Saturday night's alright for...gongs.

[nora-rocket.livejournal.com]

The Boston Village Gamelan and Rinengga Sih Tentrem of Tufts University is pleased to present its winter concert: Daradasih: A Dream Fulfilled.

Showtime is Saturday, November 22, at 8:00 pm. Admission is free to all. The performance is being held in the Distler Performance Hall, "ground" floor of the Tufts Granoff Music Center.

This festival of Southeast Asian music and dance continues on Sunday with music and dance of Cambodia and the Philippines, featuring master musicians of Cambodia along with the Angkor Dance Troupe of Lowell and the Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble of San Francisco. The performance is at 3:00 on Sunday the 23rd, also in the Distler, and also free.

I can't vouch for the Sunday show, but as a member of the BVG, I extend our invitation and I hope to see you there!

( More on the BVG )

At least we don't live in New Haven

[wobblymusic.livejournal.com]

I saw this on political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow's blog. Puts Somerville's erratic parking rules to shame, doncha think?

"I live in a dense urban neighborhood, in which the majority of houses are built close together, with few driveways. So most people park on the street, and like urban residents anywhere, you have to keep an eye on the street cleaning rules — which, the permanent signs clearly state, are suspended for the winter beginning Nov. 1.

"So here’s what this lovely cash-strapped city of mine does: they come by late in the day, after dark, after most people are already home for the evening, and put up a few temporary paper signs up and down the street, declaring the next day an emergency street cleaning day. And that’s considered sufficient notice, and if you don’t see the signs in time, you’re shit out of luck. I did happen to go out last night, so I didn’t get towed, but a lot of people just did, and the city of New Haven probably just made an easy thousand bucks for itself, on my street alone. But seriously — it may be legal to give people less than a day’s notice and then tow their cars, but morally, it’s barely one step above a mafia protection racket. Especially when the street cleaning “emergency” is not a massive snowstorm or something — just a normal accumulation of fall leaves."

(sits back and waits for someone to give an example of how Somerville is worse)

Theatre@First's 'Rimers of Eldritch'- just 3 more shows!

[kissoflife.livejournal.com]

Theatre@First's 'Rimers' 3rd weekend's a charm! We've had a terrific run, several sold out nights. Now FRIDAY's sold out!! With a ~50 seat house, these last shows are filling up fast!

TOMORROW is next show! Thursday-Saturday, Nov 20-22, 8pm
$12 general/ $10 seniors & students Nifty trailer!
Reserve tix here, call 1-888-874-7554, or email tickets@theatreatfirst.org.
( Rimers- What's in _your_ weekend?! )

Legislative Workshop

[cos]

State Senator Pat Jehlen writes:

You're invited to a Legislative Workshop I'll be holding on Thursday, November 20 from 7PM to 8:30PM at the Somerville Public Library, at 79 Highland Ave, Somerville.

The Legislative Workshop is an opportunity to find out more about the legislative process and get answers to many popular questions about the Legislature including: How does a bill become a law? Do you have an idea that you would like to see turned into legislation? Confused about why it takes so long for the Legislature to enact seemingly good legislation?

That's the main library, at the other end of Highland Ave, accessible from Davis by the #88 bus.