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Sorry for the lack of posts lately.  I’m headed to Chicago on Wednesday for a few days and have a lot of loose ends to tie up before I go.  But I’ll try to be better starting next week.

826 Boston is nearing the end of its Moustache-a-Thon.* The non-profit, which has seven chapters across the country, gives grade-school kids opportunities to explore creative writing. So far the Moustache-a-Thon has raised over $5000 already as facial hair enthusiasts donate funds to their favorite lip ‘do. Personally, I think David up there is sweeping the floor with the competition, but check out the Boston 826 blog for all the competitors.

The event wraps up on Friday with a live event at PA’s Lounge in Somerville. There will be a moustache runway show, moustache games, and music by the half-Cranstonian Thick Shakes.

(*All seven chapters of 826 do the Moustache-A-Thon; the Boston and Chicago ones put the ‘o’ in moustache, while the Michigan and San Francisco ones don’t. Wordpress, it seems, would prefer that the ‘o’ wasn’t there, since half this post has red underlining under it.)

Tomorrow at Ada, I Could Not See The Sentence: Blake Butler, Claire Donato and Mike Young.  (I couldn’t find anything about Mike Young because thousands of people are named Mike Young.  No offense, Mike Young!)

Ada Books
717 Westminster St.
7 pm

Wouldn’t it be nice if this blog had a more interesting masthead?  Maybe one that didn’t look so much like a stock image?

If you’ve made anything bookish-looking and wouldn’t mind seeing it chopped into a 700X270 rectangle, drop me a line (at thebuildings at notaboutthebuildings dot com) and maybe I’ll feature your art for a few months.

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