Week 1

Time	FOX	FS1	BTN	CBS	CBSSN	NBC
Early Day	COL @ TCU	USU @ IOWA	FRESNO @ PUR		BGSU @ LIBERTY
Late Day	RICE @ TEXAS	BUF @ WISC	TOW @ UMD	OH ST @ IU	USF @ WKU	TEN ST @ ND
Early Night		UTSA @ HOU	TOL @ ILL	TTU @ WYO	WSU @ CSU	WVU @ PSU
Late Night		SHSU @ BYU			ID ST @ SDSU

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Time	ABC	ESPN	ESPNU	SECN	ACCN	P12N
Early Day	UVA vs TENN	ARK ST @ OKLA	LA TECH @ SMU	BALL @ UK	NIU @ BC
Late Day	BOISE @ WASH	UMASS @ AUB	CAL @ UNT	SE LA @ MISS ST	WOF @ PITT	POR ST @ ORE
Early Night	UNC vs SC	UNM @ TX AM	S. ALA @ TULANE	MTSU @ BAMA	ODU @ VT	NEV @ USC
Late Night		CC @ UCLA				N. AZ @ AZ

- This is just the Saturday schedule. It does not include the multitude of games scheduled on that Thursday, Friday, Sunday, or Monday.
- Some of the biggest games being broadcast outside of Saturday include: Nebraska @ Minnesota, Florida @ Utah, Kent State @ UCF, Louisville vs. Georgia Tech, Northwestern @ Rutgers, Oregon State @ San Jose State, LSU vs. Florida State, and Clemson @ Duke
- There are more streaming only games now than ever before. Every SEC team going forward has to have 1 game on ESPN+, and Peacock has the exclusive rights to 8 Big 10 home games plus 1 Notre Dame game a season.
- The first Saturday sees streaming exclusive games like: ECU @ Michigan, Mercer @ Ole Miss, UNI @ Iowa State, Colgate @ Syracuse, West Carolina @ Arkansas, UT Martin @ Georgia, Southeast Missouri @ Kansas State, Eastern Kentucky @ Cincinnati, Texas State @ Baylor, and Central Arkansas @ Oklahoma State.
- A big reason why so many of these games are going to streaming in Week 1 is that ESPN2 will only be broadcasting the US Open during this weekend.
- CBS is going to have an insane schedule this year. They are balancing the SEC's #1 games for the final season with 7 Big 10 games across the season, as well as the Mountain West's #1 games as well. This in-between year might create a big of confusion and less consistency in 2023 as to what games are where.
Week 2

Time	FOX	FS1	BTN	CBS	CBSSN	NBC
Early Day	NEB @ COL	TROY @ KSU	YT ST @ OH ST		DEL ST @ ARMY
Late Day	IOWA @ ISU		RICH @ MSU / UTEP @ NW	UNLV @ MICH	WAG @ NAVY
Early Night	ORE @ TTU	UCF @ BOISE	TEMP @ RUT / EMU @ MINN	UCLA @ SDSU	AFA @ SHSU	CHAR @ UMD
Late Night	STAN @ USC	OK ST @ AZ ST

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Time	ABC	ESPN	ESPN2	ESPNU	SECN	ACCN	P12N
Early Day	ND @ NC ST	UTAH @ BAY	PUR @ VT	JMU @ UVA	BALL @ UGA	VAN @ WF
Late Day	TX AM @ MIA		MISS @ TUL		KNT ST @ ARK	C-SO @ CLEM
Early Night	WIC @ WSU	TEX @ BAMA		MCN @ FLA	AZ @ MS ST	APP @ UNC	TULSA @ UW
Late Night		AUB @ CAL				S-MISS @ FSU	UCD @ OR ST

- Streaming exclusive games this week include: Delaware @ Penn State, Holy Cross @ Boston College, SC State @ Georgia Tech, Eastern Kentucky @ Kentucky, SMU @ Oklahoma, Duquesne @ West Virginia, Lafayette @ Duke, Middle Tennessee @ Missouri, Grambling State @ LSU, Furman @ South Carolina, Nicholls State @ TCU, Southern Utah @ BYU, and Austin Peay @ Tennessee
- ESPN's late afternoon Saturday window is booked by the Women's US Open Final
- There are still a few games which do not have times set including: Illinois @ Kansas, Cincinnati @ Pittsburgh, Western Michigan @ Syracuse and Houston @ Rice. You would assume a few of those end up in the open ESPN2/ESPNU slots. There is also a slot reserved for a game on ESPN Friday Night that has yet to be filled.
Week 3

Time	FOX	FS1	BTN	CBS	CBSSN	NBC
Early Day	PSU @ ILL	N DAK @ BOISE	GA SOU @ WISC / LOU vs IND		LIBERTY @ BUFF
Late Day	WKU @ OH ST	SDSU @ OR ST	VT @ RUT / WMU @ IOWA	S CAR @ UGA	FIU @ UCONN
Early Night	TCU @ HOU	NIU @ NEB	BGSU @ MICH		VAN @ UNLV	SYR @ PUR
Late Night		FRESNO @ AZ ST			KAN @ NEV

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Time	ABC	ESPN	ESPN2	ESPNU	SECN	ACCN	P12N
Early Day	FSU @ BC	LSU @ MS ST	ISU @ OH / WF @ ODU	ISU @ OH / WF @ ODU	KSU @ MIZZ		WEB ST @ UTAH
Late Day	BAMA @ USF	OU @ TULSA / MINN @ UNC	OU @ TULSA / MINN @ UNC	TUL @ S-MISS	ULM @ TX AM	NW @ DUKE	ID @ CAL / N. COL @ WSU / UNCC @ UCLA
Early Night	PITT @ WVU	TENN @ FLA	BYU @ ARK	AKR @ UK	GT @ MISS	FAU @ CLEM	HAW @ ORE / SAC @ STAN
Late Night		COL ST @ COL					UTEP @ AZ

- Streaming exclusive games this week include: Washington @ Michigan State, LIU @ Baylor, South Alabama @ Oklahoma State, Tarleton State @ Texas Tech, Samford @ Auburn, Miami (Ohio) @ Cincinnati, and Villanova @ UCF.
- The only game which has yet to have a time announced is VMI @ NC State, which likely could fill in the early window on ACC Network.
- Wyoming @ Texas is being broadcast on the Longhorn Network

34f, non-smoker, 3 days post C section Newborn female, 7lb 5oz 20.5" perfect vitals on both patients.
This is less about medical advice and more about a sincere request on guidance as a premed in dire circumstances with a recent delivery of our daughter.
TLDR; hospital falsely reports to CPS after known faulty test yielded "presumptive positive" but was immediately confirmed as actually a negative on follow up lab. Now our family and medical/social work careers are in jeopardy.
Background: I'm a new EMT and soon to be first year bio (pre med) student. She's a part time educatosocial worker with a local women's center. Strong background in volunteering, no history of addiction or legal record outside of minor traffic violations. Only red flag is we have been on public assistance since our first child after job loss at the start of the pandemic. Our day jobs and retail side jobs still don't add up to enough to get off public assistance so I am going back to school after following advice from a physician I associate with.
Medical: My wife's water broke around 11am on May 29th. Our very precise count puts it at 36w 5d, the baby measured at 38w 1d (our families are known for 9-10lb newborns). Both mother and child happy and healthy aside from a slightly high BMI for the mother. Otherwise perfect vitals in both. Child was able to lift its head and feed immediately, fed often and dropped required urine and stool right on schedule. Literally, zero signs or indicators of addiction/withdrawal in either the child or mother. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect pregnancy other than the date. Unfortunately, the pre delivery drug screen came back for "presumptive positive" on suboxone so the MD on rounds talked to us to find out medications and inform us not to panic because their new labs have been getting lots of false positives and that the follow up test they mail out will be more rigorous and reliable. She also mentions that the baby was negative and showed no signs of withdrawals. We continue our great relationship with the staff (aside from a mean and jaded nurse on the night shift but hey it's OB in the low income Midwest, I wouldn't want her job). After 48 hours of perfect health, passing milestones, and great networking as I finally got some local physicians in which I could shadow, we couldn't have been happier to be discharged to bring our baby home to her big sister.
Problem: Even after the confirmed negative test, conversations about Scribing there in the fall and lining up physicians to shadow, and quick discharge they reported us to CPS to open a case anyways.
Legal: We immediately found lawyers known for crushing this chain of hospitals in court (God does it make me feel dirty working with the enemy lol). They are looking into charging them with false reporting with a settlement more likely. Then showing the caseworker upon arrival the record of the negative and to politely decline any entrance to the property or formal interviews not ordered by a court. As a negative interaction could harm the case.
All I want is it immediately removed from the record and to return to a courteous relationship with the hospital as we loved the OB and support staff and I really need the shadowing and Scribing to stack up a good application for medical school after I graduate given my age as an applicant (37-38 depending on my course load). I really don't want to jeopardize the career opportunities but it may already be too late.
What do you folks think I should do? We are panicked and I'm trying to rush through the remodels I just started before her water broke!

I ordered the male elite panel off of life extension. Results just came in but I can't talk to one of their analysts until Monday or Tuesday. What do y'all think? Lifestyle wise I play professional basketball overseas and workout 5-6 days a week. Sleep schedule has been rocky and a bit inconsistent. I eat clean and try to get lots of protein but don't consume much red meat. Supplement wise I was taking NOW brand 'Adam' multivitamin, magnesium malate, vit D/ K2, Creatine, Fish oil and some adaptogens for most of the year (stopped all supplements two weeks prior to testing).. the iron doesn't surprise me but the estrogen/T levels definitely do. Any input or recommendations appreciated

What should I do? (Trigger warning-a little politics here).
I manage two Boomers for a company where we are an isolated section, but we have a very specific job. I started a year ago as the manager. It is well known the male Boomer, let’s call him Fred, wanted my job. He has been with the company 15 years. Under the last manager’s watch, our office started shrinking. Covid made it worse, because we provide a service. Regardless, our business is very very slow. So Fred was interim manager while I was being hired. Fred is a highly unpleasant right-wing Boomer. He and the other woman, we will call her Pat, were supposed to meet me when I interviewed. Fred took the day off. He also did not come out of his office to greet me after I was hired. When I would ask Fred for instructions or procedures, he answers me in one word, or one sentence. Having held this entry-level position for 15 years, I asked Fred what he does day to day and attempted to say “hi” every day. The list, much of which I assumed, was shockingly small. One day, I offered to buy Fred and Pat lunch. I drive to get it and when I came back, as we started what I thought would be casual conversation, Fred launched into this discussion about how minorities and women should not have their own educational institutions, how he is “the only category of people it’s ok to discriminate against”, and systemic racism was not real. So there we are. This conversation did not end well for me as I am a woman and my husband is not white. Fred announced “You hate white people!” and that was it for me. Any conversation you get in with Fred somehow descends into right-wing talking points. Or Boomer talking points “When I was in the military, we wouldn’t allow ponytails!” Jesus. Like, do your job and STFU. So, the job…it’s simple. He and Pat spend the majority of the day watching tv. He also has this insane schedule where he comes in at 6 am and leaves at 2 pm. Business hours are 8-5 pm.
So, I am very relaxed and flexible as a manager. Do what you need to do, and we are good. Don’t mess with me and I will basically leave you alone. I haven’t changed his schedule and I let him sit in an office at the end of the hall where he basically does nothing for no one.
I do this because we have some big changes coming. I’ve been hired to make this office work better. I’ve been asked to do some things to make life easier for our customers and maybe increase revenue a little. When those things cascade down, and we put the proposal in place, both Fred and Pat will be forced to earn money. Wouldn’t you love $42K to watch tv and leave at 2 pm!?
So, performance reports came up. They’re not a big deal here. I rated Pat and Fred 3 or average, which honestly, with their constant complaints in a job where they watch tv all day seemed fair. I did not write anything negative. Very generic.
Fred starts acting sus. I see him walking up to HR. I know he’s up to something. So I ask Pat and Fred today if they read their reports and would they like to talk about anything. Pat is ok, will sign off. Fred, on the other hand, sits up and almost stuttering (he stutters but only while talking to me) tells me he “is waiting for a response on something” and when he gets it, if he has time, he will sign it. I’m like “ok, weirdo” (in my head) and I wait. He has added a negative comment to his review that his supervisor never gave him any expectations and he got 30 emails with goals. Those were ADP. When I added new goals for this year, I guess he got an email or 30.
So what do you think? I want him gone. I’m tired of his passive aggressive BS. Dude, just do what you’ve done for 15 years and retire in 2026. But no. He has to make everything into drama. I’m thinking of making a bunch of goals and having him do a weekly report on what he’s accomplished. Of course Pat would also have to. Careful what you wish for.
I worked hard to get a management level position and I have been so chill with these people and they are immovable, angry old people milking this place for a check. And he’s a conservative, remember? Work ethic? Nope. Every day I see them sucks my motivation right out. Any tips out there?

Let's take a look at the regional forecasts to see whether to expect lots of delays or a fairly on-schedule weekend. Apart from Coral Gables all weekend (surprise, surprise) and Stillwater, Fayetteville, and Charlottesville on Saturday, the forecast looks good. With 14 of the 16 regionals are in the South, it's looking like an unseasonably dry weekend across the region.
Day 1 Forecasts (with general notes for the rest of the week)
Stanford: Sunny, 74...remaining dry and mild all weekend
Clemson: Sunny, 86...looks great all weekend
Columbia: Mostly sunny, 86...looks great all weekend
Lexington: Sunny, 89...sunny and very warm all weekend
Nashville: Mostly sunny, 91...mid-90s heat possible over the weekend, but it should stay dry
Terre Haute: Sunny, 93...dry and very hot for the Midwest (mid-90s) all weekend
Baton Rouge: Sunny, 92...should stay hot and mostly dry (for Louisiana in June) all weekend
Auburn: Sunny, 87...should remain warm and mostly dry all weekend (with 20% storm chances beginning Saturday)
Tuscaloosa: Mostly sunny, 90 (20% chance of storms)...low to mid 90s and sunny with very slight storm chances all weekend
Conway: Mostly cloudy, 82 (20% chance of storms)...dry and mild the rest of the weekend
Winston-Salem: Sunny, 86...slight (30%) chance of showers Saturday and somewhat cooler (mid-70s) Sunday
Gainesville: Mostly sunny, 87 (30% chance of storms)...similar the rest of the weekend
Charlottesville: Sunny, 88...rain likely Saturday and then much cooler (70s in the day, 50s at night) Sunday
Fayetteville: Mostly sunny, 87 (20% chance of storms)...higher rain chances Saturday then dry Sunday and Monday
Stillwater: Mostly sunny, 87 (20% chance of storms)...lots of rain Saturday and possibly Sunday
Coral Gables: Partly sunny, 85 (80% chance of heavy storms)...high rain chances continue all weekend

You know, was always upset that Christina Yang and Meredith Grey had each other as their person, but not me.
Hey there, my name is Wesley, 29 year old turning 30 in August. I recently got out of a 2 year relationship that had been loveless for a while, and realized I just wasn't with someone that was ultimately right for me. I'm ready to try and find someone that could be the one, but limiting myself to just my state...let alone country...seems a tad silly. So to be honest, I'm open to anyone anywhere, and have recently realized I DO like women just as much as men. I know it's a long shot finding a cis woman or man who also loves people like me, but I figure there has to be some out there. Reddit is full of them, after all.
The obvious elephant in the room is that I'm a trans man. I own my own house, so either you'd have to be willing to move to me, or for some crazy reason, I'm willing to start over for you, I'd be going to you. With that said, after reading all of what I bring to the table in terms of hobbies, values, and what I want, look at where you reside if the latter could appeal to you. If you live in a red state, I'm not interested. If you live in a country that is transphobic, I'm not interested. I am more than willing to move to another area of the country...even another area of the world (would even be ideal, I want the FUCK out of the USA!)...but not to one that wants me unalive. I am quite privileged that I do pass and am 100% stealth based on my height and how I look AND that me being trans is quite possibly the least interesting and important thing to me, but my health care matters. I, as a person, have the right to exist. The media likes to spin that we all are psychotic, mentally ill weirdos but I often forget about my gender. I have shit to do and it doesn't matter much to me.That being said, let's move on to me outside of that. Things in bold are NON NEGOTIABLE.
- First and foremost, I'm a hopeless romantic. My partner is a priority to me, as long as they can compromise. If you feel passionate and love easily, that's key. I want marriage one day in the far future but also want to be child free. I am monogamous & not willing to do an open relationship either. - I'm a fiercely responsible and rather independent person. I clean after myself, schedule things that need to be done, and many of my friends can attest that I am one of the hardest workers they know. You have to be able to cook, clean, and look after yourself. But also, have a job or be in school to further a career. I do not enjoy having a bum as a partner who sits home and smokes all day or plays video games all day and doesn't contribute to the partnership. - Humor is so important. I can't fucking stand people who don't know how to carry a conversation. I often write paragraphs, and if you give me one word responses, see you later! I MEAN IT! BE A TALKER! Some of my best friends are multiple texters and paragraph senders.
- I love to cook, and can to a near professional culinary level. Culinary school wasn't for me, but I still have a profound love of food that spans many different cultures, especially Mediterranean, Baltic, southeast and eastern Asian cuisines. - I love your standard fare hobbies: video games, anime, horror movies, hiking. But I have an immense yearn for travel (if not just for the food alone.), love to knit, love to thrift and antique hunt. I love taxidermy and collect it. I love medicine (as I work in healthcare). The goth/witchy/dark academia aesthetic is one I follow probably the closest. - I love a guy that is taller than me (I'm 5'10"), hairy, and I do love a bear. I love women who are shorter than me. Tattoos and piercings are sexy to me, as I have many. Would be nice to find anyone that's older than me. Hard stop under anyone age 25. - Sorry, you gotta like cats, I'm a cat person and I have one one. I don't hate dogs but I would not be opposed to never owning one ever again. - Rapid fire other factoids: Pescatarian, left wing, jewish (emphasis on the 'ish' LOL), hard of hearing in one ear, born Florida man (I'm so sorry.)
Feel free to send me a chat/message here and maybe we can move to discord! DO NOT GHOST! IT'S SO INCREDIBLY RUDE. JUST MESSAGE ME IF YOU WANT TO STOP SO I CAN MOVE ON. Hope to hear from y'all!
Pictures of me:
Full body Face, with more hair.

Important Background:

• I am estranged from my own mother due to severe mental health struggles, alcoholism, and abusive behavior.
  
• Only child and neither parent is particularly close to their family so therefore neither was I
  
• Husband's family appears very close knit and healthy dynamics from the outside, but I don't think any family is immune from having their own flavor of dysfunction and they certainly have it when you sit inside with them long enough.
  
• I super value family, celebration, and quality time and really want my kids to feel connected to a larger family network as that was always a sadness for me in my early childhood as I looked at what all of my other friends had.
  
• Pregnant with second baby.
  
• We were on the other side of the country and no it was COVID for our first and his family didn't get to have much involvement with shower or any of those type of big "first baby" events. And we also missed out on some of those in person events.
  
• We moved solely to be closer to my husband's family solely so that they could have a larger role in our little family's life. And my husband was all excited and still viewed his family with a rose colored lens. We left behind a beautiful network of close friends and an amazing support system to do this.
  
• Family was all excited and welcoming for us to move.
  
• It was a really tough first year after the move on my husband and I as we actually found that we did not gain back nearly what we lost in the move. (Example, my husband had a great and fun network of fishing buddies that also supported us and our family and he had hoped to fill a little bit of that void and loss with getting to go fishing on at least some occasions with dad/grandpa...and then they had little interest or time to join him. I had friends that would just drop by to say hi or be there in 30 min if I expressed needing help, that kept me company and helped with little chores when our first was born just because they wanted to. And when I would ask family to stop by (they lived literally next door...) just to hold/watch the baby after we moved so that I could fold some laundry...they always seemed to have an excuse. However, when it was convenient for them, they demanded to have time with us and our son and would expect us to cancel plans or be flexible to their spontaneous wishes and there were never spontaneous offers to "help"..just give out time to them)
  
• So we moved...just 5 hrs away from family to have better access to the things that made us happy and closer to other established friends and support systems.
  

Scenario:

• I really wanted to have a baby sprinkle for my second just to celebrate with the family and friends that we couldn't in person when we lived on the other side of the country and it was COVID.
  
• I expressed this very early in my pregnancy to my mother-in-law and asked if she had any interest to help me plan something, especially to coordinate so that we could get the family together and have it be a more family centric event. I knew it would be easier on family if we had it closer to where they lived, and I would need help to plan if it was to be there. Her answer was point blank "No" and it really caught me off guard. And no one else in the family was interested either, and I said that it would then have to be where we live so that I could plan and asked if that was something they were willing to travel for because I did really want it to be a family event. Answer: "Sure"
  
• They make this trip all the time... usually spontaneously and with little regard of if it works for what we have going on and what our needs are
  
• This really hurt me for a multitude of reasons. One being, I really don't have anyone else that traditionally fits the role of the "person" that would usually help the mother-to-be to plan that or just take it on and plan it for her anyway. That's a very sore spot for me and I struggle with mothedaughter dynamics anyway.
  
• She's usually a nice and supportive person, but just very busy with career and social calendar.
  
• I decided to plan one anyway and fortunately had a friend that volunteered to help when she found out I was trying to plan it all by myself (and struggling) and she was shocked and immediately threw herself into planning so that it could be what I was hoping for.
  
• I at least got my MIL to help coordinate the date...which was a hassle...because there was no real space in her social calendar and it needs to be convenient to "make the drive" otherwise no one would want to go...again the language of the exchange hurt and made me feel like we weren't worth the effort to interrupt their lives and schedules even though they frequently demand and expect it from us. And the only reason it was "inconvenient" was because no one was willing to help with any of the planning over there.
  

Fallout:

• 2 weeks out from the date, I reach out to confirm plans and then am blindsided that it is only my sister and mother in law coming. When I express my shock and that I thought FIL and grandparents were also planning to come...the response is, "Well this is just a women's only thing and since grandpa couldn't come grandma couldn't drive herself. She's really sad to not come. The date is just really inconvenient"
  
• I full on breakdown at this point.
  
• When I express why I am so hurt and again what my vision had been and that I never said or intended for it to be "women only"...that's not how I roll and my husband is also playing a big part in this event, the response was "Well you never made that clear. I guess we can see what we can do. We had no idea"
  
• It then devolved into her expressing that she thinks I am oversensitive and that the only reason I am upset is because of my trauma history and that's not her fault. She doesn't remember any of the conversation surrounding me trying to get her to help me plan and me explaining what my vision for the event was. She was frustrated by the date that she herself chose, and blaming me. And more and more got brought up that they are frustrated that my husband and I aren't flexible enough for them and just rehashing everything over the last year. How we need to understand they are just spontaneous people and laid back and we just need to go with the flow better. How all of this is a miscommunication on my part.
  

My husband is upset and just feeling let down because this also isn't the family he remembers and he doesn't understand why they are being this way either. I feel very gaslit and just sad and grieving a loss that I already had in not having a family that you can count on to be there and support you and celebrate you for your big moments.
The fact that they truly think they did nothing wrong and that I shouldn't have even thought of or assumed that a baby shower is a family type event really threw me for a loop too. Am I wrong in assuming that that is typically a family type event? Every single one I have been to has been the whole family (even men) of the expected little one there and generally planned entirely by a sister or maternal figure. The fact that they purposely are saying that I just don't understand because I dont have my own family and don't know how real families function...just really hurts and red flags as gaslight-y to me, and a lack of respect to me as a person as well as all of the hardwork that I have put into healing from my trauma on therapy for years before they were ever even a part of my life....but also makes me question if I am really that "warped"...because they aren't wrong and I am still trying to construct an image of what I think a healthy family looks like?

I'm currently 23 and I've been loosely affiliated with the FA-type mindset for about five or six years. I dove in deep at first, but I quickly got burned out with the negativity in certain circles. I've tried my best to believe that the cards are not stacked against me. I try to be realistic and understand that I'm to blame for the lion's share of my hangups and problems, but at the same time I also try to believe that I'm not a hopeless case. But I still have very little desire to do many of the things that I know I should do to change things. I've been steadily making some progress in the past year or two, but it's still not enough. I know I need to change practically everything to better my odds. But it's just overwhelming and my anxiety usually gets the best of me. I'm paranoid of being a walking red flag and just a boring person in general. I've accepted that the apps will never work for me because I'm short, thick boi - but I recognize that I'm not ugly and I have to be someone's type. But, I also have a lot of anxiety and fear of rejection in real life and no motivation to try to sell myself. I am what I am. I work nights, so my sleep schedule is jacked and I have no social life, but I'm not going to quit or change careers because I'm making good money and I have good benefits. I know that most women consider having no friends/social life to be a red flag and they simply don't want to be with someone that doesn't really have fun - personally, I don't blame them. Additionally, there's next to no chance that I'm going to meet someone when I have no social life to speak of, even if I was going to try to sell myself. I'm trapped in a cycle, but I'm realistically never going to change. I don't want to change, but I don't want to give up hope. Am I hopelessly dense?

Hello ladies,
I wanted to share my story in the hopes this will give at least some of you a bit more comfort going into your surgery. I found there were lots of negative post surgery experiences here and in the wider realms of the internet, so I thought I should probably share a positive one too! I am now Day 10 post-op.
Surgery type: Laparoscopic myomectomy
Insurance: Private. Pre-diagnosis, ladies, not to sound like I am advertising private insurance, but even if you have a tiny inkling something might be wrong (but haven't been to the docs yet and no diagnosis), get private insurance - it gives you a bit of security that even if nothing is wrong you could have had the opportunity to get medical attention fastebetter quality.
Age: 32
Fitness level: High/athletic - I do lots of gym-ing, running, surfing, skating, cycling. I was a bit overweight in my early 20ties (not massively so, maybe like 2kgs over my BMI), so after my ovarian cyst surgery I was paranoid to get PCOS so I really changed my lifestyle around and got into sports, which now has turned into a lifestyle I can't really live without!
Living situation: Live on my own in a rural town, but close friends live nearby.
Previous surgery: Ovarian cyst surgery where they also had to remove my ovary (very large cyst) circa 10 years ago. Didn't have any symptoms back then even, just thought I had IBS (which I think a lot of us do) - turns out there was a cyst the size of a small basketball growing on my ovary, and they had to remove both...which sucks of course, but when your in your early 20ties you don't really think about how this may affect your future ability to have kids. Mine was an emergency surgery performed after I went to ER with crazy gas pain in tummy, in a foreign country, so overall this whole experience was really traumatic emotionally and I am still dealing with the aftermath of this.
Symptoms before surgery: No real symptoms - normal periods, bit of bloating (assumed IBS), bit of hormonal acne here and there. Been on birth control pill since my ovarian cyst surgery, so keeping hormones in check through that.
Diagnosis: I pulled what I thought was a hernia at the gym, went to GP, got a ultrasound which funnily enough found nothing, so they attributed it to a one off random told me to ease off exercise for a couple of weeks and start again. However, I instinctively knew something was wrong with my body, so TRUST YOUR GUT LADIES! Because I had a previous cyst and my ovary removed circa 10 years ago I got into real panic mode about my fertility, so I requested a referral to a OBGYN in case there was an issue with my other ovary. Note ladies, private insurance if you live in a country where healthcare is horrible is so important. I saw the OBGYN within a week, if that wasn't the case I would have needed to wait about 6-12 months to see one on the public system. OBGYN sent me for another ultrasound (this time transvaginal) and they originally didn't see any problem, but by the end of the app, they weren't quite sure what they had seen (useful, I know), so OBGYN sent me for an MRI. MRI found 1 med-large fibroid on uterus. I then had a long chat with OBGYN as to the best treatment type, and because of my age and the desire to have children she recommended removal through laparoscopic surgery.
Fibroid numbetype: 1 med-large subserosal fibroid 7cm, and the surgeon found two others ( 1 x 4cm and 1 x 1cm) during my surgery (did not see them on the MRI, I know crazy!). OBGYN also now suspects I have adenomyosis, which is something I will have to deal with once I have recovered from surgery. I know, fun!
Day of surgery: Had to only wait a month between my app with OBGYN and surgery (again, thanks insurance). Hospital was boujie as (had never been in private hopsital) and everything from the admission to surgery just felt like a well oiled machine which was really good to keep the stress levels down. I had my friend there with me and we chatted all the way until I got rolled away for surgery. Surgery lasted about 2 hrs.
Waking up post-surgery: I woke up to see 2 nurses monitoring my vitals, and they rolled me to my room where my friend was waiting. I was pretty out of it and asked some silly question to my friend, which I am sure she loved sharing with our friend group. I had an afternoon surgery so I was in my room by dinnertime, but believe you me I did not want to eat anything. I drank lots of water overnight, and they kept coming in to check my vitals and give me pain and anti-nausea meds + laxatives and some other stuff that helps with heartburn etc.
Day 1 post op: In hospital, had a bit to eat for brekkie (eggs - high protein), they took my catheter out from my lady parts, so I can pee by myself. Didn't hurt at all taking it out (also they put the catheter in while you're under so you feel nothing). Went for my first pee, went for a little ponder round hospital (about 5mins in the hallways), and spent the rest of day watching series, reading etc. Pain was totally fine, and I was just on paracetamols etc., didn't need anything stronger. Had pretty bad nausea, but they kept me topped up for that. Lots of sleeping, but generally because of the pain meds I didn't feel any pain at all! Getting in and out of bed was a bit hard, but I have really strong arms from surfing so i was able to push myself up quite easily. Every hour or so, I tried to get up and do a couple of laps (5-10min) in the hallway. Because I was doing fine and was mobile, I could do this by myself, but there were lots of people who did the same thing but needed to be accompanied by a nurse. Drink lots of water gals, this will help with triggering your need to pee independently and getting your bowels moving, and also helps flush your body.
Important things to make your stay at hospital more comfy: Loose low rise sweatpants - I actually bought a pair a size too big so it was more comfy. Oversized t-shirts and jumpers, something you can easily put over the catheter in your arm. I-pad (life saver for me, I could catch up on netflix), magazines or crosswords. I had a book, but my brain was deffos not ready to engage while I was still in hospital. Electrolyte drinks - these were incredible and really helped to get my bowels moving too! Heat wrap - they had some in the hospital, and they're essential pain relief for anesthetic leaving your body pain (my right shoulder was in pain) - they kept heating it up round the clock which was so GOOD.
Day 2: Discharge day/first day at home - they would not discharge me until I had a bowel movement, so I was drinking water like crazy to help trigger some gut movement. Otherwise you will have to shove pills up your bum to get the party started. Luckily for me all of my drinking, and eating regular, yet small meals during Day 1 did the trick! My friend came to pick me up and we had a 2 hrs drive to get home, and this was not something I had thought about before. This was probably the worst part of my entire experience. I was so motion sick the entire way home, that the car had to be made into a freezer (AC pumping) and I had to do deep breathing all the way home not to throw up (which I did when I got home, but thankfully not in caon roadside). Once I got home, I pretty much just dropped into my bed and slept for about 5 hrs. I threw up once, while clutching a pillow to my abdomen to make it hurt less. Did some small walks around the house, friends dropped off some food, so I didn't have to cook or anything. People dropped in really regularly to check on me. My friends bought me heat packs for shoulder pain (still from anesthetic and gas leaving your body), and it was the best.
Day 3: Started day off with small walk outside to the post box and back, felt exhausted afterwards, but with little pain. I clutched a soft pillow to my abdomen while doing so (just felt more comfortable this way). I was managing with paracetamol every 6 hours, irrespective of whether I felt in pain or not. This is what docs advised on discharge. I had no pain really, discomfort in my tummy area sure, mainly just felt odd with the stiches. What I found hardest was breathing while walking (I know, weird right), I felt really out of breath every time I tried to go for a longer walk (200m plus). I just listened to my body and stopped when this happened, while also attempting to increase the length I walked bit by bit to train my lungs. Bowel movement back to normal pretty much, some light bleeding (doc said this is normal), but stomach was huge (as in 6 month pregnant huge). I called my doc as I was concerned about why it's so large, she said it's normal and swelling should subside in a couple of weeks (yikes!). I was drinking lots of water (2-3L a day), and eating a primarily veggie & high protein diet. I cut dairy, red meat an processed foods out during my recovery as I had read this helps. Ate a lot of kiwi fruit to help my bowels. Overall, by day 3 I did some light house work and did about 2 hrs of work (e-mails etc.)
Day 4: Walked about 1km in the morning, felt tired after so took a nap. Pain almost completely gone, bowels normal, no more spotting/bleeding. Feeling almost normal (ish). Did some housework, couple hours of work. Another 1km walk later in the arvo. Diet still restricted to protein, fibre, no dairy, no red meat and not processed foods.
Day 5: Dropped my meds, as I did not feel pain at all, my stomach felt fine, and tummy swelling had gone down. Felt okay all day, bit bloated, but walking really helped. Did about 2km walk in mooning and 2km walk in arvo, with small stints of walking around the house all day. Still more tired than normal, so lots of resting & naps.
Days 6-10: Nearly back to normal (well normal-ish) - no pain, everything regular, have been off painkillers for 5 days. Introduced dairy back into diet, felt fine. Had an ice cream :) Increased walk length to 3-5kms per walk (2 x daily) - feeling puffed still, lungs still feeling exhausted during walking but getting better every day. Have been doing about 5-6 hrs of work each day, while still taking lots of mini break for naps and resting.
Day 10: (today) - OBGYN has cleared me for short drives with car (initially she said 3 weeks no driving), as I have been off pain meds for over 5 days and feeling fit and alert. I feel almost normal to be honest, the area where the stiches are feels a bit tender, and still a bit swollen, but swelling has gone down heaps. Hoping to keep upping my walk distances and that my lungs will catch up slowly.
Something I really struggled with: Emotionally, I was a bit of a wreck after surgery. The additional diagnosis of adenomyosis really left me questioning whether I will be able to have children in the future, so I had a good cry with my friends about it (whom immediately jumped in to be surrogates). I'm trying to not think about it too much during recovery, but it's something that is heavily weighing on my mind as one of the main 'side effects' is infertility. I am hopefully going to see a fertility specialist after I have recovered to talk about my options. Obvs doesn't help that I am single, but I am so ready to be a mom (emotionally and financially), so am I ready to explore what else is out there for me to hopefully start on a journey that will lead me towards a wee addition to my solo independent lady family.
Also, I struggled with just being and home and not doing ANYTHING. I am normally really active and exercise helps me to relieve stress and sleep better, so not being able to do that has been driving me up the wall. I am very lucky to be self employed so I have no pressure from anyone else to get back to work, but I feel guilty for doing little work for over 10 days. I'm a workaholic, so it's really hard for me to 'just rest.' I will hopefully go back to working full time from next week, but I will really need to check myself to not be 'overdoing' it and set myself back in recovery.
Key takeaways: If you feel up for it, get up and start doing small walks as soon as you can after surgery - this well help get your bowels moving and heal faster. Drink lots of water! Eat a diet that's high in protein & fibre (pre and post op for sure), cut out dairy, red meat and processed food if you can. I am a young fit adult and this really helped with recovery as my body is trained to be under stress and has a high pain threshold, by being fit my recovery is up to 3-5 faster than an average person. Even if you're not fit now, there's a lot of studies (goggle them, I kid you not) suggesting that physical training before surgery, like gym exercises or running boosts the odds of a good outcome, so if you've got your surgery scheduled for a couple of months time see if you can incorporate some exercise in your daily routine.
Also you might be okay psychically, but it's okay if you feel like a mess emotionally. A good network of close females was so important for me. I cried, I laughed and I felt supported by them in allowing me to talk through my emotional trauma, especially relating to the potential fertility issues in the future. Anything to do with woman's health for me has been so hard to talk about, as it feels so personal, and you feel less of a 'normal female' if you have fertility issues. Most of my life I have been trying to avoid even thinking about it, so it felt so nice to just let it all out! I really hope you all have those people in your life you can open up to and be vulnerable around!
Having the support of close friends/family will be key while you're in hospital and for the first week or so - I could have never done this without my close friend group, they were with me at the hospital and took turns bringing food and drink and attending to most of my whims while I was at home, so make sure you have some support with you during this time!
Anyways, I hope my essay helped someone - I think I can put my good experience down to 3 simple factors: excellent pre-existing fitness, private health insurance and having a good movement regime/diet structure post-surgery.

Can someone tell me if I am overreacting/pregnancy hormones, or if I had a right to be mad at this?
For about 5 years, my husband and I lived in Florida. Florida was always a bit red, but we lived there before DeSantis got into office, so it was manageable, especially living in a blue city. Everything went downhill once Desantis was elected.
My husband and I had a dream from the start of our relationship to move to Colorado, and once Florida politics got worse and worse, we decided to just up and move. Especially since we were starting to talk about having kids. I refused to have children in a state that has no human rights. Plus, as a bisexual, very pro choice woman, it was not the place for me. My husband agreed. The only reason he liked Florida was because of the warm weather, he has some chronic pain ailments and the cold weather makes them worse.
Anyway, I think from the time we moved, my mom held on to a glimmer of hope that I or we would move back. Always dropping little comments that I could move back in with mommy if my marriage doesn't work out (which I would never do). Trying to bait me by sending me photos of the beach saying "don't you miss this?" (no. Mountains > oceans. Plus, I can fly two hours to California, have a beach AND human rights! Win win!). Bragging that it's 80 degrees in February in the hopes that I'll say I miss it. This continued even after my husband and I bought a house here, basically showing the long term commitment of staying here. Her argument is because we live in a slightly red area of Colorado, it's "basically the same" as Florida and may as well come back. Um, no, it's not. At all. The city leans slight red and is surrounded by blue areas. It's been incessant little comments since we moved in 2021.
The "funny" thing is, my mom is a democrat. She hates Desantis. But, she loves the warm weather. And has, verbatim said "As much as I disagree with his politics, as a post menopausal, straight white woman, they don't have much of an impact on me". I like the warm weather too, as does my husband for reasons mentioned above. But human rights matter more to us, so if the cold becomes too much ever, we will move to California.
Now, I'm pregnant. Yay!! This has only made her comments much worse. We don't have any family in this state, BUT my husband and I are both self employed, doing very well financially, and we will both have the ability to be stay at home parents as we set our own schedule and have savings to not work for up to a year. My husband is extremely hands on, and I know he will do everything I do less breastfeeding and birth. I do not underestimate how hard parenting is, but I think I have an advantage being that we can both be stay at home parents, we can afford a post pardum doula, and my husband isn't a loser man child that sees childcare as "women's work".
I know this sounds dramatic, but I would literally rather be a single mother in a dingy studio apartment on welfare vs move back to Florida. This is truly how strongly and angry I feel about it.
The last time my mom made a comment relating to us moving back to Florida, I snapped. I lost it. I told her it's evident that she cares more about selfishly seeing me/her grandkid, then she does them having human rights (especially so if this child is a girl). She cares more about seeing me, than me having rights, and me being in a place that makes me happy. I said it's disgusting how she can care so little about politics that don't directly impact her life, especially as she was a teacher all her life, mostly teaching students of very marginalized backgrounds. I said "you literally live in the North Korea of the USA and you want me to come back??!" It was a very heated convo and we haven't spoken in a week.
If she genuinely and whole heartedly wants to see me and her grandkids more, nothing/no one is stopping her from selling her home and moving to Colorado. But ohhhhh noooo its cold here!!!!!!! It snows here!!!!!!! I don't know anyone there!!!!!!!!!!! It's more expensive!!!!!!!!!!
Is Colorado perfect politically? No, no location is perfect. But I love it here for reasons beyond politics. It is the most scenic and beautiful state I have ever seen. I take two to three hikes a week, and can't wait to do more 14ers once not pregnant. The people here are so much nicer too. Overall, there's very little I don't like here.
Any outside thoughts would be appreciated, but either way, it felt good to get this off my chest.

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When it comes to physical sports like boxing, running, basketball, and tennis, it's commonly accepted to have separate women's divisions. The reasoning is clear: the physical strength and advantages of men are often incomparable to those of women. Just consider the infamous match where Karsten Brasach, ranked 203 in the men's division, defeated the Williams sisters, who were dominating the female division. But... should the same separation apply to intellectual sports like chess?
Many psychologists, including the renowned Dr. Jordan Peterson, argue that intelligence or IQ is not influenced by gender. So, why does FIDE (the International Chess Federation) maintain a separate title system exclusively for women? After all, chess prowess relies solely on strategic thinking, creativity, and mental agility—traits that are unrelated to muscle mass, height, or physical power. So, is it fair to restrict women's rankings to only the female category? Why aren't they considered on par with their male counterparts?
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Husband (me) and wife. Almost ten years married with three children 4, 6, and 9.
Wife is unwilling to return to work. She took one year off for each child born, which was longer than I agreed to. We discussed before marriage that she would have to work, and I fully disclosed my income, student loans and such. I also said that if we reached some milestones, she could potentially stay home if she wanted, or work part time. I was specific - we needed a paid off house and an emergency fund for her to do that. She can make north of six figures (USD) full time if she worked overtime. Upper five figures standard full time, and mid five figures part time as an RN with a schedule flexible enough to deal with childcare needs.
We did not become financially comfortable. In fact, we had some setbacks and are stuck renting an increasingly expensive 2 bedroom apartment with our family of 5. I work from home most days and she also decided to home school the children. I would be fine with that, if not for our financial situation and tight space. I am miserable due to the lack of space. I am depressed due to no financial future. I laid it all on the line and she responded to me the next day with an e-mail apologizing for "lying to you and myself" about what she wanted out of life. She has said this is no longer up for discussion and she can't think about it because it's too complicated.
I earn enough to feed and cloth us at the basic level. No retirement savings, no college funds, no vacations. She splurges on the kids, we are lucky to have anything left at the end of the month. My wife agrees that this is not ideal, but offers no solutions other than repeatedly suggesting I find a 2nd job (retail etc). My career doesn't have moonlighting opportunities that make anywhere near my primary salary.
My stance has always been for her to go work 2 years full time, or 3-4 years part time, and pay for a most if not all of a house. We counseled about it and the outcome sided with me, so she is no longer interested in going to counseling.
"Just leave then" right? I work with divorced men and the amount of child support they pay is staggering with fewer kids. These men have career women ex-wives. An attorney once advised me of my CS outlay a few years back and I would have to work 2-3 jobs to survive with that obligation. It's staggeringly high. My wife is now trying to say, suddenly, since I began pressing her about work, that she has something wrong with her physically. She has been to every referral, doctor, specialist, and test. No diagnosis. I feel as though she would do everything in her power to avoid working. Two of our kids have special needs and would qualify for SSI, which we can't get with me in the house, but she would get if she had no income. That plus my child support would put her on equal financial footing as now, while I would be working to the bone to stay alive. My mother-in-law collects alimony and also needs a place to stay.... We don't have room for her right now.
Anyway - Do I have any prayer of some kind of resolution in court that wouldn't leave me struggling for the next 10-20 years? Anyone seen anyone go through something like this and come out better for it?

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Check out our full Durham events calendar.
If you'd like to add an event to our calendar, submit an event here. Please check with the event organizers to see if events change due to weather. Have a great weekend!

June Featured Events

53rd Annual Bimbé Cultural Arts Festival at Rock Quarry Park

• This family-oriented event is a celebration of African and African American history, culture, arts, and traditions.
• Headlined by Intro, Mr. Cheeks, Petey Pablo, and KRS-One
• Free admission

1776 at DPAC

• The show is based on the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, telling a story of the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document.
• This Tony Award-winning Best Musical is tuneful, witty, and constantly surprising, especially in this revolutionary new production from directors Jeffrey L. Page (Violet) and Diane Paulus (Waitress) with a cast that reflects multiple representations of race, gender, and ethnicity.
• Jun 1-4
• $15+

PLAYlist Concert Series: Raíces, Rutas, y Ritmos at Durham Central Park

• Raíces, Rutas, y Ritmos highlights the importance of music-making among Latin American migrants in North Carolina, as well as the prominence of Latin American-derived music in the Triangle area.
• 6:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
• Free admission

Venue Weekend Schedules

Events at The Carolina Theatre

• Fri, Jun 2 at 7:00 p.m. - Leslie Jones: Live
• Sun, Jun 4 at at 4:15 p.m. - The Empower Experience 2023

Events at The Pinhook

• Thu, Jun 1 at 8:00 p.m. - Dead Fox No Groove / Julia. / Dylan Innes
• Fri, Jun 2 at 7:00 p.m. - OCRCC’s 12th Annual Punk Cuts To End Rape
• Fri, Jun 2 at 9:00 p.m. - Yolo Karaoke!
• Sat, Jun 3 at 6:00 p.m. - Teia Elaine Presents: What Would Eve Do?
• Sat, Jun 3 at 10:00 p.m. - House Of Coxx Drag Show!
• Sat, Jun 3 at 11:55 p.m. - Rent Due Dance Party!!!
• Sun, Jun 4 at 4:00 p.m. - (Early Show) The Lover Boyz W/ Phil Cook + Kym Register And Friends
• Sun, Jun 4 at 8:00 p.m. - (Late Show) The Lover Boyz W/ Phil Cook + Kym Register And Friends

Events at Motorco Music hall

• Fri, Jun 2 at 8:00 p.m. - Halocene With Lauren Babic / Alphamega
• Sat, Jun 3 at 9:00 p.m. - Gimme Gimme Disco
• Sun, Jun 4 at 7:00 p.m. - Mike’s Dead with The Haunt

Events at The Fruit

• Fri, Jun 2 at 11:00 p.m. - Job Fruit Residency: IN2IT
• Sat, Jun 3 at 10:00 p.m. - Paradox: A 90s Rave Experience
• Sun, Jun 4 at 12:00 p.m. - The Fruit Flea: Monthly Flea Market

Live Music at Blue Note Grill

• Thu, Jun 1 at 7:30 p.m. - Curtis Salgado Band
• Fri, Jun 2 at 6:00 p.m. - The Duke Street Dogs
• Fri, Jun 2 at 9:15 p.m. - Adam Ezra Group
• Sat, Jun 3 at 7:30 p.m. - JIVES

Events at Moon Dog Meadery

• Thursdays - Free Board Games
• Thu, Jun 1 at 7:00 p.m. - Trivia
• Fri, Jun 2 at 8:00 p.m. - First Friday Swing Dance Night with Nitelife Boogie!
  • Free dance lesson at 7:30 p.m.
• Sun, Jun 4 at 6:30 p.m. - Moon Dog Open Mic

Live Music at Sharp 9 Gallery

• Sat, Jun 3 at 8:00 p.m. - Eric Williams Quintet

Events at Arcana

• Thu, Jun 1 - Jay Hammond & Andy Stack with Joe Westerlund and Tarot with Virginia
• Fri, Jun 2 - Russell Favret and Tarot with Heiltje
• Sat, Jun 3 - Bardo Bloom and Tarot with Rene
• Sun, Jun 4 - Matty Famartino and Tarot with Joy

Events at Rubies on Five Points

• Thu, Jun 1 at 10:00 p.m. - Miss B Haven Presents: Midnight Remedies
• Fri, Jun 2 at 10:00 p.m. - Mamis & The Papis And Party Illegal Present: Moodboard
• Sat, Jun 3 at 9:00 p.m. - Star People Gang Presents: Freaks And Beats

Events at Durty Bull Brewing Company

• Thu, Jun 1
  • 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Food Truck: Safari Eatz
  • 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Thursday Trivia with Nick
• Fri, Jun 2
  • 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Food Truck: Tacos Paradise
  • 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Open Mic Stand-up Comedy
• Sat, Jun 3
  • 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Food Truck: Chop House BBQ
  • 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - DJ Jack Bonney
  • 4:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m. - Taxicab Preacher
• Sun, Jun 4
  • 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Food Truck: Charlie C's Hotdogs On Wheels
  • 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Hammered Trivia with Thor

Live Comedy at Mettlesome

• Fri, Jun 2 at 8:00 p.m. - The Racket
• Fri, Jun 2 26 at 9:00 p.m. - Hush Hush
• Sat, Jun 3 at 8:00 p.m. - Bull City Press Presents…
• Sat, Jun 3 at 9:00 p.m. - House Party

Events at Boxyard RTP

• Thu, Jun 1 at 5:30 p.m. - Songstories Live at Boxyard RTP
• Fri, Jun 2 from 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Boxyard Bucks
  • First 100 people on site receive $10 to spend at any vendor
• Fri, Jun 2 at 5:30 p.m. - LOJO: Log Off, Jam On
• Sat, Jun 3 from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Turns 2 Family Friendly Celebration
• Sat, Jun 3 from 11:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. - Saturdaze: Uno Dose
• Sat, Jun 3 from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Wonderbop

Events at Glass Jug Beer Lab in RTP

• Thu, Jun 1 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Beer Garden Jam Sessions
• Fr, Jun 2 from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - RTP Food Truck Fridays
• Sat, Jun 3 from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Beer Garden Jam Sessions

Events at Glass Jug Beer Lab in Downtown Durham

• Thu, Jun 1 from 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Live Music in the Taproom
• Jun 1-4 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Weekend Food Trucks

Local Sports

Durham Bulls Home Stand at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park

• vs Jacksonville
• Thu, Jun 1 - Pride Night
• Fri, Jun 2 - Friday Night Fireworks
• Sat, Jun 3 - Saturday Night Fireworks
• Sun, Jun 4 - Kids Run the Bases
• $10+

Running of the Bulls 8K at Historic Durham Athletic Park

• The 15th running of Durham’s premiere community road race! This scenic course will wind through the historic and revitalized neighborhoods of downtown Durham, American Tobacco Campus, Trinity Park and Old North Durham neighborhoods, and finish with a lap of the warning track inside the historic Old Durham Athletic Park!
• Sat, Jun 3 at 7:00 a.m.
• $10-45

Thursday, Jun 1

Thirsty Thursdays at Dashi

• Each month Dashi's Thirsty Thursday drink specials revolve around a monthly theme – spirits, cocktails, special ingredients, brand, location, etc. – with new sips every Thursday. Learn more about upcoming themes on their website or visit them in person – there's always something new to try from their expansive bar!
• 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Vinyl Night with DJ Deckades at Gizmo Brew Works

• Enjoy fresh vibes on the patio with DJ Deckades. Bring your own vinyl to share or just listen to what the DJ is spinning.
• 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
• Free admission

Boulders & Brews Meetup at Triangle Rock Club - Durham

• Show up and climb at TRC Durham, then head over to Hi-Wire for some brews. Don't worry if it's your first time or haven't bouldered before; everyone's welcome.
• Your first visit to the gym with the Meetup includes free admission and gear rental, and subsequent visits with the meetup are $15 and include harness rental (outside of meetups, day pass rates of $19 apply and do not include rentals).
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Trivia Night w/Big Slow Tom at Clouds Brewing Brightleaf Square

• Join Clouds Durham for Big Slow Tom's Trivia Night, every Thursday. Win some prizes, drink some beer, and show your smarts.
• Enjoy $4 select draft and $5 rotating bartender's choice all night.
• 7:30 p.m.
• Free admission

Friday, Jun 2

Tasting at Ten at Counter Culture Coffee

• Every Friday morning at 10 am, Counter Culture Coffee opens their Training Centers to coffee lovers who want to learn more about Counter Culture Coffee’s high-quality, sustainably sourced menu.
• 10:00 a.m.
• Free, but donations accepted

Garden Printing: Cyanotypes and Hammered Flower Prints on Fabric at Duke Campus Farm

• Visitors to Duke Campus Farm can come take a tour of the space, learn more about what is grown and why, and choose from a number of plants from the garden to experiment with two printing techniques that highlight the shape and color of fresh produce and flowers. With cyanotype printing, we will use either the plant as a silhouette to make sun prints using UV light, or make use of parts of the plants to create a composition on the blue-tinted paper.
• 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
• Free admission (registration encouraged)

Saturday, Jun 3

Durham Farmers’ Market at Durham Central Park

• The Durham Farmers’ Market offers locally grown fruits and vegetables, meats, eggs, cut flowers, artisanal cheeses and breads, home-baked pies, honey, handmade chocolates, preserves, local wines, handmade soaps, fresh pasta, and artwork of all sorts!
• 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
• Free admission

South Durham Farmers' Market at Greenwood Commons Shopping Center

• The market strives to support new and growing farms and vendors in the greater Durham area, and they are also home to some of the most iconic Durham brands around.
• 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
• Free admission

parkrun Durham at Southern Boundaries Park

• A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer, or spectate. It's up to you!
• 8:00 a.m.
• Free admission

Hayti Walking History Tour at Hayti Heritage Center

• So, how do you pronounce H-A-Y-T-I ? What are the Hayti Neighborhood's connections to the island of Haiti? ...to Black Wall St.? ...to the city of Durham at large? These questions are answered while many more are raised in this 75-minute tour of Fayetteville St., the commercial center of Durham’s largest African American residential neighborhood. Stops include the neighborhood’s founding institutions: St. Joseph’s AME church, The Carolina Times, Stanford L. Warren Library and more!
• Stories include: Women of Hayti, Power of Black Churches and Urban Renewal. The tour begins and ends at the Hayti Heritage Center.
• 10:00 a.m.
• $20+

Nasher Community Celebration at the Nasher Museum of Art

• An outdoor party featuring GRAMMY Award-winning producer 9th Wonder and friends. Celebrate Spirit in the Land with pop-up children’s book readings in the galleries. At 2 p.m., Alberto Barrantes, an author visiting from Costa Rica, will give a reading from his new bilingual book Arts for Diversity. Art activities will be inspired by artists María Berrío and Andrea Chung.
• The Museum of Life and Science will join us with StarLab to view the night sky—and insects to study up close. Piedmont Wildlife Center will also bring several animals. Everyone can sample free cotton candy by Wonderpuff. Also fun to try: temporary tattoos inspired by the natural world. Assorted sandwiches and beverages from the Nasher Museum Cafe will be available for purchase. Cash bar.
• 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Free admission

MAKRS Pop-up at Durham Central Park

• Shop from 55+ local artists and makers, plus food trucks and coffee.
• 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
• Free admission

Crafternoons at Gizmo Brew Works

• Free pint with purchase of craft box. Choose from a variety of craft packages available for all ages.
• 12:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Beaver Queen Pageant — Once Upon a Wetland... at Duke Park

• The Beaver Queen Pageant is the Triangle’s own special mix of folly, pageantry, and humor. Contestants take on beaver personalities and compete for the title of Beaver Queen with their fashion, talent, and personality. There will be music, a kid's art activity station, food trucks, and much more!
• Enjoy the fun at this family-friendly and free event which raises funds for the Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association. Vote for your favorite contestants - or bribe a judge - at www.beaverqueen.org. You are not going to want to miss this truly weird and delightful Durham experience.
• 4:00 p.m.
• Free admission

Sunday, Jun 4

Al Strong Presents Jazz Brunch at Alley Twenty Six

• Al Strong, the Grammy-nominated jazz trumpeter, composer and recording artist, will bring a rotating lineup of musicians to perform during Sunday brunch at Durham's Alley Twenty Six. Weather permitting the band will perform in the bar’s namesake alley.
• Brunch from 10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• Music 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Art-n-Soul Market at Mystic Farm & Distillery

• Shop handmade in this special setting. Mystic Farm & Distillery in Durham offers a unique place to gather and enjoy local spirits. The Art-n-Soul Market brings the best local artisans, food trucks and live music out to the farm for bourbon tastings, craft cocktails, food trucks and distinctive gifts you won't find anywhere else. Bring your friends and meet us at the bourbon farm! Dogs welcome.
• 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Free admission

Public Tour at Duke Chapel

• Learn about the history, architecture, and life of Duke Chapel in this tour, which is free and open to the public. The tour begins at 12:15 p.m., or immediately following the conclusion of the Sunday morning service, and lasts approximately forty-five minutes.
• No reservation is required but if you plan to bring a large group please notify us in advance. Meet the docent on the front steps of the Chapel.
• Paid parking is available on a first come, first served basis in the Bryan Center Parking Lot at 125 Science Drive. ADA parking is available in the Bryan Center Surface Lot at the same address.
• 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Trivia at Navigator Beverage Co.

• Hosted by the Triangle’s Trivia team, Hammered Trivia, gather your team and post up to compete for prizes and enjoy an afternoon of great drinks, great friends, and great games.
• 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Free admission

Running Art Exhibits

upstART Gallery: A Jim Lee Project at Pop Box Gallery

• upstART Gallery will host its first group show at Pop Box Gallery & The Art Chose Me’s residency in Old East Durham. The show features 27 artists who were selected through an open call review process. Artists were challenged to create work especially for this unique space, scaled 1:12 (one inch = one foot).
• Wed-Sat from 12:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m.
• Runs through Jul 1

Exhibit at 21c Museum Hotel

• Truth or Dare: A Reality Show
  • Runs through March 2024
• Open 24 hours
• Free admission

“Extra-Spectral” at the Durham Art Guild Truist Gallery

• This exhibit highlights several NC-based artists that, on the surface, use colors that are “extra” (which is where their commonality ends) to evoke their intent through a combination of this color with forms and imagery as well as the concepts embedded in color’s many identities. Artists Jane Cheek, Jerstin Crosby, Zach Storm, Tonya Solley Thornton and Leif Zikade all require color to play a primary role in their work and their relationship to an audience.
• Mon–Sat from 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. and Sun from 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Runs through June 4
• Free admission

Donna Stubbs, Featured Artist at 5 Points Gallery

• 5 Points Gallery in downtown Durham introduces a new exhibit featuring the work of our member artist, Donna Stubbs. Donna uses an archaeological approach to painting, as she lovingly photographs her surroundings and unearths discarded items in thrift stores to create abstract mixed media works.
• Free admission

Chieko Murasugi & Renzo Ortega at Craven Allen Gallery

• An exhibition featuring both abstract and figurative works by two artists with international backgrounds. The SEQUENTIAL exhibition invites the observer on a visual journey, generating an organic relationship between the artworks and the gallery's visitors. Through the dynamics of color, form, ideas, and narratives, Chieko Murasugi and Renzo Ortega seek to generate a dialogue and the experience of art appreciation with the audience.
• Sat, May 20 at 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - opening reception
• Runs through July 8

Spirit in the Land at the Nasher

• Spirit in the Land is a contemporary art exhibition that examines today’s urgent ecological concerns from a cultural perspective, demonstrating how intricately our identities and natural environments are intertwined. Through their artwork, 30 artists show us how rooted in the earth our most cherished cultural traditions are, how our relationship to land and water shapes us as individuals and communities
• Tue-Fri from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sun from 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
• Runs through Jul 9
• Free admission

Andy Warhol: You Look Good in Pictures at the Nasher

• Andy Warhol: You Look Good in Pictures explores the breadth of the artist’s relationship with photography through several distinct bodies of work including screenprints of celebrities, all of which were taken from photographs, a group of Polaroids and black and white snapshots illustrating his social circles, and an early silent film of the curator Henry Geldzahler from 1964.
• Tue-Fri from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sun from 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
• Runs through Aug 27
• Free admission

Art of Peru at the Nasher

• This gallery features ceramics, textiles, metalwork and carvings produced by ancient cultures across what is known as present-day Peru.
• Tue-Fri from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sun from 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
• Runs through Dec 2
• Free admission

Housing Information
City of boston Rental Relief Program is offering $15000 grant “The Rental Relief Fund provides up to $15,000 in rental and utility assistance for income eligible households for up to 12 months. Eligible households can receive assistance for both back rent and rent going forward. Households receiving assistance for future rent will need to recertify income every 3 months to verify continued need” past due March 13 2020
Homeowners Assistance Fund is offering up to $50,000 “Mass HAF will provide up to $50,000 in financial assistance to eligible homeowners who have missed at least 3 home mortgage payments to help them avoid foreclosure. If a homeowner's application is approved, funds will be provided to a homeowner’s mortgage servicing company (the company that collects their mortgage payments) in order to apply it to the housing loan)”
MASShousing continues to offer up to 50,000 for first time homebuyers in Attleboro, Barnstable, Boston, Brockton, Chelsea, Chicopee, Everett, Fall River, Fitchburg, Framingham, Haverhill, Holyoke, Lawrence, Leominster, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, Methuen, New Bedford, Peabody, Pittsfield, Quincy, Randolph, Revere, Salem, Springfield, Taunton, Westfield and Worcester. For more information and check eligibility :
RAFT Program is offering up to $10,000 “RAFT can cover utilities, moving costs, and overdue rent”
HOMEBASE through DHCD is offering $20,000 for move in cost, household items for those at risk of homelessness
Family Aid also assist families at risk of homelessness (617) 542-7286
Furniture Information
Masshealth MATCH program is offering up to $5,500 for eligible households. For more information
Rosie’s place 617-442- 9322
My Brothers Keeper (508) 238-4416
Inquire with DTA as well as your health center for referral for furniture may need uhaul to pick up
Family aid also offers 3000 for furniture
Education/ Job training programs:
YEAR UP Average starting annual salary for students is 52k a year. You will learn a new skill, intern at one of their 250 contracted companies and they will assist in helping you land a job (617) 542-1533
City Year Job training for those interested in tech job (617) 927-2500
YMCA training inc “The 16-week Medical Administrative Assista training program prepares participants for general registration and front desk administrative office support, including basic medical terminology, overview of billing and claims processing, HIPAA and OSHA guidelines, and health insurance overview. At the conclusion of training, participants will take a certification exam to receive their industry recognized Medical Administrative Assistant credential.” Inquire online :
MASSHIRE continues to offer their ESOL , GED/HISET, ADULT DIPLOMA, PRE GED, Literacy Programs
Automatic technician training program Carpentry apprentice program and other programs Inquire at :
JVS Boston offers the following programs: Animal Care Technician Training Automotive Technician Training Bank Career Training Biotechnology Manufacturing Associate Training Program Bridges to College & Careers - Biotechnology Training Carpentry Apprentice Training Certified Nursing Assistant Training Customer Service Training Early Childhood Educator Training Healthcare Cleaning Training Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC&R) Training Hotel Training Patient Care Technician Training Substance Addiction Assistant Training Inquire at :
Legal Services Organizations:
GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES 197 Friend Street, Boston (617) 603-1807 (Housing Law) (617) 603-1700 (Eastern Regional Intake) Services: Eviction defense; defense of tenants after foreclosure; subsidy preservation; tenant rights; plus other non-housing services Website: l
VOLUNTEER LAWYER'S PROJECT (617) 603-1700 (Eastern Region Intake) Services: Legal services - for renters facing eviction. Filing court documents against landlord. Post-foreclosure eviction. Website:
HOMESTART 105 Chauncy Street, Suite 502, Boston (617) 542-0338 (857) 415-1454 (Eviction Prevention Hotline) Services: Housing court assistance and legal support. Payment for back rent. Moving expenses for relocation. Email: Website: l
LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS (617) 482-1145 Services: RAFT or Boston Rental Relief Fund application help; help with eviction discrimination or harassment; no individual eviction cases. Website:
Community Organizations:
CITY LIFE/VIDA URBANA 284 Amory Street, Jamaica Plain (617) 934-5006 (English COVID Hotline) (617) 397-3773 (Español Línea Directa) (617) 524-3541 Services: Eviction prevention; rent relief; tenant rights; community organization services. Website:
JUSTICE 4 HOUSING Services: Help justice-involved individuals who are denied housing opportunities due to a criminal record secure stable housing. As well as justice-involved and domestic violence housing agency evictions. Facebook: @justice4housing Email: [email protected] Website:
NUESTRA COMMUNIDAD 56 Warren Street, Suite 200, Roxbury (617) 427-3599 Services: Housing resource services; housing counseling; homelessness prevention; special expertise for ages 60+. Website:
PROJECT HOPE 550 Dudley Street, Roxbury (617) 442-1880 (ext. 242 for Housing) Services: Provide housing support services including rehousing and case management to low-income women with children. Also education, employment, and emergency services. Website:
CITY MISSION 185 Columbia Road, Dorchester (617) 742-6830 Services: Limited, one-time grants for back rent; various other non-housing services. Website:
ASSOCIATION OF HAITIAN WOMEN IN BOSTON (AFAB-KAFANM) 330 Fuller Street Dorchester (617) 287-0096 Services: Assist newly arrived Haitian immigrants in applying for public housing benefits and facilitates workshops on housing issues such as tenant rights, home buying, etc. Website:
KENNEDY CENTER 15 Tufts Street, Charlestown (617) 241-8866 ext. 1352 Services: Housing or food emergency services. Application assistance and case management. Email: [email protected]. Website:
CASA MYRNA (617) 521-0126 Services: Provide culturally competent and trauma-informed emergency shelter and critical supportive services for adults, youth and families who are homeless due to domestic violence. Email: Website: m
NEIGHBORHOOD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING (NOAH) 143 Border Street, Boston (617) 418-8260 Services: Financial Assistance - Emergency Housing Assistance Program. Bilingual (English/Spanish) rental housing counseling and. Website:
ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 178 Tremont Street, Boston (Numerous locations) (617) 348-6329 Services: Rent assistance; housing counseling. Email: Website:
No person is all bad , hard times do not discminate nor are they schedule, we all deserve to live comfortably and be happy. I hope this helps. Heal, Be confident & stay consistent. Wishing you all the best
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Disclaimer: I'm very upset while I type this. The situation is fresh and I'm very upset about the whole thing.
I worked at a state campground this being my second summer with my fianceé. I think it's important to mention that we are both very lesbianey looking women. We are also Jewish.
The first summer they hired a caretaker who was horribly racist and very openly discriminatory towards basically anyone who did not look like she did. (cis/white) She was not from the U.S originally and seems to be able to just float about internationally whenever she chooses. It seems she inherited this "ability" from an old Axis power relative. This was very tough to work for. But my fianceé and I both had always wanted a career in parks and dreamed of a future there.
This summer they hired an ex cop, and his bible thumping wife to be caretaker. I didn't even make it a weekend. On my second day there he acoasted us in the parking lot because people were waiting to rent boats. Boat rentals typically start at 9:30 we were there at 9:03. I was not even out of the car yet. My fianceé finished climbing out of the car and said "eh, boat rentals start at 9:30 it can wait" to which the caretaker became irate. He made some "don't talk back to me" type comment and continued with explosive behavior. My fianceé stood her ground and quietly affirmed that boat rentals started at 9:30 and that it wouldn't be fair to rent them out starting now because this is what we told everyone who asked.
He continued to have a heightened tone with my fianceé while also yelling at me to go down to the boathouse. I comply as quickly as I could, but considering the fact I hadn't even made it out of the car when he started, I had to run back up the hill to grab my radio. At which point he was now full on yelling at my fianceé, about a different but not separate issue on the boats and told her "she could go" my fiancee yelled back fine and she went to go collect her stuff. I went to collect mine as well.
The caretaker panicked and said that he did not want to see us go. I stayed behind my fianceé because I now felt uncomfortable leaving them alone. They were both able to hash out future rules for the boats that were both fair and reasonable. My fiancee even apologized for renting a boat out over multiple days which was as of now, a disallowed rule. The caretaker went off on the 4 wheeler and all seemed resolved. I went down to the boathouse and completed my shift. My fianceé wrote out an e-mail detailing the caretaker's behavior twords her and his wife in front of her because she was now nervous to work with him alone.
We left, had our evening and moved forward. My fianceé who worked full time there worked her next full scheduled day(5/31). The following day (6/1) she showed up for her shift and worked about half of it before the Operations supervisor and her boss showed up. They dismissed my fianceés actions as insubordination and my fianceé left. This apparently ends my career here as well.
So I guess what I'm asking is what do I do? I'm so hurt and upset. That was both of our dream jobs. I don't want to work there without my fianceé, but what can I do? That was so horrible and abusive. I can't believe it happened.

Here's my list for this weekend, I'm sure there is plenty I missed so please add it down below. Also, at popular request you can now get this as a newsletter. Sign up and maybe one day I'll be able to afford Dunkin' more than twice a week.

THURSDAY - JUNE 1

Red Sox vs Cincinnati Reds @ Fenway Park @ 7PM
Discussion: Black Art @ MFA @ 7PM Join this conversation with Boston community leaders about what it means to have a “seat at the table” and why representation is vital in art institutions.
Julieta Venegas @ Shubert Theatre @ 8PM Hear Julieta Venegas - one of the greatest pioneers of Spanish-language pop music, live in Boston!
The Music of George Gershwin @ Symphony Hall @ 8PM Two of today’s most celebrated artists—Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Michael Feinstein - come together to celebrate the legacy of Gershwin and his peers.
Hayley Kiyoko @ House of Blues @ 6PM
The Backseat Lovers @ Roadrunner @ 8PM
Panchiko @ Paradise Rock Club @ 7PM
Rosie @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM

FRIDAY- JUNE 2

Red Sox vs Rays @ Fenway Park @ 7PM *Promotion: Lou Gehrig Day
First Fridays: Poolside Pride @ ICA @ 5PM Start pride month with ICA’s monthly after-hours party where you can enjoy art, dance, try summer drinks, and watch a dazzling drag performance.
‘True Crime Obsessed’ Podcast LIVE @ The Wilbur @ 7:30PM ‘True Crime Obsessed’ is a leading podcast in its genre, with over 200 million downloads.
Ricardo Arjona @ Agganis Arena @ 8PM
Hippo Campus @ Leader Bank Pavilion @ 7:30PM *With Gus Dapperton
Logic @ MGM Music Hall @ 8PM *With Juicy J
Thrice @ House of Blues @ 7PM
ARMNHMR @ Big Night Live @ 9:30PM
Big Wreck @ Paradise Rock Club @ 7PM
Jake Swamp and the Pine @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM

SATURDAY- JUNE 3

Red Sox vs Rays @ Fenway Park @ 1PM / 6PM
Beyond the Spectrum Kids: Oceans & Boats @ MFA @ 10:30AM In this class, kids will explore the theme of the sea and boats in art and make their own acrylic paintings.
Red Bull’s Cliff Diving World Series @ ICA @ 10AM Catch the season opening of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at the ICA
Stars On Ice 2023 @ Agganis Arena @ 7:30PM *Featuring Olympic Champion Nathan Chen and other U.S. Olympic Medalists.
Sam Jay Stand Up @ The Wilbur @ 7PM
New England Film Orchestra @ Hatch Memorial Shell @ 7PM Family-friendly show with sci-fi and space film music.
Video Games Live @ Symphony Hall @ 8PM Feel the adrenaline with this immersive concert experience featuring music from the most iconic video games of all time, soundtracked by the amazing Boston Pops.
Walker Hayes @ Leader Bank Pavilion @ 6:30PM
GRYFFIN @ MGM Music Hall @ 8PM
GRYFFIN @ Big Night Live @ 10:30PM
BANG YOUNGGUK @ Big Night Live @ 6PM
Y’all Out Boy @ Paradise Rock Club @ 7PM
Peezy @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM

SUNDAY- JUNE 4

Red Sox vs Rays @ Fenway Park @ 1:30PM
Artist Talk: Tabaimo @ MFA @ 2PM Tabaimo joins an MFA curator and a scholar to discuss her groundbreaking work in capturing contemporary Japanese society through unique video installations.
Yoga & Meditation in the Galleries @ Peabody Essex Museum Enjoy a peaceful morning at PEM doing yoga at 9AM, followed by a session of relaxing meditation at 10.
Baroque Masterpieces from Epic Films in Concert @ Berklee Performance Center @ 8PM For this intimate solo recital, the triumphant Polina Osetinskaya turns to a program of some of the most enduring musical masterpieces in history.
Symphony for Science @ Symphony Hall @ 3PM Symphony for Science is an annual benefit concert that aims to raise awareness, funds, and hope for healthcare and STEM education causes.
Billy Joel Tribute @ Hanover Theatre @ 7:30PM A band plays tribute to one of the foremost songwriters of the twentieth century, Billy Joel.
Full Spin Drag Show x Britney Spears @ Crystal Ballroom @ 8PM
Eladio Carrion @ House of Blues @ 7PM
Inner Wave @ Brighton Music Hall @ 7PM
‘Pride Calling’ Party @ Big Night Live @ 8PM

All weekend

All weekend - 'Evita' Opera @ Loeb Drama Center @ 7:30PM Inspired by the real life of the iconic Eva Perón, this Tony-award winning rock opera is remastered and back on stage after much anticipation!
All weekend - 'Sleeping Beauty' Ballet @ Citizens Bank Opera House LAST CHANCE - Hear one of Tchaikovsky’s greatest compositions performed live by the Boston Ballet Orchestra and witness magic and adventure unfold before you.

Ongoing events

Ongoing - Musical Shows @ MoS Planetarium Museum of Science puts on special experiences adapting the music of Coldplay, Rihanna, Pink Floyd, and Prince to immersive visuals in the Charles Hayden Planetarium
Ongoing - ‘Wedding Fashion and Traditions Exhibition @ MFA NEW - The exhibition explores the origins and development of wedding customs in the United States through fashion, jewlery, and photography.
Ongoing - 'E.Jane: Drenched in Light' Exhibition @ MFA E. Jane's work explores the labor and inner lives of Black women and the future of Blackness and queerness.
Ongoing - ‘Otherworldy Realms of Wu Junyong’ Exhibition @ MFA Inspired by Chinese folklore and Greek mythology, Wu Junyong’s mixed-media works seamlessly blend diverse historical traditions with his contemporary experience to express human emotions, conflicts, and aspirations that transcend time and borders.
Ongoing - 'Touching Roots' Exhibition @ MFA This exhibition traces narratives of Blackness across the Atlantic world by bringing together work from artists who absorbed and reinterpreted African artistic practices, sacred customs, and cultural expressions.
Ongoing - 'Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence' Exhibition @ MFA The exhibition explores Katsushika Hokusai's impact during his lifetime and beyond. More than 100 woodblock prints, paintings, and illustrated books by Hokusai are on view alongside about 200 works by his teachers, students, rivals, and admirers.
Ongoing - 'Who Holds Up the Sky' Exhibition @ MFA Organized in partnership with a Ukrainian NGO, this exhibition presents the work of artists who have been documenting the war—providing testimony of Russia’s crimes and a glimpse into many Ukrainian citizens’ lives.
Ongoing - 'María Berrío: The Children’s Crusade' Exhibition @ ICA Innovative, unique, and touching, María Berrío's work is a blend of watercolor painting and collaging inspired by poetry, folklore, and realms of magic and how these elements are woven into our reality.
Ongoing - Simone Leigh Exhibition @ ICA Simone Leigh’s landmark masterpieces from the 2022 Venice Biennale are now on view along her other key works.
Ongoing - ‘American Art from the Spanish Empire’ Exhibition @ Harvard Art Museums The exhibition showcases Spanish colonial paintings from South America and the Caribbean and reflects on the colonial past of the America’s and the role of art in imperialism.

Disclaimer: I'm very upset while I type this. The situation is fresh and I'm very upset about the whole thing.
I worked at a state campground this being my second summer with my fianceé. I think it's important to mention that we are both very lesbianey looking women. We are also Jewish.
The first summer they hired a caretaker who was horribly racist and very openly discriminatory towards basically anyone who did not look like she did. (cis/white) She was not from the U.S originally and seems to be able to just float about internationally whenever she chooses. It seems she inherited this "ability" from an old Axis power relative. This was very tough to work for. But my fianceé and I both had always wanted a career in parks and dreamed of a future there.
This summer they hired an ex cop, and his bible thumping wife to be caretaker. I didn't even make it a weekend. On my second day there he acoasted us in the parking lot because people were waiting to rent boats. Boat rentals typically start at 9:30 we were there at 9:03. I was not even out of the car yet. My fianceé finished climbing out of the car and said "eh, boat rentals start at 9:30 it can wait" to which the caretaker became irate. He made some "don't talk back to me" type comment and continued with explosive behavior. My fianceé stood her ground and quietly affirmed that boat rentals started at 9:30 and that it wouldn't be fair to rent them out starting now because this is what we told everyone who asked.
He continued to have a heightened tone with my fianceé while also yelling at me to go down to the boathouse. I comply as quickly as I could, but considering the fact I hadn't even made it out of the car when he started, I had to run back up the hill to grab my radio. At which point he was now full on yelling at my fianceé, about a different but not separate issue on the boats and told her "she could go" my fiancee yelled back fine and she went to go collect her stuff. I went to collect mine as well.
The caretaker panicked and said that he did not want to see us go. I stayed behind my fianceé because I now felt uncomfortable leaving them alone. They were both able to hash out future rules for the boats that were both fair and reasonable. My fiancee even apologized for renting a boat out over multiple days which was as of now, a disallowed rule. The caretaker went off on the 4 wheeler and all seemed resolved. I went down to the boathouse and completed my shift. My fianceé wrote out an e-mail detailing the caretaker's behavior twords her and his wife in front of her because she was now nervous to work with him alone.
We left, had our evening and moved forward. My fianceé who worked full time there worked her next full scheduled day(5/31). The following day (6/1) she showed up for her shift and worked about half of it before the Operations supervisor and her boss showed up. They dismissed my fianceés actions as insubordination and my fianceé left. This apparently ends my career here as well.
So I guess what I'm asking is what do I do? I'm so hurt and upset. That was both of our dream jobs. I don't want to work there without my fianceé, but what can I do? That was so horrible and abusive. I can't believe it happened.

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Full schedule of games: https://www.fiba.basketball/americas/u16/2023/games

About a month ago I posted about a situation with my boyfriend here.
Firstly, I want to say thank you so much to everyone who read and responded to those posts. I was genuinely panicking now knowing what to do or how to help him, and I really appreciated the support I was met with on here.
Since those posts some things have happened. We got him to another therapist. A male one who specialized in SA. He will still be seeing his other one as well, just not discussing this particular part of his mental troubles with her. That didn’t go well because they didn’t believe him, so we have an appointment scheduled for him next week with another one.
We also got him into the doctor and he got surgery for his penile fracture, which is now healing fairly well. I’m incredibly proud of him for being able to cope with such a surgery so soon after the assault, even if it was necessary for medical reasons!
However, due to this mental episode he is still struggling a lot to get out of bed, eat, sleep, use the bathroom, bathe, and he has also relapsed self-harm and has begin doing it daily again. He spends a lot of time staring numbly into space or panicking and crying, and the time he doesn’t spend doing that he spends trying to distract himself with TV.
I was able to get some footage from the bar. I have it saved along with the clothes and such he was wearing when he got back all tucked safely in a box for preservation. I did view it. It was not a video of the offense, just of the women escorting him out of the bar. I think I might have recognized one of the women in it, which honestly leaves me with so many questions. Should I reach out to her? Should I ask my boyfriend if it really was her? I could really use some advice on that part.
My boyfriend has also mentioned having even more often flashbacks and such to his mother’s abuse of him, which was of a similar nature (sexual). I am usually alright with comforting him through that, but right now I can’t because he’s acting so off and I don’t want to do something I normally do and have it trigger him even more. I’m just so lost.
I’ve been doing all I can to avoid triggering him. I’ve been trying to avoid any sort of touch, sleeping separately, avoiding feminine smells, etc. Obviously seeing him in so much pain is really hurting me, but I do also have a therapist I’m talking to about this. They’re doing great at comforting me, but unfortunately they don’t seem to have much advice on how to comfort my boyfriend. So, is there anything else I should be doing?
Any advice is welcome. Sorry to ask this of you all again.

About a month ago I posted about a situation with my boyfriend here.
Firstly, I want to say thank you so much to everyone who read and responded to those posts. I was genuinely panicking now knowing what to do or how to help him, and I really appreciated the support I was met with on here.
Since those posts some things have happened. We got him to another therapist. A male one who specialized in SA. He will still be seeing his other one as well, just not discussing this particular part of his mental troubles with her. That didn’t go well because they didn’t believe him, so we have an appointment scheduled for him next week with another one.
We also got him into the doctor and he got surgery for his penile fracture, which is now healing fairly well. I’m incredibly proud of him for being able to cope with such a surgery so soon after the assault, even if it was necessary for medical reasons!
However, due to this mental episode he is still struggling a lot to get out of bed, eat, sleep, use the bathroom, bathe, and he has also relapsed self-harm and has begin doing it daily again. He spends a lot of time staring numbly into space or panicking and crying, and the time he doesn’t spend doing that he spends trying to distract himself with TV.
I was able to get some footage from the bar. I have it saved along with the clothes and such he was wearing when he got back all tucked safely in a box for preservation. I did view it. It was not a video of the offense, just of the women escorting him out of the bar. I think I might have recognized one of the women in it, which honestly leaves me with so many questions. Should I reach out to her? Should I ask my boyfriend if it really was her? I could really use some advice on that part.
My boyfriend has also mentioned having even more often flashbacks and such to his mother’s abuse of him, which was of a similar nature (sexual). I am usually alright with comforting him through that, but right now I can’t because he’s acting so off and I don’t want to do something I normally do and have it trigger him even more. I’m just so lost.
I’ve been doing all I can to avoid triggering him. I’ve been trying to avoid any sort of touch, sleeping separately, avoiding feminine smells, etc. Obviously seeing him in so much pain is really hurting me, but I do also have a therapist I’m talking to about this. They’re doing great at comforting me, but unfortunately they don’t seem to have much advice on how to comfort my boyfriend. So, is there anything else I should be doing?
Any advice is welcome and my messages are open for now. Sorry to ask this of you all again.