Somerville in the Washington Post

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

There will be a travel article about Somerville in this Sunday's Washington Post with shout-outs for various local organizations, including Theatre@First!

Comments

[cos]

Fun article, but odd. One page all Taza, then a second page skimming the rest of Somerville. Lots of mentions of artists, but nothing about Somerville Open Studios.

[ron_newman]

Cool article. One little nitpick: the Porter Square T station wind sculpture is not in Somerville, though it's just a few hundred feet over the city line.

Also, the writer is a time traveler from the future, since she got on the T at the airport and got off in Union Square ;-)

[siderea]

Clearly, by whenever she is from, either Somerville annexed Porter Square or the windmill got moved.

[benndragon.livejournal.com]

Ah, this must be after the Greater Camberville War, which began when a radio song selection competition went horribly wrong and citizens took to the streets in an attempt to regain their human rights like the ability to park legally without getting a ticket.

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

Nice article, and an excellent quote in there, Ms. Hunter!

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

I noticed that! Nicely done! If enough people talk about it as if it's real, maybe the T will have to do it?

[rachelmello.livejournal.com]

...dropped her a line to see what we can do about that. :)

[ron_newman]

Shakespeare updated with corporations replacing kingdoms

I should remember this show, but I don't; which one was it?

[rachelmello.livejournal.com]

...and got a reply already!

Here's what she said, and Davis Square LJ users, you have your marching orders!

Hello Rachel,

Thanks for your thoughtful note. I'd like to cover Somerville again, but it took me months to find an editor who realized that although Somerville is not famous, it is worth covering. The only way I might receive another assignment is if I can prove to other editors that this current piece generated a lot of interest and readership

So, I hope that you will add a comment, ... to the "Comments" section beneath the first page (webpage) of the online article. And click the Facebook share buttons...and encourage other people to do the same. Then the metrics will prove that there's interest and much happening in Somerville.

You heard the nice author, DSLJ... Do your best!!

[ron_newman]

Cool! Does she know about this thread?

[audioboy.livejournal.com]

It wasn't a reference to a specific show. I think the author was just emphasizing the trend toward putting Shakespeare's plays into radically different settings from the originals and saying that we're the kind of theater company that does that sort of thing.

[ron_newman]

From Adam Olen's contribution to Tim Devin's The history of Somerville, 2010-2100:

2025: Somerville annexes Porter Square, to help Cambridge stay afloat. The parking lot of Porter Square shopping center will have a green roof installed above it which becomes a community garden. People will grow their own fruits and veggies and have a barter-driven farmers' market on Saturdays.

[rachelmello.livejournal.com]

It doesn't matter if she does or not. She's not the one who needs convincing, and an LJ thread isn't going to show editors they can get page hits.

If we want more attention for our artists, creators, and local businesses, we have to take to the social media, post positive comments about the article and Somerville and show the traditional media machine that we're a place to notice.

[ron_newman]

I left a comment on the article, suggesting that people visit Somerville during SOS and Porchfest. I linked to the SOS website.

Please do tell her about this thread, though. I'm sure she'd enjoy it.