BSC Update?

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

So has anyone managed to actually find out the details of the charter membership rates or any other pertinent info at BSC? Anyone?

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ETA: The charter membership rate is a one-year commitment at $55/month (with a $59 one-time processing fee). Their default is $70/month with the processing fee as well as a $149 joining fee. There is no set cap on how many charter 'ships they will sell, so it might go on for a while, or might end anytime.

If you join now, your first monthly payment is January 1, and until then, you can use any of their other clubs anytime. They expect the Davis location to be open mid-December.

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And as long as I'm posting, I was at The Onion the other day and thought of y'all as I read World Series Flyover Turns Out To Be Full-Scale Airstrike.

(I love knowing that I can always count on davis_square for my noise- and burrito-related news.)

Any Good Optometrists? Glasses?

[stormcastmike.livejournal.com]

Hey Everyone,
I used to have a different account but, alas, I lost it through a complicated series of unfortunate events.

Anyway - I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find a good optometrist in the area for a check up and a new pair of specs. I've read a few articles lately that Lenscrafters have been rated poorly with the quality of their glasses. So I'm trying to avoid them, any thoughts on the issue?

Thanks!
- Mike

poster for Museum show (with examples from all the artists)

[noire.livejournal.com]

Ibbetson St. Press at 22: issue release at McIntyre & Moore, Dec. 9

[marycurtin.livejournal.com]

McIntyre & Moore Booksellers hosts a reading of Ibbetson Street 22, followed by an open mic. Sunday, December 9, 5:00 pm at McIntyre & Moore Booksellers, 255 Elm St. in Davis Square, Somerville, near the Red Line. Free and open to all; wheelchair accessible. Light refreshments will be served. 15% book discount on store inventory for all those attending* [*discount available for day of event only]. For information call McIntyre & Moore Booksellers (617) 629-4840 or log onto www.mcintyreandmoore.com.

Ibbetson Street Press will celebrate the release of issue 22 of “Ibbetson Street”, its popular literary journal. At McIntyre & Moore Booksellers, there will be featured poetry by Marc Goldfinger, Jade Sylvan, Thade Correa, Sarah Hannah, as well as Somerville poets Linda Haviland Conte, Eleanor Goodman, and others. And as always, an open mic will follow the featured readers.
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Philosophy Café discussion: "Outcomes and Opportunities: What Justifies Inequality?"

[marycurtin.livejournal.com]

McIntyre & Moore Booksellers hosts "Outcomes and Opportunities: What Justifies Inequality?" November's topic at the Davis Square Philosophy Café, moderated by Tom Clark, on November 20, 7:30-9:30 pm at McIntyre & Moore Booksellers, 255 Elm St. in Davis Square, Somerville, near the Red Line. Free and open to all; wheelchair accessible. 15% book discount* for all those attending [*discount available for day of event only]. For information call McIntyre & Moore Booksellers (617) 629-4840 or log onto www.mcintyreandmoore.com.

McIntyre and Moore Booksellers, in conjunction with the Center for Naturalism, continues year 5 of its discussion group series, the Davis Square Philosophy Café, held each month on the third Tuesday. The Philosophy Café is a philosophy discussion group modeled on philosophy cafés underway in other cities in Europe and the US. The goal is to present occasions for informal, relaxed philosophical discussion on topics of mutual interest to participants. No particular expertise is required to participate, only a desire to explore philosophy and its real world applications.
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Somerville Museum December Crafts Show

[noire.livejournal.com]

Somerville Museum's Crafts Show will be December 1 and 2 from 11 am to 6 pm at the Somerville Museum on Center Street. This is a juried show (no pasta Santas!) that benefits the Museum and features Somerville artists.

Please come!