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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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

Community Coffeehouse THIS Thursday!

This event is a great way to kick off our festival season. A percentage of proceeds go to support the work of Rockport Festivals! Hope you can join us for some coffee from Brothers' Brew and some fantastic indie-folk music from a festival favorite. See you there!

This Weekend at Rockport Music!

greetings - this weekend Rockport Music has an embarassment of riches - two exciting prorgrams to chase away the mid winter blues.

 

On Saturday, February 23,  starting at 2:00, Rockport Music's second in-depth adult education event will take place at the Shalin Liu Performance Center. Built around the evening concert by the Jasper String Quartet, the afternoon and early evening offers lectures on the cuture, times and music of Beethoven and Haydn, and a look at how players' approach 20th and 21st century music. Also offered will be tips for listeners when the going gets rough with contemporary music. The Jasper Quartet will treat participants to an open rehearsal, and as always food and wine will play their part in making the day memorable.  Flyer is attached with information about the day. The Jasper Quartet is, in my opinion, the Real Deal, and I am excited to hear them again.

 

On Sunday, February 24, two young (16 year old) energetic musicians will give a concert of piano and cello music, including music by Beethoven, Debussy, and their own compositions. In earler days it was the norm for performers to also be composers, and these two teenagers are successfully reviving that tradition. Both are national contest winners on their instrument (cellist Lev Mamuya just won the Sphinx Competition on Sunday at the same moment that pianist Chris Staknys was performing Tchaikovsky at NEC) as well as commissioned composers. It doesn't get much better than this!

 

I hope you will join us for these two events, which underline  Rockport Music's commitment to a culture of learning and fostering emerging artists.

 

Tickets for the Jasper Quartet concert and One Day University are available at the box office. The Sunday concert is free, no tickets required.

 

Rockport Music presents an Instrument Petting Zoo on Motif No. 1 Day

Join Rockport Music on Motif No. 1 Day as they sponsor an Instrument Petting Zoo for children of all ages. If you have ever wanted to experience "playing" the instruments seen on the stage at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, now is your chance! Experienced professionals and students will be on hand to guide you with the correct way of holding and making music on many of the instruments in the string family, including harp, as well as instruments of the brass family and the flute. It is sure to be a cacophony of sound, but great fun. Thanks to Music & Arts for providing many of the instruments used in this activity.
Saturday, May 21st from 10:30 to 12 noon on the third floor of the Shalin Liu Performance Center.