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Laura Crawford: In love with comedy, and stalking it obsessively
By Marc Levy
Published: July 19, 2011
When hosting two comedy shows wasn’t enough, Laura Crawford got a third. Unless she suddenly gets over comedy, she’s all over Cambridge.
Closing bookstores could be prologue to change in city retail
By Marc Levy
Published: June 13, 2011
Two revered booksellers are closing in Harvard Square within the next month — Curious George & Friends and the Globe Corner Bookstore — and a Planning Board member is wondering whether Cambridge retail is worth saving at all.
A great place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to be amused there
By Marc Levy
Published: June 6, 2011
Our tourism experts tell us that 2 million people a year visit Cambridge. What for?
Cambridge takes Black Friday in stride
By Marc Levy
Published: November 23, 2010
I don’t do Black Friday. I get to relax while others build and rally their mall teams and sleep during their assault.
Harvard parking meters take cards in 90-day test
By Marc Levy
Published: October 10, 2010
Parking meters that take credit and debit cards as well as quarters went in Thursday on Garden Street in Harvard Square for a 90-day trial. If you use them, the city wants to hear how it goes.
Nice shot: Hunting grounds … and finding none
By Marc Levy
Published: August 5, 2010
This apartment owner at Concord Avenue and Beacon Street in Somerville — just outside Cambridge’s Inman Square —doesn’t fool around. Well, maybe a little. Although this dire sign seen July 30 warns this is “Private property” where “Hunting, fishing, trapping, trespassing for any purpose is strictly forbidden” and that “violators will be prosecuted,” a look [...]
Media panel’s brand: Quirky and contradictory
By Marc Levy
Published: July 15, 2010
There were mentions of such things as newspapers (as “old media”) and fax machines (as in “don’t fax me”) Tuesday at a panel discussion called Media Branding 2.0, but the focus was on social networks — Facebook, Twitter and the like — and how entrepreneurs can best use them to promote themselves and their businesses.
Danger lurks among boom in beetle population, arborist warns
By Marc Levy
Published: July 14, 2010
If you’re seeing more big beetles this year, there may — or may not — be cause for alarm. While the beetle population may be up in general, somewhere out there lurks the Asian long-horned beetle, which can decimate the local tree population.
Secrets of media attention to get airing for entrepreneurs
By Marc Levy
Published: July 8, 2010
There are tricks (or, to put it more politely, techniques) to getting attention from the media, and who better than members of the media to reveal them to entrepreneurs and small-business owners? That’s the idea behind Media Branding 2.0, a panel discussion and question-and-answer event planned for Tuesday at Ryles, the Inman Square jazz club. [...]
Gem Club’s music a prism making peace out pain
By Marc Levy
Published: May 20, 2010
How does Gem Club transform horror into some of the most bliss-inducing music imaginable? A Saturday show in Inman Square will show you.