Gloucester Daily Times 06/05/2014 Copy Reduced to %d%% from original to fit letter page gloucestertimes.com GLOUCESTER DAILY TIMES Thursday, June 5, 2014 9 INSIDE SPORTS,13 THE CATCH CLASSIFIED,15 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.