My View of Life on the Dock
Hi Joey;
Here is Little Bit. She is 13 and enjoys riding on the Annisquam at a leisurely pace.
Cindy Dunn and Sandy Barry
Flashdance…
32 Cherry Street, Gloucester, MA
We began the quadricentennial celebrations in January with a very boisterous hockey game between the Bruins Alumni team and Gloucester High School Alumni. At that time, the score was 6 – 3 for the Bruins. The Dorothy Talbot rink rocked and was at full capacity.
We hope to repeat that same enthusiasm for a game between Boston College Eagles and Northeastern University’s Women’s College Hockey team thanksgiving weekend. Hosted by Gloucester 400+ and the Athletic Committee, it’s the perfect post-Thanksgiving family event.
Tickets are available on line at www.Gloucesterma400.org
The price has been kept to @$5.00. Gloucester 400+ and the Athletics Committee have made available free tickets to our many partner organizations that serve their clients.
Grove Street Self Storage
61A Grove Street, Gloucester
978-879-4524
-151 Climate-controlled storage units of ALL SIZES
-40 Parking spaces to rent for your boat, RV, trailer…
-Convenient, 24 hour, gated access
-Everything monitored by security cameras
-Free carts to move your stuff
-Boxes & moving supplies for sale on site
-U-Hauls to rent
-Easy online payment
For rates & availability go to www.GroveStreetSelfStorage.com
Or give us a call at 978-879-4524
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm
The view from on top of the Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jump. Click the post for views from the bottom. It’s pretty impressive. I learned, evidently, that I’m not a huge fan of standing on wooden platforms that high up. Who would have thought?
We got a little bit off track in our normal Sunday routine for a while so it had been a little while since we’d had our Sunday at the Azorean on Washington St. until recently. No steps have been lost in the service, the tastiness and menu variety! It’s so relaxing and enjoyable no matter what food-mood we are in. I chose Shrimp Mozambique rather than my usual beef and I was not disappointed. It was a little spicier than I expected which I relished! Jim had Stuffed Shrimp (not pictured) and Kale Soup. We each indulged in dessert. As always, it was a lovely evening out and only a short ride from nearly anywhere in Gloucester.
Give the gift of a Beauport Experience this holiday season!
For every $50 in Gift Cards purchased, receive a $10 Bonus Card. For every $100 in Gift Cards purchased, receive a $20 Bonus Card.
This offer begins November 12th. Gift Cards can be redeemed at any Beauport Hospitality Group property including Beauport Hotel, 1606 Restaurant & Oyster Bar, Seaport Grille, Beauport Cruiselines, Beauport Boutique, and Rail Stop Restaurant & Bar.
*Bonus cards not valid on special events i.e functions, wine dinners, etc. Promotion is not valid with online orders or previously purchased cards.
Sign Up for the 4th Annual Winter Lights on Cape Ann!
The Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and Discover Gloucester are excited to be collaborating on the 4th Annual Winter Lights on Cape Ann this holiday season! And we invite all businesses to join in the festive spirit by decorating their storefronts with twinkling lights and creative window displays!
Participation is free! All you need to do is have holiday lights and décor of your choice up and visible to passersby starting Small Business Saturday (Saturday, November 25) through January 1 (and beyond if you so choose).
Back by popular demand is the optional decorating contest! Visitors will pick their favorite decorated business in each of the five participating communities for a chance to win a prize! 2023 voting will be live starting on Small Business Saturday, November 25th.
Please complete the form below before Monday, November 20 to be included in the online map which has had over 17,000 views since last fall!
Click here to learn more and sign up today.
CATA is happy to invite you to ride with us for FREE this holiday season! The TryTransit program includes all of CATA’s fixed route and paratransit services (excluding On-Demand) and will run from November 24 (Black Friday) – December 31 (New Year’s Eve).
The TryTransit fare free program for CATA is thanks to a grant included in the state budget and awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT)
For more information, visit the link https://www.linkpop.com/canntran
Copper Tones…
Thank you for shopping and eating local. Have a couple of shows coming up the next few Saturdays. Hope to see all. Always fun to see everyone.
Little Women is a play based on Louisa May Alcott’s iconic coming-of-age novel Little Women adapted by Marisha Chamberlain.
The amazingly talented GHS Theatre Club invites you on a nostalgic adventure of the March sisters’ as they journey to adulthood. It is the literary classic tale we all love and a performance you are sure to remember.
Performance dates:
• Thursday, November 16 @ 7pm
• Friday, November 17 @ 7pm
• Saturday, November 18 @ 1pm & 7pm
Discounted tickets can be purchased online at: https://bit.ly/3VOwa2M
Last year’s Clue performance sold out fast! Be sure to get your tickets soon.
Join us in this day-long event of music and laughter as we show all the children we love and care for them the best we know how, through music. Doors open at 2:00PM, music from 3:00PM – 9:00PM
Live Performances by:
Soloist “Ron Leathers”
Theresa Gray’s “The Experiment”
Rob Banks and “The Moneymakers”
Frank Hawks “Overdue Rentals”
Tommy O’Brien’s “O’Brien’s Boru“
Comedian “Danny Gill and Friends”
Cash Bar, Food available for purchase.
Admission $25.00 @ door (cash, check, credit and debit cards).
Advance ticket registration $20.00 at [email redacted].
Children 12 and under free.
Your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate $5 or $500. Every little bit helps. Thank you for your support. Together, we create life-changing wish experiences for children with critical illnesses.
Tom O’Brien & O’Brien’s Boru
More info at www.obriensboru.com
Cape Ann Symphony shares a reminder about its 2023 Holiday Pops concerts Thanksgiving weekend. Two shows Saturday. One show Sunday.
The Cape Ann Symphony’s Annual Holiday Pops Concert, returns to kick off the holiday season on Saturday, November 25 at 2 pm at the Dolan Performing Arts Center at Ipswich High School on 134 High Street, Ipswich, MA; Saturday, November 25 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, November 26 at 2 pm at Manchester-Essex High School auditorium on 36 Lincoln Street in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. For tickets and information about this Cape Ann Holiday tradition, call 978-281-0543 or visit www.capeannsymphony.org
The 2023 Holiday Pops Concert led by CAS Conductor and Music Director Yoichi Udagawa features a program of holiday favorites and welcomes back Boston’s preeminent gospel performer Renese King. King last performed with CAS in 2012. Ms. King’s array of musical talents have taken her from spiritual and gospel singing at the church podium to timpani playing on the Carnegie Hall stage. She has toured internationally as a percussionist, pianist, and vocalist with a number of Massachusetts based choral and orchestral ensembles. But, it is her soulful and unforgettably moving voice that has piqued her national reputation.
“Our Holiday Pops 2023 will feature a lot of great music to get into the spirit of the Holidays for the whole family,” says Maestro Udagawa, ” We are also thrilled to have Gospel sensation Renese King join us at these concerts. She is a remarkable musician who I love working with. Her musical gifts are phenomenal – don’t miss this opportunity to hear her! The orchestra and I love these Holiday concerts! They are always so joyful and fun – a highlight of our concert season! We can hardly wait to make music together and celebrate the holiday season with you!”
Maestro Udagawa has planned a program of holiday favorites for the 2023 Holiday Pops including Anderson’s Christmas Festival , Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel Overture, Tchaikovsky’s Selections from The Nutcracker, Christmas Favorites arranged by Chase, Festive Sounds of Hannukah arranged by Holcomb and a selection of holiday favorites performed by gospel sensation Renese King. A CAS Holiday Pops tradition, all the concerts end with the annual audience Holiday Singalong.
Renese King’s array of musical talents has taken her from spiritual and gospel singing at the church podium to timpani playing on the Carnegie Hall stage. Her soulful, moving voice garnered her a Boston Music Award as Gospel/Inspirational Artist of the Year. Often singing her own arrangements, King has performed with many ensembles in the New England area and across the nation. Her voice is featured on the soundtracks of three award-winning PBS documentary films (Emmy, Peabody, and Sundance awards): Freedom Riders(2011), Freedom Summer(2014), and Tell Them We Are Rising(2018). She appears regularly with the Boston Pops, having been a featured and guest soloist in concerts at Symphony Hall and on the Esplanade, in television broadcasts, and on the 2004 CD Sleigh Ride, alongside the Boston Pops Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and Boston Pops Gospel Choir. Renese King is the Executive Assistant to the Vice -President of Berklee College of Music and serves as director of the New England Gospel Ensemble in Boston. She graduated from Berklee in 1990 and from Atlantic Union College in 1987.
Founded in Gloucester in 1951, the Cape Ann Symphony is a professional orchestra of over 70 players from throughout the New England area. They perform a subscription season of four concerts per year plus several Pops and youth concerts. The Symphony Board of Directors named Yoichi Udagawa the Music Director and Conductor of the Cape Ann Symphony in the summer of 2000 after a yearlong search. In addition to his leadership of Cape Ann Symphony, he is Music Director and Conductor of the Melrose Symphony Orchestra, and the Quincy Symphony Orchestra and a cover conductor at the Boston Pops Orchestra. Frequently invited to guest conduct, Mr. Udagawa has worked with many different orchestras including the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Nobeoka Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, the University of Texas Symphony Orchestra, the Indian Hill Symphony, the Garden State Philharmonic, the Brown University Orchestra, the Syracuse Society for New Music, the Boston Conservatory Orchestra, the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, the Newton Symphony, the Austin Civic Orchestra, and the Mid-Texas Symphony. Mr. Udagawa is at home in popular and contemporary music as well as the standard symphonic repertoire. He is known for his relaxed manner and ability to speak from the podium which has helped new audiences as well as enthusiasts gain a greater appreciation for symphonic music. His programs often include premieres of new works – some specially commissioned for the orchestra — as well as great orchestral works across the symphonic repertoire and lively Pops programs. He is also an integral part of the Cape Ann Symphony Youth Outreach programs to area schools.
Cape Ann Symphony’s Holiday Pops Concert is Saturday, November 25 at 2 pm at the Dolan Performing Arts Center at Ipswich High School on 134 High Street, Ipswich, MA; Saturday, November 25 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, November 26 at 2 pm at Manchester-Essex High School auditorium on 36 Lincoln Street in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA, . Single ticket prices are $45 for adults, $40 for senior citizens age 65 and above, $20 for Students of any age with a valid student id; $5 for youth 12 years old and under. For tickets and information, call 978-281-0543 or visit www.capeannsymphony.org.
Good Morning Gloucester 
