Money committed to lighting Ahern Fields for games can be used instead to support lighting at Danehy Park to expand playable hours there.
Cambridge decides to keep Ahern Field as grass, not turf for sports (updated)
The jury’s still out on efforts to revive Davis Square, but at least the jury’s out enjoying live music
Davis Square seemed to have lost its arty nature since the Covid pandemic and an influx of unhoused people. This summer saw an attempt at a turnaround.
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Somerville’s budget details (2026 edition): School and police budgets offer plenty to puzzle through
The budget does not account for pending agreements with police unions and includes strong-arm tactics over just $600,000 for the schools.
A passerby saved the life of a drug user by stopping to use a free public health vending machine (corrected)
Somerville’s public health vending machines dispense items more than 100 times weekly, from first aid kits to menstrual health products to lifesaving Narcan.
Two cafes welcoming ‘the irregular’: New Leaf Espresso and True Grounds
A coffee shop in a barbershop and woodsy space with art and painted wainscoting beckon with a trim, a long black and thoughts of a rom-Som.
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Veggie patty at Chatty Patty
$3 Yes, this is take two on Chatty Patty (and take three on the Eastern Edge Food Hall). But empanadas, calzones, pasties, turnovers: I love them all, especially affordable ones, and the variety of...
Ize Trio make global jazz their own at Regattabar on Sunday
Pianist Chase Morrin talks about the mentors and faith that inspired the trio's latest album "Global Prayer."
‘Power Ballad’ is a no from me, dawg
Paul Rudd's charm can't save this stinker about a struggling wedding musician who believes his original work was stolen by a global pop star.
Cocaine dealers to Cambridge and Somerville are arrested, police say
Police found cocaine and illegal guns when they acted on search warrants in Cambridge and Braintree on June 4. Four people were arrested.
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Wander Cat Cola is a craft soda whose bubbles are popping up all over the place
Try a Japanese-inspired craft cola at the Taste of Somerville, at New Leaf Espresso
Tuesday office hour in Davis Square (Diesel, 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 become part of a team.
Two challenges to Cambridge laws could complicate the path to homebuilding
Both are referred for discussion, but one angered the vice mayor for freezing projects seeking to move forward under Affordable Housing Overlay zoning.
Someday Festival is twice as nice with a second day of music
At Warehouse XI, you're going to like the way local music sounds, we guarantee it.
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Porter Square Shopping Center gets a rebrand to match its physical refresh: The Mix Porter Square
The Porter Square Shopping Center has changed its name to The Mix Porter Square under the management company Wilder.
Candidates in three races for state rep in Somerville reject ‘dark money’ donations
An agreement to eschew “dark money” campaign funding is in place for three Somerville state representative races.
Jerry’s Pit and North Cambridge’s industrial past are spotlighted in the week’s History Hang
At the mid-1840s height of the industrial revolution, there were clay pits and brickyards all over the area. The most extensive brick plant was in North Cambridge.
Personal finance tip of the week: Get your money advice from a fiduciary
Fiduciaries are legally required to put your interests ahead of their own when providing financial advice or making recommendations.
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Streaming with Pride
A shortlist of recommended movies that inspire with LGBTQ+ themes (and are available at the click of a button).
Cambridge meetings, June 8-15: Two zoning laws that speed home construction are targeted for changes
Take part in meetings on calls to alter residential zoning and how to explain school incidents to families, and a roundtable about boosting business start-ups.
Somerville meetings, June 8-15: Budgeting for City Hall and the school department
Take part in meetings on municipal and school district budgeting and making a new school with environmentally sustainable practices.
I am a fake Harvard student, and I think the college is worth protecting
A lot of Americans resent Harvard, where – as a Boston University student and alum – I have done a lot of showing up and somehow made a place there.
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Announcing: free live music
The Indie is teaming up with Hump Nights to signal boost their monthly ticket giveaway.
Celebrate Pride in June
Unfurl the flags and charge the JBL speakers, Pride is here and the Indie highlights a list of events, activities and screenings to celebrate.
Concerns about parking and traffic dominate meeting on adding 92 affordable homes in Cambridge
An affordable-homes apartment building proposed for North Cambridge is bringing its developers a by now familiar kind of whiplash.
Artist Spotlight: Joyer
The Indie interviews the Saturday headliner Joyer ahead of Someday Fest, June 6 and 7 at Warehouse XI.
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‘Tuner’ is a thrilling heist movie with pitch-perfect characterization
A hearing-impaired piano tuner discovers a knack for safecracking which leads him into a life of crime in Daniel Roher’s latest film.
Lucky break? The Clover restaurant chain says it returns to operation Tuesday out of public demand
A public outcry about the closing of the Clover healthy fast food chain has led to its rescue, according to a company email Wednesday. The chain’s 11 locations will stay closed for the rest of this...
Here’s Somerville’s budget book, as a new mayor perplexes and the council steps back
Even a cursory skim of the budget book raises questions. Because of all the changes, it’s difficult to tell if investment are increased, steady or reduced.
Curiosities: Vida and Third Time Together innovate culinary quirk around Kendall Square
Two curious cafes are at home in a neighborhood full of people whose curiosity has led to Nobel prizes, scientific discoveries and long-sought cures.
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H Mart baked sweet potato
The skin of H Mart’s baked sweet potato is crispy and slightly charred; the inside tastes of caramel and umami, and is so soft it’s nearly mashed.
A not-so-lovable loser squanders your time and attention in ‘The Breadwinner’
An aloof man-child must take care of his three daughters alone while his wife pursues a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in this missable relic.
Flip-flops are back (and they have opinions now)
Once dismissed as “post-gym resignation footwear,” the modern flip-flop has evolved.
In a rematch of Decker and MacKay, her challenger from 2024, good government remains the theme
Opening remarks addressed government transparency, and the candidates sparred – but mostly drifted from questions to follow rehearsed remarks.
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‘Now Is Still Here’ is still here now (for a limited time only)
Fourth time is the charm as the eco-minded production performs its final rain date this Friday at Somerville Community Growing Center.
Vigil brings family, friends and strangers together for man who died alone in Davis T station escalator
A candlelight vigil outside the Davis Square T station mourned Steven McCluskey, who died because people ignored him.
‘Michael’ is a sanitized biopic for superfans who don’t care they’re being lied to
Michael Jackson’s songs remain bangers, but the connecting material here is bland and problematic.
A second vote against ShotSpotter leaves no room for pushback, and over a member’s complaint
Councillors voted May 18 to turn off the system and remove its microphones within 90 days, and now again to ensure zero wiggle room for noncompliance.
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Land/Mark Symposium examines an 18th century murder case with Cambridge ties
How we remember a slaver murder case, and the role of enslavement and resistance in the Revolution, is discussed at a June 13 event.
Somerville police begin test of ‘co-response,’ bringing health professionals to some crises
The co-responders are on duty to during two four-hour blocks each week, but Somerville officials say they hope to expand the program.
Translator Ken Kronenberg has disturbing things to say about America in 2026, and they’re from Germany in the 1930s
Kronenberg is translating toxic German propaganda from the fascist era of eugenics, racism and slaughter as it seeps through U.S. political speech.
Correcting the record about the impact of Cambridge’s Multifamily Housing ordinance
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A chat with Emma Picht, star of ‘The Aria of Julie d’Aubigny’
The actor dishes on the wild life of Mademoiselle de Maupin, coffee spots and unrequited dreams of roller skating on the esplanade.
Cambridge needs a stormwater charge to pay for sewer improvements
Cambridge will be on the hook for between $257 million and $2.4 billion in costs to fix sewer overflows. Residential water bills will rise significantly.
Tax tip of the week: GoFundMe can help in a crunch, and donations are usually just ‘gifts’
Crowdfunding has become a meaningful way to bring together community support at difficult moments. It is not a complete financial plan.
Somerville meetings, May 31-June 8: Ending waste outfall in public waters and razing the city’s ‘First Pizzeria’
Take part in meetings on Combined Sewer Overflows, homes at the Florentine Gardens and a fix for temperature issues at the Edgerly school.
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Cambridge meetings, May 31-June 8: New homes, stopping the sewage and a gun buyback
Take part in meetings on changes that can reshape Cambridge Street, 92 homes for Rindge Avenue and ending sewage outflow into public waters.
The server took back my fries and threw them away
It’s hard to open a restaurant, especially one with three all-day phases. But what kind of “dining concept” takes back an accidentally delivered side?
After an explosion and shaking felt regionwide, some point to boom from a meteor
Calls began flooding into 911 at around 2:20 p.m. about an explosion, with first responders also exchanging confused reports about the cause.
The banality is the evil in the atmospheric nightmare, ‘Backrooms’
Director Kane Parsons' makes the mundane mysterious, the commonplace creepy and the humdrum horrifying.
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Whatever process was promised, Cambridge plans to sink a giant stormwater tank on Sherman Street
Neighbors got an apology, but no sign that a 2.1 million-gallon tank wouldn't be installed. What goes above it may still be open to debate.
Work at Somerville’s Foss Park began without warning to residents … or to the state (updated)
A pile of asphalt and presence of heavy machinery at Foss Park alarmed Somervillians this week and led to a rebuke by state representative Mike Connolly.
Cambridge decides to keep Ahern Field as grass, not turf for sports (updated)
Money committed to lighting Ahern Fields for games can be used instead to support lighting at Danehy Park to expand playable hours there.
A passerby saved the life of a drug user by stopping to use a free public health vending machine (corrected)
Somerville’s public health vending machines dispense items more than 100 times weekly, from first aid kits to menstrual health products to lifesaving Narcan.
Two cafes welcoming ‘the irregular’: New Leaf Espresso and True Grounds
A coffee shop in a barbershop and woodsy space with art and painted wainscoting beckon with a trim, a long black and thoughts of a rom-Som.
Advertisement
Veggie patty at Chatty Patty
$3 Yes, this is take two on Chatty Patty (and take three on the Eastern Edge Food Hall). But empanadas, calzones, pasties, turnovers: I love them all, especially affordable ones, and the variety of...
Cocaine dealers to Cambridge and Somerville are arrested, police say
Police found cocaine and illegal guns when they acted on search warrants in Cambridge and Braintree on June 4. Four people were arrested.
Wander Cat Cola is a craft soda whose bubbles are popping up all over the place
Try a Japanese-inspired craft cola at the Taste of Somerville, at New Leaf Espresso
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Two challenges to Cambridge laws could complicate the path to homebuilding
Both are referred for discussion, but one angered the vice mayor for freezing projects seeking to move forward under Affordable Housing Overlay zoning.
Porter Square Shopping Center gets a rebrand to match its physical refresh: The Mix Porter Square
The Porter Square Shopping Center has changed its name to The Mix Porter Square under the management company Wilder.
Candidates in three races for state rep in Somerville reject ‘dark money’ donations
An agreement to eschew “dark money” campaign funding is in place for three Somerville state representative races.
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Personal finance tip of the week: Get your money advice from a fiduciary
Fiduciaries are legally required to put your interests ahead of their own when providing financial advice or making recommendations.
Cambridge meetings, June 8-15: Two zoning laws that speed home construction are targeted for changes
Take part in meetings on calls to alter residential zoning and how to explain school incidents to families, and a roundtable about boosting business start-ups.
Somerville meetings, June 8-15: Budgeting for City Hall and the school department
Take part in meetings on municipal and school district budgeting and making a new school with environmentally sustainable practices.
Advertisement
Concerns about parking and traffic dominate meeting on adding 92 affordable homes in Cambridge
An affordable-homes apartment building proposed for North Cambridge is bringing its developers a by now familiar kind of whiplash.
Lucky break? The Clover restaurant chain says it returns to operation Tuesday out of public demand
A public outcry about the closing of the Clover healthy fast food chain has led to its rescue, according to a company email Wednesday. The chain’s 11 locations will stay closed for the rest of this...
Curiosities: Vida and Third Time Together innovate culinary quirk around Kendall Square
Two curious cafes are at home in a neighborhood full of people whose curiosity has led to Nobel prizes, scientific discoveries and long-sought cures.
Advertisement
H Mart baked sweet potato
The skin of H Mart’s baked sweet potato is crispy and slightly charred; the inside tastes of caramel and umami, and is so soft it’s nearly mashed.
Flip-flops are back (and they have opinions now)
Once dismissed as “post-gym resignation footwear,” the modern flip-flop has evolved.
In a rematch of Decker and MacKay, her challenger from 2024, good government remains the theme
Opening remarks addressed government transparency, and the candidates sparred – but mostly drifted from questions to follow rehearsed remarks.
Advertisement
Vigil brings family, friends and strangers together for man who died alone in Davis T station escalator
A candlelight vigil outside the Davis Square T station mourned Steven McCluskey, who died because people ignored him.
A second vote against ShotSpotter leaves no room for pushback, and over a member’s complaint
Councillors voted May 18 to turn off the system and remove its microphones within 90 days, and now again to ensure zero wiggle room for noncompliance.
Somerville police begin test of ‘co-response,’ bringing health professionals to some crises
The co-responders are on duty to during two four-hour blocks each week, but Somerville officials say they hope to expand the program.
Advertisement
Translator Ken Kronenberg has disturbing things to say about America in 2026, and they’re from Germany in the 1930s
Kronenberg is translating toxic German propaganda from the fascist era of eugenics, racism and slaughter as it seeps through U.S. political speech.
Tax tip of the week: GoFundMe can help in a crunch, and donations are usually just ‘gifts’
Crowdfunding has become a meaningful way to bring together community support at difficult moments. It is not a complete financial plan.
Somerville meetings, May 31-June 8: Ending waste outfall in public waters and razing the city’s ‘First Pizzeria’
Take part in meetings on Combined Sewer Overflows, homes at the Florentine Gardens and a fix for temperature issues at the Edgerly school.
Advertisement
Cambridge meetings, May 31-June 8: New homes, stopping the sewage and a gun buyback
Take part in meetings on changes that can reshape Cambridge Street, 92 homes for Rindge Avenue and ending sewage outflow into public waters.
After an explosion and shaking felt regionwide, some point to boom from a meteor
Calls began flooding into 911 at around 2:20 p.m. about an explosion, with first responders also exchanging confused reports about the cause.
Whatever process was promised, Cambridge plans to sink a giant stormwater tank on Sherman Street
Neighbors got an apology, but no sign that a 2.1 million-gallon tank wouldn't be installed. What goes above it may still be open to debate.
Advertisement
Work at Somerville’s Foss Park began without warning to residents … or to the state (updated)
A pile of asphalt and presence of heavy machinery at Foss Park alarmed Somervillians this week and led to a rebuke by state representative Mike Connolly.
Somerville needs to brace for years of surging water and sewer bills
The year of bills that starts July 1 could have been worse, but the causes of the rate increases coming up are largely out of city control.
Six positions are filled in a round of hirings by Cambridge school district, including at CRLS and Fletcher Maynard
Several hires were announced by Cambridge Public Schools, including making Allan Gately Gehant principal of CRLS, where he has been interim principal.
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Clover shuts down, third Hong Kong Festival is Sunday and J.P. Licks does the World Cup
The Clover chain was in its final hours Thursday, the New England Hong Kong Festival returns and there are seven new flavors at an ice cream chain.
Apartment buildings with 79 units will be transitioned to affordable housing after purchase
Spokespeople with the Cambridge Housing Authority and city said they would work with current residents to convert the homes to affordable.
Nine years later, empty Vail Court is headed again toward becoming affordable housing
The long and narrow lot seized by the city in 2016 is again due to get a developer and be shaped into homes, though no time too soon.
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Le Grand Prix Elmendorf du Pain street fest promises more of everything this year, including actual French people
The festival and competition – inspired by a Paris baguette-baking contest – will pack onto Cambridge Street on June 14 before a French World Cup match.
Keezer’s has a next home and Simon’s Coffee Shop is looking as an apartment project speeds toward construction
The apartment project at 1740 Massachusetts Ave. is on track for a permit submission in June and demolition in the months that follow.
How much is that coffee in the window?
Why are some local cups of coffee just under $2 and some as much as $24? A look at cost, worth and value.
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Classic Three Cheese at Roxy’s Grilled Cheese
Roxy’s delivered a solid grilled cheese, and why wouldn’t it? it's been Roxy's bread and butter since it launched as a food truck in 2011.
A ‘super El Niño’ will make summer hotter and more dangerous. These climate groups are getting us ready.
A roundtable talks about how Greater Boston prepares for a boiling change in climate, including from an oncoming “super El Niño” season.
First uprooted from Harvard Square shelter, unhoused at Medford camp face eviction after alleged arson
Transit Police have given until Friday to clear a camp just weeks after a fire threatened its homeless occupants. Some hope to return to Cambridge’s Y2Y shelter.
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Police union says it is ‘deeply disappointed’ in council quitting ShotSpotter tech, reiterates points from losing vote
The organization spoke to fears that ShotSpotter audio could be used by federal agencies for surveillance but not a cited false-positive rate of 82 percent.
Tax tip of the week: Find out if you missed deductions that could have lowered your income taxes
Many taxpayers overlook valuable deductions because they focus only on itemized deductions. They should dig into schedules 1 and 1A.
Cambridge meetings, May 25-June 1: A family-friendly Memorial Day and future-friendly waste plan
Take part in a Memorial Day ceremony and meetings on the Zero Waste Master Plan and the future of 135 Sherman St., formerly known as Bellis Circle.
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Somerville’s budget details (2026 edition): School and police budgets offer plenty to puzzle through
The budget does not account for pending agreements with police unions and includes strong-arm tactics over just $600,000 for the schools.
Ize Trio make global jazz their own at Regattabar on Sunday
Pianist Chase Morrin talks about the mentors and faith that inspired the trio's latest album "Global Prayer."
‘Power Ballad’ is a no from me, dawg
Paul Rudd's charm can't save this stinker about a struggling wedding musician who believes his original work was stolen by a global pop star.
Tuesday office hour in Davis Square (Diesel, 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 become part of a team.
Advertisement
Someday Festival is twice as nice with a second day of music
At Warehouse XI, you're going to like the way local music sounds, we guarantee it.
Jerry’s Pit and North Cambridge’s industrial past are spotlighted in the week’s History Hang
At the mid-1840s height of the industrial revolution, there were clay pits and brickyards all over the area. The most extensive brick plant was in North Cambridge.
Streaming with Pride
A shortlist of recommended movies that inspire with LGBTQ+ themes (and are available at the click of a button).
I am a fake Harvard student, and I think the college is worth protecting
A lot of Americans resent Harvard, where – as a Boston University student and alum – I have done a lot of showing up and somehow made a place there.
Advertisement
Announcing: free live music
The Indie is teaming up with Hump Nights to signal boost their monthly ticket giveaway.
Celebrate Pride in June
Unfurl the flags and charge the JBL speakers, Pride is here and the Indie highlights a list of events, activities and screenings to celebrate.
Artist Spotlight: Joyer
The Indie interviews the Saturday headliner Joyer ahead of Someday Fest, June 6 and 7 at Warehouse XI.
‘Tuner’ is a thrilling heist movie with pitch-perfect characterization
A hearing-impaired piano tuner discovers a knack for safecracking which leads him into a life of crime in Daniel Roher’s latest film.
Advertisement
Here’s Somerville’s budget book, as a new mayor perplexes and the council steps back
Even a cursory skim of the budget book raises questions. Because of all the changes, it’s difficult to tell if investment are increased, steady or reduced.
A not-so-lovable loser squanders your time and attention in ‘The Breadwinner’
An aloof man-child must take care of his three daughters alone while his wife pursues a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in this missable relic.
‘Now Is Still Here’ is still here now (for a limited time only)
Fourth time is the charm as the eco-minded production performs its final rain date this Friday at Somerville Community Growing Center.
‘Michael’ is a sanitized biopic for superfans who don’t care they’re being lied to
Michael Jackson’s songs remain bangers, but the connecting material here is bland and problematic.
Advertisement
Land/Mark Symposium examines an 18th century murder case with Cambridge ties
How we remember a slaver murder case, and the role of enslavement and resistance in the Revolution, is discussed at a June 13 event.
Correcting the record about the impact of Cambridge’s Multifamily Housing ordinance
A chat with Emma Picht, star of ‘The Aria of Julie d’Aubigny’
The actor dishes on the wild life of Mademoiselle de Maupin, coffee spots and unrequited dreams of roller skating on the esplanade.
Cambridge needs a stormwater charge to pay for sewer improvements
Cambridge will be on the hook for between $257 million and $2.4 billion in costs to fix sewer overflows. Residential water bills will rise significantly.
Advertisement
The server took back my fries and threw them away
It’s hard to open a restaurant, especially one with three all-day phases. But what kind of “dining concept” takes back an accidentally delivered side?
The banality is the evil in the atmospheric nightmare, ‘Backrooms’
Director Kane Parsons' makes the mundane mysterious, the commonplace creepy and the humdrum horrifying.
Summer Festival Preview
Music festivals, from one-day local affairs to multiday out-of-towners, that are worth getting off the couch for.
‘I Love Boosters’ is a heist movie that’s off the rails and loving it
Boots Riley's absurdist romp is less about "working class values" than valuing the working class.
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The Gill Aharon Trio delivers
Everything jazz aspires to be without the pretense and pandering it often exhibits.
Cole Pulice and Pat Horigan explore new horizons at Deep Cuts
Follow the breadcrumbs of devotional music, New Age, and ambient to a new kind of jazz.
Online safety shouldn’t come at the cost of access
Recent efforts by the House and the governor to create online protections for our state’s youth risk serious unintended consequences.
‘A friend to Cambridge’: Barney Frank’s life and legacy
Although the 4th Massachusetts Congressional District does not include Cambridge, representative Barney Frank spent a considerable amount of time addressing the city’s concerns as part of his broader...
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Let Iran be the last war without a declaration
If American service members are going to fight and die in our name, we should at least make our elected officials vote on it.
Social housing makes economic sense
The city has a path to sustainably offer homes for people of all income levels, on its own terms – but it must be planned properly.
Be careful what you wish for in ‘Obsession’
A desperate loser makes a wish for his crush to fall in love with him, only for it to come true with violent, horrific consequences.
The many shades of female dancers’ experiences in ‘Black Swan’
It's not all black and white in the American Repertory Theater's adaptation of the Darren Aronofsky film.
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The 9 Wyman Road project is not a fluke, it’s a sign of successful multifamily zoning
The project at 9 Wyman Road is not displacing renters or gentrifying a neighborhood. It is creating 55 additional homes for current and future Cantabrigians.
There’s a pit at the center of Harvard Square, but not the one we pine for
Gentrification killed "the Pit" and we're going to spend another summer staring at a fenced-up hole in the ground.
Eugene Mirman doesn’t remember the crash that might have killed him. But he does have a new comedy special.
Comedian Eugene Mirman talks about the dramatic car crash and amazing rescue that hospitalized him – and how little he remembered of any of it.
Davis Square Plaza owner agrees to let it be filled through October with musicians and other buskers
An agreement is in place to fill the unused Davis Square Plaza with musicians and other buskers, part of a bigger effort to reclaim the area.
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As America held down or kept out Asian immigrants, Harvard hired a Chinese professor in 1879
The presence in Cambridge was a curiosity and a sign of Harvard’s increasing awareness of the place China was to occupy on the world stage.
You say you want a revolution
A documentary about the early days of radio station WBCN triggers fond memories and a general airing of political grievances.
Should we become San Francisco
Refusing to change doesn’t mean that we will preserve our way of life.
There will be an impact from the lack of parking at 1740 Mass. Ave.
The developer offers no resident parking, and more cars seeking street parking affects neighbors and local business.
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Solidarity through sound
The "Which Side?" protest music series returns with a diverse lineup to the Burren Back Room on May 19.
Somerville Porchfest: wet, wild and ready to party
A little rain and long portajohn lines (still) couldn't dampen the excitement for the biggest Porchfest around.
The art of gathering in public spaces
Collage, community and a secret door await you at Harvard Art Museums at Night.
Fringe festival is bigger in its second year, adding drama, dance, magic and music to the clowning and comedy
The second annual Fringe runs through Sunday at three venues in Somerville, allowing the festival of unpredictable and often oddball acts to double in size.
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Save Dana Park turns a public space into a game board May 30
The game is designed to bring players into the story of Dana Park past and present, stopping a phony deed scam before the villain takes the land away.
Helping music survive is about more than just Porchfest
The band couldn’t afford to play its monthly jam sessions. What? These guys could fill a room on a weeknight, sell alcohol and not break even?
When WBCN rocked the airwaves (and politics too)
Filmmaker Bill Lichtenstein talks about “The Airwaves Belonged to the People: WBCN and The American Revolution," screening May 10 at Somerville Theater.
A music lover’s music club called Altar may finally have found its home in Cambridge’s Central Square (corrected)
Central Square could be within a few weeks of knowing the address of Altar, its next nightclub. But founder John Kearney doesn’t want to get ahead of himself.
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Central Square’s nightlife options, from the venerable Middle East to the transforming Smoot
Even without the music-focused, minimalist Altar yet on the nightclub scene there are plenty of places to go around Central Square for a drink and dance.
Armory board members are named, including leaders at Esh Circus Arts, Arlington International Film Festival
Names of board members came in a press release filled with buzzwordy terms (“cultural strategist”) and unexplained references to unknown businesses.