Community Stuff 5/21/14

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Special Dinner

Make reservations early for this event with a special tasting menu, cocktails featuring Ryan & Wood products and a talk by Bob Ryan on his products – Beauport Vodka, Knockabout Gin, Folly Cove Rum and Ryan & Wood Rye Whiskey.

May 30, 2014, 6:30 pm

Tasting Menu $60

Includes 3 Cocktails

With Local Ryan & Wood Spirits

See Menu Below

Rack of Lamb

Lamb Chop

The French 75

Bob Ryan and His Still

 

May 30, 2014, 6:30 pm

Four Course Tasting Menu $60

With Ryan & Wood Cocktails

1st Course

Candied Porkbelly & Grilled Watermelon

seared haloumi feta, pickled tomato & mint almond vinaigrette

2nd Course

Mochiko Fried Lobster

potato eggplant stir-fry, lomein noodle & lobster curry

3rd Course

Caramel Grilled Petite Filet Mignon

roasted rice cake, red pepper agrodolce & peach kim chee puree

4th Course

Pastry Crème Bombellini

berry macerated, strawberry panna cotta, blueberry ice cream

Water Shuttle Seasonal Passes now available $ 50.00 until June 15 th.

If interested email harbortours@gmail.com or call 978-283-1979 for details.
Thanks.
Capt. Steve Douglas
Harbor Tours, Inc. 
Gloucester, MA., America’s Oldest Seaport
www.capeannharbortours.com

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Dear Joey,

A Math & Science Circus and STEM Expo will occur at the Rockport Public Schools on Saturday, May 31 from 9 AM through Noon.  This free family-friendly event will celebrate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in our schools.  Our partners are the Cambridge Science Festival, MathWorks, the Gloucester Area Astronomy Club, the Rockport PTO, and Education Foundation for Rockport.  More information is attached.

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Gloucester Education Foundation is holding a fundraiser cruise aboard the Beauport Princess, docked at Cruiseport Gloucester. Tickets are now on sale and the inclusion of our event information in your publication would be greatly appreciated.

Please find the Press Release, GEF logo and “Save the date” jpegs attached. 

Kindly reply to this email with questions.

Thank you, in advance on behalf of the Gloucester Education Foundation.

Jennifer Amero

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Cruise for Schools on the Beauport Princess – supporting innovation in education in Gloucester Public Schools

The Gloucester Education Foundation’s 2014 summer fundraiser, “Cruise for Schools” is coming Sunday, July 27, 2014 from 5-8pm. The event will be a sunset cruise aboard the Beauport Princess, docked at Cruiseport in downtown Gloucester, and will feature live music, including performances by local musicians and musically talented teachers and administrators. The event will also include raffles and great food, all in support of the GEF’s innovative programs in the Gloucester Public School System.

GEF supports everything from field trips to performances, literacy and science school year and summer programs, and even provides funding for school gardens and classroom aids that help our teachers to provide the very best student interaction even in large classrooms. EVERY student in Gloucester Public Schools benefits from the GEF.

Tickets are $75 and include the cruise, appetizers from Vinwood Caterers, live music and assist in the GEF’s mission to continue to help students to “Think the Best”.

Event details:
Sunday, July 27, 2014
5-8pm
Beauport Princess at Cruiseport Gloucester

Link for Tickets:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cruise-for-schools-tickets-11452024313?aff=es2&rank=1

Link for more information on The Gloucester Education Foundation:
www.thinkthebest.org

Hi Joey!

I designed some awesome Glosta t-shirts to raise money for my Relay For Life team! Would you mind sharing them with your readers?

Thanks so much!

Vickie Grassman

https://www.booster.com/glosta

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Glostafarians for a Cure are a family team participating in the Relay For Life of Cape Ann in Gloucester, Massachusetts June 13-14, 2014.
There is something magical about Gloucester… a spirit that touches you when you spend time here. We think this tie-dyed Peace.Love.Glosta. t-shirt perfectly conveys the groovy feeling of Gloucester. Proceeds from the sale of this shirt go directly to the American Cancer Society to help create a world with less cancer.
Please support our fundraising efforts and help save lives by ordering a shirt today! Hurry… Ordering ends May 29, 2014!

Hi Joey,

Please post if appropriate…

The Rockport Elementary School EarlyAct Club (Rotary Club for elementary school students) vs Rockport Rotary Club Basketball Game is Thursday evening, May 22, 2014 in the Rockport Elementary School Gymnasium, starting at 6pm, with the game beginning by 6:30. Please come and support the kids, and bring family and friends! Only $5. per person, or $10. per family!  Proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit community and world service projects.  Many thanks and come cheer us on!

EarlyAct™ is a school-wide service club for elementary students from ages 5 to 13. It is sponsored by one of the local Rotary clubs in the township in which the school is located. The mission and operation of EarlyAct™ are closely linked to the ideals of Rotary and provide the foundation and natural succession into Interact.
EarlyAct™ provides young students the opportunity for gaining an increased awareness and knowledge of their community and the world. At a young age, all students can easily be encouraged to be caring and helpful. Their minds are open to recognize the dignity and worth of each individual which builds respect for others.
EarlyAct™ also engages students in character-building activities and prepares them for leadership roles to identify and carry out projects which benefit
their school, local and global communities.

Cool Stuff You Might Not Have Known About The New Cape Ann License Plates Video Interview

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Did you know you can request your numbers for a little extra dough?

I’ve got printed applications right here at the dock if you want to pick one up.  I’ll even deliver it to the Chamber for you!

There was a ton of stuff I found out for the first time in this interview with Ken Riehl, Peter Webber, Brienne Black and Kerry McKenna.

Order your own plate personalized with your favorite numbers right at the Chamber website-

http://capeannchamber.com/

Download an APPLICATION.

For more information, please contact the Chamber at info@capeannchamber.com, or call 978-283-1601.

CA Plate to RMV 8 May

Click for video interview-

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If you don’t have a printer you can head to the Chamber for an application or come down the dock and I have them here-

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Live Ballin: Ring Night at FENWAY!

Posted on by Craig Kimberley

What do you do when your awesome Aunt Joany shows up w Sox tix to ring night? Yup, game on!! Me and Joany on Yawkey!

Da bling side 1

Bling side 2

Game on boys, so stop the bleeding tonight!!!

Splish Splash

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Bird Bath Gray Catbird ©Kim Smith 2014Click image to view larger

The day we planted blueberry bushes is the very same day the catbirds began to call our garden home. We now see Gray Catbirds (Dumetella carolinensis) throughout the seasons, devouring the seeds and fruit of holly, crabapple, winterberry, magnolia, blueberry, and shad. Their cat-like cries, which lends the species their common name, are welcome and often heard. Gray Catbirds are in the Mimidae Family and, like their relatives the Mockingbirds, also mimic the songs of other birds.

Although I have read that catbirds are shy, they seem relatively sociable in our garden and aren’t threatened by the presence of people within close proximity. We keep the bird baths filled with fresh clean water and I especially love to watch the catbirds from our kitchen window as they are so exuberant in their bathing habits–diving and splashing and then drying their wings at the edge of the basin. Oh Joyous Spring!

Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis ©Kim Smith 2014

Gloucester Welcoming Center Open House Thursday 5:30pm — YOU SHOULD BE THERE

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

So, you don’t think you benefit from tourists coming to Gloucester?  Well …. do you like: having a choice of world-class restaurants you can walk to; our extraordinarily hot music music scene in all kinds of venues, including schooners; guaranteed parking at some of the most gorgeous beaches anywhere on Earth all summer long for only $20; living among award-winning museums, studios & galleries, Broadway-quality theatre; a thriving cultural economy … I could go on and on … OR perhaps your an artists, musician, photographer, writer, actor, chef, carpenter, plumber, contractor, fitness instructor, diver, ship’s captain, etc … OR  you own or work in a hotel, restaurant, gallery, museum, boat, theatre, school or any retail store in Gloucester … or your business supports these people, like a lawyer, accountant, banker, realtor … Let’s face it, there’s really no business nor person in Gloucester who doesn’t benefit directly when tourists come here to share the City we all love.  So come to Stage Fort Park on Thursday and see what the good people who work so hard to make tourism possible do every day to make your life better!

Stage Fort Park Open House invite(2)

Art & Textiles Auction May 20th 1 Lexington Ave. Gloucester MA

Posted on by Joanne

Little Auction House/Big Art

Tuesday Evening, May 20th, 2014

6pm (Preview 3-6 May 19th & 20th)
1 Lexington Ave., Gloucester, MA

Cash, checks & CCs accepted.
MA lic#2621
No Buyer’s Premium! No Sales Tax (Proceeds go to 501c)

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There will be more than 250 lots of Fine Art, Textiles and more including:
The Age – 3  Civil War 1864 Era Newspapers
Lots of Antique Fire Brigade related ephemera 
Collection of hand carved folk art figures by Tim Jumper of Hingham MA

see partial photo gallery here > http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/photopanel.cgi?mode=1&listingid=2085479&url=auctionlist.cgi

Magnolia is a bit busier than it has been in the past 6 months, but there is parking on both sides of all the streets all the way around the the Village.

Island in the Annisquam: Merchants

Posted on by Fredrik Bodin
Three investors bought Merchants (or Pearce) island about 1890: Edward Samuel Page, Mr. Kitchen, and another investor. They had trouble selling lots because of fresh water issues. This photo shows Merchants Island from Riverview, with the pier and float in the foreground, enabling the only access to the island. A handful of cottages still stand on Merchants, used in the summer only.
Three investors bought Merchants (or Pearce) island about 1890: Edward Samuel Page, Mr. Kitchen, and another investor. They had trouble selling lots because of fresh water issues. This photo shows Merchants Island from Riverview in 1910, with the pier and float in the foreground, enabling the only access to the island, and Wingaersheek dunes in the background (right) A handful of cottages still stand on Merchants, used in the summer only.
Here's a cottage on Merchant’s Island about 1900, with a moored dory with fish traps. A few hardy summer residents of Merchants have visited the gallery. I noticed they frequently looked outside at the weather. That's understandable - it's a long row home.
Here’s a cottage on Merchant’s Island about 1900, with a moored dory holding fish traps. A few hardy summer residents of Merchants have visited the gallery. I noticed they frequently looked outside at the weather. That’s understandable – it’s a long row home.

And Madam Butterfly Brings Awareness To The Masses With The Second Annual Cape Ann Milkweed Project…

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Kim Smith doing what Kim Smith does- advocating for the buttahflys Smile

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Tuesday May 20th , 2014 Cape Ann Weather

Posted on by Peter J Lovasco

Marine Forecast :
Tue NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt…becoming NE 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
Tue Night E winds around 5 kt…becoming W after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft.

Sun and Clouds with afternoon Sea Breeze’s highs in the 50’s shore to 70’s inland .. Along Sea Breeze convergence zone we may see the development of showers / storms .. Winds North west to 10mph inland and East North east on the coast! Tuesday Night any showers dissipate temps cooling down into the 40’s …..

Hourly Forecast :

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Extended Forecast :

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Community Stuff 5/20/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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The award-winning watercolorist, Marion Hall, is exhibiting her vivid, impressionistic paintings in the vestry gallery of the
Unitarian Universalist Society of Rockport, 4 Cleaves Street, Rockport, from May 16 through June 30. Marion is a
Signature Member of the New England Watercolor Society, as well as an artist member of both the Rockport Art
Association and the North Shore Art Association. Her work features seascapes, landscapes, and wildlife of New England,
particularly Cape Ann. Please call the church for gallery hours: 978-546-2989.

Sunday June 22nd is International Sun Day, and, weather permitting, the Gloucester Area Astronomy Club  will be celebrating  in downtown Gloucester, by the Fisherman statue, from 5:00 pm until 9:00. There will be safe solar observing glasses for the public, handouts and activities for the kids, and a number of different specially filtered solar telescopes, to take some good long looks at our nearest star.

How is our sun like a pot of boiling spaghetti? What is space weather and why should we care?  We’ll find out! We’ll see giant solar prominences live, as they happen, and sunspots big enough to swallow the earth as they make their way around the sun’s surface.   When it starts to get dark we’ll take a look at the planet Saturn, giant Jupiter and beautiful star clusters and nebulae.

Come join us on the Boulevard for International Sun Day Sunday as we explore the universe around us, both near and far.

The Gloucester Area Astronomy Club meets on the second Friday of every month at the Lanesville Community Center in Gloucester. More information is available on their website at at http://gaac.us or their facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/gaacpage. You can also follow them on twitter, @gaactweet.

Registration for FREE Adult Education Classes at Wellspring House

FREE Transportation Provided

Do something different this summer! Registration for FREE adult education classes at Wellspring House in Gloucester is going on now for those interested in attending our Summer Session. Classes begin Monday, June 2nd and you must be registered before that date.

Wellspring’s Adult Learning Initiative (ALI) provides 8 weeks of FREE classes in Computer Skills, Career Development, English and Math for men and women interested in passing the high school equivalency test, returning to school or finding a career. Classes run from 8:45 am -12:30 pm, Monday – Friday for 8 weeks.

The goal of the ALI program is to help individuals move toward personal and financial self-reliance by gaining self-confidence, direction, motivation and workplace skills necessary to further their education and careers.

FREE transportation is available for students who need it.

Whether your goal is to get a better job or go back to school, call the Career and Education Advisor for more information or to sign up for classes at (978) 281-3558, ext. 304.Wellspring House is located at 302 Essex Ave., Gloucester MA.

Be Courageous!!