Guerilla Toss performs tonight, and here are 10 things you might want to know
The art-rock band Guerilla Toss, chosen as closing band for October’s two-day New England Underground Music Festival, is back tonight at Middlesex Lounge with Blanche Blanche Blanche and Fat Creeps. It’ll be noisy and wild.
Central Square dirt inspires renewed calls for businesses to take more responsibility
The gist of Monday’s talk about Central Square’s persistent grubbiness: It’s better than it used to be, but that doesn’t mean much. And the city is looking to the square’s businesses to make the difference.
Bloggers name their best Thai restaurants, and Cambridge has four among the top 10
A couple of dedicated Somervillians have announced the winners in their 26-week journey through the area’s Thai restaurants, and Cambridge comes out looking pretty good, with four restaurants in the top 10.
Lil Silva spins tonight, giving Middlesex’s Make It New night a little taste of London
London’s Lil Silva is scheduled for only five U.S. live dates, and tonight’s Middlesex Lounge Make It New event is the first on the mini-tour.
Five things to do this weekend: July 13-14
Experience your first Second SatARTdays. Have a musical picnic in the park. Rock out and out and out with three great bands. See “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” onstage. And storm Bastille Day in Harvard Square.
Second thoughts, dorm worries put off special permit for Central Square building
Developers and MIT officials left the Planning Board meeting Tuesday without a special permit for a 246,716-square-foot building near Central Square – and having raised doubts in at least one board member’s mind about how city zoning gets applied.
Local business group moves birthday celebration to make way for food event
The twice-moved Taste of Cambridge has caused yet another move: The eighth anniversary party of Cambridge Local First, planned for Thursday, has been shifted a day earlier to avoid conflicting with the culinary festival.
Taste of Cambridge delayed again to July 11
The 11th annual Taste of Cambridge event planned for Thursday has been postponed from its June 18 rain date to July 11 – with an indoor option.
Inman’s Hit Wicket aims to open in time for summer’s next key cricket matches
Hit Wicket, the Inman Square restaurant that may be the first with a cricket theme in the United States, is now looking at opening the second weekend in June after dealing with a series of inspection problems.
Five things to do this weekend: May 25-26
Fill yourself with folk at the campfire. Festival. See The Interrobang put their mark on the local music scene. Experience the art of Something Very Specific. Help launch the ECBA Freedom Run. And turn up The Walkmen at the end of a busy musical weekend.
