Our box office intern Jordan Young offers this account of his summer at MASS MoCA. Jordan was a terrific intern as were our entire crop of summer help. We appreciate their invaluable assistance and are glad the internship was a good experience for Jordan too!

P.S. Take the quiz Jordan mentions creating here.

You love their installation here (which incidentally is closed for the next two days for some much-needed upkeep), but check out what Miss Rockaway Armada is up to now floating down the Hudson.

After a little summer cleaning Hardware is setting out all the merchandise they no longer carry for a blockbuster sale! Discounts up to 50% off on housewares, novelties, gifts, and accessories. The sale will take place on the second floor (near the Miss Rockaway exhibition) on Thursday, August 14, from 11:30-3:30. Credit cards will be accepted but cash is preferred. If you love Hardware don’t miss this sale!

Happy shopping,

Brittany

MASS MoCA tenant Storey Publishing, a company with over 50 employees occupying MASS MoCA’s Building 2, has gotten some recent notice in the book publishing world with news of its first foray into the memoir category, a forthcoming book titled Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Hand-Made Life, by farmer/blogger Jenna Woginrich. Her entertaining blog on life in rural Vermont — with all the chickens, rabbits, and geese you would expect — is at coldantlerfarm.blogspot.com.

My fortnightly reminder that I’ll be on WNAW 1230 AM tomorrow morning Thursday August 7 at 8:30 AM.  And let me tell you, August is wicked busy. (Ok, I’m originally from the mid-west and we don’t use the word wicked in that context, but when in Rome…..and we ARE wicked busy). I’ll be talking about two of our Moonlit Movies, Out of Africa and North by Northwest, and two Alternative Cabarets Dark Dark Dark and Hidden City featuring Charlie Burnham and one wicked cool performance piece called Swoon from Australian troupe Strange Fruit. (There I go with the wicked again) and that’s just the next 10 days!

Tune in tomorrow on WNAW 1230AM at 8:30AM for On Stage at MASS MoCA with me, Eric. (I promise I won’t say wicked. Really. I wicked promise).

Eric Nottke

Production Manager for the Performing Arts and Film at MASS MoCA

Last month spoken word poetess Abena Koomson performed as part of our Alt Cab series for an audience that was awestruck by her talent and her presence. A group of Summer Seminar students from MCLA attended the performance and were lucky enough to meet Abena after the show and have their photo taken with her (see below). One of the organizers of the program wrote, “There a number of students in this year’s Summer Seminar who enjoy writing poetry, so this event was perfect for them (and for all of us!)” the students also shared their enthusiasm for the event adding “I’ve never attended anything like this before” and “she really moved me.” One student even ranked the performance as her favorite event of the summer.

In the photo: (from left to right) Kim Harris, MCLA ‘08, academic tutor counselor in writing, (Burlington); Tanya Germain (Sharon); Monique Symes, academic tutor counselor in writing (Boston); Jarred Jeter (Boston); Ms. Koomson; Tyeson Bell (Roxbury); Marlene Romero (Boston), and Georgiana Swaray (Dorchester).

We are glad these students were able to join us for the show and hope we will see them all again.

Cheers,

Brittany

PS. Check out our next installment of the Alt Cab series with Dark Dark Dark this coming Saturday, August 9.