The feast of the Purity of Mother Mary gets off the hook
Tonight, Allen Kerr's Farewell DJ set and Roast,
Today, as well you know, is the Pagan holiday Imbolc. In Gaelic folklore, it's the day Cailleach the divine hag goes looking for firewood.
About Imbolc Legend has it that if she intends to make the winter last a good while longer, she will make sure the weather on Imbolc is bright and sunny, so she can gather plenty of firewood. Therefore, people are generally relieved if Imbolc is a day of foul weather, as it means the Cailleach is asleep and winter is almost over. (It's easy to see how this holiday is a precursor to our own Groundhog's Day, though both are probably just the result of the tradition of looking for hibernating animals to awake to judge the season change). Then the Christians came in and decided to rename the holiday The Feast of the Purification of the Virgin for some reason. Anyway, to celebrate, anyone who brings enough firewood for the next six weeks tonight gets in free.
Why we're sad:As it's expected to snow today, it appears we will not have six more weeks of winter. However, this knowledge will do little to lift our spirits, forAllen Kerr, a DJ giant among men (and just a really great guy) is leaving us for San Francisco in a few weeks, where he plans to open up shop as a DJ that makes it the way grandma did. Before he goes, he's going to show us what we'll be missing tonight. Here's your last chance to catch Allen DJing at the Jam Cellar as a regular, and see how the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin can easily go off the hook.
Shamless Ploy to get volunteers:How fitting we'd be losing yet ANOTHER incredibly hard-working Jam Cellar worker, as it's yet another chance for me to remind everyone that we could sure use some volunteers. Set up, take down, or door work–all of it's a breeze, gets you in free, allows time to socialize and meet new people. It's a work-out, friends network, dating service, and character-building employment all in one. Contact huh@thejamcellar.com for more info.
Keep an eye on the Jam Cellar website if the weather gets rough
"The Man" is saying there will be snow today, and we all know the catastrophic events that happen recently when the man says that. It doesn't look like it's going to be too bad, but please check the JC website, or your email, or our Facebook, as we'll post in those places if we have to close.
TONIGHT: THE JAM CELLAR TOWN HALL MEETING OF AUGHT TEN (Feb 2)
Fine ladies and Gentlemen. And cattle. Those who love Jam Cellar, and those who don't but want to, are invited to the Jam Cellar Town Hall meeting from 9:30 to 10 p.m. on Feb. 2nd. We'll discuss the past, present, and future of Jam Cellar, and we want to know what all our patrons think about Jam Cellar's atmosphere, events, music, etc. Please come armed with suggestions and comments, or, failing that, pistols. (Pistols will be collected at the door). And yes, we will have refreshments. If you will not be there, please feel free to send comments for discussion before hand to huh@thejamcellar.com.
Tonight! New Jam Cellar T-Shirts and Hoodies for sale
For the first time in two years, we have new Jam Cellar t-shirts and hoodies for sale. They are made on American Apparel shirts and hoodies, which normally we would go against because they starve their already morbidly-depressed models to death in freezing cold minimalistic cells in the ground with nothing but tube socks for warmth. But, they're fabrics are great! These new Jam Cellar shirts and hoodies are made with special ink that supposedly feels like it's part of the t-shirt after it's washed. T-shirts $15, hoodies $30. (Which, amazingly, is about $10 less than each of them cost at an American Apparel store. We try to order the appropriate amount of the right sizes, but if you are a person who desires the same size shirt as everyone else (Men's medium, or women's small, for example) then you'd better buy them soon.
ILHC registration is open!
We here at the Jam Cellar feel a special tie to ILHC. Not just because it was founded in part by Nina Gilkenson, who also founded us in part. But also, because it's an international Lindy Hop event in our own little town, and it's goal is to bring the whole world together to inspire people's friendships and dancing. If you register now, you get in super cheap, and there's even a bonus discount if you're one of the first 50 people to get in using Paypal (which is probably Paypal's idea of getting you to open an account with them, but hey, it's a discount). Go to ILHC.com