Sonja Grondstra Designs At Pop Gallery- The Designs Video

67 Main Street Gloucester MA

Look for my interview with Sonja tomorrow

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Lots of great energy at Pop Gallery! It was a pleasure to meet Sonja

Elyssa East Author Dogtown: Death and Enchantment In A New England Ghost Town Part I

I Interviewed Elyssa East at Pleasant Street Tea and Coffee Company Where She Talked About Her Book In Part I of Our Three Part Interview

Look for part II tomorrow
For more info about Dogtown: Death and Enchantment In A New England Ghost Town check out the website here

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Art, Rocks! At Bass rocks

DROPPED OFF AT 10:55AM Sunday 10/24/2010

GOODLUCK!

 

Hotel Guests Only!! Yeah Right!

close up
from where i stood

 

Da Rock!

 

Http://www.FrontieroGallery.com

Route 127 – Beverly to Gloucester Video

Hi Joey,
I thought you might like this video for your blog.
Tim
Gloucester Bytes

cool video!

Check out Gloucester Bytes Here

 

Gloucester Photo Collage Critique From David Cox

David Cox will be shooting the GHS football game tonight with Thom Falzarano. This is a typical exchange between my pal David and me.

The print is 20×30 and I may hang it at Passports.

Talkin Essex Clamfest With Sue Lufkin

Here’s GMG contributor Laurie Lufkin’s Mom Sue-

Thanks For Watching

Gloucester Sketchbook Project Update

 

Gloucester Sketchbook Project

 “Something Sketchy” Update

Something Sketchy Welcomes New Member: Carol McKenna 

Carol McKenna

Hello, World ~

So glad you could stop by for my new artistic adventure. I am so glad to be part of this wonderful team, SomethingSketchy. Everyone is working hard and sharing their creativity. When asked to join this adventure, I was so excited and naturally rather anxious. Me? They want me to join them! Well, here I am  and will be sharing my artistic journey.

The latest event is the Sketchbook Project Tour 2011 which is a traveling art event. When you join, you receive a blank journal and are to fill it with your sketches by mid January and then send it in to join the Art House Co-op in Brooklyn NY. From there your sketchbook travels around the country and then returns home to the Brooklyn Library where the journals will be housed for viewing. Yep, you have to let go of your “art baby” and send her into the world. Mama Mia! “Here I go again.” Another brave adventure or as Helen Keller is quoted as saying “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”

 

When I enrolled in the Sketchbook Project, I didn’t particulary like any of the themes they offered so I went with a random selection and the theme I now have is “Make mine a double” ~ As I post different page projects you will see sketches on this theme. It is a theme that can be portrayed in many ways and is, in fact, providing me with the opportunity to expand my imagination and creativity. Just another one those “life hurdles”.

Hugs and namaste,

Carol McKenna

For more Info on the Gloucester Sketchbook Project Click the Link Below

http://somethingsketchy.wordpress.com/

Check out Carols other blogs http://artmusedog.blogspot.com\ http://www.etsy.com/shop/artmusedogs

Barbara Donnelly Watercolor Classes 10/19/2010

Join

Barbara Donnelly Watercolor Classes

Ongoing Tuesday watercolor classes right on Gloucester harbor in warm, cozy gallery/studio. Outside on those warmer days! Subject matter all around us. Still lifes for studio painting will be available at all times. Class size is limited to allow for personal instruction. We will cover concept, compostition, shapes, values and color harmony in demos and practice. Individuality will be encouraged. All levels are welcome. Check my website at www.barbaradonnelly.com for more info.

"Fish Pier" Barbara Donnelly Watercolor
Barbara Donnelly Watercolor Classes

MORE INFO CLICK THE LINK BELOW

www.barbaradonnelly.com

The Farm Downtown- Noah Gives Us The Skinny video

Noah tells us how the Farm Downtown at 350 Rantoul Street Beverly MA differs from the Farm Bar and Grille.

This place is destined to be one of those joints where you would drive 20 miles  to go for takeout because it’s that good!

North Shore Blogger Consortium Weekend Picks October 14th

My Picks followed by the rest of the gang-

October 14th

Thursday Night Under The Lights

GHS vs. MASCO football game Thursday at 6:00pm

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Friday October 15th

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Cape Ann Film Festival

On Friday, October 15 at 7:00pm, Rockport Music Cinema will host the Festival’s Guest Of Honor, David Newell, and Carl Kurlander’s comic documentary about Pittsburgh’s rebirth called “My Tale Of Two Cities.” Newell is the director of public relations at the Pittsburgh-based Family Communications, Inc., the producers of the long-running children’s program, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” He also played neighbor Mr. McFeely, the “Speedy Delivery” guy on the show. After the film, he and Kurlander both will participate in a Q&A, and Newell will lead the audience in a “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” singalong.

Additionally, Newell will host the documentary “Speedy Delivery” (Sun. Oct. 17 @ 2:00pm, CACC), all about him and the Mr. McFeely character, after which he will take questions from fans and host one last “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” singalong.

Friday October 15th

Rockport Harvest fest Community Picnic

Festival Kickoff

Join us under the big tent on T-Wharf in downtown Rockport for a Harvest Community Picnic

(bring a dish & your own tableware), Live Music with Alek Razdan & the Polygroove Orchestra and a screening of the new film Fresh on Friday, October 15th from 6pm to 9pm.

Saturday October 16th

Rockport HarvestFest Schedule of Events*

The Latest Festival News
  • The Polygroove Orchestra to usher in HarvestFest Join The Polygroove Orchestra, five Rockport high school students, as they usher in Rockport’s Harvestfest with an upbeat musical performance on Friday, October 15th, from 6-8 PM on …
    Posted Oct 1, 2010 10:26 PM by Rockport Festivals
  • Seafood Throwdown: Laurie Lufkin vs. The Emerson It’s a match made in hospitality heaven.  Two of Rockport’s venerable historic inns will face off in a friendly match to see who can make the most of …
    Posted Sep 26, 2010 11:11 AM by Rockport Festivals
  • Brad Byrd to play with full band at Harvest Fest! Critically acclaimed indie-rock singer/songwriter Brad Byrd is bringing his talents and backing band from Boston to Rockport for our annual HarvestFest.  Brad’s music has been featured on …
    Posted Sep 26, 2010 11:04 AM by Rockport Festivals

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For Specific Information About:
Local Fare Fair
The Great Scarecrow Chase
WOCA Fair
The 3rd Annual Scarecrow Stroll

All Day Events

Information Booth in Dock Square
Local Fare Fair on T-Wharf.  Featuring food made locally on Cape Ann and in New England, with Cape Ann Brewing Co. offering a taste of some local brews from noon to 5pm.  Click here for more information and check back for updates.
Scarecrow Stroll throughout Downtown.  Don’t miss Rockport’s unique collection of scarecrows from Front Beach to Bearskin Neck to Atlantic Avenue!  (And be sure to vote on your favorite.) For more information click here.
Kids’ Art Zone in Harvey Park.  Climb the hay bales, enjoy an art project and more!  Suggested donation to support festival programming.
Dock Square HarvestFest Food Booth in Dock Square. Serving our famous baked goods and more! Suggested donation to support festival programming.
WOCA Fair in Harvey Park.  The What’s On Cape Ann Fair highlights area non-profits, organizations and sponsors.  Enjoy interactive booths as you learn just what resources are available to Cape Ann residents and visitors!. Click here for information on how your organization can participate.
NYRE Food Booth at Harvey Park.  Proceeds to benefit New Year’s Rockport Eve, an annual tradition in Rockport.
11am to 1pm
Michael O’Leary with Steve Levy & Linda Shields Swicker on Bearskin Neck.  Celtic music.  Click here.
11am
Cooking Demonstration
on T Wharf with Cabot Creamery and food writer Heather AtwoodSponsored by the Taste of the Times.

12 noon
The Market Restaurant serving a ticketed lunch on T-Wharf.  Join chefs Nico Monday and Amelia O’Reilly as they host a Harvest lunch featuring the best of food that is both local and seasonal.  Tickets are limited and can be pre-purchased online by clicking here or on the day of the festival at the Information Booth in Dock Square.  Proceeds to benefit Harvest Fest programming. Click here for information on The Market Restaurant.

12pm to 2pm
Merrimac Valley Rounders playing on T-Wharf. Bluegrass.

Hayride!
Pick-up and drop-off in Harvey Park.
Daniel Dye & the Miller Road Band playing in Dock Square.  Indie Americana. Click here and here.
103.3 WODS radio station in Barletta Park. Join the WODS street team where they will be giving away tons of great prizes with their WODS prize wheel!
2pm
Seafood Throwdown on T-Wharf featuring Rockport’s historic inns: Emerson Inn-by-the-Sea and The Yankee Clipper InnSponsored by NAMA and emceed by Heather Atwood of the Taste of the Times. For more information, click here.
2pm to 3pm
Fresh the Movie: Screening in the Old Firehouse Trust building. Click here for information on this fresh documentary.
2pm to 3:30pm
Rockport Legion Band featuring Creagan More Pipes in Harvey Park. Click here or here to watch a video clip.

2pm to 4pm
Steve Westgate playing on Bearskin Neck. Indie Americana
3pm to 5pm
Brad Byrd with full band playing in Dock Square.  Indie Rock. Click here.
3:30pm to 4:30pm
Merrimac Valley Rounders playing on T-Wharf. Bluegrass. Click here.

4:30pm
Food Bloggers’ Summit & Cooking Demonstration under the tent at T-Wharf hosted by Heather Atwood of The Taste of the Times.
The Great Scarecrow Chase!  Children of all ages can join us for a costumed parade throughout downtown, ending up with a very special surprise and treat!  Parade begins in Harvey Park.  For pre-registration or more information, click here.
6pm to 8pm
Festival Finale with Jake Pardee & Friday Night Bingo under the tent on T-Wharf.  Enjoy a hot drink and some hot music while celebrating Fall in New England!
*subject to change; additional events to b

Saturday October 16th

Georges By Night Dinner and Music-

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Sunday October 17th

Cape Ann Restaurant Week Kicks Off

click the picture for all the details

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and now for the rest of the gang-

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Jane Ward writes fiction and is the author of Hunger (Forge, 2001) and The Mosaic Artist (to be released).  She is currently at work on her third novel, The Welcome Home.  She also writes about food – in a weekly blog called Food and Fiction, and as a contributing writer to the online regional food magazine, Local In Season – because she loves to cook and eat.  And so does everyone she knows.

Click Here for Author Jane Ward’s Weekend Picks

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5thjoy is a blog about the things that make life shimmer: Food, Fashion, Feathering the Nest and whatever glinting Flotsam floats our way.

Click Here For Abby Cahill O’Brien’s Fifth Joy Weekend Picks

Good Morning Gloucester brings you the best of Gloucester MA and surrounding communities. From the docks to the restaurants, the sporting fields to the art scene and anything in between, if it’s happening in Gloucester it’s generally covered on GMG.

Click here for Joey’s weekend picks

North Shore Dish is your guide to restaurants and all things food related on the North Shore. Whether it’s gourmet dining or a hole-in-the-wall, if these gals have tasted it, they’ll dish up the inside scoop.

Click Here For Weekend Picks From The Dish

The Two Palaverers are the husband and wife team of Rob and Laura Ciampa, two passionate New Englanders who have spent decades exploring the highways and byways of New England in search of regional character, culture and cuisine. Their goal is to recognize the people, places and things that exemplify the character of New England. Join them as they palaver about New England.

Click Here For The Weekend Picks From The Two Palaverers

At its core, LynnHappens.com is a place to find out what’s happening in Lynn. It features an events calendar, local weather, arts and events coverage, photo galleries, complete City Council videos, letters to the editor and more.

Click here are for LynnHappens.com editor Seth Albaum’s picks for the weekend

Food For Thought- Heather Atwood

As a painter and writer, Heather Atwood spent a lot of time waiting on tables in great restaurants. While struggling with color and line, she was also learning how to roast a great chicken, and what it means to balance textures in a dish. She’s been interested in good food ever since. Married, the mother of two daughters, Heather now lives in Rockport, Mass. and is the food columnist for the Gloucester Daily Times. She is featured regularly in Taste of the Times videos and her writing can also be seen in the Wednesday food section of the Times.

Click here for Heather Atwood’s Weekend Picks

Night Time on the Pier

Looking out, Looking in

http://twitter.com/capeannpainter

http://somethingsketchy.wordpress.com/

http://www.frontierogallery.com

Anna Vojtech At Cripple Cove Studio Part II

Anna Vojtech At Cripple Cove Studio Part II

Thanks for watching

Crimping Wire At B and N Fishing Supplies

Crimping Wire At B and N Fishing Supplies

Beautiful Industry

Anna Vojtech At Cripple Cove Studio Video Part I

Anna Vojtech At Cripple Cove Studio Part I

Thanks For Watching

Night time on the Pier

Here are a few night time shots I took the other night.

http://twitter.com/capeannpainter

http://somethingsketchy.wordpress.com/

http://www.frontierogallery.com

Holiday Photo Gift Sets From Your Boy Joey

Many people have asked to buy my pictures and I’ve long refused but I’ve decided with the holidays coming up I’d give people an opportunity to get some holiday shopping done early and at the same time give the people who ask if there is any way they could support the blog a way to cut down on some of my hosting expenses and the like.

Most people charge upwards of $25 for an 8×10 photo but I decided that I’d start the pricing at $15 and give folks a break incrementally the more they buy.  So if you would like to support the effort I put into the blog and want to bang out some holiday shopping early check out the pictures and email me at goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com with the picture number(s) you would like and your address and I will mail them to you.  Each photo will come in a protective sleeve ready for gifting.  All photos will come sans the Good Morning Gloucester Watermark.

You may not dig my photography but want a way to say thanks for the work put in.  If so, here’s your chance.

click the picture below to see the set and to select any pictures you might like

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Number of Pictures Cost
1 $15
2 $29
3 $42
4 $52
5 $60
6 $66
7 $70
8 $80
9 $90
10 +1 Free Picture $100

Shipping cost will be $2.99 total for any amount ordered.

email goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com (that’s me) to place an order and I’ll email you the details

Also If my photography is not something you are interested in and are looking for something else- consider Sharon’s 2011 Calendar, they make great gifts as well

Passports Breakfast Video

Passports Now Serving Breakfast–Saturday, Sunday and Holiday Weekend Mondays

Thanks For Watching

 

The Sketchbook Project: My First Entry 10/10/10

Ok, What better day than 10/10/10 to make my first entry into my Sketchbook Project. I picked my favorite place to sit and watch the waterfront work, Nature change by the minute and meditate. This is the view looking straight out from my parking space today.  I may add some color to it with Gouache paint.  After the Sun went down I walked around and took some photos for GMG of the area at nighttime.

http://twitter.com/capeannpainter

http://somethingsketchy.wordpress.com/

http://www.frontierogallery.com

Leftovers

Here’s a few left over from the 2010 Schooner festival

The Friendship out of Salem passes behind the Paint Factory
The Old Glory shows her colors with the Fort in the background
John Nesta and Son Dom tool around the harbor

http://twitter.com/capeannpainter

http://somethingsketchy.wordpress.com/

http://www.frontierogallery.com

North Shore Blogger Consortium Weekend Picks October 7-October 11,2010

Week three of  the North Shore Blogger Consortium Weekend Picks from the North Shore Blogger Consortium.

These picks feature each blogger’s very top cultural picks of things to do whether it be a museum exhibit, restaurant opening, sporting event, festival or anything that the individual blogger feels would be a great way to spend the weekend.

Week three

Get to your planning…

fifthjoyweb_500

5thjoy is a blog about the things that make life shimmer: Food, Fashion, Feathering the Nest and whatever glinting Flotsam floats our way.

Click Here For Abby Cahill O’Brien’s Fifth Joy Weekend Picks

Food For Thought- Heather Atwood

As a painter and writer, Heather Atwood spent a lot of time waiting on tables in great restaurants. While struggling with color and line, she was also learning how to roast a great chicken, and what it means to balance textures in a dish. She’s been interested in good food ever since. Married, the mother of two daughters, Heather now lives in Rockport, Mass. and is the food columnist for the Gloucester Daily Times. She is featured regularly in Taste of the Times videos and her writing can also be seen in the Wednesday food section of the Times.

Click here for Heather Atwood’s Weekend Picks

Good Morning Gloucester brings you the best of Gloucester MA and surrounding communities. From the docks to the restaurants, the sporting fields to the art scene and anything in between, if it’s happening in Gloucester it’s generally covered on GMG.

Click here for Joey’s weekend picks

Jane Ward writes fiction and is the author of Hunger (Forge, 2001) and The Mosaic Artist (to be released).  She is currently at work on her third novel, The Welcome Home.  She also writes about food – in a weekly blog called Food and Fiction, and as a contributing writer to the online regional food magazine, Local In Season – because she loves to cook and eat.  And so does everyone she knows.

Click Here for Author Jane Ward’s Weekend Picks

The Two Palaverers are the husband and wife team of Rob and Laura Ciampa, two passionate New Englanders who have spent decades exploring the highways and byways of New England in search of regional character, culture and cuisine. Their goal is to recognize the people, places and things that exemplify the character of New England. Join them as they palaver about New England.

Click Here For The Weekend Picks From The Two Palaverers

 

At its core, LynnHappens.com is a place to find out what’s happening in Lynn. It features an events calendar, local weather, arts and events coverage, photo galleries, complete City Council videos, letters to the editor and more.

Click here are for LynnHappens.com editor Seth Albaum’s picks for the weekend

 

Greater Newburyport Today is your online guide to the wide range of activities and events occurring within the Greater Newburyport region of coastal Massachusetts, including the surrounding New Hampshire seacoast and the Ipswich/Essex and Cape Ann regions of the North Shore.

Click Here For Greater Newburyport Today Weekend Picks

North Shore Dish is your guide to restaurants and all things food related on the North Shore. Whether it’s gourmet dining or a hole-in-the-wall, if these gals have tasted it, they’ll dish up the inside scoop.

The Dish Will be back with their picks next week.

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Orchid Grey is a daily style blog written by one motivated lady: a Boston based stylist, visual merchandiser, and photographer.

Julie will be contributing her weekend picks next week.