Toodeloos Kevin Safe and Sound

Posted on by paultmorrison

Kevin is back in front of Toodeloos enjoying his perpetual tea party. Rubber Duck was so happy to see him back she brought some of her friends by.

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All of Kevin’s stuffing seems to be in the right place and except for a touch of lipstick on his collar none the worse for wear. Actually Kevin’s fur seems a little shinier than it was yesterday and when asked where he was all night he just grins.

 

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Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

@AndreaWBZ: My favorite story of the day!! ===>> Stuffed Panda Back At His #Gloucester Shop After ‘Pandanapping’ – http://cbsloc.al/XzWoWM
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Surprise for Joey

Posted on by God's Morning

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Let’s all chip in and get one of these for Joey as a welcome home present. We could put it in the parking lot at Capt. Joe & Sons with its butt sticking in the big door and the rest of him taking up half the parking lot. I’m sure Frankie wouldn’t mind. When Joey comes tearing in the driveway and around the corner, he’ll see nothing but a big yellow duck. We could have a welcome home sign hanging from its bill. Shhh, let’s keep it a secret. Since he can’t get wifi, he won’t be able to see it here.

E.J. Lefavour

photo submitted by Len Burgess

Local rising star profiled in Northshore Magazine

Posted on by Vickie & Peter
Chelsea Berry from the Northshore Magazine feature story

Last week (in this post) we warned you against waiting until the last minute to get tickets to see Chelsea Berry  at Shalin Liu on Feb 9.

You may have thought we were just helping  promote her concert, but you’d be wrong.  That concert will sell out.  Chelsea Berry doesn’t need our help promoting it.  That’s because she’s a rising star, which is precisely why Northshore Magazine chose to feature her in their latest issue (see here).

We posted the warning so you wouldn’t miss out on a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see her debut new music with her new band at one of the most spectacular venues anywhere on Earth.

It won’t be long before tickets to a Chelsea Berry concert will cost at least a hundred bucks, they’ll sell out in a day, and even if you’re lucky enough to get them, you’ll very likely be a lot farther from the stage than the last row at Shalin Liu is.  Plus you’ll have to drive an hour and pay for parking.

Don’t take our stellar talent and venues here on Cape Ann for granted.  Look at it this way: It’s a Sunday in the dead of winter, yet there’s plenty of good live music to choose from tonight.  See the lineup here.

BREAKING NEWS: Kevin the Panda is safe.

Posted on by paultmorrison

Deb Clark spotted Kevin the Panda early this morning and he has now been reunited with Susan and Toodeloos. Rubber Duck will be down this afternoon for tea with Kevin to get the full story. It looks like there was too much heat around this Pandanapping. Toodeloos had posted a video of the woman with long brown hair in a dark car who pandanapped Kevin. The next morning Kevin appears.

Only in Gloucester!

From Toodeloos Facebook page:

Origami boxes and containers at The Hive!

Posted on by Matthew Green

Plain boxes, fancy boxes, boxes with lids from one sheet of paper, boxes made from multiple units…. I will be teaching these and/or similar models, according to the skill and interests of the students, on Thursday, January 24 at 7PM, at The Hive (on Pleasant Street).  Materials will be provided.   I will post more information soon about how to RSVP and about the fee for participation (to pay for materials and to support The Hive) as soon as I have it.

Also, if there is interest in classes on additional themes, please let me know! I would like to do one class a month at The Hive, but that depends somewhat on how busy I am at the parish and on the level of interest and participation.  I can probably find material to cover  just about any theme (dinosaurs, flowers, dragons, horses, frogs, insects…) although how much we can do depends somewhat on the experience of the students.

– Fr. Matthew Green

HarborWalk Public Art Challenge Budgets $47,000- Call For Art FAQ Part 1

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Catherine Ryan writes-

Hi Joey,

Here are some of the most frequently asked questions that the Committee for the Arts has received from artists as they are going about applying for the Gloucester HarborWalk Public Art Challenge:

Topping the list: What if an artist has more than one proposal? What do they do?

Q: Can I propose more than one concept?
A: Yes. The Call specifies that artists may submit up to two (2) concept/proposals.For clarification, a submission may be submitted by a collaborative team, but each Artist may only be associated with up to two (2) proposals. However, do not enter two concepts in one proposal.

Q. Can I propose photography?

  1. Yes. From the complete call:

ALL MEDIA

We’re talking sculpture, murals, light installations, dance performance, theater, print edition, symphony, etc, etc

“With the footprint for this CALL, there are unlimited possible exhibition and unexpected and surprising spaces for the creative art(s) and other programming. The City of Gloucester encourages artists working in all creative arts to apply. There are no media restrictions: all media and art forms will be considered. Media and artforms for public art projects might include but are not limited to: visual art; place-making, singular event (e.g., sculpture, multi-media, interactive, illumination, integrated); temporary or ephemeral installations (e.g., panels, light, etc); performance work of all kind (e.g., symphony, dance, theater, spectacle/action within the footprint, etc) static or roving; participatory works; transformation of surfaces or extant structures; projection; event-based work; and environmentally-based work.”

The News From Rocky Neck via Judy Robinson Cox

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Coming Soon to the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck

The Cultural Center Exhibition Committee (CCEC) has planned an ambitious schedule of thirteen exhibitions for 2013 that includes three members-only shows—two of them juried. Your participation will guarantee that 2013 on Rocky Neck is a banner year. Join us to put Rocky Neck on the “must see” map in 2013!

Newly-minted “First-Annual”
We are offering a first annual “New-Members Show” for three-weeks, February 27-March 18. This exhibition introduces the work of members who joined the RNAC in 2012 and were not members for two years prior. There is still time for those interested in participating in this “first” to let us know via email to the CCEC by the end of December. art@rockyneckartcolony.org.

Calling all Curators
Included in the thirteen exhibitions a number that are available for your curatorial hand. The first proposed show is about to open. Organized by guest curator, Ruth Mordecai,  “Expressive Painting” opens on New Year’s Eve, and continues through January 28. It features abstract works by a group of member and non-member artists.

RNAC members and non-members have the opportunity to design their own exhibition. For a copy of Proposal Guidelines to help you with your application or with any ideas or questions, please contact the exhibition committee at art@rockyneckartcolony.org

Be Prepared
Two juried shows are being planned. One, for members only, will be held July 10 through August 8 and represent all media.  A second show, open to all artists, is scheduled for September 4-30 and will feature a nautical theme. Details including jurors, guidelines, and fees, will be announced shortly.

Looking forward to 2013 on Rocky Neck, where art and culture are never out of season.

Kudos:

Ruth Mordecai Two group shows at Soprafina Gallery

Jacob's Dream

Large Work Opening First Friday, January 4th 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Works on Paper Opening First Friday, February 1st 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Soprafina Gallery 55 Thayer Street (Boston’s South End) Boston, Massachusetts 02118

Telephone: 617.728.0770
Wednesday through Saturday: 11:00 AM to 5:30 PM Tuesdays or other times by appointment

Judith Monteferrante Featured on Online Gallery Annex and Catalog,
Birds: Real or Imagined, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Jan 2-Jan 26, 2013.

Judith Monteferrante
Staying Beautiful, Lilac Breasted Roller

In This Day And Age…

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I just don’t understand how freaking hard it is to install the equipment necessary to have wifi on all aircraft.

Wifi makes a flight go by what seems 3-4 times faster.

You know how airlines charge extra for checked luggage? In our case $25 more per bag on US Airways for a total of $50 for our one way flight. They should refund you for the total technological failure of not having wifi on all flights in the year 2013. The FAA should shut these goddamn airlines down that don’t have wifi. Fine the shit out of them. Ground these planes til they get their act together.

How is a media giant supposed to keep his finger on the bleeding edge of what is going on for his legions of loyal followers?

Listen, take a couple grease monkeys off safety check duty and get them up inside the cabin installing the necessary equipment to provide wifi. Cancel drink service for a couple weeks, use a lower grade toilet paper in the toilettes. Charge me up for the wifi, I don’t care. I’ll feel a whole lot better about paying for wifi rather than a checked bag, that’s fer shizzy.

Somebody get me a direct line to the CEO of US Air STAT, maybe I can explain to him or her just how important it is.

Bruce Tarr, Ann Margaret, forget about such pithy things like people losing their homes on Plum Island to major storms, let’s focus on much more critical agendas like making sure your boy Joey C has wifi on all his flights.

Thank you for your attention to this serious matter.

Next politician that tackles this matter automatically gets my endorsement. Fiscal cliff, fiscal schmiff, let’s solve the important matters first. Calls for an emergency meeting of the executive branch, no?

Give me wifi on all aircraft or give me death. Enough dickin’ around.