Multi-family benefit yard sale SUNDAY 5/3

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Multi-Family Benefit Yard Sale

Lots of stuff at great prices

Books, clothes, and all the usuals - plus plants & baked goods!

SUNDAY MAY 3

10AM-4PM
(no early birds, please)

113 College Ave.
(Havurat Shalom)

Proceeds will go to a fund for housing assistance for those at risk for homelessness.

(Organized by the social action committee of Havurat Shalom, your friendly neighborhood alternative, layperson-led Jewish congregation.)

Somerville Youth Film Festival - May 6th - Somerville Theater - Free

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

Somerville Youth Film Festival holds screenings May 6
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Somerville — Somerville Community Access Television’s (SCAT) youth media program, Next Generation Producers, in collaboration with Somerville Cares About Prevention and Somerville High School, will hold the third annual Somerville Youth Film Festival May 6 at 7 p.m. at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square.

The film festival is free and open to the public.

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Open Studio recommendations?

[cos]

I see Museum of Modern Renaissance (the Russian painters in the former Masonic temple on College Ave) isn't on this year's Somerville Open Studios map, alas. Artists that are definitely on my list:

#104: Behind The Mask, 6 Campbell Park Place - masks and puppets of many sizes

#7: Bonnie Denis, Brickbottom C506 - sock creatures

#73: Molly Tomlinson, 110 Boston Ave - urban/natural photos

What else do you recommend, and why?

If you went on Saturday, what new ones did you see that really got you?

Documentary at Somerville Theater

[abb-davis.livejournal.com]

Hi Davis Square Folks,

Milton and Fred Ochieng' are brothers from Kenya whose village sent them to America to become doctors. But after losing both parents to AIDS they are left with a heartbreaking task: to return home and finish the health clinic their father started before getting sick. Unable to raise enough money on their own, the brothers are joined by students, politicians, and a rock band who launch a fund raising drive among young people across the United States. Sons of Lwala follows Milton and Fred on their incredible journey as they find a way, despite all odds, to open their village's first hospital.

Sons of Lwala will be shown Thursday, May 14, 8:00 - 9:15 p.m. at the Somerville Theater in Davis Square, followed by a brief talk and question and answer session with a Board Member connected to the work in Kenya.

Tickets In Advance: go to http://lwalacommunityalliance.org/donate/ and make a donation of $10 to LCA Health and General Fund. Bring email confirmation to the show. If you do not want to donate online you may email BostonLwala@gmail.com to reserve tickets.

At the Door: You may purchase tickets at the door.

100% of the proceeds will go to a non-profit organization (the Lwala Community Alliance) that supports health care and education in Lwala, Kenya.

To learn more about Milton and Fred, read the Associated Press story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25573377/

In addition, please visit http://www.sonsoflwala.com/site.html to view the trailer for this movie, and visit http://lwalacommunityalliance.org/ to learn more about the Lwala Community Alliance.

Free small cube fridge and 17" VGA (CRT) monitor (updated)

[nhradar.livejournal.com]

(crossposted from craigslist).

Hey, all. We have a perfectly serviceable cube dorm fridge and Viewsonic M70b 17" CRT monitor that we no longer need nor want (or at least not as much as we want the space they have now vacated :). Currently on the porch at 40/42 Thorndike St, right off the bike path. Nicely en route to the "Behind the Mask" open studio from Davis.

Peace.

updated: Fridge gone. Monitor still available.

Daughter of CSA

[redcolumbine.livejournal.com]

Community-supported agriculture is where you buy a share in a nearby farm or group of farms, and every X time interval they bring you - whatever they've got. So sometimes you're buried in Swiss chard, other times you're bombarded with unfamiliar squash, and sometimes there's just not anything you like or aren't allergic to.

Enter Daughter of CSA. (CSAlly?) Would folks here be interested in meeting at, say, Diesel, on, say, Tuesday evenings, to sell your CSA excess to folks like me who have no cars and don't have big enough families to warrant buying a full share? Wouldn't have to be just CSA members, of course; if your back yard has been taken over by tomatoes or zucchini, I'm-a there, paysan.

Anyway, if I get enough nibbles, I'll start a separate community so sellers can post what they're bringing & find out whether any buyers are planning to show up, etc.

Pirate party packs

[redcolumbine.livejournal.com]

POLITICAL INCORRECTITUDE WARNING! If you never go to the movies, don't know who Jack Sparrow is, or have no sense of humor, STOP HERE!

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All right, matey, let's parley. Pirates these days are getting younger and younger, and tend to show up at birthday parties woefully unprepared. I have here 21 pirate party-favor packs, each containing a Barbary scimitar, Jolly Roger bandana, Deadmen's Guild ring (adjustable), and eye patch. Retail value $8 each, but bein' a patriotic privateer, see, I appropriated 'em from some Somalian bilge rats, so you can have the lot for $25, savvy? Hoist me a signal if you're interested. We can meet at my home port, or perhaps Diesel Bay or JP Licks Isle.

Nimah Market, a Bengali grocery, is now open

[ron_newman]

in half of the former Pemberton Market space at Mass. Ave. and Rindge Ave. (The other half is still vacant and for lease.) Hours are 7 am to 9 pm daily. Today was the store's first day of business.

5/17 Community Brainstorming Session for Somerville Stories

[barry-rafkind.livejournal.com]

Dear DSLJ neighbors,

Somerville Voices invites you to a brainstorming meeting to come up with great story ideas about our city.

We are about to start a new experiment in community-funded journalism, and we want to use your ideas!
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LIVING GREEN FESTIVAL! ~ Sat May 16th

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~ Come energize your spring + summer at the...

Living Green Festival
Saturday May 16th – 10AM to 2PM
Somerville High School – 81 Highland Ave
Presented by Somerville Climate Action
FREE Admission!

Step up your sustainability through amazing hands-on workshops and demonstrations...
•    Attend great sessions on healthy cooking, bike repair, home gardening, insulation, and more
•    Check out amazing electric and biodiesel cars and bikes at the Green Vehicle Show
•    Get your hands on some free sustainable-product giveaways
•    Join your kids in recycled arts and crafts activities and a recycled fashion show
•    Have your photo taken with Wally the Green Monster – official mascot of the Boston Red Sox
•    Bring in a year of energy bills for a free analysis and a chance to win an energy audit
•    Donate your clothing for local families in need and your used print cartridges for recycling
•    Ride your bike over to the festival and receive free basic adjustments and tuning
•    And so much more… !

We hope to see you there!  More info at www.somervilleclimateaction.org/web/lgf.

RAFFLE: Even if you can’t attend, please consider supporting us by purchasing a ticket for our festival raffle (called the Green Product Showcase) at www.somervilleclimateaction.org/web/showcase (transactions are fully secure). Prizes include Red Sox tickets, fair-trade chocolates, and much more!

Networking Lunch on Tuesday

[candyleonard.livejournal.com]

Hey All - Just a reminder about the DARBI Networking Lunch at Green Tomato on Elm Street on Tuesday May 5th from 11:30-1. Come meet other Davis area residents who work from home - consultants, writers, freelancers, artsts, etc. $8 members / $10 nonmembers. Please RSVP to D2DCommunications@gmail.com