Somerville is the natural place to talk about the book ‘Living, Together’
Pawpaws at The Mushroom Shop
The Mushroom Shop, open in a new location as of Saturday, is not just for fungus. It’s also where to get these seasonal lesser-known fruits grown in Central Massachusetts.
‘Minotaur’ has effective thrills and topical themes but very little new to say
Andrey Zvyagintsev, the exiled Russian filmmaker, returns with a murderous domestic drama set against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Lucky’s Picks: Halloween comes early this weekend
The Indie highlights a spooky selection of vintage goods, costume competition, wicked wrestling and all kinds of drag.
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Middle schoolers relocate after water from storm damages 10 classrooms at West Somerville Neighborhood School
A Sunday water leak at the West Somerville Neighborhood School has caused two grades to relocate temporarily to a Tufts building.
Five-alarm fire destroys a restaurant and barbershop in East Somerville, and crowdfunding campaigns seek to help
The Brazilian restaurant Rei Da Picanha and neighboring Damata Barbershop burned Monday in East Somerville, the city's second five-alarm fire within two weeks.
Keeping up with the CSOs: Rainfall totals inch up, but bring hours of sewage spills
Weekend and Monday holiday rainfall caused combined sewer overflow discharges from Saturday into Sunday in Somerville and Cambridge.
Stage spotlight: ‘Othello’ and ‘Manipulo’
Who manipulates whom? A Shakespeare production and an Ecuadorian dance company ask and answer the question in surprising ways.
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Is everyone hanging out at Pronto without me? This friendly hotel cafe has delicious meals and its own pastry chef
Harvard Square’s best-kept café secret is in an out-of-the-way space in the Charles Hotel, run by the generous Yazid Berbiche by way of Algiers and Marseilles.
Reviewed: In ‘Diavola,’ the family from hell gets haunted
Captivating? Sure. Terrifying? Absolutely. A great horror novel; worth the read. And more than two years later, I’m still turning it over and over in my head.
Facebook is bad, honesty is good and ham-handed messages make ‘The Social Reckoning’ more lesson plan than movie
Aaron Sorkin continues to dramatically explore the corrupt soul of Big Tech with sadly diminishing returns.
‘This is what community looks like’: Honk! bands resist ICE with music and joy
Honk! brought thousands to the streets of Davis Square to experience the music of more than 30 bands from around the country focused on social justice.
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Environmental concerns are cited as Birch Street apartments win Planning Board approval
An elaborate process of approvals is needed for a six-story, 84-apartment project, where developer are urged to communicate better especially around environmental issues.
‘Sense and Sensibility’ is a safe and straightforward adaptation of the beloved novel
Director Georgia Oakley’s adaptation delivers the romance while struggling with Jane Austen’s trademark wit and humor.
Tax tip of the week: Filing (or not filing) as a a dependent isn’t as simple as you think
If you’re a dependent, don’t simply compare your income with the regular $16,100 standard deduction for a single taxpayer in 2026 and assume you don’t need to file.
Bicycle Benefits give discounts at around 60 local retailers
What’s better than biking to your favorite local restaurant? Getting a discount for it with just the one-time purchase of a stick.
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Preserving gun controls, legal cannabis and state revenue levels are among the 2026 ballot questions
Your ballot for this November’s election has nine statewide ballot questions on expanding public records law, collective bargaining for public defenders and much more.
Somerville meetings, Oct. 12-19: Residents react on civilian oversight of police
Take part in meetings on civilian oversight for police, construction parking permits, snow-clearing in the coming winter and finding the next city arts leader.
Topping the agenda of the Acorn Square Neighborhood Council: Finding Acorn Square. And bylaws, bylaws, bylaws
“What if the people we elected didn’t get to make decisions for us? What if a tight-knit group of plucky artists, visionaries and homeowners made the decisions instead?”
Saturday cartoon: Papyrus
The latest from local cartoonist Rusty Epstein, who sometimes appears in The New Yorker but appears weekly right here.
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Somerville takes a step toward decoding the zoning issues coming up in public meetings
Somervillians will find it easier to understand zoning issues up for discussion after a resolution approved Thursday by the City Council.
Dates are set for the special election to fill Somerville’s soon-to-be-vacant City Council seats
Somerville will get an unusual Wednesday voting day next year as part of the special City Council election brought on by a departure for the Legislature and a resignation.
How to intentionally glitch your ThotBot and other tales from ‘Remediation’
The Indie talks with creator Rebecca Kopycinski about what might be the dramatic final chapter of the long-running ThotBot saga.
Glass Ripples has colorful vibes and home goods in an easy-to-miss nook near Davis Square
A shop filled with colorful flatware, matchbooks, artworks, glassware, necklaces and much more prepared to expand to Brookline from a nook at the edge of Cambridge.
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MWRA staff shocked residents with a proposal to take away Magazine Beach sports fields over a stormwater tank (updated)
Representatives from the region’s water authority proposed permanently fencing off 2.3 acres of parkland at Magazine Beach, saying it was needed for CSO infrastructure.
See ‘Real Life’ and hear ‘Real Life’ in real life, or something close to it
It's a night of film with a side serving of rock n roll at The Brattle.
‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother’ is a thoughtful thriller like no other
With religious themes and blood-soaked action, director Bassam Tariq brings to life a story and world rarely depicted by Hollywood.
Cambridge has its second gunfire victim in two days, police say
Cambridge saw its second shooting in two days as police, firefighters and EMTs responded to 911 calls from the Columbia Terrace area at around 11:45 p.m.
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Cambridge moves to decriminalize sex work within its borders
Cambridge went as far as it could Monday toward decriminalizing sex work, starting with deprioritizing the arrest of sex workers by city police.
The last gasp of summer festing happens in the fall with Fuzzstival
Two days of music, one Wizard security, plenty of cigarettes and ticket prices that don't break the bank.
Stage spotlight: Leslie Liao and ‘Le Temps’
Comedy comes to Davis Square and director Jess Viator explores a "bureaucratic afterlife" at The Foundry.
Fruit pastes at Le Macaron French Pastries
I was lured by the visual appeal of these colorful, sugar-encrusted cubes of unusual size and imagined there was something secretly special about them.
Advertisement
Looking over a Clover
Clover and its chickpea fritter sandwich will remain at the Science Center, where there's a separate coffee bar giving local roasters' beans the attention they deserve.
Tenants are told their rights in Cambridge, but not yet when their building is for sale
Cambridge officials want a law saying that landlords must tell tenants when their building is for sale, following a path laid down in Somerville.
Gunfire injures one in North Cambridge
The shooting took place at approximately 3:20 p.m. on Rindge Avenue across from Comeau Field, according to scanner reports. Multiple 911 calls came in reporting gunfire.
Democracy is for sale, but a yes vote on Question 3 can take power back
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Lucky’s Picks: lunch break dance party, a Respond benefit, live drawing and comic book book club
Bust a move during the work day with a live DJ at The Foundry and more ways to start your weekend early.
Reviewed: ‘Ancient Algorithms’ is experimental and lots of fun, but complicates by adding AI to the canon
Playful, and goofy, here a handful of poems are translate, mistranslated, subjected to complicated rewriting policies and run through technologies to create new works.
Grand ambitions lead to grand annoyance in ‘Digger’
Tom Cruise stars as an oilman who causes environmental chaos in this patronizing and obvious satire.
Speed bumps are Somerville’s first step in slowing the Community Path, and enforcement talk is next
A 1,200-person survey about how safe people feel on Somerville’s Community Path showed 83 percent of users were somewhat or very concerned.
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Remembering Rahim ‘V Knuckles’ Muhammad of Cambridge hip-hop powerhouse duo N.B.S.
The fact of Rahim “V Knuckles” Muhammad dying nearly one year to the day after dropping his wrenching “MRI” single is devastating for friends, relatives and musical peers.
Are you ready for the line dancing?
The country tradition finds new life and younger crowds with the Line Dancing Queens at McCarthy's in Porter Square.
Was there really a Viking settlement on the Charles that predated Columbus?
The possibility of a Viking presence echoed broader ideas about racial “purity” and European Anglo-Saxonism that led to the Second World War.
Director Rachel Morrison returns home with ‘Love of Your Life’
The Cambridge-born filmmaker reflects on her upbringing and influences ahead of her latest feature.
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Tax tip of the week: Think about filing even If you earn less than the $16,100 standard deduction
Self-employment isn’t the only situation in which someone may need to file even when their income is below the usual filing threshold.
‘Camberville’ should mean better intercity connections
How you renters helped pay for a homeowner’s heat pump in Greenfield but will still freeze this winter
Renters pay enormous sums for energy, money that is redistributed to homeowners in the suburbs – like we found a way to have socialism, but only for those who have capital.
Somerville meetings, Oct. 5-12: E-bikes and other motorized vehicles on the Community Path
Take part in meetings on Community Path micromobility, Argenziano School safety and the tiles on the outside of Somerville High School.
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‘Common Ground,’ a photography exhibit about the ties that bind, comes to Somerville Museum
15 local photographers document the city’s natural, urban and social landscapes.
Some savory surprises from Food Nation in Davis Square
Most of the eateries serving Saturday in Davis Square Plaza, in an annual event led by The Somerville Foundation, overturned expectations.
Pawpaws at The Mushroom Shop
The Mushroom Shop, open in a new location as of Saturday, is not just for fungus. It’s also where to get these seasonal lesser-known fruits grown in Central Massachusetts.
Middle schoolers relocate after water from storm damages 10 classrooms at West Somerville Neighborhood School
A Sunday water leak at the West Somerville Neighborhood School has caused two grades to relocate temporarily to a Tufts building.
Five-alarm fire destroys a restaurant and barbershop in East Somerville, and crowdfunding campaigns seek to help
The Brazilian restaurant Rei Da Picanha and neighboring Damata Barbershop burned Monday in East Somerville, the city's second five-alarm fire within two weeks.
Advertisement
Keeping up with the CSOs: Rainfall totals inch up, but bring hours of sewage spills
Weekend and Monday holiday rainfall caused combined sewer overflow discharges from Saturday into Sunday in Somerville and Cambridge.
Is everyone hanging out at Pronto without me? This friendly hotel cafe has delicious meals and its own pastry chef
Harvard Square’s best-kept café secret is in an out-of-the-way space in the Charles Hotel, run by the generous Yazid Berbiche by way of Algiers and Marseilles.
‘This is what community looks like’: Honk! bands resist ICE with music and joy
Honk! brought thousands to the streets of Davis Square to experience the music of more than 30 bands from around the country focused on social justice.
Advertisement
Environmental concerns are cited as Birch Street apartments win Planning Board approval
An elaborate process of approvals is needed for a six-story, 84-apartment project, where developer are urged to communicate better especially around environmental issues.
Tax tip of the week: Filing (or not filing) as a a dependent isn’t as simple as you think
If you’re a dependent, don’t simply compare your income with the regular $16,100 standard deduction for a single taxpayer in 2026 and assume you don’t need to file.
Preserving gun controls, legal cannabis and state revenue levels are among the 2026 ballot questions
Your ballot for this November’s election has nine statewide ballot questions on expanding public records law, collective bargaining for public defenders and much more.
Advertisement
Somerville meetings, Oct. 12-19: Residents react on civilian oversight of police
Take part in meetings on civilian oversight for police, construction parking permits, snow-clearing in the coming winter and finding the next city arts leader.
Somerville takes a step toward decoding the zoning issues coming up in public meetings
Somervillians will find it easier to understand zoning issues up for discussion after a resolution approved Thursday by the City Council.
Dates are set for the special election to fill Somerville’s soon-to-be-vacant City Council seats
Somerville will get an unusual Wednesday voting day next year as part of the special City Council election brought on by a departure for the Legislature and a resignation.
Advertisement
Glass Ripples has colorful vibes and home goods in an easy-to-miss nook near Davis Square
A shop filled with colorful flatware, matchbooks, artworks, glassware, necklaces and much more prepared to expand to Brookline from a nook at the edge of Cambridge.
MWRA staff shocked residents with a proposal to take away Magazine Beach sports fields over a stormwater tank (updated)
Representatives from the region’s water authority proposed permanently fencing off 2.3 acres of parkland at Magazine Beach, saying it was needed for CSO infrastructure.
Cambridge has its second gunfire victim in two days, police say
Cambridge saw its second shooting in two days as police, firefighters and EMTs responded to 911 calls from the Columbia Terrace area at around 11:45 p.m.
Advertisement
Cambridge moves to decriminalize sex work within its borders
Cambridge went as far as it could Monday toward decriminalizing sex work, starting with deprioritizing the arrest of sex workers by city police.
Fruit pastes at Le Macaron French Pastries
I was lured by the visual appeal of these colorful, sugar-encrusted cubes of unusual size and imagined there was something secretly special about them.
Looking over a Clover
Clover and its chickpea fritter sandwich will remain at the Science Center, where there's a separate coffee bar giving local roasters' beans the attention they deserve.
Advertisement
Tenants are told their rights in Cambridge, but not yet when their building is for sale
Cambridge officials want a law saying that landlords must tell tenants when their building is for sale, following a path laid down in Somerville.
Gunfire injures one in North Cambridge
The shooting took place at approximately 3:20 p.m. on Rindge Avenue across from Comeau Field, according to scanner reports. Multiple 911 calls came in reporting gunfire.
Speed bumps are Somerville’s first step in slowing the Community Path, and enforcement talk is next
A 1,200-person survey about how safe people feel on Somerville’s Community Path showed 83 percent of users were somewhat or very concerned.
Advertisement
Tax tip of the week: Think about filing even If you earn less than the $16,100 standard deduction
Self-employment isn’t the only situation in which someone may need to file even when their income is below the usual filing threshold.
Somerville meetings, Oct. 5-12: E-bikes and other motorized vehicles on the Community Path
Take part in meetings on Community Path micromobility, Argenziano School safety and the tiles on the outside of Somerville High School.
Some savory surprises from Food Nation in Davis Square
Most of the eateries serving Saturday in Davis Square Plaza, in an annual event led by The Somerville Foundation, overturned expectations.
Advertisement
Inquest clears police officers in fatal Aug. 21 shooting in Cambridge, with body camera footage playing a role
A fatal shooting in Cambridge by two police officers was found in an inquest report to be “objectively reasonable” because the officers faced “imminent danger.”
There’s more to Saturday’s Food Nation event than all-you-can eat dishes from five Davis Square restaurants
For those tempted to use all-you-can-eat tasting pass to the fullest extent, at least the eating can be done over six hours mixed with live music, games and activities.
City activates emergency fund for residents displaced by Teele Square fire
Only financial donations are being asked to the fund, which provides direct financial aid to Somerville residents displaced by fires and other emergencies.
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Mass General Brigham expands in Assembly Square, giving hope for labs market and a life sciences cluster
Mass General Brigham is taking a long-term lease of 100,000 square feet of lab space on the lower floors at the 74M building in Somerville’s Assembly Square.
More than 40 people are displaced after Teele Square fire, chief says
A three-story brick building saw heavy fire, smoke and water damage to its third floor and roof, while lower floors suffered extensive water damage.
MIT Museum Store makes its missions about play and fun, with just enough school-branded merch
MIT's museum store is about science and the school without being boring or overly academic, and is so successful in helping fund the museum that it may expand.
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Hotel developer seeks size to pay for unknown ‘Pit’ contamination in a suddenly twice-as-troubled Teele Square
Developers faced questions about how they justified the size of a proposed eight-story, 99-room Hilton hotel, but also a new, easier standard for permitting under state law.
Fire rages in Teele Square over a laundromat, reminiscent of a 2011 blaze
A smoky, five-alarm fire in Somerville’s Teele’s Square has been raging since around 4:50 p.m., bringing support from several cities in the region.
Taiwanese doughnut at Café+ by Pagu
People are excited to have a home for this twice-fried Taiwanese doughnut. The flow of customers is sometimes “doughnut, doughnut, doughnut,” a cafe manager says.
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Where there are books, there should be coffee: Page & Leaf
Page & Leaf serves Porter Square denizens and Lesley University and is within Porter Square Books, but on the day I visited the sound was laptops clicking.
MIT labor groups rally, chant and march, raising the idea of a strike if no progress is seen in contract talks
Protesters from MIT labor groups gathered Tuesday at the school’s iconic Building 7 and marched down its Infinite Corridor to deliver a petition.
Keeping up with the CSOs: The nor’easter caused spills into the Mystic River
It was still raining Monday from the weekend’s windy nor’easter. Just the estimated 2 inches it brought resulted in at least three combined sewer overflows.
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Tax tip of the week: If you donate stuff instead of cash, you should be able to deduct that too
Whether you donate cash or property, keep records from the charitable organization. Noncash contributions can require additional documentation.
Cambridge meetings, Sept. 28-Oct. 5: Property taxes, bike lanes to Belmont and Barron Plaza reopens
Take part in meetings on property taxes, a water crisis and transportation issues, Central Square arts and culture and its Barron Plaza and Lamplighter’s ownership change.
Somerville meetings, Sept. 28-Oct. 5: The Pit-replacing Teele Square hotel project returns to the agenda
Take part in meetings on a Teele Square hotel project, updates on homelessness policies and what spaces in Somerville are available for public use, including private space.
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Property owners must tell their tenants that they are selling under a Somerville law taking effect next month
A Somerville law taking effect Oct. 14 requires rental-property owners to tell tenants in writing within 48 hours that they are selling their home.
Officials approve 642-member Davis Square Neighborhood Council, which once could fit around a table at J.P. Licks
Formal recognition of the Davis Square Neighborhood Council won unanimous approval Thursday from the Somerville City Council.
There are 25 free vaccine clinics in Cambridge and Somerville, and places to get free masks and tests
Free vaccine clinics open across Cambridge and Somerville in October, offering Covid, flu and RSV protection for residents with or without insurance.
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Somerville is the natural place to talk about the book ‘Living, Together’
‘Minotaur’ has effective thrills and topical themes but very little new to say
Andrey Zvyagintsev, the exiled Russian filmmaker, returns with a murderous domestic drama set against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Lucky’s Picks: Halloween comes early this weekend
The Indie highlights a spooky selection of vintage goods, costume competition, wicked wrestling and all kinds of drag.
Stage spotlight: ‘Othello’ and ‘Manipulo’
Who manipulates whom? A Shakespeare production and an Ecuadorian dance company ask and answer the question in surprising ways.
Advertisement
Reviewed: In ‘Diavola,’ the family from hell gets haunted
Captivating? Sure. Terrifying? Absolutely. A great horror novel; worth the read. And more than two years later, I’m still turning it over and over in my head.
Facebook is bad, honesty is good and ham-handed messages make ‘The Social Reckoning’ more lesson plan than movie
Aaron Sorkin continues to dramatically explore the corrupt soul of Big Tech with sadly diminishing returns.
‘Sense and Sensibility’ is a safe and straightforward adaptation of the beloved novel
Director Georgia Oakley’s adaptation delivers the romance while struggling with Jane Austen’s trademark wit and humor.
Bicycle Benefits give discounts at around 60 local retailers
What’s better than biking to your favorite local restaurant? Getting a discount for it with just the one-time purchase of a stick.
Advertisement
Topping the agenda of the Acorn Square Neighborhood Council: Finding Acorn Square. And bylaws, bylaws, bylaws
“What if the people we elected didn’t get to make decisions for us? What if a tight-knit group of plucky artists, visionaries and homeowners made the decisions instead?”
Saturday cartoon: Papyrus
The latest from local cartoonist Rusty Epstein, who sometimes appears in The New Yorker but appears weekly right here.
How to intentionally glitch your ThotBot and other tales from ‘Remediation’
The Indie talks with creator Rebecca Kopycinski about what might be the dramatic final chapter of the long-running ThotBot saga.
See ‘Real Life’ and hear ‘Real Life’ in real life, or something close to it
It's a night of film with a side serving of rock n roll at The Brattle.
Advertisement
‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother’ is a thoughtful thriller like no other
With religious themes and blood-soaked action, director Bassam Tariq brings to life a story and world rarely depicted by Hollywood.
The last gasp of summer festing happens in the fall with Fuzzstival
Two days of music, one Wizard security, plenty of cigarettes and ticket prices that don't break the bank.
Stage spotlight: Leslie Liao and ‘Le Temps’
Comedy comes to Davis Square and director Jess Viator explores a "bureaucratic afterlife" at The Foundry.
Democracy is for sale, but a yes vote on Question 3 can take power back
Advertisement
Lucky’s Picks: lunch break dance party, a Respond benefit, live drawing and comic book book club
Bust a move during the work day with a live DJ at The Foundry and more ways to start your weekend early.
Reviewed: ‘Ancient Algorithms’ is experimental and lots of fun, but complicates by adding AI to the canon
Playful, and goofy, here a handful of poems are translate, mistranslated, subjected to complicated rewriting policies and run through technologies to create new works.
Grand ambitions lead to grand annoyance in ‘Digger’
Tom Cruise stars as an oilman who causes environmental chaos in this patronizing and obvious satire.
Remembering Rahim ‘V Knuckles’ Muhammad of Cambridge hip-hop powerhouse duo N.B.S.
The fact of Rahim “V Knuckles” Muhammad dying nearly one year to the day after dropping his wrenching “MRI” single is devastating for friends, relatives and musical peers.
Advertisement
Are you ready for the line dancing?
The country tradition finds new life and younger crowds with the Line Dancing Queens at McCarthy's in Porter Square.
Was there really a Viking settlement on the Charles that predated Columbus?
The possibility of a Viking presence echoed broader ideas about racial “purity” and European Anglo-Saxonism that led to the Second World War.
Director Rachel Morrison returns home with ‘Love of Your Life’
The Cambridge-born filmmaker reflects on her upbringing and influences ahead of her latest feature.
‘Camberville’ should mean better intercity connections
Advertisement
How you renters helped pay for a homeowner’s heat pump in Greenfield but will still freeze this winter
Renters pay enormous sums for energy, money that is redistributed to homeowners in the suburbs – like we found a way to have socialism, but only for those who have capital.
‘Common Ground,’ a photography exhibit about the ties that bind, comes to Somerville Museum
15 local photographers document the city’s natural, urban and social landscapes.
First Davis Square Community Yard Sale could be the start of the next Porchfest
If a Sunday event goes well, next year might see the start of a citywide yard sale, like the famous Somerville decentralized music event Porchfest.
Ready or not, The Platform is bringing more nightlife to Kendall Square
Global Arts Live finds a home at a new venue in a neighborhood known more for offices than entertainment, and hopes its subscribers will follow.
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Saturday cartoon: You always know
The latest from local cartoonist Rusty Epstein, who sometimes appears in The New Yorker but appears weekly right here.
The Independent’s locally themed crossword puzzle: Deja Brew
The Independent’s eighth locally themed puzzle reveals how many Dunkin’ Donuts there are in Cambridge and Somerville. Bonus challenge: Try to guess first.
Bike lane plan is ready for Outer Huron, but cuts to parking inspires a vote to delay in City Council
An Outer Huron Avenue cycling infrastructure plan is set to go for implementation in the spring, but not everyone is happy with the plan.
‘Verity’ is a ludicrous melodrama that twists the story until it stops making sense
A struggling writer finds mystery and romance when ghostwriting for a recently paralyzed best-seller in this Colleen Hoover adaptation.
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The Boston Globe Last Ditch lesbian bar story is weird
So weird! The Boston Globe spent a week hyperfocusing on a tiny lesbian bar in the middle of the woods in Greenfield, the Last Ditch, to the applause of right wingers.
Lucky’s Picks: connect with clubs, Burning Man, disability pride and the art of verse
A celebration of new poetry collections with four poets at All She Wrote Books on Friday leads our local event highlights.
CineFest Latino Boston brings great film and strong community
The festival expands into Cambridge for the first time and promises a movie for every taste.
Jason Weeks, head of Cambridge Arts for a quarter-century, is retiring and heading to Nantucket
The executive director of Cambridge Arts, Jason Weeks, retires at the end of October. Like neighboring Somerville, the city will see new arts leadership after a quarter-century.
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Architects in 1907 planned to unite Cambridge and Boston governments on an artificial island in the Charles
St. Botolph’s Island was imagined as transforming the Charles River into the civic center of a shared metropolis and a major Boston-Cambridge-Somerville boulevard.
Stage spotlight: ‘Lift Every Voice’ and ‘The Weavers’
Augmented-reality theater at MIT and five new works from BIPOC artists at the Multicultural Arts Center to start your weekend early.
‘Looking Back at 20 Years of Honk!’ exhibit at Somerville City Hall celebrates the October music festival
Before the music and marching starts for the Honk! festival running Oct. 9-11, Somerville City Hall opens a “Looking Back at 20 Years of Honk!” retrospective exhibit.
Reviewed: ‘The Sexuality of Care’ talks about a world without hospitals through a tangle of angles
Readers might bristle at the thought but recognize the power of the vision in essays recalling time as a critical care nurse, healing from trauma, and the structures of kink.
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‘Primetime’ asks too many questions and offers too few answers
The crime thriller features strong performances but lacks a clear idea of what kind of movie it wants to be.
As Massachusetts eyes online safety, don’t let it silence marginalized voices
Joke, smoke and play horseshoes with friends at Cambridge’s Le French Club
The Indie takes a peek inside a "members only" Cambridge social club that's more than 100 years old.
From behind the controller, Cambridge DJs shape Central Square nightlife
Central Square is a “mini-Brooklyn” for its concentration of bars, restaurants and clubs, but DJs are still shaping a scene that lacks the crowds it deserves.
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Man’s best friend takes center stage in the survival thriller ‘Heart of the Beast’
This Brad Pitt vehicle will appeal to dog lovers even if it struggles to deliver compelling adventure.
Where was all the Fluff at the Fest?
I got several warnings from friends that I shouldn’t go to Fluff Fest, Union Square’s annual celebration dedicated to Marshmallow Fluff. I declined to listen. I wanted to like it.
From a managerial perspective, compliments to J.D. Vance
I rarely have anything good to say about this administration. But the vice president reached down the military hierarchy to get unfiltered views from generals and admirals in the field.
Dancers will dangle from a Kendall Square skyscraper, and more to learn about the upcoming season
Greater Boston’s dance leaders got to business at the Fall Into Dance event Sept. 18: opening and announcing their 2026-2027 seasons.
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Fuzzstival, home of the three-eyed cat, returns at the start of October
Says organizer: "It’s a fully volunteer-run celebration of local and regional music and all of the profits go to the bands."
Saturday cartoon: Here, kitty
The latest from local cartoonist Rusty Epstein, who sometimes appears in The New Yorker but appears weekly right here.