I’ve promoted the Revels before on my blog because it is an organization that promotes song and dance, participation, community and tradition. This is most apparent from the annual Christmas Revels productions at the Sanders Theater in Cambridge, MA.
This year I have extra reason to be excited about the Revels as I’ve managed to get [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Holidays’
1 Nov
39th Annual Christmas Revels
11 May
Arnold Arboretum’s Lilac Sunday
I hesistate to put “Lilac Sunday” into the title of this post since I didn’t see any lilacs on my visit. Susan, Peter & I took a lovely Mother’s Day walk on a sunny, blustery day and arrived at Arnold Arboretum fairly early in the morning. This is a good time to get there on [...]
7 Apr
Time Begins … and I almost missed it
One of the best observed … but not official … national holidays occurred this week, and I almost neglected to write about it. I refer of course to my annual post waxing rhapsodic about Opening Day in Major League Baseball. It’s a day of hope and possibility, and since my two favorite teams won yesterday [...]
1 Apr
Little Known Presidential Trivia
Among U.S. presidents, Warren G. Harding had the largest dirigible.
Every Sunday he’d pack that helium-filled baby with cold brewskis, lingerie models, and a brass band and take the whole White House staff and their families out for a party. He’d hover out over the Potomac, drop a line, and fish until he was drunk. Harding [...]
22 Mar
Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade
Today Susan, Peter & I attended the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Holyoke, MA which is the second largest parade in the country after New York. I’m something of a connoisseur of St. Patrick’s Day parades having gone to New York almost annually growing up, South Boston a couple of times in the late 90’s, [...]
14 Mar
RetroPost: Happy Π Day
Today we’re celebrating a holiday I learned about two years ago. It is the only holiday dedicated to a number, the number Π.
As my friend Steve posted on Twitter:
Today’s 3/14 and seriously, I don’t see what’s so hard about finding the end of pie. Just OM NOM NOM and you’re there.
I made sure to [...]
12 Feb
Lincoln — Darwin — 200!
I’ve been looking forward to this day for some time as it is the 200th anniversary of the birth of two of the most influential people of the 19th Century. Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were both born on February 12, 1809. In addition to a shared birth date, influence, and lots of controversy, Lincoln [...]
24 Dec
Christmas Eve
It’s Christmas Eve. As you wrap (or unwrap) gifts, sip eggnog, and/or get ready for Midnight Mass, you’ll want to start off by clicking the youtube link below:
Then you’ll want to click this youtube link, and replay it in a loop for about 3-4 hours.
If you need [...]
17 Mar
Confessions of a St. Patrick’s Day Curmudgeon
Posted by Liam in Ideas, Opinion & Commentary. Tagged: Boston, Catholicism, Faith, Family, Fun Stuff, History, Holidays, Ireland, Local, New York, News, Politics. Leave a Comment
While most kids look forward to Christmas, when I was a child, St. Patrick’s Day (along with Thanksgiving) was one of my favorite days of the year. It was a big day in my family usually involving going to the parade in New York and seeing family and friends we hadn’t seen in a while. [...]
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