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508 #160: Take the beer by the horns

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Adrienne LaPierre and Brendan Melican.

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Remembering Father Bernie July 10

Claire writes to remind us: “The SS. Francis and Therese Catholic Worker is hosting an informal gathering to commemorate the wonderful, holy life of Father Bernie Gilgun, friend of the poor and spiritual advisor to many Catholic Workers.”

Sunday, July 10 (Father Bernie’s birthday)
2:00 pm
SS Francis and Therese Catholic Worker
52 Mason Street
Worcester, MA

“Bring your favorite stories and photos of Bernie.” There will be light refreshments.

Apropos of this, here’s a video of me menacing Fr. Bernie with an accordion at a mass at the 2006 Worcester Catholic Worker gathering, which also doubled as a birthday celebration for him that year:

508 #159: Phoning Cap’n Bruce

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is a cordless phone, a statue of a sea captain, and Bruce “Snow Ghost” Russell.

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EPOCA kicked off new campaigns; City Council loves the City Manager; we made a video about the women of Worcester punk; Mike comments on the cover story of Worcester Magazine; election issues; and downtown destinations.

Mike completely forgot to mention his 2 favorite stories of the week, DCU’s cheap gas publicity stunt and Paul Stamets’s talk at Clark.

508 #158: Ranting in the rain

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Dante Comparetto and Brendan Melican.

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Rally for Tim DeChristopher at the Worcester federal building; revocation of nonprofit status from some Worcester groups; “Building a Green Solidarity Economy”; Duck Yao takes bitcoins; Worcester will be sued over tobacco ad ban; opposition to closing Downing Street makes some progress; City has an online permitting system; chickens; what issues should City Council candidates discuss during the election? And: neighborhood councils.

508 #157: Jo Hart

508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican, civic gadfly Jo Hart, and Mike’s sexy body.

The question: What do you want the candidates to be discussing as they compete for votes in this year’s City Council election?

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Anarchism, Catholic and otherwise

Bruce “Snow Ghost” Russell and I are doing a new cable access show! It’s called The Silver Mountain and the episodes will begin running at 9am and 11pm Saturdays, and 6pm Sundays, on WCCA TV13 in Worcester.

We’re very pleased that the first episode features our old pal Brenna Cussen talking about Catholic anarchism, with our other pal Anne Lewenberg representing the secular anarchists. Great folks talking about the things that move them: expect nothing less from the Snow Ghost.