Religion

Hark

adamg — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:53:57 -0400

Tprussman watches Cardinal O'Malley at the St. Peter's Fiesta in Gloucester.

A Jihad for Love: Special Screening and Q&A

Keshet18 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:30:33 -0400

Keshet and MASALA invite you to join us for a special screening of this daring documentary exploring the lives of devout gay and lesbian Muslims. A discussion with director/producer Parvez Sharma and producer Sandi Dubowski (director of Trembling Before G-d) will follow. Read more about a Jihad for Love at: http://ajihadforlove.com/
Details:
Tuesday, July 1, 7:15 pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA 02446

Changing West Roxbury: Holy Name School eliminates seventh and eighth grades

adamg — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:07:51 -0400

Just not enough demand anymore; sixth graders have to find a new school for September.

Boston Police arrest man for failing to secure a permit to exercise his right to free speech

adamg — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:26:20 -0400

When police ordered Alan Nystedt of Haverhill to fold up his folding chair and remove himself and his shopping cart from in front of St. Paul's Cathedral on Tremont Street yesterday, he refused. And because he didn't have a permit to "occupy a city sidewalk," they arrested him.

Police say Nystedt had set up shop in front of the church to protest something involving the church (the BPDNews report does not specify what; anybody remember seeing him?).

On arrival, officers observed a white male seated in a wooden director's chair sitting next to a cart filled with religious paraphernalia. The suspect was handing out the paraphernalia while occupying the public sidewalk. Moreover, the suspect was displaying a sign with written statements criticizing and protesting the church. ...

Police say they asked him to move twice - and asked if he had a permit. When he refused to move and said he had no permit, he was taken in, police say.

East Boston Catholic principal relieved of duties to keep her from organizing protests?

adamg — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:21:11 -0400

Jimbo passes along the rumor about Joan Lawrence, formerly principal of the St. Mary's Star of the Sea school, supposedly taken out just before the school was ordered shut.

Forget the Ortiz jersey

adamg — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:18:31 -0400

Somebody recently managed to get lots of red socks into the Yankees' locker room and clubhouse.

Deval Patrick endorses Day of Fundamentalist Supremacy?

adamg — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:07:42 -0400

Blue Mass. Group has the details on a proclamation by Patrick in support of a national prayer day organized by a fundamentalist group that specifically excludes Jews, Muslims, Catholics and even many Protestants from leading its prayer events that day (see its coordinator application).

You know what they say about Jews and Chinese food

adamg — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:27:30 -0400

Apparently, Fresh City thinks the same thing applies to their wraps. Jocular Schlemiel reports he was grateful the chain had a Passover menu - until he noticed it included shrimp and rice.

... I understand that it is more Kosher style than truly Kosher, and while I think that a Kosher for Passover menu is a great idea, it may have gone over better had there been some research done before drafting an actual menu. The only hint of Passover I really received was a piece of stale matzah. ...

Cocktails for Justice

Socializing4Justice — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:55:03 -0400

Join Socializing for Justice at the Alchemist Lounge in Jamaica Plain on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 7PM to meet cool, like-minded people and unwind after work.

Headless chickens in windless park

adamg — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:37:27 -0400

Somebody's sacrificing roosters in Stony Brook Reservation.