Artist Spotlight Series – Guatopo
Spotlight on Guatopo – Adriana “Gigi” Mederos and Stevie Black
Gigi Mederos, originally from Venezuela, is known for her Rocky Neck gallery, Aquatro, and its island blue floors and warm, inviting atmosphere. This past year was Gigi’s third season running a gallery and making art on the Neck. She was also the Artistic Director for the Rocky Neck Art Colony this past year.
Stevie Black is a native New Englander who has been on the North Shore for the past 10 years. Stevie is stepping down from his post as the Marketing Director for the Colony during the 2013 calendar year to devote more time to developing and promoting Guatopo’s product line and new collections. The limited-edition ties that were developed and designed by Stevie were a huge hit this summer. Bold and elegant, these ties were designed to reflect the wearer’s personality and put the finishing touch on their ensemble.
This holiday season, partners Adriana “Gigi” Mederos and Stevie Black, bring a collection of hand-crafted and hand-painted 100% silk scarves and compact mirrors along with their all-new for 2013 collection of men’s ties and trivets created under their Guatopo label. The name “Guatopo” comes from Guatopo National Park, about an hour south of Caracas, in Gigi’s native Venezuela. Pronounced “gwa-toe-poe,” the park is mostly tropical rainforest with many watersheds flowing from a central mountain range that rises to 5000 feet. A short, refined name, they chose Guatopo because it embraced the micro/macro subject matter in Gigi’s work and the authentic quality of her paintings, from which many of their patterns derive.
Keep up with all their events and happenings in 2014 by going to http://www.aquatrogallery.com and look for them at The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, East Gloucester during the Rocky Neck Holiday Art & Fine Crafts Festival
Saturdays and Sundays, Noon-4 PM
November 30 – December 29
http://www.rockyneckartcolony.org/winter.php
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Manchester Harbor without a Sunrise or Sunset
Even on a gray day, there is still a great view… Click pictures to view full size.
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Music Around Town ♪♫♪ November 18-24, 2013
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Wednesday with Fly Amero ~ This weeks special guest: Charlee Bianchini
Wednesdays Only: Prime Rib, $12.95!
Hello everyone!
Wednesday, November 20th
Special Guest: CHARLEE BIANCHINI!
I am thrilled to have this wonderful young talent as musical
guest Wednesday evening. Such a gifted songwriter… and
singer! It’s looking like Charlee and I may be finding a bit
of chemestry when we play together – and the Rhumb Line,
as always, is the place to be on Cape Ann when the holidays
approach. See you there! ~ Fly 🙂
Dinner with Fly Amero: 8 – 11pm
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Prime Ribs are back! – $11.95 (while they last)
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Coming soon…
11/27 – Thanksgiving Eve, with…
Amero, Brown, Ginandes & Mattacks!
12/4 – John Rockwell
12/11 – Dan King (John Lennon Tribute)
12/18 – Amero Family Christmas
Looking forward…
…to seeing you there! 🙂 ~ Fly
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Happy National Occult Day
Happy National Occult Day
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Sista’s Helpful Tips
Hands down, some of the most commonly asked questions I receive is about frying. What oil do I use? How do I fry ? How do I get my foods thoroughly cooked, crisp and golden in color without burning it? Do I use; vegetable oil, lard, canola oil, or olive oil when frying ? What is my secret? With the holiday season knocking at our doors, I thought It be best to clarify the answer to this big question.
I always fry using La Spagnola Vegetable and Olive Oils Blended Oil. You may have noticed La Spagnola’s large tracker trailer trucks pulling in and out of Gorton’s packing plant here in Gloucester on Roger Street. The big joke in our family is that I use so much of this product throughout the year, that I too should make arrangements with the La Spagnola Company, and like Gorton’s request to have weekly home deliveries of their product delivered right to my door step. I use it when frying, chicken, steak, fish, Arancini, Italian Donuts, Pinulata,…ect. It simply doesn’t matter what I am frying, it matters that when I am frying I only use this product. Why? … because without fail it always gives me the best end results of perfection!
Get to the market look for the large bright yellow gallon jug, usually located on the bottom shelf in the oils section, and stock up for the holidays. I know I will be stocking up, after all, I am Sicilian…and we Sicilians are known to do a lot of frying during the holiday season!
Don’t forget to send your Sista Felicia Recipe photos in to GMG and join the GMG FOB Cooks club! I will personally post them once per week.
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The Oceanside Hotel, Magnolia, circa 1900
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Max De Pree Quote of The Week From Greg Bover
November 15, 2013
“We cannot become who we want to be by remaining who we are.”
Max De Pree (1924- )
A Michigan native, Max De Pree is the son of D. J. De Pree, who started the very successful Herman Miller furniture company. Max and his brother Hugh ran and expanded the company from the 60’s up into the 90’s. He has written extensively on leadership in both the business and non-profit communities and his Leadership is an Art was a best seller. In the mid 1950’s he commissioned Charles and Ray Eames to design a home in Zeeland, close to corporate headquarters. It remains an icon of modernist architecture and interior design.
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Community Photos 11/18/13
Hello Joey , The beauty of the Schooner Adventure takes many forms. Even the rigging has elegance .
Pictures by Bruce Slifer
Took this at sunset at Smiths cove tonight. I saw Homie and couldn’t resist taking his picture.
What a great sky!
Best,
Katherine Richmond
Rick Isaacs submits-
After Thursday’s Great Marsh Symposium we had a tour to view the Marsh from the roof of the Crane Estate Great House!
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Community Stuff 11/18/13
The Unitarian Universalist Society of Rockport is sponsoring a Holiday Fair on December 7th from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the church vestry, 4 Cleaves Street, Rockport. Among the featured hand-made items will be baked goods, calendars, greeting cards, sea glass mobiles, jewelry, hand-knitted items, and a large assortment of themed gift baskets.
Hello Everyone,
Coming up on December 9th, two very special events in one evening at the Cape Ann Community Cinema. This is going to be a great night. Please share the attached flyer with any parents, teachers, kids, or others who care about reconnecting kids with nature, love wildlife, or enjoy humorous british documentaries.
SHORT NATURE FILMS FROM CHEBACCO WOODS: First, our 7-10 year old Nature Film Making Students will introduce and present the films they have spent many hours tromping through the field with cameras to make. They’ve worked on learning camera handling skills, wildlife sneaking and nature awareness, story creation, and technical editing skills. Their movies feature an array of wonderful footage, woven together to make stories that could only happen in Chebacco Woods. You will see footage of underwater snakes, talking fish, under – log creatures, the elusive pickle frog, and a restless coyote.
PROJECT WILD THING: This BRAND new documentary from Great Britan amuses and changes your world with frog kissing, climbing from trees, ridiculous irreverrence, and a new way to tackle a growing issue. I believe (though can’t confirm just yet) that this will be the first North American showing of this film. We had to pay the screening fee in pounds!
BOTH SHOWS ARE ADMISSION BY VOLUNTARY DONATION AND WILL SUPPORT NATURE CONNECTION IN CAPE ANN/NORTH SHORE AREA. WE’D LOVE A MILLION DOLLARS BUT WILL LET YOU IN FOR ONE DOLLAR, OR NO DOLLARS. JUST COME ON OUT!!!
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GloucesterCast 11/17/13 With Host Joey Ciaramitaro and Guest Toby Pett
GloucesterCast Taped 11/17/13 With Host Joey Ciaramitaro and Guest Toby Pett
Topics Include:
Power Outage In East Gloucester, Square Reader, Live Blogging Butt Wipes and The Dollar Shave Club, Butternut- Comes From A Tree Or a Bush?, J Pace and Sons, Thai Choice, Jonathan Martin and Richie Incognito Hazing, Was John Farrell Robbed Of The MLB Manager of The Year Award By The Major League Baseball Sports Writers?
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Anyone Know Of a Mass Save Energy Program That Advises On Lighting For Industrial Spaces?
A lot of our lobstermen have been switching over to LED lighting and I know it’s uses less energy and the initial costs for the lighting fixtures are more but I wonder if there are programs out there where you get credits toward the project for using energy saving fixtures.
Basically the dock here is like a big barn that needs to be lit up inside. The old lighting fixtures just aren’t cutting it.
On the boats that have switched over to LED there is a noticeable difference in the quality of the light that they throw off. Across the harbor you can see on the decks of their boats much better.
I think when we changed our cooler fans over to a more efficient system we got a credit. I wonder if they do the same for lighting.
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New Video: Sefatia and Friends Cooking for a Cause!
City Councilor At-large Sefatia Romeo Thekn and friends help raise funds to support Megan Cole’s participation in the Boston Marathon to benefit the Hoyt Foundation. She and her commares cook breakfast and lunch for Jack Ventola and his employees at National Fish & Seafood.
Congressman John Tierney, Mayor Carolyn Kirk, and State Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante join Sefatia and friends. Wicked Tuna Captain Dave Carraro and First Mate Paul Hebert stop by to share lunch.
~ Starring ~ Sefatia Rome Thekan
~ Featuring ~ Megan Cole, Congressman John Tierney, Jack Ventola, Mayor Carolyn Kirk, Ann-Margaret Ferrante, Dave Carraro, Paul Hebert
~ Commares ~ Giovanna Margiotta, Gus Margiotta, Liz Margiotta, Rosalia Favazza, Pietra Locontro, Maria Cannavo, Rosaria Floyd, Lia Romeo Oliver, Tonianne Enes, Domenic Enes, Megan Cole, Mark Cole, Jane Fonzo, Frances Ferrante, Jennifer Arson, National Fish Employees
~ Music During the Event by Torianne Enes
~ Pastries and Bread Donated by Jim’s Bagel and Bake Shoppe, Sclafani Italian Bakery, Cafe Sicilia
Opening Credit Music: “Fritto Misto;” Closing Credit “Music: Don Pietro.”
A note about the song “Fritto Misto” ~ Searching for fun lively music for the video, I came across the song “Fritto Misto.” Google search led to many recipes for Fritto Misto, which loosely translated means ‘fried seafood and vegetable medley’–how perfect for this little film about cooking seafood with Sefatia and friends!
Filmed at National Fish and Seafood, March 25, 2013.
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Daddy, What Big Teeth You Have!
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A little spash over on the boulevard
As I watched this small splash over began to think of the storms and how much fun it is to watch the ocean and of course to take some photos.
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Artist Spotlight Series – Jenny Rangan
Spotlight on Jenny Rangan
Jenny grew up in Northern New Mexico in an adobe house with a woodstove, an outhouse, and a well for water, so her first experience of clay was living in it, with all its colors and curves and glorious decay.
Jenny officially fell in love with clay in college and earned a degree in Fine Art from UNM with an emphasis on Ceramics. Following graduation she created outdoor sculpture from adobe, apprenticed with Avra Leodas (current owner of Santa Fe Clay) in Santa Fe, NM, and made pit-fired pots from micaceous clay with Felipe Ortega in La Madera, NM. She then spent 20 years as a Bodyworker and Counselor, barely touching clay.
Inspired by classes at Cynthia Curtis’ Studio in Rockport, she has re-emerged over the last four years with full passion. Jenny loves to work sculpturally, combining thrown and handbuilt elements, aspiring to a combination of spontaneity and grace. Currently she enjoys creating functional art that can bring beauty, pleasure and meaning to everyday life.
This past August Jenny co-created and co-curated the first Cape Ann Ceramics Festival with Susan Hershey and Seyrel Williams at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, an amazing and very successful event.
Over the holidays her work will be in the Rocky Neck Holiday Art and Fine Crafts Festival 11/30-12/29, in Feast at Flatrocks in Lanesville through 12/29, in the Wearable Art and Home Décor Show and Sale at the Sawyer Free Library 12/14-15, and at Cynthia Curtis Student and Studio Pottery Show 12/13-12/22. Jenny’s work can also be seen at Artitudes in West Newton, MA
http://www.rockyneckartcolony.org/winter.php
E.J. Lefavour
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Man Supports the Arts With Statement to His Ex…
Amazing lengths some people will go to.. Perhaps this guy should have moved on long ago, but no. He buys a house next-door to his Ex and installs a work of art for her to admire.. A very expensive hand gesture. Click the article to read more! Jeez, can you believe this?
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Saturday, November 16, 2013 is for lighthouses
nb. Click photos to embiggen. The Twin Lights show the flaw of shooting with a tiny lens in the iPhone 5. I can straighten the horizon but the towers are leaning towards each other. Larger cameras, more glass in the lens, and shooting with the camera straight on and not pointing up can eliminate most of this convergence. Last ditch there is always Photoshop to straighten out structures leaning in.
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Holiday Boutique Winthrop School Hamilton, MA Saturday, December 7, 2013 9am-3pm
This festive event features over 47 local vendors selling holiday gifts. Stock up on cookies at the Cookie Walk, bid on great Silent Auction items, pick up great gifts at the Scholastic Book Fair, and enjoy a tasty breakfast or lunch at the Winthrop Café.
Children will delight in doing their own holiday shopping with the help of friendly elves. All gifts in this Children’s Secret Shop cost $5 or less.
And, of course, Santa will be on site!
For more information, contact Barbara Vanderwilden at: barbaravanderwilden@comcast.net
Admission: $2.00 Adults $1.00 Children & Seniors
Good Morning Gloucester 