RUBBER DUCK ARMY WILL NOT NEGOTIATE
VIP SELL OUT ALERT: John Sebastian VIP Tickets for Saturday (9/13) almost gone
Only a few VIP tickets left for John Sebastian at Gloucester’s UU Meetinghouse (GET VIP TICKETS HERE). VIP gets you in the first 5 rows, plus exclusive early entry and a Celebrate Gloucester Commemorative VIP Laminate.
As of now, there are plenty of standard seats left, but they’re going fast too, so you might not want to wait until the last minute. Get tickets NOW so you can relax, vote in tomorrow’s primary and enjoy the rest of the week with one less worry on your mind.
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Music Around Town ~ September 8-14, 2014
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Wake Me When It’s Over. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Video Zen
USCG Eagle Arrives in Gloucester Harbor
With Marine Scanner Chatter
08/29/2014
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Quick, Grab Your Camera and Scatter!
It’s Supermoon Monday. Another Supermoon is upon us. So grab your camera and run to your favorite moon viewing spot. I will either be at Cressy’s Beach or Hanging with my Bro’s at the State Fish Pier. If you go to the Pier bring a box of cheese Nips and you’ll make some good friends forever. Good Harbor Beach is too busy and so is the Back Shore.
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High and Dry
You can keep on pulling on that anchor line, but I’m quite certain the boat isn’t going to budge.
There are worse places in the world to be stuck than the back side of Wingaersheek….and I’m fairly certain this guy knew that too. He got that sucker WAAAY up there. Assuming it was on purpose, he gets a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 How to Make Summer Weekends Last into September. If it wasn’t on purpose, well, he still gets a 10….but, on a scale of 1 to 10 How Much Do You Agree That Boaters Should Need Licenses to Operate a Vessel.
It ins’t over yet, Peeps!
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Monday September 8th , 2014 Cape Ann Weather..
Marine Forecast :
Today NE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
Tonight E winds 5 to 10 kt…increasing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Pod Cast Weather:
http://www.spreaker.com:80/episode/4940129
Beach Forecast:
Cool 60°s
Sun / high clouds
Water temps 67°
Winds NE 15-25mph
UV INDEX 9
Hourly Forecast:
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Community Stuff 9/8/14
Meeting this Friday, September 12 at Cape Ann Giclee, 9-10:30 AM
Hi Everyone,
The Cape Ann Painter and Photographer Group will meet on Friday,September 12 from 9-10:30 AM at the Cape Ann Giclee on 20 Maplewood Ave, Gloucester.
Hope to see you there. All are welcome!
Alice Gardner
For those wishing to learn T’ai Chi: classes at Cape Anne Center for Dance start Tues. 9/9 from 9:30 – 10:30 AM.
To register or for more info, contact me — Amy Shapiro, holistic practitioner and teacher: 978-283-5039
Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum Hosts13th Annual Fall Fundraiser: Vineyard to Shipyard – Wine Tasting and Auction – October 3, 2014 7-9:30 pm
Wine Tasting and Auction in support of the Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum! Dozens of fabulous items! Featuring wine from Chebacco Market, Food catered by Tim Hopkins Catering, Cookies from Lark Fine Foods, Michael March, Auctioneer, Local Maritime Artists, Live Music! For more information and to purchase tickets go to www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org. Tickets are $25.00/person.
Event held at Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Waterline Center, 66 Main Street, Essex, MA 01929 978-768-7541
Manchester Essex High School ALS Ice bucket challenge Friday
We freeze it & deliver it,
they dump it over their heads…. what a world !
In an event coordinated by the school’s DECA program, over 380 students, faculty, and staff participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money to help fight Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Participants made a donation of at least $10 to be a part of the challenge. Cape Pond Ice generously helped by donating ice, and Home Depot donated many of the buckets used in the event.
The DECA students challenged 220,000 other DECA students across the USA and seven other countries to take the challenge, and as well, MERHS challenged the 950,000 + students in Massachusetts to take the challenge.
Pete Frates is a Beverly native who has ALS and was the inspiration for the original Ice Bucket Challenge. His father, John Frates, attended the MEMS/MERHS event and spoke to the participants about the cause.
Over $6,000 was raised by the school community for The ALS Association.
We freeze it & deliver it,
they dump it over their heads…. what a world !
check out: http://www.memo.mersd.org/2014/09/gallery-380-studentsfaculty-take-ice-bucket-challenge/
Dyslexia Awareness Campaign
· Is your child struggling to acquire reading skills?
· Does it seem to take extra time to formulate his spoken and written ideas?
· Are messy handwriting and poor spelling obstacles to success?
· Is your child feeling frustrated with all aspects of school – even the social side?
Efforts to increase awareness and provide better educational support for students with dyslexia are gaining momentum nationwide. Decoding Dyslexia – MA is leading the way in Massachusetts by organizing regional informational events for parents and professionals. The following free presentations are open to anyone interested in learning more about the needs of struggling readers and how literacy skills can be improved for all children.
This free workshop will include the following:
· Understanding and identifying the profile of a dyslexic learner
· Current research on dyslexia
· Information on locating and advocating for appropriate services
· A discussion of the current advocacy efforts of MA parents to increase opportunities for students with dyslexia in MA public schools.
About Decoding Dyslexia-MA (DDMA):
Decoding Dyslexia – MA is a grassroots movement driven by parents, educators and professionals concerned with the limited access to evidence based interventions for dyslexia. We are inspired by and collaborating with other Decoding Dyslexia groups nationwide. We aim to raise awareness, to empower students with dyslexia and their families, and to inform policy makers on practices based on neuroscience to identify, remediate, and support students with dyslexia in Massachusetts’s public schools and institutions of higher learning.
Tuesday, Sept 16th 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Beverly Public Library
Sohier Room
32 Essex St, Beverly
Saturday, Sept 20th 2:00 pm – 4:00p m
Plymouth Public Library
Otto Fellow Room
132 South St, Plymouth
Wednesday, Oct 8th 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Boston Plan for Excellence
Suite 110
27-43 Wormwood Street, Boston
For more information please visit our website: http://www.decodingdyslexiama.org
Or contact: mailto:decodingdyslexiama@gmail.com
Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DecodingDyslexiaMA
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DDyslexiaMA
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“Art, Rocks!” Found 09/29/2014 “Way too Easy…..”
Got an email from GloucesterCaster Toby Pett. “Way too Easy….”
Toby must be on GMG 24/7 It only took 25 minutes.
How far did it skip in the creek Toby? 🙂
Your gonna have to turn your head to see it. Toby went to the Ed Collard School of Photography.
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GloucesterCast With Guest Kim Smith and Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 09/07/14
GloucesterCast With Guest Kim Smith and Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 09/07/14
Topics Include: Kim Smith, Toby Pett Absent, Tripping Over Bobby Bobskill, The Loss Of Jackie Hardy, Crazy Lightning Storm,Yanic Triesdale,The Wedding Of Isabelle Lafleche, J’Adore New York , J’Adore Paris, Thunderstorm Damage, Pulling A Post, HarborWalk Garden Maintenance, To Deadhead or Not, Burnham’s Field Reopening, Holy Cow Reopening, Ward 2 Power Alley, Women and Men are not wired the same when it comes to coffee, Why it is impossible for a woman to order a regular coffee, Kim’s Cheap Coffee Move, Dunks vs McDonalds Coffee, Tom Hauck 60th Birthday Celebration, New Computer For Tom, Laptop vs Desktop, TBT Post Perfect Man Gift, Alpaca Sweater, Red Box Hell, Over The Air Antennae, Kim Doesn’t Watch Fox But Not Because It Is Seen As A Republican Channel, Kim Says She Is a Moderate LOL, Does Bruce Tarr Run Against Anyone?, Polarizing Politics, Ditching A Home Phone Line, Cable Company Bill Structure, The New X1 Infinity Cable Boxes Make The Old Cable Boxes Look Like 1980s Technology, Negotiating Your Cable Bill, You Need To Not Use Comcast or Verizon Email.
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Is it misogynistic to say a woman is sexy?
Yes or no in the comment section. Please and Thank you.
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Holy Cow Set To Reopen Next Week
Spoke with owner Mike Schifino yesterday to get the “scoop” (terrible pun I know)
At 80 Pleasant Street
For More info-
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Keeping Cool
Our adorable neighbor Esme and her friends Frances and Lyda keeping cool on a summer’s afternoon!
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RUBBER DUCK ARMY ASSEMBLING ON THE ISLAND in a secret location. Homie is on sentry duty.
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Some Storm
That was, indeed, some storm last night. Poor Lucy, our 7 year old pup, has seen plenty of thunderstorms and usually she barely notices. But last night she grew more and more agitated as the frequency and intensity of the strikes increased. She jumped from my lap to Barbara’s and back again a few times, tried hiding under tables and stared at us as if to say, “make it stop, make it stop.”
Finally, she pulled her favorite quilt from a couch, nosed it under a table. fluffed it up and curled up on it for the duration.
Our last dog, Fletch, used to howl incessantly throughout the duration of thunderstorms. Then once, during a storm in his twelfth year, he remained quiet. That’s how we discovered he had lost his hearing.
Fletcher
Several years ago I taught Lucy how to meditate. She became pretty good at it. However, now she often dozes off while counting her breaths. Last night when I reminded her of the calming effects of that practice she responded with something like, “meditation,schmeditation, THIS IS SCARY!!!”
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Fenway Park
No matter what the weather, Fenway Park is America favorite ball park. As we waited for the storm to pass the sky over Fenway look ominous.
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“Take me I’m Yours” Art Rocks 9/7/2014
Too easy!
“Art, Rocks!”
Left at 3:40pm
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Postponed Until Spring 2015
Watch for Announcement of Rescheduled Date – it will be an amazing kickoff to the 2015 season that you won’t want to miss.
E.J. Lefavour
http://www.hobbithousestudio.com
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Arsenic and Old Lace at Shalin Liu
Theater In The Pines in ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
SHALIN LIU PERFORMANCE CENTER
37 Main St., Rockport – Accessible
September 12, 13, 14, 2014
Friday and Saturday 7:30.
Matinee: Saturday 2:30. Sunday 2:00
Tickets $20 – Available at:
Toad Hall Books, Main St, Rockport
The Book Store, Main St., Gloucester
Rockport Music Box Office, 37 Main St., Rockport
978-546-7391 or tickets.rockportmusic.org
and in the lobby prior to performance.
written by Joseph Kesserling
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE is a old beloved, hysterical, and dark CLASSIC comedy about a family with several homicidal, maniacs, including two elderly, adorable, and precious Aunts who lovingly poison older gentlemen and then employ their delightfully confused brother who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt to bury them in the basement. This all happens around a wonderful love interest and delicious romance. Arsenic and Old Lace has it all and it is SWELL. Written by Joseph Kesserling. Friday, Sept. 12, 7:30, Saturday, September 13, 2:30 and 7:30, and Sunday, September 14, 7:30. Theater in the Pines at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, 978-546-7391
Arsenic and Old Lace
Cast List
(In Order of Appearance)
Abby Brewster – Sue Barratt Sousa
The Rev. Dr. Harper – Randy Dupps
Teddy Brewster – Rick Doucette
Officer Brophy – Chuck Francis
Officer Klein – Ruthie Exama
Martha Brewster – Marjorie Grace
Elaine Harper – Kierstin Hazzard
Mortimer Brewster – Larry Cook
Mr. Gibbs – Fr. Garibaldi
Jonathan Brewster – Martin Ray
Dr. Einstein – Jonathan Arnold
Officer O’Hara – Nelson Pike/Karl Pulkkinen
Lieutenant Rooney – Keith McCarthy
Mrs. Witherspoon – Patti Pike
Artistic Director – Nan Webber
Technical Director – Frank Wolcott
Stage Manager – Karl Pulkkinen
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Sept 26 27 28 Gloucester to Honor its Own Monuments Man: Sculptor Walker Hancock
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Hi Joey,
During the weekend of September 26-28, the City of Gloucester will celebrate the life and work of Sculptor Walker Hancock. The celebration, sponsored by the Gloucester Committee for the Arts, will feature events in several venues, including The Cape Ann Museum, The Cape Ann Community Cinema, and Gloucester City Hall. Other partners include Essex National Heritage Area and Cape Ann TV.
“It’s a three part celebration,” said Judith Hoglander, Event Chair. “We want to showcase not only Hancock’s great talent as sculptor and his contribution to great art as we know it today as a Monuments Man, but to show his private side as well.”
The Cape Ann Museum showcases Hancock’s art with an exhibit titled A Chosen Place-Walker Hancock and His Friends. This exhibit features works by Hancock and by other nationally known artists who lived and worked on Cape Ann during the period from the 1940s until the 1980s. One of the better-known artists in this group is Hancock’s friend, and colleague, sculptor Paul Manship. Manship is best known for his towering golden Prometheus in New York City’s Rockefeller Center. Manship called Hancock, “The last American Master Craftsman in Sculpture. [He is] equally at home in every branch of the art from medals to monuments.”
On Friday evening (9/26) the Cape Ann Museum will host a Conversation With Deanie Hancock French, Walker Hancock’s daughter, and Jonathan Fairbanks, Director of the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton. This event is free to Cape Ann Museum members with a $10 charge for non-members.
On Saturday (9/27) from 10:30 AM until 2:30 PM, the Cape Ann Museum will conduct private tours of the Hancock exhibit. Space on the tour is limited to 25 persons and is on a first-come first-served basis.
On Saturday afternoon (9/27) at 2:30 PM, the Cape Ann Community Cinema, in downtown Gloucester, will show the film Monuments Men with George Clooney, Matt Damon and John Goodman. Hancock was one of the first to be called to join the now famous Monuments Men. As one of the Monuments Men, Hancock was a key player in the rescue of works of art and priceless relics (including the coffin of Frederick the Great), from the mines at Bernterode in Southern Germany. The mines were packed with an enormous cache of dynamite. The Monuments Men arrived just in time to stop their destruction by order of the Nazis. This event and others during the weekend are part of the Essex National Heritage Area’s Trails and Sails weekend and are free to the public.
On Saturday evening (9/27) at Gloucester City Hall at 7PM there will be a special event featuring –ROBERT EDSEL– the author of the book Monuments Men- on which the film was based – will talk about the book and the great importance of the work these men and women did to preserve many of the priceless art treasures we have today. Mr. Edsel is founder of the Monuments Men Foundation, created to “raise public awareness of the importance of protecting and safeguarding civilization’s most important artistic and cultural treasures from armed conflict.” A “Meet and Greet” and book signing by Mr. Edsel will follow the talk. This event is free to the public with donations accepted to defray costs.
On Sunday (9/28) at 1PM, the Cape Ann Community Cinema will have another showing of Monuments Men.
On Sunday (9/28) at 3PM in Gloucester City Hall there will be a panel discussion featuring friends and neighbors of Hancock’s in Lanesville, The panel will be moderated by local artist and former Cable TV host, Sinikka Nogelo. Panelists will share memories of Hancock as friend and neighbor. Among the panelists will be Hancock’s daughter, Deanie Hancock French and Gloria Parsons, Hancock’s long time cook. The audience will also be invited to contribute their memories. © Matthew Green photo
Segments of the weekend’s events will be filmed in order to preserve memories of Hancock’s life and work for the future.
Sponsored by: the Gloucester Committee for the Arts, its Partners and Friends
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