MIT associate professor James Swan dies at 39
James W. Swan, a recently tenured associate professor of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died Nov. 5 after what the school describes as “a medical event.”
She’s chronicling a lengthy recovery from Covid; Honesty and making art is getting her through it
North Cambridge artist Freedom Baird has fought off Covid-19 for months, somehow persisting with her art and recounting in detail her medical issues from coronavirus.
Between roles as Cambridge’s special ed expert and finalist to lead in Arlington, strife in Sharon
Former assistant superintendent for student services Victoria Greer is in the running to be Arlington’s next school superintendent. She brings strong credentials and support from a search committee, and may leave behind a clash over race in the town of Sharon.
Arlington opening adult-use marijuana shop Thursday, beating Cambridge and Somerville
Arlington’s first adult-use recreational-marijuana store, Apothca, opens to the public at 10 a.m. Thursday, at 1386 Massachusetts Ave.
Thilo-McGovern premieres his ‘Speak to Me’ at 8th Arlington International Film Festival
Among the works by young directors coming Nov. 3 to the Arlington International Film Festival is “Speak to Me,” a short drama by Cambridge’s Nicolas Thilo-McGovern that has some surprising influences.
Future of the Alewife floodplain is the topic of Saturday symposium to be held at Tufts
A symposium on the Alewife floodplain called “Collaboratively Framing Scenarios” takes place Saturday at Tufts University, bringing together the Alewife corridor communities of Cambridge, Somerville, Arlington, Belmont, Medford and Winchester.
Kickoff for international film festival: Saturday, followed by four-day event
The kickoff of the seventh annual Arlington International Film Festival is a showing of “The Promise,” a 2016 documentary of special interest to Cambridge’s Serbs. The festival itself draws more than 2,000 cinema fans annually to its more than 50 screenings.
For ‘Professor Marston’ film locations, Cambridge scout looked just next door
Neighboring Arlington plays a role in the just-released biopic “Professor Marston & the Wonder Women” thanks to Cambridge’s Mike Bowes, a line producer who scouted the town originally for a documentary four or five years ago.
Arlington officials are urged to take stand against Lanes & Games apartment project
Neighbors opposed to an apartment project planned for the site of the Lanes & Games bowling alley and Gateway Inn motel have asked the Arlington Redevelopment Board to take a position on the proposal.
Festival draws more than 1,500 films, chooses 15 judges to cull submissions
The Arlington International Film Festival has received more than 1,500 submissions from around the globe, and 15 jurors have been selected to choose the entries for the fifth annual event Oct. 15-22 at the Kendall Square Cinema.
