Andrew Clark joins The Dave Sag’s Blues Party @ The Rhumb Line ~ This Thursday 8:30 -11:30

Posted on by Joanne

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Let’s welcome back that Tootin’ Torquemada of the Tenor, Mr. Andrew Clark. Last time he was here, I had to shave my eardrums! A.C. has a knack for taking familiar songs and twisting them until they scream “uncle!”  You never know what’s going to show up underneath  that  rock. Be ready! He’ll be bringing along his longtime buddy, Mr. Dan Cademartori, or, Deputy Dan, to flail the guitar. A new guy for me. Then again, there’s Mr. Roger Brocklebank, erstwhile Madhouse® drummbler, to flail all that grain. Me, too, on bass. Rheumer has it that dark, hooded saxophonists may show up and proceed to wreck the joint. Be prepared!
Don’t forget our new, improved hours: 8:30 to 11:30. And, as always, Thank You for your continued support.

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Have a listen > 

The Rockport Farmers Market is Coming to Town!

Posted on by S.D. Kelly

All the details about the upcoming Rockport Farmers Market are here on GMG! The  market will be small but mighty, featuring some great Rockport and Cape Ann-based food producers. Word on the street is that Brothers’ Brew will be there with fresh doughnuts AND and espresso maker so you can have your morning caffeine while shopping for all sorts of homegrown goodness! The first week, June 22nd, coincides with Spiran Hall’s annual Midsummer Fair, also held in Harvery Park where the Farmers’ Market is located, so you can grab some pickled herring and other Scandinavian goodness along with your produce. For more information and to stay updated on vendors, etc, go to http://www.rockportartfestivals.com/farmers-market

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The official RFM press release:

The Rockport Farmers’ Market opens on June 22nd in Harvey Park in downtown Rockport, Massachusetts, at the corner of Broadway and Mt. Pleasant Street, across the street from T-Wharf.

The new, open-air market specializes in locally grown fruits, vegetables, eggs, meats, and honey, as well as fresh, locally sourced baked goods. Producers include First Light Farms of Hamilton, Seaview Farms of Rockport, Pride’s Osteria of Beverly, Brothers’ Brew of Rockport, and a selection of community home growers. The weekly market will also feature Garden Talks, a program offering short, informative presentations made by local experts on topics ranging from tips for growing tomatoes to vegan cooking.

The Rockport Farmers’ Market takes place every Saturday, rain or shine, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., June 22nd – September 7th, 2013, and is organized by Rockport Festivals, a group of volunteers seeking to build community through cultural events and activities in downtown Rockport.

For updates to the weekly vendor list and Garden Talks schedule, visit rockportartfestivals.com or contact rockportfestivals@gmail.com.

St. John’s Thrift Shop

Posted on by Matthew Green

Located right in downtown Gloucester under the buildings of St. John’s Episcopal Church (48 Middle St.), and with an entrance and parking available off of Washington street (more or less across from Midori and Tedeschi), the St. John’s thrift Shop is very accessible either on foot or by car.

SJ0They are open Tuesday-Thursday, 10-2, during the summer (generally starting in May and ending in September).  Martha Whitney (in a photo below), who runs the shop, told me that they have aimed to synchronize their hours with the other thrift shop a few doors down, sponsored by the Congregational Church (to be featured here another day).  That makes it easy for someone to visit both shops in one trip.

Their inventory includes some clothes and a wide, eclectic variety of other household items, including kitchenware, books, framed pictures, clothes, blankets, etc. From my experience, prices are very, very affordable, and everything is clean and carefully selected.

I have picked up several useful items here over the past week, including a nice warm afghan, a wastepaper basket, and a corkscrew. Definitely worth checking out!

– Matthew Green

Pet of the Week-Aisha

Posted on by Alicia Pensarosa

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I am looking really carefully, my new owner could be looking for me here at the Cape Ann Animal Aid located at the Christopher Cutler Rich Animal Shelter, Four Paw Lane,  Gloucester.

My name is Aisha, I am Basset or Corgi mix, I am four-month-old and I weigh about 25 pounds.  I have a short light brown-and-black coat.  If you check our website at CapeAnnAnimalAid.com you will be able to see other photos of me.

I have been asked to tell you about the Recycle for Rover program – please consider saving your returnable cans and bottles this summer and donating them the CAAA to benefit our Transportation Fund.  We will ask friends to drop-off cans and bottles on Sundays from 12 Noon – 3 p.m. June through August.

Sorry, I have to run…I see some visitors and it might be my new family – I am smiling now!

 

 

NSSPI: Summer 2013 Sports Performance Training Classes

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Be Great this Fall: Prepare this Summer!
Summer 2013 Sports Performance Training Classes

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Registration Now Open!

Happy Spring Everyone!
The summer months are almost here!  And if you haven’t heard, there is a great new summer opportunity for our local athletes!  Sports Performance Training Classes are designed for athletes ages 10-18 who are seeking excellence at the next level of performance. This is an intense hour-and-a-half session, meeting up to three times per week.  Each session focuses on mastering key athletic movement patterns which will support the development of strength, power, speed, agility and flexibility.  Most importantly, these athletes will decrease their risk for injury, and build confidence to meet the demands of their specific sport. 
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to be in the best shape of your life this fall, by training with us this summer!
From what we have seen and heard, there are amazing kids in the local area who are interested and crave this program! With the right instruction, these athletes will step out onto the fields and rinks this fall better than ever before!  And with your help, by letting any friends/ kids/ athletes/ coaches, etc. know about this program, we can help develop even stronger athletes! 
We hope that you, or someone you know, will take part in this program. If you have any questions, We would love to answer them, as we are extremely excited about what we can do for our aspiring athletes.
Our Personal Best,
Nan & The NSSPI Coaches

For more info or to Register Contact: nangorton@gmail.com

Video- 191 Main Street Gloucester Renovation- Second Floor Apartments With Patty Hecht

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I’m All In For Getting A Nut Tuck

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

the Daily Mail reports-

How George Clooney has inspired cosmetic craze for ‘ball ironing’ – that sees wrinkles removed from you know where…

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George Clooney has repeatedly joked that instead of his eyes he gets the skin on his testicles ‘ironed’ out, but now it appears he’s inspired a new craze in Hollywood.

Cosmetic expert Nurse Jamie told MailOnline that she added ‘Tighten the Tackle’ to the list of services at her Santa Monica spa, Beauty Park, last year, and it has been a raving success.

Delicately describing the $575 non-surgical treatment, the blonde beautician says it involves using lasers to remove hair, erase wrinkles and correct discoloration on the scrotum.

Listen, I’ll be the first to admit that as I’ve aged, my boys aren’t hanging all high and tight like they used to be.  I’d long thought about getting a little nut tuck to smooth things out “down there” but now that my man George Clooney is endorsing it, I’m ALL IN!

$575 for the non-surgical procedure?  Chump change to freshen up the boys.

Which spa around here offers such services?  We can live blog the procedure.  Maybe do a whole pay-per-view deal.

Thanks George for being brave enough to come forward with your own ball ironing to make it acceptable for men with low hanging nuts everywhere to “tighten their tackle”

Community Stuff 6/12/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

ROCKY NECK GALLERY’S SUMMER ARTISTS SERIES INTRODUCES NELLA LUSH
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Rocky Neck Gallery is pleased to announce the second show of the Summer Artist Series introducing the artist Nella Lush and her exquisitely beautiful seascapes and frescoes.  The show, titled Nella’s Journey, opens Wednesday, June 12 until July 2.  An artist reception will be held on Sunday, June 16th from 4-6 PM.  The public is invited to attend this free event and hear Nella talk about her work and process.

An experimental artist, Nella enjoys working on a variety of subject matter from abstracts to frescos, nature and the sea.  The Cape Ann coastline is her muse where she spends time recording the atmospheric moods of the sea, light and sky.  Back in her studio she interprets these emotions on canvas where the process of painting is, for her, a spiritual journey.  She works mainly with oils using cold wax as a medium often adding marble dust to create more texture and depth.  It is her application and scraping away of numerous layers, again and again, that shape the final painting.

“I connect with things that leave a mystery… that the viewer is digging into the painting and each time they find something different.  I don’t seek perfection: I just seek to be heard and to have the viewer connect emotionally to my work and to bring them to a time and place in their life.”

Nella is represented by the Art Essex Gallery, Essex, CT; the Mystic Seaport Maritime Gallery, Mystic, CT; Lorica Gallery, Andover, MA; and Peter Alpers Art, Andover, MA.  She is a Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists; a member of National Associations of Women Artists in NYC; Rockport Art Association, Rockport, MA; a member and board trustee of North Shore Art Association, Gloucester, MA; President of the Andovers Artists Guild; and associate member of the Oil Painters of America.

Please join us and meet Nella Lush on Sunday, June 16th from 4-6 PM for a reception and artist talk.  Delicious refreshments will be served. 

RNG is located on 53 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester.  The hours are: Sunday – Wednesday: 11 AM – 6 PM, Thursday – Saturday: 11 AM – 8 PM.  Free parking is available.  For more information please visit our website http://www.rockyneckgallery.com or call 978-282-0917

Greetings dear Joe,

My name is Tesa and we met a few years ago when I was director of Sustainable Cape Ann (we started the Farmers’ Market).

I moved to Indonesia three years ago, and now live in California but still love to support cool projects back in Cape Ann.  I did two interviews with Robert Newton in 2008 and 2011, which I just cleaned up and posted on my blog with a link to his current Indiegogo Campaign.   If you have time to read them, and feel comfortable mentioning them on your blog, I was hoping it might create some support for Robert’s fundraiser.

Warm regards,

Tess Silvestre

The offshore fishing out of Gloucester ,Ma. couldn’t be better.I was out the other day and limited out on cod and caught some real nice sized haddock.I’m glad we are allowed to catch fish for my charter clients and also some nice locale fresh fish to take home for dinner.

I caught this nice haddock my self and decided that it was for my dinner.

Capt. MikeParisi

www.Amandamariefishing.com

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2013 Carolyn O’Connor Scholarship Applications Now Available

Applications for the Carolyn O’Connor Scholarship are now available at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, 33 Commercial Street in Gloucester, and online at capeannchamber.com. The Businesswomen’s Committee is delighted to announce that the scholarship award will continue to be $1,250 this year.

The O’Connor Scholarship is offered to a Cape Ann woman who is looking to change careers or re-enter the workforce, and who would require some form of continuing education to achieve that goal. Applicants must have a high school degree or its equivalent, be a legal resident of Massachusetts, and be accepted to an accredited college, university or job training program.

The deadline for submitting the application for the Carolyn O’Connor Scholarship is Friday, June 28.

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A $25 Gift Pack For Dad From Dinner Dealer- No-Brainer

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Back by popular demand, Dinner Dealer designs a rockin’ Gift Pack just for Dad. It’s the perfect gift for the Dad that loves to eat out locally, drink quality coffee, chow down on some steamed hot dogs, drench food with hot sauce, decorate his desk with cool photography and bathe himself with manly (sexy) soap.

Yep! Dad will get all of the above in his wicked cool DAD PACK.

Only available online at https://www.dinnerdealer.com/dad

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Here’s the 411 on what’s inside — all local North Shore businesses!

  1. Dinner Dealer
    Deck of Cards (duh!)
  2. Glosta Joe’s
    Package of Locally Roasted Coffee (Perfect Storm Blend)
  3. Social Palates
    Signed Photograph Print
  4. Gifts 4 Soul
    Sexy Dragon Natural Goat’s Milk Soap (women love it)
  5. Foreign Affairs Market
    Bourbon Maple Roasted Nuts (Manly Nuts)
  6. Little Depot Diner
    Buy 1 Get 1 Hot Dog + Bottle of Hot Sauce

p.s. There’s a limited supply, so giddy up and order your DAD PACKS now. Heck, even order some for your kids’ favorite teachers or soccer coach! Each pack only costs $25 + shipping — no lie.

Only available online at https://www.dinnerdealer.com/dad

HarborWalk awards – the complete 2013 MUSE list and Golden Shoe Award

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Hi Joey,

The 2013 MUSE award winners were announced during the American Alliance of Museums’ massive annual conference. (Here’s more about that org and its conference:  http://www.aam-us.org/events/annual-meeting)

It’s so great to see all the projects. Check ‘em out! Congratulations Gloucester, Maritime Gloucester, Cambridge Seven Associates and Untravel Media.

Read the complete list for the 2013 MUSE award winners from the American Alliance of Museums

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Speaking of awards, another fun recognition for the HarborWalk was for a Golden Shoe Award, for the “City of Gloucester creatively getting Gloucester Walking”, presented 3.20.13. From Steve Winslow, Senior Project Manager Community Development,  “Every year WalkBoston recognizes communities that are making “major strides” to improve conditions for walking which is a wonderful endorsement of the great work around the HarborWalk, city planning, and community development.”

Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library, Beauport, Sargent House Museum, Good Morning Gloucester (and GMG contributors!) and other local media, and so many other Gloucester partners collaborated in the process of creating content for the story moments and the mobile site and links. Here’s to more awards: Visit http://www.ghwalk.org

Giant Rubber Duck Floating Around Hong Kong Set To Travel To US

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Len Burgess submits-

Giant rubber duck heading for the US. Would be great to have it floating in Gloucester harbor to celebrate a GMG day.

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June 10, 2013 Sailbot Gloucester Harbor-

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Even with dreary weather, the Sailbot races are lot of fun.  These boats are Autonomous Robotic Sailbots.  Student teams design and build unmanned sailbots that navigates through five on-water challenges of speed, maneuverability and navigation with limited, if any human control. There are 11 College, Dartmouth College, Endicott College, Iowa state, Memorial University 9 Newfoundland), Northeastern, Olin College of Engineering, U.s Naval Academy, University of British Columbia (Vancouver), University of California, University of Guelph, (Guelph Ontario) and Tufts University, there was also 7 high schools, Albemarle H.S. (Charlottesville, VA), Gloucester H.S., Newburyport H.S., Swampscott H.S., Walter Johnson H.S. (Bethesda, MD), El Dorado H.S. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) and Community Boating from Boston, MA.  For more information please visit http://www.sailbot.org

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Did You Know? (National Sushi Day)

Posted on by God's Morning

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That June 18th is National Sushi Day?  There is no other place to be on June 18th than Madfish Wharf for their amazing sushi.  But you don’t have to wait until the 18th.  Go to Madfish Grille any time (Tuesday through Sunday) for lunch or dinner of the best sushi you’ve ever had.  Check out Sushi Chef Jordan holding a tray of his amazing surf and turf with steak and lobster. 

Sushi not your thing?  I went a couple of nights ago and being a perpetual seeker of the perfect burger, I had to try their’s and I have to say, it was possibly the best burger I’ve ever had.  Perfectly charbroiled and dripping with cheese and carmelized bacon and onions.  And doesn’t that softshell crab sandwich look amazing?

E.J. Lefavour

You Are All Invited to My Film Premiere and After Party at Fred Bodin’s

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Come join us at my film’s premiere, Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly, Friday, June 21st at 7:30 pm, at the Cape Ann Community Cinema. After the event, Fred has very graciously offered to host a rockin’ party at Bodin Historic Photo Gallery, 82 Main Street, and Felicia and Pat are preparing a wonderful array of tasty treats, as only they can do! It’s going to be fabulous night and I hope to see you there!

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Advance Tickets for Life Story of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly