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Our attorney made us promise to stress that this is only a joke, and that people shouldn’t really get stoned and polluted inside the various family environments where Boston 2024 and Mayor Marty Walsh are hosting their next open meetings. Nevertheless, as the Hub’s Olympic dreams get more and more offensive, organizers are becoming harder to lampoon. Since we’ve arrived at the point where a plutocrat like John Fish can look crowds in the face and claim to be pursuing his effort for “the children,” we felt it was appropriately tasteless to design a drinking game fit for the Summer Games. Use at any of the upcoming meetings that are listed below.*
*-DO NOT use at any of the upcoming meetings that are listed below …
IN BOSTON:
- March 31, 6:30 p.m. – Harvard Business School
- April 28, 6:30 p.m. – Roxbury Community College, 1234 Columbus Ave., Roxbury
- May 19, 6:30 p.m. – Cleveland Community Center, 11 Charles St., Dorchester
- June 30, 6:30 p.m. – English High School, 144 McBride St., Jamaica Plain
- July 28, 6:30 p.m. – Mildred School, 5 Mildred Ave., Mattapan
- August 25, 6:30 p.m. – Ohrenberger School, 175 West Boundary Road, W. Roxbury
- September 29, 6:30 p.m. – East Boston High School, 86 White St., East Boston
OUTSIDE OF BOSTON:
- Wednesday, March 18, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. — Fitzgerald Theatre, Cambridge Rindge & Latin School, 459 Broadway, Cambridge
- Thursday, April 2, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. — Springfield, Exact Location TBD
- Tuesday, April 7, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. — Malden Senior Center Auditorium, 7 Washington Street, Malden
A Queens, NY native who came to New England in 2004 to earn his MA in journalism at Boston University, Chris Faraone is the editor and co-publisher of DigBoston and a co-founder of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. He has published several books including 99 Nights with the 99 Percent, and has written liner notes for hip-hop gods including Cypress Hill, Pete Rock, Nas, and various members of the Wu-Tang Clan.
