I can’t make it out to Concord to do this, but it sounds like a heck of a good time. If you end up doing this, please let me know? This is an email I just received from my friend Greg of the Seraphim Singers.
Tag: fun
Because Indian food is always associated with the birth of Jesus
For the last 5 or so years a group of us has managed to fit in a feast of Indian food between singing services on Christmas Eve. For the first few years, however many those were, we went to Bukhara. The food there is reliably good and the service is always excellent. It’s a short drive to the place where we sing midnight mass, and they have a parking lot. Restaurants with parking lots are key in Boston.
Then things changed in 2013.
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What we’re reading now- holiday edition
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.
More Arts & Crafts
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.
December 12, Thursday 3-8pm
December 13-15, Friday-Sunday, 10am-7pm
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
Holiday Arts & Eats at Assembly Row
It’s that time of year again! It’s time to shop locally and stock up on gifts for friends and family. I’m showing my jewelry and vintage goodies in the ASSEMBLED Holiday Arts & Eats show at Assembly Row. It starts tonight at 6:00pm and runs through Sunday. All of the details are below and here. Hope to see you there.
~Kelly
Pork pie – for vegetarians
I promised I would post a picture if I managed to make anything that came out reasonably tasty, and so here you go. This is the Pork Pie recipe from A Feast of Ice and Fire, but made with a “Ground Sausage” from one of those companies that make meat substitutes. It came out delicious, despite my inability to do the top crust correctly (hopefully do better next time).
Anyway, I think I might try something else this week.
Happy Thankgiving everyone! And happy Hannukah too!
-Geoff
A quick note on history and food in ASOIAF
As I mentioned before, I have been doing a lot of experimenting with medieval recipes in recent years. And this includes trying many of the delicious-sounding foods from George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire. Thanks to the diligent work of Chelsea and Sariann, we ASOIAF fans have a fantastic resource to explore our foodie sides. Everything I have made from their website and their book has been delicious, so seriously, try making some of their recipes.
Recently, I noticed something about George’s books that I had not noticed before: an utter lack of potatoes, Irish or sweet. Now, at first glance this would seem to make sense, because they are both “New World” foods that would have been unknown to medieval Europe, which is the historical basis of much of Martin’s writing. Potatoes would not be introduced to Europe until the 16th century, when the Spanish brought them over. So no potatoes in Westeros, right? Makes sense, right?
Yes, it would… except that there are plenty of examples of other New World foods that are present in Westeros. So why include them but not potatoes?
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Tuesday Night Concerts & More
The church where I am currently a long term sub, St. Peter’s Episcopal in Central Square, Cambridge, has a concert series starting tomorrow night. The schedule is below.
OCTOBER
8 @ 8 pm THE QUILISMA CONSORT (recorder trio)
15 @ 6 pm OPERA BRITTENICA presents preview of THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA
22 @ 8 pm AARON LARGET-CAPLAN (classical guitar)
29 @ 8 pm NED ROREM – 90 YEARS (piano works)
NOVEMBER
5 @ 8 pm TBA
12 @ 6 pm OPERA BRITTENICA presents BENJAMIN BRITTEN SONGS
19 @ 8 pm COUNTERTENOR CABARET (countertenor duo and piano)
26 @ 8 pm LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP ORCHESTRA (NEC students)
DECEMBER
3 @ 8 pm JUDAS MACCABAEUS (excerpts from the oratorio)
10 @ 8 pm CHARLES TRENET CENTENNIAL (vocal duo and piano)
17 @ 8 pm OPERA BRITTENICA presents BRITTEN ADVENT PROGRAM
24 @ 8 pm CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE WITH CAROLS
For more information or to inquire about being a part of the series, please contact Peter Terry at peterry19 -at- gmail.com
This is the concert schedule for the series through the end of the year. More concerts will be scheduled for the new year. There are also some special musical events and services to keep on your radar.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Saturday, December 7 @ 1:00 pm MESSIAH SINGALONG
Saturday, December 7 @ 6:00 pm MIT WOMEN’S CHORALE
Monday, December 16 @ 7:30 pm FENWAY QUINTET (Brass & Organ Christmas Concert)
Saturday, January 4 @ 5:00 pm LESSONS AND CAROLS of CHRISTMAS
St. Peter’s is fully accessible, right on the 1 bus and the Central Sq. stop on the Red Line.
For more information:
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Central Square
838 Massachusetts Avenue at Sellers Street
Cambridge, MA
617.547.7788
www.saintpeterscambridge.org
~Kelly
Riverfest 2013 – tomorrow in Somerville, MA – welcome Fall with a BANG
Come join the party tomorrow at Assembly Row for Riverfest 2013. There will be Food Trucks, Live Music, a children’s play area, and, of course, ME.
Singing Stones Jewelry will be among the vendors. I’ll be joined by Elephant Gambit. We’ll be there all day joining in the festivities.
The band/performer lineup is here:
11:00am Eric Royer the one man Band
12:30pm Riverfest Contest Winner
1:00PM Jenna Lotti
2:00pm Frenchy and the Punk
3:00pm Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys
4:00pm The Grown Up Noise
5:00PM Peachpit
6:00PM Hot Club of Somerville
7:00PM Afrobrazil
The lineup of vendors is, well, awesome. We’ll be there 11:00am – 8:00pm. Come, bring the dog, and enjoy yourself.
~Kelly
Go buy something
We may or may not have mentioned that recently Niki treated us to a day at the Renaissance Faire. This was our birthday gift and also something we planned WAY in advance seeing as how Geoff and I have insane schedules and the Faire falls after the beginning of the school year and Niki is a middle school teacher.
The Books are Taking Over... 