In a tribute to Veteran’s day and the current political climate, The Seraphim Singers are presenting The Short Twentieth Century: Choral Music from 1914 to 1990.
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Roslindale Open Studios 11/1 & 11/2
I’m lucky to be participating in Roslindale Open Studios this year. This is the 10th year of ROS and they’re a great group to work with. If you want to start your Christmas shopping with some handmade items and also want the chance to look around Roslindale, take a bike tour, and sample some craft food and beverage, the first weekend in November is it!
I’ll be in the lower level of the Roslindale Congregational Church. The excellent ROS website has my listing details here. The weekend events listing is here and the directions are here.
There’s also ROS Home Studio Bingo.
You have to play to win and you have to be there to play. Want to know more? Come to Roslindale on 11/1 & 11/2!
~Kelly
Back to School Shopping with Local is for Lovers
Somerville Local First, Local is for Lovers, and Arts at the Armory bring you:
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Today’s Craigslist Horror
Regular readers will know that I use the Free section on Craigslist to amuse myself. As today is a sort of vacation day for me, I popped over there just now to see if there was anything funny worth tweeting. I found something absolutely totally and completely NOT worth tweeting. It was so awful, especially in light of all of the horrible racist atrocities happening in Ferguson, MO and elsewhere right now, that it merited its own blog post.
What could possibly be that bad you might ask? I’ll show you. Be prepared.
Goodbye to an honorary Bostonian
Kelly and I were dumbstruck when we heard that Robin Williams died.
And we are not alone. Our fellow Bostonians have spontaneously created a memorial to him in the Public Garden, on and around the bench where he sat during one of the most pivotal scenes in the movie Good Will Hunting.
@The_Fireplace is closing at the end of this year
and that just breaks my heart. And Kelly’s too. We love The Fireplace. It was where we had our rehearsal dinner. It is hands down our favorite restaurant in Boston, and believe me, that says a lot because there are so many good restaurants that we love.
We are going to try to go a few more times before they close. At least they will be here until the end of the year. But we are heartbroken. We are going to miss that place, and we will miss seeing owner, chef and all-around great guy Jim too.
Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria can take over your building, but they can’t fill your shoes.
-Geoff
Greater Boston area people – we need your help!
When you think of creepy, spooky, or cool and mysterious, what do you think of? Is it the Ether Dome at MGH? One of the chapels in Mount Auburn Cemetery? Or something else entirely?
Here’s why we’re asking.
One of the music groups I work with is planning a very cool and very creepy Halloween concert. Several concerts, actually. And we’re looking for the creepiest, spookiest, and coolest places in the greater Boston area for these concerts.
I know it’s July and way to hot to be thinking about falling leaves, a chill in the air, and ghosts and goblins, but we’re planning ahead. If you have any ideas about a place that would be cool for a concert of music about things like severed heads and possessed vegetables, please leave a note in the comments. Thanks!
~Kelly
Live, Work, or Play in Somerville? Wanna be on TV?
Somerville, formerly known as “Slummerville” has the most artists per-capita of any city in the US second only to NYC. That’s not bad considering Somerville is a suburb of Boston (though functionally it is as much a part of Boston as Cambridge.)
If you’re a resident of Somerville, if you work in the ‘ville, or if you make art, play in a band there, or spend a lot of time doing Somerville related things, this post is for you. (If not, you should read it anyway, it’s about communities and people working together.)
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Two historic ships on this stormy day
Two gorgeous old historic ships are in the news this week. Both of them were built here in Massachusetts (although more than 40 years apart), both of them are among the last surviving examples of classic American wooden shipbuilding, and both of them are ships I have visited more than once over the years. One is the oldest vessel in the United States Navy, and the other is the last surviving wooden whaling ship in the world.
Happy 4th of July everyone
Here in Boston we had some scheduling insanity due to the weather predicted for today. Even though the big Boston Pops fireworks event was moved to Thursday the 3rd from Friday the 4th, the festivities still began early and then ended with a bit of chaos when the bad weather blew in shortly after the fireworks ended.
And wow, did the weather get ugly.
The Books are Taking Over... 