My View of Life on the Dock
Both traditional and non-traditional styles taught: classical/pop/Broadway, etc., chords/lead sheets, sightreading boot camp—you name it, you got it!
Please visit my website, http://www.capeannpiano, for more info—Julie C.
There’s still some openings left for this summer:
20% discount off summer packages* for both kids and adults when you mention you read about the Cape Ann Piano Studio on the GoodMorningGloucester blog!
*Does not apply to a la carte lessons
Hi, Joey,
The Essex Youth Clinic, 7-20-13, and Youth Triathlon, 8-3-13, are just around the corner. If you would please post this announcement to your view of Cape Ann / Gloucester / Essex, the Board of Health would be much appreciate it. Might your girls compete?
Thanks,
Ann White
Clerk, Essex BOH
The Essex Board of Health is holding the fifth annual Essex Youth Triathlon on Saturday, August 3, at Centennial Grove / Chebacco Lake in Essex for youth of all abilities ages 5 through 15. This is a USAT sanctioned event.
The BOH will also hold a free Essex Youth Triathlon clinic (USAT membership is required) on Saturday, July 20th starting at 9 a.m. for those registered for the triathlon & those considering registration. This clinic will review set up, transition, race courses, bike safety, and other valuable race info. The clinic is expected to run until approximately noon. Phone (978 768-7614) or email (boh@essexma.org) to let us know planned attendance. Please be sure the child wears a bathing suit & brings their bike, helmet, sneakers and towel.
A BOH goal is to keep this race affordable, so that all who want can participate. Entry fees are $25 per entrant, with a family cap of $50. Because this is a USAT sanctioned event, all participants must be USAT members. The Deadline for registration is noon, July 31 or when capacity is reached. A $12 late fee will be charged for registrations received after July 21.
Additional information and printable registration forms are available on the Town of Essex website, http://www.essexma.org, or by calling the Essex Board of Health at 978 768-7614. Online registration is available at http://www.active.com.  For USAT membership, please go to http://www.usatriathlon.org
Because our goal is to keep the Essex Youth Triathlon safe, affordable & enjoyable for all, the BOH depends exclusively on donations and registration fees to make this a success. The Board continues to need & welcome donations of funding, goods (raffle prizes, food & drink, etc), talent (entertainment, photography, etc.), and (maybe most importantly) volunteers to help & oversee the racers. If you, or anyone you know of, can help in any way please contact the Essex Board of Health. The BOH, race participants and their families thank you.
I can’t wait!
These were photographed in Dogtown.
P.S. I still have more 2nd hand stores to talk about! Coming soon!
We’re opening our studios to visitors this weekend from 12 to 6 on both Saturday and Sunday. The space is in the Blackburn Building on Main Street in Gloucester. There will be a total of 5 artists in the building opening their spaces, so lots to see — and if you are coming from out of town, bring your bathing suit and head to the beach after, water has been wonderfully warm lately.
Come through the parking lot to the entrance at the back of the building, and take the elevator up to the 3rd floor. There will be signs pointing the way.
I will have my vintage studio open, with lots of vintage clothes and accessories to browse.
After you stop by our studios hang around for the Gloucester Block party!
I hope you can make it!
~Alicia
Our interview at The Cape Ann Farmer’s Market
These guys should be very proud of themselves. Producing a New England product with New England materials without compromise in the workmanship or materials.
These shoes are on a whole ‘nother planet- no one makes stuff this good any more.
Check out their site-
Also check out their blog which tells their story-
http://newenglandouterwearco.tumblr.com/
Also on Facebook-
https://www.facebook.com/NewEnglandOuterwear
First To catch w the GMG hat, Biyaaatch!!
Numba 2, it’s gotta be the hat!
Hi Joey: Here are a few photos from the Gloucester Seniors Wellness Fair
organized by: Gloucester Council on Aging and PACE at Elder Service Plan of North Shore, Inc., in Gloucester
Rose Bake Senior Center
July 16 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Gloucester residents are invited to participate in a conversation about improving the Sawyer Free Library’s services and facilities, as part of a new strategic plan. The session will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at the Rose Baker Senior Center. Food will be provided prior to the discussion. The event is free but space is limited. Please RSVP at http://bit.ly/1a128tY or contact Freyja Sanger at sanger@sawyerfreelibrary.org or 978-640-4490 ext.12.
The discussion will be led by Jay W. Vogt, a Concord-based consultant whose clients include the Boston Foundation, Partners Community Healthcare, Bunker Hill Community College, Fidelity, the Hanover Center for the Performing Arts, and seven other public libraries in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
The strategic planning committee comprises co-chairs William Fonvielle and Meredith Fine, library board members Barbara Braver and Jerry Ackerman, Library Director Carol Gray, and Assistant Library Director Freyja Sanger.
Latest heat wave got you down? We want to help. The Cape Ann Y swimming pool will be free and open to the community on Wednesday, July 17th from 2:00-5:00PM and 7:00-8:30PM! Come cool off with family and friends.
Science Explorations through Art (SEA) Session II with Cape Ann Museum and Maritime Gloucester
Ages 6-10. Monday, August 5 – Friday, August 9. 9:00 – 3:00
$190, $150 or Maritime Gloucester or Cape Ann Museum members
Mornings will be spent at Maritime Gloucester exploring wind and energy. Projects will include turbines, windsocks, sails and kites. After lunch, students will travel to the Cape Ann Museum to explore wind in Art, make wind powered kinetic sculptures and other projects. Space is limited, register today: https://maritimegloucester.org/orders/register2.php?id=35
Events for the Cape Ann Ceramics Festival are fast approaching, starting with two sold out workshops, Raku on August 4 and Randy Johnston on August 10. Beauty in Use: Ceramics from Cape Ann, Pucker Gallery & Beyond, an exciting show presented in partnership with the Pucker Gallery of Boston, at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, will feature world renowned potters Phil Rogers, Ken Matsuzaki and Randy Johnston with local and regional potters. The opening gala is Sunday, Aug. 11 at the Cultural Center, 6 Wonson St., Gloucester, from 4 – 6 pm. and the show runs until August 25. Times are Thursday – Sunday, 12 – 6 pm.
On the weekend of August 17, 18, local ceramic artists will open their studios to the public from 10 am to 5 pm. Another show, Art of the Possible: All Clay Inclusive is opening on the Mezzanine level of the Cultural Center and features local potters exclusively. A gala opening on Friday, August 23, from 4 -9 pm will include food and music. A limited number of mini bowls made by the participating artists will be given out to the first people who arrive. The show runs through Sunday, August 25. Times are 12 – 6 pm both Saturday and Sunday.
Cape Ann Ceramics Festival Aug. 9 – 25. 6 Wonson St., Gloucester, MA www.capeannceramicsfestival.com
Siasta Felicia writes-
James, Cathy, and Toni
I couldn’t ask for a better team of people to work with….we have been working side by side, round the clock, making sure every last detail is perfect,…I’m so blessed to be surrounded by these amazingly talented, caring, fun and creative people…..Each have made this process an experience I will never forget. after a crazy month of deadlines, photo shoots, photo retakes, cooking, and endless editing we are still having fun, joking with one another…at 2 am for the past two nights… you know your apart of a very unique group who all thrive on being creative happy to be working in the field they most love ! This has been an incredible experience.
Come down the dock tomorrow. I’m giving all my old caps away. I may never wear another cap ever.
So psyched with how they came out. Soooo freakin psyched.
Stonewashed ones come in next week.
The first sandcastle (of over a dozen) is in process, as seen here last night, on Revere Beach. The National Sand Sculpting Festival runs Friday – Sunday July 19-21.
http://www.celebrateboston.com/events/revere-beach-sand-sculpting-festival.htm
Photo © Kathy Chapman 2013
“Howdy Patna!” Yep, the hats are in, and on a scale of 1-10.. Ummm a 15! It’s simply the best quality eva! And if ya missed out, you will be kicking yourself in da keister when you start seeing them around town! Tell ya what, I’ll Roshambue ya for my all black one!
On Sunday, took a ride to see if I could get a picture of the A. Piatt Bridge. This was taken from Rust Island, love the Red Buoy.
Watch hundreds of human powered watercraft start at Gloucester High School, down the Annisquam River then continue all the way around Cape Ann finishing into a 15 knot headwind before turning at the Dogbar Breakwater then on to the Greasy Pole Finish line. Everyone is practicing:
Details at Cape Ann Rowing Club website click here. And a map here.
The Mesh Caps Are In!
Stonewashed Expected Next Week.
If you ordered one and want to come pick yours up come on down to the dock!
They are all sold out- no extras unless you ordered one.
The Embroidery is even nicer than I imagined!!!!!
It’s a weekend of community entertainment starting tonight at Harbor Loop; then tomorrow’s Cape Ann Big Band benefit for returning veterans at Gloucester House, Saturday’s Block Party and Sunday’s Bandstand Concert at Stage Fort Park featuring Overdrive. These Bandstand concerts are a perfect example of how to bring a celebrated, centuries old New England tradition into the 21st century. Bravo David Benjamin!
This just in from Ina Hahn & Lisa Hahn, Windhover Performing Arts Center in Rockport
“Quarry Dance 1”…performed by the Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre at Halibut Point State Park in Rockport, Mass. during the summer of 2012 was so successful that Windhover Performing Arts Center (located in Rockport, Mass) has invited choreographer, Dušan Týnek and his New York based modern dance company to develop a second installment , “Quarry Dance 2.”
This site-specific dance will be performed at privately owned Valley Pit Quarry, located at 7 Leverett Street in Lanesville (Gloucester) on Friday, July 26 and Saturday, July 27, 2013 at 5:30p.m. and is open to the public free of charge. Contributions are welcome. Parking is available at the Lanesville Congregational Church at 1120 Washington Street across from Leverett Street on both days. Parking is also available at the Lanesville Community Center at 8 Vulcan Street on Friday, July 26thonly. Street parking is allowed on Emerald Street, as well as on one side of Washington Street. The performance will last about one hour.
Valley Pit Quarry has a unique history because its former owner, Sylvester Ahola, a Lanesville native, was one of the most talented and famous musicians of the 1920’s and 30’s, playing lead trumpet with over a dozen big bands and making over 2,000 records. After retirement in 1940’s, he hosted many sailing parties at the quarry as a way of celebrating these man-made wonders.
Today, almost 100 years later, Dušan Týnek takes on the challenge by creating a new dance that will reflect upon this special place and generate a new and fresh narrative. The dance will move naturally through the environment using perspective and the unique architecture created by the granite ledges, overhangs, cracks, cliffs and terraces. And the dancers will also be in contact with the water, using its sounds as an additional dimension to the dance. The entire quarry and its surroundings will become a stage.
The Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre is a dynamic, contemporary dance company based in Brooklyn, NY. Recently named one of the top 5 New York City dance companies of the year by the New York Times, they have toured throughout the U.S, Europe and Russia and have recently completed a series of successful performances at Baruch College in New York City. In September, they are scheduled to perform at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in celebration of the company’s 10th anniversary. “ Terrific…striking…a high level of invention… Mr. Týnek is an undoubted talent.” NYTimes
Chairs will be provided for the audience, but people are welcome to bring their own chairs too, and people are encouraged to bring their own water and/or soft drinks.
Windhover is grateful to Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation for their support and the funding which has made this event possible. We also wish to thank the Rockport and Gloucester Cultural Councils and The Donor Advised Fund of the Boston Foundation for their important contributions, as well as our many friends and supporters. We could not have achieved this without all of you.
Ina Hahn & Lisa Hahn, Windhover Performing Arts Center in Rockport, Mass. 01966
978-546-3611 www.windhover.org
Good Morning Gloucester 