There’s been a lot of buzz around CCAE the last few weeks!  As we closed out our wildly successful Home Run in Harvard Square series, we now move on to the next project:  fixing up our facilities.  A group of our most dedicated art students have decided to bring our two-dimensional arts students, faculty, and friends together and put on a show to raise funds and fix a couple of our leaky roofs.

The “Artists Raise the Roof Show” is a ten–day exhibition of two–dimensional work by artists – both students and faculty. This show is designed by a group of students who are helping the Cambridge Center for Adult Education (CCAE) raise funds to replace the roofs over the Roberts Room at 42 Brattle Street and the Art Studio at 56 Brattle Street.

ARTISTS RAISE THE ROOF will open officially on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 with a reception that runs from 6:00 to 8:30 pm. This opening party will include refreshments and an auction of selected art works.

For more information, including a gallery of images, please visit our website.

I attended last night’s HOME RUN IN HARVARD SQUARE double header and learned, among other things, that minor league baseball players get a per diem of $25 a day to help pay for their meals.

Larry Lucchino was a surprise guest panelist for the second seminar with Janet Marie Smith. He joined her on stage during the Q&A after her presentation on the the great (and not so great) baseball parks in America.

I wonder if we will have any surprise guests for next week’s panel with Nancy Brady, her dad, Tom Brady, Sr., Todd Carey and his mom, Pamela Carey. They are going to be talking about how to raise a gifted athlete.

Nancy is in Boston to run the marathon with her sisters — and they will all be on NECN tomorrow (April 17th) for an interview at 1 PM.

Mr. Brady and Ms. Carey also agreed to be interviewed for this month’s cover story in the Boston Parents’ Paper.

Here is a link for anyone who is curious to learn more about their parenting experiences and philosophies:

http://boston.parenthood.com/Gifted_Athlete.php