October in White River Junction is BY FAR the best October of any town. The leaves are turning, apples are ready to be picked, and all those amazing pumpkin candles go on sale. Last night I watched Sleepy Hollow and you can bet your bippy that Hocus Pocus is somewhere in the rotation. The best event is Gory Daze, the community run Halloween Carnival, Parade and Dance. But before October 29th comes around, there is a hell of a lot more to do in lil’ old White River Junction and of course, themed appropriately at the Main Street Museum (located in Downtown White River Junction).
Friday, October 7th **TOMORROW** is the Box Social event at 6pm (pictured above). Local chefs and small business owners will be up for auction with the proceeds benefiting the Museum. Notably, the Events Director from AVA Gallery, Adam Blue (hello, he’s the one who hires me and others to run art classes); Kim Souza of Revolution, the most saucy of vintage stores; Jevan Stubits of RSG, he’s a local with a mouth that won’t quit and more. Including my boyfriend (here’s your chance, ladies), a local youth development coordinator with Easter Seals. In the fun spirit of things, each person up for auction is making a picnic for two, for themselves and the “lucky winner.” Please come by even if you don’t intend to buy, there will be a lot of us who didn’t win checking out the Museum at its first event since the flood of Hurricane Irene. FREE! Unless you plan on bidding!
Saturday, October 8th Green Mountain Graveyards Gallery and Show
Scott Baer and Daniel Barlow have combed the Vermont graveyards to capture the most poignant and spooky (in my opinion) photos of statuary and tombstones. If it reminds you of the Weeping Angles episodes of Doctor Who too, then please come! Snacks and dark drinks provided from 6-8pm. FREE!
Friday, October 14th Green Room
The bi-national band featuring blues and a tad of jazz will be back at the Museum. They’ve played a bajillion times before here but it will be my first time! Tickets are $10
Thursday, October 20th Main Street Museum Floodraiser with Joe Citro and H.P. Lovecraft!A multi-tiered night for all ranges of interest.
From 5-8, the Museum main floor will be open for an Exhibition Preview, “Lost Components from Providence, Rhode Island Jewelry Salesmen,” models from the movie “The Whisperer in Darkness” based on the short story by H.P. Lovecraft, and other Pivotal Artifacts from the Great Vermont Flood of 2011.
6 – 8:00 – Reception and Dinner for special benefactors at the Hotel Coolidge dining room, Downtown White River Junction, Vermont. (Includes silent auction, special gifts and illuminated and illuminated lecture by Joe Citro and Steve Bissette (MY FORMER PROFESSOR). This special dinner is $100 per person. Please RSVP. Purchase your tickets in advance at the Main Street Museum, via Paypal or check, or at the front desk of the Hotel Coolidge.)
8:00 – Special Vermont Premier of “The Whisperer in Darkness,” by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society. Film version of the short story, based on the flood of 1927 in Vermont with a special intro by Joe Citro and Steve Bissette.($25 General Admission for the film only)
10:00 p.m. – Second Seating of “The Whisperer in Darkness” with a special intro by Joe Citro and Steve Bissette. ($15 General Admission)
Tickets are available for purchase here: http://www.mainstreetmuseum.org/wiki/
Saturday, October 22th The Littlest Birds
My TWO favorite instruments, cello and banjo, combine in this holy matrimony of folk! Tickets are $10
Saturday, October 29th GORY DAZE
Carnival is from 6-8pm on the grounds of the Main Street Museum complete with the RAQ-ettes Belly Dancing troupe, a Monster Petting Zoo, Haunted House and more. 8pm, we all line up for the grand parade around town and 9pm-1am is the DUST BALL at the American Legion so get ready to shake shake shake it! The carnival and parade are free, the Ball is $10.
Alright, I’m off to prepare costumes for ALL OF THESE.
Love, Jen
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MST3kSFCD&D:The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies
By admin on March 29th, 2011Posted In: blog
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Super Friends Club Drink and Draw presents a movie with an equally weighty title and a badass rainbow fade poster by the unstoppable Dylan Todd:
This Wednesday, March 30th at 9pm EST fire up that Netflix or your own disc for some amazingly horrible MST3k magic. Tweet your own riffs along with your hosts Chris Haley (@thechrishaley), myself (@thejenya) and make sure to use the hashtag #MST3kDandD so we can all chuckle and chortle with you!
How can you possibly describe the best thing that has ever happened to you? It’s hard to start but I left Texas (a state that looks nothing at all like the shape formation my fellow Texans attempted to make above) in 2008 to make a change. To pursue cartooning under the tutelage and guidance of amazing cartoonists. To no longer create in my off time but all the time. When I first stepped through the doors of the Center for Cartoon Studies, I knew I had made the right decision.
But I want to actually thank my cartoonists roommates at Muff Mansion for their fantastic support and never-ending enthusiasm. Nomi Kane and I met in 2008 during a Portfolio Day and I knew she would be the best kind of trouble after she emailed a drawing she made on the plane ride home. She works hard, I said it.
Beth Hetland is my roommate for the SECOND time as she took me in during a tumultuous time in my life, which basically meant we inked a lot of pages while watching How I Met Your Mother and improving our Guitar Hero scores. Talk about organized, this lady knows how.
Penina Gal is the most laid-back of all of us and cannot help but calm those of us down. Plus she has just as many if not MORE animated movies that I do.
Betsey is my dancing soulmate. She is in constant motion, puts up with 11pm confessions and bakes the sweetest desserts when she is in the foulest moods.
Needless to say, I am thankful to have each and everyone of these roommates in my life. Thanks to the Center for Cartoon Studies we not only share diplomas with the same school name but have the same fire burning with in our hearts.
I once saw Jason Swartzman’s brother in his OWN band, Rooney. True story. He was that quiet guy in the movie, The Princess Diaries too. Anyway.
Internet Drink and Draw with Super Friend, Chris Haley! Follow Chris and myself on Twitter, join in on the fun with hashtag #MST3kDandD. It starts 9pm Eastern, 10pm Central and SO FORTH!
Poster by the hugely hugable Dylan Todd, who will eventually start selling these posters and you can BET YOUR BIPPY that this will be the first one I purchase.
YES YES YES YES YES YES! German Shepards in costumes! What more do you need to know?
Internet Drink and Draw with Super Friend, Chris Haley! Follow Chris and myself on Twitter, join in on the fun with hashtag #MST3kDandD. It starts 9pm Eastern, 10pm Central and SO FORTH!
Poster by the always affable, Dylan Todd.
Snow thinks it got me down but all it has done is make me STRONGER. Winter is in full force here and nothing feels better than running around in the harsh elements followedy by a NICE evening watching some Mystery Science Theater 3000. Tonight is Hercules Against the Moon Men.
Movie Sign is at 9m Eastern, 8pm Central and so forth. We watch the movie and make fun of it. Feel free to drink, eat or hey, even DRAW at the same time. Tune in with your copy of this episode MST3k on DVD or using Netflix IW. Chris Haley (@thechrishaley) and I (@thejenya) will be bringing the funny AND you should join in by using hashtag #MST3kDandD.
This hilarious poster is brought to you by the one, the only, the uncloneable Dylan Todd.
