Long Time Courting (Celtic)

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Take four individually accomplished traditional musicians and singers with fresh attitudes. Combine them, and you have the rich, soaring four-part vocal arrangements, and fiery Irish jigs and reels, that are Long Time Courting.

Not for profit - all donations cover production costs and the artists.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108161705888205&ref=ts
http://sites.google.com/site/notlobmusic
http://www.longtimecourting.com

Date: Friday, June 4, 2010
Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Unity Church of God
Street: 6 William St. (Davis Square)
City/Town: Somerville, MA

Suggested minimum donation: $15/door, $12/advance, $5-10 for students, kids, seniors

Reservations recommended - notlobreservations @ gmail.com


Sarah Blair on fiddle/vocals, Liz Simmons on guitar/vocals, Shannon Heaton on flute/vocals, and Ariel Friedman on cello/vocals

The Fitchburg Line Industrial Corridor errata

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Hi, everyone. I'm a Somerville resident, formerly of Davis Square, and currently living on Prospect Hill. I'm contemplating starting an LJ community for the Union Square area, if anyone's interested, but in this post I just wanted to share an extremely interesting page I've found this morning: http://pixels.furiousbees.com/somind/

The author mentions LJ in the introduction so forgive me if it's already been posted here. Here's an excerpt taken from the text at the link given above:

There are at least four large businesses that I know of occupying this little cluster of industry: Ames Safety Envelope, which occupies a dwindling share of a huge complex of buildings divided by Dane Street; the Peter Forg Manufacturing Co., which does metal stamping and fabricating right across the track from Ames; L. Bornstein Flooring, which operates a large and ugly structure north of Washington Street; and the H.D. Chasen Company, which sells industrial supplies out of a small complex on Lake Street. There's also a clutch of smaller industrial businesses or former businesses operating from smaller buildings. I've collected some information on the history of the locations on this page from the Sanborn maps available through the Somerville Public Library.

I had been meaning to photograph this area for some time, but ultimately it was an LJ friend's comment that "you are near a METALWORKING plant and I haven't seen pictures?!?!" that spurred me to action. So, beginning on a beautiful day in May, I went on a series of expeditions to explore and document some of the last working factories in Somerville. (The lighting conditions weren't always great, so I've done a fair amount of quick and dirty enhancement in Photoshop to create the final images.)

I found this page extremely informative, but I found at least one error. The author states that the Paper and Provisions Warehouse currently houses "the Somerville Boxing Club and an organ repair company", but to my knowledge it's artists' studio space. I left a comment on the associated Google map but couldn't find a way to contact the author.

If anyone has any more information, I'd love to hear about it. I absolutely love this area—there's so much to learn about its history. Did you know that Union Square used to be called Liberty Pole Square, for example?

A tasty week coming up! Taste of the World, etc

[obie119.livejournal.com]

It is the season of tasting events. Yum Somerville (for The Welcome Project) was a few weeks ago and was a great time; Taste of Somerville is next Tuesday; and my event, Taste of the World, is next Thursday (June 10th).

Taste of the World is a benefit for Hostelling International's Cultural Kitchen program, where urban youth learn about culture and diversity through cooking. We've worked with over 50 school including many of the Somerville schools (near Davis, we've worked with the JFK and the West Somerville Neighborhood School)

The event, to be held at the City Year Building in the Back Bay, is an international tasting event with a dozen restaurants showcasing foods from around the world - including The Burren and Istanbul'lu from the DS area. There is also a food-themed silent acution with great prizes - contributors from the DS area include Kickass Cupcakes, Sabur, and Dave's Fresh Pasta. The event is $60 and includes also live music and two complimentary drink tickets. For more info and to buy tickets, please see http://tasteoftheworld.eventbrite.com or contact me at kturer at usahostels.org

Happy eating!

Redbones (belated) Bike Week Party on Monday!

[turil.livejournal.com]

It still might rain, but at least it's probably warmer than a month ago. :-)

Redbones Bike Party

Monday, June 7 (Rain Date: June 14)
Time: 5 - 9 pm, raffle drawing @ 7:30 pm
Place: 55 Chester Street in front of Redbones

Happy Biking!
And eating.
And winning prizes!

Door to door comcast?

[pakoo.livejournal.com]

Hi

Is anyone aware of door to door sales reps from comcast in the area? I thought that you could only get comcast by ordering from the company.  A sales rep came by our house and said she could get us a better deal than the one offered on the comcast website....then she asked for my roommates's social security number.  Is this legit?   thank you...