Good Morning Gloucester

CALVO WOODCARVING STUDIO is looking for an Apprentice.  Applicant must have good aptitude, dexterity, and hopefully some woodworking skills.  This is an interviewed position. For more information you can check the website at www.calvostudio.com  or call at 978-283-0231
warm regards,
David
Calvo Studio
235 East Main St
Gloucester, MA  01930

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Cape Ann Art Haven’s new class for kids ages 3 – 5: Little Hands BIG Art

register at www.arthaven.org

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Get Out & Explore!

The Trustees of Reservations Launches a

New Crane Outdoor Adventures Program

Photo courtesy B. Handelman.

Ipswich, MA – February 27, 2014 – The Trustees of Reservations is excited to announce the launch of the new year-round Crane Outdoor Adventures Program at The Crane Estate, located at 290 Argilla Road, Ipswich, MA. With more than 2,000 acres and miles of trails weaving through beaches, dunes, woodlands, and marshes, The Crane Estate offers the ideal outdoor playground. Each month, the program will feature two or three different “adventures” on the grounds of The Crane Estate, the Crane Wildlife Refuge, Choate Island, and the nearby Hamlin Reservation.

“With the increased use of technology in our lives, more and more children and adults are not spending enough time outside,” says Barbara Erickson, Trustees President and CEO, outdoor enthusiast and mother of two young children. “It’s our mission at The Trustees to inspire more Massachusetts residents of all ages to get out, be active and experience our many wonderful outdoor places located across the state. The new Crane Outdoor Adventures Program is just one of the many ways we are trying to support this.”

The program kicks off this March with a Stop, Look and Listen Tour – an outdoor adventure for the whole family that includes hiking, investigating, and swapping stories over hot chocolate at the bonfire. March also marks the first of the monthly Full Moon and Folklore Hikes. Additional springtime family adventures include Spying on Spring Peepers, a Scavenger Hunt at the Hamlin Reservation, and Snakes Alive! – a snake hunt on the property at the Crane Estate followed by Rick Roth’s “Snakes of New England and the World” show.

The adult line-up for Crane Outdoor Adventures for adults include a kayak paddle through Fox Creek, a viewing of the Harvest Moon Rise from the Grand Allée with wine & hors d‘oeuvres, and a kayak paddle to Choate Island for a tour followed by a picnic supper. Visit the website, www.thetrurstees.org/castlehill or call 978.356.4351 x4052 for the complete Crane Outdoor Adventures schedule and information.

MARCH PROGRAM DETAILS

Full Moon and Folklore Hike

Sunday, March16  | 7-10pm

Join us as we celebrate the Algonquin Worm Moon with a night hike through the dunes of the Crane Wildlife Refuge! Transformed and illuminated by the glow of the full moon, the dunes are an eerily beautiful landscape – and on this late winter evening we may be lucky enough to hear the howls of coyotes as they search for a mate. At the end of our walk we’ll warm ourselves with hot cider around a bonfire.

Trustees Members: $15 Nonmembers: $20; suggested ages 13 and older.

Stop, Look and Listen Tour

Saturday, March 22 | 1-3pm

An outdoor adventure for the whole family! We’ll walk the Cedar Point loop, investigating the trail for tracks and telltales, piecing together evidence that will help us see the story in the landscape. Bring your sharp senses and your skills of observation! We’ll end the hike in the Pine Grove with a bonfire and hot chocolate.

Trustees Members: Adult FREE; Child $5. Nonmembers: Adult FREE; Child $8.

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Spying on Spring Peepers

Saturday, April 12 |  7-9pm

In the early evening darkness we’ll quietly make our way through the dunes to the bogs and puddles that serve as breeding pools for these tiny frogs, and hope to catch a glimpse of them as they call to find a mate. The cacophonous chorus of Spring Peepers means winter is finally coming to an end; they are among the very first to call and breed in the spring.

Trustees Members: Adult $8; Child $4. Nonmembers: Adult $10; Child $5.

Full Moon and Folklore Hike

Tuesday, April 15 |  8-10pm

According to The Farmer’s Almanac, April’s Full Pink Moon heralds the appearance of the moss pink, or wild ground phlox—one of the first spring flowers. It is also known as the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and the Fish Moon. Bring your own fun facts and folklore to share around the bonfire at the end of our hike!

Trustees Members: $15 Nonmembers: $20; suggested ages 13 and older.

Scavenger Hunt at Hamlin Reservation

Thursday, April 24 | 1-2:30pm

Looking for something fun to do with the kids during school vacation? Join us at the Hamlin Reservation, where we’ll search for nature’s treasures (and some man-made as well!) as we walk through the gently rolling fields of this former farmland, then over a dike path that leads to a loop trail around Eagle Island. Bring your sharpest skills of observation, and a bag to collect your treasures!

Trustees Members: Adult FREE; Child $5. Nonmembers: Adult FREE; Child $8.

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Finally – progress in the fight for healthy kids
Sarah Bartley, NSUW
“We now have a vegetable with dinner every day—whether it be from our garden or not,” says a mom and participant in the Backyard Growers Program.  This program helps low- and moderate-income families plant and harvest from raised-bed gardens in their backyards. 
This is just one of several innovative local responses to the childhood obesity epidemic in the US.  But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finally have good news.  This week it was reported that obesity rates have dropped 43 percent among 2- to 5-year-old children over the past decade nationwide.  MA is one of just 19 states seeing a decrease in rates.
Part of the Cape Ann Farmers Market, Backyard Growers is one of 10 programs that have been funded by the North Shore United Way’s Women in Action initiative.  Women in Action is the North Shore’s first focused response to the issue that engages people in both philanthropy and volunteerism for local programs that increase access to healthy food, sound nutrition, and physical activity for children and families. In its report, the CDC sites citizens groups like Women in Action and innovative local programs like Backyard Growers for nudging the childhood obesity rate down and offering a solution that improves the health and wellbeing to America’s youth.
In addition to supporting philanthropic efforts like Women in Action, there are many people can get involved in the effort to increase access to healthy food and physical activity.
    Like to garden?  Become a mentor for the Backyard Growers program and share your experience with someone who is starting out.  Or maybe you have a truck?  If so, you have a great resource to this growing program.  MORE
    Enjoy preparing healthy food and have a heart for those who struggle to put enough of it on the table?  Consider helping prepare community meals with The Open Door, a Gloucester based pantry that has led the way in the nutrition movement. MORE
    Have experience swimming or in other sports?  Become a swim instructor or volunteer assistant coach for one of the North Shore Y’s leagues.  You do not need to be a professional athlete, but have a love of sports and a concern for instilling Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility in children of all ages. MORE
    Enjoy volunteering with young children? Beverly Children’s Learning Center runs a Happy Healthy Fit Kids program that introduces their children to being active and eating healthy foods both inside and outside of the classroom. They seek classroom helpers. MORE
These are just four of many ways to become engaged in building a stronger, healthier community listed on the North Shore Volunteer Hub, a new website from the North Shore United Way helping residents find meaningful, local volunteer opportunities.
Volunteer opportunities are meaningful when you know you are meeting a real community need. But it will only last if it is also a good fit for your skills, availability, and interests.  Found at nsuw.org, the Volunteer Hub allows you to search by issue or need until you find the right volunteer match. 
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The North Shore United Way invests almost $1M each year in projects that transform lives and improve communities now and for future generations.  NSUW is all about local impact by rigorously vetting and supporting 25 causes that serve children, families, and seniors in eight North Shore communities, including Beverly, Hamilton, Wenham, Ipswich, Essex, Manchester, Gloucester and Rockport.  For more information about the projects funded by NSUW donors and how to get involved, visit nsuw.org.

In This Newsletter
Three More Days to See Winter Bird Art

Chris Leahy Gallery Talk

Late Winter Meditations

An Interesting Tidbit

All Over Again: Music and Dance in Performance

Three More Days To See Winter Bird Art
Friday (10-5), Saturday (10-7), and Sunday (10-5) are the remaining days to see the winter bird art at Trident Gallery on loan from the Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon. After the birds leave, Winter Meditations will continue with its fourth and final phase, “Persephone’s Return.”

“Winter Birding with John James Audubon”
A Gallery Talk with Chris Leahy
Saturday, March 1, 5pm
Naturalist Chris Leahy is a charismatic and popular speaker as well as a noted author and editor. Raised in Marblehead and a resident of Gloucester since the 1970s, Leahy will speak particularly about the birds of Cape Ann as he adapts a talk he has been giving at the exhibition “Audubon’s Birds, Audubon’s Words” at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to the forty works of bird art currently at Trident Gallery.

Leahy’s interests in natural history are comprehensive, and he is a recognized authority on birds and insects; he holds the Gerard A. Bertrand Chair of Natural History and Field Ornithology at Mass Audubon; he has led natural history explorations to over 70 countries on all of the continents; he is the author of The Birdwatcher’s Companion to North American Birdlife (1,072 pp), Birds of Mongolia (forthcoming), The Nature of Massachusetts, The First Guide to Insects, “A Guide to Winter Birding on Cape Ann,” and many other publications.

The talk will last about an hour. No reservation needed. Chris will move around the gallery. Some folding chairs will be provided. A flyer is available in PDF format.

Late Winter Meditations – Doves on a Razor’s Edge

This morning, Mourning Doves were singing their mournful mating song in East Gloucester. Tonight, the temperature is 15, and a cold, gusty north wind is blowing.

Many living things don’t survive the winter, part two: a Razorbill washed up on Brace Cove beach almost exactly a year ago, and was photographed by Trident Gallery artist Patti Sullivan. First, for comparison, Audubon’s Razorbill (engraved by Robert Havell), and the stuffed Razorbill that visited Trident Gallery for Sandy McDermott’s workshop on January 31st.

An Interesting Tidbit

We’ve seen sea smoke on Gloucester Harbor and the waters around Cape Ann numerous times this year, because temperatures have been unusually cold. Sea smoke is a kind of fog, the same as our breath on a cold day. When very cold air passes over relatively warm water, the water warms and humidifies a layer of air, which drifts up into the colder air and condenses. A Rockport, Maine meteorologist gives a nice explanation here, and this scientific paper from 1963 gives a careful analysis and record of the phenomenon of sea smoke, which can rise in plumes to hundreds of meters above the sea’s surface. Photographer Winston Swift Boyer captured this scene of sea smoke in Gloucester during the winter of 1977-78.

Exhibition Poster (22″ x 23″) for sale in gallery, $25

Winter Meditations Evolves Toward Spring

All Over Again: Music and Dance in Performance
Sunday, March 9th, 5pm.

An evening of music and dance performance heralds the return of spring and again unites the visual and performing arts at Trident Gallery, marking the beginning of “Persephone’s Return,” the fourth and final phase of Winter Meditations. Multi-instrumentalist composers Nathan Cohen and Anthony Leva explore sonic geographies and genres. Dancers Olivier Besson and Chandra Cantor improvise duets with poetic intimacy, striking clarity, and dynamic surprise.

Please arrive at the gallery in time to be seated by 5pm, and note that Gloucester parking meters go off duty at 6pm.

Admission is free. Donations for the performers will be greatly appreciated.

Seating is limited. Seat reservations no later than 9am on Saturday March 8 are strongly recommended (978-491-7785 or events@tridentgallery.com or the Facebook event). If reservations fill all the seats that can be provided, some additional standing guests will be allowed.

A paper flyer is posted online in PDF format, and also a jpg image like the one above but with venue information.

Social Media
Information and images complementary to Winter Meditations appear regularly on the gallery Facebook page and the exhibition’s multimedia blog. Information about gallery events is published to all channels, but other content tends not to overlap with the content of email newsletters.

Summary of Winter Meditations events
17 January (Friday) 7:30pm-8:15pm: dance performance, Then it seemed beautiful
25 January (Saturday) 5pm-7pm: reception “Arctic Life”
31 January (Friday) 1pm-3pm: workshop: Drawing Birds and Wildlife from Nature
8 February (Saturday) 5pm-7pm: poetry reading Brendan Galvin
14 February (Friday) 5pm-6pm poetry reading Rufus Collinson
22 February (Saturday) 5pm-6pm poetry reading David Rich
1 March (Saturday) 5pm-6pm talk: Chris Leahy, “Winter Birding with John James Audubon”
9 March (Sunday) dance performance, All over again

Trident Gallery Overview

Trident Gallery is a showcase for the art of Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Exhibitions of contemporary art in traditional and non-traditional styles and media rotate every four to six weeks and are accompanied by scheduled presentations and discussions. Owner and Gallery Director Dr. Matthew Swift curates the exhibitions and gallery inventory, drawing on academic expertise and four generations of involvement in Cape Ann art to select each work of art and to illuminate its place within the cultural history of the region. Through its exhibitions, library, and programming, Trident Gallery is a part of the vital arts scene on Cape Ann and a resource for learning about the region’s rich artistic legacy and continuing importance.

Sincerely,

Matthew Swift
Director
Trident Gallery

+1 (978) 491-7785
TridentGallery.com
Gallery Hours (during Winter Meditations)
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday: 10am-5pm
Saturday 10am-7pm
Monday, Tuesday, and any time by appointment

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