Say What? Fire, Ice & Music in Downtown Rockport!

Posted on by S.D. Kelly

People assume that the off-season in Rockport means that the town is entirely shut down when, in reality, winter in Rockport provides great opportunities to enjoy downtown when it is at its most beautiful with snow cover and ice — all of it reflecting the thin winter light. Plus you can easily find parking, which is never a bad thing.

Local residents and artists Rick Ehrstin and Rob Trumbour have collaborated with composer Andy Tierstien to create Wharf Music: a public art installation bringing together light and music. The installation will take place in the heart of Rockport on Bradley Wharf over four evenings: February 14th, 15th, 21st and 22nd from 6:30 to 8:00pm.

Come get warm by the fire, listen to the music as it washes across the water, check out the installation on the wharf and feel a moment of gratitude that you live in a place where cool stuff like this happens.

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Wharf Music

“The night, the warmth of a fire, the company of others, a distant musical conversation.”

The Rabbit Responsible For Multiple Mexican Woman Faintings Over Past Couple Days

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

The tongue is just too much to take. Not only possessing the length but equally impressive girth.
Strap on the gimp mask and he might as well be Brad Pitt under there.

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Dan Kennedy on Piano – Crowell Chapel Manchester MA

Posted on by Lowell Peabody

DAN KENNEDY;    LIVE ON PIANO
FEBRUARY 15, 2014    AT 4 PM
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.THECROWELLCHAPEL.COM, AND AT 2 MANCHESTER STORES; NORTH COAST TOO! AND NOR’EAST FRAMEWORKS.

~ you’re invited ~ to a con­cert by an award-winning con­tem­po­rary instru­mental pianist in the vibrant acoustics and classic inte­rior of Crowell Chapel … see Dan Kennedy, piano – live the Crowell Chapel, 4 Rosedale Ave., Man­chester, Ma 01944

4:00 pm, Sat­urday, Feb­ruary 15, 2014
(617) 755‑9299 www​.the​crow​ellchapel​.com
$20 | $15 stu­dents and chil­dren under 12
~ recep­tion to follow ~

•Dan’s album INTUITION peaked at #7 on the ZMR Top 100 Chart, an inter­na­tional chart

•INTUITION was named a Top 10 New Age Album of 2012 by John P. Olsen of NewAgeMusicWorld​.com

•INTUITION was selected as an Audiosyncracy “Best of 2012″ CD

•Dan’s tune DULCIMER IN G has been in rota­tion at SiriusXM Satellite Radio’s ”Spa” since 2009

•Reviews New Age (RNA) Video of the Month, May, 2013 for Dan’s nature-based video ‘Could Be’ watch here!

listen at dan’s web­site

To purchase  tickets for  this  event:

Please  purchase  tickets online  at  www.crowellchapel.com using your  credit  card.

Tickets may also  be  purchased from Woody Kelly at 617-755-9299 or at  Nor’east Frameworks and  North Coast Too…

GIRLS BASKETBALL CAMP during February Vacation Week – still room for more!

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

** Walk-ins welcome!   Sign up for one, two or all three days!**

The Lady Fishermen basketball team is hosting a three-day hoop camp for younger (girls) basketball players.  Come learn all the skills needed to become a stronger and more confident ball player.  Work with the varsity girls coach Tara Driscoll to increase your endurance and achieve your own goals in basketball!
Download the attached flyer, and mail with your check for $80 made payable to GHS Girls Basketball.   The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 18, 19 and 20 at the Gloucester High School field house.   *Please come to the field house by 8:30 a.m. on the first day (Tues Feb 18) to be registered.*

Need more information?  Check out our facebook page “Girls Youth Basketball of Gloucester MA” or contact Coach Driscoll attara.driscoll20@gmail.com.
Thanks – hope to see many of you there!

A Valentines Day Tweet~ Heart For The Backyard Birds

Posted on by Sista Felicia

PrintThe cold stormy weather is making the birds extra hungry this season. Wednesday morning I noticed the birds had completely devoured the food in the birdfeeder I hug a few weeks ago, leaving the sac and plastic try both completely empty.  Luckily I had all the ingredients in the house to make and  hang a new Valentine Tweet~Heart shaped Bird feeder embellished with colorful dangling heart adornments and cupids arrow.  I am thrilled to report that the birds were happily eating yesterday morning as the storm neared Gloucester.

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Wishing everyone a Happy Valentines Day.  Enjoy your day!

Captain Pete and His Buddy Mike

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey,
Today is the 7 year anniversary of one of my dads very close friends passing away. I’m sure you remember him, he was very hard to forget. His name was Mike Comfort from Schenectady New York. Dad met him when he would come down to fish at the yankee fleet with his wife Stacey and two step daughters Jaime and Tessah. They became very close, as my dad was like a father to the couple. Mike lived to go deep sea fishing and lobstering with my dad. If you could just write up a little something, that would mean a lot to us and to his widow. She hasn’t been here much since his passing, but she may come down this summer to go out fishing. I have attached a few pictures of Mike living the life he always wanted being a Gloucester fisherman. Thank you.
~Haley Mondello

First picture is mike putting bait and a hook on an underwater camera to watch the fish on the yankee patriot
Second is Mike standing on the stern of the Allison Carol
And third his Mike and my dad “bonding” with a swan docked at captain Joe’s on the Allison Carol

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GloucesterCast 2/13/14 With Joey C and The Rabbit

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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GloucesterCast 2/13/14 With Joey C and The Rabbit

Listen in for the Rabbit’s extreme Masshole accent.  Straight from Quincy Mass-The Q.

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SEVERE WEATHER LIVE UPDATE FEB 14th THURSDAY NIGHT!!

Posted on by Peter J Lovasco

Live From Bass Rocks…
Damaging Winds In Excess of 65mph!!!
Backlash a Big Question Mark!!!
Storm Continues next Several Hours.
Power Outages Likely … Sorry I’ve been under the weather today stuck at home sick in bed .. But I ran out with Marcy to get this footage for u.. Enjoy and I’m sure you’ll be shocked as well..
Thanks for viewing .
Peter&Marcy
GMG
G.E.T. W.E.T.

Community Photos 2/13/14

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

A few of my friends asked me to share this guy.  He was floating down the Annisquam a few days ago.

Matt

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Nancy Dudley Checks In From Essex

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Eben's Creek Looking North and South 2-11

Jon Sarkin – CATV Portrait Series

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Hi Kim,

Would you mind posting this new video to GMG for us? It’s the first of a new DSLR series we’re producing called The Portrait Series. This first video features Jon Sarkin, the Gloucester-based artist.

Thanks very much,
Erich Archer

See Previous GMG Posts About Jon Sarkin ~

Check Out The Bad Ass New Fish Sign Outside Jon Sarkin’s Fish City Studios

Jon Sarkin Interview At His Birdseye Building Studio Part I

Jon Sarkin Interview At His Birdseye Building Studio Part II

BBC Radio Interview (audio) With Our Buddy Jon Sarkin

As Joey would recommend, to see even more posts, type in Jon Sarkin in the GMG search box, upper right corner.

Valentines from Heart Master Jim Dine

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Jim Dine HeartDrawing is not an exercise.
Exercise is sitting on a stationary bicycle and going nowhere.
Drawing is being on a bicycle and taking a journey.
For me to succeed in drawing, I must go fast and arrive somewhere.
The quest is to keep the thing alive…
–Jim Dine, 2003

decordova-2012-046_cropJim Dine’s Two Big Black Hearts, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts

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One of my very favorite Jim Dine works of art is the Twin Red Hearts, located at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The Paul Lowry photo taken in the snow is beautiful and the perfect image for your February Valentines!

More from the Master of Hearts ~

Valentine Greetings

Twin red heart image courtesy Paul Lowry photostream

I don’t care what that Groundhog saw . . .

Posted on by God's Morning

sign of spring

This is the real sign of spring!  I looked out my windows through rain streaked glass and saw a huge wave of robins filling the trees on Rocky Neck Ave and Wonson Street.  I’ve never in my life seen so many robins at one time.  These aren’t winter overs – they are here to tell us that spring is right around the corner!  Either that or it is a mass robin suicide pact.  I vote for the spring option.

E.J. Lefavour