Jim posts video from last night's Cambridge Dance Party, in which Mass. Ave. in front of City Hall was turned into an outdoor disco.

Overmatter posts some photos:

... My friend N. noted that the D.J. was aiming to cater to everyone in the crowd, starting with the 60s soul music, then to Latin dance music, then to hipster hip-hop, then to Latin hip-hop, then to gay dance party music. We left a little early, and assume we missed the Latin gay disco hip-hop-folk-soul music. ...

Could you imagine something like this on Newbury Street?

Don't worry if you were always picked last in gym class - this afternoon of field games is Keshet-style. From fashion design relay races and gay Jewish trivia to a "Name That Folk Song" challenge and colorful game of capture-the-flag, the Keshet Color War has something for every type of athlete. This is one event you won't want to miss!

Details:
Sunday, August 24, 1:00-6:30 pm
Check back here for a full schedule of events and location!

"All the world's a stage..." including the Boston Common. Bring your own picnic and enjoy a beautiful summer evening as a group from Keshet takes in a performance of the gender-bending As You Like It by the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company.

Details:
Wednesday, July 23, 8:00 pm
Meet at 7:00 pm. (Show begins at 8:00.)
Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common 02116

RSVP by July 22 for contact phone number to Orly: orly@keshetonline.org or 617.524.9227.

So if you're a bad, bad girl with a wicked good accent, here's your chance.

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The new signs are going up: Great Woods The Tweeter Center is now the Comcast Center.

I'm not a big action movie fan, but it's cool when scenes for a film are shot just a few buildings down from where you live. Here's the article from the Lynn Item and a link to some photos I took as they were getting ready the night before.

http://itemlive.com/articles/2008/05/31/news/news03.txt

Earlier in the week I thought this was going to be a real store. I wish we were getting more shops. Maybe the film buzz and the crowds coming down will help? Lynn isn't as bad as its reputation. Except for a few neighborhoods, most of it is quite nice.

http://cityoflynn.upsidemedia.com

Jeff reports he was one of just six men in a full theater watching the movie - and details the reaction to his answer to a woman who exclaimed:

Oh look at the nice gentlemen, you must be the only guys here. Did you come with your wives or are you single and looking for love?

John Greiner-Ferris reports on the spring reappearance of one of his favorite busking duos, Coco and Lafe, outside the Downtown Crossing Borders:

... Nice fun people who love their music and love performing. They play a lot of folksy covers--Bob Dylan, John Prine, Lyle Lovett--plus their own tunes. ...

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