Hi Joey,
I thought I would share this shot of the house around the corner from you that is going through some major renovation!
Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid
Jewels Of Gloucester offers Free Watch Batteries For Our Fishermen
Hi Joey! As part of our first anniversary we are replacing watch batteries for free to show our gratitude to our locals. If you can, post the ad attached here, or go to our Facebook page and share the ad I posted there. We are thrilled to be part of this great community and wanted to give something back.
Thanks,
Jim
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The Waterfront Festival Is Going On ….NOW!!!!
Absolutely gorgeous day for the Gloucester Waterfront Festival! too cool for the beach but perfect for the waterfront festival.
The GMG Tent Is Set UP!
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Jason Burroughs’ art at The Hive
Yesterday evening at The Hive (on Pleasant Street, less than a block up from Main Street, on the right) there was an opening of an art show by Jason Burroughs in their back room. It was accompanied by a concert by a variety of bands. I stopped in to snag some photos! Jason is an up-and-coming local artist, who also works in the programs offered at The Hive and Art Haven.
He will also be in the gallery during the block party today. Stop by to see the art and meet the artist! And maybe buy a print or an original… Get it before he gets famous and the prices go up!
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Vickie makig a scarf
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Magnolia Community Center 37th Annual Road Race & Festival Calling All Crafters
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THEN and NOW – Lodge Gate House
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The Compass Rose At Maritime Gloucester!
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Community Stuff 8/17/13
Flu Clinic at Rockport Council on Aging
The Rockport Council on Aging will host a Health Clinic on Tuesday, September 24th from 12 Noon – 4:00 p.m. at the Rockport Senior Center, 58 Broadway. The Rockport Board of Health will provide flu shots for those 18 years of age and older. Please bring your Medicare card and supplemental insurance card for the flu shot. Diabetes screening and blood pressure screening will also be offered by Addison Gilbert Hospital.
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Getting ready for the Waterfront Festival
Getting ready for Saturday and Sunday, August 17th and 18th the Waterfront Festival at Stage Fort Park. Weather should be terrific. Also the Rotary Pancake Breakfast starting at 7:30 on Saturday morning, always a great way to start your day.
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Uncle Joey Takes Beasley and Amandacakes For Their First Sushi Experience At Madfish!
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Yeah I Just Paid For My Dinner Dealer Deck With One Use At Cape Ann Brewing #Boom!
$19.50 for a Dinner Dealer Deck good through the end of the year paid off in one use with an extra fiddy cents in my pocket on a $20 savings at Cape Ann Brewing.
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Who Wants To Guess Who’s Underneath This GMG Kayak?
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While taking pictures of my son and friends at Lanes cove i encountered a gentleman that asked if i would take a photo of the bottom of his kayak and send it to you…He said you would know who he was.
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Fish on Fridays
The Fish on Fridays series is a collaboration between Gloucester photographers Kathy Chapman and Marty Luster. Look for various aspects of Gloucester’s centuries-old fishing industry highlighted here on Fridays.
Baby Haddock: Now legal, but is it healthy for the fishing industry?
The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries recently amended the state’s regulations to complement federal groundfish regulations. The minimum size of commercial Gulf of Maine haddock has been reduced from 18 to 16 inches. Similar adjustments were made regarding other species of groundfish.
Romeo Solviletti of Steve Connolly Seafood in Gloucester explains how what sounds like an easing of catch regulations hurts the fishery, the industry and in the long run, the consumer.
Photos © Kathy Chapman 2013
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The adventure continues as Papa and Nonnie
After a 31/2 ride to Maine on Wednesday, this is what greets Papa and Nonnie and the love of these kids takes the long ride away. There is so much loves and hugs, what a joy.
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Last night’s show at The Harbor Loop Concert featuring The A-Train Orchestra and Johnny Carwash 8.15.2013
A-Train Orchestra
Johnny Carwash
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Gloucester 2014 Calendar by Deb Schradieck
If you’re looking for a unique calendar for yourself or as a gift, stop by Khan Studio & the GMG Gallery at 77 Rocky Neck Ave., Gallery 3 and check out Deb Schradieck’s incredibly detailed pen & ink drawing 2014 calendar. It includes the Tarr & Wonson Paint Factory and Main Street as pictured above, as well as Annisquam Light, Pigeon Cove, rowing gigs Gannet and Siren Song, Marine Railways, Motif #1, the Thomas E. Lannon sailing past Ten Pound Island, Good Harbor footbridge, Beacon Marine, Gloucester Harbor, and for December — the lobster trap Christmas Tree. The minute details in Deb’s pen & ink drawings will amaze you.
E.J. Lefavour
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Blue Moon
For several reasons, Blue Moon is my favorite beer to order out on a hot summer night (warning to readers, I know even less about specialty and craft beers than I do about wines). The first reason being is that it always makes me think of the sweet song “Blue Moon,” written by Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart, and covered by many artists; the second reason is the attractive label, and lastly, because it tastes pretty good!
Family friendly tree-top dining on the 7th Wave’s upper deck
This was intended to be a post about the 7th Wave Restaurant in Rockport. We sat down and ordered drinks, which I managed to photograph. I was just so hungry and dove right in as soon as our dinners were served. We were halfway through dinner, enjoying some very fabulous fried clams, before remembering that I had wanted to take photos–anyway, next time! I will say, they were the best friend clams of the entire summer. Craig Kimberley, are you reading this recommendation?
View from the deck
My favorite rendition of “Blue Moon” is Ella Fitgerald’s, but Billie Holiday’s is nearly just as wonderful and the following video has some lovely stills of Lady Day and of fashions from the 50s and 60s.
Toby Pett adds Elvis Presley’s tenderest of renditions. This video too has many beautiful photos, of The King.
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Local stars going over the bridge to Beverly this fall
There’s a hidden gem down the road in Beverly: The Larcom Theatre. Opened in 1912 (the same year as Fenway Park) featuring Vaudeville shows, The Larcom’s initial advertising boasted, “Lit Completely by Electricity.” Fully restored in 1985, the Larcom Theatre became a second home to Le Grand David Spectacular Magic Company, which closed in May 2012.
In April 2013, Vickie and I presented Henri Smith at the Larcom Theatre to a sold-out crowd, many of whom had never before set foot in the theatre. We fell in love with the Larcom the minute we walked in, checked the acoustics and told one of the owners (David Bull, star of Le Grand David) that we’d like to present lots of concerts in this acoustically magical theatre…
So, we begin with a 2013 Fall Music Series featuring Gloucester legend Allen Estes and his new Band on October 5 with Dave Foley’s Fabulous Mustangs opening, The Slide Brothers on November 2 with Gloucester’s Michael Thomas Doyle opening, and A New Orleans Christmas with Henri Smith on December 14. We’re working on another six shows for late winter and spring of 2014 and will announce them in the not-too-distant future.
These shows will sell out quickly, so we’re giving FOBs first crack the best seats. Here’s where you can get tickets:
ALLEN ESTES
SLIDE BROTHERS
HENRI SMITH CHRISTMAS
The last time Allen Estes performed with a full band they nearly sold out the Zeiterion Theatre in New Bedford, which has more than twice as many seats.
The Slide Brothers are the greatest living musicians who embody the Sacred Steel tradition. The joyous music these legendary artists create extends far beyond scared steel to encompass blues, rock and soul all celebrated with a sound that is uniquely their own. This is their only New England show this year.
Henri Smith sold out the Larcom in April. Plus he sold out the 2012 Mardi Gras show in Gloucester and was the headliner for the 1000+ Celebrate Gloucester crowd in 2010.
I know it seems like you’ve got lots of time, but don’t wait to get good seats to these shows in one of the most beautiful, acoustically perfect venues north of Boston.
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Sargent House celebrates Block Party from 6-8pm
This Saturday, 8/17, the Sargent House celebrates Block Party from 6-8pm.
SHM will have costumed actors roaming the garden, historic lawn games for
kids, and first floor Open House during the festivities on Main Street.
Boxed lunches by Beach Gourmet will be for sale; bring your blanket to
picnic on our scenic lawn.
At 6:30pm Henry Allen’s North Shore Folklore Theatre Co. will perform an act
from Judith Sargent Murray¹s 1795 play “The Medium” on the Block Party
stage. Judith¹s plays were the first plays by an American woman to be
staged. They have never been performed in Gloucester, and have rarely been
exhibited since their original debuts at Boston¹s Federal Street Theater.
Witness history in the making!
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Kimberlee A. Cloutier-Blazzard, Ph.D.
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