Mermaids come ashore
This article originally appeared in the August 21 issue of The Wareham Courier.
BUZZARDS BAY - A spaceman, some pirates and a Grammy nominee walked into a ballroom… It’s not joke. All three and more turned out Aug. 15 to support the National Marine Life Center at the annual Mermaid Ball.
The evening featured dinner, drinks and an auction.
Onset Blues Festival 2008
This article originally appeared in the August 7, 2008 issue of the Wareham Courier. This post contains additional photos and video.
ONSET - The 16th annual Onset Blues festival set out swinging late Saturday morning. With artists like the Racky Thomas Band and Lynwood Slim on stage trading notes back and forth, it was easy to stay cool in the heat.
“What a wonderful, beautiful day for the blues,” Gil Correia, blues artist and assistant emcee, said. “The blues is a feeling people have, and that’s what I have today.”
Correia opened the show. A Wareham resident, the blues man has been supporting he show with his efforts for many years.
‘Scratching out a living’
This article originally appeared in the May 22 issue of the Wareham Courier.
Scrimshaw is inextricably linked with New England’s whaling heritage, so, for many, the art is lost in the past with the industry that birthed it.
For Jeff Pierce, however, scrimshaw is a lot more than just an antique sitting on a shelf. The owner of Originals by Pierce & Company, Pierce has made a living off the New England art form.
“Scrimshaw is America’s original art form,” Pierce said.
A sad day for true believers
This article was originally published in the May 8 issue of the Wareham Courier.
EAST WAREHAM - The stairwell leading down to Gateway Comics looks a little bit like a comic book hall of fame, plastered as it is with posters for dozens of comics and heroes. A glowing neon “S” decorates the store’s window facing Cranberry Highway.
In spite of the beacon, the store below is empty. It’s Wednesday, and the latest comics are out on the racks. Despite that, shop-owner Eric Jordan is waiting restlessly behind the counter while the clock ticks off the hours.
“Back a year-and-a-half ago, if you were here on Wednesday when the new comics came in, you’d find 10 or 15 people browsing the shelf,” Jordan said.