Somerville Armory Archives - Cambridge

Most Armory arts building leases are approved, but Somerville lacks a plan to fill its remaining spaces

by Marc Levy September 23, 2026

An argument for giving more responsibility to Arts at the Armory, the building’s longtime nonprofit anchor tenant, comes at staff from three directions.

NEWS

Somerville meetings, Sept. 7-14: Changes at Cobble Hill, progress at the old Aguacate Verde restaurant

by Marc Levy September 6, 2026

Take part in meetings on Armory finances and leasing, developments on Cobble Hill, East Somerville and Wilson Square, and on body-worn cameras for police officers.

BUSINESS

Somerville’s Out of the Blue art gallery is on the move back to Allston

by Marc Levy August 27, 2026

The Out of the Blue Art Gallery is packed to leave Somerville for the Jackson Mann Community Center in Allston, with some art scattering to Cambridge, Medford and Waltham.

STAGE

Theater spotlight: ‘Introducing the Tofanas’ and Idlefest 3.0

by Shira Laucharoen August 25, 2026

A gang of poison punkers get your weekend started early on Thursday, and Idle Hands Collective plants its flag at The Foundry.

BUSINESS

Armory arts building tenants are announced, with Center for Arts at the Armory staying, Out of the Blue leaving

by Marc Levy July 16, 2026

The Center for Arts at the Armory will remain the anchor tenant at the Armory, the Somerville-owned community arts building.

ARTS

Armory board members are named, including leaders at Esh Circus Arts, Arlington International Film Festival

by Marc Levy May 6, 2026

Names of board members came in a press release filled with buzzwordy terms (“cultural strategist”) and unexplained references to unknown businesses.

ARTS

Somerville gives an extra week to get through a 117-page application to be an Armory tenant

by Marc Levy March 12, 2026

Somerville has extended its submission deadline by a week for artists, makers and creative organizations to lease space in its Armory building.

ARTS

Hearing could be decisive for the Out of the Blue art gallery, a fixture in Somerville’s Armory

by Marc Levy March 2, 2026

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.