121R East Main Street, Gloucester, MA. (at east Gloucester Marina)
Tuesday and Wednesday Mornings, 9:30-11:30
July 14 & 15: July 21 & 22
Please wear sunscreen and clothes to get messy in
FEE: $65 per week: $120 for both weeks: 10% off for sibling
ALL ART MATERIALS, Water and Snacks provided.
Registration and payment by Friday JULY 10th.
Bob will instruct the children in sculpting, illustrating and painting techniques as well as the elements of size, dimension, shading and more. Come for a gallery showing on each Wednesday at 11:30 to view final creations.
Allergies or other concerns:________________________________
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After all the talk this past week of wishing children had an opportunity to get on the water for a sailing program Damon Cummings wrote to tell me that there are already many programs in place to get local youth out on the water-
Here is a link to the High School and Middle School program run by Patti Page. It is during the school year, spring and fall, of course so the YMCA summer program is using the floats and boats for the summer (except that we took a bunch of Tall Ship sailors out sailing the afternoon before last):
Joe,
When you saw the City of Gloucester Youth Sailing Program Boston Whaler and a runabout leave the harbormaster’s pier this morning full of kids, they were on their way out to go sailing on the city owned Rhodes 18s and 19 and the Gloucester High school sailing team 420s. They went by us under sail a few minutes later. They go out every weekday except Friday. The program is run by the YMCA now since the city summer recreational program has been phased out. Here is a link to the program: http://www.northshoreymca…sailing_2009_handout.pdf
That is only one of the sailing and harbor related programs presently under way for kids in Gloucester. During the school year Patti Page runs a High school and Middle School program with the 420s and Rhodes. The students do not pay a cent and we take both beginners and champions. The program has a joint Gloucester and Rockport sailing team that competes against other high schools around the state. Kevin Cook is the coach and some funny old guy runs the races. Moreover the Heritage Center and the Lannon run a massive program for Gloucester students and the Gloucester Museaum school at Ram Island does as well. The International Dory Racing Committee has junior racers (some in Middle School) racing against Canada and the Heritage Center has an off and on youth program in the pilot gigs. It is my understanding that a Community Boating center is in the works and that is something we all have wanted for a long time.
Whatever you may have heard to the contrary, Gloucester offers a wealth of opportunities for youth who are not in private yacht clubs to get out on the water.
Here’s a picture of the kids leaving the Harbormaster’s float to head to the sailing program.
Three Sheets to the Wind
The Schooner Adventure organization spawned Three Sheets to the Wind, a group of local musicians and Adventure crew members who are preserving the history of maritime work songs (chanteys) and forebitter songs.
Corwin Ericson
Corwin Ericson lives in western Massachusetts where he works as a writer, editor, and college instructor. He will read from his novel-in-progress, Swell, from which an excerpt was recently published in X: The Erotic Anthology, edited by Susie Bright (Chronicle, 2008).
Rick Drost
Rick Drost began singing with a Kingston Trio-style group in high school, continued in a small folk group in college, then a glee club and an opera chorus. He started writing and singing around coffeehouses in DC and New England in the ‘70s, finally settling in Cambridge MA where he started playing with the folk-rock group Parts and Labor. He performs at least once a week, wherever he goes, and has enjoyed stints with great instructors and students at Song School in Colorado, SAMW and other workshops.
Tom Hauck
Local author Thomas A. Hauck’s novel, Pistonhead, tells the story of Charlie Sinclair, guitarist in a rock band. His job is being outsourced. His best friend is a drug addict. His apartment is full of mice. The girl he loves is unattainable and his old girlfriend wants to dig her claws into him again. Pistonhead is the story of one week in Charlie Sinclair’s life — a week that changed him forever.
Ev Harlow & Friends
Ev Harlow is known for his wacky songs and goofball on-stage banter. His style has a country/folk flavor that is not often heard in these parts. He will have some very talented friends sitting in and having way too much fun!
Nights on the Neck is located on Rocky Neck Avenue, East Gloucester. For specific performance times and locations, please see signage in the Rocky Neck Avenue parking lot on the evening of the event.
Thurs, July 2, 5-9 pm: Ruth Mordecai Reception
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Planning is underway for the 22nd Annual Goods & Services Auction! Don’t miss this great night of fun and great deals! Don’t forget to check-out the on-line Auction at CapeAnnChamber.cmarket.com(on-line Auction website to be activated in June 2009).
Items featured in the On-Line Auction will be marked with an “On-Line Auction Icon”. Click the icon to go to the On-Line Auction.
Click The Picture to Go To The Online Auction
The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce is grateful to the hundreds of generous donors who support the auction and provide bidders such fabulous options.
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Cape Ann Artisans Studio Tour
Cape Ann Artisans will hold their 26th Annual Spring Tour on Saturday and Sunday, June 20 and 21, from 10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. each day. This self-guided tour presents a unique opportunity to meet thirteen professional artists and see their work in the setting in which it was created. The work represented includes jewelry, pottery, painting, sculpture, photography, mosaics, and glass beads.
The Tour is self-guided and free of charge; handicap accessibility varies by location. Brochures with route maps will be available at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, the Rockport Information Booth on Rte 127 and at each of the artisans. A bright magenta Studio Tour banner will mark each location.
Hope you all enjoyed today and the sun and of course our beautiful beaches. Next week on Saturday, June 20th, is the first block party. It sounds like a great time to do cleanup on Saturday morning on Main and Rogers.
Day: Saturday: June 20th, 2009
Time: 8:00 am
Where: Main and Rogers
We can meet at St. Peter’s Square…
I will get bags from Kathy Middleton..Fun night will follow…Looking forward to seeing all.
Donna Ardizzone
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I thought I’d let you know about what we are planning for next weekend on the Lannon. You probably know about the New England Pirate Faire, being held at Stage Fort Park on Saturday and Sunday. To tie in with what they are doing, we are offering Pirate Sails on the Lannon.
Saturday and Sunday morning we are part of the action at Stage Fort Park . We are sailing from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and will have NEPF pirates onboard. Costumes are encouraged. There will be cannon fire involved as we join the action at Half Moon Beach. We can’t tell ye too much, or we’d have to kill ye! Aarrgh! All ages are welcome on this sail. $25/kids, $37.50/adults.
On Saturday night, from 7:00-9:00 we are hosting a Pirate Ball on the Lannon for Pirates 21 and older. Costumes, prizes, grog, NEPF Pirates and lots of pirate fun for sea dogs and saucy wenches. $50/adult includes a ration of grog. We are hoping people will enjoy the fun at Stage Fort Park , grab a bite to eat at the Block Party downtown, then join us for more Pirate antics at the Pirate Ball. Aarrgh!
Gloucester, Mass. – June 12, 2009 – Historic New England’s Beauport , Sleeper-McCann House, located on 75 Eastern Point Blvd , hosts an evening reception to kick off a weekend of garden celebrations in conjunction with the tenth annual Cape Ann Garden Festival hosted by the Sargent House Museum .
The event, An Evening in Sleeper’s Garden, takes place on Friday, June 19, 6 p.m.– 8 p.m. Historic New England’s Property Care Team Leader, Benjamin Haavik will discuss the ongoing landscape work at Beauport, highlighting the restoration of the original terrace staircase built by Beauport’s creator, interior designer Henry Davis Sleeper. Abridged house tours and light refreshments are available.
Admission is $15 for Historic New England and Sargent House members and $20 for nonmembers. To register, please call (978) 283 – 0800 or email pgarro@historicnewengland.org. For more information about and tickets for the other Garden Festival events, please visit sargenthouse.org.
Historic New England is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive regional heritage organization in the nation. If offers unique opportunities to experience the stories of New Englanders through their homes and possessions. For more information visit
Hi Joey,
Great to talk with you and thanks for your help about putting up the Garden Festival info and how to do a slide show.
Many thanks….
Judy Nast
10th Annual Cape Ann Garden Festival
This year The Sargent House Museum has teamed up with Beauport and
Cape Ann Museum to offer a weekend of activities.
Friday night, 6/19, is a reception at Beauport overlooking Gloucester
Harbor with a talk about the recently
discovered garden stair and garden renovation by a staff member of Historic New England. Drinks, appetizer, talk and short house tours
6-8pm. $20
Saturday, 6/20, is the Garden Tour from 10-4. A self guided tour of 10
fabulous flower and herb gardens that feature sculptures, private quarries and
the many ocean vistas of Cape Ann. Several of the homes are open for
visitors’ viewing as well. Restaurant discounts available for ticket
holders. $35
Sunday’s events are:
10 am Join Kim Smith, author of Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities,
for a talk about designing a garden for people and pollinators. Kim
is an accomplished designer, illustrator and author. $15
11:30 Judy Hallberg will talk about Herb Gardens in 18th Century
New England and will included using herbs for lotions and salves.
She’s been involved in Ipswich’s restoration of 18th century herb
gardens and is an accomplished gardener and speaker. It should be a
fascinating lecture with great ideas for using the herbs you grow (or
can grow!) for comfort and healing. $20
1:30 Docent-led tour of the exhibit at Cape Ann Museum of
Hutchinson’s paintings of local scenes….lots of floral motifs and
ocean views and exquisite work. Free with a Garden Festival Ticket
3:00 Peggy J. Flanagan who teaches at a local college, will conduct a
workshop of the propagation and care of antique roses. Bring a pair
of pruners and learn how to care for these lovely plants. Everyone
gets a plant for your own garden. $20
Join us for the whole shebang and just an event. Tickets can be
purchased a la carte at sargenthouse.org
***Also, we have an online auction on Ebay running June 19-30. Check
out the stuff!***
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This just in from Kat Valentine-
Gloucester’s First WWKIP Event – Saturday, Stage Fort Park
Mark Your Calenders: World Wide Knit in Public Day is Coming up Fast
Hosted by: Coveted Yarn
Location: Stage Fort Park
Time: 10-3
Date: June 13, 2009
How to get there:
We have reserved the Gazebo for WWKIPD from 10-3. Stage Fort Park is a really cool, kid friendly place and we encourage people to knit everywhere there. Take Rt 128N to Gloucester, At Rotary take 1st exit onto Washington St. Follow Washington St until you see a Joan of Arc Statue, merge right onto Middle St. Then turn right onto Western Ave. After the Bridge take the first left and you are in Stage Fort Park.
Please bring:
Stage Fort Park has: Playground for the kids, Public Bathrooms, A local eatery next to the park, Lots of history, Ocean breezes so dress appropriately, Hopefully lots of sun so see above. I would bring anything you would need for a day of picnicking at a park, plus maybe swimming suits etc. as there are great beaches here too. Yarn and supplies will not be sold at the park.
The backup plan is:
We are from Gloucester, we don’t worry about the weather since it is just going to change anyway. When the sun comes out you can always lay yourself flat to dry!
This KIP is not knitting exclusive, bring some crochet if you like
There are free bathrooms available
UPDATE: We are working on some live music, some ergonomic knitting instruction and more. We are going to make this as much fun as possible!
Kathleen Valentine
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Here is the program we are trying to put together with the Spirit of Massachusetts for kids and families of Cape Ann.
We are working with SailGloucester out of the Mayors office, and will send you their press release as soon as it is complete.
Ahoy Sailors…..
We are in the 11th hour to do the Tall Ship camp – will your child and a friend would consider it?
We are working with the Gloucester Mayors office and a new Sail Gloucester initiative that is sooo exciting – but I need to firm up this trip
we need a few more kids
It will be June 28- July 2 (5 days/ 4nights) @ $750 pp this is just the cost of renting the Schooner – and it is a great deal!!! We are not trying to make money – we just believe that our Cape Ann kids deserve this opportunity!!!!!
Thanks for any ideas and input
Jo-Anne and Captain Amanda
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FOB Kat Valentine donates her time to put out the seARTS Newsblast-
you can check out here site by clicking this text-Parlez-Moi Blog
Please take part in the Salem Arts Festival to save St. Mary’s Italian Church for an arts center. We are a coalition of arts organizations with a proposal to create a Salem Community Arts Center.
SALEM ARTS FESTIVAL Friday, Sunday June 5 thru 7
Meet us at our table in Salem’s Old Town Hall at the 1st Annual Salem Arts Festival.
Grab a button and information about Salem Community Arts Center and Art Throb – an exciting new online arts publication. Share your ideas, your support, and your energy!
SALEM ARTS FESTIVAL website: www.salemartsfestival.com
“WEDNESDAY IS SPAGHETTI DAY” FUNDRAISER Wednesday, June 10, 6-9pm
Strega Restaurant & Lounge
94 Lafayette Street, Salem MA
No Cover Charge
$8.95 pasta specials, raffles, donations, film screenings and more.
Cash deductible donations to SCAC accepted at the door.
STREGA website: www.stregasalem.com
To learn more about the SCAC proposal, see images of the interior of the church, sign the petition, and volunteer, please visit www.salemcommunityartscenter.org
Sat, Jun 06, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM CAPE ANN MUSEUM “C.Sats-WE House open for tours/Contemporary art installation
Sat, Jun 06 8:00PM CAPE ANN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL “Claremont Trio”
Sat, Jun 06, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM GLOUCESTER STAGE “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”
Sat, Jun 06, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM GLOUCESTER STAGE ” You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown“
Sun, Jun 07, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM GLOUCESTER STAGE “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”
Sun, Jun 07, 5:00PM ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL “Borromeo Quartet with Richard Stoltzman, Clarinet”
Sun, Jun 07, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM JAMES B.HAND GALLERY Rocky Neck Historic Art Trail Reception
Tues, June 9, 8:00PM ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL “St. Lawrence String Quartet” at the First Congregational Church of Rockport
Wed, Jun 10, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM GLOUCESTER STAGE ” You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”
Thu, Jun 11, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM GLOUCESTER STAGE ” You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”
Fri, Jun 12, 6:00PM ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ” Prelude Supper Lecture Series: David
Fri, Jun 12, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM NORTH SHORE ART ASSOCIATION ” Lynn Loscutoff Lecture and Slides on Painting and Traveling”
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Lobster College sounds like a hungry Mainiac’s dream: all lobster, all the time. Ah, but it’s real, if only for one weekend, Sept. 17-20. In past years, Lobster College has attracted folks from as near as Maine, as far as Illinois, Michigan, Florida, and Australia. Along with retirees and other curious fans of the crustacean, there have been restaurant owners and students of marine science for whom this is a serious hands-on learning experience.
Instructors are University of Maine faculty and lobster fishermen and dealers who serve up generous lessons on lobster biology and ecology, stock management, branding and marketing, and related environmental issues. Students learn to bait traps and go out on a working lobster boat. They hear about lobster products and taste recipes at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Last year they ate at least ten lobster dishes in four days.
The program is run by the Lobster Institute, a coalition of University of Maine faculty and those working in the industry, focused on research and education outreach to protect, conserve and enhance a healthy lobster fishery as a resource, and lobstering as both an industry and a way of life. Lobster College is also a fundraiser for the institute. Sessions takes place in and around Boothbay Harbor, among the prettiest sections along Midcoast Maine’s rocky coast. Participants stay at Kenniston Hill Inn Bed & Breakfast
Enrollment is limited to 20; the deadline is August 31. Tuition is $575 per person, including all lobster meals, plus room rates which range from $450-$570 for the weekend. Details are at www.lobsterinstitute.org in Boothbay. The charming shipbuilder’s mansion was built in 1786.
Good morning. On Saturday, May 30th (rain date, Sunday May 31st) Gloucester Little League will be holding its 4th annual Home Run Derby Family Day at Boudreau Field. The day is a blast! It’s our biggest fundraiser of the year and the day is always memorable!!! It would be helpful if you could post the attached flier on your blog.
We will have a dunk tank, a giant Geronimo slide and a speed pitch which measures how fast the person throws. We will be selling food and will be raffling tickets to a Red Sox game. We will also be pulling the names for our “Big Money Raffle”.
“Something fun for everyone”
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Rain Date – Sunday, May31, 2009
Boudreau Field
BASEBALLCLINIC with coaches and playersfrom the GHS team! FREE10:00am
HIT THE TARGET(Majors A & B players) 11:00am
ROADRUNNER(Majors A & B players) 11:30am
AROUND THE HORN12:30 pm
HOMERUN DERBY $10 per participant1:30 pmBIG MONEY RAFFLE(Just prior to 12 yr old HRD final round)
Pirates and buccaneers to raid Stage Fort Park June 20 – June 21
GLOUCESTER – Pastimes Entertainment has announced that their 6th annual pirate festival will take place in Gloucester this year at Stage Fort Park during June 20-21.
The New England Pirate Faire has moved to America’s Oldest Seaport to take advantage of the historical significance of Gloucester, as well as to enjoy the oceanfront view afforded by Stage Fort Park.
The annual production debuted in 2004 and has been held every year since in Salem.
Pastimes’ Creative Director David Stickney said the production’s move to Gloucester will fulfill a long term goal for the company.
“Wherever you are at Stage Fort Park, you can see the ocean. The realistic cannons at the park, the picturesque setting and the historical relevance of the park offers us the perfect backdrop for a pirate and sea-faring festival,” Stickney said.
Additionally, the move allows the company to expand the faire, which will feature over a cast of over 100 actors and musicians. The festival will also host the “Tortuga Marketplace” for vendors offering pirate clothing, prop weapons, accessories, jewelry, food, refreshments, and more.
The show will feature a scripted daylong storyline with several interactive scenes with characters drawn from literature and a different time.
The two-day event will be held on June 20 and June 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for students, seniors and guests with a military ID and $8 for children 4-12.
Stickney is working with Linn Parisi, owner of Over the Bridge Tours of Cape Ann in order to facilitate a citywide celebration of all things pirate.
“I’m thrilled for our City that The New England Pirate Faire wants to call Gloucester its home. Stage Fort Park is a fabulous venue for pirates young and old to enjoy a weekend of family fun. Plans are in the works for Pirate Faire themed activities on land and sea to please landlubbers, scalliwags and privateers!” Parisi said.
Pastimes, an interactive theater production company based in Revere, has been producing
festivals and faires in the Boston area for over 15 years, including the Castle of the Damned held annually at the Hammond Castle in Gloucester.
“We believe this event will be a great draw to the city of Gloucester, and we appreciate the support of local businesses and residents who wish to help support the faire,” Stickney added.
Any businesses interested in vending or sponsoring portions of the festival are encouraged to contact Stickney at 781-346-1028
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From Donna Ardizzone-
