When questions posed by the plot become too thorny, the ensemble stabs or punches someone or simply runs in circles to explode the tension.
The end is nigh for ‘The End is Nigh,’ a raucous and rollicking riot of a romp
Options for East Cambridge’s closed school will be seen in May; better busing brings changes
Three to six options for the future of 158 Spring St. are expected to be presented to Cambridge Public Schools families in May, district superintendent David Murphy told School Committee members at a...
Democratic Socialists seek more state seats but fell short of endorsing Uyterhoeven, its sole incumbent
The DSA fell a few votes short of endorsing Erika Uyterhoeven, who is running without its field team, and the issue was largely not about policy.
Multicultural Arts Center showcases works by high schoolers
The show tends toward up-close, pensive portraits of youth and the surreal, part of the center’s mission to show the bold and new.
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Mourning Dove: No lease renewal offered by shopping center, Sign of the Dove artists need a new home
“For people in the community who are looking to support local artists and purchase local artwork, losing these spaces makes it harder for them to do that.”
Boston Bitdown redux: dinosaurs on Saturday and a Sunday scare
A final afternoon of chiptune music saved by a barcade that came to the rescue in downtown Salem.
Vegetarian chili you can make for 10 after learning how to scale recipes up, up, up
How do you cook for a lot of people in a home kitchen? A little math, some careful measuring, savvy and splitting and the right storage.
The date is set for Porchfest’s 15th year in Somerville
Porchfest returns to Somerville on May 9, and residents can apply through April 21 to host a band.
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How a ‘420 friendly’ club hopes to light up Union Square without social-consumption laws in place
A pot-friendly, no-alcohol comedy and music club got licensing to open in Somerville’s Union Square but must walk a very fine line.
We tried Cambridge and Somerville banh mi and found our favorite (for tofu, anyway)
Five Vietnamese restaurants sell banh mi in Cambridge and Somerville, and on a recent Sunday a group of us tried them all to help direct diners to the best. The sandwich is almost always great, a...
Man used violence, stalking and fraud to force women into sex, U.S. Attorney’s Office says
Daniel Rodriguez, 36, was arrested on state charges in January after leading the police on a high-speed chase in Randolph.
Fried mozzarella at Si Cara
This is a very firm layer of panko over the smoothest, mildest, most innocuous of mozzarellas all but rescued by the choice of sauce.
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Derrick Neal is out as head of Cambridge Public Health
Neal was appointed during the Covid pandemic after withdrawing from a job in California and spent a little over four years with the department.
Anne Fadiman gets personal with her latest essay collection, ‘Frog’
The would-be love child of John McPhee and Virginia Woolf shares a few amphibian-related regrets.
Unhappy over a confusing process, Somerville officials embrace a future with a 925-seat school
A combined campus on Winter Hill means closing the Benjamin G. Brown School on Willow Avenue and less walkability in West Somerville.
Streamlining the permitting process? Cambridge did this in 2024
Getting projects into construction is urgent, especially for housing, so staff expects to report as soon as mid-June on how to speed that up.
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With Metacom’s Resistance, colonists set Indigenous nations at war with each other
Metacom’s Resistance is a lesser-known, three-year war that is part of 350 years of conflict, coexistence and Indigenous presence.
Oscars 2026 results include a rare tie
The annual film awards were held last night in Hollywood. Did The Brattle have a premonition about a rare Oscars tie?
The Renty daguerreotypes find a home, but Harvard’s legal fight lingers
Harvard chose to explore its legacy as an enslaver of 70 or more people at the same time it fought claims by a descendant of slavery.
Tax tip of the week: Four reasons to file taxes with low income, some that put money in your pocket
In many cases, filing a tax return can put money back in your pocket even when income is relatively low – including from prior years.
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Somerville could have skipped these police grants that come with strings attached
The Somerville City Council accepted nearly $200,000 for police over two meetings filled with fractious debate. Is this money worth what it costs?
Somerville meetings, March 16-23: Lessons from winter’s snowfall and affordable-housing zoning
Take part in meetings on building school campuses and maintaining current educational facilities and a postmortem on winter snow clearing.
Cambridge meetings, March 16-23: Cutting student screen time, and the future of the K-Lo campus
Take part in meetings on student screen time, busing and the K-Lo school campus, and city finances and micromobility.
Booksellers and librarians gather Wednesday to talk about ‘Getting the Story Out’ to new readers
A couple of decades ago, some 400 newspapers published book reviews in arts and culture sections. Now it may be as few as 40.
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To broil or not to broil? Here’s a dry rubbed pork tenderloin for when the heat is on
When you use the broiler setting on an oven, do you leave the door ajar? This question opens up a lot having to do with this high-heat cooking.
Boston Bitdown redux: the chiptune spectacle spans three cities on Friday
A visual spectacle engulfs the interior of Capital Theatre while Boston Bitdown artists take to the stage in Arlington, Medford and Somerville.
Cambridge looks to MBTA and mall owner to take lead in updating the Alewife area
What wasn’t on the list of Cambridge housing and zoning priorities presented this week to city councillors: A few untouched parts of Alewife .
Bill stopping ICE’s courthouse seizures wins support in Somerville as a Cambridge family mourns
Somerville city councilors became the first in the state to vote in support of a bill on Beacon Hill that protects courtgoers from seizure by ICE.
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Somerville gives an extra week to get through a 117-page application to be an Armory tenant
Somerville has extended its submission deadline by a week for artists, makers and creative organizations to lease space in its Armory building.
Somerville YMCA project has a friendly neighborhood meeting, getting swole without breaking a sweat
After another year of permitting and two years of construction, a project of 130,000-plus square feet will add affordable housing and amenities.
Boston Bitdown redux: Thursday
Relive what went down Thursday night at the world's largest chiptune festival, Boston Bitdown 2.
Tracking The Monster and his Bride through the many versions of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’
Right now cinemagoers can double their Frankenstein pleasure with “The Bride!” and Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” up for the Best Picture Oscar this Sunday. Sure, “Frankenstein” is streaming on...
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Veggie mini mandu at K-Bok Korean Fried Chicken
While it’s the wings that are most exciting about this restaurant in the former Cantina Mexicana space, these dumplings have a lot going for them.
Copper Mill promises alternative designs within 30 days for its Davis Square tower proposal
Renderings of a 26-story, 502-apartment building drew scoffs even from project supporters, and the developer agreed it missed the mark.
Nagomi Bento’s expansion into Cambridge means more snacks, bowls, drinks and happiness
Less than two years after opening in Somerville’s Bow Market, Nagomi Bento is expanding to Cambridge. The Japanese restaurant, between Harvard and Porter squares, is expected to open the second week...
Police budget in Cambridge draws attention to overlap with social services and unarmed response team
There were no “defund the police” calls, but overlaps in services were examined critically in a Finance Committee hearing.
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We have Tuesday office hours, and tonight they’re in Central Square
As part of its mission of community, The Independent plans weekly “office hours” at two convenient locations in Cambridge and Somerville.
Political climate change pushes Ig Nobel Prize ceremony to Europe after 35 years
The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony is moving to Europe, and its Sept. 3 awards – the 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony – take place in Zurich.
Cambridge will pay $400,000 over a gun discharge rather than risk paying more after a trial
Cambridge plans to settle a settle a lawsuit filed by retired police lieutenant, who said his weapon fired because of a manufacturing flaw.
Decriminalization of sex work is explored with experts in a Thursday conversation
A film screening and panel of experts grows a collective understanding of the experience of sex workers amid an erosion of freedom and democracy.
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Tax tip of the week: The IRS has three years on its audit clock. Get it started by filing on time.
The IRS has a limited time to review and challenge a tax return. Filing a return promptly helps ensure this clock begins running as early as possible.
There’s already debate, over the Legislature’s work ethic, as Miller challenges Connolly in the 26th
A seat encompassing East Cambridge and East Somerville is getting its first Democratic political primary – and race of any kind – since 2016.
As weather warms, cities wait to see how long until their biggest snow piles melt away
Somerville city staff compare this year with 2015, when “the snow piles lasted until May,” and a Cambridge spokesperson eyed early summer.
Why Somerville still doesn’t have public toilets
The company that makes the Portland Loo is not licensed by Massachusetts, so its structures are not allowed (except in several neighboring cities).
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Somerville meetings, March 9-16: Merged schools, Davis Square tower and a new YMCA
Take part in meetings on a merged school campus, a proposed apartment tower, a YMCA on Highland Avenue and Elm-Beacon road plan.
Cambridge meetings, March 9-16: A consolidated housing department and police budgeting
Take part in meetings on combining housing and homeless services into one department; the police budget; disability services and planning; and more.
To save the creative, arts advocates say to get real about housing, planning and the Legislature
Along with calling on residents to push for the creation of cultural trusts, arts advocates talked about increasingly regional efforts to save the arts. That included a digital mapping project that could help identify problems and improve municipal planning.
Space, time and coffee
An occasional feature mapping our sipping in visits to cafes in Somerville and Cambridge – this time Imagine, Forge and Three Little Figs.
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Assembly Row hotel promises its new rooftop deck won’t be open late
If someone wants to party on a rooftop deck, ”there are plenty of options in The Seaport,” the developer of Assembly Row told the Planning Board.
Belief in the success of the Black Lives Matter movement fell by 31% at a formal debate
As Black History Month came to a close, a civic organization reflected on one of the most defining and divisive movements of the digital era.
Options for East Cambridge’s closed school will be seen in May; better busing brings changes
Three to six options for the future of 158 Spring St. are expected to be presented to Cambridge Public Schools families in May, district superintendent David Murphy told School Committee members at a...
Democratic Socialists seek more state seats but fell short of endorsing Uyterhoeven, its sole incumbent
The DSA fell a few votes short of endorsing Erika Uyterhoeven, who is running without its field team, and the issue was largely not about policy.
Mourning Dove: No lease renewal offered by shopping center, Sign of the Dove artists need a new home
“For people in the community who are looking to support local artists and purchase local artwork, losing these spaces makes it harder for them to do that.”
Advertisement
Vegetarian chili you can make for 10 after learning how to scale recipes up, up, up
How do you cook for a lot of people in a home kitchen? A little math, some careful measuring, savvy and splitting and the right storage.
How a ‘420 friendly’ club hopes to light up Union Square without social-consumption laws in place
A pot-friendly, no-alcohol comedy and music club got licensing to open in Somerville’s Union Square but must walk a very fine line.
We tried Cambridge and Somerville banh mi and found our favorite (for tofu, anyway)
Five Vietnamese restaurants sell banh mi in Cambridge and Somerville, and on a recent Sunday a group of us tried them all to help direct diners to the best. The sandwich is almost always great, a...
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Man used violence, stalking and fraud to force women into sex, U.S. Attorney’s Office says
Daniel Rodriguez, 36, was arrested on state charges in January after leading the police on a high-speed chase in Randolph.
Fried mozzarella at Si Cara
This is a very firm layer of panko over the smoothest, mildest, most innocuous of mozzarellas all but rescued by the choice of sauce.
Derrick Neal is out as head of Cambridge Public Health
Neal was appointed during the Covid pandemic after withdrawing from a job in California and spent a little over four years with the department.
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Unhappy over a confusing process, Somerville officials embrace a future with a 925-seat school
A combined campus on Winter Hill means closing the Benjamin G. Brown School on Willow Avenue and less walkability in West Somerville.
Streamlining the permitting process? Cambridge did this in 2024
Getting projects into construction is urgent, especially for housing, so staff expects to report as soon as mid-June on how to speed that up.
Tax tip of the week: Four reasons to file taxes with low income, some that put money in your pocket
In many cases, filing a tax return can put money back in your pocket even when income is relatively low – including from prior years.
Advertisement
Somerville meetings, March 16-23: Lessons from winter’s snowfall and affordable-housing zoning
Take part in meetings on building school campuses and maintaining current educational facilities and a postmortem on winter snow clearing.
Cambridge meetings, March 16-23: Cutting student screen time, and the future of the K-Lo campus
Take part in meetings on student screen time, busing and the K-Lo school campus, and city finances and micromobility.
To broil or not to broil? Here’s a dry rubbed pork tenderloin for when the heat is on
When you use the broiler setting on an oven, do you leave the door ajar? This question opens up a lot having to do with this high-heat cooking.
Advertisement
Cambridge looks to MBTA and mall owner to take lead in updating the Alewife area
What wasn’t on the list of Cambridge housing and zoning priorities presented this week to city councillors: A few untouched parts of Alewife .
Bill stopping ICE’s courthouse seizures wins support in Somerville as a Cambridge family mourns
Somerville city councilors became the first in the state to vote in support of a bill on Beacon Hill that protects courtgoers from seizure by ICE.
Somerville YMCA project has a friendly neighborhood meeting, getting swole without breaking a sweat
After another year of permitting and two years of construction, a project of 130,000-plus square feet will add affordable housing and amenities.
Advertisement
Veggie mini mandu at K-Bok Korean Fried Chicken
While it’s the wings that are most exciting about this restaurant in the former Cantina Mexicana space, these dumplings have a lot going for them.
Copper Mill promises alternative designs within 30 days for its Davis Square tower proposal
Renderings of a 26-story, 502-apartment building drew scoffs even from project supporters, and the developer agreed it missed the mark.
Nagomi Bento’s expansion into Cambridge means more snacks, bowls, drinks and happiness
Less than two years after opening in Somerville’s Bow Market, Nagomi Bento is expanding to Cambridge. The Japanese restaurant, between Harvard and Porter squares, is expected to open the second week...
Advertisement
Police budget in Cambridge draws attention to overlap with social services and unarmed response team
There were no “defund the police” calls, but overlaps in services were examined critically in a Finance Committee hearing.
Political climate change pushes Ig Nobel Prize ceremony to Europe after 35 years
The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony is moving to Europe, and its Sept. 3 awards – the 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony – take place in Zurich.
Cambridge will pay $400,000 over a gun discharge rather than risk paying more after a trial
Cambridge plans to settle a settle a lawsuit filed by retired police lieutenant, who said his weapon fired because of a manufacturing flaw.
Advertisement
Tax tip of the week: The IRS has three years on its audit clock. Get it started by filing on time.
The IRS has a limited time to review and challenge a tax return. Filing a return promptly helps ensure this clock begins running as early as possible.
There’s already debate, over the Legislature’s work ethic, as Miller challenges Connolly in the 26th
A seat encompassing East Cambridge and East Somerville is getting its first Democratic political primary – and race of any kind – since 2016.
As weather warms, cities wait to see how long until their biggest snow piles melt away
Somerville city staff compare this year with 2015, when “the snow piles lasted until May,” and a Cambridge spokesperson eyed early summer.
Advertisement
Somerville meetings, March 9-16: Merged schools, Davis Square tower and a new YMCA
Take part in meetings on a merged school campus, a proposed apartment tower, a YMCA on Highland Avenue and Elm-Beacon road plan.
Cambridge meetings, March 9-16: A consolidated housing department and police budgeting
Take part in meetings on combining housing and homeless services into one department; the police budget; disability services and planning; and more.
Space, time and coffee
An occasional feature mapping our sipping in visits to cafes in Somerville and Cambridge – this time Imagine, Forge and Three Little Figs.
Advertisement
Assembly Row hotel promises its new rooftop deck won’t be open late
If someone wants to party on a rooftop deck, ”there are plenty of options in The Seaport,” the developer of Assembly Row told the Planning Board.
Belief in the success of the Black Lives Matter movement fell by 31% at a formal debate
As Black History Month came to a close, a civic organization reflected on one of the most defining and divisive movements of the digital era.
First tomato soup, and gluten-free tricks for a béchamel sauce
This week we're faking things: tomato soup when neither tomatoes nor basil are in season, and a flour-based sauce without flour, for those avoiding gluten.
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These walking sleeping bags are our cocoons when we can’t nest
The new outerwear mood on the streets this winter is hard to miss: the ankle-length puffer coat, a full-on down cocoon reaching nearly to the ground.
Veggie Galaxy, maker of comfort food in Cambridge, is called Best Vegan-Friendly Restaurant in America
Veggie Galaxy in Cambridge has been named the best vegan-friendly restaurant in America in a VegNews reader survey.
Union Square developer, struggling to fill lab space, is open to speeding up hotel or homebuilding
USQ, master developer of a 20-acre, $2 billion project in Union Square, has been wooing AI, life sciences, robotics and other sectors.
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Designs for a merged Winter Hill-Brown school on Sycamore Street are presented in Somerville
Students and educators are expected to return to 115 Sycamore St., with a merged Winter Hill and Brown schools set for a 2031 move-in.
Pita and hummus at Life Alive
There’s a delicious base of creamy hummus complemented by cucumber slices, crispy dried chickpeas and tangy olives. Is there enough pita, though?
Somerville’s seller of environmentally friendly stuff is expanding with a crowdfunding campaign
Somerville’s eco-friendly housewares and bath and body shop, Green Tiger & Co., is expanding at Somerville’s Bow Market.
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Ewen-Campen declares for Uyterhoeven’s state rep district after Uyterhoeven announces a Senate run
Ewen-Campen said his goals as a state representative will be familiar from his work as a councilor, including housing, safe streets and immigrant protections.
Rise in parking permit fees to $75 stalls in Cambridge with misunderstanding about seniors
A proposal to raise the cost of most Cambridge resident parking permits was paused Monday amid a misunderstanding that the change affects every senior.
Tax tip of the week: Life is easier with electronic filing
Technology doesn’t just make tax filing easier – it makes it safer. A few simple digital tools can dramatically reduce fraud, delays and costly surprises.
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The end is nigh for ‘The End is Nigh,’ a raucous and rollicking riot of a romp
When questions posed by the plot become too thorny, the ensemble stabs or punches someone or simply runs in circles to explode the tension.
Multicultural Arts Center showcases works by high schoolers
The show tends toward up-close, pensive portraits of youth and the surreal, part of the center’s mission to show the bold and new.
Boston Bitdown redux: dinosaurs on Saturday and a Sunday scare
A final afternoon of chiptune music saved by a barcade that came to the rescue in downtown Salem.
The date is set for Porchfest’s 15th year in Somerville
Porchfest returns to Somerville on May 9, and residents can apply through April 21 to host a band.
Advertisement
Anne Fadiman gets personal with her latest essay collection, ‘Frog’
The would-be love child of John McPhee and Virginia Woolf shares a few amphibian-related regrets.
With Metacom’s Resistance, colonists set Indigenous nations at war with each other
Metacom’s Resistance is a lesser-known, three-year war that is part of 350 years of conflict, coexistence and Indigenous presence.
Oscars 2026 results include a rare tie
The annual film awards were held last night in Hollywood. Did The Brattle have a premonition about a rare Oscars tie?
The Renty daguerreotypes find a home, but Harvard’s legal fight lingers
Harvard chose to explore its legacy as an enslaver of 70 or more people at the same time it fought claims by a descendant of slavery.
Advertisement
Somerville could have skipped these police grants that come with strings attached
The Somerville City Council accepted nearly $200,000 for police over two meetings filled with fractious debate. Is this money worth what it costs?
Booksellers and librarians gather Wednesday to talk about ‘Getting the Story Out’ to new readers
A couple of decades ago, some 400 newspapers published book reviews in arts and culture sections. Now it may be as few as 40.
Boston Bitdown redux: the chiptune spectacle spans three cities on Friday
A visual spectacle engulfs the interior of Capital Theatre while Boston Bitdown artists take to the stage in Arlington, Medford and Somerville.
Somerville gives an extra week to get through a 117-page application to be an Armory tenant
Somerville has extended its submission deadline by a week for artists, makers and creative organizations to lease space in its Armory building.
Advertisement
Boston Bitdown redux: Thursday
Relive what went down Thursday night at the world's largest chiptune festival, Boston Bitdown 2.
Tracking The Monster and his Bride through the many versions of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’
Right now cinemagoers can double their Frankenstein pleasure with “The Bride!” and Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” up for the Best Picture Oscar this Sunday. Sure, “Frankenstein” is streaming on...
We have Tuesday office hours, and tonight they’re in Central Square
As part of its mission of community, The Independent plans weekly “office hours” at two convenient locations in Cambridge and Somerville.
Decriminalization of sex work is explored with experts in a Thursday conversation
A film screening and panel of experts grows a collective understanding of the experience of sex workers amid an erosion of freedom and democracy.
Advertisement
Why Somerville still doesn’t have public toilets
The company that makes the Portland Loo is not licensed by Massachusetts, so its structures are not allowed (except in several neighboring cities).
To save the creative, arts advocates say to get real about housing, planning and the Legislature
Along with calling on residents to push for the creation of cultural trusts, arts advocates talked about increasingly regional efforts to save the arts. That included a digital mapping project that could help identify problems and improve municipal planning.
In Rebecca Kopycinski’s ‘Thotbot,’ obsolete tech rewinds into a dark future that predicts our present
The “ThotBot Implantation Center,” an immersive art installation and multimedia concert rounds out its latest run of sold-out shows at Bow Market.
Andrew Della Volpe’s sitcom is limned before a live studio audience
It’s what audiences can expect Friday during Della Volpe’s new hour at The Rockwell in Somerville.
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Middle East co-founder Joseph Sater is mourned
The death of Joseph Sater, the co-founder of Cambridge’s Middle East nightclub and other arts venues, was confirmed Tuesday by brother Nabil Sater. The cause was believed to be a heart attack, Nabil Sater said through an intermediary.
A Fuzzstival reunion of sorts comes together to celebrate an LP release by Landowner
The icy claw of winter didn’t deter a near sellout crowd for Landowner, a postpunk band out of Western Massachusetts celebrating an LP release.
Hear First: ‘Lane Says’
Hear First spotlights Lane's nod to Jane's Addiction, “Lane Says.”
Women’s History Month in Cambridge is a restoration project of scattered and missing stories
The work is meticulous and often challenging. Many women left few written records, and their contributions were not always preserved in traditional archives.
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Hearing could be decisive for the Out of the Blue art gallery, a fixture in Somerville’s Armory
The owner of the Out of the Blue art gallery in Somerville has won a City Council hearing for her attempts to stay in the city-owned Armory arts building or get a new space if she’s forced to leave.
Between a Foot Locker and TJ Maxx, a mall hosts Michelangelo
The exhibit “Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel” displays 34 of 60-odd Vatican frescoes, life-sized reproductions visible “like no pope has ever seen them.”
Protest surveillance: What State Police saw from the sky as we spoke against killings by federal agents
I asked State Police for helicopter flight and mission plans, reports and photographic, video or biometric records captured from protests I went to Jan. 10.
Boston Bitdown music festival expands because its organizers never unplug
Boston Bitdown respawns March 5-8, expanding its fun to four days and welcoming more than 50 musicians and artists from Salem to Somerville.
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Say She She’s disco revival is disconcerting only if you stop dancing long enough to think
Disco is back! The NYC-based outfit Say She She, fronted by three sashaying vocalists, made the argument Saturday at The Sinclair.
Somerville Democrats gather Sunday to prepare for convention weighing in on Markey seat
Registered Democrats in Somerville vote Sunday to elect delegates to attend May’s Democratic State Convention.
How clown troupe Liars and Believers created the apocalyptic death match of ‘The End is Nigh’
A play that’s “Animaniacs” meets “The Hunger Games” has creative and philosophical concerns behind its clowning, brightness and physical comedy.
Somerville gets a cabinet-level arts czar in addition to a new leader for Arts Council in mayor’s plan
Reassurances came Tuesday for people worried about the direction of creative culture in Somerville, where longtime Arts Council executive director Greg Jenkins steps down March 6.
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Who’s in the tour van to rep us at the New Colossus Festival
A handful of local musicians head to New York City for the seventh edition of the New Colossus Festival, running March 3-8.
Letter-writers worry there won’t be an open process when Somerville replaces Arts Council director
An abrupt departure by a longtime champion has artists wondering who will lead the Somerville Arts Council and how they will be chosen.
Biribá Union mixes Bach with beatboxing and bass at a Club Passim tour launch
Biribá Union’s nimble parade of genre mashery delivered more rap to Passim’s folkhead patrons than they have probably listened to in the past year.
Stunning ‘The Moderate’ unleashes the Internet’s good, bad and ugliest in Central Square
“The Moderate” is not for everyone. Kudos to Central Square Theater for its excellent job of warning that the play contains mature themes, including images, video and audio depictions of violence,...
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A new tone at Somerville City Hall
The first few meetings Somerville City Council of 2026 have been called “chummy,” but budget season seems likely to strain the cordiality.
Jesse Jackson, a defender for LGBTQ+ rights
Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday, advocated for the LGBTQ+ community – especially Black LGBTQ+ people – at a time we had no one.
Boston Underground Film Festival is March 18-22, with Bob Odenkirk bringing his ‘Normal’
Badges go on sale at noon Wednesday for The Boston Underground Film Festival's 26th year of horror, fantasy, sci-fi and quirky indies.
Arts Council changes are opaque despite campaign rhetoric, but rock renaissance seems real
Can we reflect for a moment on what a hackneyed PR maneuver it is to drop big news at 4:54 p.m. on a Friday before a long weekend?
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A stripped-down Katzù Oso comes to The Sinclair on Saturday
In advance of his show Saturday at The Sinclair touring with Say She She, Paul Hernandez (Katzù Oso) talked with me about coming up in the Los Angeles music scene, mentors and influences, leaving...
Who won comedy last week: Caden Adrien and Iris Kessler
Caden Adrien channels Mitch Hedberg and Steven Wright. Iris Kessler, doing comedy for only three months, brought a great joke and needled her show’s judges.
Eight stories of all kinds of love for your Valentine’s Day
Stories from people about their first encounters of love of all kinds – romantic, platonic, familial and even spiritual – with future spouses, friends and pets.
Artificial intelligence is coming for us, clearly. Not in the smartest way.
Problems with the technologies lumped together as artificial intelligence are worsened by the lumping.
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Black Cantabrigians may be a dwindling tribe, but will not be forgotten
The resiliency of a tribe and its complicated relationship with Cambridge was on display at “Lift Every Voice: Saving Our Stories, Sharing Our History.”
Black History Month celebrates a century, and so does its backlash
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.
Will the Rock ‘N’ Roll Rumble happen in 2026? It skipped last year for a ‘reset’
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...
Black Lives Matter exhibit accepts the debate and stages it
“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.”
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Stormy weather shakes a lineup, but should settle down before the We Black Folks Showcase
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.
Comedy Studio hosts Hump! Festival in April, much more than homemade porn
The annual touring fest brings five-minute flicks to shock, amuse and arouse.