Buckaroo’s Mercantile, a staple of quirky Central Square, is in its final days
After 16 years, Cambridge is losing Buckaroo’s Mercantile.
Maron’s ‘WTF’ live event announces very Cantabrigian lineup
It may be held in Boston, but Marc Maron’s second local “WTF” podcast event has a distinctly Cantabrigian feel to it – starting with Maron bringing back Rick Jenkins, owner of Harvard Square’s Comedy Studio, who was opener last time the live event came through town.
Five things to do this weekend: Dec. 29-30
Go on “Cheese Patrol” with WMBR-FM’s best-bad-songs marathon. Catch “Arabian Nights” in its final shows in Central Square. Camp out at Chillith Fair No. 2 in Inman. Say goodbye to the Midriff Records residency at Radio in Union. And squeeze the little ones into “Hansel and Gretel” in Harvard.
Five things to do this weekend (plus shopping): Dec. 22-23
Have some “Arabian Nights” at the Central Square Theater. Go out on the edge with poetry and music at Outpost 186. Feel “Mortified” by recovered items of teen angst at Oberon. Delight in a free Vintage Christmas Show at the Harvard Film Archive. Go traditional at The Cambridge Candlelight Christmas Celebration.
Aggregation: Bookstore seeks buyer; Hobojacket founders apologize; Sinclair explains delays
Inman Square’s used bookstore, Lorem Ipsum, is looking for a buyer, or just some good ideas. Hobojacket shuts down with apologies from its MIT-student founders. And The Sinclair says it might open next week and has an explanation for its delays.
Transition House jazz fundraiser is Tuesday at Ryles
Transition House, the domestic-abuse shelter, is inviting people for some fun Tuesday at its Dance! Dream! Give! fundraiser. (As in the slogan “Dance! off the pie. Dream! of a safer world. Give! generously to Transition House.”)
Matt Delligatti Trio hopes to ‘push boundaries’ beyond Cambridge
The Matt Delligatti Trio brings its avant-garde, boundary-pushing sound to Cambridge on Wednesday at Outpost 186.
First a bar, then film, then Lilypad looks to grow Lilypads around the world
Lilypad is small, but owner Gill Aharon said the Inman Square music club and gallery is looking forward to a big — and hopefully global — future.
Johnnie’s Foodmaster serving Inman area is sold to Whole Foods
Despite the assurances of a manager at the Beacon Street Johnnie’s Foodmaster grocery store, the lease there and at five other stores in the chain are under agreement to sell to Whole Foods Market. The plan is to remodel and reopen them as Whole Foods stores by the fall of 2013.
Toomey will debate in three-way race for House seat, wants one looooong televised event (update)
The three-way race for the 26th Middlesex District seat in the House of Representatives, held by Tim Toomey since 1993, could see two or three debates, but probably not the five requested by Toomey’s challengers.
