# New England Area 'fest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 19, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280 "2008-02-19T18:33:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/41 "2008-02-21T17:38:32Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Ok, lemme think on it - it does make for a long round-trip commute, all in one day, and while I’ve done it, it isn’t my most favorite of things. [/QUOTE] I’m sure we could find you a nice cheap hotel room somewhere. Hey, then we could even do something the next day. ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/42 "2008-02-21T18:47:49Z")
I can give someone a ride as well from the Waltham area. Although it means I’ll need to clean out the backseat, which I think still has junk in it form when I moved back from California two years ago. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/43 "2008-02-21T20:05:29Z")
I just wanted to pop in and say W00T! for Danvers, my hometown and the place where I misspent my youth 🆒 Sadly, I am not able to come to this 'Fest, as I am producing/directing a play in Charlestown and that’s a performance night. If y’all want to come see a show, though, let me know. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mmouse9799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mmouse9799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmouse9799)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/44 "2008-02-21T20:19:31Z")
What show Shadow Facts? ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/45 "2008-02-21T22:44:01Z")
[QUOTE=mmouse9799] What show Shadow Facts? [/QUOTE] I’m not sure I’m allowed to “advertise” it, am I? Let me check the rules before I post it… ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/46 "2008-02-22T02:06:15Z")
[QUOTE=ShadowFacts] I’m not sure I’m allowed to “advertise” it, am I? Let me check the rules before I post it… [/QUOTE] With mod approval, I’m happy to tell you about the show, although I am going to spoiler the title, as some may consider it risque or NSFW. _7 Blowjobs_ by Mac Wellman You can find all the info at my [website](http://www.theatreonfire.org), but just to whet your whistle (pun intended), it’s a political satire about a conservative senator’s office that receives 7 explicit but hard-to-decipher photos of probable sex acts. The photos throw the staff into a tizzy: is it a smear campaign? surveillance? blackmail? It’s a hilarious send-up of conservative politics, intolerance and sexual mores. Hope you’ll come see it. Feel free to ask if you have questions! ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/47 "2008-02-22T17:24:13Z")
[QUOTE=ShadowFacts] With mod approval, I’m happy to tell you about the show, although I am going to spoiler the title, as some may consider it risque or NSFW. _7 Blowjobs_ by Mac Wellman You can find all the info at my [website](http://www.theatreonfire.org), but just to whet your whistle (pun intended), it’s a political satire about a conservative senator’s office that receives 7 explicit but hard-to-decipher photos of probable sex acts. The photos throw the staff into a tizzy: is it a smear campaign? surveillance? blackmail? It’s a hilarious send-up of conservative politics, intolerance and sexual mores. Hope you’ll come see it. Feel free to ask if you have questions! [/QUOTE] I sooooo need to see that. Can we move the dopefest to raid Shadow’s show? Oh and BB, as far as I know, I’m not married. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/48 "2008-02-22T19:11:11Z")
I’m down for seeing the blowjob show or Salem Beer Works. I’d say it’s up to **Aesiron** , and then **Anaamika** (because I’ve never met our board’s resident beauty ;)) ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/49 "2008-02-22T23:43:54Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] I’m down for seeing the blowjob show or Salem Beer Works. I’d say it’s up to **Aesiron** , and then **Anaamika** (because I’ve never met our board’s resident beauty ;)) [/QUOTE] I apologize for slightly hijacking this thread. While I would be delighted for anyone and everyone to come see my show (that night or another), I didn’t mean to mess up what appeared to be already established plans. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/50 "2008-02-23T08:40:34Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] I’m down for seeing the blowjob show or Salem Beer Works. [/QUOTE] So many vices, so little time. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/51 "2008-02-23T13:54:40Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] I’m down for seeing the blowjob show or Salem Beer Works. I’d say it’s up to **Aesiron** , and then **Anaamika** (because I’ve never met our board’s resident beauty ;)) [/QUOTE] Quit that. If you start that I may never come. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/52 "2008-02-23T14:11:54Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Quit that. If you start that I may never come. [/QUOTE] heh heh heh [/immature humor] ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/53 "2008-02-24T00:58:33Z")
I’d prefer the pub, personally. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/54 "2008-03-03T21:50:10Z")
All right, what the hell. I’ll come. Plan on me being there. I just agreed to a NYC Dopefest in September, and that’s a train trip, so I can make it to Salem Beer Works. I can make it to any place that I can get to from the highways (so I can stop for bathroom breaks, etc.) Looks like the place in Salem has parking, etc., so I’m not going to take a train but will drive in. If anybody wants a ride from the area I am willing. I’ve got a Corolla so I’m limited in how many people can come, but I don’t mind a couple as long as I don’t have to go too far off the highway (I get lost easy). Anything else I need to know? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/55 "2008-03-03T22:28:58Z")
Not so far as I know. Look forward to seeing you again. ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/56 "2008-03-04T00:26:21Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Anything else I need to know? [/QUOTE] Besides the facts that **Robot Arm** does not actually have a cybernetic appendage (at least, not one he showed _me_) and **bbs2k** is a Dude, in Boston (which he apparently forgot when he switched his user name) and other more interesting things I’m sure you’ll discover… nope, not really. For anyone who’s coming in and might want to spend a little bit more time than just dinner, I highly recommend the [Peabody Essex Museum](http://pem.org/homepage/index.php), if you’ve got a little while to spend. (Plus, Salem is a cool town to just wander, esp. if the weather holds out.) Lookin forward to seein’ you all! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/57 "2008-03-24T13:02:00Z")
I have had something come up and will not be able to attend after all. So sorry. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/58 "2008-03-24T13:03:52Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] I have had something come up and will not be able to attend after all. So sorry. [/QUOTE] Thank you for the update, though sorry to hear. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/59 "2008-03-24T13:35:19Z")
Waves from down south in Connecticut! Have fun!! ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280/60 "2008-03-24T13:38:32Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] Waves from down south in Connecticut! Have fun!! [/QUOTE] Enjoy your easy access to gambling! **bbs2k** (who happily drives four hours to give his money to Native Americans) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-area-fest/438280.md?page=4)