Wanted: mandolin player!

[eclecticavatar.livejournal.com]

Wanted: mandolin player familiar with Bluegrass/Americana styles. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help us record tracks for use in a community theatre production of Christopher Fry’s The Lady’s Not for Burning.

The job will focus on at least one of these areas:

1) Some songs we’d like to record are only available as sheet music. And, you guessed it, there’s no notation for mandolin. It will be up to you and your personal style to recreate them as you see fit with little input from the play’s artistic director.

2) If you’re great at playing by ear, we’d like to have you listen to a few tracks by a full band and re-imagine them for solo mandolin. Much like Seu Jorge’s David Bowie covers in The Life Aquatic, you’ll have the chance to interpret songs that may never have been intended for mandolin. We hope this will be a lot of fun for an experienced musician!

3) Are you a songwriter? Do you play traditional folk music and/or folk ballads? Send us some examples of your work, instrumental only, and we’ll feature them in the show!

Because we are a non-profit organization, we are unable to pay you for your time, but we will provide you with high quality recordings of the tracks you perform for us. This would be a great opportunity for someone who wants to create a demo to share examples of their playing style with the world. You will also be listed in the program as composer/musician for the production, and will have the opportunity to sell your merch at every performance. You’ll also receive 2 free tickets to any one of our 9 performances in February of 2011 in Davis Square.

We would like meet with you to determine mutual interest and talk about the production as soon as possible. Once you’ve signed on, you’ll have several months to work on your arrangements, independently. Any recording that needs to be done will take place in early November. You’ll be finished with all work on the project by New Year’s, 2011.

Theatre@First is an all-volunteer community theatre based in Somerville, MA. Founded in 2003, we fill a vital niche in the vibrant Davis Square arts scene. We draw upon the talents and support of individuals and organizations throughout the community to provide opportunities for our participants and audiences to experience quality live theatre in a variety of local venues.

Wainwright bank sold!

[inahandbasket]

Hey all, figured there's a lot of Wainwrighters in this community so I'd share the info.

Wainwright Bank is being bought by Eastern Bank.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eastern-bank-corporation-announces-agreement-to-acquire-wainwright-bank--trust-company-97379979.html
The article linked says Eastern plans to continue their commitment to social justice, yadda yadda. Eastern Bank also has received awards for highest customer satisfaction in New England, so that's a point in their favor as well.

Kick*ass Cupcakes Trucking

[bex77]

Looks like local parks and events are going to have a new temptation of the sweets variety. Davis Square's cupcake shop is outfitting a truck and taking to the road with cupcakes and gelato.

http://www.bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2010/06/kickass-cupcakes-in-somerville-to-start.html

Citations

[ratushebarl.livejournal.com]

I just went down to City Hall to try and get a cert of good standing for a contractor, and discovered $1050 in trash citations -- issued June 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, this is the first I've heard of any of them -- plus a $25 ticket for "overgrowth".

I gather the thing is to appeal trash cites in person? I'd pay one or two out of general civicness, but this seems extreme. I'm unhappy with this much escalation with no notification and no chance to remediate. Plus I think the whole thing is bogus -- I've been tagged before and we're careful about the trash.

On the plus side, the City Clerk employee was very helpful and saw to it that I got my certificate stamped anyway.

In other news, what's the deal with overgrowth? I don't have plants overhanging the sidewalk, or as far as I can tell doing anything else obnoxious. My tiny lawn is weedy, but is this a crime?

fun recommendations

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

Heya, Davis denizens! My sister-in-law and her boyfriend are going to be visiting the 8th-12th, scouting the area for a possible move here, and are looking for recommendations of fun stuff to do during that time. We'll give them a few ideas but fundamentally we are parents of a toddler and have no life, so you probably have way more ideas than we do. How do you all have fun and meet people around here? Anything special going on July 8-12? They'll be staying with us near Davis but they'll have a car, so location is flexible. Thanks for your ideas.

Somerville, where we celebrate the 4th of July on the 1st

[ron_newman]

from the city press release:

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone invites all residents and community members to the City's annual Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration, scheduled for Thursday, July 1st beginning at 6:00 p.m. at Trum Field [Broadway and Cedar St]. The evening's entertainment includes performances by the 2010 Somerville Sunsetters, local Disco-Funk band Booty Vortex, the USO Metropolitan New York Performers, and ... the U.S. Navy Band Northeast Pops Ensemble, leading up to a 30-minute fireworks display at approximately 9:15 p.m.

Please take note of the street closures and parking restrictions for Broadway, Cedar Street, and Charles Ryan Road, as well as the diversions of buses 80 and 89.