How cool is this?

JCPenney has issued a new Father’s Day ad campaign that really makes me smile.  It features a family with two dads.  And it turns out this is an actual family, not just actors portraying a gay couple with children.

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North Carolina, Hate, and how you can help

For those of you who missed the North Carolina vote on Marriage Equality and all of the hate and vitriol that it splashed across the internet and airwaves, there is some unfortunate blow back happening now that you can do something about.

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Spring Boston Area Music Making

Apparently a lot of the people I know are making a lot of music in the next few weeks.  I’ve posted everything I know about below.  If I’ve forgotten anything please let me know.  I encourage you all to attend everything you can, I know at least one person involved in each of the below and they’re all great.

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Music at Mission: Ensemble St. Germain- Sunday May 20th, 2012 3:00pm

Hi folks.  It’s taken me a few days to get the information together on this one, but I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be appearing with the Ensemble St. Germain in the final Music at Mission concert of the season.

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Upcoming Boston Music Events

As my New Job has finally been able to update the website, I’ve now been able to update my resume.  That also means that I can do things like advertise cool opera related things here like discounted tickets.  As I’ve also picked up some part time work at the Harvard Book Store working their events, I figured I should point out some upcoming events that might be interesting to the music geeks who read this blog.

Please note, as it says at the very bottom of the page, this is our blog and I am posting this as a service to my readers and friends, not because I’ve been asked to by my employer(s) or because it benefits me in any way.  (Other than giving me something nifty to write about.)

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A Pleasant Culinary Surprise

This past weekend Kelly’s father came to town to attend a convention.  Since both of us spent much of the weekend working, we did not really get to see him at all until yesterday, when we went out to dinner.  Now, Kelly’s father had decided to treat us, but he asked us to pick the restaurant, and he said he wanted to try something different, something he might not be able to try back home.

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Boston friends! April 27th 8:00pm ~ BNMI & The Seraphim Singers

Ok, so I was supposed to sing in this concert.  I was going to rehearsals and learning the music and everything.

And then I got a job.

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