March Continues with A Variety of Concerts at Rockport Music

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Check out all the action at Shalin Liu Performance Center (sent by Karen Herlitz)

March Continues With A Variety of Concerts at Rockport Music

Rockport Music presents the highest quality of concerts and presentations year-round at the stunning, seaside Shalin Liu Performance Center.  This March provides a variety of musical opportunities for people to enjoy—from classical to jazz.

Classical Concerts

On Sunday, March 24, at 3 pm, Blue Heron performs under the direction of Scott Metcalfe.  Blue Heron – Boston’s top early-music vocal ensemble—presents Divine Songs, connections and exchanges between secular song and sacred music, featuring the music of Johannes Ockeghem.  Unknown to many, Ockeghem is one of the greatest composers of all time. His endlessly fascinating sacred music has been characterized as mystical; his songs—each one a gem of invention—can be funny, heart wrenching, or profound.  The program includes Ockeghem’s songs Ma maistresse, Fors seullement, and Presque transi; De plus en plus by Gilles Binchois; and movements from the masses by Ockeghem based on those songs.  The Boston Globe proclaims, “Sensually rich, yet balanced and incandescent.”   Tickets:  $28-$48

Jazz, Folk, Pop, and World Music

On Friday, March 22 at 8 pm, Larry Coryell, known as the pioneer guitarist merging jazz, rock, free-form improvisations, and Eastern influences will perform at the Shalin Liu Performance Center.  Larry Coryell brings his eclectic style described by critic Whitney Balliett as “the most innovative and original guitarist since Charlie Christian,” Coryell’s career spans four decades, over 60 albums (dozens more as a sideman), and performances with some of music’s heavy-weights like Eric Clapton, John Scofield, Elvin Jones, and Chick Corea, to name a few. Also a consummate composer, he tells Rockport Music, “I write music because I can’t help it. I think perhaps I want to complement all the great compositions already out there…Wayne Shorter and Sonny Rollins come to mind, and of course, Monk!”  Tickets: $19-$34

Back by popular demand, the 17-piece Cape Ann Big Band will delight audiences at the Shalin Liu Performance Center on Friday, March 29, at 8 pm, with jazz, swing, soul, and rock n’ roll that will make you want to dance.  Led by Carlos Menezes, the diverse 17-piece big band performs big band classics from a nostalgic era like “Mack the Knife,” “I’ve Got You Under my Skin,” and “Take the A Train.”  Tickets: $19-$34

HD Broadcasts

On Saturday, March 16, at 12 pm, the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD broadcast of Zandonai’s early 20th-century melodrama Francesca da Rimini returns to the Met for its first revival in more than 25 years, in Piero Faggioni’s production. Marco Armiliato conducts Eva-Maria Westbroek in the title role of a noblewoman who is tricked into marrying the brutal Gianciotto, sung by Mark Delavan, instead of her true love Paolo, sung by Marcello Giordani. Tickets: $20-$32

National Theatre of London presents People in a HD broadcast on Thursday, March 21, at 7 pm.

In this hilarious new play, celebrated playwright Alan Bennett (Madness of King George, The History of Boys) takes a stab at modern society by examining  the consequences of a self-serving government that turns a once-dignified nation into a “captive market,” with its people “rebranded as customers… available for easier exploitation.”   Through satirical social commentary, People offers up “classic Bennett comedy with a Downtown tinge” (Daily Express).  Tickets: $22 Adult, $15 Senior

For ticket information and details on these and other 2012-13 Season offerings, please visit our website at www.rockportmusic.org.  Tickets are also available through the Box Office at 978-546-7391 or visiting 35 Main Street, Rockport, MA.  The Box Office is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4 pm.

Great Music for the Whole Family Starting Tonight and the Whole Weekend

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Don’t let this little storm get you down — the weekend starts tonight — here are a few highlights:

At Seaport Grille: Last night of Customer Appreciation Day!! 1/2 off Appetizers Lobster Rolls $9.95 Raw bar on the Deck with the amazing duo Renee & Joe starting at 6:30.

At The Rhumb Line starting at 8pm Dave Sag’s Blues Party with John Keegan, John Hyde. Dave Brown & Benny Benson

Pete Lindberg at the Dog Bar starting at 9pm

The weekend is packed full of great stuff for the whole family, see the full lineup here and make your plans now.

Join Grammy award winners Debbie and Friends for “Story Songs and Sing Alongs” at Old Sloop Coffehouse on Saturday

Cape Ann Represents at MIT Museum Nautical Night 2013

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Hi Joey,

MIT Museum has a FREE program on the second Friday of each month, and this month’s program is their fourth annual Nautical Night.  Families are invited to come explore the museum and see special demonstrations and presentations focusing on MIT’s Commitment to Marine Sciences.  Harold Burnham will be there demonstrating his shipbuilding skills and talking about building the Ardelle, and representatives from Maritime Gloucester will be there sharing the rich nautical traditions of Gloucester. There’s also a lot of other demonstrations and presentations including one from the MIT’s Marine Robotic Team. It’s a great family outing, and the MIT museum is a fabulous place to see the where the technology that surrounds us today started.

Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid

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Key to Gloucester City Hall’s City Council in Session 1937 New Deal mural by Charles Allan Winter

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The Committee for the Arts is excited to share new “in situ” photographs of Gloucester ’s City Hall murals by noted architectural photographer, Chuck Choi.

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Here is Chuck Choi photographing and Mayor Carolyn Kirk eyeing his composition

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Here’s one featuring Charles Allan Winter’s City Council in Session in the lobby of City Hall (don’t miss our killer ship chandeliers!);

followed by a photo zoomed in to show all 34 figures

followed by a photo of the framed “key” that his installed below the mural, just above the collectors’ windows—more to follow on the key!

There was media coverage in the 1930s for the murals as they were completed, and many times since then. Here’s a fun one: In 1972 Senator William L. Saltonstall (Manchester resident and member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1967-1979) enlisted the help of media to announce a contest to help identify the portraits in some of Charles Allan Winter’s New Deal murals within Gloucester ’s City Hall. The Cape Ann VF insert published a photograph of the Winter mural in Kyrouz Auditorium, The Founding of Gloucester, with the caption: “Senator Saltonstall is offering dinner for two at a Gloucester restaurant to the first person to identify the most real people in the mural painting above.”

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March Nor’easter, Long Beach, 1958 From Fred Bodin

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March Nor’easter, Long Beach, 1958

A massive storm barreled up the East Coast from March 18th to 21st,1958, impacting the East Coast from North Carolina to Maine. It was a Category 2 storm, which means it was “significant.” In addition to high winds, waves, and surge, it also brought snow. On Cape Ann, the concrete boardwalk on Long Beach was destroyed, and houses were damaged. These photos are courtesy of Eloise Como Brown.

Fredrik D. Bodin
Bodin Historic Photo
82 Main Street

Community Photos 3/7/13

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Hi Capt. Joe,

Please find attached a photo I took of the Blue Church steeple in Bay View after big February snow storm (Nemo) with two gulls on the ridge.

I hope you might like to include it on GMG.

Thanks,

Charles L. Nazarian

Blue Church Steeple with Two Gulls, February 2013, copywrite Charles Nazarian

If you can guess who this is first- win a free back wax! Good luck! From Couture Salon and Spa

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one hint- it’s not me, Joey C

enter your guesses in the comments to this post

Community Stuff 3/7/13

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Celebrating Gloucester’s Gabriel, Sylvester “Hooley” Ahola

In March, Gloucester will be celebrating the life and music of our own world famous trumpeter.  Two events will be held at the Lanesville Community Center, located at 8 Vulcan St. and once the Ahola family’s dairy barn.

·    Sunday March 10,  1:30 – 4:00,  “Hooley’s Place in Jazz History” 
Come listen to his wonderful music, and stories by people who knew and played with him, and enjoy photos, displays and some of his home movies from the 30’s.  The event is free and open to the public, donations welcomed.  Join us for coffee and nisu.

·    Saturday, March 23, from 8-11,  dance and stomp to Hooley’s  music played live by the 7 piece jazz and swing band The Seacoast Stompers. Beer and wine will be on sale.  Tickets are $10 in advance and available at Gloucester Music and the Plum Cove Grind in Lanesville,  or $12 at the door.

·    And, during the month of March, the Cape Ann Museum at 27 Pleasant St. will be celebrating Hooley with an exhibit from their archives.
·    For more information, directions, and other events at the LCC,  go to

                            lanesvillecommunitycenter.org 

Ocean View Private Readings @ Good Harbor Beach
The Blue Shutters Beachside Inn , Gloucester, MA is hosting sessions with Julie Ann and Liliana on Friday March 8, 2013 from 4:00 – 8:00 & Saturday March 9, 2013 from 10:00 – 3:00. This tranquil and most beautiful location is beloved by many all over the country. Have a refreshment and snack, enjoy the gorgeous view and walk the beach before and after your session(s). Gloucester’s wonderful Restaurants are close by as well.
To schedule your appointment with either or both Julie Ann and Liliana call 978-387-5306 or email JulieAnn@RuahCara.com. You may choose to stay over at The Blue Shutter’s Beachside Inn for the weekend as well. To check out off season rates and room availability check out the website http://www.blueshuttersbeachside.com/
Julie Ann:
Julie Ann is a gifted Psychic Medium, Trance Channel and Healer. She is one of the Core Readers at Circles of Wisdom in Andover MA and holds sessions regularly at Stelio’s Family Restaurant in North Billerica. When scheduling your session you can choose to spend your time in one or a blend of the following four areas: Mediumship, Psychic/Intuitive, Trance Channel or Healing. All sessions can be recorded on a CD that you leave with ($4.00). For more information on Julie Ann check out her website www.RuahCara.com or visit her page on The Circles of Wisdom website http://www.circlesofwisdom.com/Private_Channeled_Readings_M_P6285C131.cfm.
Prices: 15 minutes- $40, 30 minutes- $75, 45 minutes- $110, 60 minutes $140.
Liliana:
Travel the pathways of your spirit by directing your personal energy through Tarot and Elemental Earth vibrations. Not a “fortune telling” session but one of discovery of self and surrounding. Liliana will be holding sessions with cards and stones to facilitate her inner knowledge. She is a life long intuitive and is known throughout New England for her insight and wisdom. Liliana combines this spiritual energy with a no-nonsense awareness of the world today.
Prices:15 minutes $30, 30 minutes $50, 45 minutes $75 and 1 full hour for $100.

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Dear Friends of the St. John’s Music Guild,

We have a great weekend of music planned and hope you will come and enjoy some great sounds:

  • Saturday, March 9 @ 7 pm Peter Krasinski accompanies the 1923 Silent movie classic: Hunchback of Notre-Dame starring Lon Chaney
  • Sunday, March 10 @ 4pm the Organist Guild of Rikkyo University in Japan will play a recital.

HunchbackHere are the details:

Celebrating 850 years of existence this year is Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. We too are celebrating with our 150th anniversary of St. John’s Church! Please join us for popcorn, cartoons and fun as we have Peter Krasinski back for his 10th appearance for Hunchback! 

Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for children and seniors. Call 978.283.1708 to reserve or by e-mail. If you’ve never seen a silent movie in a room full of people accompanied by music created for the event, you must see this!

Cartoons start at 6 pm when the doors open. Free popcorn! Our parking lot is at 33 Washington St. 

rikkyoSunday afternoon at 4 pm 13 students from the Organist Guild of Rikkyo University in Japan will play a recital featuring music by Vaughan Williams, Widor, Franck, Mendelssohn, Howells and Liszt. These students are also visiting C.B. Fisk, Gloucester’s “Organbuilders to the world” to view a new instrument for the chapel at Rikkyo. St. John’s is home to an earlier Fisk organ nearly 25 years old, Opus 97. There is no charge for this program, you are invited!

The Fisk shop is hosting an open house for the Rikkyo instrument, Opus 141, on Saturday, March 9 from 2-6 pm at their shop. The public is welcome. Click here for more information.

The Students and several faculty members will join with the congregation at St. John’s for the 10:30 am Sunday worship service at 10:30 am on March 10 where the Chaplain of the University will read the Gospel in Japanese, and the University Organist Yuko Sakiyama will play the organ pieces before and after the service. Rikkyo University was founded by the American Episcopal Bishop Channing Moore Williams in 1896. The public is welcome to join us for this service.

St. John’s Church is at 48 Middle Street in Gloucester (Parking at 33 Washington St–across from Winchester Fishing). Contact Mark at 978.283.1708 ext 2 or by e-mail. 

MORE MUSICAL OPPORTUNITIES:

We sing Evensong every Thursday at 6 pm in LENT, through March 21. We use the traditional 1661 Book of Common Prayer service in the King’s English, including Psalms from the Coverdale Psalter and readings from the King James Bible. Please join us for this 30 minute service.

St. John’s Church at 150: Remember, Celebrate & Serve

Sunday May 19th at 4 pm all parish music forces join together for a concert to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the church. Please join us.

14th Annual Irish Sweepstakes BEST ODDS IN TOWN! ONLY 300 TICKETS SOLD! FEWER THAN 50 TICKETS LEFT

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14th Annual Irish Sweepstakes

BEST ODDS IN TOWN! ONLY 300 TICKETS SOLD!

FEWER THAN 50 TICKETS LEFT!

Join us for one of the Chamber’s most exciting and fun-filled events with the chance to walk away with $10,000! The Chamber’s Irish Sweepstakes will feature corned beef and cabbage, entertainment by John Rockwell & Mel Rhinelander, Irish Step Dancing performed by the Bremer School of Irish Dance, a 50/50 raffle, Irish themed giveaways, door prizes and a cash bar.

Tickets are $100 each and allow the bearer and a guest into the party. Drop by the office, email Susan atsusan@capeannchamber.com or call 978-283-1601 to purchase a ticket today.

The Bean and Snoop Maddie Mad Give The Little Mermaid Jr At O’Maley A Bazillion Thumbs Up

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We just caught the dress rehearsal and I’ll let the Bean and Snoop Maddie Mad’s review speak for itself-

Don’t be the neglectful parent that deprives your child the opportunity to see this performance!

The O’Maley Innovation Middle School’s Performing Arts Department cordially invites members of the Cape Ann Community to attend our upcoming production of Disney’s Little Mermaid Junior.

Performance dates and times are as follows and tickets can be purchased at the door.

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Since September, our cast and crew of almost one hundred 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students have been rehearsing twice every week after school.  You will be inspired by the talent and exuberance radiating from these young performers singing, dancing, and acting out this popular and heartwarming story.   Performing Arts classes during O’Maley’s school day focus on developing students’ 21st Century Skills and Common Core mastery through an interdisciplinary, project-based curriculum that utilizes the mediums of Theater, Music and Dance. This production is an excellent showcase of our department’s extra-curricular offerings, which focus on developing standards in the disciplines of Music (Chorus), Dance, and Theatre within a performance setting.

See you at the show!

Pictures from today’s dress rehearsal-

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The Bean’s Pictures from The Little Mermaid Jr Dress Rehearsal at The Bean’s World

also see coverage of today’s dress rehearsal from 5 year old Snopp Maddie Mad here-

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and Jason Grow’s video-

Check Out The Gloucester Wind Turbines From Scituate on Boston Harbor Beacon

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The Gloucester wind mills visible all the way from Scituate

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A great perspective of the expanse of Massachusetts Bay: Yesterday, the three new wind turbines recently put up in Gloucester were visible all the way from Scituate! Here is a photo of them, with Minot Light and Scituate Glades in foreground as proof:

click photo to see full sized photo on Boston Harbor Beacon

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North Shore Magazine Best of North Shore 2013 Voting Is Open and GMG Is Nominated Along with Many other Gloucester and Rockport and Essex Favs

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GMG is nominated in the “Play” category under best blog again, but there are a ton of local businesses that completely deserve your vote.

Many Categories for you to vote for- vote here

Our team would appreciate if you, or one of your children has been positively affected by our promotion of your organization and if you feel like the effort we put in is worthy, to share this post with your friends who may feel that GMG is deserving of best blog through Facebook, Twitter or  email.  The options to share this post are all available below this post.

Thank you for your support and don’t forget to vote in the other categories for our great local restaurants and services that have been nominated as well.

Thanks for your support

Schooner Adventure’s History Sharing Program – March 8, 2013

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Schooner Adventure’s History Sharing Program – March 8, 2013 (10am)

Come see images of old Gloucester and share your own memories during these free monthly presentations at the Rose Baker Senior Center. This month – “Ghosts of Vincent Cove:

The Shipbuilders and their Vessels” See images and hear about the ship builders and their vessels in Gloucester’s Vincent Cove, the area now filled in where the Senior Center now sits. (Program supported by New England Biolabs Foundation). For more information – call Schooner Adventure @978-281-8079.

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