma of fruit ripening in the warm September sun, not to mention pies and tarts baking in the oven!

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Have you noticed that the foliage of pear, cherry, and apple trees looks exceptional this year? This is a far cry from the past several years when the winter moth took a tremendous toll on the trees. The very cold winter of last has put a damper on the moths devastating effects. A repeat of cold temperatures will give the trees and shrubs, such as maple, blueberry, and apple, which are most heavily afflicted by the moths, a second season to recover and grow in strength.

Read previous posts about the winter moth here:

White-throated Sparrow and the Winter Moth

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The 5th Annual Lanesville Music Festival ~ Sunday, Sept 21st 1-7pm

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Here’s the line-up for next Sunday, Sept 21st 1-7pm at the 5th Annual Music Festival:

1:00-1:30pm – Lisa Marie Blues Duo
1:45-2:15pm – Marblehead School of Music Ensemble
2:30-3:00pm – Tom Eaton & Patrick Conlon Duo
3:15-3:45pm – Orville Giddings
4:00-4:30pm – Quentin Callewaert & Ken Steiner
4:45-5:45pm – The Treehouse Charlatans
6:00-6:50pm – Alek Razdan & the A Train Orchestra

Down Home Swing ~ Sunday night @ The Rhumb Line 8pm 9.21.2014

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Chick & Ellen Marston & Jay & Laurie Keefe

Western Swing, Country Blues, Gypsy Jazz, Honky Tonk, American Folk Revival, Celtic, Cajun, Trad Jazz

 

https://www.facebook.com/downhomeswing

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40 Railroad Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 283-9732

http://www.therhumbline.com/

Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum

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Essex Artists Gather to Celebrate Creativity September 27

Join the Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum for a free festival of music and artistry provided by the residents of Essex. The afternoon kicks off with the Essex Choral Society featuring Michael March and Dave Driscoll, followed by Sawdust and Shavings featuring Barry O’Brien, then favorites Daisy Nell and Captain Stan with an introductory poetry recitation by David Tory, and finally rocking out with Day Job featuring Sarah Dyer. Artists showing work from 1 to 6 PM include Brad Story, Jay Havinghurst, Lynne Havinghurst, John Cushing, Mike Dyer, Jeff Lane, Susan Guest-MacPhail, Amanda Loebelenz, Julie Carpenter, Helen Tory, and Sandy Shaw with more signing up daily.
The event is one of more than 100 free events that are part of Trails and Sails, organized by the Essex National Heritage Commission. www.trailsandsails.org
The Essex Residents Arts and Craftsmanship Festival runs from 1 to 6 PM on Saturday, September 27, 2014. Parking is available on the street and behind the town tennis courts. Hot dogs and beer will be available for purchase. The festival is supported in part by a grant from the Essex Cultural Council, a local agency, through the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

For more information email:
education@essexshipbuildingmuseum.org

or call 978-768-6441.

Visit our web site: http://www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org or follow our facebook page for updates.

Block Party, September 20, the Best One!

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The last Block Party of 2014 will be held on Saturday, September 20th. This event will be bigger and different than previous ones. Starting at 6 pm, the retailers and restaurants will be featuring their fare on Main Street and inside their establishments. A new feature will be "Little Italy," with music, cheese making, and specialty Italian food, courtesy of Gallo Productions of Gloucester. This is a first – so don't miss it. I'll be in my gallery until 9 pm or later. After all, I'm the appointed Party King. Hope to see you!

The last Block Party of 2014 will be held on Saturday, September 20th. This event will be bigger and different than previous ones. Starting at 6 pm, the retailers and restaurants will be featuring their fare on Main Street and inside their establishments. A new feature will be “Little Italy,” with music, cheese making, and specialty Italian food, courtesy of Gallo Productions of Gloucester. This is a first – so don’t miss it. I’ll be in my gallery until 9 pm or later. After all, I’m the appointed Party King. Hope to see you!

Pet of the Week- Dustin

Posted on by Alicia Pensarosa

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Fancy meeting you here… What am I doing here you ask? I am looking for my forever home. I am a quiet and handsome fella…or so the ladies say! I’ll take their word for it because looks don’t matter so much to me it. I believe more about making connections and forming a strong friendship. I am a lover of attention and affection and adore getting my share of people time. I also love playing with all of the other pups here at the Christopher Cutler Rich Animal Shelter. Marlon, Brando, August, and Coral are all part of my crew. We like to spend time just hanging out or playing because one of the best parts of being a dog after all is getting to be part of the pack. I am super sweet and my tail is always going. If you think we may be a good match, please stop on by. The shelter is located at 4 Paws Lane in West Gloucester. www.capeannanimalaid.org

Community Stuff 9/20/14 #GloucesterMA

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The Essex Merchants Group, the Essex Division of the Chamber of Commerce and the Essex Enhancement Committee will be purchasing thousands of colorful potted mum plants at a wholesale price to be delivered to the parking lot of Main Street Antiques the third week of September. These locally grown plants will be sold for $5.00 each to those taking part in the campaign. (Checks payable to Essex Merchants Group)

Decorate your store front, porch and yard. Everyone is invited. Please let us know that you, your business or organization will be participating and how many plants you want us to order for you. In addition, if you are an individual, a business or an organization and would like to adopt a site or make a donation to the Mums Fund you can send it to

Bob Coviello

Main Street Antiques 44 Main Street Essex, MA 01929

For more information call Bob Coviello (978-768-7039)

or email robertcoviello@hotmail.com

Posting For SAT Tutors

Hello,

My name is Norma Ramirez and I am with LEAP for Education (formerly Salem CyberSpace) College Success Program.  You might have met Betty Haggerty, who was running the Gloucester College Success Program last year.  This year, due to the growth of our programs, I will be running the College Success Program in Gloucester along with Scott Memhard, who is a Gloucester resident and owner of Cape Pond Ice. 

The reason for my reaching out to you is to ask if you could possibly post something for us.  We would like to post that the College Success Program is looking for tutors to help high school juniors prepare for the SATs in Math and English.  SAT tutoring takes place once a week for 1 hour from October to May from 4:30 to 5:30pm at Gloucester High School.  Anyone who is interested can either email me (nramirez@leap4ed.org) or call me (978-741-6667 ext. 106).

Hi Joey,
Here’s an update on That Nutty Redhead-
WOOT!!!!!!!!!!! Wicked sweet!!!!!That Nutty Redhead’s application for product submission for Whole Foods Market!!!! I’ve worked in the food business for many years, this is a dream come true!! My gourmet nuts are based on my Victorian grandmother’s recipe. My ancestors once owned a candy factory so I grew up making confections. I’m picking up where they left off.

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I’ll need help raising the funds for the required professional UPC/nutrition label packaging for Whole Foods & several other interested stores. Add another nut glazing machine, working capital, and I’m off to the next level!
Monday I launch my official Kickstarter fundraising campaign!!
It’s been a long road, but I’ve come this far, it’s gonna happen!!!!! 🙂
I’ll post the pledge link Monday. PLEASE share it with everyone, and ask them to share it. The more exposure I get the better my chances of making my goal. Kickstarter is all, or nothing, so making the goal is critical.

Does Kickstarter work? You bet!! Take a look at these numbers!
https://www.kickstarter.com/help/stats

  A tremendous thank you from Lisa, That Nutty Redhead 🙂

Rep Debates STD

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Up-Coming Chamber Events
 Look for our Table at the Last Block Party of the Season-this Saturday 5-9:00pm On Main Street, Gloucester.
 State Representative Debate: September 24, 7:00am, the Elks Lodge at Bass Rocks.
 Women’s Mixer-September 24: 5-7:00pm, Mile Marker 1.
 $25K Game: October 2, 5-7:00pm at the Gloucester House. Tickets $100- $25,000 given in prizes!
 Business Women’s Fall Luncheon: October 9, Gloucester House, 11:30am-1:30pm, Angela Sanfilippo keynote speaker
 October BAH: Wednesday, October 15, 5-7:00pm, the Building Center/Harbor Loop Gifts.
 Fall Restaurant Week: October 19-24.
 ClamFest: October 25, Best Fall Festival by northshore magazine.
 Congressional Debate: October 29, 7:00am, location TBD
 On-Line Auction starts October 1-15, 2014
For more information or to register for these events, visit www.capeannchamber.com

HOLY FAMILY PARISH AND OUR LADY OF GOOD VOYAGE AUTUMN FESTIVAL

The Collaborative of Holy Family Parish of Cape Ann and Our Lady of Good Voyage are planning our first joint event to welcome the Autumn season on October 4,2014.  Holy Family will welcome the gift of the Harvest Season and host the Harvest Festival.  The event will kickoff with a wonderful autumn breakfast of homemade Cider Donuts, Pumpkin Muffins, coffee and hot chocolate starting at 9:00 a.m. at St. Ann Church Hall.  Please don’t leave after breakfast because the festivities will just be getting started!  We will be offering a Yard Sale with treasures from all over Cape Ann.  There is something special with your name on it waiting for your discerning taste and pocketbook.  The famous bake table will be up and running too.  The theme for this bake table will be Harvest Delights.  Offered at the bake table will be Pumpkin, Apple and Squash Pies as well as the absolute Gloucester favorite ITALIAN and LEBANESE COOKIES.  Eat them now or put them in the freezer for the upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas Seasons.  There will be homemade Blueberry, Strawberry and Blackberry Jams and Cape Ann note cards to be enjoyed now or to put in Christmas Stockings!  The Autumn season on Cape Ann is as beautiful as any leaf peeping north of here!  Because of this beauty, we will have decorated and plain pumpkins you can carve yourself, garden art of dried hydrangea, bittersweet, cat-o-nine tails to name a few.  These dried arrangements and decorated, vintage farm tools will make a beautiful statement in your home or yard. Most importantly, we will be ending the Harvest Festival at 100 p.m. by celebrating the Feast of St. Frances of Assisi at Our Lady of Good Voyage parking lot.  At that time, our much loved pets will be blessed!  “All creatures great and small” will be welcome properly leashed, in their carriers or containers.  We hope to make this a yearly part of our Harvest Festival.  Come as we join together to celebrated this special saint who loved all of God’s creatures.  Save part of your week to join in fellowship with Holy Family Parish and Our Lady of Good Voyage.  See you there!

Good morning!  Rob Bradshaw here.  Would you be willing to consider mentioning the Cape Ann Soundscape project I am working on with Cape Ann Museum?  I’m trying to find the most interesting sounds of Gloucester and Cape Ann to use in a work to be premiered at CAM in January.

Here is an article in the paper from this week:  http://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/local_news/article_bef6160d-8417-5868-9d1a-7c6fa09cfe81.html

And I have started (need to update it!) a photo album of the places I am recording:  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152460482178411.1073741834.43761053410&type=1

Thanks!

Rob

Religious Education at UU Church
Religious Education classes at the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church begin Sunday, Oct. 5, under a new interim director, Rose Sheehan, a licensed early-childhood educator and former director of religious education at All Souls Church in Greenfield. A resident of Gloucester since 2004, Ms. Sheehan has trained in the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Renaissance Training Program for religious educators.  Classes at the Gloucester church are held simultaneous with Sunday family services starting at 10 a.m. The church, on Middle Street at Church Street in downtown Gloucester, is handicapped-accessible. For more information: (978) 283-3410.

Yard Sale On Harriet Road Tomorrow 8am-11:30am

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For A Sneak Peek of a few items for sale tomorrow

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TBT Post

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

During the Block Party on September 20, 2014, TBT Post at 33 Main Street, Gloucester, MA has a great fun way to win a gift certificate. Richard and Mario have made little candy treats with the colors of the Italian flag for customers. Inside the treat bag is a raffle coupon with a number. There will be no need to fill out the raffle ticket with your name, because when the raffle ticket is picked, Richard and Mario will post the winning numbers at the store. Love this idea.
September 19, 2014 TBT