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Afterschool programs needed
By admin
Published: October 7, 2009 at 12:05 PM
As a parent of teens, I can only reiterate the importance of achieving structured quality out-of-school options for our kids. As stated by leading advocates for afterschool programming, kids are awake 6,000 hours per year. They spend 1,000 of those hours in school and the remaining 5,000 hours trying to figure out what to do with themselves.
Main library opening is set
By Marc Levy
Published: October 5, 2009 at 09:55 PM
After a long delay, Cambridge’s main library — totally remade — is set for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 29 from 5 to 7:30 p.m., including tours of the 102,000-square-foot, $90 million facility. The news came well into Monday’s meeting of the City Council, after City Councilor Henrietta Davis asked to interrupt regular business to query Richard [...]
Council speakers’ top concerns: police, safety
By Marc Levy
Published: October 5, 2009 at 07:48 PM
Police matters dominated public comment at Monday’s meeting of the City Council, with several speakers urging a leader be appointed to the Police Review and Advisory Board to address issues surrounding the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., a Sept. 24 youth altercation outside the Frisoli Youth Center and the return of community policing.
Harvard scores another Nobel with Szostak’s work on cell biology
By Marc Levy
Published: October 5, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Harvard Medical School’s Jack Szostak is a co-winner of the year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Obsession leads to Odditorium and entertainment sideshow becomes main event
By Marc Levy
Published: October 5, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Walking on shards of glass, laying on a bed of razor blades, climbing a ladder of swords — these are the kinds of sights that cause the most freakouts at a typical visit to The Odditorium, the burlesque and sideshow event that returns Friday to the Central Square YMCA Theater.
Even at Ig Nobel awards, the science is serious
By Marc Levy
Published: October 4, 2009 at 07:00 PM
Of course the science behind the 2009 Ig Nobel Prizes can be funny — the idea is to “first make people laugh, and then make them think” — but winners explaining their work at the Ig Informal lectures revealed hard science and serious intent.
After the Ig Nobels, a look behind the Ig Nobels
By Marc Levy
Published: October 3, 2009 at 01:32 PM
There were no signs of Nobel laureates, but winners of the Ig Nobel awards for the year gathered Saturday morning at Toscanini’s Ice Cream in Central Square to eat, drink and talk around Gus Rancatore’s Big Table.
City seeks opinions on Comcast contract renewal (such as: Don’t!)
By Marc Levy
Published: October 3, 2009 at 04:37 AM
Whoa. Cambridge is considering renewing its license with Comcast cable for another decade.
Ig Nobels highlight risk in science, finance, but guarantee night of delights
By Marc Levy
Published: October 2, 2009 at 04:48 PM
The gas-mask bra, 100-trillion-dollar banknote and conversion of tequila into diamonds were among the winners of the 1009 Ig Nobel prizes, presented Thursday night in Harvard’s sumptuous Sanders Theater.
Among the benefits of ‘Buddha Play’ performance: Changed lives
By Marc Levy
Published: October 1, 2009 at 04:18 PM
A few years ago, hedge fund partner Evan Brenner could have pointed you to some good investments. Now, as a full-time and much-lauded performer, Brenner can show you something he considers infinitely more valuable: The life of the Buddha.