Just your average history-making Sunday, really

[chanaleh]

Morning:

Shul annual meeting where I stepped down as vice-president (but was incepted as head of the newly-official 20s&30s *Committee*, which hitherto has operated as sort of a black box to the rest of the shul community. Hopefully this bodes well).

Afternoon:

Made buttons for besamim and one for tapuz.

Watched The Lion in Winter (the 1968 Hepburn/O'Toole version, not the forthcoming Close/Stewart version, though I am eager to see that one). There was a lot about it that failed to thrill me, actually. I look forward to drawing more out of it. :-)

Finally went to the grocery store. And cooked a pot of rice. And did dishes. No laundry though (mentally begging off until tonight, due to rain).

Evening:

Four hours of Menschen rehearsal for our concerts this weekend! (Sneak preview: Our "shtick" [comedy] portion of this performance is a running skit entitled "Frum Eye for the Goy Trayf Guy"... Really, y'all should come see us. ;-)

An hour-plus at the zogathons' for Mr. Zog's birthday/dissertation defense/head-shaving party. Was so happy to see them for the first time in literally months. Brought them buttons too. Re-met some very cool people. Was reminded as soon as I got there about the equal marriage festival about to take place just three blocks from my own house. How could I not go?

Got to Cambridge City Hall a few moments after midnight. It was amazing. "This restores my faith in humanity." There were surprisingly few protesters who bothered to show up. And as soon as I got there I found a whole crowd of people I knew who were there as supporters... up to and including my best beloved. We hugged and cried (well, I did, at least, if not for all the same reasons) and laughed and cheered like mad and blew bubbles and took pictures. I stayed until nearly 3:00 a.m., by which time the crowd had thinned out considerably to just a couple hundred (!), but I wanted to see mattlistener and mud_puppy emerge with their license, which they finally did, in matching rainbow-striped solidarity vests. Adorable and very touching.

Tired today. But glad I can say I was there.

Comments

[mud-puppy.livejournal.com]

awe... Thanks for waiting to see us come out! It felt really wonderful being there. Everyone inside and out were just filled with joy! It was really touching to see so many friends waiting for us to come out.

[gilana]

Nothing there on the gigs page. What is there besides the TBS one?

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

"Nothing there" as in 404? Or no page data? Or page headers but no concert data?

Anyway:

Saturday, May 22, 2004
Honorable Menschen Spring Concert!
Doors open at 8:30pm; Havdalah and concert at 9:00pm
Tremont Street Shul (Temple Beth Shalom)
8 Tremont Street, Cambridge
Free
http://www.tremontstreetshul.org/

Sunday, May 23, 2004
Concert for the residents of Whitney Place
3:00pm
Whitney Place
3 Vision Drive, Natick
Free

Sunday, June 27, 2004
Featured performer at Brookline Community Center for the Arts' "Classics Open-Mic Night"
8:00pm
Brookline Community Center for the Arts
14 Green Street, Brookline
$5
http://www.bccaonline.com/

[navrins]

What is Whitney Place such that they get their own concert?

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Heh. It's an assisted living facility for seniors (read: nursing home). One of our former members works there and invited us to come perform for her residents, as a special event.

No, this probably isn't the performance most of our friends and family will want to join us for. But hey, it's on the roster!

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Very cool! And thanks for the update - I hadn't heard that mattlistener & mud_puppy had made it official!