Acorn Press At Sara Elizabeth Shop, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Acorn Press At Sara Elizabeth Shop
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Community Art Project At The Green House-A Note From Emily Sinagra
Community Art Project At The Green House, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Hi Joey:
It was great to run into you at Alexandra’s. Thanks for taking pictures of the art installation project at Intershell which was made possible through a PWA Grant from SeARTS. The purpose of the project was to enable people of all ages to engage in artistic collaboration. The inspiration and literary link for the project was a story by Captain R. Barry Fisher called “The Wharf Rat’s Tale”. About four boys growing up in Gloucester during the Depression. In the story, the boys were given a couple of old Dories and had to salvage bits and pieces to make one of them seaworthy. It is a coming of age story- the boys overcome obstacles and become real “Dorymen” and sail off into the future. It made me start wondering, What do we want to salvage from our past to take us into our future? What is the ‘coming of age’ story for kid’s today? Where are we going as a community? No better way to explore these questions than through art. The event began at 10:00 and lasted all day–there were parents and small children as well as teen agers. All making their mark. Some people came just to observe. So it was an interactive artistic, performance piece. I had a copy of the story on the wall and used pieces of the text as creative prompts. People could do anything they wanted to do. There was was no agenda other than the context of the building and it’s location at 54 Commercial street. I am hoping to display these panels in a more public place soon. Also, to develop other collaborative artistic events, using theater and art, to be performed in non-traditional venues. I think it is especially important that kids have a chance to contribute and demonstrate their vision. It is also important to recognize the support of businesses like Ben’s Paint who donated all the paint and supplies and Intershell who donated the use of the building. THANK YOU!
Emily Sinagra
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Cape Ann Community Cinema Schedule For 10/30-10/31
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
XXY
SHOWN AT 5:00PM – FREE SHOW!
For just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely any as monumental as the one facing 15 year-old Alex (Ines Efron), who was born an intersex child. As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for a visit at their house on the gorgeous Uruguayan shore, along with their 16-year-old son Álvaro (Martin Piroyanski). Alex is immediately attracted to the young man, which adds yet another level of complexity to her personal search for identity, and forces both families to face their worst fears.
This free show is part of our Thursday FilmMovement series, which in November becomes “Free Third Thursdays.”
“Raw-edged and moving…thoroughly nuanced… a tough, engaging, extremely touching work of cinema.” -Richard James Havis, The Hollywood Reporter
TROUBLE THE WATER
SHOWN AT 7:15PM
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, “Trouble The Water” tells the story of an aspiring rap artist and her streetwise husband, trapped in New Orleans by deadly flood waters, who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning. It is a harrowing but ultimately redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers who become heroes that takes viewers inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. From the producers of Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” and “Bowling For Columbine.”
“Essential, unique viewing: a stunning experience of the hurricane and its aftermath, rooted in immediate personal response and emotions that encapsulate the full national catastrophe.” -Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31
THE RAPE OF EUROPA
SHOWN AT 12:30PM
Nearly as insidious as the Hitler’s wholesale slaughter of Jews and others he thought inferior was his systematic pillaging of Europe’s art treasures and the attempted cultural annihilation of “sub-human” peoples. In the exhaustive documentary written and directed by Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen, the trio goes far in chronicling this seldom explored prong of the Nazis’ assault, from Hitler’s formation of the party in the 1920’s right through to its rise to power in 1933 to its defeat at the end of World War II twelve years later. Art lovers will thrill to the heroic efforts of not only the staffs of the Louvre and the Hermitage, but the U.S. Army’s contingent of “Monuments Men,” commissioned to protect these treasures from a vindictive retreating German force. While the three do not fully make a case for the Reich’s hunger for art being a major impetus for its warmongering, they do depict the tragedy of this hidden war-within-a-war with the kind of passion that would even make the most cold-hearted collector of velvet Elvis paintings weep.
“There is a heart-rending feeling to this documentary, in part due to its sense of irretrievable loss.”
-Philip Marchand, The Toronto Star
STEALING AMERICA: VOTE BY VOTE
SHOWN AT 2:45PM
For more than thirty years, exit polls accurately predicted election results. Over the last ten years that reliability has disappeared. What’s going on? The last two presidential elections both came down to a relatively small number of votes, and in both elections the integrity of the voting process has been called into question. With the upcoming election looking to be similarly close, the time has come to ask the questions: What happened in 2000 and 2004? What, if anything, has changed since? And what can be done to ensure a fair and honest tabulation of votes in 2008? This film brings together behind-the-scenes perspectives from the U.S presidential election of 2004 – plus startling stories from key races in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2006. The film sheds light on a decade of vote counts that don’t match votes cast – uncounted ballots, vote switching, under-votes, an many other examples of election totals that warrant serious investigation. This film unveils patterns of anomalies at every level of the electoral process. Controversial partnerships perpetuate a secretive environment, as relevant facts and figures remain hidden from view. As a result, most Americans have no real sense of the threat to fair elections. As seemingly unrelated pieces of the puzzle come together, a chilling picture emerges: of widespread, artfully crafted “glitches” that, in the final tallies, have the capacity to alter election results.
“This tersely sobering documentary…mounts its case with hardheaded numerical logic.” -Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
WHAT WOULD JESUS BUY?
SHOWN AT 5:00PM
From producer Morgan Spurlock (“Super Size Me”) and director Rob VanAlkemade comes a serious docu-comedy about the commercialization of Christmas. Bill Talen (aka Reverend Billy) was a lost idealist who hitchhiked to New York City only to find that Times Square was becoming a mall. Spurred on by the loss of his neighborhood and inspired by the sidewalk preachers around him, Bill bought a collar to match his white caterer’s jacket, bleached his hair and became the Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping. Through retail interventions, corporate exorcisms, and some good old-fashioned preaching, Reverend Billy reminds us that we have lost the true meaning of Christmas. “What Would Jesus Buy?” is a journey into the heart of America – from exorcising the demons at the Wal-Mart headquarters to taking over the center stage at the Mall of America and then ultimately heading to the Promised Land…Disneyland. Will we be led like Sheeple to the Christmas slaughter, or will we find a new way to give a gift this Christmas? “What Would Jesus Buy?” may just be the divine intervention we’ve all been searching for.
Part of our “Somewhere That’s Green” series of sustainability films.
SHOWN FOLLOWING THE SHORT:
THE STORY OF STUFF
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. “The Story Of Stuff” is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. “The Story Of Stuff” exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.
FROZEN RIVER
SHOWN AT 7:15PM
This acclaimed drama is the story of Ray Eddy (Melissa Leo), an upstate New York trailer mom who is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling when she meets a Mohawk girl who lives on a reservation that straddles the U.S.-Canadian border. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new doublewide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler, and the two begin making runs across the frozen St. Lawrence River carrying illegal Chinese and Pakistani immigrant in the trunk of Ray’s Dodge Spirit.
“This is a debut feature, though you’d never know it from the filmmaker’s commandingly confident style, or from the heartbreaking beauty – heartbreaking, then heartmending – of Melissa Leo’s performance.” -Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal
CTHULHU
SHOWN AT 9:30PM
If the movies “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Wicker Man” spawned violently in the night, the result would be Cthulhu, first-time director Dan Gildark’s effective, low-budget end-of-the-world dark thriller. Far more effective than M. Night Shyamalan’s apoca-schtick, “The Happening,” Gildark’s tense and claustrophobic slow-burn little film mines old-school horror titan H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” to tell this tale of a somber and terrifying homecoming. When Russell (Jason Cottle), a Seattle history professor, returns to Riversmouth for the funeral of his mother, he soon realizes that something is not quite right there, and that a mysterious sea-worshipping cult is probably behind it.
Part of our Friday Night Frights series.
“As the creepy gives way to the criminal, and ultimately to the genuinely supernatural, Cthulhu maintains its grounding in the sort of real-world interests that holds one’s attention without shocking demonstrations like dismemberment or decapitation.” -Tim Cogshell, Boxoffice Magazine
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Community Art Project At The Green House
Here is the location on Monte Rome’s Intershell Property that hosted the seARTS community art project during the Partner with an Artist installations. (the same seARTS project that brought Mark Teiwes’ At The Brink project to Captain Joe’s)
It looks pretty drab right? Just wait til you see what is inside! A vibrant collection of paint and ideas which will be displayed on these pages.
Community Art Project At The Green House, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
The Cape Ann YMCA Teen Leaders and Art Haven collaborated to produce the October 11th community art project at the green house at 54 Commercial Street to transform the interior and exterior of the building. Ben’s Paint Store generously donated supplies to help the artists. Monte Rome, owner of InterShell is thrilled to have the space used for a community learning and experiential event and hopes to attract more in the future.
Thanks To Emily Sinagra, one of the team that brought this project to life for letting me in to photograph yesterday.
Community Art Project At The Green House, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Isabel Natti Demonstrates The Acorn Press
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Sara Elizabeth Shop at Whistlestop Mall Rockport
Here’s Isabel Natti in the doorway of The Sara Elizabeth Shop where she’s been creating for decades. Part III of our interview will be posted at 9:00AM with a demonstration of the Acorn Press.
Sara Elizabeth Shop at Whistlestop Mall Rockport, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Tina Greel Fish Print Herring Mobile
Tina and her crew make these prints from real fish presses. She is stuffing a few and will be making a herring mobile for her grandchild. Here on is displayed in an old lobster trap. A proper setting to display fish art!
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Cape Ann Community Cinema Schedule For 10/29-10/30
Cape Ann Community Cinema, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29
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FAN FILM SHOWCASE
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SHOWN AT 7:15PM
A “fan film” is a fan-produced tribute to a favorite film, and in that commercial gain from such films is prohibited by law, some say it is filmmaking at its purest – “for the love of the thing.” Fan films range from short and comic, like Kevin Rubio’s “Star Wars” themed “Cops” parody “Troops” to the fantastic shared universe short “Batman: Dead End” to feature-length remakes like the legendary “Raiders: The Adaptation” (in which three kids from Mississippi spent nearly seven years making their own version of “Raiders Of The Lost Ark”).
Join us as we welcome author Clive Young as he presents a selection of hand-picked fan films and discusses his new book, “Homemade Hollywood,” which focuses on the surprisingly long history of this genre.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
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XXY
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SHOWN AT 5:00PM
For just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely any as monumental as the one facing 15 year-old Alex (Ines Efron), who was born an intersex child. As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for a visit at their house on the gorgeous Uruguayan shore, along with their 16-year-old son Álvaro (Martin Piroyanski). Alex is immediately attracted to the young man, which adds yet another level of complexity to her personal search for identity, and forces both families to face their worst fears.
This free show is part of our Thursday FilmMovement series, which in November becomes
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Isabel Natti Brings Me Back To the Seventies On The Dock- Video
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Tina Greel Fish Prints
I’m really digging this redfish print. Tina and her group get together Wednesday nights to do prints using real fish.
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Cape Ann Community Cinema Schedule For 10/28-10/29
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28
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RADIO FISHTOWN/MY PAL SKEETS
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SHOWN AT 7:15PM
The New York Times (July ’95) described Simon Geller, the reclusive and last standing single-handed radio operator in the country, as a gruff mannered crotchety man who often expressed his dislike of Gloucester and its citizens. The Boston Globe’s John Koch called director Henry Ferrini’s “Radio FishTown” “a piece of poetic silver – a shimmering film impression of the odd Gloucester broadcaster who eventually fled the town that loved and endured his peculiar presence.” “Radio Fishtown” whisks the viewer up for a brisk half hour bushwhack from Gloucester, Massachusetts to New York City. Ferrini and his Total Assault TV crew track Geller from the rubble of his studio dungeon and his 56 cents-an-hour job as CEO of WVCA, to his Manhattan penthouse. Shown with Anne Rearick’s “My Pal Skeets,” the Riaf-penned short film which profiles Somerville’s Skeets Scioli, one of the oldest living participants in the sport of boxing during the past century.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29
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FAN FILM SHOWCASE
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SHOWN AT 7:15PM
A “fan film” is a fan-produced tribute to a favorite film, and in that commercial gain from such films is prohibited by law, some say it is filmmaking at its purest – “for the love of the thing.” Fan films range from short and comic, like Kevin Rubio’s “Star Wars” themed “Cops” parody “Troops” to the fantastic shared universe short “Batman: Dead End” to feature-length remakes like the legendary “Raiders: The Adaptation” (in which three kids from Mississippi spent nearly seven years making their own version of “Raiders Of The Lost Ark”).
Join us as we welcome author Clive Young as he presents a selection of hand-picked fan films and discusses his new book, “Homemade Hollywood,” which focuses on the surprisingly long history of this genre.
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Isabel Natti At The Sara Elizabeth Shop at The Whistlestop Mall
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Twin Lights Postcards at Alexandra’s Bread
Alexandra being a fan of all things Twin Lights had these cool Twin Lights Postcards made up. They are for sale at Alexandra’s Bread for a meager 75 cents. That’s short money Homie! I’m thinking about buying a couple and framing them up for a cool piece of local art.
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Things To Do- Cove Gallery Exhibition October 17th
Looking for something to do Friday night? Check out The Cove Gallery Opening Reception for GMG friend Kurt Ankeny-Beauchamp and Pia Juhl Nadel. You can check out The Cove Gallery’s website by clicking this text
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Appleton Farms Painting
The Mrs picked fell in love with this painting of Appleton Farms. As many of you regular readers know we have a share at the Farm and she goes every week with The Bean and Snoop Mad. This painting had been hanging in the “share room” and from what she tells me she had admired it every time she saw it.
About five years back while on vacation in Naples, we saw a painting that struck both of us. We didn’t buy it and have gone into the gallery every year since in search of it but its not there.
So when she told me about this particular painting and how much she loved it I told her I’d get it for her for her Christmas present.
So now you know what’s hanging over the mantle.
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The Bean and Snoop Mad At Mark Teiwes’ Faces Of The Waterfront Exhibit
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Mark Teiwes’ seARTS Faces Of The Waterfront Show at Captain Joe and Sons
We had about 150 people come through for Marks showing Saturday Morning.
People came by boat and by car. There were several skiffs tied off to the front of the dock including Tina and Terry Greel’s. That was pretty cool, I don’t know too many places around where you would pull up on your boat to view an art exhibit.
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Mark Teiwes seARTS Presentation at Captain Joe’s
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Do You Know About CACC?
Do you know about Cape Ann Community Cinemas and their 60 films in 33 days project at The Gloucester Stage Company 267 East Main Street (a couple doors down from Last Stop Variety on the way down to Rocky Neck)?
I’ll be featuring their daily lineup of film schedules each day throughout their run.
Thanks go to Robert Newton who brought it to my attention.
This from the Mass Bay Film Project and Festival Website-
“First and foremost, we are film fans, and we like to get people excited about watching films. Not necessarily in the “I can crank my new home theater system can so loud that it will make you have to go to the bathroom” kind of way, but in ways that matter. We bring independently produced films to local audiences (and theatre owners) who might not otherwise discover them, and whenever we can, we’ll bring the folks who made the films, too. And the more people we can excite enough about the filmmaking process to want to pick up a camera and tell a story of their own, the better.
Robert Newton, one of the founders of The MassBay Film Project & Festivals, is a working film critic for a number of websites, newspapers and magazines, including WorcesterMovies.com and The Christian Science Monitor. He is an award-winning writer and novelty recording artist, whose debut album, “Monkey Bismuth,” was a favorite on “The Dr. Demento Show” (see link at left) and had a song featured in the indie comedy, Rutland U.S.A. Click on “Contact Us” at left to reach him regarding film-related business, to talk about something you saw that you really liked, or if you have any questions about anything we do”
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Mark Teiwes’ seARTS Faces Of The Waterfront Show at Captain Joe and Sons
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Good Morning Gloucester 