So I'm basically reposting, but...
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SUN 6/14
8:30 am to 5:30 pm
Ferry Trip to Spectacle or Georges Island
from Boston's Best Cruises, Long Wharf - North, Boston (North End, near Columbus Park & Marriott)
FREE
You pretty much have to go at 8am in the morning to grab a ticket (yet don't necessarily have to leave right away), but...
FRI 7/17 is the next free day (online tix available 7/1)
SUN 6/14
9am to 2pm
Corvette Day 2009
at Larz Anderson Auto Museum, 15 Newton St, Brookline
$10 / $5 seniors, students, children under 12
Corvette = the American Ferrari (imho). There could be about 75 cars on display.
SUN 6/14
Noon
"10,000 Questions": Opening Ceremony
at 1 Brattle Square, Cambridge (Harvard Sq)
FREE
Somerville's question man is out on the road, and answering stuff Tibetan-paryer-wheel style. Music and dancing to ensue.
SUN 6/14
Noon to 6:30pm
Bloomsday Boston 2009
at Devlin Hall, 140 Comm Ave, Chestnut Hill (BC campus)
FREE
Maybe this is an entre into James Joyce -- or maybe enough to sound intellectual in the future...
Schedule:
Noon: "The Dead": Screening (at Devlin 101)SUN 6/14
2pm: Welcome & introduction (at Devlin 008)
2:15pm: "Mapping Ulysses: How Technology Opens Up Joyce to the Common Reader" (at Devlin 008)
2:15pm: "Ulysses for Beginners": 4 small group seminars on how to approach the book
3:30pm to 6:30pm: Music by Annalivia
4pm to 5:30pm: "Joyce and the Arts": Readings & music, hosted by Brian O'Donovan (at Devlin 008)
5:30pm to 6:30pm: Reception (at Higgins Atrium)
6:30pm: "The Dead": Screening (at Devlin 101)
2:30pm to 5:30pm
Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School Cabaret: Life Drawing Class
at Great Scott, 1222 Comm Ave, Allston
$7 / 18+
Drink, draw, and be merry.
This month's model: Sugar Dish of Babes in Boinkland, who has been a cool model before (see above).
A couple of tips: Come on time to get a seat up front. Keep it small so others can crowd in around you. Bring your stuff in a milk crate so you have something to sit on or put your stuff on. (we have lots of seats, but more is helpful)SUN 6/14
4pm
"Fairly Unbalanced: Writing Political Satire in the Twenty-First Century": Panel Discussion
at First Parish Church, 3 Church St, Cambridge (Harvard Sq)
FREE
w/ Percival Everett, Lise Haines, Jimmy Tingle, Baron Wormser, and unfortunately not Nurmuhemmet Yasin
A panel discussion on "the power (and pitfalls) of writing in the age of Jon Stewart and Al Franken. In addition to this discussion, the 2009 Vasyl Stus Freedom to Write Award will be presented to Nurmuhemmet Yasin, whose satirical story, "Wild Pigeon," was considered by Chinese authorities to be critical of their presence in the Xinjiang Uighur Region."
SUN 6/14
8pm
You Can Be A Wesley, Televandals, Herra Terra
at Middlesex Lounge, 315 Mass Ave, Cambridge (near Central Sq)
FREE w/ RSVP
Good free rock, and you might get a free bourbon drink. (maybe be in a music video.)
You could still try to RSVP...
SUN 6/14
9pm
Quixote, Cassavettes, Ette, Audrey Ryan
at Middle East - Upstairs, 472 Mass Ave, Cambridge (Central Sq)
$9 / 18+
Interesting, eclectic lineup. Audrey Ryan is awesome. Cassavettes rocks with swing. Quixote swings with rock.
Sale(s) of the Week:
SUN 6/14
11am to 6pm
Mass Market #4
at Pozen Center, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston (MassArt, enter on Evans Way)
$1
Get some cool, DIY arts & crafts for yourself or some else (Dad?). Your dollar admission benefitd the Aids Action Committee. (Ain't that a cool flyer above?)
SUN 6/14
10am to 6pm
Second-Ever Weekend Warehouse Sale
at Harvard Book Store Warehouse, 14 Park St, Somerville (betwen Union Sq & Porter Sq)
FREE
I love cheap books. It was interesting to shop at their warehouse (in December). There a lot books for $1, $2, etc...
I took some pix while I was there (click for a large image):
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