January 2009 calendaring
THU 1/1: brunch at Barbara's
FRI 1/2: Shabbat dinner at our house
SAT 1/3:
1pm lunch/brunch at Tu y Yo with nacht_musik
4pm brief appearance at scriptreading chez shumashi
7pm -- Then, while mbarr was still in town, we rounded up the gang for dinner at the new Jerusalem Pita in Coolidge Corner, then watched Casablanca (and Carrotblanca, and West Bank Story) chez ablock
SUN 1/4:
11am Menschen gig at Temple Emmanuel in Chelsea
2pm showing of WALL-E (which J had not yet seen) at the Arlington Capitol
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TUE 1/6:
6pm dinner at Rangzen with Jess R (no, not jessruth, the other one)
8pm help J do some office moving; then zoom to zigguratlabs planning meeting
WED 1/7: laundry! and, uh, thank-you notes and stuff.
THU 1/8:
7:30pm work meeting POSTPWNED!
meeting ablock for dinner and shopping in Harvard Sq.
FRI 1/9: 6:30pm shul; no firm plans as yet for after, possibly swing
SAT 1/10:
2pm haircut?
7pm birthday party
SUN 1/11:
11:30am-3:30pm brunch open house
7pm 6pm Menschen rehearsal
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MON 1/12: 7:30pm tremontstshul board mtg
TUE 1/13:
7pm? zigguratlabs staging meeting chez toyb (bring kosher takeout)
8-10:30pm Contras@MIT?? (Lobdell)
WED 1/14: 7-9pm work meeting (rescheduled from 1/7)
THU 1/15:
7:30pm work meeting
Arisia load-in (helping with Sign Shop)
FRI 1/16: Arisia begins in earnest
5pm davening Kabbalat Shabbat services at the Hyatt
7:30pm-1:00am zigguratlabs Pajama Party
SAT 1/17: 9pm-??? zigguratlabs Rescheduled Halloween Party
SUN 1/18: end of Arisia (at least for my practical purposes)
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MON 1/19: President's Day (yes, I'm working); 7pm Menschen rehearsal?
TUE 1/20:
12n President Obama takes office (keynahora)
7pm theatreatfirst auditions for Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. "Parts for many men and women, and one child aged 7-12. Auditions will be held by appointment on the evenings of Tuesday, January 20 and Wednesday, January 21 at Unity Church in Somerville (6 William St.). Performances April 23 - May 2."
WED 1/21:
7pm tremontstshul movie night (chez gedalia, we think)
7:30pm The Year of Magical Thinking at the Lyric Stage, Boston, with justom & co.
FRI 1/23: 7pm Menschen gig, Temple Emanuel in Andover
SAT 1/24:
8pm Theatre To Go's Harvey (starring the illustrious navrins as Jimmy Stewart Elwood). Greenwood Union Church, 4 Oak Street, Wakefield, MA. Runs Jan. 16-25 (matinee close), but this is the only performance I can make. Anyone?
SUN 1/25: all-day field trip with SCO#1 to Temple Israel Center in White Plains for a one-day concert production of The Mikado. 5pm performance, for those in the area. (Now if Robbie would only figure out what they might need me to sing so I could learn it!)
MON 1/26: 7:30-9pm possible drop in on the Advanced Beginner modern dance class at Green Street Studios (I took this class with my friend Joy for a while several years ago)
FRI 1/30:
6:30pm 6pm shul
7-10pm tremontstshul Community Shabbat Dinner
8pm Intimate Apparel (featuring the inimitable justom as turn-of-the-century Nice Jewish Boy ;-) opens at the Footlight Club in JP. Runs 3 weekends, through 2/14; not sure yet if this is the performance I'm going to (depends on timing around a bazillion conflicts... although the first weekend does have discounted tickets, hmm). Eliot Hall, 7A Eliot Street in Jamaica Plain -- right around the corner from the late Pondscumme Manor.
SAT 1/31:
8pm 3rd annual a cappella festival at KI in Brookline (whether or not the Menschen are performing in it!).
Also, la_vie_en_rosie's birthday party and at least one other party so far.
Note that the tremontstshul Tu B'Shvat Singles Mixer is being rescheduled accordingly to Saturday night, Feb. 7. Details to come!