The 1,000 Great Places Commission was created in 2009 to identify and recognize the 1000 most truly special places in the Commonwealth, in order to celebrate pride in our history and culture, increase knowledge of our natural surroundings, and encourage regional and international tourism.

If you’re a resident of the Commonwealth, you can visit the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism (MOTT) website to nominate us (or any other public place in Mass that you admire, we’re not telling you who to vote though we always appreciate the support!)

Only one nomination per person will be accepted.  The nomination period will close April 1, 2010. The Commission will meet later that month to draw up a final list of 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts, which will be announced in May.

Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who entered into the Yes Men Caption Contest! Max won the pair of tickets and a Yes Men Fix the World Poster for his clever use of product placement.

“H-Suit, because sometimes a Snuggie(tm) is not enough.”

Keep your eyes on the blog for more Lie! Cheat! Steal! and Fake It! Caption Contests.

Yes Men Fix the World will screen in Club-B10 at 7:30 PM THIS Thursday, February 11.

Cheers,

Brittany

Leave a comment with your best caption for this photo from Yes Men Fix The World. On Feb 5 we will pick our favorite and send the lucky, witty wordsmith a Yes Men Fix The World Poster and a pair of tickets to the film screening on Thursday, Feburary 11. Ready…. Set…. caption away!

Cheers,

B

Dr. Dog just played Austin City Limits to rave reviews:

The Daily Texan said

The champion of the day was undoubtedly Philadelphia’s Dr. Dog. A compelling mix of folk, rock, indie, alternative and a host of other genres, the group operates in blissful obscurity, quietly producing brilliant tunes. Dr. Dog may never get the legendary status it deserves, but the group’s tight, energetic playing at ACL was something all bands need to take note of.

Other nice reviews were at Buzznet.com and The Rice Thresher, Rice University’s paper.

You still have ONE MORE DAY to enter our contest.

Post this Dr. Dog  button (or a link back to the this blog entry) on your favorite social networking sites by Wednesday, October 14 and  and we’ll enter you into a drawing for FREE tickets! Just send  a link  to every site you post the button on to bbishop@massmoca.org (subject line: Dr. Dog E-Flier). Each post or link counts as one entry. Please enter multiple times. You can also e-mail the flier to your friends, just CC bbishop@massmoca.org on the email.

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