Rocky Neck on a Sunday in early May
Kiss on the Neck and getting ready to sail.
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The News from Madfish Wharf
Well the time is here, in spite of recent frosty days and nights. A new season is upon us and lots of great things are planned this year on Madfish Wharf, starting this Thursday. Have you been salivating for some of Jordan’s amazing sushi or other tasty fare from Madfish Grille? Well you’re in for a big surprise. The Madfish has been majorly spruced up and redecorated with some amazing work by Ben McAdam, in addition to an expanded sushi bar. They are opening this Thursday, May 16th, so come on by and satisfy your tastebuds.
Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester will be opening for the season on Thursday as well, so come by and check out all the great new work by Joey C. and GMG contributors Donna Ardizonni, Fr. Green, Craig Kimberly, Kim Smith and Paul Morrison, as well as Deb Schradieck, Judith Monteferrante, Roger Salisbury and your’s truly. We will be having a Grand Opening Mug Up on Sunday, May 26th. Mark your calendars now so you don’t miss it.
Aquatro Gallery sneak preview. Gigi Mederos and Stevie Black are back and they are taking no prisoners. This year, look for Aquatro at Gallery 4 (next door, where Wendie Demuth Photography was the past two years). In addition to Gigi’s and Stevie’s work, they will also be carrying Ben McAdam, Mary Bowles, Bella & Me, to name just a few. Do not miss.
Carol McKenna has taken the plunge and opened her own gallery in the red barn which was previously Sigrid Olsen’s Isla. Carol is having her opening on Saturday, May 25th from 5:00-8:00pm, so mark your calendar now for her champagne and chocolate opening.
Since Carol has decided to open her own space, she is looking for someone to take her guest artist space at Khan Studio July 27-August 9 (super prime time). If you are interested in taking this exhibit time, email me at khanstudio@comcast.net.
Caroline Kwas is back with her Intimate Landscapes Gallery at G4 and is now open.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Rocky Neck this year. And on your way to Madfish Wharf, don’t miss all the other galleries that are now open on Rocky Neck, and get yourself some yummy ice cream at Kiss on the Neck.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
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GMG Monarch-Milkweed Mug Up This Saturday!
Update: Milkweed Plants Arrived Thursday and are ready to go! See you Saturday morning!!!
Hooray–our milkweed plants shipped from Missouri Monday and should arrive to Gloucester by Thursday!!!
Plants will be available for pick up at Captain Joe and Sons, 95 East Main Street, Saturday morning at 9:00am and we will be there all morning until noon. Felicia is helping and we will have coffee for everyone. Written instructions will be provided on how to take care of your plants. Looking forward to seeing you all at the first ever Monarch~Milkweed Mug Up!
I did not collect the funds ahead of time. Please everybody, if you ordered plants, be sure to pick-up Saturday morning. I am counting on you!! If the project is successful, we will do this again later in the season, with Seaside Goldenrod and New England Asters, but we can only have another plant sale if everyone honors their commitment. Thank you!!
For more detailed information, see previous posts:
GloucesterCast Podcast 4/25/13 With Guest Kim Smith
Cape Ann Milkweed Project
Cape Ann Milkweed Project ~ Last day to order plants
WOW and WONDEFUL—150 milkweed plants ordered!!! (Actually, 190 plants were ordered!!)
How Exactly is Monsanto’s Roundup Ravaging the Monarch Butterfly Population?
News Release: MONARCH WATCH ANNOUNCES ‘BRING BACK THE MONARCHS’ CAMPAIGN
Monarch Butterfly and Marsh Milkweed
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The Big, BIG STRUM Saturday, May 18
The Big, BIG STRUM
Saturday, May 18
The Gloucester House
63 Rogers Street
Gloucester, MA
Doors @7pm
Purchase tickets ($20-advance, $22-at the door)
The Gloucester House – 978-283-1812
Gloucester Music – 978-281-4874
Fly at the Rhumb Line Tonight!
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Special Guest on Local Music Seen with Allen Estes
Dave Foley & Rich Holerook came to the North Shore for a special taping of Local Music Seen with Allen Estes. The show airs on Cape Ann TV Channel 12 Wednesday (tonight), at 6:30pm and it airs again Friday at 1:30pm and Sunday at 6pm.
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Music for Hump Day & KBMG At Jalapeños on Thursday
I know it’s Hump Day and it looks like it’s going to rain, but get out tonight. Fly as Ron Schrank as his special guest, Dennis Monagle has the amazing Dejas and you never know who is going to join John Rockwell. See the full list here
KBMG will be at Jalapeños on Thursday to make up for the Water Main break. Call now to make your reservation so you can welcome Dan King back to Gloucester. Make your reservation now – 978-283-8228!
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Thursday night blues party at The Rhumb Line to host Evan Goodrow 5.16.2013 ~ 8-11
Thursday – Dave Sag’s Blues Party with Evan Goodrow ~ 8-11
Dave says,
Let’s welcome back Mr. Evan Goodreau! One of the best crowd pleasers I know, Big E has just returned from the Bronx where he came in first place in the Annual Homie car-stripping contest, making mincemeat out of a brand new BMW in seconds flat. Be careful: he can do it to your brain, too. Evan never fails to get the pot boiling quickly, so come early.
Also, on the skins will be our very own redcoat, Mr. David Mattacks, who needs no introduction, unless you’ve been in a coma.
Thank all of you for your pained inquiries into missing emails: I had some kind of gastro-informational problem which has since cleared up with the regular applications of Damnitol®, the speedy world wide cobweb fixer upper. Should all be good, now.
Still on winter hours 8 to 11. Thank you for your continuing support! We would be nothing without you! And watch out for that miserable summer cold/flu thing going around. I got it and couldn’t even drink for a couple of days!
Photo from > http://www.evangoodrow.com/
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Music Around Town ♪♫♪ May 15-19, 2013
click photo for music info
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Art Blab by Deb Clarke
Art Blab by Deb Clarke
Last February we had an engagement party for my daughter Elizabeth and her Joshua. Towards the end of the evening Elizabeth secretly recorded one of our conversations. here’s a short snippet. we had a good laugh.
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/debbie-clarke.html
http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/debbie.clarke.5011
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Interesting sunset effect in clouds over harbor…
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Public School Children’s Art at the Cape Ann Museum
As a part of the Gloucester Public Schools Arts Festival, the Cape Ann Museum has embraced an avalanche of visual arts produced by the school children. The work is displayed all over the museum’s galleries, making an interesting juxtaposition with the work of professional artists.
Here’s a slideshow with more photos:
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BSL Awareness Walk This Sunday at 11am
Walk with BSL Awareness Walks in Gloucester on Sunday, May 19th at 11am. They will start at Stage Fort Park, walking down the promenade and up Main Street and back down via Rogers. The walk will take up to two hours and they will congregate at the end to talk and say hello to one another and our pups! All responsible owners of any and all breeds are welcome to join the walk.
Nancy Julian, the coordinator of BSL Awareness Walks, reached out to me to let me know about the event in Gloucester this weekend.
(Nancy’s Dog, Frankie)
“BSL is made up of responsible bully breed owners and our well-behaved dogs challenging stereotypes one step at a time; changing minds one walk at a time.”
They walk in towns and cities of Massachusetts and surrounding states that ban or banned ‘pit bulls’ or have or had BSL. So far they have walked in 7 towns in Massachusetts and one town in Rhode Island. BSL is breed specific legislation – laws which are targeted towards all dangerous dogs (supposedly), but ‘pit bulls’ primarily. Nancy started the walks in January in response to Mayor Menino and Councilman Consalvo wanting to repeal the new Animal Control law that came into effect on October 31, 2013. This law prohibits BSL in Massachusetts.
Here are two links for the BSL and the Facebook Event Page:
I love pit bulls and they definitely get an unfair rap. The pit bulls I have know have been the most loving dogs and great with kids. I don’t know why we are still dealing with these stereotypes. 100 years ago they were known as “Nanny dogs” because they were so loyal, kind and great with children.
A good example of their demeanor is something I witnessed a month ago in Boston. I was walking down Newbury Street and I noticed two pit bulls, well behaved on leash, get snipped at by two little toy dogs. The pit bulls did nothing, they ignored the tiny dogs as they continued to snap at them. We have to remember that it’s not just the dog breed that factors into a dog’s behavior, but also how they are raised and trained.
I hope you can come out to the walk and meet these amazing dogs.
~Alicia
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Chickity Check It! “New England: a perfect break on the ‘other’ cape”
New England: a perfect break on the ‘other’ cape
Cape Ann, home to the most oft-painted building in the US – celebrated in a festival on May 18 – deserves to be better known in Britain, says Paul Wade.
Mentioned-Rocky Neck, Cape Ann Museum, Hammond Castle, HA Burnham Boatyard, Thomas E Lannon, Motif No1, Bearskin Neck, Lobster Pool Restaurant, Duckworth’s Bistrot, The Franklin, Blue Shutters In, Emerson Inn, Beech Tree Bed and Breakfast, My Place By The Sea, Cape Pond Ice, 7 Seas Whale Watch, North Shore Kayak
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Community Photos 5/15/13
Jessie submits-
Love GMG. Thanks. Here’s a pic I took while walking Good Harbor beach last week.
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Gloucester Shack Series
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Discover Gloucester MugUp Meeting & Visitor Guide Debut May 21st
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http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com Do you get it?
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Community Stuff 5/15/13
Aquatro Gallery Is Back To Rock The Neck For Summer 2013
Aquatro Opens A Gorgeous New Gallery For Summer 2013 In Gloucester’s Rocky Neck Cultural District
After last year’s success, Aquatro Gallery returns to Rocky Neck for the 2013 summer season in a new, larger location with a carefully-selected group of works by talented artists they’ve invited.
Aquatro quickly established itself as a must-stop destination in Rocky Neck for tourists and regulars alike. This came as no surprise to returning artists/designer, Gigi Mederos, whose freshman year on the Neck saw her and partner, Stevie Black, running Adriana Mederos Studio and Gallery, a live-and-work space they serendipitously found after enjoying a two-week run as a guest artist of Ejay Lefavour’s Khan Studio Gallery during summer 2011. Once again, like last year when they were a couple doors down the wharf at Gallery #6, Aquatro Gallery needs more room to grow.
Aquatro Gallery remains bright and inviting, with an even better selection of contemporary fine art, jewelry and artful accessories in its new location at 77 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gallery #4 – still on Madfish Wharf in the heart of the Rocky Neck Art Colony, where the high-season runs from Memorial Day to Columbus Day. This year Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of summer on the Neck and Aquatro Gallery will be open from Wednesday through Monday that weekend, from 12PM – 8 PM; their normal hours throughout the summer until Columbus Day.
Here is but a taste of what you can expect to find at Aquatro this year:
belle+me, the fun, flirty, French line of scarves and pendants created by Rocky Neck friends, Anne Malvaux and Lisa LeVasseur.
Todas Las Musas, silver and enamel jewelry from Alejandra González and Gela Mederos.
Tami Rodrig’s delightful earrings and pendants from Happy Art Studio make their Rocky Neck debut at Aquatro.
Elegant and functional Turning Grace Studio pottery by New England native and now Nashville ceramicist, Catherine McMurray.
The intelligently humorous and deceptively simple wire sculptures of Boston’s South End artist, Brian Murphy.
You will also find paintings by Ben MacAdam and Tom Nihan, mixed media constructions by Liz Horwitz, and Mary Bowles’ decorative mosaic mirrors will make you happy to catch glimpses of yourself throughout your day. Aquatro also introduces Glamourosa, beaded earrings by young Cambridge artist, Alisa Amador and new, first-editions of designs and products from Guatopo, the surface and textile design studio launched last year by Stevie Black and Gigi Mederos.
Rockport Fireworks Fundraising Event
At
My Place by The Sea
Hosted by Kathy Milbury and Barbara Stavropoulos
On Monday May20th 5pm-8pm
(Rain date tbd)
Hors d’Oeuvres & Cocktails,$25 per person.
Proceeds fund the first ever Fireworks
In Rockport to be held on August 10th
Joey,
Carla Benjamin of the Cape Ann Relay for Life team “Friends for Friends” will be hosting Todd Ruggere’s “Mass Beer Tour” at Jalapeno’s Restaurant.
Todd is raising money for Dana Farber Cancer Institute and children’s cancer research. We are hoping people will stop by Jalapeno’s on Sunday, May 19th at 5pm and say hello to Todd, have a beer and if you’d like make a small donation. Todd is visiting 351 cities/towns in 365 days and drinking a beer in each one. Todd has already visited over 162 cities and towns in the commonwealth.
We would like to thank Cape Ann Relay for Life and Jalapeno’s for supporting Cape Ann’s continued fight against cancer. Thanks, Bill Trefry
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Video- Sexcamaids Stepping Up for City Hall Gloucester
Joey,
I videoed the Bananas show for Richard and crew. Here’s the Sexcamaids dance number that I had to get off to my daughter Sarah and her friends.
Living In East Gloucester and loving it.
Mike Lafferty
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GHS Softball vs Marblehead
GHS looses a tough one to Marblehead.
Good Morning Gloucester 