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Book of Mormon

On Friday night, we trekked into Hartford to see the National Touring Company production of Book Of Mormon. In exchange for a small donation to an AIDS-related charity on the way out, I got this blurry picture with the chief missionary whose head looked even more bizarrely huge up close than it did on stage.

The show was great, everything we could have hoped that Parker and Stone could bring to a lifestyle and belief system we have observed with some care but still don’t understand hardly at all.

The Bushnell Theater was magnificent! Hopefully we’ll be back there soon.

Cornerstone Baptist Church, Brattleboro

Jesus == Superman

Finally it all makes sense to me, like how come they’ve never been seen at the same time.

Circus Spectacular at the Latchis

Last weekend we went to Circus Spectacular with MaryLu and Isaac and Sage and their visiting friends from SLC. It’s the big annual fundraiser show for NECCA, and they nearly filled the Latchis main theater.

The show itself was a bit of a disappointment. Last year, they were able to entice a number of veteran pros to come out and do a routine, but this year the focus was on school alumni who maybe aren’t quite at the same level yet. The aerial acts were particularly challenging to stay focused on: climb the rope/fabric/trapeze, put on some overblown world music, strike a pose, repeat. Obviously difficult, but not so difficult as to get you up out of your seat.

Maybe the best moment for us was a little girl in the row behind us during an overlong clown routine: she laughed and laughed like it was truly the funniest thing she’d ever seen.

We hope NECCA does well as they plan to build a new facility along Putney Rd. I understand why a brand new probably metal building will make sense, but the century-old grit of their current digs in the Cotton Mill seems very circus-y, and it would be a shame if NECCA turns into just another after school activity.

Two years ago we went to our first sugar on snow supper. Nothing much has changed, which is as it should be. Here’s the snow, which gets packed into bowls and drizzled with specially thick maple syrup. Served with pickles and cider donuts it’s the perfect dessert.

Maybe you had to be there…

Somebody did a great job bringing a much needed dose of spring to the snowbank outside the Senior Center.

Apelon’s new HQ in Hartford is in this historic building. Someday I’ll get a shot with the sun shining into our suite…

Oscar!!

Me and a healthy helping of arm candy at the Latchis for Oscar night.

Me and a few other guys congratulated ourselves on pulling the tuxes out of mothballs.

UPDATE: thanks to the ‘must be present to win’ rule and a judge nearsighted enough to think I look like Christian Bale, I won the Best Dressed contest. W00t!!

Wags to Riches

Last night we went to the Windham County Humane Society’s annual Wags to Riches fundraiser, held at the American Legion.

With Cosette still very much in our minds, it was sad to hear and think about happy-ever-after animal stories and the larger number of not-so-happy animals in need stories. But the turnout was great and the crowd gave generously in the live and silent auctions.

Stepping back from the emotional tug, we were both impressed at how well the event was run… From food and drink to the complex auction logistics to the band and the emcee, it all ticked right along. If they run the rest of their operation that well, and we have every reason to think so, then we feel doubly good to have been able to donate a little bit.

Strange bedfellows

Nothing says “let’s pop into that charming little creperie for some Nutella and strawberries” better than half a dozen very macho vintage race bikes parked panther-like around the dining room. Ok, actually almost anything says it better. But in Brattleboro we make our own rules, so Vintage Steele and Tulip Creperie are hooked up for the moment.

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