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Support Local Biz: December 7, 2008

Submitted by on December 7, 2008 – 8:27 PM2 Comments

First up, Ruth and Esther’s Egg Nog Revue, presented by Friend Of TN Mark Blankenship: “Everybody’s favorite southern belles return to Ars Nova to spread some BullsGap, Tennessee holiday cheer. Scandalous single gal Ruth (Marya Grandy) andretired schoolteacher Esther (Mark Blankenship) share their signature blend ofneighborhood gossip, candid advice, and estimable dance moves. If things getwild enough, Esther might just reveal her secret egg nog recipe.”

He had me at “Tennessee.”   The show is next Sunday, December 14, from 7-8:30 PM at Ars Nova (that’s on 54th St. between 10th and 11th Aves.), and you can click right here for tickets.

Reader Megan asked me to tip you to The Army of Women:

It’s a program whose aim is to find a cure for breast cancer, and they’retrying to get women to volunteer for studies. It’s totally voluntary —  theysend around e-mails when a study comes up, and if you qualify and want toparticipate, you let them know; if you don’t qualify, or do but don’t want toparticipate, you let them know that. Anyway, they have a goal of 1 millionwomen, but they want to meet the goal of half that by the end of this year.

Sounds like a pretty painless way to pitch in on finding a cure, if that interests you.

John Grady has paired one of the saddest of Christmas songs with an equally sad visual narrative in “Tree.” Oh, day after New Year’s.   So depressing thou art.

And finally, mark your calendars: Saturday December 13 is the Kites show at King Killer Studios.   8 PM or thereabouts; dress warmly!

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  • Margaret in CO says:

    “Tree” is excellent. And yeah on that soundtrack- that song makes me misty every time. I miss the smell of the real pine, but I sure don’t miss that tree-killer guilt at the end of the season.

    Thanks for the link to Army of Women. What a great idea!!! I’ve signed up for the Sisters study & sent that to my other sisters, too. GO SISTERS!!!

  • autiger23 says:

    I can’t help but state the obvious- that video was really depressing.

    And really, you shouldn’t feel the tree-killer guilt unless you are going out into the woods to whack yours down. They come from tree farms and help with your carbon footprint (assuming the farm you get it from isn’t using a ton of pesticides, etc), especially if you get it mulched after Christmas. The tree farms add trees for all that they cut down, and it’s not like they’d be there if people weren’t buying them. So, they live and suck CO2 out of the air for the years until they’re big enough to sell and then new ones get put in its place the next Spring. Better than plastic trees ending up in a landfill when they get old or when people just decide to get a new one and taking forever to break down. I wonder if they have plastic tree recycling? That’d be cool, though the ones I’ve seen lately aren’t made out of plastic anymore.

    Anywho, I’ve never had a real tree just because of the expense. I just use greenery with lights and bows on it scattered around my place.

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