Stubbys Valentines Day Birthday Party at Maritime Gloucester

Janet Rice Submits-

A great time was had by all ,including Stubby!

(Don’t forget to get/renew your membership at the Maritime Gloucester this year. Stubby looks forward to greeting you!)

Best-

Janet Rice

Stuff To Do- Diving Locker Museum Saturdays and Sundays 10a-4p at Maritime Gloucester, Harbor Loop

Dan Tremblay and Paul Harling operate the Diving Locker Museum Saturdays and Sundays 10a-4p at Maritime Gloucester, Harbor Loop, rear Pier area. Com and be fascinated by Diving History, Gloucester filmmaking, old shipwrecks and artifacts and as well tale the Sea. FREE. info 978-777-2711

Wowzers- Chickity Check Out Maritime Gloucester’s New Website!

Very Clean and informative. If you haven’t seen it in a while, it’s worth a look-

http://maritimegloucester.org/

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FEBRUARY — A Love Affair with Gloucester Harbor

The return of our popular winter programs begins with the theme: ” A Love Affair with Gloucester Harbor and Cape Ann”. The first three events are:

February 7th: “Sea Monsters of Gloucester Harbor and Cape Ann: A Diver Tells All”, presented by Phil Colarusso, Ph.D. 

Through pictures, video and narrative, Phil describes what is going on beneath the surface.

February 14th: “A Valentine’s Day Party for Stubby the Cat”

A Special Fun Event from 5:00-6:00 for Stubby and anyone who has had the pleasure of meeting this independent Harbor Loop cat. Stay tuned for more details.

February 21st: “The Marine Invasion Will Not Be Televised!  Changes in the Harbor”, presented by Judith Pederson, Ph.D. MIT Sea Grant

Judy will share results from the 2012 Rapid Assessment Survey of Gloucester Harbor for Marine Invasives and Native Species.

Watch here or check our website or Facebook page for more details about our winter programs and lectures.

All programs are free and open to the public.  Seating is limited and we recommend early arrival.

When & Where

Thursdays, 7:00 PM, unless otherwise noted

Gorton’s Gallery

Maritime Gloucester

23 Harbor Loop

Gloucester, Massachusetts

Chasing Ice Movie at Community Cinema to Benefit Maritime Gloucester

Chasing Ice Movie at Community Cinema to Benefit Maritime Gloucester

The award winning documentary Chasing Ice will be showing on Sunday, January 27th at 6pm at Cape Ann Community Cinema, as a benefit to support the marine science and environmental programs at Maritime Gloucester.

Chasing Ice is the story of one man’s mission to gather evidence of climate change.  Using time-lapse cameras, his videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate. The trailer can be found at www.chasingice.com . It has been nominated for several independent film festival awards in the documentary and cinematography categories.The movie was recently awarded Best Documentary at the 22nd Annual Awards of the Environmental Media Association and received an academy award nominee for best original song.

Cape Ann Community Cinema is located at 21 Main Street in Gloucester. Tickets for the movie may be purchased at the door or in advance at http://capeanncinema.wordpress.com/advance-tickets/

Public Winter Lecture Series At Maritime Gloucester Looking For Speaker Recommendations

Joey,

Happy New Year. As we finalize our public winter lecture series at Maritime Gloucester, I was hoping that I could use your community blog to ask viewers about potential speakers. Specifically, I am interested in hosting a series called “Welcome Back” where men and women who grew up on Cape Ann but no longer live here — and have pursued successful maritime, oceanography, fishing or marine sciences careers – would be asked to come back and speak at Maritime Gloucester. GMG Viewers and readers, please send your recommendations to Tom Balf at tbalf@maritimegloucester.org Thanks to all in advance.

Tom Balf

Executive Director

Maritime Gloucester

www.maritimegloucester.org

‘Stock the Tank’ Exhibit at Maritime Gloucester From Bill O’Connor

Hi Joey,

The ‘Stock the Tank’ Collography exhibit at Maritime Gloucester is closing on Monday, and I would encourage people to go see it before it’s gone! It’s a pretty cool exhibit that was created by Camilla McFayden with help of community members who attended her collography workshop earlier in August.  You can stand inside ‘Stock the Tank’ and experience an underwater world without getting wet! Check it out on Heritage Day at Maritime Gloucester (free admission all day) or during business hours through the weekend!

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People can read more about it through our story at North Shore Kid or by checking out our Flickr Set

Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid

Yo, If any of you twitter folks out there don’t know it, Maritime Gloucester Has a Twitter Account.

Someone asked me for a couple of the must do things in G Town and I replied a sunset cruise on The Lannon, A Visit To Maritime Gloucester, The Cape Ann Museum and a mudiga steak bomb sandwich at Virgilios.

Bill O’Connor from North Shore Kid just so happened to send me in this little blurb about Maritime Gloucester-

Hi Joey,

One of the best things about Maritime Gloucester is that this time of year, there’s always something new to see.  We stopped by on Monday and they had a couple of baby squid in the large tank.  This one was only about 2 ½” long, and was doing his best to camouflage himself…

Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid

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What you twitterites may not know is that Maritime Gloucester has a Twitter presence an dthey are pretty active.  follow them here- http://www.twitter.com/MaritimeGlou

Camilla MacFadyen Announces "Stock The Tank" Printing Workshop at Maritime Gloucester

Click below for video-

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Wood Meets Waves Course at Maritime Gloucester

Tom Balf writes-

Sign up now for Maritime Gloucester’s July 26th one-day "hand plane" workshop. Designed for woodworkers and active bodysurfers ages 12 and up, participants in the "hand plane" workshop will cut and shape their own handplane with traditional wordworking tools and techniques. Registration closes July 19th.
Here’s what the locals are saying. Award winning boat builder Harold Burnham says "If I was 18 and somebody dropped a tree off at my yard, I’d hold off on building a schooner. I’d make a hand plane first. I love body surfing." And famed Gloucester dorymaker Geno Mondello says: "I love the way GrainSurfboard combines traditional wood working tools and techniques with the sports of today. If my back could stand it, I’d be body surfing at Good Harbor after making my own hand plane!"
The attached poster includes a picture of a handplane in action. For more information go to www.grainsurfboards.com/classes

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Gloucester Gig Rowers get a new Gig! From Rick Isaacs

Hi Joey,

Gloucester Gig Rowers held our christening and launching party on Sunday evening, 8 Jul for our new 32′ Cornish Pilot Gig, custom-built for us by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Champlain Longboats School  http://www.lcmm.org/education/champlain_longboats.htm .  Here are a few pictures of our party party to celebrate the arrival of our new boat, and christen her.  She can be seen moored at the Harriet Webster Pier at Gloucester Maritime, on Harbor Loop.

The boat’s name is the "Annie B", and one picture shows Annie Banks, her namesake and one of the chief founders of Gloucester Gig Rowers, breaking the traditional bottle of champaign over her bow.

Sorry this took a while – I needed to secure the club’s approval for all of these mug shots to be published before sending this.  We would be grateful for any coverage which you could provide us!

All best,

Rick Isaacs

Gloucester gig rowers get a new boat

Hi Joey,

Look for a brand new blue and orange gig in the harbor tomorrow.  The Gloucester gig rowers got a new boat, the "Annie B", here being christened by Ann Banks and duly admired at Maritime Gloucester this evening.

Martha Lazrus

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Gloucester At Dawn- The Paint Factory From Maritime Gloucester 4:46AM 5/19/12

The human eye could barely make out the right side of the rock but the long exposure showed a much more interesting picture.

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Gloucester Webcam of The Day- Maritime Gloucester

Visit Maritime Gloucester’s Website Here

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This Webcam and more can be found at www.gloucesterwebcam.com

Tim Blakeley from Gloucester Bytes provided the initial installation at ridiculously cheap cost because he believed in the project.

Gloucester Gig Rowers Get Their Gig on On A Raw Sunday Morning

For more information on how you can get involved in the gig rowing program you can contact Maritime Gloucester and The Gloucester Gig Rower’s Website

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Gloucester Webcam of The Day- Maritime Gloucester

Visit Maritime Gloucester’s Website Here

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This Webcam and more can be found at www.gloucesterwebcam.com

Tim Blakeley from Gloucester Bytes provided the initial installation at ridiculously cheap cost because he believed in the project.

Art adventures over April Vacation

Maritime Gloucester days are full, but there’s still space for Mother’s Day Printmaking, paper flower bouquets, Harry Potter Day and Empty Bowl Making! Call (978) 283-3888 or emailing arthaveninfo@gmail.com

April Vacation Workshops at Art Haven and Maritime Gloucester

Art Haven and Maritime Gloucester are collaborating on April Vacation programs! There are also opportunities to make a bowl for the Empty Bowl dinner, make Mother’s Day cards, paper flower bouquets or come to HARRY POTTER DAY!! Call 978.283.3888 or email arthaveninfo@gmail.com to sign up now.

April Vacation programs at Art Haven