An anthology on communal living edited by Samantha Paige Rosen, is filled with practical advice, skills and encouragement for building community.
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.
A century ago, the Cambridge Museum for Children brought the world to young Cantabrigians
From 1920 to the 1950s, Cambridge's children's museum drew on Harvard collections and solicited donations from community members to enhance its holdings.
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.
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?”
Redevelopment Authority is off to a good start at North Cambridge housing project
A kickoff meeting for 2400 Massachusetts Ave. was a fascinating microcosm of local housing policy and how decisions get made.
Democracy is for sale, but a yes vote on Question 3 can take power back
A yes vote on Question 3 in November would create a primary in which every candidate appears on one ballot regardless of party and the top two vote-getters advance.
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.
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.
‘Camberville’ should mean better intercity connections
I have never liked the term Camberville, but I appreciate how the two cities benefit from each other culturally, socially and financially when we can get from one to the other.