The Rockport Farmers Market Float & Lots More Info...

DID YOU SEE OUR FLOAT IN THE ROCKPORT FIREMAN'S 4th of JULY PARADE??? Sorry for the all-caps there, but we are excited that the RFM was represented in Rockport's parade. A HUGE thanks to Tim & Ruth Sullivan for making it happen with the float, in spite of hurricanes and flooding and other obstacles. Be sure to check out their product at the Rockport Farmers Market, where Tim & Ruth sell Sullivan's Sugarhouse maple syrup every week. And don't miss the other fantastic offerings from the roster of other fantastic vendors at each week's market.

This Week's Rockport Farmers Market Vendors: Wally's Blackburn Bistro, First Light Farm, Vintage Greens, Grant Family Farm, Seaview Farm, Fudge Everything!, Sasquatch Smokehouse, Heath's Tea Room, Trupiano's Sausage, Rett's Home Baked Goods, Sea Biscuit Fine Bakery, Sullivan's Sugarhouse, Cuz It's Good!

And More...Homegrown mint will be on offer, as well as the famous pesto from culinary wizards Paolo LaBoa and Mercedes Flavin!

Music Music Music! We will have the Indigo String Band playing MUSIC (yee-haw!) and be joined by our own local pre-school co-op, Sandy Bay Preschool as the week's featured nonprofit/community organization. Music is provided thanks to a grant from the Rockport Cultural Council.

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Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

The following was submitted to the Gloucester Daily Times and The Cape Ann Beacon:

Rockport’s annual Motif No.1 Day Festival & 5K on May 17th was a blast, as hundreds of runners participating in the 5K started off under cloudy skies in cool conditions before the sun broke out late morning. After the race, the festivities began, and Rockport residents and visitors enjoyed a celebration across the arts, with activities ranging from Rockport Music’s Instrument Petting Zoo” to aerial dance performed by the Fight or Flight Theater Company

Motif No.1 Day featured incredible live music throughout downtown, poetry readings, activities for kids (sidewalk chalk art, a scavenger hunt, book-making, working with clay) and The Red Shed Film Festival, with delicious grilled food from Wally’s Blackburn Bistro and soda from Rockport’s own Twin Lights. Festival-goers dined outside in Harvey Park, with the Motif itself as a backdrop just across the water, before heading into the tent to screen short films submitted by local filmmakers.

Rockport Festivals, the organization of volunteers behind the Motif No.1 Day Festival, would like to take this opportunity to thank the many individuals who volunteered their time as well as businesses and community groups who made the festival possible. Thank you to Erin Canniff and Phil Whitley, teachers at Rockport Elementary School, who organized an incredible 5K and Fun Run and raised funds for Rockport Public Schools wellness programs.

Brothers’ Brew Coffee Shop, Granite Savings Bank and Rockport Music sponsored a roster of special performances at the festival. The Rockport Art Association hosted the poetry reading “Words Before Dinner” and Bean & Leaf Cafe sponsored the Scavenger Hunt. A big thanks to Granite Vision Film Productions and The Film Detective for co-producing the film festival, with Kylie Alexander on graphics.

A special thanks to the hardworking business owners who contributed to general festival programming: La Provence, Lula’s Pantry, Cleaves Insurance, Pleasant Street Inn, The Inn on Cove Hill, The Tuck Inn B&B, The Seafarer Inn, Bearskin Neck Leathers, Michele Herlihy of Boatgate Studios, House of Glass, Bullseye Books, James Russell Metalsmiths, John Tarr Store, The Paper Mermaid, The Pewter Shop. We are grateful to graphic designer Darren Mason for his incredible design work for the festival. Finally, we want to thank artist Lawrence Martin-Bittman, this year’s featured artist on the 2014 commemorative poster. He is represented by fellow artists Stefan Mierz and Kathleen Miller, owners of the Art Nook on Bearskin Neck and we hope that festival-goers carry on the Motif No.1 Day spirit and head to the Art Nook to see Mr. Bittman’s vibrant work in person.

It has been gratifying and exciting to see what the community of Rockport (whether as visitors or residents) can create by coming together to celebrate Rockport’s Motif No.1, and we’re already looking forward to next year (as soon as we take a little break that is…).

Sincerely,

Sarah Kelly

On behalf of Rockport Festivals: Tim & Jen Keough, Mary Zivcovic, Heather Atwood, Sandra Farrell, Eric Wilson, Ross Brackett, Geof & Celene Lyon, Stephanie Woolf, Darren Mason, Christine Bobek, Erin Canniff

It's Here! Motif No.1 Day 2014!

Finally, it has arrived. Looking forward to a great day of the Motif No.1 Day 5k & Fun Run followed by dance, poetry, art, music and a micro film festival with dinner served in Harvey Park.
See you there! Scroll down for the Schedule of Events, but not before a little taste of Motif No.1 Days of years past...

Instrument Petting Zoo	Family Activities	10am at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, 3rd Floor	Sponsored by Rockport Music
Try Your Hand Art Event	Family Activities	10am to 4pm throughout downtown
Rockport Dance Academy	Dance	11:30am in Dock Square	Rockport Dance Academy
Motif No.1: Frozen in Time: a presentation by Les Bartlett	History	11am at the Rockport Art Association, Hibbard Gallery	More Information
The Honey Dewdrops	Live Music	11am in Harvey Park	The Honey Dewdrops
Rockwell & Young	Live Music	11am on Bearskin Neck	John Rockwell & Larry Young
Family Art Zone	Art Activities	11am to 3pm in Harvey Park
Sidewalk Chalk Art Event	Art Activities	11am to 3pm throughout downtown
Festival Photo Booth presented by Oasis Rockport	Family Activities	11am to 4pm next to the Old Firehouse Trust in Dock Square	More Information
Dock Square Food Booth	Food	11am to 5pm in Dock Square	Chowder from Rockport's own Nate's at Front Beach restaurant
NYRE Food Booth	Food	11am to 5pm in Harvey Park	Proceeds to benefit New Year's Rockport Eve programming
James and Jake	Live Music	12:30 in Dock Square	James and Jake
Wenham Street Brass	Live Music	12pm at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street	Rockport Music
Fight or Flight Aerial Theater Company sponsored by Brothers' Brew Coffee Shop	Dance	1:30pm, 2:15pm & 3pm in Dock Square	Fight or Flight Theater
World Series 2014 Championship Trophy Comes to Rockport!	Family Activities	1:45pm to 3:30pm at the Rockport Community House, 58 Broadway	More Information
Louise Mosrie with Cliff Eberhardt	Live Music	1pm in Harvey Park	Louise Mosrie
Recycled Bookmaking for KIDS!	Art Activities	1pm in Harvey Park	Recycled Bookmaking
Alek Razdan & the A Train Orchestra	Live Music	1pm on Bearskin Neck	Alek Razdan
Motif 1 Scavenger Hunt!	Family Activities	1pm to 3pm throughout downtown
What Time is It Mr Fox?	Live Music	2pm & 2:45 & 3:30pm in Dock Square	3rian King & Co.
LeitMotifs	Live Music	3pm in Harvey Park	Eric Wilson, John Rockwell, Larry Young, and Dimitri Eleftherakis
Charlee Bianchini with Marina Evans	Live Music	3pm on Bearskin Neck	Music Lineup
Words Before Dinner: Inspired by Cape Ann	Literary	4pm at the Rockport Art Association	Words Before Dinner Submission Information
Dinner at the Red Shed Film Fest	Food	5:30 pm in Harvey Park	Wally's Blackburn Bistro serves pulled pork and MUCH more!
Meet this year's poster artist: Lawrence Martin-Bittman!	Art Activities	5pm at the Art Nook on Bearskin Neck	Motif No.1 Day commemorative poster
Meet Artist Lawrence Martin-Bittman at The Art Nook	Art	5pm to 7pm at The Art Nook, 58 Bearskin Neck	More Information
"Wiley and the Hairy Man" presented by Theater Pie Workshops	Theater	6:30 at the Unitarian-Universalist Church, 4 Cleaves Street
The Red Shed Film Festival: Vintage Rockport on Film	Film	6 pm under the Art & Film Tent in Harvey Park	Sponsored by Twin Lights Soda
"The Heiress" presented by Theatre in the Pines	Theater	7:30 pm at Spiran Hall, Broadway	More Information
The Red Shed Film Festival: a micro festival featuring short films	Film	7pm under the Art & Film Tent in Harvey Park	Film Festival Information
Motif 1 Day 5K Race	Family Activities	9am in Harvey Park	Sponsored by Rockport Public Schools

Interested in Motif No.1 Day? We Could Use Your Help!

We could use a few good men and women to help out on May 17th, with shifts generally ranging around 2 hours (though you could hang around as long as you'd like!)

Email us at rockportfestivals@gmail.com or call 978-546-2861 to let us know if you would like to be a part of the festivities. It's a lot of fun, we promise!

Rockport's own Betsy G., helping out at the ol' lemonade stand

The Posters are Coming! The Posters are Coming!

Check out the 2013 Harvestfest poster, designed by the very talented Darren Mason!

It tells you what you need to know about Harvestfest: live music, awesome local food and drink (provided by Mercury Brewing of Ipswich), activities for kids, cooking demonstrations... and stay tuned for more exciting events as the festival approaches. And you, readers of the Rockport Festivals news feed, are the first to catch a glimpse of the new poster, since they are just hot off the press as of this week. To reserve yours, send us an email at rockportfestivals@gmail.com.

See you at Harvestfest on October 19th!

Download the Motif No. 1 Day Schedule of Events!

Here it is, in case you want to download it, print it, carry it around in your pocket, take it out, look at it, memorize it, give it away... then start the cycle all over again.

The Downloadable 2013 Motif No. 1 Day Schedule of Events
For an interactive Schedule of Events listed on our website that you can sort according to times and interests, click HERE.

Our Yankee Magazine listing as one of the top 20 events in Massachusetts in the current issue. Are we excited about this? Yes!

Come Downtown for a Meal and a Good Cause on May 16th!

The Inns of Rockport are sponsoring a kick-off fundraiser for Motif no.1 Day festivities at The Blue Lobster Grille in the heart of downtown Rockport. Come for lunch or dinner (or both!) and 20% of your check will support Rockport Festivals programming. A big thank you to the Inns of Rockport and to the Blue Lobster Grille for their support. Come enjoy a meal with your friends, neighbors and fellow festival supporters on Thursday, May 16th.

Open House at Cape Ann Fine Art and Framing

The gallery at Cape Ann Fine Art and Framing, 19 Broadway in Rockport, will hold an open house on Saturday, December 22d, from noon to 8pm.
On display will be over sixty paintings, drawings, and monotypes by preeminent contemporary Cape Ann Artists in a wide range of styles and prices.
Featured at the open house will be over twenty small, framed works of art having discounted prices for holiday shoppers, by Zygmund Jankowski, Dennis Flavin, and Ed Sullivan.  Jankowski has a national reputation, and Flavin’s paintings will be exhibited in the Cape Ann Museum in April.   Also on display will be works Eileen Mueller, Peter Russell, and Kathryn Tuck.
Cape Ann Fine Art and Framing opened its doors in October and its gallery aims to serve everyone interested in the contemporary art on Cape Ann, from serious collectors to visitors just discovering its storied and vibrant tradition.

The gallery and custom framery are open Mon-Fri 10-5, Sat 10-3, Sundays in December 11-4, and by appointment, 978-491-7785, capeannfineart.com.

"Deep Thought" by Ed Sullivan at Cape Ann Fine Art and Framing

Thomas Philbrook & Sylvia Harper at the Rockport Art Association!

Check out Thomas Philbrook & Sylvia Harper's upcoming Photography show at the Rockport Art Association, opening on September 30th and running through October 14th.

Join in the Fun: Host Families Still Needed for the Navy's visit!

Rockport Navy Committee
P.O. Box 35 ~ Rockport, MA 01966
www.RocNavCom.org

The Rockport Navy Committee (RocNavCom) and the Town of Rockport will again be hosting The United States Naval Academy (USNA) Offshore Sail Training Squadron (OSTS). Five NA-44 foot sailboats will arrive in Rockport on Friday July 13th, 2012 and cast off Monday morning July 16th, 2012. 

A replica of an 1812 USS Constitution gun deck complete with a 5,800 pound late 18th century long gun will come to Rockport on Sunday. A master gun team, in 1813 period uniforms, will be giving hourly demonstrations in the upper parking lot on Bearskin Neck from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sailors from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, the USS Constitution in Boston, Massachusetts and the Navy Band in Newport, Rhode Island have been invited to participate in the weekend events.

Midshipmen Hosting

The RocNavCom is looking for  Rockport families to host the forty midshipmen and ten advisors during their visit. The midshipmen range in age from 18 to 22. The families will be responsible for room and board Friday, Saturday and Sunday, transportation to morning events and returning the midshipmen to T-wharf Monday morning. Many of the activities the midshipmen will be participating in will include meals. We are holding to the Navy standard of the buddy system; families must be able to accommodate at least two midshipmen or advisors. If you are interested in hosting midshipmen, please fill out the form below or go to:  http://www.rocnavcom.org/Host-Families.html

 

Kickball

The US Navy and USNA will play kickball with Rockport children 6-16 years old on Saturday.  The children and sailors/midshipmen will be mixed together on the teams, no rivalries. Children must be able to be photographed. The game will be held at Evans Field at 10:15 a.m. Lunch will be provided for the players after the game at 12:15 p.m.

If you would like your child(ren) to play, please fill out the form below or go to: http://www.rocnavcom.org/Sports.html

Raffle

The success of the Navy visits is dependent on the enthusiastic support and generous financial donations of the residents and businesses of Rockport. To help defer the costs of the Navy Weekend the RocNavCom will be holding a 50/50 raffle. Tickets are available from committee members. The drawing will be held during the USN/USNA vs. Rockport Police/Fire softball game at Evans Field on Saturday night July 14th. The game starts at 6:30 pm. Public is welcome.

Midshipmen Hosting

Name______________________________________________________________________

Telephone: ___________________________  Email:_________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________________

Preferred gender: •Male  •Female  •No preference

Number of midshipmen/advisor you’d like to host: •2 •3 •Other__________  

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Financial Contributions

Please make checks payable to American Legion Post 98

and write RocNavCom in memo.

Name/Business name: ______________________________________________________________

I would like to donate to the RocNavCom Fund •$5 •$10 •$25 •$50  •$_____

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Sponsorship

Name/Business name: ______________________________________________________________

I would like be a sponsor of the:

Kickball team •$200.00 (Name will appear on the back of t-shirt) Deadline June 18th

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Kickball

Child’s Name: _____________________________________________________________________

Parent’s Name: ____________________________________________________________________

Telephone: ___________________________

It's Here: HarvestFest TODAY!

All Day Events

Information Booth & Hospitality Tent in Dock Square. Enjoy hot coffee and cider while listening to some great live music in the heart of Rockport!

Local Fare Fair on T-Wharf.  Featuring food made locally on Cape Ann and in New England, with Cape Ann Brewing Co. offering a taste of some local brews from noon to 5pm.  Check back for an updated list of vendors.

Scarecrow Stroll throughout Downtown. Don't miss Rockport's unique & artistic collection of scarecrows from Front Beach to Bearskin Neck to Harvey Park!  (And be sure to vote on your favorite!). Click HERE for more information.

Kids' Art Zone in Harvey Park.  Climb the hay bales, enjoy pumpkin-painting and more! Suggested donation to support festival programming.

Dock Square HarvestFest Music Tent in Dock Square.

WOCA Fair in Harvey Park.  The What's On Cape Ann Fair highlights area non-profits, organizations and sponsors.  Enjoy interactive booths as you learn just what resources are available to Cape Ann residents and visitors!. Click here for more information.

NYRE Food Booth at Harvey Park.  Proceeds to benefit New Year's Rockport Eve, an annual tradition in Rockport.

Scheduled Events

11 am - 1 pm
Make Your Own Instruments with Rockport Music! Create your own guitar from cigar boxes and other supplies. Sponsored by Rockport Music.

11:30 am
Cooking Demonstration on T Wharf with special guest: the award-winning Laurie Lufkin hosted by food writer Heather Atwood.  Sponsored by the Taste of the Times.

12 noon to 2:30 pm
Daniel Dye & the Miller Road Band playing in Dock Square.  Indie Americana. Click here and here.
Merrimac Valley Rounders playing on T-Wharf.  Bluegrass.

1 pm
Cooking Demonstration featuring Chef Frank McClelland of Boston's legendary L'Espalier and his own farm in Essex, Apple Street Farm. Taking place under the tent on T Wharf and hosted by food writer Heather Atwood. 

1 pm - 3 pmHayride!  Pick-up and drop-off in Harvey Park. Sponsored by Seaview Farm.
2pm to 3 pm
Rockport Legion Band in Harvey Park. Click here or here to watch a video clip.

2 pm - 4 pm103.3 WODS radio station in Barletta Park. Join the WODS street team where they will be giving away tons of great prizes with their WODS prize wheel!

2 pm
The Vanishing of the Bees: Screening in the Old Firehouse Trust building. Click here for information on this fresh documentary.

3 pm
Seafood Throwdown Sponsored by NAMA and emceed by Heather Atwood of the Taste of the Times. For more information, click here.
4 pm
Food Bloggers' Forum. Powerhouse food bloggers answer the question "Does Local Matter When it Comes to Food?" Moderated by Heather Atwood, who writes a food blog and a column for the Gloucester Daily Times. The featured bloggers are some of the most creative, innovative thinkers around when it comes to food.

3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Brad Byrd with full band playing in Dock Square. Indie Rock. Click HERE.

3:30 pm to 4:30 pmAllen Estes playing under the tent on T-Wharf. Classic Americana. Click HERE.

4:30 pm
The Great Scarecrow Chase!  Children of all ages can join us for a costumed parade throughout downtown, ending up with a very special surprise and treat!  Parade begins in Harvey Park at the Kids Art Zone. Click HERE for more information.