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Garfish takes the stage at Cameron's

By Gail McCarthy
Staff writer
Published: February 7, 2008

Local band Garfish will perform at Cameron's on Saturday starting at 9 p.m. In addition to the usual cast of local musicians will be former city councilor and mayoral candidate, Jeff Worthley, who plays piano, bass guitar and saxophone. Garfish consists of six local musicians from Gloucester who have various music backgrounds and enjoy performing classic rock of the 1960s, 1970s and more. For more information, visit www.garfish.net or www.myspace.com/garfishband.

Film series new venue

The Boston North Shore Film Festival Winter, an independent film series, has a new venue for its weekly film series at Gloucester Stage Company, starting tonight with the screening of "The Way I Spent the End of the World" at 7 p.m.

The film, which is in Romanian with English subtitles, was produced by Martin Scorsese and Wim Wenders.

The movie takes place in Bucharest in 1989, the last year of Deposed Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship. The film centers on Eva, 17, who lives with her parents and her 7-year-old brother, Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime before a disciplinary committee. Eva is expelled from school and transferred to a reformatory establishment. There she meets Andrei and decides to escape Romania with him. Lalalilu is more and more convinced that Ceausescu is the main reason for Eva's decision to leave. So, with his friends from school, he devises a plan to kill the dictator.

Gloucester Stage is located at 267 East Main St. For more information, call 978-281-4433 or visit www.MassBayFilmProject.org/north.html.

The festival plans to bring one new film a week to Gloucester Stage every Thursday through the end of April with the first film of every month offered free to the public.

Ian McColl's 'Too Much TV'

The West End Theater will present Ian McColl's latest series of stand-up and monologues titled "Too Much TV" with performances on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

McColl's style has been described as "observational comedy."

"I talk about myself, experiences I have had, how my perceptions seem to differ from other peoples. Of course, I tell jokes as well, but not in the conventional sense. My view of the world as I see it seems to be what leaves my audience laughing," said McColl. The show include the monologues: "Twenty-five Westerns," "Bugs Bunny as Role Model" as well as the latest installment of the ongoing "Cooking for One, Alone, While Drunk."

Tickets are $10. Performances are at the West End Theater at 1 Washington St. in the Blackburn Building in Gloucester. For information or reservations call 978-281-0680.

Caleb Stone opening

The River Gallery will host an event for artist Caleb Stone at the Ipswich gallery. Included in this exhibition are works of oil on canvas. The public is invited to meet the artist at the opening reception on Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The artist was exposed at a young age in Rockport to plein air painting by his father and renowned painter, Don Stone. Caleb began drawing at 4, painting at 7, and attending professional artist workshops by the time he was 12. He is now an award-winning representational-impressionistic painter known for his New England landscape and marine scenes.

The exhibit runs through March 9 at the gallery located at 4 Market St. in Ipswich. For more information, call 978-356-559, or visit www.rivergalleryipswich.com.

North Shore Players

The North Shore Players, now celebrating its 50th season, will hold auditions for the spring production of "Moon Over Buffalo" by Ken Ludwig.

Audition dates are Tuesday and Wednesday from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Hogan Regional Center Auditorium in Danvers. The show will run from April 25 through 27.

The cast search includes for men and women, ages 20 to 65, who will be asked to do selected readings. For directions or information, visit www.northshoreplayers.org or call 978-750-4842.

Sip, savor and swing

The annual "Sip, Savor & Swing" fundraising party will again take place in Newburyport on Friday sponsored by the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society, featuring a raffle, wine, beer and chocolate tasting, dancing, music from the Thomas Machine Works Band and hors d'oeuvres. Proceeds will benefit feral and local cats and kittens, as well as the society's free and low-cost programs and services. For information, call 978-462-0760 or visit www.mrfrs.org. Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance of the event, which runs from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

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Around Cape Ann is a column devoted to events happening on Cape Ann and artists from Cape Ann performing elsewhere. If you would like to submit an item, contact reporter Gail McCarthy at 978-283-7000, ext. 3445 or gmccarthy@gloucestertimes.com, or fax to 978-281-5748.

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