Changes to Affordable Housing Overlay slowed after councillors say residents felt ‘blindsided’
Potential big changes to the city’s Affordable Housing Overlay were slowed as city councillors agreed to send them to two committees for preliminary discussion rather than to the bodies where language gets on track to be voted into law.
Restaurants’ patios must be removed by Nov. 30, returning space to cars and easing snow-plowing
Restaurants citywide will soon have to pack up their makeshift street patios – some of which began to look as permanent as the restaurants themselves – as Cambridge’s city manager has turned down an appeal to keep outdoor dining throughout the winter.
Attend Cambridge meetings from Nov. 28-Dec. 4: Studying broadband and issues of the unhoused
Public meetings this week look at municipal broadband feasibility, the unhoused and substance issues, Alewife zoning recommendations and more.
Attend Somerville meetings from Nov. 28-Dec. 4: Plans for the Broadway Star Market after 15 years
Public meetings this week look at traffic calming, short-term rentals, access to recreation programs and a revised proposal for the long-vacant Broadway Star Market.
Harvard students’ semester on Harvard Square stretches from 1630 founding to current events
Harvard Square has been a special place for generations of people, and especially generations of Harvard students. A recently introduced class at the school exposes students to the square’s history and encourages them to get more involved in civic life by considering how it might be reenvisioned.
History Cambridge has a new partnership, joining with Slave Legacy History Coalition
While the Slave Legacy History Coalition applies for its own nonprofit status, History Cambridge expects to act as its fiscal sponsor and provide administrative support.
November is Native American Heritage Month, but Indigenous history can be celebrated all year
Thanksgiving and its accompanying celebrations provide an opportunity to learn about Indigenous history, but we shouldn’t be limited to November.
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, commemorate Rita Hester: Her life mattered
In the pantheon of slain Americans who have furthered the civil rights of a marginalized group is Rita Hester, an African American transgender woman.
Thankful in Cambridge, where the unhoused are part of us
Going into Thanksgiving, I am thinking about Cambridge’s identity and its role with the homeless. We cannot solve the world’s problems – but is it really a black mark that we are known as a compassionate city?
Kids are again saying ‘Give us what we need’: Tech education and entrepreneurship revamp
Twenty years after we added biotechnology and graphic design as well as space and funding to CRLS technical education, it has been depleted and ignored again.
Jamie McCallum can’t stop reporting ‘Essential,’ the story of labor organizing during a pandemic
Sociologist Jamie McCallum brings his “Essential: How the Pandemic Transformed the Long Fight for Worker Justice” to a Harvard Book Store reading on Tuesday.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville from ‘The Grimkes’ to Giving Tree kickoff event
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, holiday shopping is underway and so is the Harvard Square Business Association’s Giving Tree tradition, and there’s comedy, music, book readings and interactive events such as the Cardboard City Big Group Build at The MIT Museum.
‘Tenenbaums,’ Marilyn and Lynch in repertory, the new ‘Strange World’ and ‘She Said’ reviewed
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include Wes Anderson’s ensemble classic “The Royal Tenenbaums,” some Marilyn Monroe and David Lynch, the end of a “Jeff Bridges Abides” series and reviews of the new “Strange World” and “She Said.”
There are flying squirrels in the dark overhead, with occasional visits to backyard bird feeders
Did you know there are flying squirrels in Cambridge? If you haven’t seen one, it’s probably because flying squirrels are nocturnal. If you have, it might be because the squirrel visits your bird feeder at night.
‘Bones and All’: Searching for where she belongs consumes this cannibal teen
Luca Guadagnino’s “Bones and All” is definitely not a movie for a family, but it about family, roots and tradition, no matter how troubling that tradition may be.
Pillars of abolitionism and of their communities, but the family home is paved, the Clary name lost
An obituary described Francis Prince Clary as “custodian of the Harvard Chemical Laboratory for nearly his entire adult life”; a “natural musician”; “prominent in Masonry”; and a man who “held the esteem of the entire community.”
History Cambridge has a new partnership, joining with Slave Legacy History Coalition
While the Slave Legacy History Coalition applies for its own nonprofit status, History Cambridge expects to act as its fiscal sponsor and provide administrative support.
Jamie McCallum can’t stop reporting ‘Essential,’ the story of labor organizing during a pandemic
Sociologist Jamie McCallum brings his “Essential: How the Pandemic Transformed the Long Fight for Worker Justice” to a Harvard Book Store reading on Tuesday.
Attend Cambridge meetings from Nov. 28-Dec. 4: Studying broadband and issues of the unhoused
Public meetings this week look at municipal broadband feasibility, the unhoused and substance issues, Alewife zoning recommendations and more.
Attend Somerville meetings from Nov. 28-Dec. 4: Plans for the Broadway Star Market after 15 years
Public meetings this week look at traffic calming, short-term rentals, access to recreation programs and a revised proposal for the long-vacant Broadway Star Market.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville from ‘The Grimkes’ to Giving Tree kickoff event
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, holiday shopping is underway and so is the Harvard Square Business Association’s Giving Tree tradition, and there’s comedy, music, book readings and interactive events such as the Cardboard City Big Group Build at The MIT Museum.
Pillars of abolitionism and of their communities, but the family home is paved, the Clary name lost
An obituary described Francis Prince Clary as “custodian of the Harvard Chemical Laboratory for nearly his entire adult life”; a “natural musician”; “prominent in Masonry”; and a man who “held the esteem of the entire community.”
Harvard’s Cooke led new chemistry department, but Francis Prince Clary was who made it bubble
Today, Cambridge is a world center of biotechnology and biochemical engineering – but in the 1850s, Harvard was still building what would become one of the most forward-thinking university chemistry departments in the country. Francis Prince Clary was there.
Harvard students’ semester on Harvard Square stretches from 1630 founding to current events
Harvard Square has been a special place for generations of people, and especially generations of Harvard students. A recently introduced class at the school exposes students to the square’s history and encourages them to get more involved in civic life by considering how it might be reenvisioned.
