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After roughly a year with none its unique Calimex cuisine available after a night of drinking, a Taco Bell is due back i...
01/28/2025

After roughly a year with none its unique Calimex cuisine available after a night of drinking, a Taco Bell is due back in East Cambridge.

See https://bit.ly/4ginhqU.

Settlements with contractors at the former Sullivan Courthouse in East Cambridge are set to become the first deposits in...
01/27/2025

Settlements with contractors at the former Sullivan Courthouse in East Cambridge are set to become the first deposits into a state environmental fund.

See https://bit.ly/40PJKra.

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Read: These books are opportunities to reflect on the beauty of everyday life and the natural world, and include lighter...
01/26/2025

Read: These books are opportunities to reflect on the beauty of everyday life and the natural world, and include lighter reads and memoirs.

Madeleine Aitken writes at https://bit.ly/4aFCtxq.

Behold: Martha Friend’s iconic “Sapphire City” house in Somerville – the one with the collection of blue glass bottles o...
01/26/2025

Behold: Martha Friend’s iconic “Sapphire City” house in Somerville – the one with the collection of blue glass bottles out front – has a quaint addition.

Claire Ogden writes at https://bit.ly/4huqp4i. (Photo: Martha Friend)

The Mercury 13 – the 13 Americans who were part of a research program to test and screen women for spaceflight from 1959...
01/26/2025

The Mercury 13 – the 13 Americans who were part of a research program to test and screen women for spaceflight from 1959 to 1960 – were the launching point for a project called “S P A C E” at the Central Square Theatre.

Madeleine Aitken writes at https://bit.ly/3WvolAQ.

Laugh: Much like their work on Max’s “Our Flag Means Death” and for the online satirical magazine Reductress, Jes Tom’s ...
01/25/2025

Laugh: Much like their work on Max’s “Our Flag Means Death” and for the online satirical magazine Reductress, Jes Tom’s comedy delights in subverting assumptions.

Amma Marfo writes at https://bit.ly/4joJEy1. (Photo: Samantha Brooks)

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After darkening the skies of North America for 20,000 years, the passenger pigeon was hunted to extinction. It changed o...
01/25/2025

After darkening the skies of North America for 20,000 years, the passenger pigeon was hunted to extinction. It changed our landscape in many ways.

Educational writer Jeanine Farley is your guide to Wild Things at https://bit.ly/4jtYd3e.

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President Donald Trump has resurrected threats – the same he made unsuccessfully in his previous term as president – to ...
01/25/2025

President Donald Trump has resurrected threats – the same he made unsuccessfully in his previous term as president – to cut off federal aid to cities and states that generally don’t cooperate with federal agents in enforcing immigration laws. That includes Cambridge and Somerville.

Sue Reinert and Danielle Howe report at https://bit.ly/3EdjqhS.

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What we’re having: The last of the dormant Darwin’s Ltd. cafes has finally been recycled and rebooted. The Smoot Standar...
01/24/2025

What we’re having: The last of the dormant Darwin’s Ltd. cafes has finally been recycled and rebooted. The Smoot Standard replaces the old Darwin’s outpost near MIT with an ambitious slate of breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Tom Meek offers a taste at https://bit.ly/42mHFUK.

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Cambridge’s City Council is considering calls for more power as it refreshes the 80-year-old document that determines ho...
01/24/2025

Cambridge’s City Council is considering calls for more power as it refreshes the 80-year-old document that determines how city government functions, including the ability to increase budget line items and having mayors be elected directly by resident vote.

See https://bit.ly/4jnerem. (Photo: Julia Levine)

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The Cambridge staple Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe is under new ownership. After nearly a decade with the previous owners, r...
01/24/2025

The Cambridge staple Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe is under new ownership. After nearly a decade with the previous owners, restaurateur Joel Hidenfelter is the new manager of the Cardullo’s brand and business.

Madison Lucchesi reports at https://bit.ly/4gYwW7n.

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The Revolutions per Minute Festival hosts 10 works by Somerville experimental filmmaker Saul Levine at The Brattle Theat...
01/24/2025

The Revolutions per Minute Festival hosts 10 works by Somerville experimental filmmaker Saul Levine at The Brattle Theatre on Sunday.

Tom Meek writes at https://bit.ly/42Ko01l. (Photo: Frank Siteman)

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A change in ownership for the Somerville Theatre will see the Fraiman family passing along responsibilities after 41 yea...
01/23/2025

A change in ownership for the Somerville Theatre will see the Fraiman family passing along responsibilities after 41 years to a crew of trusted employees who say they plan to keep things running as they are.

See https://bit.ly/4juWx9O.

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Attend: I’m about to sell you on how cool and amazing event calendars are, but also about how dancing brings people toge...
01/23/2025

Attend: I’m about to sell you on how cool and amazing event calendars are, but also about how dancing brings people together. It's amazing how effective the routines of contra and Scottish ceilidh are at mixing strangers who walk through a door.

Michael Gutierrez writes at https://bit.ly/42rINXi.

Public meetings this week look at racial and social divides, review of the city's governing document for changes, the ci...
01/23/2025

Public meetings this week look at racial and social divides, review of the city's governing document for changes, the city manager’s contract and a search for a new school district superintendent and current transportation projects.

See https://bit.ly/3Cgbv2B.

Public meetings this week look at nonunion salaries, scaling down to***co use, water bills, bus signal priority and plan...
01/23/2025

Public meetings this week look at nonunion salaries, scaling down to***co use, water bills, bus signal priority and plans to replace aging schools.

Matthew Sage has the roundup at https://bit.ly/40J4ikQ.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, thrill to circus arts and dance a salsa and bachata winter...
01/23/2025

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, thrill to circus arts and dance a salsa and bachata winter ball, explore how our T-shirts wind up in Africa, get up close with opera and hear medieval tunes, get a date onstage and get “group therapy” for turning into an adult.

Monica Velgos has the roundup at https://bit.ly/4h7KcGQ.

There’s film ahead! From “Anora” to “The Substance,” cinema proved itself still vibrant last year, and The Brattle has t...
01/23/2025

There’s film ahead! From “Anora” to “The Substance,” cinema proved itself still vibrant last year, and The Brattle has the reels to prove it. The Harvard Film Archive, meanwhile, adds Rosine Mbakam of Cameroon to its ongoing celebration of French New Waver Delphine Seyrig.

Oscar Goff has the trailers at https://bit.ly/4awfTXJ.

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