How to enjoy the April 8 solar eclipse in Cambridge and Somerville
The solar eclipse seen from 2:16 to 4:39 p.m. April 8 is the best we’re getting until 2079. Here are ways to appreciate it.
Somergloom looms anew at JJ Gonson’s Once, while hip-hop toasts Boston from Middle East
JJ Gonson has a lot of irons in the fire, but local music fans know and love her best as the head of Once, an “itinerant” music venue preparing for another summertime “celebration of all things dark and heavy.”
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: Folk metal, Nikki Giovanni and comedy festivals
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s poet Nikki Giovanni, sex revolutionary Candida Royalle, joke fests and mystery comedy, new plays and folk metal, “Dope Science,” a tribute to Lana Del Rey and “Essays in Praise of Excess.”
‘Old Oak’ is new, The Brattle restores Argento and there’s a free ‘Orgy’ and ‘Queen of Katwe’
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include Ken Loach’s last at Fresh Pond, a screamer in “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage,” honors to the late character actor M. Emmett Walsh and free fare: a five-hour “Movie Orgy” and the chess-focused “Queen of Katwe” by Mira Nair.
A walk into Armageddon will delight aficionados of punk and metal with vinyl, CDs and cassettes
Underground at Armageddon lies a great selection of high-decibel soundscapes available in every format you might desire: vinyl, CD and cassette. And a few DVDs, rock ’n’ roll magazines and sundry merch for good measure.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from the Chromic Duo to robots and eclipses
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the tiny-piano-using Chromic Duo and Cambridge Symphony Orchestra; robots, AI and eclipse prep; Joie de Vivre, horrors of the sea, edible insects and more; and Brexit and tech writer Kara Swisher.
BUFF at The Brattle with Juggalos and spiders, meet ‘The Queen’ and oil-painted ‘Peasants’
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include a festive screening of “The Queen of My Dreams” at Fresh Pond, with food and the director Zooming in, the Boston Underground Film Festival at The Brattle, an new “Road House” and much more.
‘Heavy Holidays’ at New Alliance: All is not calm, but plenty is bright
Just as we say a tentative goodbye to winter weather, New Alliance Gallery’s “Heavy Holidays” exhibition holds its closing reception Friday.
Somerville postponing hard decision on schools will make a bad situation for families even worse
Leaving children and educators in inadequate swing space for more time than necessary, with no apparent solution for the next building failure, should not be an option.
Pho and duck at The Eaves
The Eaves at Bow Market may be the hottest ticket in town, and entering its warm, red glow is like stepping into elegant and intimate cinema.
