15 May
Join SingPositive, JP! for our Spring Concert!
Sunday, May 19th, 4pm @ St. John’s Episcopal Church (1 Roanoke Ave.)
“Awake, My Soul” – celebrating spring, change, growth, and rebirth
with JP’s biggest intergenerational chorus and band
Songs from Mumford & Sons, Michael Jackson, The Muppets,
James Taylor, “Hair,” Peter, Paul and Mary, and more
Tickets available at the door or by emailing us:
$10/adults, $5/kids ages 2-16.
“Join” our Facebook event and invite your friends!
8 May
Spring descended on Jamaica Plain this past weekend with the annual Wake Up the Earth Festival presented by Spontaneous Celebrations. This was the 35th annual festival, an event that grew out of the “highway revolt” of the 1960s & 70s when local activists opposed the construction of highway infrastructure in Jamaica Plain & Roxbury, leading to the creation of the Southwest Corridor as a system of train lines, bike paths, and parks that we enjoy today. Ironically, some people who want to create new prioritized highway infrastructure for cars marched in this year’s parade which I guess shows that this festival takes all kinds. The festival itself was home to many tents of activists of many causes, food, games, and musical performances. My family and I sang a few songs with the intergenerational chorus SingPositive, JP in preparation for our concert on May 19th. We also danced to Maaak Pelletier’s jam band the Mystical Misfits as they played Grateful Dead classics. Finally, the potato sack slide down the hillside was great fun for everyone.
A peace sign and yin yang grow out of the hillside at Jamaica Pond’s Sugar Bowl.
Peace and flowers!
The Brendan Behan quote seems appropriate to the occassion.
Spanish banner for the festival.
Here comes the parade.
The stilt walkers always impress.
I’m pretty sure this woman participates every year.
The theme of the year is snakes and these folks won the Best Family Costume award.
Hula hooping is another big highlight of the festival.
Mobile percussion unit.
The wolf and the lamb dance in the street.
A rocking marching band and dancing stilt walker.
Scholars from my son’s school march.
Getting brassy.
The Mystical Misfits lead the dance.
More photos from the parade and festival on Universal Hub and JP Patch.
Previously:
22 Mar
Beer: Samuel Adams New Albion Ale
Brewer: Boston Beer Company
Source: 12 oz. bottle
Rating: **** (8.0 of 10)
Comments: This beer is a recreation of one of the earliest craft beers brewed 40 years ago by Jack McAuliffe whose New Albion brewery had to close up shop in 1982. It’s a bright golden beer with a thick head and grassy/citrus aroma. The flavor is sharp with an orange and hints of malt sweetness. The head thins out quickly but leaves some nice lacing on the glass. This is an easy beer to drink and I hope it sticks around this time.
2 Feb
Beer: Island Reserve Lager
Brewer: Cisco Brewers, Inc.
Source: 22 oz. bottle
Rating: *** (7.2 of 10)
Comments: Part of a special series of beers produced on Nantucket and then distributed on the mainland. This lager is hazy orange with a large head and lots of carbonation. It offers a grassy aroma with a yeasty flavor balanced by hints of citrus. It goes well with cheese.
1 Feb
Beer: An Dreoilin
Brewer: Mystic Brewery
Source: 22 oz bottle
Rating: ** (6.8 of 10)
Comments: This winter beer is a variation on the Mystic Saison fermented at a lower temperature. It’s a fruity, effervescent beer with floral notes and hints of spice. I’ll have to give the original saison a try.
1 Feb
Beer: Total Eclipse
Brewer: Brewmaster Jack
Source: 22 oz. bottle
Rating: (7.2 of 10)
Comments: Labeled a Chocolate Rye Porter, the scent and taste are appropriately chocolaty. The beer pours a mocha brown with a thick head. In addition to chocolate, the flavor offers bitter hops, cream, and hints of spice. It’s a complex blend worth spending some time with.
12 Jan
Beer: Winter Warmer
Brewer: Harpoon Brewery
Source: Draft
Rating: ** (6.4 of 10)
Comments: Boston’s best brewery presents this seasonal beer each winter. The beer pours a deep copper color and gives off a musty caramel aroma with a hint of spice. The taste is malty sweet with a whiskey finish. The dissipates quickly and leaves no lacing. Otherwise a nice, warming beer for the season
12 Jan
Beer: Farmer Brown
Brewer: The People’s Pint
Source: 22 oz. bottle
Rating: *** (7.2 of 10)
Comments: Yet another Massachusetts’ beer, a brown ale from a Greenfield, MA brewpub. The beer presents a deep amber with a thick head. It gives off a creamy chocolate aroma and there’s a chocolate hoppiness to the taste as well. The only downside is that the flavor gets a little weak and watery at the finish.
12 Jan
Beer: Harpoon White IPA
Brewer: Harpoon Brewery
Source: 22 oz. bottle
Rating: *** (7.3 of 10)
Comments: Boston’s Harpoon Brewery continues their 100 Barrel Series with this Belgian IPA, a blend of a Belgian Wit with an American IPA. The beer is cloudy and golden in appearance with a thick golden head. It gives off a floral aroma and the taste is of bitter spice with orange and citrus flavors. Another good beer from the Bay State.
12 Jan
Beer: Jabby Brau
Brewer: Jack’s Abby Brewing
Source: Draft
Rating: ** (6.3 of 10)
Comments: Yet another new Massachusetts’ brewery, this one from Framingham, created this session lager. The deep golden lager has a floral hoppy scent and offers a dry, bitter taste. It has a malty finish to wash away the bitter hops and is a nice, drinkable beer.
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