personnel Archives - Cambridge | Somerville Independent

Once jamming at Johnny D’s, Lydia Warren returns to Somerville as its arts and culture director

by Marc Levy October 21, 2026

An Arts Town Hall is planned for Dec. 8 so residents can meet Warren and new board members and hear a report back on the Mayor’s Arts Listening Tour.

ARTS

Jason Weeks, head of Cambridge Arts for a quarter-century, is retiring and heading to Nantucket

by Marc Levy September 29, 2026

The executive director of Cambridge Arts, Jason Weeks, retires at the end of October. Like neighboring Somerville, the city will see new arts leadership after a quarter-century.

ARTS

Somerville gets a cabinet-level arts czar in addition to a new leader for Arts Council in mayor’s plan

by Marc Levy February 24, 2026

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.

ARTS

Letter-writers worry there won’t be an open process when Somerville replaces Arts Council director

by Marc Levy February 22, 2026

An abrupt departure by a longtime champion has artists wondering who will lead the Somerville Arts Council and how they will be chosen.

NEWS

Somerville Arts Council leader Jenkins is asked to leave by mayor

by Marc Levy February 14, 2026

The longtime leader of the Somerville Arts Council said he is leaving at the request of new mayor Jake Wilson after nearly 25 years.