Meeting to discuss Hodgkins Park - Tuesday 12/16

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Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 7 Alderman Robert Trane invite all interested residents and stakeholders to attend a Community Meeting to discuss the renovation plans for Hodgkins-Curtin Park. This meeting will be Tuesday evening, December 16, 2008, at 6:30pm in the Senior Center meeting room, TAB Building, 167 Holland Street. All are welcome.

For more information, please contact Landscape Project Manager Ellen Schneider at (617) 625-6600 x 2529, eschneider@somervillema.gov, or visit www.somervillema.gov .

Open House at the Armory, Tuesday 12/16

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Want to get a peek inside the Armory?

Actors' Shakespeare Project Celebrates the Holidays in the Historic Somerville Armory
You're Invited!

ASP's Holiday Open House

Tuesday, December 16
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Arts At The Armory
191 Highland Ave., Somerville

Celebrate the holidays with the staff of ASP, enjoy a director's presentation by David R. Gammons (The Duchess of Malfi), purchase ASP merchandise for that special someone, eat and be merry.

Call (617) 776-2200 for more info.
http://www.actorsshakespeareproject.org/

Important Update on December Street Sweeping Operations

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Back in 2006, the City of Somerville announced that it was extending its street sweeping season through the month of December as a practical investment in public health and quality of life. All of the city’s street sweeping signs were altered to reflect the change but Mayor Curtatone decided that the Traffic and Parking Department should issue warning notices rather than actual tickets during December, 2006 in order to help educate residents about the change.

In December, 2007 – the second year of the new rules – the snows came early, with the City’s first snow emergency declared on December 13th.  Wirth snow on the ground, the City suspended street sweeping for the month, informing residents via the Connect CTY mass notification system on December 17th that street sweeping operations had been suspended until April, 2008.

This month, with the revised regulations now in their third year, the well-publicized and well-posted December extension is being enforced by the Traffic and Parking Department.

We recently learned, however, that the Boston Sweeper email service has not been providing this information to its subscribers, since the service stops sending out emails at the end of November.   Boston Sweeper is a privately-run subsidiary of Boston.com and is not responsible for providing official information.

We therefore wanted to remind the members of the City of Somerville’s Connect CTY and snow alert email lists that, just as they have for the past two years, street sweeping regulations remain in effect through December 31st unless the City issues explicit notice to the contrary.

If you have questions or need additional information, please call our Constituent Services Office by dialing 311 (617-666-3311 from outside the city).

Please join us in working to keep our city clean and healthy during the Holiday Season – and throughout the year.

Sincerely,

Somerville Communications, Constituent Services, and the Traffic &Parking Dept.

PMRP performing at First Night!

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Davis Square's own Post-Meridian Radio Players will be performing from 7:30-9pm as part of Boston's First Night festivities on December 31st at the Orpheum! Our biggest venue, ever!

The Post-Meridian Radio Players present... "Countdown to Chaos!" — Live Radio Drama

The Somerville-based PMRP (www.pmrp.org) hosts an evening of plays performed in the style of old-time radio, just as it was done in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Actors at microphones, live sound effects artists, and digital audio effects will transport the audience from the cockpit of a heroic Do-Gooder's futuristic spaceship, to the panic-stricken streets of a city doomed by science-gone-wrong.

Admission is granted through purchase and use of a First Night Boston Button.

You can buy a button:
*Online from First Night for $18 ($15 plus $3 shipping)

*Through a variety of retail and other outlets

ACT 1: Red Shift: Interplanetary Do-Gooder in "Countdown to Chaos!"
The PMRP brings to the stage its acclaimed original sci-fi comedy adventure program. This sendup of the pulp sci-fi serials of the 1930s and 40s features Red Shift, a licensed Do-Gooder for hire, and his faithful friend and mechanic Lumpy. In "Countdown to Chaos!", the villainous Lord Draith forces the duo to crash-land on the forbidden planet of Earth. Their ship attracts the attention of the world-renowned scientist Dr. Alberts and snoopy Penny Parker, Girl Reporter, who find themselves trapped inside the rocket when calamity comes to call. Can Red and Lumpy escape from the primitive planet, or will human technology be their doom? Are Penny and Doc destined for a sudden trip into outer space, or will they get the chance to pack first? The amazing adventures begin here!

INTERMISSION: Interactive Foley Demonstration
Members of PMRP's live sound effects (or Foley) crew will welcome members of the audience up to see how various sound effects are made and even give them a chance to try their hand at making some noise!

ACT 2: Arch Oboler's "Chicken Heart"
The infamous "lost" episode of the seminal horror series Lights Out!, originally broadcast in 1937, and immortalized decades later by Bill Cosby in one of his most famous routines. In the play, a research scientist and a science reporter for a big city newspaper are witness to inconceivable events when a laboratory accident causes a specially-treated chicken's heart to grow uncontrollably. While officials treat the scientist's demands for action with skepticism and delay, hapless citizens are consumed by the ever-expanding mass and the deadly heart continues to grow... and grow... and grow...

Boston Sports Club expanding?

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This item is on the agenda for the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting for December 17:

1 Davis Square (Case #ZBA 2005-27-R1108)
Applicant: Davis Square, LLC
Property Owner: Davis Square, LLC
Agent: Adam Dash, Esq.
Legal Notice: Applicant & Owner: Davis Sq., LLC seeks a revision to Special Permit ZBA 2005-27a for a change in use to allow a commercial health and exercise facility to expand onto the third floor currently permitted for non-medical office use. CBD zone. Ward 6.

A Reminder Post: Comicazi-Con And Bad-*ss Christmas Bazaar THIS SUNDAY at the Dilboy VFW

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It's the same day as the Jingle Bell Run and promises to contain the right balance of geek-friendly stuff with local arts, crafts, and maybe even some foodstuffs. It costs $3 and takes place at the Dilboy VFW on Sunday, December 14 from 9am until 3pm. More details are available on Upcoming.

( Flyer behind the cut )

Community Theater?

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Hey friends:

Do y'all know of any fun, easy-going community theater places in the area? I'm familiar with Theater@First and Google told me about the Footlight Club in JP, but I'm hoping y'all may know of a few more. Closer to the Somerville-ish area is awesome, but if you know of any stuff in the Boston area, that would be fabulous.

Thanks!!

Somerville Theater

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I'm possibly attending the Whatcracker show tonight at the Sonerville Theater, but I keep hearing about power outages and downed trees from the ice. Does anyone know if the show is still on? I tried calling but only got a recording.

cross posted to boston community, was told could get equivalent butt-pain snark here too :)

land line usage

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This one's kind of odd, but hopefully somebody has some ideas.

I'm a sometimes-journalist and I have to conduct a telephone interview next week. My editor is requiring a copy of the recording for the magazine's archives. Most decent telephone recording equipment is made to work on land lines, and I only have a cell phone, as does everybody I know up here.

Can anybody think of a land line in a semi-quiet place I'd be able to use for 20 minutes or so?

ETA: Thanks! You guys are great. My editor is far away so I can't use her office, and I have an office but the interview is at night and I'd rather not haul back to Quincy. I got a digital recorder today and I'll experiment with it and speakerphone, plus the freeconferencecall thing sounds awesome too. Thanks for your help!