Halloween at the Somerville!!

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This Halloween weekend the Post-Meridian Radio Players are once again bringing live audio drama to the Somerville Theatre! Last year we brought you The Big Broadcast of 1938, featuring the War of the Worlds.

This year we’re doing The Big Broadcast of 1946 with three tales of terror, madness and mirth. We start with the Frank Cyrano Byfar Hour, a 1940s style comedy as Frank Cyrano deals with his crazy staff, meets Boris Karloff and survives some epically bad puns. Then we have Tomes of Terror, with two horrifying stories. First But Oh, What Happened to Hutchings? deals with murder, grave-robbing and more than one type of consumption. Then Sirens of War tells the tale of two doomed ships that should not have discounted the tales of a haunted river.

This is all presented in a 1940s radio drama style with live sound effects performed on stage. You can purchase time-appropriate candies from our cigarette girls and read through our version of the 1946 Boston Advertiser newspaper.

The show has three evening performances on October 28th-30th at 7:30pm and a 2:30 matinee on Halloween itself. The Halloween matinee will also have a costume contest with prizes!
The show is expected to run a little over 2 hours so you have plenty of time to hit the parties or trick-and-treating after the matinee.

Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 day-of. More information can be found at http://bb1946.pmrp.org and tickets may be purchased here or at the Somerville Theatre box office. (please note there is a small fee for online purchases)

Wedding Dress?

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Where are the best places around to shop for a wedding dress? (The relevant tag seems mostly concerned with alterations.)

Um, particularly if one is not of the type who has thought about such things all their life (or, y'know, ever) and thus had no idea how far in advance people expect you to plan and so the event is a little over a month away leaving no time for the apparently usual 2-3 month wait. (Speaking entirely theoretically, of course, because no reasonable person would be in such a situation, right?)

Even better would be great places to rent a dress, because it seems absurd to buy one when I'll only need it the once. (Why is it so much easier to rent a tuxedo, an item whose owner could reasonably wear it time and again?)

Shabbat dinner and class "Songs from Shir HaShirm"

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Friday October 29, 2010

7:00 p.m.

Registration deadline: October 22, 2010. Dinner and the class are free, but you must register by October 22! RSVP to registrar@thehav.org or 617-623-3376.

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KNIT AND SIP THIS SUNDAY AT THE NAVE GALLERY

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Where: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA 02144
Date: October 24, 2010
Time: 1:00pm–5:00pm
Knitters, crocheters, and other creative types are invited for 4 HOUR session to create work for Wrap Around, the Nave Gallery's annual sale of homemade woolen goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition (Nov 12-14).

Wine & snacks will be provided to make the day extra perfect.

So, bring your needles & wool, and get ready to knit and sip!

Open to All
Website: http://www.navegallery.org
Phone: 617-259-8386
Email: info@navegallery.org

Found: Pit Bull mix near Bike Path

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Pit bull mix found near the Cedar Street end of the Bike path on 10/18/10. Very friendly & well taken care of.

Please contact Somerville Animal Control if you or someone you know is missing a dog that fits the above description.

617-625-6600 ext 2190
or email aterrio at somervillema dot gov

Thank you!

Citizens & Prisons, a sprout spaghetti dinner on Wed Oct 20

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Hi everyone!

So, we took a few months off over the summer, but we're going to keep on running spaghetti dinners this year. The next one is this Wed. at 730PM and the theme is Citizens & Prisons. We're going to hear from a few people who have run programs that interface with the prison system and hear about their projects and stories. As usual Food Not Bombs will be cooking pasta. Thanks FNB!

You can read more on The Facebook Page (including the list of performers), but I want to keep it short here.

What :: Citizens & Prisons, a sprout spaghetti dinner
When :: Wed. Oct. 20 @ 730PM
Where :: sprout's studios @ 339R Summer St. Somerville

let me know if you have any questions or if you want to get added to the email list!
-shaunalynn <shaunalynn@thesprouts.org>

Citizens & Prisons, a sprout spaghetti dinner on Wed Oct 20

[shduff.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone!

So, we took a few months off over the summer, but we're going to keep on running spaghetti dinners this year. The next one is this Wed. at 730PM and the theme is Citizens & Prisons. We're going to hear from a few people who have run programs that interface with the prison system and hear about their projects and stories. As usual Food Not Bombs will be cooking pasta. Thanks FNB!

You can read more on The Facebook Page (including the list of performers), but I want to keep it short here.

What :: Citizens & Prisons, a sprout spaghetti dinner
When :: Wed. Oct. 20 @ 730PM
Where :: sprout's studios @ 339R Summer St. Somerville

let me know if you have any questions or if you want to get added to the email list!
-shaunalynn <shaunalynn@thesprouts.org>

How to access the Get The Lead Out program in Somerville

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I'm posting this as a general FYI for Somervillians, in the hopes of saving others the pain our household went through.

The summary: there are two programs to help finance deleading. One is funded by HUD; the other is funded by MassHousing. The latter is called Get The Lead Out and has higher income cutoffs and more loan options than the HUD program.

After months of trying to get the city of Somerville to acknowledge that a) the MassHousing program exists, and b) the Office of Strategic Planning is supposed to be the administrator of it for residents of Somerville*, we gave up and emailed MassHousing. They let us know that we (and anyone else in Massachusetts) could apply for one of their loans through an agency in Boston called Urban Edge.


*Multiple people in the Office of Strategic Planning have disavowed all knowledge of the GTLO program, and say that the only program they administer is the HUD one. One seemed surprised to find out GTLO existed.

Getting rid of an old A/C

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I've got a behemoth of an air conditioner, which still works, though it's missing a few buttons (you need to lift up the cover of the control panel stick something in to toggle it on or off). Thing is, it's a goddam monster, and I don't need such a large machine. I'm sick of having to beg my male friends to move it for me. So I'm either tossing it, or giving it away. If you want it, speak up (you will be responsible for moving it, naturally. Also, what's the deal in Somerville for throwing out an A/C. Can I just leave it on the curb? Any info would be appreciated.

Lightsaber Building Workshop for Kids

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The Parts and Crafts Collective invites you, your family, and your friends to come *Make Your Own Lightsaber* with us, this Saturday, October 23rd, 11am-3pm just in time for Halloween! Construction should take approximately 2 hours, so feel free to come for whatever portion of the event is convenient to you. Food will be served at around 1:00pm.

Learn some basic electronics while building a great toy, prop, or costume piece, for Halloween, or any other time!

The lightsaber building workshop will be held in the Parts and Crafts workshop, on 155 Powder House Boulevard in West Somerville (in the basement of the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church). All ages are welcome, though younger ones will probably need some help from older folks with more dextrous fingers. $15-$25 suggested donation -- all are welcome, regardless of ability or desire to pay.

We'd love to see you there! Feel free to forward widely!

REGISTER: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/945823985?ref=ebtn

WHO ARE WE?
The Parts and Crafts Collective is a group of thinkers, teachers, and tinkerers in the Boston area who are interested in helping people build, think, create, succeed, fail, and learn. We run hands-on creative arts, science, and engineering programs for kids and adults to help people learn and do and make things.

INTERESTED IN OUR OTHER CLASSES/EVENTS?
upcoming classes -- http://partsandcrafts.org/?page_id=15
upcoming events -- http://partsandcrafts.org/?page_id=173

FIND OUT MORE!
www.partsandcrafts.org