![]() ![]() His latest collection, Stern Plastic Owl, is out now and it includes some wonderful "nonecdotes" from his self-confessed idle life as well as a side-splitting rumination on the private life of H G Wells. ![]() He rubbed shoulders with Simon Munnery and Stewart Lee for a book about Cluub Zarathustra, and lent his humorous tone to a pair of well-received anti-self-help books called Escape Everything! and The Good Life for Wage Slaves. He was shortlisted for Canada's Leacock Medal for Humour and two of his books are published by Go Faster Stripe, that niche producer of rarified and high-minded comedy. Robert Wringham is a lesser known, off-the-beaten track sort of humourist but his credentials are impressive. And at the forefront of this, I know there are some police that have a negative outlook within our community and I think that can change if they feel that they are a part of the community.Comedian and long-term admirer Gabriel Featherstone talks to humourist Robert Wringham about his latest book, Stern Plastic Owl. “Not putting any pressure on him, but it’s good to see those faces out there. If Rachel Rollins can do it, he can do it,” Angus said. Taking steps toward building safer communities is one of the main reasons CrewLove keeps the game going. One of Angus’ main goals is to get new police commissioner Michael Cox, who is a Roxbury native, to attend the game next year. It’s like ‘look at this beautiful atmosphere of people’.” She’s seeing that it’s not what people portray it to be. “It’s like ‘oh my God’ she’s here, and she’s seeing that the vibe and the essence are here. “Seeing the mayor there is like a cultural moment,” Angus said. I don’t think people really knew it was him until somebody announced ‘oh, Jaylen Brown is here.’ He didn’t have on the crazy jewelry, he didn’t have a huge security team, he walked around to every vendor, stopped, took pictures, went in the layup lines.”Įvents that bring people of all walks of life together show the city’s potential for becoming a more welcoming and inclusive place, Angus said, using Mayor Wu’s appearance as an example. “There weren’t a million people with him. “The way he walked up casually you would have just thought it was a regular person,” CrewLove member Keith “Jay” Branch said. He personally came to the game and stayed for hours. So shoutout to JB man, he saved the weekend.”īrown didn’t just have the truck there. Luckily, Jaylen Brown had his mobile clothing truck there and we were able to run the power through the truck. You don’t have the proper permit for this’. The police officer who came over and talked to us was nice about it, he was like ‘You can’t run this. “We didn’t have that, so we were unaware. “We tried to do things the right way, we had to get a permit for the park and supposedly we needed a generator permit,” Jean said. The truck ended up coming in handy in an unexpected way. Jaylen Brown’s clothing brand, 7uice, set up a mobile store at the game. ![]() Others provided free services like haircuts and painting for the kids. Some vendors brought merchandise and food to sell. We’re still trying to make connections with the right people to make those things happen.”ĬrewLove uses the game as a platform to spotlight local small businesses. “Eventually we want to be able to do back-to-school drives and holiday giveaways, stuff like that. ![]() “We use basketball at the forefront to bring everybody together, but it is more than basketball,” Jean told. It’s about putting on a fun, safe event for the community, CrewLove member Phil Jean said. Eventually, the game moved outdoors to Harambee Park.ĭespite moving three times in six years and a COVID-related hiatus, the energy has remained the same no matter where the games are played. That led to the game being moved to Emmanuel College before COVID-19 shut down gyms citywide. The first game, at the Mildred Ave Community Center was packed, but the humidity in the gym made the floor too slippery to finish the game. Roxbury leads the series 2-1 after winning this year’s game in a blowout. It kind of opened it up for people to understand like yeah we all like winning, but the camaraderie is the best thing.”ĬrewLove picks the coaches, and the coaches pick the teams. “Just the overall regular guy in Boston who just loves to compete, or the guy who was nice in their heyday but is able to get with their crew and just play. “It’s nice to see the guys that really don’t get to play these tournaments much,” CrewLove member Andrew Angus told. Just regular people from the neighborhood who love the game. The vision was for a true bragging rights game.
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