Turns out I was right about the Kennedy Center trees (see last Skeet). It was the last administration that decided to take them down, because they were old and the root systems were affecting the structural integrity of the building. Let's see what the current administration does to replace them.

A day late for #caturday

Stop by one of our free vaccine clinics open now through mid-December. Check the schedule and find which vaccines are available at boston.gov/vaccineclinics. #Boston #PublicHealth

Oh come on, 🐝!!!

Today is Boston Symphony Hall's 125th birthday and I'm here with my mom for a working rehearsal, and the lapel pin is a nice touch!

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Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

Today's Macbeth is my 5th Macbeth in 22 years! Previously 4 were Opera Company of Philadelphia (2003) Dallas Opera (2007) Boston Lyric Opera (2011) The Met (2012)

What a lovely story by @knitandlisten.bsky.social. If you are around in Boston this weekend, go check this out

Arts critic Richard Dyer’s record collection offered to the public! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/a...

Surprised by yet more changes being made (chopped down) at the Kennedy Center, this time on the lower terrace

Off SM for 5 hours to spend time with old friends and their family: shared a delicious lunch, laughed a lot, and saw some fall foliage Highly recommend 🍂🎃💦🛞 Also, do not recommend coming home to doomscroll

Exactly how I feel about Nelsons's conducting most of the time

中秋節快樂 🌕 🥮

Always a joy running into concert acquaintances at the start of the season after the long summer break

T-3 days to the Greater Boston Bike Infrastructure Roundtable on Sunday! Discuss the past, present, & future of greater Boston bike infrastructure & policy with students, policymakers, planners, & advocates. FREE for BU students/$3 for others Have you RSVPed yet? www.eventbrite.com/e/greater-bo...

This is AMAZING! Check it out, folks!

October 1 = fall season concert going into high gear! Can I see 15 shows in 31 days? I guess we will find out!

The Greater Boston Bike Infrastructure Roundtable is this Sunday, 10/5! Panels, presentations, & networking opportunities to discuss the past, present, & future of biking around Boston. Free for BU students, $3 for others RSVP: greaterbostonbikeinfrastructureroundtable.eventbrite.com

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A not very well publicized ORGAN recital with James McVinnie at Boston symphony hall is coming up next week! This is a rare chance to hear its Aeolian-Skinner Organ on its own. Works by Meredith Monk, Julia Wolfe, Nico Muhly, Bach, Glass and others www.bso.org/events/oct-1...

It took > 1 dozen emails, multiple phone calls over the course of the past 13 months for me to get a hotel stay partially reimbursed by American Airlines. And it was only possible thanks to 2 dedicated AA employees who went above and beyond to get this resolved for me in the past 2 months.

A not very well publicized ORGAN recital with James McVinnie at Boston symphony hall is coming up next week! This is a rare chance to hear its Aeolian-Skinner Organ on its own. Works by Meredith Monk, Julia Wolfe, Nico Muhly, Bach, Glass and others www.bso.org/events/oct-1...

This Fall, 3 different Macbeths in Boston! #BosArts Verdi's opera Macbeth at Boston Lyric Opera blo.org/macbeth/ Original Play by Shakespeare at Actors' Shakespeare Project www.actorsshakespeareproject.org/plays-events... and 4th Witch by Manual Cinema at ArtsEmerson artsemerson.org/events/the-4...

Today's 🎶 outing: Collage New Music's season opener with music by @curtiscomposer.bsky.social Joan Huang Sarah Gibson Christopher Cerrone Nina Young Nomi Epstein Steven Stucky

Unpopular opinion: S2 of #MarlowPBS is a yawn. Title character Judith Potts really rubbed me the wrong way; also not crazy about Tanika. Becks and Suzie are okay but I don't know how they can stand Judith. Season finale wraps up nicely so maybe there won't be a S3?

First Boston Symphony Orchestra live broadcast for the 25-26 season starts now @crbclassical.bsky.social ! 📻 🎵

Here’s 8 ways we can actually keep people safe: 1 speed limiters on cars 2 bike and ped infrastructure 3 raised crosswalks 4 congestion pricing 5 Ped crash safety in cars 6 reduced speed limits 7 weight/size limits for cars 8 ebike subsidies

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Today's solo 🎶 outing: John Zorn extravaganza today by the Junction Trio at @gardnermuseum.bsky.social. All music is composed since 2022 Bonus: caught Ming Fay: Edge of the Garden on its closing day

Tonight's 🎭 outing with my cousin: Kristina Wong's #foodbankinfluencer at @artsemerson.bsky.social! Super funny yet poignant one-woman karaoke musical show that tackles food insecurity in America.

My first outing for an evening show in tbe City in 3 months and I feel soooooooo rusty!

I guess the upside of me being cheap is that I don't have to cancel services like Amazon Prime or Disney+ since I have never subscribed to them in the first place. Also saves me the agony of having to explain to the kid why he can't watch all these shows and movies anymore. 1/

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Finished watching all 3 seasons of #SanktMaik via #WalterPresents on @pbs.org passport. S1 took at least 4 episodes before I warmed up to it; enjoyed seeing Maiki's self-discovery journey realizing there's good in this world 1/

First show of my 25-26 season! Matinee outing with my kid for des 7 Doigts's Passengers at American Repertory Theatre 🚂

Mind-blowing and staggering. Unreal. But this is our reality. Textbooks will be written on this as example of what NOT to do. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...

The next Getting Into Opera episode drops today at noon on GBH Music's YouTube channel! www.youtube.com/channel/UCyK... Here's a preview:

Arts Remembrance: In Memoriam, Christoph von Dohnányi (1929-2025) artsfuse.org/316760/arts-...

ICYMI www.nbcboston.com/investigatio... #MAEdu

Rather than doomscrolling all day, the kid and I spent 2 hrs this morning hitting the pavement to canvass for a city councillor candidate, then spent 2 hrs this afternoon holding signs for a school committee candidate. Went home and had a good laugh watching Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

The story of my week is that my district, one of the ten largest in the country, is down in enrollment by 6,600 students. More than a third of these kids are likely immigrant children. The rest are due to rent cost, charters, and universal vouchers.