Thursday First Night on the Neck of the Season

Posted on by God's Morning

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Not only do you have the first Night on the Neck on the 4th of July, but you also have the opening reception for Mary Bowles and Kerrie Bromberger’s Summer Garden by the Sea at Khan Studio.  A night on Rocky Neck you should not miss.

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Quick answers to questions we’ve been getting about tonight’s parade, fireworks, concert & laser light show

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

Over the past couple of days, Vickie and I have answered a number of questions from people calling about tonight’s festivities.  I figure that for everyone who calls there are several others who have the same question but don’t call, so here are some answers:

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO GO TO THE CONCERT?
NOTHING.  It’s Free.

CAN WE PARK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL?
NO.  At least not according to this article in the Gloucester Daily Times.  “Because construction crews have blocked off part of the school’s parking lot due to Newell Stadium construction …”

WHAT TIME IS THE CONCERT, PARADE, FIREWORKS, LASER LIGHT SHOW — AND WHO’S PERFORMING?
5:00 Roots 66 Kicks off the Music
6:00 Horribles Parade
7:00 Cape Ann Big Band & Runaround
9:30 Fireworks
10:00 Laser Light Show
Then dance and party under the stars and lasers ’till 11pm.  Horribles Parade Winners will be announced from the Concert Stage at some time after the fireworks.  All times (except fireworks) are approximate and may change based on the parade.  (See more details here.)

WHAT IS THE PARADE ROUTE?
Here’s an excerpt from today’s Glocuester Daily Times:
“beginning at Gloucester High School. Parade runs from GHS down Centennial Avenue, up Western Avenue to Tally’s Corner, then down Rogers Street before turning left on Manuel Lewis Street. Parade then runs up Main Street to Pleasant, up Pleasant to Prospect, and then turns left on Prospect, right onto Railroad Avenue, right onto Washington Street, and left on Centennial back to GHS.”
See the full Glocuester Daily Times article, here.

WILL THERE BE FOOD?
YES.  Vendors will be on the Boulevard and Gloucester boasts some of the best restaurants north of Boston.  See a list of Gloucester restaurants here.

WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO SEE THE FIREWORKS?
That depends on how close you like to be.  For an intense fireworks-emersion experience, my favorite spot is the path that runs along the harbor at Stage Fort Park.  If you’re on the Boulevard facing west, just walk toward Stage Fort Park (see map) on the sidewalk that is as close to the water as possible and stay close to the water.  You’ll end up on a fairly dark path right under where the fireworks are shot off.  It’s loud, brilliant and awesome!

Now, if you want a more communal experience, the best place is on the Boulevard near the concert stage (see map here).  The view is perfect and you get to oohh and aahhh and cheer with lots of other fireworks fans.  Plus you’ll be in a perfect spot to catch the laser light show that immediately follows the fireworks.

Let’s have some fun tonight!

GMG Local Twitterati Report 7/3/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Schooner Thomas Lannon in the mist

Posted on by Matthew Green

Taken yesterday afternoon during a photo walk, which was part of a photography workshop I am leading at The Hive.

– Matthew Green

 

Built And Ready To Burn In Rockport, Ma. Photo by Anthony Marks

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

July 4
6:00 p.m. – Rockport Firemen’s Parade
8:30 p.m. – Rockport Legion Band Concert on Back Beach
9:00 p.m. – Rockport Bonfire on Back Beach

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Help Draft the Next Chapter of Downtown’s Story

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

What do you love about downtown Gloucester? What do you think could be improved?

The work to build a great downtown is never done. There have been several recent accomplishments including the City Hall restoration project, HarborWalk, and Harbortown Cultural District. And we continue to move forward.

Given these and other accomplishments, now is a good time to come together to talk about the next chapter of work downtown. Gloucester’s Community Development Department is holding three public meetings to frame future opportunities and develop a set of shared values for downtown. The resulting plan will inform the City’s work downtown.

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Your participation is important. Please plan to attend all three public meetings over the summer.

The public meetings will be held on:

– Wednesday, July 10

– Tuesday, August 20

– Tuesday, September 17

All meetings will begin at 6:00 PM and will be held in the Kyrouz Auditorium on the second floor of City Hall.

Please contact Tom Daniel, Community Development Director, with any questions at 978 281-9781.

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Musicians on Main Street

Posted on by Manuel F. Simoes

Submitted by Fred Bodin

Here’s a very short video from Main Street during Fiesta Friday night. These two musicians were going into shops and restaurants to play Italian music. Between their lack of English and my lack of Italian, I couldn’t find out who they were or who hired them. My guess is that they were freelancers. You can see the $$ stuffed into their jackets!

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Community Photos 7/3/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hey Joey
Ringo Tarr and crew are getting the stage ready for the free concert
on the boulvard. All are welcome. The Concert starts at 5:00 pm and
ends at 10:oo or 11:00 pm it’s a good take.
The three bands that are playing are Route 66, Cape Ann Big Band and Runaround.
    Best Anthony

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The Marks’ Family From Easton Pa. Represents! photo by Anthony Marks

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Storm passing over Pigeon Cove, taken from the Headlands Photo From Shelley Vassallo

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Jay Smiledge Photos-

check out Jay’s other Cape Ann Images here

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Nancy Shaw Fiesta Photos-

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Hi Joe,
This was taken about 3:30 this afternoon while a friend and I were walking on the Boulevard. 
Nancy Goodman

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Community Stuff 7/3/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

THE SARGENT HOUSE MUSEUM invites you to join us for cocktails and
                  hors d’oeuvres at the home of Dana Hawkes. This historic home, once the
                  Summer residence of T.S. Eliot, will be the setting of this year’s silent auction
                  and raffle to benefit educational programs at the Museum.
  DATE: August 9th
                                TIME: 6 PM
                                COST: $50 pp 
                                PLACE: 18 Edgemoor Road, Gloucester, MA. 01930
Purchase your tickets on line @ sargenthouse.org

 

Hi Joey,

Can you help us spread the word on this month’s book club event at Duckworth’s Bistrot? Last month we had a packed house for JoeAnn Hart’s discussion of The Botany of Desire. Ken Duckworth made a breathtaking spread. Great food, excellent wine, and killer discussion.

I’ve attached a Word doc with details on this month’s shindig taking place on July 14. Hope that works.

Thank you for EVERYTHING!

Chris

Hi Joey,

Can you help us spread the word on this month’s Eastern Point Lit House & Press book club event at Duckworth’s Bistrot? Last month we had a packed house for JoeAnn Hart’s discussion of The Botany of Desire. Ken Duckworth made a breathtaking spread. Great food, excellent wine, and killer discussion.

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On Sunday, July 14 author Tim Horvath will be leading a discussion of the National Book Award winning novel Mating by Norman Rush. You can find more details and buy tickets here: http://www.easternpointlithouse.com/#!events/c1vw1

Tim Horvath is the author of Understories, (Bellevue Literary Press) and Circulation(sunnyoutside). His stories have appeared in journals such as Conjunctions, Fiction, The Normal School, and elsewhere. His story “The Understory” was selected by Bill Henderson, founder and president of the Pushcart Press, as the winner of the Raymond Carver Short Story Award. He teaches creative writing in the BFA and low-residency MFA programs at the New Hampshire Institute of Arthttp://www.nhia.edu/, and has previously worked as a counselor in a psychiatric hospital, primarily with adolescents and children and young adults with autism. He received his MFA from the University of New Hampshire, where he won the Thomas Williams Prize. He is the recipient of a Yaddo Fellowship, occasionally blogs for BIG OTHER, and is an assistant prose editor for Camera Obscura. 

Mating by Norman Rush: The narrator of this splendidly expansive novel of high intellect and grand passion is an American anthropologist at loose ends in the South African republic of Botswana. She has a noble and exacting mind, a good waist, and a busted thesis project. She also has a yen for Nelson Denoon, a charismatic intellectual who is rumored to have founded a secretive and unorthodox utopian society in a remote corner of the Kalahari—one in which he is virtually the only man. What ensues is both a quest and an exuberant comedy of manners, a book that explores the deepest canyons of eros even as it asks large questions about the good society, the geopolitics of poverty, and the baffling mystery of what men and women really want.

Future book club events include Anna Solomon leading a discussion of Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels (August 18) and Steve Almond discussing Stoner by John Williams. These are sure to sell out, so I’d suggest buying tickets early.

Thank you for EVERYTHING!

Cheers,

Chris
Eastern Point Lit House & Press

Clouds just after the tornado warnings were over.

Posted on by Joanne

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Naomi Glimcher took this at Stacy Boulevard in Gloucester, Ma.
July 1, 2013 sometime after five o’clock.  There were two separate tornado warnings issued between 3:00 & 5:00 No touchdowns reported.

What a Fiesta

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Fiesta this year was so much fun and the mother nature cooperated. Sunday’s winner of the Greasy Pole was Nicky Avelis, great job.

St. Peter’s Fiesta on Cape Ann TV TONIGHT Starting at 5

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

This just in from lisa Smith along with a little video she shot on Sunday featuring Sefatia!

Fiesta tonight on Cape Ann TV Channel 12 — with commentary by Phil Nicastro
5:00pm – Friday Greasy Pole
9:00pm – Saturday Greasy Pole & Seine Boat Races

TOMORROW (WED):
8:00pm – Procession and Blessing of the Fleet
8:30pm – Sunday Greasy Pole and Seine Boat Races

Check their website for more details.

Gloucester Garden Tour

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Tour Name: Gloucester Garden Tour (www.GloucesterGardenTour.com)
Tour Address: 7 Crafts Road
Gloucester
Tour Begins: 7/13/2013       10:00
Tour Ends: 7/13/2013       4:00
Tour Organizer: GenerousGardeners.com and the Harvard Club of the North Shore
Contact: Susan@GenerousGardeners.com
Tour Description: Please join us in Gloucester, MA for a tour that includes the hidden gardens on Biskie Head Point as well as the garden of a professional landscape designer featured in the Boston Globe Magazine. All are lovely and will bring new ideas and beauty to your day and maybe your garden. End your tour with a special treat of free parking at Stage Fort Park ($15.00 value for garden tour ticket holders) with access to the Gloucester trolley for a ride downtown or the beach.

Enjoy a stroll along the new Gloucester HarborWalk while viewing the city’s most famous landmarks. Explore the many local shops, galleries and wonderful cafes, pubs and restaurants.

Hosted by http://www.GenerousGardeners.com and the Harvard Club of the North Shore, this garden tour will benefit the new HarborWalk in Gloucester and the Fisherman’s wives memorial and gardens.

Tour price is $20 in advance online at http://www.GloucesterGardenTour.com or $25 the day of the tour. Starting location will be in the Grand Banks Parking Lot, 7 Crafts Rd. (Exit 12 off Route 128 North) Gloucester, MA .

Please contact Susan Kelly Susan@generousgardeners.com 978-282-3306 if you have any questions or would like to volunteer to help.