From Matthew Hall comes word of a lovely concert this weekend, the first weekend of School Vacation week here in MA. That’s important for those of you who, like us, work in the service industry.
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On February 3rd, 1943, a small convoy named SG-19 was making its way across the Atlantic to Greenland from New York. It consisted of the United States Army Transport Dorchester and two smaller merchant vessels, the SS Lutz and the SS Biscaya, escorted by three Coast Guard cutters: Tampa, Escanaba and Comanche. Somewhere off the coast of Newfoundland at about 12:55 AM that morning, a German submarine torpedoed the Dorchester, knocking out her power as well as opening up her hull to the sea. Below decks were hundreds of young American servicemen, many of them on their first ocean voyage. They had been instructed to leave their life preservers on in case of attack, but the heat of the ship’s boilers and engines led many of them to take the jackets off. And with the loss of power they were all suddenly in the dark.
Among the personnel on board were four Army Chaplains, all First Lieutenants: George Fox (a Methodist); Alexander Goode (Reform-Rabbi); Clark Poling (Dutch Reformed); and John Washington (a Roman Catholic priest). The four had become fast friends at the Army Chaplains School on the Harvard University campus, right here in Cambridge.
This is a reminder post for you Boston area music lovers that tonight is the Opus Affair Punch Bowl Fund at PARK in Cambridge. It should be a great time, Geoff and I will be there, and we’re hoping to win the fund raising competition for Meravelha. Please, come and have a drink for a good cause.
Details are here.
See you tonight!
~Kelly
The snowstorm is pretty much over for us, although the winter storm warning is still in effect until 1 PM. It looks like we only got a few inches here in Cambridge, but you don’t have to go very far to see a lot more. I don’t anticipate having a lot of problems shoveling, aside from the ridiculous cold temperatures, plus wind chill. It’s currently about 6 degrees Fahrenheit here, with wind chills between -5 degrees and -20, depending on how hard the wind is blowing. And tonight it’s supposed to get even colder.
-Geoff
I’ve written about Meravelha in this space before. Most recently I mentioned that they were up for nomination for the Opus Affair Punch Bowl Fund. Well, they won, and now they need your help. The Punch Bowl Fund is an event happening on 1/27/14 from 6pm-9pm at:
Sometimes I hate the fact I have to shovel snow, not because it can be hard work (it often is) but because it ruins what is otherwise beautiful scenery.
Here’s a screenshot of my Weatherbug from a few moments ago.
So that is showing a temperature of minus 0.2 degrees Fahrenheit with a windchill of minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit. I think this may actually be one of the coldest, if not the coldest, temperature I have ever experienced. And I don’t think it’s stopped yet.
Sorry to keep going on and on, but weather (and weather history) fascinates me so I am just geeking out about all of this. I am wondering if temperature records may be broken tonight or tomorrow.
-Geoff
It’s not often that I will use the phrase “bitter cold” to describe the weather in Greater Boston. But the temperature here has already fallen more than they thought it would tonight. Currently it is 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5, to be precise) with a wind chill of -16 degrees. That is bitter cold, at least for Cambridge or Boston.
And tomorrow was supposed to be the really cold night.
And that snow total just keeps on climbing, too. In fact, I may just have to use another term that doesn’t get tossed around much… snowpocalypseageddon.
Cue the dramatic music. Dun dun dun!
Maybe we need to worry about White Walkers after all. Wonder how much snow we will have by tomorrow morning. Not looking forward to shoveling.
-Geoff
We’re back from our hiatus. We’ve had our battle with Mass Health and we came out victorious. So, it’s time to catch all of you up on what we’ve been reading and doing other than preparing to fight for our right to health care.
The Office for the Arts at Harvard is holding the annual Ceramic Show & Sale. Details are below and full info is here. I’m hoping that we can make it if only so we can look around.
The Ceramics Program of the Office for the Arts at Harvard will present its annual Holiday Show and Sale December 12-15 at 224 Western Avenue, Allston, MA.
The Ceramics Program provides a creative learning environment for Harvard students, staff, and faculty as well as designers, artists, and scholars from the greater Boston and international communities. This December, more than sixty artists will present an extraordinary selection of ceramic work. From functional dinnerware to sculptural masterpieces, this popular exhibition has something for everyone and attracts several thousand visitors each year.
Free cups made by the exhibitors will be available on a first-come, first-served basis during the opening, December 12, Thursday 3-8pm. The Holiday Show and Sale continues Friday through Sunday, December 13-15, Friday-Sunday, 10am-7pm.
The Studio is wheelchair accessible.
Unfortunately I missed the MIT Glass Blowing Sale this year, but it happens twice a year. More details are here.
Happy shopping,
~Kelly
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