17th Annual Jingle Ride on December 22nd (NEW DATE!)

[obie119.livejournal.com]

Hi DSLJ - The Jingle Ride is coming! I hope you can join us for the happiest ride around: you and 100 new friends, many in costume, with motorists and passersby cheering you on instead of cursing at you :) You definitely don't have to be a hard-core cyclist to join this ride - though it helps if you remember the words to Deck The Halls. See below for details.

If you've been on the ride before, please note the starting point is under new ownership. It's now called the Kickstand Cafe, and the owners are very bike-friendly!

Happy December riding everyone!
-Karin T, who has Christmas lights on the trailer year-round

Put some antlers on your helmet, tie some jingle bells to your bicycle, and join fellow holiday merrymakers at the 17th Annual Ciclismo Classico Jingle Ride.
On Sunday, December 22nd (NOTE NEW DATE!!), bring family and friends to Arlington for a leisurely and festive bike parade to Boston and back. This 22-mile ride rolls through Harvard Square, the Charles River bike path along the Esplanade, Boston Common, and Newbury Street – we may stop and sing carols for passersby, or just parade along showing some creative holiday spirit. We’ll also enjoy hot cocoa and cookies at Harvard Square, courtesy of the Harvard Square Business Association!

Join the Jingle Ride!
Date: Sunday December 22nd (NOTE NEW DATE!), 2013 (ride will be cancelled if there is extreme weather)
Time: registration opens at 10:15 AM, ride leaves promptly at 11 AM
Distance: 22-mile leisurely loop from Arlington to Boston and back
Starting point: Kickstand Café (formerly Jam n Java), 594 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington Center, MA
Cost: Suggested donation of $25 (children under 18 are free if accompanied by an adult). All proceeds go to Horizons for Homeless Children.
RSVP is required. Please RSVP at http://www.ciclismoclassico.com/jingle-ride-2013/ or contact Marc at 781-646-3377.
Or – join the event on facebook!

illuminations tickets?

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

Tried to buy Illuminations Tour tickets, and they were sold out of everything but the late shows, which are not going to work for my 6-year-old. Leaving aside that I'm clearly an idiot for not having bought them Monday, does anyone have any tickets to a show starting before 8 that they'd be willing to sell? (Or to trade for some later-show tickets?)

Failing that, anyone I can bribe on the Arts Council to offer more trolleys, what with the yearly overwhelming demand?

Watch an old church be moved, tomorrow starting at 8 am in Porter Square

[ron_newman]

Lesley University will pick up and move the old North Prospect Church tomorrow morning starting at 8 am. This is on the east side of Mass. Ave. just south of the Porter Exchange (ex-Sears) building. They are moving the church to a new foundation on the same lot, to make room for a new adjoining Art Institute of Boston building.

Medford and Somerville farmers' markets start this week

[ron_newman]

Medford: Thursdays, 3-7 pm, basement of Hyatt hotel, 116 Riverside Ave. (Medford Square)
Runs through March 6
http://MedfordFarmersMarket.org
https://www.facebook.com/MedfordFarmerMkt

Somerville: Saturdays, 9:30 am to 2 pm, at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave.
Runs through March 29
https://www.facebook.com/SomervilleWinterFarmersMarket

(Cambridge's winter market, also on Saturdays, starts on January 4, running through April 26.)

Somerville Illuminations Bicycle Tour - Saturday evening, December 14

[ron_newman]

For the fourth consecutive year, the Somerville Bicycle Committee and Somerville Arts Council invite you to join a bicycle tour of our city's many warmly lit houses. Our tour assembles outside the main entrance to Somerville High School at 5:50 pm on Saturday, December 14, the same night as the popular trolley tours. We'll leave promptly at 6 pm and ride for about an hour.

Please wear warm clothes and light up your bike -- the more lights, the merrier! Costumes are encouraged but not required. We suggest a $5 donation to support the Arts Council. Before and after the ride, mingle with the trolley tourists and enjoy hot drinks, treats, and good cheer at City Hall.

Our tour route is not yet finalized (and won't be until late next week), but it will probably be similar to last year's route.

Heavy rain, snow, wind, or ice will cancel this event.
For those of you who like Facebook, we have an event page there too.

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