Stuff going on, holy-crap-it's-December edition

[chanaleh]

And gosh, is it beautiful out for DECEMBER. Hmm. (Also, it was a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend filled with festive dinners, loving company, theater-tech geekery, some nice downtime and some reasonable productivity. But -- onward!)

Upcoming theater rundown: It doesn't look much like I'm getting to the ASP's much-vaunted Merchant of Venice, since we didn't get there this weekend and it closes next weekend. (Unless I try to go Thursday while Tiger Boy and muchabstracted are seeing Aurelia's Oratorio at the ART? But it's kinda looking like I will desperately need to do website work, if not laundry, this Thursday night. Sigh.) There's also the Central Square Theater's double-header of Einstein's Dreams ("the wry, wild, funny and surprisingly moving adaptation of Alan Lightman's bestselling novel"; remaining shows Dec. 11-14) and Alice's Adventures Underground ("an award-winning adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic Alice books, featuring outrageous puppets, sets of hand-painted silk and performances by an intergenerational ensemble of actors"; running Dec. 4-7 and 18-28). Tiger Boy expressed more interest in the latter than the former (puppets!), but we have yet to look seriously at available calendar slots anyway. Gah. Anyway, lastly there's mitgsp's Pirates for which I helped hang lights this past weekend, opening this coming Friday.

So that aside, here are my December happenings:

MON 12/01
6pm: dinner in Newton Centre, probably Johnny's Luncheonette
7-9:30pm: Menschen rehearsal in Newton Centre

TUE 12/02: wine and cheese shopping; dinner date with (as they say) my DH; then (as they say), after ecstasy, the laundry

WED 12/03, 7:30-9:30pm: tremontstshul Kosher Wine & Cheese Soirée (sign up here)

THU 12/04: last chance (mine, anyway) to possibly see Merchant of Venice, but I'm not expecting to actually get there. Laundry and quick dinner to catch up with ablock, now back from Hawaii, yay!

FRI 12/05: to NYC; Shabbat dinner with mbarr?

SAT 12/06, 8pm: Stonewall Chorale's annual holiday concert -- now featuring jessruth! at the newly refurbished Merkin Hall in Lincoln Center (67th and Broadway, NYC). Tickets $25 general admission. I've got mine. :-)

SUN 12/07:
~10:30am-3pm? return to Boston
3pm: Voices Rising concert at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center (which I fear I am just not going to get to, sorry, bedfull_o_books!)
2-6 pm: Ben & Sarah housecooling
7 (or possibly earlier, depending?) to 9:30pm: Menschen rehearsal

Also, FYI you New Yorkers: STREB AT S.L.A.M.: INVISIBLE FORCES, DEC 5 - 21, 2008. Fridays at 7pm, Saturdays at 3pm & 7pm, Sundays at 3pm. "Invisible Forces creates the thrills of the circus, the heart thumps of a great adventure movie, and the velocity of the Indy 500 in one big, crowd pleasing Action Event. Come see our new ACTION PLATFORM, a 20 ft. amped up rotating floor, the Espana WHIZZING GIZMO and a 2 dimensional, vertical pipe grid called AIRLINES. Beautiful bodies engaging sexy new hardware in show stopping pieces will keep audiences on the edge of their seats, wherever in space those seats happen to be." Adults $20; Kids (12 and under) $10. Buy tickets online or call (212) 352-3101.

MON 12/08 7:30-9:30pm tremontstshul board meeting Maimo meeting

WED 12/10, 7-9:30pm: extra bonus Menschen rehearsal

THU 12/11, 7:30-9pm: A talk at Temple Bnai Brith in Somerville: Jews in Science Fiction by none other than The Future Rabbi Breindel! (I've signed up myself and ablock...)

FRI 12/12, 6:30-11pm: tremontstshul Shabbat dinner (sign up here)

SAT 12/13
2pm: mitgsp's Pirates matinee close (and subsequent strike, which I will miss in favor of...)
5:30-6:30pm: hopefully making an appearance at heliopsis's caroling party, then rushing to...
8pm: Honorable Menschen's CD Release Concert for our debut CD By The River! Just in time for Chanukah!

SUN 12/14
10:30am-1:30pm: tremontstshul Chanukah Art & Craft Fair (9:30am setup). Interested vendors can still sign up here!
2:30-5pm: Bueno Queso Social Club
7-9:30pm: Menschen rehearsal

[sometime during this week:] Ziggurat Labs party scheming planning meeting

FRI 12/19, 6:30pm: Honorable Menschen perform at Chanukah Night of Music, Temple Emanuel, Andover

SAT 12/20: Holiday Party of Sparkly Doom Awesomeness!

SUN 12/21
4:00pm first night of Chanukah!
7-9:30pm Menschen rehearsal
[10]-11:30? miraclaire & galadhelsul Chanukah party

WED 12/24: join Tiger Boy in VA

SAT 12/27
2:30pm return to Boston
5-8pm tremontstshul Chanukah Havdalah & Games Night (sign up here)
Other stuff no doubt going on (including but not limited to Jewmongous! at Passim and JEWLTIDE at TT the Bear's)

SUN 12/28: pancake brunch at my house! Yes, you! Time and details via email; comment below if you're interested.

MON 12/29: mbarr comes up to Boston?

TUE 12/30: Tiger Boy home from VA, tra-la

WED 12/31: First Night -- featuring the Post-Meridien Radio Players, at the Orpheum Frickin' Theatre!

Comments

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

i can't vouch for einstein's dreams, but wes savick -- my theatre directing prof and a friendly acquaintence -- wrote and directed it, and he's very good at what he does. on the other hand, the production of alice that i saw a few years ago was wildly underwhelming. YMMV, but i bet einstein's will be fantastic.

[musicjill.livejournal.com]

I saw einstein's dreams last year at the cambridge science festival and didn't like it- not much of a plot; we fell asleep.

it's very abstract....so if you like that sort of thing, it'll be good.

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

Einstein's Dreams is one of my favorite books of all time. I wish I could maker it up there to see it, but that's not happening. You'll have to post a review.