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Eight stories of all kinds of love for your Valentine’s Day

February 12, 2026

Stories from people about their first encounters of love of all kinds – romantic, platonic, familial and even spiritual – with future spouses, friends and pets.

BUSINESS

Last-minute (and thoughtful) Valentine’s Day gifts in Cambridge and Somerville

February 12, 2026

Because love shouldn’t feel like a CVS candle aisle panic.

BUSINESS

How to love your Valentine’s Day in Cambridge and Somerville

February 11, 2026

A list of restaurants and experiences that couples, throuples, singles who seek or the self-satisfied can enjoy all weekend long for Valentine’s Day.

FOOD

Valentine’s, Galentine’s, as long as it’s chocolate: An anthropologist’s quick history of a holiday

February 11, 2026

Anthropologists love to say “Bet you didn’t know this!” about cultural history and the origins of things in human use – including for Valentine’s Day.

BITE

Egg salad sandwiches at 7-Eleven

February 11, 2026

The company that owns 7-Eleven is trying to change its culinary reputation. It’s started that work with egg salad sandwiches.

OPINION

Artificial intelligence is coming for us, clearly. Not in the smartest way.

February 11, 2026

Problems with the technologies lumped together as artificial intelligence are worsened by the lumping.

COMMUNITY

Black Cantabrigians may be a dwindling tribe, but will not be forgotten

February 11, 2026

The resiliency of a tribe and its complicated relationship with Cambridge was on display at “Lift Every Voice: Saving Our Stories, Sharing Our History.”

OPINION

Black History Month celebrates a century, and so does its backlash

February 10, 2026

On the eve of America’s 250th anniversary, Black History Month is a necessary corrective to revisionist history, selective memory and deliberate attempts at erasure.

MUSIC

Will the Rock ‘N’ Roll Rumble happen in 2026? It skipped last year for a ‘reset’

February 6, 2026

No news is good news – except when it comes to the Rock ‘N’ Roll Rumble. The long-running battle of the bands, established in 1979, signed off after the 2024 competition with the announcement that it...

ARTS

Black Lives Matter exhibit accepts the debate and stages it

February 2, 2026

“A critical reflection” runs through Black History Month with an Oxford-style debate toward the end on whether “The Black Lives Matter Movement was successful.”

MUSIC

Stormy weather shakes a lineup, but should settle down before the We Black Folks Showcase

January 30, 2026

Your average band preps weeks, if not months, to take the stage on a specific date. It all goes out the window when there's bad weather.

NEWS

Cambridge gets its first gunfire incident of the year, followed by an arrest

January 28, 2026

Two vehicles exchanged gunfire and drove off in opposite directions, witnesses told police in recounting a Cambridge gunfire incident.

NEWS

Homeland Security searches a Lesley University residence hall

January 15, 2026

A federal search of a Cambridge building ignites debate over police cooperation and transparency.

NEWS

Massive file from J6 insurrection trials goes live on the Internet Archive

January 8, 2026

Nearly 3 terabytes of material being uploaded, so much material that it may take days for it all to go live.

ARTS

Comedy Studio hosts Hump! Festival in April, much more than homemade porn

January 8, 2026

The annual touring fest brings five-minute flicks to shock, amuse and arouse.

BITE

Fried delicata squash at La Brasa

January 7, 2026

When french fry fatigue and onion ring ennui sets in, find relief at La Brasa, with its fried delicata squash in thinly sliced rounds with a lime crema dipping sauce.

BUSINESS

Last-minute (and thoughtful) Valentine’s Day gifts in Cambridge and Somerville

February 12, 2026

Because love shouldn’t feel like a CVS candle aisle panic.

BUSINESS

How to love your Valentine’s Day in Cambridge and Somerville

February 11, 2026

A list of restaurants and experiences that couples, throuples, singles who seek or the self-satisfied can enjoy all weekend long for Valentine’s Day.

FOOD

Valentine’s, Galentine’s, as long as it’s chocolate: An anthropologist’s quick history of a holiday

February 11, 2026

Anthropologists love to say “Bet you didn’t know this!” about cultural history and the origins of things in human use – including for Valentine’s Day.

BITE

Egg salad sandwiches at 7-Eleven

February 11, 2026

The company that owns 7-Eleven is trying to change its culinary reputation. It’s started that work with egg salad sandwiches.

NEWS

Cambridge gets its first gunfire incident of the year, followed by an arrest

January 28, 2026

Two vehicles exchanged gunfire and drove off in opposite directions, witnesses told police in recounting a Cambridge gunfire incident.

NEWS

Homeland Security searches a Lesley University residence hall

January 15, 2026

A federal search of a Cambridge building ignites debate over police cooperation and transparency.

NEWS

Massive file from J6 insurrection trials goes live on the Internet Archive

January 8, 2026

Nearly 3 terabytes of material being uploaded, so much material that it may take days for it all to go live.

BITE

Fried delicata squash at La Brasa

January 7, 2026

When french fry fatigue and onion ring ennui sets in, find relief at La Brasa, with its fried delicata squash in thinly sliced rounds with a lime crema dipping sauce.

COMMUNITY

Eight stories of all kinds of love for your Valentine’s Day

February 12, 2026

Stories from people about their first encounters of love of all kinds – romantic, platonic, familial and even spiritual – with future spouses, friends and pets.

OPINION

Artificial intelligence is coming for us, clearly. Not in the smartest way.

February 11, 2026

Problems with the technologies lumped together as artificial intelligence are worsened by the lumping.

COMMUNITY

Black Cantabrigians may be a dwindling tribe, but will not be forgotten

February 11, 2026

The resiliency of a tribe and its complicated relationship with Cambridge was on display at “Lift Every Voice: Saving Our Stories, Sharing Our History.”

OPINION

Black History Month celebrates a century, and so does its backlash

February 10, 2026

On the eve of America’s 250th anniversary, Black History Month is a necessary corrective to revisionist history, selective memory and deliberate attempts at erasure.

MUSIC

Will the Rock ‘N’ Roll Rumble happen in 2026? It skipped last year for a ‘reset’

February 6, 2026

ARTS

Black Lives Matter exhibit accepts the debate and stages it

February 2, 2026

“A critical reflection” runs through Black History Month with an Oxford-style debate toward the end on whether “The Black Lives Matter Movement was successful.”

MUSIC

Stormy weather shakes a lineup, but should settle down before the We Black Folks Showcase

January 30, 2026

Your average band preps weeks, if not months, to take the stage on a specific date. It all goes out the window when there's bad weather.

ARTS

Comedy Studio hosts Hump! Festival in April, much more than homemade porn

January 8, 2026

The annual touring fest brings five-minute flicks to shock, amuse and arouse.