On December 31, 2011, at 5:30pm, about 100 Occupy Boston protesters, supporters, and participants gathered at the Community Church of Boston on 565 Boylston Street. This event showcased the Screen Print Working Group’s brand new screen prints, complete with fabrics and even pins with glitter.

Prints hanging to dry / Photo by Matthew J Shochat

There was much cheer and laughter amongst the crowd, who came to celebrate the victories of the Occupy movement, concerns, and ideas of where we will be headed down the road in 2012.

The Screen Print Working Group had been working some time to acquire the resources necessary for this event, including retrieving one screen print by donation from Occupy Wall St. The fabrics were purchased at Winmill Fabrics in Chinatown, located on Chauncy Street. All shirts were donated for use on the screen prints. Also, many screen print members taught others how to use them properly, who then, in turn, helped others get the prints of their desire.

Food was provided by donation by Occupy Boston participants and Firedoglake, who have donated to Occupy Boston events in the past.

Photo by Matthew J Shochat

On December 30th, at 5:30pm, about 15 pillow-fight enthusiasts gathered to mark the 90th day of Occupy Boston that began at Dewey Square, the place where the hub encampment of Occupy Boston began on September 30, 2011 and was taken down by Boston Police on December 10, 2011. Occupy pillow-fight enthusiast gathered to celebrate our 3rd Month Anniversary, and commemorate the 141 arrested at the Rose Camp. Event organizers requested participants to each bring a pillow. It wasn’t long before the pillow fight!

It wasn’t before long that the pillow-fight enthusiasts decided to relocate to the site of the Rose Camp. As more pillow-fight enthusiasts joined making the total 40. The massive contingent of pillow-fight enthusiasts decided to relocate back to the front of the Federal Reserve Bank Of Boston, where the pillow fight turned Gladiator style, until they decided to disperse at around 8:30pm.

It is important to note that 4 police cruisers remained on site at Dewey Square during the entirety of the pillow fight, as well as 6 that constantly monitored the pillow-fight enthusiasts on foot. Are our tax dollars going to monitor pillow fights rather than fighting corruption and injustice in high crime areas make sense?