Eight holidays created by geeks, nerds, wonks and the counterculture grown since the 1970s
Sure, our calendars are filled with increasingly commodified holidays, but they’re also filling up with new days of nationwide significance.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Sofiane Pamart, pies and St. Patrick’s Day
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s an outdoors Parka Dance Party, comic book drag, music for St. Patrick’s Day, storytelling and brain science and visits from the Blind Boys of Alabama and Alan Cumming.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from maple syrup and rap to academic surrender
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Domo Genesis and Sofiane Pamart perform, we boil down maple sap, juggle, sing opera about influencers, talk the “American Prometheus” and AI invades and Harvard explores “Institutional Neutrality in a Polarized World.”
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from poetry in the park to a scary-food potluck
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are vintage markets, dance parties, a horror-themed supper club, adult dress-up Legos party, a one-night-only “Namaslay” puppet musical and a “waterfall” dance workshop for everyone.
‘The Flash’: This speedster, even with guest stars, shows the multiverse idea is running out of time
Time rewinds too many times in this “Flash,” and in the end, feels pointless. At nearly two and a half hours, a film with a speedy protagonist should feel faster.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from an Asian Festival to Inman Eats & Crafts
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the Cambridge-Somerville Asian Festival, return of Inman Eats & Crafts and Comix Con and LadiesCon, the Longwood Symphony Orchestra and Niki Luparelli’s Strip Zeppelin, bike month events and a Wild Rabbit motorcycle show.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville from ‘Cutlass Crew’ to latest Rock & Roll Rumble
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the North Cambridge Family Opera ends “The Cutlass Crew,” a Rock & Roll Rumble gets started, there’s a “Sims”-themed art exhibit and poetry from ancient Greek and Latin to John Keene and Carl Phillips reading and giving a Dark Room Collective oral history.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: Bob Moses MathTrail, ‘Emotive Land’ and more
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Bob Moses MathTrail Launch and Parade; “Emotive Land” augmented-reality performance and other dance debuts; a beery class on how to make a New York Times crossword; “Smoke This” Rib Fest; readings, concerts, theater and much more.
‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ journeys far without ever delving too deeply
Good to see Sam Raimi (“Spider-Man,” “Evil Dead”) back at the helm, but all the Marvel madness, which can infuriate with its tie-ins and obligatory backstories, gets double loaded with the whole multiverse shebang.
‘The Batman’: The Dark Knight gets darker
“The Batman” is a dark, deeply emotional affair that’s got a lot going for it and a lot going on – perhaps too much.
