Help, please!

[hallie-mathia.livejournal.com]

Hi guys, my name is Hallie and I'm a college student at Emerson College.  I'm studying journalism, and one of my assignments this semester is to cover Davis Square -- basically, to follow and report on it through May.

I'm not from the area (I'm actually from Texas!) but I went to Davis this morning and walked around and honestly -- I fell in love.  What a great area!  I'm so excited I get to cover it!

I stumbled across this LiveJournal while doing some research, and I was wondering if any of you would be able to talk to me about Davis, what you like about it, what you as a community are doing for/with the area, etc.  I'd love any links or leads you could give me, or any stories you may want to see featured!  I'm all ears for what you guys have to say!

Thanks for reading this, and again -- any information you can give me is welcome and wonderful.  Thank you guys so much!!!  Have a great day :)

Hallie 

Comments

[cos]

Some things you should do:

1. Hang out at Diesel while doing your schoolwork, frequently.

2. See live music at both the Somerville Theatre and Johnny D's.

3. Walk the bike path, in the snow and in the spring.

4. I'd say "go to Somerville Open Studios" and "go to ArtBeat" but your semester may be over too soon for those.

5. Flip through the archives of this community.

6. Interview Ron Newman. Do it after you've done some of the other stuff, so you have more context and know what you want to ask him about.

thank you!

[hallie-mathia.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your input! I'm planning on heading back over to Davis on Tuesday, so I'll bring some work to do at Diesal (I've been there once before & loved it). Also, I'm looking into shows at Johnny D's now.

And thank you for Ron Newman's name! I really appreciate it :)

Re: thank you!

[ron_newman]

Sure, I'll talk to you, but the folks you really should interview are Carla DeLillis at Johnny D's, and Ian Judge at the Somerville Theatre. And possibly also Jimmy Del Ponte and John Roderick and Laurinda Bedingfield. They've been around Davis Square for decades before I arrived here.

Re: thank you!

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

Seconding Jimmy Del Ponte and Ian Judge, if only because I know they're both awfully friendly folks.

Re: thank you!

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

and Tom Champion!