Final night of the first SingerSongwriterShuffle 7-10pm @ Giuseppe’s
Giuseppe’s Ristorante, Gloucester, Ma
Tonight is our final night of the first SingerSongwriterShuffle! 7-10pm, come out and hear Steve Caraway, Inge Berge, Satch Kerans, Jake Pardee, Randy Black, Brian O’Connor and Will Hunt! 7-10pm! We have a new “Shuffle” starting up again May 2nd! Stay tuned!
Steve Caraway
Photo by Louise
Inge Berge
Satch Kerans
Randy Black
Brian O’Connor
Will Hunt
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The word is Brad Byrd will be playing the Dog Bar Thursdays for a while. Pretty cool heh…
Flocked! Alright Who’s The Wise Guy?
Woke up yesterday morning to a flock of Pink Flamingos in the front yard. Figured they were for the Mrs but nope. They were for me according to the card. Who’d like to fess up to being the Flocker?
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Jimmy “T” – New Boat “The Heart of Gloucester”
Jimmy “T” names his new boat “The Heart of Gloucester.
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Murder on Rocky Neck: The Opera!
News from Henry Allen and friends:
This is David Wesson, I’m the new Outreach Coordinator for Henry Allen’s Northshore Folklore Theater Company. I’ve been a follower of GMG for some time, and look forward to connecting with you!
As you are likely aware, Henry has partnered with the YMCA as Heny Allen’s Northshore Theatre Company. Instead of our plays being confined to one theater, we are performing them in various hot spots all around town- as a way to truly reach out to the commnunity.
We would love your help in spreading the work about our upcoming show Murder on Rocky Neck: the Opera, as well as getting the word out for our children’s programming and summer camp.
Attached please see the flyer for our upcoming show Murder on Rocky Neck which opens on May 9 at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck:
Attached also, please find a fun synopsis of the play Murder on Rocky Neck with more details. …[T]his is our first production at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, and we want to make sure the community knows about it! (Synopsis follows:)
On a frosty Thursday morning on old Rocky Neck,
The artist Richard Bluewall was found drowned, by heck!
Whilst the children of the town pondered how he had died,
Court was in session with those being tried:
Was it Old Scurvy Crabwater killed poor Richard Bluewall?
Or was it Miss Sylvia DeSylvia who’s love conquered all?
Or perhaps Jesse Pomeroy, a boy of sixteen,
With suspicious demeanor and caught at the scene!
Star witness and actress, Alicia Linguiça,
Insists to the end,
That the murder was committed
By her former best friend!
With Judge Thaddeus Pudge
Presiding the case,
And the audience as jury putting justice in place,
Attorneys Paperwell, Rockwell, Scissorwell and Schute
Do their level best to condemn the brute.Travel back in time to 1870’s Gloucester, and lose yourself in this witty opera, a courtroom drama with a surprise ending – an original story entirely conceived and written by Henry Allen’s Young Playwrights, ages 9-13. The show features a beautiful original score by Derek Dupuis, age 16, who also composed the music for ‘Song of The Sea’. Murder On Rocky Neck, The Opera is appropriate for all ages!
Tickets: Suggested donation $20- General Audience, $15 – Seniors, Veterans & Students
Limited seating
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street, Gloucester
Director: Henry Allen
Music Director: John Eldridge
Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Timothy Edwards
Set Design: Fionn McWilliam & Mike Ryan
Costume Design: Amy-Beth Healey & Brenda Leahy
Lights & Sound Design: InterMediaUnlimited
Ensemble (alpha): Alex Becket, Scott Brown, Emma Cavaliere, Caroline Connolly, Shannon Connolly, Sadie Cook, Timothy Edwards, Olivia Francis, Genna Healey, Jay Healey, Henry Jacques, Shannon Kelly, Belle Muller, Rodney Perry, Matt Service, Peter Souza, Elizabeth Wagner, Brandon Waterman, and David Wesson.
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Joey C’s Proposal For Changing School Vacation Week Locally
Kids missing school isn’t a good thing. It’s not good for the students. Not good for the teachers who have their performance tied to standardized testing. Not good for education in general. I’m fairly certain we can all agree on that.
With all public schools taking the same exact school vacation week off what it has created in the travel industry is a huge demand all at once and if anyone wants to travel during school vacation week prices not only double, but they often times triple or quadruple.
So parents who would like to take their kids away often times take their kids out a week before or a week after a winter vacation and once those kids are in third grade or so they can lose a fundamental building block of their education. Teachers whose job performance are increasingly tied to state standardized test scores are penalized for children’s absence if they aren’t there to learn and those students bring their average test scores down.
So I ask, why not just move school vacation week forward or back a week so we don’t have to compete with the entire state for flights to Orlando or some other vacation destination at the very same time?
You would have better attendance because parents wouldn’t pick an off school vacation week to go away.
The people who wouldn’t take their kids out of school on an off school vacation week might be able to afford to take their children away if every public school district in the State didn’t take the same exact week off.
Teachers would benefit from higher attendance rates and presumably higher standardized test scores because the kids would be in class.
I see it as a win all the way around.
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2013 Gloucester EcoTrip and CAFM Spring Market Info
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Costa Rica Adventure – Three Toed Sloth Rescue
While going up the Rio Colorado we encountered a three toed sloth attempting to swim across. We stopped and picked her up and brought her to the other side.
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Community Stuff 4/18/13
Cape Ann Art Haven Updates
Spring Cleaning & Summer Classes
RUMMAGE SALE FUNDRAISER THIS SATURDAY
Find a bargain on art and craft products!
Come to The Hive in Gloucester for a one-day rummage sale full of all kinds of art supplies. Over the years Cape Ann Art Haven has acquired many great art and craft supplies. We’ve used a lot in our classes, but there are some materials that we just don’t have room for anymore. We’re cleaning out our closet and raising money for Art Haven so we can keep offering a creative space and inexpensive art classes to the community. We have paints, fabric pieces, books, matte board, paper, frames and more! The sale will take place Saturday, April 20th from 9AM to 3PM at Art Haven’s new community center, The Hive, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester. For more information, email thehive@arthaven.org or call 978.283.3889.
SUMMER SCHEDULE ONLINE
Art Haven kids’ program starts June 24th
working on a whale!
Our summer class schedule is ready! Check it out here. We have weekly sessions of a fun, global program where we will be exploring art and culture of a different country each week. We also have two weeks of collaboration with Maritime Gloucester and one week with Cape Ann Museum.
On top of our full-day week-long sessions, we will also still have some regular classes like pottery, open studio, family open studio and darkroom. Take a look at the website for more information!
We’re still working on our summer classes and workshops for teens & adults at The Hive, so keep an eye on our facebook page for announcements.
NEXT SESSION: MAY 13- JUNE 21
Upcoming Classes at Art Haven & The Hive
kids’ clay project
Before the summer, we will have one more session of regular classes at Art Haven and The Hive. At Art Haven, we will have clay, pottery, drawing/printmaking and painting for kids. The class schedule will be the same as the current session on our website.
At The Hive, we’ll have pottery classesTuesday 3-5pm and Thursday 6-9pm. We’re also excited to be adding a pastel classThursdays 3-5pm and charcoal portrait drawing Thursdays 6-9pm. Photoshop will still be Tuesday nights, from 6-8pm and Open Studio on Wednesdays from 6:30-8:30pm. The Hive will be launching a new website soon where students can register online; "like" The Hive Community Center on Facebook to stay up to date!
Good Morning Joey,
The AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary Post 32 is holding a yard clean up
raffle for all residents / businesses of the Cape Ann Area. Tickets
are $10 each and the winner will win a minimum of 10 hrs of labor
resources to aid them with their Spring Clean up. Some of the funds
will help to offset the costs of our upcoming convention for our
officers. Any remaining funds will be used to benefit veterans, their
families and or our community. If anyone is interested in purchasing
tickets they may contact us on our Facebook page, via email or call
Carrie-Ann at 978-879-3834. I have attached a flyer with additional
details that I hoped you may be able to share in the coming weeks.
Thank you,
Jennifer GannettPresident
AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary Post #32
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK<http://www.facebook.com/pages/AMVETS-Ladies-Auxiliary-Post-32-Gloucester-MA/360566197355435>
Visit our website for more information:
http://amvetspost32ma.org/LadiesAUX.html
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Gloucester Post 3 Sr. Legion Baseball Tryout
Gloucester Post 3 Sr. Legion Baseball Tryout
The 2014 Gloucester Post 3 Sr. Legion team will hold a tryout on Sunday, May 5th from 11 am – 1 pm at Nate Ross Field at O’Maley School in Gloucester. Legion baseball is available for players between the ages of 14-19. This year Gloucester will only field a Sr. Legion team and not a Jr. Program. Registration will take place for the tryout starting at 10:30 am on the day of the tryout at Nate Ross Field. All questions should be sent to Gerald MacKillop at Post3baseball@gmail.com. Post 3 is available for residents of Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester and Essex.
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Good Morning Gloucester Podcast April 17,2013
Podcast Host Joey Ciaramitaro and guest Paul Morrison Taped April 17th, 2013
Click to listen-
Earth Day
The Word “Broad”
Revisiting The Good Harbor Beach Repair Timetable Predictions
Rubber Duck Race
Craig Kimberley’s Bikini Speedo Dodgeball Movie Premiere At the farm Bar and Grille
Blackburn Challenge Registration
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O’Maley Soda Bottle Garden From Roger Davis
Roger Davis Submits
Last Friday, the O’Maley Middle School cafeteria served lettuce in its salad bar… and students actually ate some! The real news is that this lettuce was grown by the sixth grade students of Island House… in the school library! Under the direction of science teacher Roger Davis, the students created planters out of two-liter soda bottles, linked together in a siphon-fed watering system. A three-liter bottle supplies the whole class’s set of lettuce planters, and the siphon passes the water from one planter to the next. The plants absorb the water by cappilary action, so the plants never need to be watered. With the garden and water all held in these containers, the lettuce bed was set in the school library, whose large sunroof gives the plants plenty of light. Six weeks later, the students harvested the first cutting, with more still to come. With this project students are learning basic plant science, indoor or container gardening techniques, and the principles of water and air pressure used in the siphon water system. Seeds and soil for this project were donated to the school by Wolf Hill Garden Center.
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Fishing Honduras With Tuffy
Born to fish.
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Stepping Stones
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What is important
With the sadness of our beloved Boston’s tragedy, I thought of how we must be brave and just continue to live and not be afraid. Here is a couple of pictures of why we must be brave.
Handsome Dude Owen at the Ipswich River Sanctuary
Avery getting ready for the park
Maddie playing in the sand
Cole exploring the rocks at the beach
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The Circle of Life
Seals enjoying a morning bask in the sun on the rocks at Brace Cove. Seagulls enjoying a morning meal of dead seal on the Niles Beach side of Eastern Point.
E.J. Lefavour
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Get Ready for Spring!
Cherry Blossoms
Cincinnati is typically about a week and a half to two weeks ahead of us in spring bloom power.
This past weekend my dear sister-in-law, Amy, remarried a super great guy, Arnold. The reception was held at the Cincinnati Country Club where we also stayed for several nights.
Star Magnolia (Magnolia stellata)
The early spring flowering trees were in full glorious bloom, including hawthorns, magnolias, and cherry trees, and all looked luxuriously lush and brilliantly fresh–
Get Ready!
Liv and Alex
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Dr. Rich Sagall Asks “Are You Really Sick?” at the Sawyer Free Library
Good Morning Gloucester 