December 2009 calendaring

[chanaleh]

Highlights: Much theatergoing -- I'm planning on Shulamis tomorrow night, justom's An Ideal Husband this Friday, and Mikado this Saturday. Anyone else? Then Chanukah, of course, including an Honorable Menschen concert. Oh yeah, and somewhere in here I'm laying out the arisia souvenir program book. :-}

Oh -- also, we saw Whistler in the Dark's In On It at the Factory Theatre last weekend, and it was so moving, you guys, you really should try to go if you can make it. It's running through Sunday 12/6 (4pm closing matinee... though, does it count as a matinee if it's already dusk?).

Also also: throughout December til January 5, the City of Somerville is holding "visioning meetings" to discuss the city's future. The first one is tonight at 6:30pm. I don't know that I'm really going to make it to any of them (all those evenings being already booked, see below), but it's potentially of interest to some more of you.


TUE 12/1
9am therapy
6pm Rubenfeld practice session with mattlistener
8:45pm theatreatfirst auditions (now full!) for Dracula. Location: Elizabeth Peabody House (277 Broadway, Somerville). Performances will be Feb. 12-27, 2010.

WED 12/2
7am-6pm Lyndell's 122nd-anniversary Great Cupcake Giveaway
8pm Shulamis, a Yiddish operetta. Runs December 2-6 ONLY at the Agassiz Theater, Harvard University. Tickets: $15 general, $10 students/seniors. Discounted $12 admission for groups!

THU 12/3
8:15am work meeting (publicity)
6pm-12am Davis Square Midnight Madness! More info: LiveJournal | WickedLocal
8pm tremontstshul Bowling Excursion

FRI 12/4
6:30pm shul
8pm Bad Habit Productions' An Ideal Husband, featuring the ever-delightful justom once again in full Victorian kit. Runs December 3-13, 2009: Thurs., Fri., Sat. @ 8pm, Sun. @ 2pm. Durell Theatre, Central Sq. YMCA (820 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge). $15 online, $20 at-door.

SAT 12/5
9:30am shul (Parshat Vayishlach; leyn #6)
2pm Hansel & Gretel with meranthi & saxikath, Cutler Majestic Theatre.
8pm mitgsp's Mikado: La Sala de Puerto Rico in the MIT Student Center. Opens 8pm Friday 12/4, runs through 2pm Saturday 12/12; see website for actual showtimes and ticket reservations.
(Also, 8pm jessruth's chorale holiday concert! Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St., NYC.)

SUN 12/6
(11am eudociainboston birthday dim sum)
12:30-3 Tiger Boy
4:00-6:30pm Springtime for Haman first actual rehearsal (Deborah Mason School of Dance)
6pm-12m kimberlogic b'day party postponed again, alas!
7pm Menschen (Newton)
(8pm free Techiya concert: "JewTube"! in MIT's 54-100)

MON 12/7
8:15am (gah!) work meeting (Development ctte)
6pm dinner jon_libby India Pavilion
7:30-9:30pm tremontstshul board mtg

TUE 12/8
9am therapy
(6:00-7:30pm contras sound system workshop run by eclecticmagpie)
(8-10:30pm contras@MIT)
Work shift on Arisia souvenir book

WED 12/9
7pm extra bonus pre-concert Menschen rehearsal

THU 12/10
7-9pm Chanukah concert with Shlock Rock! MIT 1-190 (33 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge).

FRI 12/11
1st night Chanukah!
6:30pm shul
7:30-9:30pm t_l_e_e Chanukah dinner/party

SAT 12/12
9:30am shul (Parshat Vayeshev; leyn #6; bat mitzvah)
Chanukah, 2nd night
5-8pm tremontstshul Chanukah Havdalah & Games Night
~6pm heliopsis carolling party

SUN 12/13
Chanukah, 2nd day/3rd night
10am Menschen gig (Chelsea) CXLD, alas
11:30am-1:30pm roozle souvenir book work session
4pm call for...
5-6pm FREE Honorable Menschen Friends & Family Concert! Location: tremontstshul (conveeeenient...)
6-7pm tremontstshul Community Latke Reception
6pm Sara & Samson Chanukah party

MON 12/14
Chanukah, 4th night
LAUNDRY; cookie baking?
arisia souvenir book proof (first pass) circulate

TUE 12/15
9am therapy
Chanukah, 5th night
5-9pm Girls' Night Out: Ladies' 80s Night at Red Sky near Faneuil Hall! No cover and complimentary dinner with one $10 drink purchase. I'm probably not going to get there until 6:30ish, but it runs until 9pm. Who's in?
7-10pm awhyzip chanukah hangout

WED 12/16
Chanukah, 6th night
latke party chez ablock

THU 12/17
Chanukah, 7th night
8pm The Women-Of-Questionable-Virtue-cracker, Somerville Theatre.

FRI 12/18
Chanukah, 8th night
6:30pm shul
7:45pm tremontstshul Community Shabbat Dinner

SAT 12/19
9:30am shul (Parshat Miketz; Shabbat Chanukah II; leyn #7)
[2pm Urgent Care appointment, as it turned out]
whuffle's b'day party
4:30-9:15pm City of Somerville Illuminations Tours (What are the odds my new house is on it?? My landpeople started putting lights up in mid-November...)
trowa_barton's "P's & Q's" b'day party

SUN 12/20
(2:30pm Bueno Queso http://www.buenoqueso.org/)
(7pm Menschen)
7:30pm Best of Both Worlds at the ART

MON 12/21
arisia souvenir book originally due to the printer
7-9pm work board meeting

TUE 12/22
9am therapy
SICK DAY :-P
7-8pm mattlistener Rubenfeld practice session

WED 12/23
7pm dinner with navrins rescheduled

THU 12/24
10am arisia souvenir book ABSOLUTELY due to the printer
Erev Xmas
movies & Chinese food with ablock, M. et al.

FRI 12/25
10am Sherlock Holmes Boston Common!
4pm Staxmas!
6:30pm shul

SAT 12/26
9:30am shul (Parshat Vayigash; leyn #5, 28vv.)
KrissmaJonukkah

SUN 12/27
2pm tea with c1 (my house)
7pm Menschen (also my house)

MON 12/28
7:15-8:15pm tremontstshul ExComm mtg.? postponed a week
7:30pm Sherlock Holmes at the Somerville with greenlily et al.! :)

TUE 12/29
9am therapy
7-8pm mattlistener
8-10pm LAUNDRY

WED 12/30
7pm dinner with navrins

THU 12/31
First Night Boston
(10pm Amanda Palmer at Symphony Hall -- I was seriously pondering this until I realized that the cheap seats are $80. I don't think I really care that much. Even though I'm laying odds that Neil Gaiman will be in attendance... *sigh*)
~10pm jessruth here!
parties including:
melissaagray
arijw
desireearmfeldt & fredrickegerman
others not named here
others I have less hope of getting to
& presumably others still TBD :-}

Happy New Year!

Comments

[gilana]

Count me in for 80's night!

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Ooh, ooh, just what I was hoping! :-D I was figuring on doing a girls-only post soon to try to drum up interest. We'll talk details as it gets closer.

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

Not sure I have much 80's garb, but this sounds like fun. Would need a reminder...

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

I may not dress up much either, as I'll be coming straight from work.

I will definitely remind! :-D

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

This is your reminder. :-) It's still on! And I'm not particularly dressed up as I'm coming straight from work.

Of course, you're probably not up for it if you're still not feeling well, but. *hugs*

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

Sadly, no--but it does say it's *every* Tuesday, so, rain check?:)

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's already looking like a second outing will be in order -- we'll have to see tonight how awesome it actually is!

the odds

[cthulhia]

if it's on the street I used to live on, the odds of it appearing on the tour are nil.

The trolley rides are limited to 45 minutes (which is already kinda long for the child attention span & bladder), which means cutting out West Somerville. (I suspect it also has to do with traffic management issues as well.)

The house may be marked on the map that you get with the tour, since a lot of West Somerville folks kinda go apeshit in an attempt to lure trolleys, and don't know why it doesn't work. (There has been talk of a W. Somerville trolley tour, but... if they haven't announced it by now, don't get your hopes up.)

Re: the odds

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Ha, somehow it never occurred to me that I (we) don't live in the Right Region of Somerville. :-P I guess I've never seen the map!

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Quiet month. :-) I'm glad someone finally thought to ask you to do the souvenir book, though I'm sorry we'll miss seeing it... maybe you can save me one to flip through afterwards...

[tapuz.livejournal.com]

(10pm Amanda Palmer at Symphony Hall -- I was seriously pondering this until I realized that the cheap seats are $80. I don't think I really care that much. Even though I'm laying odds that Neil Gaiman will be in attendance... *sigh*)

sigh, indeed -- I know that thought process way too well...

[kissoflife.livejournal.com]

*blinks* You said 80's night, with pseudo-free dinner. That's tough to beat!

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

It *does* sound tough to beat! Wanna go?? :-)

[(Anonymous)]

I'm seeing about collecting a 'posse' to go, and watching my cranky throat carefully. I would like to! I'll let you know for sure in later afternoon.

[kissoflife.livejournal.com]

Anonymous in this case being me. :O) Aand this time no luck for me- no posse availability and throat soreness returning. January!