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Suburban Hymn

geoclark — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:10:49 +0000

I just posted printer-friendly music and words to “Suburban Hymn,” a hymn about the human condition in the affluent suburbs, in the music section of this blog. It’s set to the tune of “A Mighty Fortress is Our God.” Churchgoing folks might find it appropriate to sing in church, perhaps during lent.

Lyrics

geoclark — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:11:44 +0000

I went to an excellent symposium on bluegrass music at Harvard yesterday, organized by the Harvard student American Music Association and the university’s Committee on Degrees in Folklore & Mythology. It made me proud to work at Harvard.

Yesterday morning, in anticipation of that event, I added to this blog some some lyrics that I have written. If you’re looking for a hymn to sing at church this coming season of Lent, check out “Suburban Hymn.”

Boston Under Water — Climate Street Theater

geoclark — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:55:53 +0000

An opportunity to bring climate change to the media. Street theater under the theme “Boston Under Water.” 24 October 2009, 3:00pm – 5:30pm. Christopher Columbus Park, Aquarium T Stop.

http://www.350.org/fr/node/5998

Bytes of Note — Environmental Twitter

geoclark — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:11:27 +0000

Environment, September/October 2009 —“Twitter, the microblogging Web site that enables users to post unlimited messages of 140 characters or less, became the fastest-growing Internet communication tool earlier this year, according to Nielsen Online. It reached 1.2 million unique visitors in May 2008 and 18.2 million this May, a more than fourteenfold increase. As with any general broadcast communication tool, Twitter can provide a helpful service to those with….” (more)

Bytes of Note — Hunting in Context

geoclark — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:08:16 +0000

Environment, June 2007 — Among those who care about the outdoors, few activities arouse such disparate feelings as hunting. For many in the United States, hunting brings to mind time spent in nature, parents teaching their children, and sometimes, given patience and skill, extra meat for the freezer. For others, hunting evokes thoughts of endangered species, the international bushmeat crisis, the risk of injuries from firearms, and ethical issues regarding eating meat. The mention…. (more)

Bytes of Note — Academic Geography for Sustainability

geoclark — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:55:42 +0000

Environment, May/June 2009. “Sustainability science reaches across many different disciplines, encompassing natural sciences, social sciences, and policy research—but the discipline of geography comes closest to tying it all together. Geography is a core discipline of sustainability science. Five of the 23 eminent scientists and policy analysts who coauthored the seminal 27 April 2001 Science article “Sustainability Science” (see an extended preprint at http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sustsci/ists/docs/2000-33.pdf) are geographers, including….” (more)

The Blue Morpho

geoclark — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:22:49 +0000

The Bluegrass Gospel Project’s new album The Blue Morpho is scheduled to be released this Friday, May 1. I expect that it will be for sale at the Acton, MA. concert on that date. Previews from The Blue Morpho:

Lean on Me

The Cup

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Bluegrass Gospel Project

geoclark — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:30:48 +0000

I’m looking forward to this week’s appearance of the Bluegrass Gospel Project in Acton, MA. BGP is an underappreciated gem: international talent, largely New England appearances. They’re playing at 7:30 p.m., May 1, 2009 at the South Acton Congregational Church. It’s a lovely, warm, intimate setting. And it will be the place to be in New England on May 1 if you like bluegrass or folk music, whether religious or secular. Here’s a sample, “Get Together,” from their latest album, and a favorite, “All Prayed Up,” from their fourth album. For concert details, see the Facebook listing, the church event listing, or order tickets at MKTix. Accessible by public transportation. Take the Fitchburg Line commuter rail to South Acton Station from North Station, Boston, or Porter Square, Cambridge. Walk five minutes to the concert (map).

The Lois and Clark Expedition

geoclark — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:11:26 +0000

Thanks to a drawing that they had for early adopters, I became a poster child for the new library automobile license plate campaign in Massachusetts. I posed with with Lois Lowry, an author of children’s and young adult literature.

Lois received the Newbury medal in 1990 for Number the Stars, a book set in Denmark under Nazi control, and again in 1994 for The Giver, a book that explores darkness in a seemingly perfect world.

Hollywood Librarian

geoclark — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:37:51 +0000

The documentary film The Hollywood Librarian is now available for sale! This film, a labor of love by librarian and director Annie Seidl, uses films as a hook to examine the joys and challenges of being a librarian in the present day.