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Updated List: Rocky Neck Plunge- The Pledge List, The Chance To Win $100 Azorean Gift Card, The Food Drive and the $8.99 All You Can Eat Passports Pre-Plunge Breakfast

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Erik at Passports Is Offering Up an $8.99 Breakfast Buffet Pre Plunge!  We plan to meet there at 10AM, come eat with us!

If you enter your name here on GMG beforehand, get listed as a pledge to plunge and do it, we will enter your name into a hat and pick one of the GMG listed plungers post plunge for a $100 Azorean Gift card. Card was donated by our Terry Weber.  No entries will be accepted on the scene of the crime, you have to put in a comment here or contact me ahead of time to confirm you are on “The List”.

If you pledge to plunge and then bail out for ANY REASON, that gives us free license to ridicule you for the entire year!

I can tell you it is incredibly invigorating and the very best way to start your year. It sets you up to overcome a fear and once you do it the rest of the year you feel like you can and will do anything!

The plunge goes off at noon on Oaks Cove Beach on Rocky Neck.

The List

Joey C, Donna Ardizzoni, Rick Moore, Ed Collard, Paul Morrison, Rick Paolillo, Melissa Cox, Dr. Ray Cahill, Colleen Apostolos-Marsh, Lotus Marsh, Lukas and Lasse Struppe, Owen, Henry, and Jon Hardy, Alexandra Rhinelander, Charles Du Deaubien Gaspien (or something like that), Ericka Hyam, Steve LeBlanc, Jamie Verga, Kevin Ryan, Patrick Ryan, Denny Cunningham, Carolyn Kirk, Bill Kirk, Amanda Nash, Tom Robinson Cox, Mike and Eva DiLascio, Amandacakes and Beasley, Keara the chick with the heavy green eye shadow (I forgot her last name), Vickie Van Ness, Greg Bover, Brian O’Connor, Skip Montello,Kane Oshiro,Barry “Cuda” Pollack, Charles Rodgers, Lindell Willnow, Terry Weber, Jason Grow, Maisey, Jeamima and Matilda, Karen Ristuben, Wendie Demuth,Scott LeVasseur ,Tony Goddess,Mike Nicastro, Alicia Pensarosa, Nicole, Ben and Emma Duckworth,Lily Steiner, Chelsea Audin, Malena Lund, Jennelle Rhodes,Jim Dowd and Rebecca and Treely Dowd, Kellie Rich, The Del Vecchio Family,Bob and Andrea Ritchie, Sonja, Evelyn, Daniel and Edward Merz .

Food Drive

Carol McCarthy is organizing a food drive for the Open Door Food Pantry.  Here’s the deets-

Just a heads up that I am organizing a food drive the day of the Plunge… PLunge will be at Noon and the food drive is to benefit The Open Door..  They are in real need this year and Its time we give back on the Neck..   I asking everyone to bring what is needed by the Pantry.. I emailed Judy Cox and she is posting in the newsletter this week.. We need to make a HUGE push for the food pantry… What is desperately needed!!!!   Barrels will be set up at the entrance of Oak Cove Beach for the non-perishables.. Thanks Joey..

Cathy McCarthy  8978 317 2352

TUNA, Peanut Butter, Pasta Sauce, 100% Juice, Baking Items, Breakfast Cereal…

2011 Rocky Neck Plunge Video From InterMurph

Paul Frontiero’s Video From 2011’s Plunge-

EJ’s video

Attention Cape Ann Restaurants-Send Us Your New Years Eve Promotions

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I’ll be happy to post them for you here so people can come to your joint if you have anything special going on.  Feel free to send in a copy of your menu or price fixe menu, whatever.

Our readership has been emailing like crazy asking what there is to do.

Rockport will be having a grand celebration, you can read about that here

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From the Rockport NYE website-

Welcome to NEW YEAR’S ROCKPORT EVE: the web site that is dedicated to celebration. We celebrate the future, the joy of sharing a special evening with family, friends and neighbors and our hope that a New Year will bring good health, happiness and new opportunities.

We will entertain you with clowns, cowboys, magicians, musicians – classical, pop, jazz, Dixieland, folk, country, gospel swing and rock and roll – ventriloquists, dance, drama, puppets, and MUCH, MUCH MORE! And, we have planned a spectacular midnight event that will be a truly memorable welcome to the beginning of a new millennium.

Our buttons ($15 adults, $6 children 12 & under, 3 & under, free–no button needed) are now available.

Go See! The Lobstah Crackah Ballet

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All right let me just spell it out for you.

You could buy tickets to Boston’s Nutcracker and spend $40 (if you’re lucky) on parking, $74 for nosebleed seats, per ticket for a family of four and refreshments, say conservatively speaking $50 for a total of $386.  To see something that has absolutely zero relevance to your lives.

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Orrrrrrrrrr, you could bring your family to the Annie At Blackburn and see The Lobstah Crackah Ballet performed by locals and featuring a Lobster and my favorites- super crazy menacing seagulls who poop all over the stage along with a whole bevy of other sea creatures.  For a teeny tiny fraction of that price!

We went night before last and Snoop Maddie Mad and The Bean have not stopped talking about it.  It’s a ballet, so know that up front so there are no words but there is a ton of action and unlike The Boston Ballet’s Nutcracker where it costs you $74 for the worst seats in the house PER TICKET you could go to The Lobstah Crackah Ballet for a mere $15 (suggested donation) per ticket.

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So again $386 to go see the Nutcracker Ballet in Boston vs $60 to See Seagulls Poop all over the stage at The Annie!!!

I say go with the Poop all the way and that will leave you precisely $326 left over to spend on Christmas presents downtown!

Not to mention that the seating at the Annie puts you on top of the action instead of needing a set of those stupid  mini binoculars to possibly catch a glimpse of the action at The Boston Ballet from the cheap seats.  Duh, No-Brainer.

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If you bring your family I highly suggest going to Giuseppe’s downstairs from the Annie,the food was fantastic, the service top notch and you can grab one of their specialty pizzas and a couple of kids meals and be out of there for under $50.

Here are some pics from our great night in GTown!

Dinner at Giuseppe’s-

Giuseppe’s Special Pizza

Chicken Fingers, the good kind

On To The Annie!

Henry

For more info check out the website-http://www.theannie.org/

Painting Buoys At Art Haven Today Pics From Sista Felicia

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Get your kids down there tomorrow and be part of the great tradition. Take a pic of your kid’s painted buoy, send it in ahere at goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com and I promise to post it on GMG.  Don’t forget to add your kids name.

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SAVE THE DATE!!!! GMG Christmas Party December 17th at Bodin Historic Photo

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I’m just gonna put this out there that if you consider yourself a FOB you had better show up for our killer First Ever OFFICIAL GMG CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!!!!

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Even youse Jews and Buddhas can come by Smile 

We’re gonna celebrate it all, Kwanza, spinnin the dradel, all that fun shit!

I’m springing for the Sebastians Pizza, bring a jug of booze or some beer, we will have cups and ice and we’re gonna have a good time.

It’s been an incredible year of highs for the team, between our killer Fiesta coverage, taking homeCBS  Boston’s Best Blog award, the success at the GMG Gallery Khan Studio at Rocky Neck, just killing all the local coverage between the fishing, downtown, business and arts community, helping some locals earn special recognition and oh so much more, it is now time to come together and celebrate all the goodness that we’ve collectively been able to do- TOGETHER!

I’ll have “This is Gloucester DVD’s there if you want to buy one (or ten), EJ and Sharon will have their calendars there as well.

I’ll also brig a large stack of the new black Stickas to pass out.

Come eat my food, get a sticka, have a drink and revel in all the good GMG Vibes!

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Come on by and party with us!

December 17th

7:00PM

Bodin Historic Photo

82 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930. (978) 283-2524. info@bodinhistoricphoto.com

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If you want to get on the list for the last batch of DVD’s you can sign up here

Community Stuff Coming Up

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Concert – A Christmas Celebration in Song – NS Christian Men’s Choir

A Christmas Celebration in Song featuring the North Shore Christian Men’s Choir will take place on Saturday, December 17th at 2:30 p.m.  The free concert will take place at First Baptist Church, (Harvey Park) Four High Street, Rockport, MA.  A reception and refreshments will follow the concert. All are welcome and invited to attend.

Ladies Night December 1st at Cape Ann Animal Aid

Ladies night in Downtown Gloucester is Thursday, December 1st and here at the Shelter we will be celebrating Ladies night as well.

In Celebration of Ladies Night we will be discounting Adult Male dogs and Adult Male cats at 50% off the adoption fee for one night only. 
Stop in for some refreshments.  This is also a good opportunity to drop off any gifts you may have for the animals.  We will be giving tours to anyone who would like them.  This will be our last year in our current location.  Next Christmas we will be in our new shelter on Paws Lane.  The new Christopher Cutler Rich Animal Shelter is in its final phase.

PAWS FOR PRAISE Make a Tail Wag!

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Bike For Savanna Fundraiser

Hi-Pete Kelley here-Sports Director at North Shore 104.9. I saw the piece on Savannah Pallazola around the 15th of November and been amazed by this little girl everytime I see here around town. I met here at Scott Duffany wrestling event 2 years ago and was absolutely taken by her spirit and energy!!!

I have been doing a Sports Talk Show on 104.9 for 10 years now called the North Shore Sports Desk every Saturday morning from 8-9am (interviewing high school student athletes and coaches)and have done many “LIVE” shows to celebrate many high school sports teams Championship seasons in Gloucester(football)-Marblehead(football) and in Lynn for St Mary’s Girls Hockey to name a few!!

Now, my brother Paul Kelley-who owns the show ,has given me permission, along with Len Pallazola and Jackie Burns,(Savannah’s parents) to do a fundraiser at the Gloucester Depot Restaurant on Railroad Ave on December 17th from 8-9am to raise money for a special adaptive bike that Savannah needs as her Prosthetic legs will not allow her to ride a normal bicycle!!! This bike is very expensive-near $4,000 and I believe every child deserves a bike!!

We will have many raffle items-autographs for sale-special guest appearances from Gloucester dignitaries who have fell in love with Savannah or have just seen her around town and want to help out in the Gloucester Tradition!!! After this show-the Gloucester Cinema will open its’ doors at 10am for another special fundraiser for Savannah by showing the New Sherlock Holmes Movie-“A Game of Shadows” with Robert Downey and Jude Law. For a $12 donation you get a ticket to the show-soft drink and popcorn!!! GREAT DEAL-GREAT DOUBLEHEADER for a GREAT CAUSE!!!! Check her website out  www.bikeforsavannah.com    the events so far are posted and one of the companies they are looking at for a bike is www.freedomryder.com  Please be a part of this by spreading the word for Savannah and these events-I will do any interview for you on this or anyone that can help us get a big crowd there to donate anything!! Every little bit helps whether it’s a dime or a dollar!!! Thanks for your time!! Regards-

Pete Kelley Sports Director

North Shore 104.9

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2011 Middle Street Walk Program of Events

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Here’s the Updated Middle Street Walk Program of Event’s Info Which We Got Yesterday

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…and below is the fine web work done by Bill O’Connor at North Shore Kid  which you may find a little more legible-

The 16th annual Middle Street Walk is a great way to experience Gloucester’s Historic District while having fun with the family. The Festivities begin at 9 am and go all the way though to the end of the Holiday Ball on Saturday evening! Pick up a Schedule of Events (or download this one) and get your walk on!  A whole day of FREE activities, shows and events await for all the members of the family.

On the Middle Street Walk families can decorate ornaments for the holidays at theCape Ann Museum, have a ride on the CATA Trolley, drop by Cape Ann Art Havento paint a bouy for use as an ornament on the Lobster Trap Tree, have a try at sculpting ice on the corner of Pleasant and Main streets, take a museum tour, listen to concerts and watch dance recitals, tour the newly finished Temple Ahavat Achim and don’t forget about the Gingerbread House Contest Display atGloucester City Hall!  There’s a lot do do and see, with the grand finale being the lighting of the Lobster Trap Tree in courthouse square followed by the family friendly Holiday Ball at Gloucester City Hall.    

Whether you come for a visit or experience all of the day’s events, you and the kids will be sure to have fun!

2011 Middle Street Walk Schedule of Events

Saturday, December 10, 2011

When
Where and What

9 am-6 pm
Saunders House, Sawyer Free Library
SeArts Wearable Arts Show and Fundraiser Raffle Sale to benefit Sawyer Free Library – tickets sold at Saunders House and at Library.

10 am
Sawyer Free Library

Deborah Costine, Gerwick Puppeteer, with her program ‘A Woodland Cinderella’.  Refreshments will be served.

10:30 am to 3 pm

Gloucester City Hall

  • Committee for the Arts will sell postcards of City Hall’s WPA Murals and have a table with information on City Hall Restoration efforts.
  • The Gingerbread House Contest Display – winner will be announced in Kyrouz Auditorium at 1pm.
  • Girl Scouts Troop #235 – Bake/Cocoa Sale
  • The Phyllis A. Marine Association will have an information table and Ship’s Store.
  • Schooner Adventure – Coffee and Pastries, Ships Store will offer items for sale to support [node: 1323] and an ongoing FREE children’s activity making ‘Sailor’s Valentine Ornaments’.
  • Craft Vendors
  • Flu Shot Clinic
  • Senior Center – Neighborhood Quilts display
  • Whale Center of New England – information and mini store

10 am-2 pm
Cape Ann Museum

  • Arts and Crafts for Families
  • Decorate ornaments the holidays

Saunders House, Sawyer Free Library
Presentation of history of murals and Samuel Sawyer.

10 am-3 pm

Trinity Congregational Church of Gloucester
Cape Ann Thrift Shop Seasonal Goods Sale.

10 am-4 pm
Cape Ann Art Haven

  • 10 am–12 pm (or until complete) help create a Giant Ice Sculpture (ice courtesy of Cape Pond Ice)
  • Buoy Painting for Lobster Trap Tree

Sargent House Museum
Open House decorated for the season, Holiday Goodies & Seasonal Gifts.

10 am-8 pm

Rocky Neck Art Colony Main Street
Annual Winter Exhibit

11 am

Cape Ann Museum
Tour of the Elias Davis House with period “Winter Display” decorations for the Holidays by Gloucester Civic & Garden Council.

Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church
Church Tour

Gloucester City Hall
Live performance – The Lobstah Crackah preview by the Henry Allen TheaterWorks

11 am-1 pm

Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church
Chowder Lunch

11 am-2 pm
Gloucester City Hall

  • Tours of City Hall Tower on the half hour by Maggie Rosa, Chair of City Hall Restoration Committee.
  • Ring the bell for $100 donation.

12 pm
Trinity Congregational Church of Gloucester
The Heavenly Bell Choir performs Seasonal Music.

12-2 pm
Middle Street Trolley Rides
Featuring the Songbirds and a Holiday Sing Along, courtesy of CATA.

12:30 pm
Temple Ahavat Achim

Learn about Shabbot and tour the new temple

1 pm
Gloucester City Hall

Saint John’s Episcopal Church
‘A Children’s Holiday’ with area churches children’s choirs.

Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church
Church Tour

1:30 pm

Sawyer Free Library
The Girl Next Door concert

Trinity Congregational Church of Gloucester
Louis Stella and Friends concert

2 pm

Cape Ann Museum
Tour of the Elias Davis House with period “Winter Display” decorations for the Holidays by Gloucester Civic & Garden Council.

Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church
Elementary and Middle School String Group, O’Maley Middle School Band and Gloucester High School Chorus performances.

2:30 pm

Gloucester City Hall
West Parish Elementary School Student Chorus

3 pm

Cape Ann Museum
Book Launch for On Opposite Tacks: When Artist John Sloan & Capt. Solomon Jacobs Crossed Wakes in Wartime Gloucesterby Chester Brigham.

5 pm

Cape Ann Art Haven
Annual Lobster Trap Tree Lighting at Police Station Plaza with a visit from Santa

7 pm
Gloucester City Hall
Family Friendly Holiday ball featuring the Cape Ann big Band to benefit City Hall’s Restoration
($15 per person)

Participating business and organizations include:

When: Saturday, December 10, 2011 9am – 10pm

Location: Downtown Gloucester

Prices: Free

Phone: 978.283.9292

Email: schtruant@verizon.net

Link(s): 2011 Middle Street Walk Schdule of Events Download

Good Morning Gloucester Middle Street Walk Coverage

Huge thanks to Bill for including all those hyperlinks back to those community organizations which put so much energy into making the Middle Street Walk more and more successful each year!

Check out North Shore Kid, The Most Comprehensive guide to family activities I’ve ever seen.

Bill O’Connor At North Shore Kid Made The Middle Street Walk Event Schedule Web Friendly For Us

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Lots of people when putting together advertising for local events they still think in terms of printing flyers.  Bill from North Shore Kid get’s it and took all that info designed for flat print (and there’s a whole lot) and re-entered it with the proper hyperlinks to each organization so people can follow up with any questions and find contact info for each participating community organization by clicking through.

He was nice enough to offer to share it with us so here you go- straight from the pages of the best resource for Children’s and Families on The North Shore, North Shore Kid!

2011 Middle Street Walk Schedule of Events

Saturday, December 10, 2011 10:00am – 10pm

9 am-6 pm
Saunders House, Sawyer Free Library
SeArts Wearable Arts Show and Fundraiser Raffle Sale to benefit Sawyer Free Library – tickets sold at Saunders House and at Library.

10 am
Sawyer Free Library

Deborah Costine, Gerwick Puppeteer, with her program ‘A Woodland Cinderella’.  Refreshments will be served.

10:30 am
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3 pm
Gloucester City Hall

  • Girl Scouts Troop #235 – Bake/Cocoa Sale
  • Schooner Adventure – Coffe and Pastries, Ships Store will offer items for sale to support [node: 1323] and an ongoing FREE children’s activity making ‘Sailor’s Valentine Ornaments’.
  • Committee for the Arts will sell postcards of City Hall’s WPA Murals and have a table with information on City Hall Restoration efforts.
  • The Gingerbread House Contest Display – winner will be announced in Kyrouz Auditorium at 1pm.
  • The Phyllis A. Marine Association will have an information table and Ship’s Store.

10am-2pm

Saunders House, Sawyer Free Library
Presentation of history of murals and Samuel Sawyer.

10 am-2pm

Cape Ann Museum

  • Arts and Crafts for Families
  • Decorate ornaments the holidays

10 am-3 pm

Trinity Congregational Church of Gloucester
Cape Ann Thrift Shop Seasonal Goods Sale.

10 am-4 pm

Cape Ann Art Haven
Free Events:

  • 10 am–12 pm (or until complete) help create a Giant Ice Sculpture (ice courtesy of Cape Pond Ice)
  • Buoy Painting for Lobster Trap Tree

10 am-4pm
Sargent House Museum
Open House decorated for the season, Holiday Goodies & Seasonal Gifts.

10am-8pm

Rocky Neck Art Colony Main Street
Annual Winter Exhibit

11 am
Cape Ann Museum
Tour of the Elias Davis House with period “Winter Display” decorations for the Holidays by Gloucester Civic & Garden Council.

11 am
Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church
Church Tour

11 am
Gloucester City Hall
Live performance – The Lobstah Crackah preview

11 am-1 pm

Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church
Chowder Lunch

11 am-2 pm
Gloucester City Hall

  • Tours of City Hall Tower on the half hour by Maggie Rosa, Chair of City Hall Restoration Committee.
  • Ring the bell for $100 donation.

12 pm
Trinity Congregational Church of Gloucester
The Heavenly Bell Choir performs Seasonal Music.

12 pm

Cape Ann Museum
Connie Richards and the Plum Cove Singers singing Holiday Songs

12-2 pm
Middle Street Trolley Rides
Narrated historical tour along with the Songbirds singing seasonal music, courtesy of CATA.

12:30 pm
Temple Ahavat Achim

Learn about Shabbot and tour the new temple

1 pm
Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church
Church Tour

1 pm
Saint John’s Episcopal Church
‘A Children’s Holiday’ with area churches children’s choirs.

1 pm

Gloucester City Hall

1:30 pm
Trinity Congregational Church of Gloucester
Louis Stella and Friends concert

1:30-3 pm

Sawyer Free Library
The Girl Next Door concert

2 pm
Cape Ann Museum
Tour of the Elias Davis House with period “Winter Display” decorations for the Holidays by Gloucester Civic & Garden Council.

2 pm
Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church
O’Maley Middle School Band and Gloucester High School Chorus perform.

2:30 pm

Gloucester City Hall
Saint Ann’s School Student Concert

5 pm

Cape Ann Art Haven
Annual Lobster Trap Tree Lighting at Police Station Plaza with a visit from Santa

7pm
Gloucester City Hall
Family Friendly Holiday ball featuring the Cape Ann big Band to benefit City Hall’s Restoration
($15 per person)

Participating business and organizations include:

When: Saturday, December 10, 2011 10:00am – 10pm

Location: Downtown Gloucester

Prices: Free

Phone:  978.283.9292

Email:  schtruant@verizon.net

Link(s):

Good Morning Gloucester Middle Street Walk Coverage

Cape Ann Film Festival’s 2nd Great Week Of Premieres & Guest!

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The 2nd Annual Cape Ann Film Festival has a busy second weekend planned, with special guests and exclusive presentations at The Cape Ann Community Cinema at 21 Main Street in Gloucester.
On Sunday, November 20th at 2:30pm, Paul Van Ness of CinemaSalem in Salem personally presents and discusses his 35-minute docudrama "The True 1692," about the Witch Ordeal in which 19 people were put to death for supposedly consorting with the Devil. Van Ness wrote, produced and directed the film in cooperation with History Alive!
On Saturday, November 20th at 2:30pm, Sandra Schulberg, producer of the restoration of her father Stuart Schulberg’s documentary "Nuremberg," will personally present and discuss this vitally important film. The film is an account of the 1946 trial during which surviving Nazi officers were prosecuted for war crimes. The film’s official website is www.NurembergFilm.org.
Two very different animated films also debut this weekend. First, the grown-up love story "Chico & Rita," a jazz-flavored tale set to the music of Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, will premiere at 7:30pm on Friday, November 18th. On Saturday, November 19th at 7:30pm, the family-friendly treat "Mia And The Migoo" screens, a story about a little girl who becomes friends with a 30-foot forest monster who is none too happy that a greedy developer is destroying his forest.
Other family-friendly films playing at the Festival this weekend include "Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey" (Sunday the 20th at 5:00pm) and the Massachusetts premiere of "The Hammer" (Sunday the 20th at 7:30pm), the Rockyesque story of deaf wrestler Matt Hamill, who went on to fight in the UFC. The film is presented in the open caption format, not only to service deaf audiences, but through intentionally dropped dialogue and some done entirely in sign language, to give to hearing audiences some sense of what it’s like to not be able to hear. The film is rated PG-13.
The rest of the weekend’s schedule is as follows: "The Way" (Fri. Nov. 18 @ 12:00pm & 9:30pm, Sat. Nov. 19 @ 9:30pm), the Free Classic "D.O.A." (Fri. Nov. 18 @ 2:30pm), the French comedy "The Women On The 6th Floor" (Fri. Nov. 18 @ 5:00pm & Sat. Nov. 19 @ 12:00pm) and "My Afternoons With Margueritte" (Sat. Nov. 19 @ 2:30pm).
The 2nd Annual Cape Ann Film Festival runs every day through Sunday, November 27. The full line-up can be found at www.CapeAnnFilmFest.com.

Burham’s Field Community Garden ~ Fall Clean Up / Potluck Breakfast Saturday Nov 19th

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When:      Sat, Nov 19th from 8 am to 12 noon
Where:     Burham’s Field Community Garden
Why:        To clean up & close the garden for the season
Who:        YOU!

Burnham's Field garden - After

We will be sharing a potluck style breakfast. Our ‘garden fund’ will take
care of coffee and hot chocolate. Muffins, donuts, fruit, or any other
delectables are encouraged.
Dues for the 2012 season ($25 per plot suggested) are being accepted on
Saturday as well. Please make checks out to Burnham’s Field Community
Garden. For anyone interested in a plot for 2012 that did not participate
in 2011, please email me so I can add your name to the waiting list. We
will host a lottery for open plots next March.
If you cannot make it Saturday we will miss you but must carry on 😉
Please see to it that your plot is cleaned and cleared for the season no
later than Sun, Nov 20th. Unless you are one of our ambitious gardeners
planning to continue growing cold crops.
And last but certainly not least – THANK YOU to everyone who supported our
first year at Burnham’s Field – it was a smashing success that we will
continue to build on in 2012. Special shout out to John McElhenny for
getting our community garden off the ground, we could not have done it
without your dedication and leadership!
Cheers ~
Gina
Gina (Curcuru) Briguglio
2012 BFCG Manager
ginabeantown@gmail.com

The 7th Annual Rocky Neck Art Colony Winter Show Begins November 18th

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Rocky Neck Goes to Town

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The Seventh Annual Winter Exhibit and Sale –
Rocky Neck comes to downtown Gloucester for its seventh annual winter exhibit and sale from November 18 through December 29, 2011 at 130 Main Street in Gloucester. The public is invited to a Meet the Artists Opening Reception on Saturday, December 3, from 5 to 8 pm, featuring tastings from your favorite local restaurants.
The special focus of this exhibit will be the abundance of the Captains Table. The show will feature painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media, ceramics, and jewelry by members of the Rocky Neck Art Colony where, during the summer season, over 50 working artists display their work in Rocky Neck galleries and studios.

The exhibit will be open Monday-Wed 10-6, Thurs 10-6 but to 8 on Thursdays in December, Friday-Sat 10-6 and Sunday 12-5.

For more information contact: Marie Sweeney at 978 281-6130 or email    sonomarie@comcast.net

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Schooner Adventure Series November 17th- Mathias Collins

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2011 Schooner Adventure Fall Lecture Series

November 17th:  Mathias Collins

NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Gloucester

"Historical Trends in New England River Flooding and What is Happening Lately"

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Lectures are held 7PM, Friend Room, Sawyer Free Library

FREE ADMISSION

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Supported by Cape Ann Insurance Agency, Inc. and VarianSEA

Sponsored by the Gloucester Adventure

phone: 978-281-8079           email: info@schooner-adventure.org

Cape Ann Museum presents Family Fun Day on the second Saturday of the month

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The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present a drop-in program for families with young children on the second Saturday of each month. Family fun day includes free admission for family members all day, family gallery guides for our exhibitions, art and history activities in the education room throughout the day. Stop by on Saturday, November 12, 2011 to learn more about Native Americans on Cape Ann!

The Cape Ann Museum is located at 27 Pleasant Street in Gloucester. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Museum is closed on Mondays, and on major holidays. Admission is $8.00 adults, $6.00 Cape Ann residents, students and seniors. Children under 12 and Museum members are free. The Museum is wheelchair accessible. For more information please call: (978) 283-0455. Additional information can be found online at www.capeannmuseum.org.

Who Will Take The Pledge To Plunge? 55 Days Til the New Year’s Day Rocky Neck Plunge

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I’m in!

How Bout You?

Let me know in a comment on this post and I’ll add you to our Pledge To Plunge List!

I’m adding Donna Ardizzoni,  Rick Moore,Paul Morrison and Ed Collard because they are automatics for crazy shit like this.

Here’s the list-

  • Joey C
  • Donna Ardizzoni
  • Rick Moore
  • Ed Collard
  • Paul Morrison
    Rick Paolillo
  • Melissa Cox
  • Dr. Ray Cahill
  • Colleen Apostolos-Marsh & Lotus Marsh
  • Lukas and Lasse Struppe
  • Owen, Henry, and Jon Hardy
  • Alexandra Rhinelander
  • Charles Du Deaubien Gaspien (or something like that)

Click the picture below to see the slide show from Manny Simoes

SKI MOVIE PREMIERE Friday, November 18th

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Award-winning Ski Film producer Matchstick Productions, in conjunction with the Rockport Middle School Ski Club, will host a World Premier screening of their 2011 film “Attack of La Nina” on Friday, November 18th at 7:30 p.m. at the Rockport High School Auditorium.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students under 14 and will be available at the door.  Doors open at 6:30.  Door prizes and Swag will be given away.  MSP is widely heralded for its use of High Definition technology in capturing the most extreme winter athletes ripping big lines around the globe. This Powder Magazine “Ski Movie of the Year” was filmed on location in Colorado, California, British Columbia, Alaska and more! The RMS Ski Club offers students the opportunity to learn about the sport of skiing by making available transportation, lessons, gear and lift tickets weekly during the Winter.
Proceeds go to support the RMS Ski Club.

Your Cape Ann Halloween Event Run Down Right Here On GMG

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
If anyone has another community event that I’ve missed or somehow forgotten just send me a reminder and I’ll be happy to ad it in.  Also if anyone is out and about and wants to send in photos from these festivities feel free and I’ll include them on the blog.

email photos to goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com and include the event name, the name of who gets credit for the photo and who is in the pic (if you know) in the subject line of the email

Wednesday October 26th and All Week Long-
CAPE ANN COMMUNITY CINEMA GETS DOWN AND SCARY THIS WEEK

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Saturday October 29th
Punkin Carvin! Contest At Art Haven This Saturday!

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Mile Marker 1 Waterfront Bar Halloween Party October 29thPrint
Lanesville Community Center Halloween Monster Bash October 29th

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Giuseppe’s For Halloween

Cape Ann Brewing Hip-Hop Bash
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Sunday October 30th
Halloween Party Moved To Rose Baker Center, Island Art and Hobby, Harbor Goods, and Local Colors October 30th!

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Sunday October 30th has been moved to the Rose Baker Senior Center due to the weather forecast.

Same Time from 2:00 – 4:00pm

All activities, prizes and treats will be awaiting all the Little Trick or Treater’s in their costumes.

Haunted Hayride October 30th!
First Annual Magnolia Scarecrow Contest! October 30th

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Phantom of the Opera at Shalin Liu Performance Center Sunday, October 30

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Giuseppe’s For Halloween

The Annie!

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