Super FOB Ann Kennedy sent these photos from the U.K’s Mail Online. Thanks for sharing Ann!!! All Aboard! Mother Swan Takes Babies Under Her Wing
Gary Backstrom Band with Michael Thomas Doyle on Drums tonight @ Rhumb Line
There’s so much going on tonight (see schedule here) that even if you go out early and stay out late, you won’t be able to catch everything. I guess you could call that good news for Cape Ann’s music scene. More good news that Dan King is back in town playing with KBMG tonight at Dog Bar.
It’s also good news is that if you play your cards right, you can get to a lot of shows because they start at 6, 7, 8, 9 and the Gary Backstrom Band at 9:30 at the Rhumb Line.
Dancing to the Gary Backstrom Band would be a perfect way to end an excellent night of music. Tonight Gary’s got Michael Thomas Doyle on drums. Hopefully you’ve seen Doyle on guitar with Chelsea Berry (check out this video). He’s just as good on drums. See him in the Gary Backstrom Band video below at Harbor Loop last summer.
Oohh, I can’t wait for Harbor Loop concerts to start up again … I once asked Doyle which instrument he likes better. He replied, “Do you have kids?”
“Yes.”
“Which one do you like best?”
Point taken!
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3 April Concerts by Sorellanza ~ Local Women’s A Capella Chorus
Check out some videos of the group below:
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Rockport Fireworks Fundraiser ~ With Alex Razdan and The A Train Orchestra 3/23/2013
Gulls in disagreement
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Courage!
The new Pope Francis needed a lot of this, just to step out on that balcony… God bless him!
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Feeding Birds Off Your Head At The Ipswich Wildlife Sanctuary? Yeah, That’s Something We Like To Do
Such a fantastic resource right in our backyard. You ought to take advantage of the trails and hiking too!
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Community Photos 3/15/13
Hello,
I wanted to send in a couple of pictures I took in Gloucester on Saturday. The first one is on Atlantic Road early Saturday morning. The road was officially closed but I was able to walk in and snap a couple of incredible wave shots.
The second was taken at Eastern Point.
The third is at Stage Fort Park……incredible amount of rocks thrown out of the harbor and into the park!!
My wife and I bought a condo in the Stage Fort Area. We live in Woburn but spend as much time as possible in Gloucester enjoying the new pad! I look forward to snapping many pictures we can share with Good Morning Gloucester…….I love reading this everyday!!
Elinor Teele Submits-Dried Seaweed Outside the Annisquam Market
Another Perspective from Dwight Hebert-
A couple times a week, folks on the back shore see these low riding barges near the horizon heading north. They are carrying fuel to our neighbors in Portland and places further north. This picture shows where is all begins in the East Boston/Chelsea channel tank farm. This barge and tug just arrived for another load of fuel.
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GMG/Farm Bar and Grille Harlem Shake Video Featuring Bikini Speedo Dodgeballers Filmed Last Night!!
Filmed by Kim Smith During The GMG/Farm Bar and Grille Bikini Speedo Dodgeball Registration Party
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DODGEBALL IS THIS SATURDAY BE THERE AT CAMP SPINDRIFT!!!!!
HERE WE GO!
The Farm Bar & Grille and Good Morning Gloucester together with YMCA Camp Spindrift present the 3rd annual outdoor bikini/speedo dodgeball tournament to benefit Next Step, a charity that provides aid to children and young adults with life threatening illnesses www.nextstepnet.org
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1953 Field Day at Newell Stadium
Below are some Zoomed Portions of the above photo
Identified by David Cox are James Power and James Greely
The old Press Box
Photographer with his camera
Photo is courtesy of David B. Cox
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Community Stuff 3/15/13
The Rocky Neck Art Colony Welcomes Spring With The Best Of Rocky Neck Exhibition
Artist members celebrate their diversity and community with a comprehensive and color-full exhibition.
March 13, 2013 – Gloucester MA – This spring, the Best of Rocky Neck exhibition celebrates the diversity of styles, media and techniques, and sense of community of the artist members of the Rocky Neck Art Colony. The comprehensive and color-full exhibit features one piece of current artwork from each of the participating members. The Best of Rocky Neck exhibition will run from April 4–28, 2013 and gallery hours are Thursdays – Sundays, 12–4 PM. Join us for the reception and meet the artists on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 4–6 PM at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester MA 01930.
This April, the Best of Rocky Neck exhibition takes over both gallery levels of the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck much like the successful Winter Show a few months ago. This year’s spring members exhibition is sure to take its place alongside the many successful shows that have opened at the Cultural Center since last summer, and will certainly become a fixture on the Cultural Center’s year-round schedule of events.
The RNAC Cultural Center Gallery is located at 6 Wonson Street, Rocky Neck, Gloucester and is open Thursday through Sunday, 12 to 4 PM. Please find the RNAC calendar at www.rockyneckartcolony.org
Best of Rocky Neck Exhibition
at The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street, Gloucester MA 01930
April 4–28, 2013
Thursdays – Sundays, 12–4 PM
Reception for the Artists
Saturday, April 6, 2013, 4–6 PM
The Cultural Center At Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street, Gloucester MA 01930
NSSPI Realizes we live in a world where young athletes are expected to do more of the same to get better. Play more soccer to become a better soccer player. Play more hockey to become a better hockey player. The list goes on. Unfortunately, if continue to do more sport specific training using incorrect movement patterns, we are simply creating bodies that are imbalanced and set up for injuries down the road. Instead, we need to be creating better athletes whose movement patterns lead to stronger runners, jumpers, swimmers and skaters, etc. In essence, we need to build stronger athletes whose athletic abilities can easily adapt to the demands of many sports, therefore increasing the longevity and strength of the athlete across many modalities.
NSSPI has designed a strength and conditioning program for athletes (Ages 10-17) seeking excellence at the next level of performance! Each session focuses on mastering key athletic movement patterns which will support the development of strength, power, speed and flexibility. They will work on mobility, flexibility, strength and conditioning. These athletes will decrease their risk for injury and build strength and confidence to meet the demands of their specific sport.
We have another note we wanted to pass along to the GMG community – about some plans for this weekend that’ll help take our minds off the winter storms.
One of those nasty winter blizzards forced the cancelation of our Soup-er Bowl earlier this year…but we’ve made the most of it and combined this with St Patrick’s Day. We think this will be even more fun — this coming Saturday, March 16, we’re holding a St. Patrick’s Day Soup-er Bowl. We’re still offering a 25% discount for those guests who bring some soup — and our judges will choose a winner, with the Soup-er Bowl champ getting a gift certificate for a free return visit (folks can even come and stay a night or two and just taste the soup). And because we’re celebrating St Patrick’s Day, there will be some Cape Ann Brewery beer on hand, along with other holiday treats. The Shutters has a St. Patrick’s Day tradition to uphold. Here’s a photo from last year – and a Soup-er Bowl reminder from our St Paddy’s Day hostess.
Thanks
Tony, Patty, Ed & AnnMarie Blue Shutters Beachside Inn 978-283-1198
Green Days At Pop Gallery
Cape Ann Farmers’ Market
March 2013
We are gearing up for the 2013 market!
Please Save the Dates for:
Annual Dinner & Movie Fundraiser
“Betting the Farm” *
Sunday, April 28, 4pm – 7pm
Cape Ann Community Cinema, Gloucester
*Movie will be followed by a Q & A with the CEO of Moo Milk ( the Dairy Co-Op that the film is about)
Early Spring Market (new for 2013!)
Saturday, April 20
10:30-1:30
Unitarian Universalist Church, Gloucester
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Civil War Monument at Mount Pleasant Cemetery From Peter Dorsey
Joey,
While researching the Civil War statue that is next to City Hall c.1879, I discovered that there was an earlier Civil War monument that had been erected by the City. So I went to find it, and check it out, and then photograph it early one evening in advance of an on-coming snowstorm. Its unlikely that many people even know that it is there; as it looks just like another, if larger, granite Greek Revival memorial in the middle of the cemetery, and not otherwise set apart. The granite obelisk was carved and erected in 1867 in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery which had a, “…symmetrically modeled shaft, 20 feet height, and stands in the center of the grounds. It was dedicated on May 27, 1868.” (History of Gloucester, James R. Pringle – 1892).
Like a few of the Civil War statues I have seen in Gloucester, there were lots of beach stone or cobble stones set around the base; perhaps signifying the many who perished.
Peter Dorsey
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Gloucester High School sophomore, Jennifer Palazola won Best of School for her piece “Embedded by Nature” at the 6th Congressional District High School Art Competition
Gloucester High School sophomore, Jennifer Palazola, daughter of Maryjo Lamphier, won Best of School for her piece “Embedded by Nature” at the 6th Congressional District High School Art Competition. The awards were presented Saturday, March 9, by U.S. Representative John F. Tierney at Montserrat College of Art’s 301 Gallery, 301 Cabot Street, Beverly and were hosted by Montserrat President Stephen D. Immerman.
Palazola’s teacher at Gloucester HS is Lorrinda Cerrutti, who submitted her pieces to the competition, along with junior Rosie Margetson’s, daughter of Annie Margetson.
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BREAKING NEWS: 2013 BLOCK PARTY DATES SET
July 20 August 17 September 21
(Subject to City Approval)
Mark your calendars and fit us in your schedule!
Contacts
Organization, Publicity: glostablockpahty@gmail.com Valerie Marcley
Artistic Director (Talent): whuntrock@gmail.com Will Hunt
Restaurant Liaison: northshorerestaurantgroup@gmail.com Mark McDonough
Merchant Liaison: lseigel1@gmail.com Lucinda Seigel
Sponsor Information: jbrackley2@comcast.net Judith Brackley
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Sculpture . . . .
by Brad Story.
At Cape Ann Artisans exhibit, Cape Ann Museum.
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On a beautiful March afternoon
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Doorways of Annisquam
Did you know that a red door signifies welcome and a vibrant place, full of life, energy, and excitement? A green door is said to represent balance, peace, compassion, tranquility, and harmony. A door is painted blue to suggest a feeling of abundance and prosperity. A black front door projects strength, sophistication, power, and authority, indicating to all who enter and passersby that the home is a serious place inhabited by a person of substance.
Bob at Dogtown Book Shop on Main Street is now carrying a selection of my photo montage cards, including this one, so if you are downtown and looking for a unique Gloucestercentric card, stop by and see Bob at Dogtown Books.
E.J. Lefavour
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The Sistine Seagull
The beautiful symbolism of the Sistine Seagulls perched atop the smoke stack shortly before the white smoke billowed from the smokestack, announcing the cardinals had elected the new pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He takes the name Pope Francis in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi, patron saint of Italy, the poor, and of birds and animals.
Sistine Seagulls
Images Courtesy Google Image Search
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Bach, Mozart, Hendrix, Prince & Elvis – all by one virtuoso guitarist on Sunday @ Shalin Liu
Benjamin Verdery does it all. When Karen Herlitz from Rockport Music sent me the program for Sunday’s concert with Ben Verdery, I said, Really? Bach & Hendrix in the same concert? Mozart & Prince? Elivs? Actually he’ll play Don’t Be Cruel
written by Otis Blackwell, who also wrote Elvis hits All Shook Up & Return to Sender, along with Great Balls of Fire & Breathless for Jerry Lee Lewis. But it’s Fever, which he co-wrote with Eddie Cooley, that makes Otis Blackwell one of my favorite songwriters. You can listen to Ella Fitzgerald sing Fever here (my favorite version for a lot of reasons) … But I digress …
How can anybody play such a diverse repertoire in a single concert without losing the audience in a swirl of confusion. Well, just listen to this:
Now don’t you want to hear what he does with Bach, Mozart, Prince and Otis Blackwell? Well you can on Sunday in one of the most acoustically perfect places on Earth. Aren’t you glad you live nearby? There are still good seats left. Get them here.
Just for fun, here’s Hendrix’s version of the song live in 1970.
Inspired? Now check out this weekend’s spectacular live music schedule with 35 live shows on Cape Ann starting tonight.
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KBMG ♪♫♪ Dog Bar Cape Ann ♪♫♪ Friday night 3.15.2013
Dan King is back in town and KBMG is going to rock your world at the Dog Bar this Friday night. Master musicians under one roof and offering up a great variety of songs. Ones that you will be able to sing along to and dance to as well.
KBMG
9:00pm to 12:00pm
http://www.danielscottking.com/
65 Main St Gloucester, MA 01930
(978)
281-6565
Good Morning Gloucester 