Somerville Museum Books, Postcards and Ephemera Sale on Saturday

[jdmyers.livejournal.com]

A plethora of old and new treasures for sale to benefit the Somerville Museum!

Many rare 19th century books, hundreds of postcards from Massachusetts and around the world, and other historical items. Original sets of the Somerville Historic Leaves, published by the Somerville Historical Society 1902-1915.

Saturday, September 19th, $5.00 early bird auction and sale 11:00 a.m - 1:00 pm (members free); open to general public at 1:00 p.m.

1 Westwood Rd, corner of Central.

More info on Facebook.

Strike Up the Bands @ SomerStreets this Sunday (Holland St)

[mamabunny72.livejournal.com]

(c&p from email)

Hello, this is Meghann Ackerman from the City of Somerville with important road closure information and an invitation to the “Strike Up the Bands @ SomerStreets” event this Sunday, September 20.

Family-friendly programming and live entertainment will take place along Holland St. from Davis Sq. to Teele Sq. from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. This is free of charge and all are welcome.

Please note the following traffic information related to the event:
=No Parking on Holland St. from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The street will be closed to all vehicles starting at 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
=All one-way side streets leading onto Holland St. (including Moore St., Gorham St., Paulina St., Simpson Ave., Jay St., and Wallace St.) will temporarily be converted to two-way traffic to allow residents to get to and from their homes.
=Bus routes 87 and 88 will be rerouted from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more details, visit mbta.com.

If you have any other questions, please call 311 or 617-666-3311 from outside the city.

We hope you will join us to celebrate on Holland Street this weekend. Thank you.

Thank you everyone!

[lizforalderman.livejournal.com]

Thank you to the entire LiveJournal community for engaging in lively, informed, and challenging discussion of this race right up to the bitter end, with an extra thanks to Ron for all his hard work keeping everyone informed and on track.  I feel really lucky to be running in a neighborhood with such a robust and age-diverse social media community.

I am honored to have received so many of your votes, and I am excited to continue working to keep Somerville livable, affordable, diverse, weird, and vibrant.  After I sleep allllllllll weekend.

Elizabeth

Community Credit Union Block Party Tomorrow from 11-3pm

[courtney]

Hi DSLJ Friends,

The Community Credit Union is hosting a block party tomorrow in the Cutter Street lot from 11:00am until 3:00pm. There will be food from Cuisine En Locale, face painting, music, raffle prizes and cash rewards! CCU is located at 377 Summer Street and the lot is directly across the street from the branch.

Also, CCU is a member of Somerville Local First, The Chamber of Commerce and financial supporters of the Somerville Homeless Coalition, Groundwork Somerville, The Mystic River Watershed Association and Green City Growers.

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1117368931624700/

I apologize for the short notice. I will ask someone from the branch to post things here when I see them tomorrow.

LGBT Asylum Support Task Force Golf Tournament

[lanze108.livejournal.com]

I'm posting this here in hopes that some of you might consider attending and donating to this wonderful group as a golfer ($120-$150 per person for the tournament) or at least a dinner guest. It costs $10,000 a month to support the Asylum Seekers that the Task Force is currently housing in Worcester. They are not allowed to work due to restrictive US laws, so they need all the financial support they can get.

"Task Force fans who love to eat! And/or love to shop! And/or love nice places! Dine with the Task Force and friends on Sat. Sept. 26, at the beautiful ballroom at Cyprian Keyes Golf Club, Boylston, MA, 6:00 p.m. (early arrivals: cash bar will be open). Deluxe buffet, all you can eat. Live jazz music; asylum seekers will tell a few personal stories; mingle, hobnob, dance; bring friends! Just enjoy yourself ---and don't forget the fabulous silent auction and raffle prizes! Only $35 a person. Email golf@lgbtasylum.org or go online to http://lgbtasylum.org/golf.htm and register yourself and others as "dinner guests" (bottom of the reg form).

See you there!"

Project MUM dance party - tomorrow night (Saturday 9/19)

[ron_newman]

The ninth Project MUM outdoor dance party will take place Saturday night, September 19, from 8 pm to midnight.

MUM used to stand for Music Under McGrath or Meet Under McGrath, but the event will now take place on the former Waste Management site at the corner of Poplar and Linwood streets, next to McGrath. (Even without the current McGrath construction, Project MUM has gotten much too large to ever fit under the highway again.)

At various times, MUM has been a project of the Nave Gallery or of SCUL, but now it's loosely under the auspices of Firefly Arts Collective.

Somerville Arts Council's Project MUM page

Project MUM's own website