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ARTS &ENTERTAINMENT WRITER ¾ GAIL MCCARTHY ¾ 978-675-2706 ¾ [email protected] RockyNeckhostingartshow,funrun BY GAIL MCCARTHY run, they can walk among the Gamache is known for how IF YOU GO STAFF WRITER many art galleries, shops and he captures the light, colors, restaurants. shapes and forms found in ART SHOW Rocky Neck will be the The solo art exhibition and around Cape Ann in his What: “Landscapes & Seascapes: place to be this weekend for “Landscapes & Seascapes: paintings, many of which fea- Recent Paintings by Brett X. Gamache” those who want to enjoy art Recent Paintings by Brett X. ture Rocky Neck. When: Opening reception Saturday, and for those who like to run. Gamache” opens at the Rocky Gamache was one of the June 7, from 5 to 7 p.m.; artist talk, This weekend features the Neck Cultural Center, 6 Won- colony’s Goetemann Artists in Sunday, June 8, 4 to 5 p.m. first Rocky Neck 5K walk and son St. in Gloucester. There is Residence in 2013. The com- Where: Rocky Neck Cultural Center, run, organized by the Rocky a free public opening recep- petitive program each season 6 Wonson St. in Gloucester. Neck Art Colony and the tion Saturday, June 7, from 5 brings several artists to Cape Studio Restaurant, to benefit to 7 p.m. The following day, Ann so they may immerse ROCKYNECK5K Courtesy photo the Cultural Center at Rocky Sunday, June 8, Gamache will themselves in the historic art When: Sunday, June 8, at 10 a.m. Brett X. Gamache works on Rocky Neck. The Neck. The event is open to all give an artist talk from 4 to 5 colony. Where: Around Rocky Neck exhibition “Landscapes & Seascapes: Recent ages. p.m. He will hold a landscape Registration and details: Paintings by Brett X. Gamache” opens Saturday at For those who don’t want to painting workshop on June 15. See ROCKY NECK, Page 10 www.rockyneck5k.com the Rocky Neck Cultural Center in Gloucester.

Courtesy photo The Rockport Art Association unveiled its 2014 fundraising painting, “Lumpers,” a 16-by-20 inch oil painting by Tom Nicholas, an association member since 1957. Donated Nicholas work on the block

for RAA Courtesy photo The Shanghai Quartet will perform in two concerts during the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, on Saturday, June 21, and on Sunday, BY TIMES STAFF June 22, when the quartet will be joined by pianist Wendy Chen. Tickets are $39 to $58.

The Rockport Art Association has unveiled its 2014 fund-raising painting, the 16-by- 20 inch “Lumpers,” an original oil by Tom Nicholas. Nicholas, an association member since 1957, has received more than 250 awards nation- FIVE WEEKS OF ally and locally. He created this work from a painted sketch done in 1952. “At the time, there was something about the sketch that kept Tom from discarding it — a practice that was rather frequent then. More than 60 years later, he made the painting from CHAMBER MUSIC the original study as a generous donation to the Rockport Art Association,” said Carol Linksy, the executive director of the historic Rockport festival kicks off 33rd art association. Nicholas admits that “some paintings take a season Friday night at Shalin Liu little longer than others.” This work will be on display over the sum- BY GAIL MCCARTHY STAFF WRITER mer at the art association’s galleries at 12 Main St. in downtown Rockport where view- ers can make a bid for the painting. ROCKPORT —The Rockport Nicholas achieved the rank of National Chamber Music Festival launches Academician, a high honor in the nation’s art its 33rd season and its fifth year at world. He is also a member of the American the waterfront Shalin Liu Perfor- Watercolor Society of which he is a Dolphin mance Center with its gala open- Fellow. His other memberships include: the ing tomorrow night. American Artists Professional League, Whis- The chamber music festival, key Painters of America, Academic Artists which had its humble beginnings and the North Shore Arts Association. across the street at the Rockport PAUL CARY GOLDBERG/Courtesy photo Nicholas received his artistic training as a Art Association, has continued Gloucester’s Mollie and John Byrnes scholarship student at The School of Visual its success at its new home with are the honorees at the gala opening Arts in New York City, and studied indepen- a five-week season, which runs Friday night of the 33rd season of dently with Ernst Lohrmann and H. Fisk. through July 13. the Rockport Chamber Music Festival. In 1961, he received a Greenshield Grant for Each season, Artistic Director They are longtime volunteers and two years of painting abroad and in the United David Deveau brings in the most supporters of Rockport Music. States. seasoned performers as well as He and his son T.M. Nicholas share the the youthful and award-winning ROCKPORT CHAMBER Nicholas Gallery on Main Street in Rockport. rising stars — and this season is MUSIC FESTIVAL “The Rockport Art Association is honored no different. Many of the featured to have been given this painting by Tom Nich- musicians are Grammy Award- „ When: June 6 to July 13 olas as a fund-raising initiative,” said Linksy. winning or Grammy nominated „ Where: Shalin Liu Performance Center “It truly reflects the high regard in which he Courtesy photo artists, while others will likely go at 37 Main St. in downtown Rockport. holds our association that he has offered to On Thursday, June 26, at 8 p.m., the Claremont Trio, lauded on to achieve that in the decades „ Tickets: Available at www.rockport- help us in this way. We are thankful.” as “one of America’s finest young chamber groups,” will to come. music.org, the box office at 978-546-7391 or The winner will be announced at a recep- perform as part of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival on visiting 35 Main St. in Rockport. Box office tion in September. Thursday, June 26. Tickets are $39 to $58. See FESTIVAL, Page 10 hours are weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Film looks at the ‘skinny’ on our diets Copyright (c)2014 Gloucester Daily Times, Edition 06/05/2014 GloucesterJune 10, 2014 5:40 author pm / Powered by TECNAVIA Around Cape Ann becomes independent Gail McCarthy Join local publisher community activists BY KATHERINE STEPHENS and lead- GORDON COLLEGE NEWS SERVICE ers who are concerned GLOUCESTER — As book about authors these days face an health for a increasingly competitive fundraiser field, some are taking mat- and special screening of ters into their own hands, the documentary “Fed Up” becoming “indie authors” Patricia Michael tonight, June 5, at 7:30 at in a rapidly growing “indie Shelton the Cape Ann Community publishing” world. Anders Cinema at 21 Main St. in Gloucester author Patricia Anders’ title as founder Gloucester. Film proceeds Anders is both, an indepen- of HNN Press — the HNN benefit The Open Door, the Courtesy photo dent author who has started stands for “Hey Nonny Gloucester-based food pan- “Happiness Is ..., “a selection of songs and skits from “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” her own independent press Nonny” — is one of five. try that serves Cape Ann. will be preformed Saturday, June 7, at 2 and 7 p.m. at the Rockport Unitarian-Universalist company by publishing her She is also a professor of In her documentary fea- Church, 4 Cleaves St., Rockport. Admission is free. own book. She recently English Literature, an asso- ture debut, executive pro- finalized a second, a book of ciate editor at Hendrickson ducer and narrator Katie and Stephanie Soechtig to of kids will now live shorter told about food and exer- short Turkish tales called Publishers in Peabody, Couric joins producer Lau- explore why, despite media lives than their parents, cise for the past 30 years “Once There Was, Twice managing editor of Modern rie David (Oscar winning attention and government according to a press is dead wrong,” according There Wasn’t” by Michael Reformation magazine, and producer of “An Inconve- policies to combat child- release. Shelton which was released nient Truth”), Regina Scully hood obesity, generations “Everything we’ve been See CAPE ANN, Page 10 May 1. See HNN, Page 10 10 Thursday, June 5, 2014 GLOUCESTER DAILY TIMES THE CATCH gloucestertimes.com HNN: Local author founds publishing house ROCKY NECK: Art colony „ Continued from Page 9 a ‘self-published’ book from a mile with a smaller independent pub- away.” lisher has been the ease of commu- hosting show, 5K run a freelance writer on the side. Cre- Before HNN Press, Anders fell nication. This is a huge blessing as „ Continued from Page 9 ating her own publishing company into the category of unknown I am only interested in the author- follow. seemed like the next natural step author with a book that’s hard to ing side of book production and am Gamache studied painting at There will be post-race fes- to take. place in a certain genre, so tak- happy to have someone else do the Massachusetts College of Art tivities for participants and an “These are the things I want to ing the steps toward getting her editing, page layout, design, etc.” and the Art Students League in awards ceremony. The names of do,” Anders said. “It is such a dog- own book, “Winter’s Blooming,” Anders uses CreateSpace, New York on a merit scholar- the overall top finishers for men eat-dog world in publishing, and published proved to be difficult. which Amazon bought in 2005 and ship. He earned a Master of and women will be inscribed it’s hard if it is your lifelong dream Inspired by one of the first “indie” provides on-demand publishing Fine Arts in painting degree on a wall plaque in The Studio to be published, but nobody gives publishers, 1920s author Virginia and manufacturing for indepen- from the University of New Restaurant. you the time of day. But if I like (a Woolf, Anders decided to be her dent creators, serving also as the Hampshire in 2005. In 2007, For more information about book) and I believe in it, then I want own resource and publish her book distributor. Gamache received a Fulbright the run or to register, visit to help.” through HNN Press. “How could a single author travel, Grant to travel to Italy to study, www.rockyneck5k.com. Regis- Named after a nonsensical Eliza- Shelton fell into the same cat- hitting all the bookstores?” said paint, and travel. He keeps a tration forms and information bethan term Shakespeare uses in egories when he wrote a collec- Anders. “But with CreateSpace, studio in Portsmouth, N.H. His can be picked up in advance of his play “Much Ado About Noth- tion of Turkish folktales about a Amazon is the distributor, and the work has been featured in solo race day at the Cultural Center ing,” HNN Press officially opened legendary hero, Nasreddin Hodja. entire world is literally only a click exhibitions in New York City, at Rocky Neck at 6 Wonson St. in spring 2012. Anders and her Larger publishing firms never away.” Maine, and Italy. in Gloucester, or at The Studio husband Peter run the business responded to his submissions and Anders will continue to reach out and The Rudder restaurants on from their home in Gloucester, Shelton was going to self-publish to independent authors to publish ROCKYNECK5KROADRACE Rocky Neck Avenue. and recruited friend Lori Cook, a hisworkinane-bookform, future book projects. ThefirstRockyNeck5K Walk-on registration will be graphic designer in Philadelphia, though he still wanted a hard copy “I want to be a resource to the walk and run will be Sunday, available at the Cultural Cen- to be the company’s typesetter. The version. Anders learned of his people I know,” said Anders. “Hope- June 8, at 10 a.m. This is a ben- ter on race day from 8 a.m. to intention of HNN Press is to pro- search for a publisher through a fully, by word of mouth, people I efit for the Cultural Center at 9:30 a.m. duce high quality products. church bulletin and pursued the don’t know too (will learn of HNN Rocky Neck. The route encom- For more information about “A good book must be well writ- opportunity. Press). And of course, I really want passes Rocky Neck’s newly registering, call the Cultural ten,Gloucesterwell edited, and weDailyll designed,” Times“One 06/05/2014 of the cons of large publish- Copypeople Reduced to read our to books.” %d%% from originaldesignated to Culturalfit letter District page and Center at 978-515-7004. Anders said. “If a book is riddled ing houses is how difficult it is for a For more information about Hey its many ocean views. The fin- Gail McCarthy can be reached with typos, incorrect grammar, and new author to bring a manuscript Nonny Nonny Press and to contact ish line is in front of The Studio at 978-675-2707, or via email at poor design, it doesn’t matter how to their attention,” said Shelton. Patricia Anders, visit hnnpress. Restaurant at 53 Rocky Neck gmccarthy@gloucestertimes. good the content is. People can spot “For me, the first pro of working com. Ave. A celebratory lunch will com. FESTIVAL: Thirty-three years of chamber music in Rockport „ Continued from Page 9 works by Bach, Toru Take- Tickets are selling well, mitsu, John Zorn, Steve with a few sold-out shows. Reich, Ravel and Piazzolla. This season will have The festival’s Rising a heavy influence on the Stars series will feature Rockport Chamber Music the California-based Neave Festival’s core repertoire. Piano Trio, Russian pianist “Nothing says chamber Daria Rabotkina, and the music like the string quar- Donald Sinta Saxophone tet,” said Deveau. Quartet. These concerts are The opening gala will fea- offered at a reduced ticket ture the Emerson Quartet, price even though the talent with a program of Shosta- is considered at world-class kovich’s “String Quartet No. Courtesy photo JAMIE JUNG/Courtesy photo artistry level. 13” and Schubert’s “Death Stefan Jackiw will appear On Sunday, June 15, at 5 p.m., the Parker Quartet performs Haydn’s Quartet in F Minor, Op.20, The Grammy winning and the Maiden.” Cellist Saturday, June 7, at 8 p.m. at No.5, Dutilleux’s Ainsi la nuit and is joined by BSO bassist Thomas van Dyck for Dvorák’s vocal group Chanticleer Paul Watkins will be making will appear in two shows on his area debut. the Shalin Liu on the opening Quintet for string quartet and bass in G major, Op. 77. Tickets are $45 to $65. July 11. Called “the world’s This quartet is beloved weekend. reigning male chorus” by by critics around the globe. and piano,” Saariaho’s that’s off the scale.” Polonsky their extensive perfor- learn about the music and The New Yorker magazine, The Times of London wrote “Nocturne (in memory of was a recipient of the 2003 mances and recordings, as dance of the Andes with the 12 male voices range “... with musicians like this Lutoslawski)” and Brahms’s Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fel- well as for their influence musicians of Inkas Wasi, from countertenor to bass. there must be some hope for “Sonata No. 3 in D minor, lowship and the 2011 Andrew as educators and cultural who will perform traditional The program includes humanity.” Op. 108.” Wolf Chamber Music entrepreneurs. Andean music and dem- works by Palestrina, Hilde- The gala honorees this Born in 1985 in the Boston Award. This event has a pre- The festival includes free onstrate instruments such gard von Bingen, Fanny and season are Mollie and John area, Jackiw’s parents are concert talk at 7 p.m. community events, which as the chakchas, palo de Felix Mendelssohn, Brahms, Byrnes, long-time volun- physicists of Korean and Ger- The Sunday concert, take place in week two. lluvia, Sikusm Quena and Ravel and more. teers and supporters of man descent. Jackiw began at 5 p.m., features cellist The first event is on Friday, Charango. The festival closes July Rockport Music. playing the violin at age 4. He David Finckel and pianist June 13, at 1 p.m., when In addition to the many 13 with Imani Winds, a The Saturday night earned a bachelor’s degree Wu Han who will perform master teacher, violin- string quartets, the festival Grammy nominated group, chamber concert features at Harvard University, and Bach, Beethoven, Men- ist and conductor Andrés always provides an array of whose program will include rising star and violinist an Artist Diploma from the delssohn, Debussy and Cárdenes works with young musical styles. Stravinsky’s “Rite of Stefan Jackiw and pianist New England Conservatory. Britten. The esteemed violin and viola students On July 6, Grammy win- Spring.” Anna Polonsky who will In 2002, he was awarded the classical musicians were in a special master class ning Richard Stoltzman on Gail McCarthy can be perform Mozart’s “Sonata in prestigious Avery Fisher named Musical America’s open to the public. Then clarinet and Mika Yoshida reached at 978-675-2707, or B-flat Major, K. 454,” Luto- Career Grant. A Washington 2012 Musicians of the on Saturday, June 14, at 10 on marimba,present an via email at gmccarthy@ slawski’s “Partita for violin Post critic said he has “talent Year. They are known for a.m., the community can eclectic mix of music with gloucestertimes.com.

CAPE ANN: Free ‘Charlie Brown’ performance in Rockport on Saturday

„ Continued from Page 9 rooms with sounds of Chorus North Shore his favorite place to paint “I work to keep the signs New show in nature and time, in con- Chorus North Shore, con- is Cape Ann because of of my hand and brush Manchester to the release. “... Far more trast to the adjacent traffic ducted by Sonja Dahlgren the diversity of terrain, stroke in my work, and am of us are sick from what of Grant Circle. Pryor, performs Beethoven’s with fresh water ponds, particularly intrigued by The Central Street Gal- we are eating than anyone A graduate of the Uni- “Mass in C Major” at Our salt water marshes, dunes, the drama of light, reflec- lery is holding its Early has ever realized. The versity of Rochester, Lady of Hope Church on seacoast, and New England tion, transparency and Summer Show opening truth is, only 30 percent of Wingate studied at the Linebrook Road in Ipswich architecture. Steinhilper strong shadows. For me, with a free opening recep- people suffering from diet- New School and at the Art on Saturday, June 7, at 8 loves to “go wild” when the trick is in the looking tion on Saturday, June 7, related diseases are actu- Students League in New p.m. The chorus is joined painting skies, excited by and the seeing; the break- from 5 to 8 p.m. The show ally obese; while 70 percent York City, and received by soloists Rochelle Bard, the challenge of capturing ing down of an image to runs through Aug. 3. The of us — even those of us a master’s in fine arts soprano; Stephanie Kacoya- the subtleties and intensity shapes of color, planes, gallery will take part in who look thin on the out- from Vermont College. nis, contralto; Omar Najmi, of light as it relates to the and spatial relationships,” many events during the side _ are facing the same He taught drawing at Par- tenor; Mark Morgan, bari- horizon. He was trained at she said in an artist summer and fall, including consequences.” sons School of Design in tone and the festival orches- the Art Institute of Pitts- statement. Manchester Arts Festival The film contains inter- New York. Williams is a tra. The Hallelujah Chorus burgh and has been painting The North Shore Arts on Aug. 2. Also, visitors can views with leading experts, recent graduate of Gordon from “Christ on the Mount for half a century. For more Association is at 11 Pirates enter to win a free painting as the producers seeks to College with a degree in of Olives” supplements the information, visit www. Lane in Gloucester. at the gallery at 11 Central expose a misinformation music and education. He Mass, and the concert will nsarts.org. For more information, St. in Manchester. For more campaign orchestrated by is now on staff of Gordon’s end with the audience join- visit: www.nsarts.org. information, visit central- “Big Food” industry, aided music department. ing in singing “Joyful, Joyful streetgallery.com. by the government. The White-Ellery House We Adore Thee.” Tickets New show at The “Fed Up” website is located at 245 Washing- are available on line at www. Trident Gallery Jan Walker offers ideas how to be sugar- ton St. in Gloucester at chorusnorthshore.org or at retrospective free, as well as resources, the Route 128 Grant Circle the door. General admission, Trident Gallery presents tools, and educational mate- rotary. Stepping inside $20; seniors and students, an exhibition of figure Jan Walker of Rockport rials about how to educate today, visitors enter much $17. For more information paintings and drawings by is holding a show in June at children, parents, and local the same house they would call 978 468-3077. Dennis Flavin. New and the Sawyer Free Library in organizations. have 300 years ago. The recent works on canvas and Gloucester to celebrate the There are several historic home is open on the Free ‘Charlie paper are displayed with season: “Some things old, encore shows. For more first Saturday of the month Brown’ skits earlier paintings illuminat- some things new, nothing information, visit www. from May through October. ing Flavin’s path from real- borrowed, lots of blue.” On CapeAnnCinema.com. Parking is available off Pop- “Happiness Is ... ,” a selec- COURTESY PHOTO ism to abstraction. After display are items spanning lar Street in the field behind tion of songs and skits from “Grannies in a bag” is training at Vesper George several decades of work Art and Sound the house. “You’re a Good Man, Charlie part of a solo exhibition of School of Art and the in the arts, from ceramics Installation Events at Halibut Brown,” will be performed works by Claudia Kaufman Gloucester Academy of to photography, to very Saturday, June 7, at 2 , and 7 at the North Shore Arts Fine Art, Flavin painted on recent work with acrylic The Cape Ann Museum Point State Park p.m. at Rockport Unitarian- Association, 11 Pirates Lane Cape Ann for nearly four collage. Walker has been presents a one-day instal- Universalist Church at 4 in Gloucester. The show is decades before his first associated with the arts on lation, “About Time,” a col- Halibut Point State Park Cleaves St. in Rockport. public exhibition in 2012, Cape Ann for more than 20 free to the public. laboration between visual on Gott Avenue in Rockport The free show is directed which resulted in immedi- years, studying watercolor artist George Wingate and has free programs and a by Rockport’s Daria Whit- Solo show, ate attention from curators. with local teachers, show- percussionistCopyright Gordon (c)2014 Wil- Gloucestervisitor’s center. Daily There Times, is Editiontaker, 06/05/2014 and co-directed by ThereJune is10, an 2014 artist’s 5:44 recep- pm / Powereding in cooperative by TECNAVIA galleries, liams, on Saturday, June a $2 parking fee for most Ben Fuller and Hattie Mae Claudia Kaufman tion on Saturday, June 7, and participating in the 7, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. programs. An adult must Rich, both Rockport Middle from 6 to 8 p.m. There will photography division of at the historic 1710 White- accompany children. For School students. The 45-min- The North Shore Arts be conversation with the the Rockport Art Associa- Ellery House. This is part more information call 978- ute show features Katie Association has announced artist on Sunday, June 15, tion. Her favorite subjects of an ongoing series of 546-2997 or visit www.mass. White as Charlie Brown, a new solo show with oil from 5 to 6 p.m. are natural ones, especially contemporary art installa- gov/dcr/parks/northeast/ Clara Collins as Linus, painter Claudia Kaufman, a The signature of Flavin’s those involving texture, tions. This event is free to halb.htm. Sophie Renda as Sally, contemporary realist, with evolving style is a riot- birds, or water. There will the public. This weekend programs Emma Fuller as Snoopy, an exhibit titled “I Can See ous abundance of color, be a free public opening Wingate has an affinity are: Hattie Mae Rich as Lucy, Right Through You.” There which creates meaning reception with the artist for old houses — so much „ Reading the Granite Land- Ben Fuller as Schroeder is a free public opening and honors the subject by next Thursday, June 12, so that he nearly became scape on Friday, June 6, from and Jonas Sousa Coletta as reception on Sunday, June 8, attesting with nuanced from 5 to 7:30 p.m. For more an architectural preserva- 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Woodstock. from 2 to 4 p.m. craftsmanship to its inner information, visit: janwal- tionist. Instead, he chose „ A Walk Around the Park Painting in oils, complexity, according to kerArtist.com. to be a painter, sculptor, on Saturday, June 7, from 9 Favorite places Kaufman’s works are stud- the curator. “When you Around Cape Ann is a writer and poet. Through a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Cape Ann ies in observation — partic- paint, you have to have column devoted to events his paintings, sculpture „ “10-in-20” on Sunday, ularly the effect on objects emotional feeling, you have happening on Cape Ann and words, Wingate will June 8, at 1 and 3 p.m. This Ed Steinhilper is holding seen through transparent to take risks -- you can’t and artists from Cape Ann transform the unaltered is a mini “speed” program a show at the North Shore media like glass and clear hold back,” said Flavin in performing elsewhere. If and empty 1710 carapace is for those who prefer a Arts Association, 11 Pirates plastic. Her still life set ups an artist statement. you would like to submit an that is the White-Ellery shorter program. It’s ten Lane in Gloucester, now are of familiar objects that Trident Gallery is at 189 item, contact reporter Gail House. Meanwhile, Wil- things one should know on exhibit through June are deceptively simple, yet Main St., Gloucester. For McCarthy at 978-675-2706, liams, a musician and about a visit to Halibut Point 22. Of all the places on the complex, stopping short of more information, www.tri- or gmccarthy@gloucester- composer, will enrich the explored in 20 minutes. East Coast, the artist said photo-realism. dentgallery.com. times.com