Participants at last month's Media Chowder party.

Media Chowder's 3rd Annual 'Drink for the Tots' Holiday Party! takes place Thursday, Dec. 15, starting at 6:30 p.m. As usual, it's at Sidney's Bar & Grille, 20 Sidney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mingle with hundreds of other media and PR professionals throughout Boston, share some drinks and good times, and drop off a toy for needy children who live in God-forsaken places like Brockton or Chelsea. Anyone who arrives with one toy (must still be in its original packaging) receives one free drink ticket. Anyone who thinks this is a joke, please see the lead story in the Globe for Nov. 25, which basically says even in Boston things are pretty sucky and we need to help. Toys will go to the Salvation Army, who presumably know what to do with these things.

As always, Media Chowder is free and open to anyone in the writing, reporting, editing, PR or communications fields. Show up! Bring a friend!

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The haul at last month's Booze & Food Drive. It was donated to the Cambridge Baptist Church food bank.

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From our friends at Media Chowder

Yes folks, it's that time of year again — a time to help the less fortunate while getting intoxicated. Our 3rd annual Booze & Foods Drive will take place on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 6:30 to 9 pm at Sidney's Bar & Grille in Cambridge as usual.

The concept is simple: for every item of canned food you bring for donation to the Cambridge Food Bank, you get one free drink. You also get to network with various other Boston-area writers, reporters, editors & other folks in the communication fields, and perhaps can drum up some business for yourself.

As always, free and open to all in the writing, reporting, editing, PR, broadcasting & other communications fields. Show up! Attend or die!

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Media Chowder's next monthly cocktail party is free and open to anyone in the reporting, editing, writing, PR or other communications fields. Show up for the first time and you get one free drink ticket!

Date: Thursday, October 20

Time: 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Place:

Sidney's Bar & Grille
20 Sidney St.
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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Come mingle with peers, socialize, network and have a few drinks.

Admission is free and open to anyone in the reporting, editing, writing, PR or other communication fields.

Thursday, August 22, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Sidney's Bar & Grille
20 Sidney St.
Cambridge, MA

Media Chowder now has a web site: www.MediaChowder.com.

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You're invited to Media Chowder's August Cocktail Mixer, "where you can meet your peers, talk shop, look for new jobs, and otherwise advance your career while getting pickled for the evening," according to the Media Chowder Central Party Committee.

Admission is free and open to anyone in the reporting, editing, writing, PR or other communication fields.

Thursday, August 11, 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Sidney's Bar & Grille
20 Sidney St.
Cambridge, MA

View details — or see who else is coming to the party — on Facebook.

Media Chowder now has a web site: www.MediaChowder.com.

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Join other media types on Thursday, June 23 for drinks at Media Chowder's next monthly cocktail party.

As always, the party will be at Sidney's Grille at Le Meriden Hotel, 20 Sidney Street, Cambridge. It's open to anyone in the writing, reporting, editing, PR or other communications fields. Feel free to invite friends and colleagues. Show up, meet people, drink. It's not complicated.


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This smart pen/recorder is one of the technologies that will be demonstrated at this month's Media Chowder cocktail party.

Thursday, May 19, is the date for Media Chowder's next monthly cocktail party. This month's party will be a fund-raiser for victims of the recent tornadoes in the South. For every beer you drink, Media Chowder will donate $3 to the Red Cross' tornado relief fund; every wine or cocktail gets $5. At last month's "Drink for Japan Victims!" fundraiser party, Media Chowder raised $200 for disaster victims in Japan. Let's see if we can do the as well this time around.

In addition, ASBPE Boston will hosting an informal Reporter Tech Show & Tell. Bring your laptop, smart phone, MP3 recorder, or other favorite tech gizmo. Show us your favorite hardware, software,  apps, and web sites for reporting and writing. We'll learn from one another.

As always, the party will be at Sidney's Grille at Le Meriden Hotel, 20 Sidney Street, Cambridge. It's open to anyone in the writing, reporting, editing, PR or other communications fields. Feel free to invite friends and colleagues. Show up, meet people, drink. It's not complicated.


See you on the 19th!

RSVP for Media Chowder's May Cocktail/Tornado Victims Fundraiser Party.

5/26/11 update: The official take for the Media Chowder Tornado Victim fund-raiser was
$116. Media Chowder will round that up to $150 and donate that to the Red Cross today. Thanks to all who helped!

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