Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The polonator.
I got this link from an Italian colleague of mine. The polonator (our lab's DNA sequencing machine) made the Italian press with a picture of George (my boss)! click here.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
The lights are on at Fenway...
While many of us have been focused on completing our taxes due earlier last week.....a huge change, called Spring!, is going on around Boston. Red Sox Nation is awake, people are running along the Charles, I am playing soccer in shorts, the bike tires have been filled with air, daffodils and tulips have sprung up, trees are covered in emerging buds, the winter parkas have been put back in storage, Megan's toes have seen their first sun since Cancun, Sunday walks for coffee including sitting on park benches is in order, soldiers reenacted the battles of Lexington and Concord today, we are celebrating Patriot's Day, and the Marathon is tomorrow!
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Bésame Mucho
Working for a non-profit is rewarding in the sense that you touch people's lives and actively working to bring cultural experiences to audiences that may otherwise never have such an opportunity.
In general, the non-profit world does not dole out benefits along the lines of large-percentage yearly bonuses, trips to foreign countries, or long weekends of golf-viewing and spa-relaxing. (These are the perks we scrappily cobble together for our board members to buy at the benefit auction... but that's not my point.)
The non-profit world does, however, come with the occasional in-kind benefit, if you will. Tickets to gallery openings, behind-the-scenes attendance at dress rehearsals and the like... and a pair of Center Orchestra tickets to see Placido Domingo in concert!
I do hope that my short-lived (April through May) administrative gig at Boston Lyric Opera will result in at least one more fabulous perk like last night! An added bonus was the singing of Ana Maria Martinez, one of Domingo's protégées whose singing I have greatly admired in live performance and through her recordings of Spanish zarzuela.
Domingo, at 67, was the consummate musician at all times despite the plasticine-quality of the production (glossy programs, amped orchestra, dramatic lighting design)... it's just one hell of a voice. Mike and I were so glad to have been a part of Boston's Big Event last night!
In general, the non-profit world does not dole out benefits along the lines of large-percentage yearly bonuses, trips to foreign countries, or long weekends of golf-viewing and spa-relaxing. (These are the perks we scrappily cobble together for our board members to buy at the benefit auction... but that's not my point.)
The non-profit world does, however, come with the occasional in-kind benefit, if you will. Tickets to gallery openings, behind-the-scenes attendance at dress rehearsals and the like... and a pair of Center Orchestra tickets to see Placido Domingo in concert!
I do hope that my short-lived (April through May) administrative gig at Boston Lyric Opera will result in at least one more fabulous perk like last night! An added bonus was the singing of Ana Maria Martinez, one of Domingo's protégées whose singing I have greatly admired in live performance and through her recordings of Spanish zarzuela.
Domingo, at 67, was the consummate musician at all times despite the plasticine-quality of the production (glossy programs, amped orchestra, dramatic lighting design)... it's just one hell of a voice. Mike and I were so glad to have been a part of Boston's Big Event last night!
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