The "tide" will be rising this Sunday when the Baird brothers debut their band at the Rhumb Line, bringing to the stage decades of Gloucester music history.

The band, called The Tide, features Jock and Gordon Baird and their friend and fellow musician Dave Koen.

Out of the ashes of Gloucester's rock 'n'roll past, present and future, The Tide will flood The Rhumb Line, with no cover charge, on Sunday from 8 to 11 p.m.

The musicians bring with them their visions and harmonies, stemming from the earliest days of Fishtown bands.

"Singing is our strong point. Plus, we can rock it," said Koen, a veteran of a litany of Gloucester bands and husband of Gloucester singer-songwriter Barbara Koen.

He joined the Baird brothers, who played in the band Gate Henson with David Brown from 1972 to '75, packing the high school every time.

The brothers have a long music history.

Gordon Baird was the founder and 25-year publisher of Musician Magazine, bought by Billboard and based in New York but with its main production offices here in Gloucester. Jock Baird became the editor-in-chief in the late '80s and the early '90s when the magazine won its most awards.

"It really gave us perspective on what we were doing and what the gold standard of musicianship was." said Jock Baird.

After that era, Gordon Baird became involved in musical theater, founded the West End Theater and TV show "Gloucester Chicken Shack."

For this homecoming of sorts, Gordon Baird said. The Tide picked songs with a degree of difficulty, mostly Beatles songs that are seldom played by other bands, such as tunes off "Rubber Soul," "Revolver" and "Beatles 65," and the songs "Run For Your Life," "I'm Looking Through You," "Baby's In Black" or "I'll Follow The Sun."

Brother Jock, who mostly sings the John Lennon parts to Gordon's Paul McCartney harmonies, went on to say: "The Beatles stuff is our forte, but we still rock the dance floor when we need to," with a mix of dance classics from Jimmy Buffet, Led Zeppelin, Montgomery Gentry, ZZ Top, David Bowie, Alan Jackson, John Cougar and even the Everly Brothers.

Lon Mackey, a music organizer and member of a local band, called The Tide "the new stars in town."

The band played at two huge private parties in recent months.

"It was great to see so many people who recognized these songs," said Gordon Baird, "'Love Shack,' as always, brings down the house. No one can sing that song like Jock. When we break out 'Wooly Booly,' that's it, there's not a person who stays in their seat."

Sigrid Olsen, artist and entrepreneur

The Cape Ann Museum is hosting an artist talk and slide presentation by Sigrid Olsen this Saturday at 3 p.m. This program marks the second year of the series "Conversations with Contemporary Artists" which highlights the work of Cape Ann artists within a variety of media. Sigrid Olsen is a nationally recognized fashion designer, but few people know her as an artist, entrepreneur and lifestyle personality. The account of her path from hippie crafter to corporate creative director and beyond is a fascinating story of intuition, determination, resilience and hope.

After graduating from Montserrat College of Art in Beverly in 1974, Olsen immersed herself in textile design through hand-weaving and printing on fabric with stamps cut from potatoes. She established a small artisan business and before long formed a partnership to create Segrets Sun Prints, the company that was later to become the Sigrid Olsen clothing line. In 1999 she and her partners sold the company to apparel giant Liz Claiborne Inc. She stayed on as creative director for the next nine years. In January 2008, Liz Claiborne closed the Sigrid Olsen business after almost 25 years. Today, Olsen continues with her art, and established a gallery and Web site featuring her paintings, prints, stationery, books and ceramics. An avid foodie and natural foods cook, she self-published a cookbook and has branched out into the wellness field with specially designed "Inspiration Retreats" for women looking to awaken their creative side. She is working on a proposal for the publication of a book titled "Sigrid Style: Living an Inspired Life" with chapters on interior design, entertaining, fashion, food, travel and wellness.

This program is included with museum admission and reservations are required. Call 978-283-0455, x11. Cape Ann Museum is located at 27 Pleasant St. in Gloucester.

Artists showing at Mercury Gallery

The Mercury Gallery in Rockport has a summer show featuring Daniel Robinson, Louis Schanker, Karl Knaths and Harry Gottlieb. The gallery at 20 Main St. is open seven days a week. For information, call 978-546-7620 or visit www.mercurygallery.com.

Cape Ann Community Cinema

"Rudo y Cursi" runs tomorrow through Thursday, July 30, at 7:30 nightly. The film by Carlos Cuarón, in Spanish with English subtitles, features Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, the stars of "Y Tu Mamð También." The brothers, who live a life of manual labor in rural Mexico, dream of saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But a friendly game of soccer leads to them being taken on by the nation's top talent scout. Suddenly, they find themselves living the high life of star athletes. But every dream has a dark side.

Opera on the Island features "Swan Lake" and the music by Tchaikovsky on Saturday at 4 p.m.

The cinema's new home is downtown Gloucester at 21 Main St., above Mystery Train Records.

Show opens at Manchester gallery

The Central Street Gallery presents its Summer Members Show with a public meet-the-artists reception this Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m. The gallery welcomes Chuck Francis of Rockport and George Martin of Beverly Farms. The other 13 co-op painters at the gallery are Phyllis Feld and Dina Gomery of Gloucester; Lynne Comb, George Fusco and Mike Storella of Manchester; Lynn Murray of Salem; and Cape Ann painters Richard Giedd, Ann Goldberg, Barbara Jones, Barbara Levine, Linda-Jo-Nielsen, Charleen Onanian, and Barbara Walsh. The gallery is located at 11 Central St. For information, call 978 526-7650 or visit www.centralstreetgallery.com.

Free lecture by Movalli

Gloucester artist Charles Movalli will give a free lecture titled "Five Easy Pieces" on Wednesday, July 29, at 7:30 p.m. at the Rockport Art Association. The lecture will be a discussion on five pieces of artwork chosen for their emotional impact. "I will bring in five pieces, done at various times in my career, which have emotional meaning for me and taught me something. In other words, I didn't learn how to paint a tree," he said. "I learned a bit more about how to think about the landscape, or what I felt like saying about the landscape." A wine and cheese reception will follow.

RAA Photo show public reception

The Rockport Art Association presents its third Summer Photo Show with a public reception Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. The title of the show is "Stories," in which the photographers included stories with their photos to describe not only the context of their work, but their experience during the creation of the photos.

Richard Seeley shared a story about one image in which he and his wife paddled a canoe for over an hour into Lake Umbagog in New Hampshire to find a protected island containing an eagle's nest: "From a safe distance on a nearby island I was able to set up my 500mm lens focused on the nest and tree containing the nest. The nest was empty as the time, but the eagles were about as we could see them in other trees and flying high above us. The parents were teaching the fledglings how to fly. One of the fledglings landed on a limb just below the nest. While the fledglings had already been flying a bit, this one was a reluctant flyer and was frozen in place. One parent decided to take action and flew straight at the juvenile, colliding and forcing it off the branch. This image is a composite of two of the images from a sequence of seven images and captures the moment in one image."

For more information, visit www.rockportartassn.org or call 978-546-6604.

Dharma Day

This month's Dharma Day will be Saturday from 1 to 8:30 p.m. at the Vajramudra Center, 154 Granite St., Rockport. The event is open to all by donation. The day begins at 1 p.m. with Tibetan Heart Yoga with Dr. Pattie O'Brien, and includes a teaching by Jesse Fallon titled "What is Love?," guided meditation, group discussion and a pot-luck dinner. All proceeds go to ACI-Cape Ann, which provides opportunities for teachings and practice in the Cape Ann community throughout the year. For information, visit www.aci-capeann.org.

The group is also preparing for its fifth annual retreat at Windhover from Aug. 24 to 30 with Buddhist teachings and meditations with Venerable Sumati Marut, Lindsay Crouse and Rick Blue. All are welcome. For information, call Fawntice McCain at 310-573-6288 or 978-282-4996.

Psychic Fair at the castle

Hammond Castle will host a Psychic Fair this Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All readings will be priced at $25 per 15 minutes, and proceeds from the readings will benefit Hammond Castle Museum. A number of different styles of readings will be offered, including palmistry, astrology, pet psychic, crystal scrying, mediumship, past lives, crystal ball, stone readings and more. There will be an entrance fee to Hammond Castle, which will include free admittance to the Psychic Fair as well as a 1 p.m. guided tour of the castle with an emphasis on the psychic ties between John Hammond, and his wife, Irene Fenton. For more information, contact Terry Milton at 978-283-7532.

Art sale

St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 24 Broadway, in Rockport will hold its annual art sale Saturday through Aug. 2. Artwork will be on display from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. All proceeds benefit the church's mission outreach projects.

Looking ahead

The Porches of Annsiquam 2009 - Porch Tour will take place again this year, hosted by the Annisquam Village Players as a benefit for the community theater group. The walking tour of 10 private porches includes several historic homes with views of Lobster Cove, Annisquam River, Annisquam Lighthouse and Ipswich Bay.¬ The event is Friday, July ¬ 31, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The Annisquam Village Players are at work on its upcoming production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" to be preformed Aug. 4 to 9.¬ Porch tour tickets are $25 and available the Annisquam Exchange, or call 978-281-0353, or visit www.annisquamvillageplayers.org. Tickets on sale the day of the event at Annisquam Village Hall.

Theater in the Pines will perform Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" in the coming weekends on the outdoor stage of Windhover in Rockport. Shows are July 31 to Aug 2, and Aug. 7 to Aug. 9, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, good for any night, are on sale at Toad Hall Bookstore in Rockport and The Bookstore in Gloucester.

Around Cape Ann is a column devoted to events happening on Cape Ann and artists from Cape Ann performing elsewhere. All items need to be sent 10 days before the event. If you would like to submit an item, contact reporter Gail McCarthy at 978-283-7000, ext. 3445 or gmccarthy@gloucestertimes.com.