DHS @ Porter & Davis this morning

[mattdm.livejournal.com]

MBTA police and DHS are performing security theater this morning in both Davis and Porter. At Porter, they totally randomly selected the one black guy from a large commuter crowd. Yay for America!

Clothing Thrift/Consignment

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I know there are many places in Davis where one can bring old clothes to consign, sell, or donate. Which places are best for which type of clothing? (For example, is one better for designer and another for vintage-style? Hipster?) Any one(s) you'd recommend over the others in general? What are their processes like? [Who gives cash? Credit? Consigns? Need an appointment? How far ahead? That sort of thing.]

The collective wisdom of this community is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Looking for Somerville resiliency information...

[turil.livejournal.com]

I'm participating in a program to help nurture new leaders in social innovation, and this week we are covering the topic of urban resiliency, and maybe some of you folks can help me out gathering information.

Specifically, I'm looking for information (program names are fine links are great) on any programs in the city (government and/or NGOs) that are working to increase Somerville's independent ability to have enough:

Whole Food
Clean Water
Fresh Air
Warmth and Light (shelter, clothing, energy, etc.)
Outlets for human products (sewage, human power, CO2, etc.)

Right now we rely on other parts of the state and world for many of our basic needs, but that's obviously not a sustainable situation, as those sources could easily be cut off from us, especially if there were a disaster situation. So I'm curious as to how different groups are helping plan for Somerville's future in ways address these most crucial needs.

Also, if anyone participated in any of the Somervision planning groups, if you talked about any of these elements during the discussion, I'd love to hear about that, too.

I hope to have the article ready for Earth Day next week, and I'm planning on sending it into the Somerville Journal as a possible editorial, as well as offering it up here and other online communities.

For the record, I've already got info on the following groups:

Whole Food
- Groundwork Somerville http://www.groundworksomerville.org/
- Growing Center http://www.thegrowingcenter.org/
- Farmers Markets
- School gardens (run by Groundwork Somerville)
- Somerville Garden Club
- Shape Up Somerville http://www.somervillema.gov/Division.cfm?orgunit=SUS
- Somerville Community Gardens project http://www.somervillema.gov/Department.cfm?orgunit=CONSBD

Fresh Air
- Urban Forest Initiative http://www.somervillema.gov/section.cfm?org=PARKS&page=1239

Warmth and Light
- a whole slew of stuff at the Community Resources page at the city's website http://www.somervillema.gov/section.cfm?org=aging&page=1357

Robots! Aliens! Theatre!

[flamingjuly.livejournal.com]

Tomorrow night is the world premiere of the play "On This Moon" by local playwright Kevin Mullins, produced by Flat Earth Theatre.

Performances are April 16th, 17th, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th at 8 PM and April 18th at 7 PM. Matinees will be presented April 18th and 24th at 2 PM. All shows will be performed at the The Arsenal Center for the Arts Black Box, conveniently located on the MBTA 70 and 70A bus routes at 321 Arsenal Street in Watertown.

Tickets are priced at $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Students and seniors receive a $5 discount. Thursday April 22nd will be "Pay-What-You-Can" night. Purchase tickets online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/97869
Buying tickets in advance is strongly recommended.

About the show: Living on a remote moon, Dr. Paulson seeks a better life for his daughter, Mary. To that end, he tasks his android servant, Ariel, with sabotaging a passing ship containing a potential suitor for Mary, Freddy, who later turns out to be gay. Ariel, who desires freedom above all, performs Paulson's bidding in the hopes that he will release her. Events are complicated by Mary's secret relationship with Caden, an alien also living on the moon. Caden, meanwhile, wants only to remove Paulson from the moon which he feels is rightfully his. Drawing inspiration from The Tempest, On This Moon blends the conventions of a Shakespearean comedy with a contemporary tale of greed and betrayal, love and acceptance, posing the question: what does it really mean to be human.

We hope you will join us for this exciting new show!

Crossposted to cambridge_mass, b0st0n

Cucumber Soda

[coeceo.livejournal.com]

Has anyone seen this for sale around here?

Two tickets to Mythbusters tomorrow night! TAKEN

[genevra-mcneil.livejournal.com]

I have two tickets to the Mythbusters presentation in Harvard tomorrow that my guests will be unable to use. They cost $20 each and are yours for the face price. Please email me at genevramcneil [AT] gmail [DOT] com if you're interested.