With the help of a captive samurai, Lord Murashige must solve a murder mystery in order to keep his political alliances together.
A whodunit in feudal Japan pushes genre boundaries in ‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’
This year’s free Oldtime Baseball Game has three Red Sox players taking the field for charity
Cambridge’s Oldtime Baseball Game, played every summer at St. Peter’s Field, features college, high school and celebrity players decked out in colorful retro uniforms.
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Teen Time program at Somernova’s Dojo gets $100,000 city grant, filling need as youth center search goes on
A free gathering space for Somerville kids called Teen Time@The Dojo has received a $100,000 boost from the Somerville Department of Health and Human Services.
Six top picks for the second half of the Boston French Film Festival
The festival, celebrating its 30th anniversary, takes as this year's theme "art, identity, and cultural memory."
Call Me Happy: Brews and Belgian waffles carry on beyond Curio
The cheery greetings, coffee enthusiasm and café gossip at Call Me Honey make it no surprise that the place has retained Curio’s regulars and has added its own fans.
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Cucumber? at Darling
Any cucumber would struggle to compete with a Filet O Fish Bao and a Bang Bang Gai of double-fried chicken, but the answer to this dish is yes.
This year’s free Oldtime Baseball Game has three Red Sox players taking the field for charity
Cambridge’s Oldtime Baseball Game, played every summer at St. Peter’s Field, features college, high school and celebrity players decked out in colorful retro uniforms.
Body is found after ‘an extended period’ in the water at Fresh Pond
A body was discovered in the water at Fresh Pond early Tuesday, officials said. Little other information was immediately available.
Political notes: Somerville Democratic committee goes for Connolly, others; AFL-CIO likes Lander
Somerville Democrats ended their weeklong voting on endorsements for the city’s district-level races; and challenger Daniel Lander gets a big endorsement too.
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Democratic civil war has working-class casualties
The working class is politically homeless, refugees from factional wars they don’t identify with. This is true even in solid blue Massachusetts.
Reviewed: The essays of ‘To See Beyond’ offer a guide past and around our fear, anger and despair
Making art in difficult times will not necessarily save the world, but it may save you and the ones around you.
Dominic Sessa portrays an obnoxious, if loveable, asshole in the Bourdain biopic, ‘Tony’
Before he became an enfant terrible of the culinary world, Anthony Bourdain was a terrible infant in Provincetown.
Cambridge once had 66 candy makers, and tours in August show how an industry formed and melted away
History Cambridge gives guided tours Wednesday and Sunday that highlight the rich and complex history of candy making in Cambridge.
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Tax tip of the week: A Form 1099 shows money was paid to you, but not what you have to report
What matters is how much you actually made. If you sold something, make sure what you paid for it is taken into account when preparing tax returns.
Live at The Sinclair: Buck Meek
The Big Thief guitarist tours through Harvard Square on the heels of his latest solo effort, 'The Mirror.'
AI invented part of my campaign platform
Meta AI recently told me about my own campaign, and used a Mississippi state senate voter guide as a source. The problem is that I'm running in Massachusetts.
On this journey, as far and fast as we’ve come in tech, we’re still at home with bureaucracy
Here’s how human lives can make a four-month ordeal out of a process that’s seemingly been transformed by the wonders of modern technology.
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Come for the punk rock, stay for the fruit salad at a Cambridge listening party
Bedtimemagic debuts its latest release "Lie Down With Dogs" inside Bridge Sound & Stage, where the muses of music work overtime.
Cambridge meetings, Aug. 10-17: Sewer overflows and a free public shuttle service
Take part in meetings on CSO plan office hours and an advisory committee, housing authority business and how to use a free shuttle service.
Somerville meetings, Aug. 10-17: Fixing up the Armory and saving more room for the arts
Take part in CSO plan community office hours and meetings on Winter Hill school plans, Armory infrastructure needs and preservation of creative space.
Ten things you don’t know about the Gwacca
The Greater Wine and Cheese Cask Area is the hip, metrosexual neighborhood that people from Porter and points north dream about biking through.
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The Independent’s locally themed crossword puzzle: That’s Implazable!
The Independent’s fourth locally themed puzzle celebrates the many squares of Cambridge and Somerville.
Broken Lizard goes back to the well one too many times with ‘Super Troopers 3’
Thorny sets out to break up the surprise engagement between his sister and the detestable Farva in a sequel that struggles for laughs.
Work begins soon on the Elm-Beacon Connector
After reading the Hater’s guide to Inman Square, I knew it was time to take a trip. I started in Davis Square and headed southeast on Elm Street. Davis wouldn’t be Davis without its six-way...
Preferred Reid Overpass replacement design keeps a two-lane bridge for cars on Memorial Drive
A redesign for a traffic overpass in Cambridgeport has come down to two options, one drawing support, from the four shown in January that were universally disliked.
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Buildings approved for demolition are everyday structures, historic but left to decay and too far gone for reuse
Vines strangle the walls and roofs are buckling at properties that nurtured industries, survived gang takeovers and housed waves of Irish, Italian and Brazilian immigrants.
Superintendent sets the stage for Amigos School to move to former K-Lo site in East Cambridge
It’s “essentially inevitable” that if one school moves into the former Kennedy-Longfellow school, it will be Amigos, School Committee members heard at a summer meeting.
Political notes: Voting record evidence answers allegations; Barber’s big endorsements; Lander flips three (updated)
MacKay voting record evidence answers allegations, a Decker birthday party fundraiser, three officials flip to Lander and Barber scores an endorsement from the state senator she seeks to replace.
Cars drive debate at a meeting about 350 Rindge Ave. affordable housing and its future Ferro’s grocery store
Ferro’s Foodtown and its fast food will shut for two years while housing is built, but the store's new liquor license request, parking and traffic were the topics instead.
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‘Bernstein’s Wall’ delivers a complex and layered portrait of an American music icon
Documentary filmmaker Douglas Tirola will appear at a screening of his film at Coolidge Corner Theater on August 9.
Kitsch and coffee in Union Square: Nostalgia
What’s in your closet? If it’s brightly colored, even garish and of little practical use, it’s a candidate for Nostalgia, the vintage gear and coffee house in Union Square.
The Perfect Cheese at Mortadella Head
Claims to perfection are nothing new for Davis Square, where Redbones for years sold the One Perfect Rib. It turns out this name suits the pizza.
Reviewed: ‘Designated Stranger’ is a poetry road trip that isn’t trying to escape
Gion Davis repairs that myth of the open road by helping it grow into a more mature celebration of the joys of fearless living, not messiness.
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As stories of Cambridge permitting nightmares accumulate, officials and staff seek systems that work like a dream
Movement toward streamlining business and construction permitting and licensing was something city councillors could feel excited about.
Tuesday office hour in Davis Square (Diesel, 5:30-6:30 p.m.)
Boston Tap Party has found a new rhythm at Somerville’s Deborah Mason dance center
The Boston Tap Party is small but mighty, and dancers and instructors from as far as Wyoming, Chicago and Korea coming to Somerville for its sixth annual celebration.
Tax tip of the week: You pay income taxes until you die, your estate pays taxes on income afterward
If you die but your estate continues earning bank interest, dividends, rental income or investment gains, it's only the form of filing taxes that changes.
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In stating cases for election, 27th Middlesex candidates have parallel experiences and a working-class divide
One candidate cited extensive experience getting things done in public processes. The other mirrored that experience from behind the scenes.
Somerville meetings, Aug. 3-10: Assembly Square from the walkers’ point of view
Take part in meetings on an Assembly Square walk audit, cultural trust launch session, development in Porter Square and more.
Zoning Amendments to Promote Sensible Neighborhood Development
The first thing you should know about me is that I’ve lived here longer than you.
A buffet of familiar tropes for fans of the series in ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’
Thirty-something or not, star Tom Holland shows no sign of slowing down as the teenage web-slinging superhero.
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Candidates for 34th Middlesex take big swings for an $8.7B millionaire’s tax and lower barriers to homebuilding
A three-way race for a state House of Representatives seat serving Somerville and Medford got its first and only stage time at a Saturday forum.
Larry Aaronson, progressive educator at CRLS, is reported dead at 86
Larry Aaronson, an educator retired from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, died peacefully in his sleep at 7:11 a.m. Saturday, according to friends.
Second escalator incident at Davis Square station ends with a rescue
An incident Friday at the Davis Square T station in Somerville was reminiscent of a death this year when a man fell and get stuck in the escalator.
A stylish director delivers both the sizzle and the steak in ‘Her Private Hell’
An actress, her castmates and a vigilante soldier are haunted by a mythical serial killer in Nicolas Winding Refn’s sci-fi crime drama.
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How to Pedal and Park at T stations
A growing number of MBTA riders are bike riders too, and some T stations have built-in secure facilities for bicycle storage called Pedal and Parks.
Why Big Belly trash compactors so often seem stuffed and ignored: It takes just one pizza box for indigestion
The Big Belly trash can is a minor municipal miracle, but all too often they look crammed to overflowing, a blight to the streetscapes of Somerville and Cambridge.
A thank-you note addressed to summer fun
As the merry-go-round of the season starts to spin faster, transporting us from Nice to Somergloom, don't miss your opportunity to grab the golden ring.
DIY directors get real in the age of AI and Internet aesthetics
The Indie talked with local filmmakers Charlotte Benoit, Bre Vergera, Matilda Morales and Jaina Cipriano about industry trends at the Grrl Haus Cinema showcase.
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Three neighborhoods, rent aid and immigrant support are identified as priorities by Somerville human rights board
Immigrants, older adults and people in East Somerville, West Somerville and Winter Hill are identified as being in need by Somerville’s Human Rights Commission.
Go fast, break things: Cambridge did it with how it builds housing
Teen Time program at Somernova’s Dojo gets $100,000 city grant, filling need as youth center search goes on
A free gathering space for Somerville kids called Teen Time@The Dojo has received a $100,000 boost from the Somerville Department of Health and Human Services.
Call Me Happy: Brews and Belgian waffles carry on beyond Curio
The cheery greetings, coffee enthusiasm and café gossip at Call Me Honey make it no surprise that the place has retained Curio’s regulars and has added its own fans.
Cucumber? at Darling
Any cucumber would struggle to compete with a Filet O Fish Bao and a Bang Bang Gai of double-fried chicken, but the answer to this dish is yes.
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Body is found after ‘an extended period’ in the water at Fresh Pond
A body was discovered in the water at Fresh Pond early Tuesday, officials said. Little other information was immediately available.
Political notes: Somerville Democratic committee goes for Connolly, others; AFL-CIO likes Lander
Somerville Democrats ended their weeklong voting on endorsements for the city’s district-level races; and challenger Daniel Lander gets a big endorsement too.
Tax tip of the week: A Form 1099 shows money was paid to you, but not what you have to report
What matters is how much you actually made. If you sold something, make sure what you paid for it is taken into account when preparing tax returns.
Advertisement
Cambridge meetings, Aug. 10-17: Sewer overflows and a free public shuttle service
Take part in meetings on CSO plan office hours and an advisory committee, housing authority business and how to use a free shuttle service.
Somerville meetings, Aug. 10-17: Fixing up the Armory and saving more room for the arts
Take part in CSO plan community office hours and meetings on Winter Hill school plans, Armory infrastructure needs and preservation of creative space.
Preferred Reid Overpass replacement design keeps a two-lane bridge for cars on Memorial Drive
A redesign for a traffic overpass in Cambridgeport has come down to two options, one drawing support, from the four shown in January that were universally disliked.
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Buildings approved for demolition are everyday structures, historic but left to decay and too far gone for reuse
Vines strangle the walls and roofs are buckling at properties that nurtured industries, survived gang takeovers and housed waves of Irish, Italian and Brazilian immigrants.
Superintendent sets the stage for Amigos School to move to former K-Lo site in East Cambridge
It’s “essentially inevitable” that if one school moves into the former Kennedy-Longfellow school, it will be Amigos, School Committee members heard at a summer meeting.
Political notes: Voting record evidence answers allegations; Barber’s big endorsements; Lander flips three (updated)
MacKay voting record evidence answers allegations, a Decker birthday party fundraiser, three officials flip to Lander and Barber scores an endorsement from the state senator she seeks to replace.
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Cars drive debate at a meeting about 350 Rindge Ave. affordable housing and its future Ferro’s grocery store
Ferro’s Foodtown and its fast food will shut for two years while housing is built, but the store's new liquor license request, parking and traffic were the topics instead.
Kitsch and coffee in Union Square: Nostalgia
What’s in your closet? If it’s brightly colored, even garish and of little practical use, it’s a candidate for Nostalgia, the vintage gear and coffee house in Union Square.
The Perfect Cheese at Mortadella Head
Claims to perfection are nothing new for Davis Square, where Redbones for years sold the One Perfect Rib. It turns out this name suits the pizza.
Advertisement
As stories of Cambridge permitting nightmares accumulate, officials and staff seek systems that work like a dream
Movement toward streamlining business and construction permitting and licensing was something city councillors could feel excited about.
Tax tip of the week: You pay income taxes until you die, your estate pays taxes on income afterward
If you die but your estate continues earning bank interest, dividends, rental income or investment gains, it's only the form of filing taxes that changes.
In stating cases for election, 27th Middlesex candidates have parallel experiences and a working-class divide
One candidate cited extensive experience getting things done in public processes. The other mirrored that experience from behind the scenes.
Advertisement
Somerville meetings, Aug. 3-10: Assembly Square from the walkers’ point of view
Take part in meetings on an Assembly Square walk audit, cultural trust launch session, development in Porter Square and more.
Candidates for 34th Middlesex take big swings for an $8.7B millionaire’s tax and lower barriers to homebuilding
A three-way race for a state House of Representatives seat serving Somerville and Medford got its first and only stage time at a Saturday forum.
Larry Aaronson, progressive educator at CRLS, is reported dead at 86
Larry Aaronson, an educator retired from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, died peacefully in his sleep at 7:11 a.m. Saturday, according to friends.
Advertisement
Second escalator incident at Davis Square station ends with a rescue
An incident Friday at the Davis Square T station in Somerville was reminiscent of a death this year when a man fell and get stuck in the escalator.
Why Big Belly trash compactors so often seem stuffed and ignored: It takes just one pizza box for indigestion
The Big Belly trash can is a minor municipal miracle, but all too often they look crammed to overflowing, a blight to the streetscapes of Somerville and Cambridge.
Three neighborhoods, rent aid and immigrant support are identified as priorities by Somerville human rights board
Immigrants, older adults and people in East Somerville, West Somerville and Winter Hill are identified as being in need by Somerville’s Human Rights Commission.
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Keeping up with the CSOs: Waste flowed Wednesday and Thursday into the Mystic and Alewife Brook
Just the estimated 1.5 inches of rain that landed Wednesday and lasted overnight resulted in four waste spills, and more rain is in the forecast.
Fermentation Festival and Season to Vegan come back for year two
Also on the Menu this week: There's a rotation of Peruvian, Guatemalan and Ethiopian foods at Nibble Kitchen; and Bar Enza’s has a “predusk” prix-fixe.
Good-enough coffee with better-than-good food: Café Beatrice and Basma Café
Café Beatrice and Basma Café prove that if there’s a tasty morsel to be had, you can sip a “normal” coffee with relative happiness.
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Political notes: Three debates on one day, housing town hall and a candidate withdrawal (updated)
Nine candidates running to represent Somerville, Cambridge, Medford and Winchester gather under roof, Hopcroft withdraws and more from the campaign trail.
Steak fries at Ma Magoo’s
I really thought I was on to something when I spotted steak fries at this Fresh Pond comfort food institution. They're way out of fashion and hard to find.
Vote approves grant to put body-worn cameras on Somerville police officers
Much of the opposition has been about the financial demands of the devices and lack of a police oversight body that had been promised for several years.
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Somerville’s Bicycle Riding School isn’t slowing down
Susan McLucas has had a 40-year dream and mission of teaching people how to ride bikes. Her school's gentle methods have created around 7,000 more bicyclists.
Tax tip of the week: Everyone has an estate. Who manages yours when you die?
An estate is not something that applies only to wealthy families, but concerns anyone who dies owning property, holding financial accounts or owing debts.
Somerville meetings, July 27-Aug. 3: Debate about body-worn police cameras arrives
Take part in meetings on body-worn cameras on police and their expense; adding three stories to an East Somerville building; and bus route changes.
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Rosebud diner in Davis square closes officially as operator says it’s negotiating to buy the property
The operators of Somerville’s iconic Rosebud diner say they are negotiating to buy its building, and might have to move on to let someone else take over the space.
Haitians and Syrians sheltered in U.S. brace for disaster from change of status, with consequences for economy
Protections for 45,000 Haitians and almost 300 Syrians across Massachusetts are set to expire as soon as Monday after a second short delay by a judge.
Chris Affleck, teacher and activist whose kids won Oscars, dies at 83
The death of Chris Anne Affleck, 83, was announced Friday by the family. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December and died June 2.
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A ShotSpotter gunfire detector reboot is back for Cambridge City Council debate
Whether ShotSpotter gunfire detectors will return is to be voted in August, delayed by a protest over focusing on tech instead of addressing the root causes of violence.
‘Quite something’: U.K.’s speaker of the House of Commons visits Harvard’s 1215 Magna Carta
Tucked away at Harvard Law School is a 1215 copy of the Magna Carta. Librarians took it out for a special visitor from the U.K. Parliament's House of Commons.
Cambridge and Somerville risk levels for West Nile Virus are raised to ‘moderate’
Risk levels for West Nile Virus in Cambridge and Somerville were raised to “moderate” on Thursday by the state, along with Boston, Newton and Brookline.
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Clover shrinks to five restaurants, opening a historic Harvard Square location to new tenants
The healthy fast food chain discovered during 2015 renovations that the original tile walls and floor were intact from the Waldorf Lunch diner, opened in 1916.
Keeping up with the CSOs: Waste flowed Wednesday into the Mystic and Charles rivers
Wednesday saw the second day in a row of combined sewer overflow, the term for releasing waste into public waterways when sewer and water systems get overwhelmed.
School playground and ArtFarm seek $6M, already more than Somerville’s available preservation funds
Tough decisions will have to be made this year by Community Preservation Committee members, who heard from the first of nine projects looking for funding.
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A whodunit in feudal Japan pushes genre boundaries in ‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’
With the help of a captive samurai, Lord Murashige must solve a murder mystery in order to keep his political alliances together.
Six top picks for the second half of the Boston French Film Festival
The festival, celebrating its 30th anniversary, takes as this year's theme "art, identity, and cultural memory."
This year’s free Oldtime Baseball Game has three Red Sox players taking the field for charity
Cambridge’s Oldtime Baseball Game, played every summer at St. Peter’s Field, features college, high school and celebrity players decked out in colorful retro uniforms.
Democratic civil war has working-class casualties
The working class is politically homeless, refugees from factional wars they don’t identify with. This is true even in solid blue Massachusetts.
Advertisement
Reviewed: The essays of ‘To See Beyond’ offer a guide past and around our fear, anger and despair
Making art in difficult times will not necessarily save the world, but it may save you and the ones around you.
Dominic Sessa portrays an obnoxious, if loveable, asshole in the Bourdain biopic, ‘Tony’
Before he became an enfant terrible of the culinary world, Anthony Bourdain was a terrible infant in Provincetown.
Cambridge once had 66 candy makers, and tours in August show how an industry formed and melted away
History Cambridge gives guided tours Wednesday and Sunday that highlight the rich and complex history of candy making in Cambridge.
Live at The Sinclair: Buck Meek
The Big Thief guitarist tours through Harvard Square on the heels of his latest solo effort, 'The Mirror.'
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AI invented part of my campaign platform
Meta AI recently told me about my own campaign, and used a Mississippi state senate voter guide as a source. The problem is that I'm running in Massachusetts.
On this journey, as far and fast as we’ve come in tech, we’re still at home with bureaucracy
Here’s how human lives can make a four-month ordeal out of a process that’s seemingly been transformed by the wonders of modern technology.
Come for the punk rock, stay for the fruit salad at a Cambridge listening party
Bedtimemagic debuts its latest release "Lie Down With Dogs" inside Bridge Sound & Stage, where the muses of music work overtime.
Ten things you don’t know about the Gwacca
The Greater Wine and Cheese Cask Area is the hip, metrosexual neighborhood that people from Porter and points north dream about biking through.
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The Independent’s locally themed crossword puzzle: That’s Implazable!
The Independent’s fourth locally themed puzzle celebrates the many squares of Cambridge and Somerville.
Broken Lizard goes back to the well one too many times with ‘Super Troopers 3’
Thorny sets out to break up the surprise engagement between his sister and the detestable Farva in a sequel that struggles for laughs.
Work begins soon on the Elm-Beacon Connector
After reading the Hater’s guide to Inman Square, I knew it was time to take a trip. I started in Davis Square and headed southeast on Elm Street. Davis wouldn’t be Davis without its six-way...
‘Bernstein’s Wall’ delivers a complex and layered portrait of an American music icon
Documentary filmmaker Douglas Tirola will appear at a screening of his film at Coolidge Corner Theater on August 9.
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Reviewed: ‘Designated Stranger’ is a poetry road trip that isn’t trying to escape
Gion Davis repairs that myth of the open road by helping it grow into a more mature celebration of the joys of fearless living, not messiness.
Tuesday office hour in Davis Square (Diesel, 5:30-6:30 p.m.)
Boston Tap Party has found a new rhythm at Somerville’s Deborah Mason dance center
The Boston Tap Party is small but mighty, and dancers and instructors from as far as Wyoming, Chicago and Korea coming to Somerville for its sixth annual celebration.
Zoning Amendments to Promote Sensible Neighborhood Development
The first thing you should know about me is that I’ve lived here longer than you.
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A buffet of familiar tropes for fans of the series in ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’
Thirty-something or not, star Tom Holland shows no sign of slowing down as the teenage web-slinging superhero.
A stylish director delivers both the sizzle and the steak in ‘Her Private Hell’
An actress, her castmates and a vigilante soldier are haunted by a mythical serial killer in Nicolas Winding Refn’s sci-fi crime drama.
How to Pedal and Park at T stations
A growing number of MBTA riders are bike riders too, and some T stations have built-in secure facilities for bicycle storage called Pedal and Parks.
A thank-you note addressed to summer fun
As the merry-go-round of the season starts to spin faster, transporting us from Nice to Somergloom, don't miss your opportunity to grab the golden ring.
Advertisement
DIY directors get real in the age of AI and Internet aesthetics
The Indie talked with local filmmakers Charlotte Benoit, Bre Vergera, Matilda Morales and Jaina Cipriano about industry trends at the Grrl Haus Cinema showcase.
Go fast, break things: Cambridge did it with how it builds housing
Somergloom is the final boss of the summer festival season
Darkness and decay spread across the land in anticipation of the dog days music staple.
‘One Night Art School’ event sold out immediately in a Union Square building with empty lab space
Maybe the the arts should be taken more seriously as economic infrastructure, suggests a coalition of local arts organizations and businesses.
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Lights! Camera! Music? ‘Motor City’ unfolds a generic action story in new ways
A blue collar veteran, framed for a crime he didn’t commit, goes on a blood soaked quest for vengeance.
Levitate Music Festival platforms local musicians and big name stars alike at the Marshfield Fairgrounds
A little rain, lots of sunshine, the clinching goal at the World Cup Finals and more reggae than you can shake a stick at.
Free test drives become parties for the cargo bike-curious with Community Pedal Power
With the temperature and air quality finally reaching more comfortable levels, now is the perfect time to try out a new bike. A perfect place to do it is at a Community Pedal Power cargo bike test...
Tuesday office hour in Central Square (Toscanini’s, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.)
Bring story ideas, questions, concerns or complaints to one of our convenient locations – or, even better, come with proposals about how you can become part of a team.
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Reviewed: ‘On the Other Side is March’ is a clear-eyed look at caring for a fading parent
Sólrún Michelsen tries to give caregivers language and images that make it easier to bear a burden, hold on when adrift or see in the fog.
Barber’s abortion care bill heads to the Senate for women still being denied treatment
My bill replaces a narrow checklist of pregnancy health care exceptions with a single standard: a physician’s professional judgment.
Somerville’s mayor is forcing a special council meeting to vote on body-worn cameras
We will never know what we might have accomplished in the first part of 2026 had the mayor read the room and set aside the issue of body-worn cameras for police.
Fresh Pond was a Revolution refuge and smallpox hospital, Civil War soldiers’ barracks and World War I training ground
Fresh Pond has most often been seen as a place of natural beauty. Its role in three major wars is an important if largely overlooked part of its history.
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The hater’s guide to Inman Square
With the closing of the S&S Restaurant, the deli and Jewish spot serving Inman Square since 1919, there has been some friendly debate over what should replace it.
Before a 343-mile fundraising ride to New York’s 9/11 Memorial, bicyclists gather in Cambridge
Cambridge is the starting point for a 343-mile bicycle ride to New York for the 25th anniversary of 9/11, raising money for organizations serving first responders and cancer survivors.
The Independent’s locally themed crossword puzzle: Frankenwords
The Independent’s third locally themed puzzle celebrates the combining of thoughts into a new thing, or even the combining of things into a new thought.
The sights of Solid Sound 2026
The stars and the stages captured during three days spent with Wilco and friends in the rolling green hills of the Berkshires.
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Before a special Cambridge meeting in response to the killing of Xavier Bautista
Reviewed: ‘When You’re Brave Enough’ doesn’t simplify middle-school hurt
“When You’re Brave Enough,” about coming out as a lesbian in middle school, is sure to be beloved by young people figuring out what bravery means to them.
Christopher Nolan gives ‘The Odyssey’ the Hollywood treatment
The blockbuster director steamrolls your senses with a Matt Damon-led adaptation of Homer's epic poem.
‘Paranormal Activity’ is scarily good at stagecraft, but a shaky script breaks the spell
Standing ovations for the technical team on this staged take on the horror-filled world of “Paranormal Activity.” Mixed reviews for the director and playwright.
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Empty and underused, 90 Washington St. drains Somerville’s lifeblood
I am honestly open to anything for the 4-acre parcel at 90 Washington St. – the city could build a zoo if it thought it would make the money back.
Treating health care as a business risks turning patients into profit rather than people
Cambridge Porchfest covers three neighborhoods and two squares as it expands in its second year
The community festival platformed local artists on a sleepy weekend in July.
Tribute to bike safety advocate Louisa Gag draws hundreds and a surprise speaker: Boston mayor Wu
A vigil for a bicyclist killed by a truck included a group ride, remembrances and promises from Boston's mayor, who's drawn rebukes for stalled safety projects.
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Running for office convinced me Massachusetts has a democracy problem
I assumed my biggest problem running for office would be balancing childcare with campaign demands. Instead, my biggest problem is getting anyone to pay attention to the race.
The ‘Evil Dead’ franchise gets back to its hyperviolent roots with ‘Evil Dead Burn’
The Deadites are back to torment a new family in search of a legendary dagger.