Shameless promotion post

[magid]

Or, my friends are pretty darned awesome!

Services and Experiences

• I've officially started a writing/editing/copyediting sole proprietorship, called SommerWorks. Email me (business name at gmail) if you'd like me to work on a project!
  
• DaveG has started Midnight Oil, a mechanic shop that's open late, at 36D Tremont Street, Melrose, MA 02176, 781-665-3737. (no website yet)
  
• klingonlandlady and frobzwiththingz run Flying Squirrel Consortium, offering aerial silks classes in Littleton, MA.
  
• majes has a downloadable card game, Rise Against Monsters, at 100% Gaming.
  
• Matt has an exhibit of his photography at the Allston Public Library, From Flair to Flare, now through March 12 (FB event link).
  
• A bunch of people on my friend's list are involved in Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band (and they have a lot of upcoming gigs!).
  
• Miriam wrote a rap song Lemonade Queen.
  
• chanaleh sings with Honorable Menschen.
  
• hammercock is part of MIT's spring production of Yeoman of the Guard.
  
• A number of people on my friends list are involved with Theatre @ First, which currently has a production of The Lady's Not For Burning, running through Feb. 26.
  
• gilana offers design (web and print) at Rosenthol Design.
  
• gnomi and mabfan write a column on parenting at the Brookline Patch.
  
• teddywolf does voice work, using a variety of voices.

Things and Stuff

• Some of my hats are available at Wearable Topologies. Ping me if you'd like something made especially for you.
  
• hrafn makes wonderful wire ear cuffs and necklaces available at Feather Forge.
  
• Tess makes some fun clothes and accessories, many of them brightly colored.
  
• Julie also makes fab upcycled accessories.
  
• Curious Alchemy sells leather masks, pockets, and more by Dmitri and Emily.
  
• dancingdeer makes cool quilted bags.
  
• electrictruffle offers wonderful hand-made chocolates (kosher certified) at Small Comfort Chocolates.
  
• hildy9595 publishes Space and Time magazine.
  
• Jacob is a blacksmith interested in making a variety of pieces, from traditional things like hooks to sculptures and signs.
  
• Rachel paints wonderful paintings, and is up for the Phoenix's Best of Boston artist!
  
• A couple of people on my friends list were involved in developing the 7 deck, a special deck of cards, along with games to play using them.
  
• chaneleh also makes cool Judaica and a variety of buttons (the kind with pithy sayings).
  
• gothique runs an art gallery, The Picklepot, and makes her own steampunk jewelry as well.
  

Arts Funding

• The electronica (house? dubstep? I really don't know the precise genres...) duo Zebbler Encanti Experience is raising money to afford going on tour with EOTO.
  
• Jason started The Performance LAB (which now stands for Liars And Believers, due to another group somewhere in the middle of the country having a similar name), and is raising money for a new show this spring based on Song of Songs.
  
• Madelaine has a Kickstarter page to have Madame Tullule's Grand Fiasco at Oberon.
  
• There's also a Kickstarter project to have outdoor Shakespeare in Davis Sq.

Have more? Put 'em in the comments!
And apologies for any I've missed.

Comments

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the 7deck plug. I'm also still pretty happy about http://suberic.net/~dmm/astro/constellations.html even though it's been almost a year since I finished them.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Is there any chance of a 7deck reprint in the foreseeable future?

I'd forgotten about your astronomical symbols! I know they're in the One Hundred Year Star Diary (whew, Amazon's price is not cheap!); are they used elsewhere as well?

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

7deck reprint is entirely based on demand. I think we still have a few decks from the first printing kicking around.

I finished the constellations 2 years after the star-diary. They're not used in any particular project (though I did print out a "10 Days In..."-style deck of cards) but I'm keeping track of other people's use of all my symbols at http://www.suberic.net/~dmm/astro/sightings.html .

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

I echo rikchik's thanks for mentioning the 7deck. Someone at school dropoff last week asked me "Are you the same Andrew Greene as on the 7deck?" --- I asked how she knew about it and she said she'd gotten it from you. (I'd say "small world" but when we're dealing with Camberville Jews that goes with paraleipsis.)

And we do have a few decks left; I should cross-check our inventory with any requests that have come in on the spreadsheet lately. I'll let you know; ping me next week if you haven't heard.

[magid.livejournal.com]

In fact, breedingimperf told me about identifying you off the 7deck :-). I'd given them a deck (for Hanuka, mebbe? not sure), figuring the game-mad youngers might come up with their own games as well.