Celebration of Women in Comedy leads with Bamford, a woman in comedy to celebrate

By Marc Levy

Published: March 17, 2010

Maria Bamford’s off-center comedy will be seen at the Second Annual Women in Comedy Festival, to be held March 24-28 in Cambridge and Boston.

Maria Bamford’s off-center comedy will be seen at the Second Annual Women in Comedy Festival, to be held March 24-28 in Cambridge and Boston.  | read this item

The Second Annual Women in Comedy Festival has a headliner: Maria Bamford, who proves that with lightning-fast wit, keen observation, a total lack of vanity and an impressive array of dead-on impersonations, you can wrench hilarity out of near-debilitating depression and abject failure.

Link: Cantabrigian wanders library, finds it empty

By admin

Published: March 16, 2010

Looking out from a study room in the Cambridge Main Library as it’s opened to the public in October. (Photo: Marc Levy)

Looking out from a study room in the Cambridge Main Library as it’s opened to the public in October. (Photo: Marc Levy)  | read this item

Blogger Martha Nichols has a critical look at the Cambridge Main Library featured at slate.com.

Reading of ‘The Winter Thief’ at an ice cream shop celebrating spring

By Marc Levy

Published: March 14, 2010

Jenny White

Jenny White  | read this item

Boston University professor Jenny White reads from her latest book of historical mystery fiction Monday at Toscanini’s, just part of the ice cream shop’s race toward spring with iced coffees and a new flavor: Pancakes.

Organizers plan to replace themselves at Urban Exchange

By Marc Levy

Published: March 12, 2010

The second Boston Urban Exchange draws a crowd to Middlesex Lounge in July. (Photo: Gena Peditto)

The second Boston Urban Exchange draws a crowd to Middlesex Lounge in July. (Photo: Gena Peditto)  | read this item

The organizers of the Boston Urban Exchange are looking to hand off responsibility for the event, a roughly monthly gathering of planning and development nerds that launched in Cambridge last summer.

Whether staying or going, Cambridge is a bit South by Southwest

By Marc Levy

Published: March 12, 2010

Sarah Cronin and Thomas Allen, of the band Drug Rug, met while working at The Middle East in Cambridge. On Thursday they play The Paradise in Boston.

Sarah Cronin and Thomas Allen, of the band Drug Rug, met while working at The Middle East in Cambridge. On Thursday they play The Paradise in Boston.  | read this item

Today is the first day of South by Southwest, the festival of music, technology and film that manages to draw the world’s attention to Austin, Texas, for at least a fortnight. Some Cantabrigians are going; for those who aren’t, there are some local alternatives.

Letter: Bill offers impressive response to intense and prevalent bullying

By admin

Published: March 9, 2010

Marc McGovern, vice chairman of the Cambridge School Committee, writes in support of Senate Bill 2283, the anti-bullying legislation.

Police arrest suspect in Feb. 10 shooting

By Marc Levy

Published: March 5, 2010

A 19-year-old Cambridge man was arrested without violence early today on suspicion of shooting a man at 6:23 p.m. Feb. 10 on Columbia Street, police said.

Neighborhood team envisions Lechmere with hotel, plaza, public market

By Marc Levy

Published: March 1, 2010

Plans for remaking Lechmere Square when the T stop moves includes transforming a garage area seen at top into a year-round, 30-stall public market like the one seen above. (Photo: On Land LLC)

Plans for remaking Lechmere Square when the T stop moves includes transforming a garage area seen at top into a year-round, 30-stall public market like the one seen above. (Photo: On Land LLC)  | read this item

First came a torrent of public support, then a unanimous City Council vote supporting a plan to remake the area around the Lechmere T stop with a 12-story hotel, plaza and year-round, 30-stall public market.

Governor visits Cambridge incubator to launch state initiatives, start-up contest

By Marc Levy

Published: February 23, 2010

A crowd gathers Tuesday at the Cambridge Innovation Center to hear Gov. Deval Patrick speak on several overlapping initiatives reinforcing Massachusetts as a good place for entrepreneurs and business in general. A groundbreaking for a center expansion was on the list. (Photo: Eugena Ossi/Governor’s Office)

A crowd gathers Tuesday at the Cambridge Innovation Center to hear Gov. Deval Patrick speak on several overlapping initiatives reinforcing Massachusetts as a good place for entrepreneurs and business in general. A groundbreaking for a center expansion was on the list. (Photo: Eugena Ossi/Governor’s Office)   | read this item

The Cambridge Innovation Center business incubator would have made a splash anyway in announcing a near-doubling in size by summer — with 240 tenants, it’s already reputed to be the largest grouping of start-up companies on the East Coast — but Tuesday its leaders were able to do it with Gov. Deval Patrick on hand.

Nominations open for 100 unsung state heroines

By Marc Levy

Published: February 21, 2010

The 100 women chosen as Unsung Heroines last year at a State House ceremony.

The 100 women chosen as Unsung Heroines last year at a State House ceremony.  | read this item

Nominations for the seventh annual Unsung Heroines of Massachusetts are open through Saturday.

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