Dreadful Penny

Kid Dreadful and I hopped on our bikes and went back downtown after lunch. We got to see the “Prayers for Bobby” gay pride parade in motion and even catch a few glimpses of Sigourney Weaver. Nifty. (Earlier posts on this topic are here, here, and here.)

As promised, I snapped a few photos of the parade scene for Sigourney Weaver’s production of “Prayers for Bobby”, which is filming on Washington Street. When I was there, they were setting up and about to begin rehearsals, while the camera crane and track were being assembled. (Update: more photos here.)

Meanwhile, they were […]

Washington Street is closed all day today to enact a gay pride parade for the Sigourney Weaver production of “Prayers for Bobby” (my previous post about the film is here). I’ll head down later and snap some photos; check back! (Update: Yep, the photos are here and here.)
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… and I’ll be live-blogging the install — which they say could take 4-6 hours — in the next post.
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