Dancing in the Streets - a new Somerville Arts Council outdoor event series

[ron_newman]

Dancing in the Streets is a new series of outdoor dance performances, in parks, plazas, parking lots, and basketball courts around the city, throughout May and June.

Date	Time	Location	Performance
May 11(rain)now May 12	8:00 PM	City Hall	Audra Carabetta and Brian Crabtree
May 18	8:00 PM	Union Square Plaza	KAIROS Dance Theater
June 16	8:30 PM	CVS/Magoun Plaza	Allegro Dance Collaborative
June 20	8:30 PM	Conway Park B-ball court	Anna Myer and Dancers
June 23	8:30 PM	Foss Park	Janelle Gilchrist Dance Troupe
June 25	12 Noon	Seven Hills Park	Dances by Isadora
June 29	8:30 PM	Bank of America	EgoArt, Inc. and Weber Dance

Apropos of nothing whatsoever: Chilling Effects Clearinghouse

[supersojo.livejournal.com]

I just heard about this interesting research at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and thought others might be interested, too:

Berkman fellow Wendy Seltzer leads the Chilling Effects Clearinghouse "Chilling Effects" refers to the deterrent effect of legal threats or posturing, largely cease and desist letters independent of litigation, on lawful conduct. The Chilling Effects clearinghouse will catalogue cease and desist notices and present analyses of their claims to help recipients resist the chilling of legitimate activities (as well as understand when their activities are unlawful). The project's core, this database of letters and FAQ-style analyses is supplemented by legal backgrounders, news items, and pointers to statutes and caselaw. Periodic "weather reports" will sum up the legal climate for online activity.

The project invites recipients and senders of cease and desist notices to send them to a central point for analysis, and to browse the website for background information and explanation of the laws they are charged with violating or enforcing. Clinical law students will prepare issue-spotting analyses of the letters in the question-and-answer style of FAQs, which we will post alongside the letters in an online database. The site aims to educate C&D recipients about their legal rights. Site visitors may search the database by subject area or keyword.

"The Chilling Effects Clearinghouse collects and analyzes legal complaints about online activity, helping Internet users to know their rights and understand the law. Chilling Effects welcomes submission of letters from individuals and from Internet service providers and hosts. These submissions enable us to study the prevalence of legal threats and allow Internet users to see the source of content removals.

Chilling Effects aims to support lawful online activity against the chill of unwarranted legal threats. We are excited about the new opportunities the Internet offers individuals to express their views, parody politicians, celebrate favorite stars, or criticize businesses, but concerned that not everyone feels the same way. Study to date suggests that cease and desist letters often silence Internet users,
whether or not their claims have legal merit. The Chilling Effects project seeks to document that "chill" and inform C&D recipients of their legal rights in response."

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/chillingeffects#

T-shirt fund-raiser?

[rachelmello.livejournal.com]

Hi-- potentially awesome thing forthcoming as-soon-as/if I get permission to do it....

But, hypothetically speaking, if you were going to make a t-shirt and sell it to raise money for a fundraiser, where would you have them done? I'd like to keep it simple, and do it print-on-demand direct-fulfillment model rather than making and printing shirts in various sizes and having to make that work. But I want it to be decent quality, if these two things aren't inherently contradictory.

Cafe Press? Zazzle? or something else? Is there anyone local who works on this model?

Anyone have an experience with this they have been happy with in terms of customer service and quality?

Generally I'm down on Cafe Press because they seem to run stolen threadless designs, but I could be convinced otherwise if they are the best game going. VistaPrint flamboyantly and rudely reneged on an agreement with SOS, so I'm disinclined to ever do business with them again. :/

thanks for helpful suggestions... !

ETA: It looks like the project is likely a go. I may not end up being the one working on it, but the comments about which places to print it (and future projects I will be doing) will be handy. Thanks!

How about a nice little question about local computer parts?

[turil.livejournal.com]

I have to get a new power cable/adapter thing for my iBook G4 (it's the cable thing with the white square adapter and a round plug). I emailed the Mac repair person recommended a couple of years ago in this community, but never got a response. Any other suggestions for where to get used computer parts (especially Mac) in the Somerville area?

(Yes, I know about the MIT Flea, but I don't think I'll be able to make it there this month. Also, they charge admission, which might add too much extra cost to this one small thing I need than I can really afford right now.)

Thanks in advance!

(Oh, and yes, I still technically live in Maine, but I have to be in Somerville next week for a bit.)