I just stumbled on another holiday event this week: The 5th or 6th Annual Boston Christmas Cavalcade For the Homeless. It appears to be an evening of entertainment at Johnny D's (in Davis Square) to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition. From the lineup, Jennifer Kimball and Rose Polenzani are two local folk/rock musicians that I have heard ( Read more... )

Today I finished reading Word Freak. (I already gave my first impressions in this post.) The second half was sprinkled with as much interesting facts as the first half, but it ended with less enthusiasm than during the start.Hodiaŭ mi finis legi la libron Word Freak. (Mi jam donis miajn unuajn impresojn en ĉi tiu enskribo.) Tra la dua duono ( Read more... )

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I picked up the "Books" section of the Wall Street Journal while at the coffeeshop on Saturday, and I saw this article, "Dire Combustion", about the book The Shakespeare Riots, which tells of the violence that blew up (23 people were killed) around Astor Place in New York City in 1849 ... over Shakespeare. Well, really over issues of class and ( Read more... )

I went to the Gold Dust Orphans production of The Milkman Always Comes Twice, last night. It was fun! It wasn't as spectacular as Cinderella Rocks, but it was one of their better productions. If you're in the area, you should go see it! It has lots of camp, some raunch, lots of jokes, local references, wonderful parodies of melodramatic over- ( Read more... )

Just a few items:Nur kelkaj eroj:
Honest Bob (MySpace page) is playing a show at The Kirkland Cafe on Thursday, April 19th.Honest Bob (MySpace-paĝo) faros koncerton ĉe la noktumejo The Kirkland Cafe je ĵaŭdo, la 19a de aprilo.
The gang is going to see the latest Gold Dust Orphans show on Friday, April 27th. If anyone wants to join us, let me know ( Read more... )

Anyone want to see a play on Friday?

The Gold Dust Orphans (the drag theater troupe that I've been following) is starting their Boston season again, with their interpretation of three famous episodes of The Twilight Zone. We're going to see them on Friday (the show is at 8pm) and we'll probably grab dinner before hand. If anyone local is reading ( Read more... )

A stage production of The Rocky Horror Show is playing at Foothills Theater in Worcester through October 22nd! Who wants to go?!

In other crossdressing theater news, I saw the local production of I Am My Own Wife on Wednesday. It was intense! I recommend people go see it!

It's a one-man play, on the surface about Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, an ( Read more... )

Anyone in the area want to go see a musical on Friday, May 12th? As those who have been following the adventures of our intrepid hero know, my friend's coworkers have been going regularly to see performances by the Gold Dust Orphans, a drag theater troupe. I've tagged along for the last two shows and really enjoyed it. The first one I saw was a ( Read more... )