Changes that can help build generational wealth could be decided for HomeBridge by early 2023
The HomeBridge program, which provides financial help for first-time homebuyers, may change as soon as early next year to let participants pass down property to family.
Brattle Square Florist thrives after move nearby, but still finds it’s cultivating new customer base
Though Brattle Square Florist owner Stephen Zedros said he is still trying to gauge foot traffic in the shop’s new home within Harvard Square, sales have not dipped despite the business’ biggest shift in more than 100 years.
No landmarking study for Harvard Square’s Pit, where history of use upstages the architecture
The celebrated area surrounding the Harvard Square subway station known as The Pit will not become a historical landmark, the Historical Commission decided last week.
Peter Valentine, colorful artist, is reported dead; His home is a landmark, the city was his canvas
Peter Valentine, the artist and eccentric whose Cambridgeport home became a landmark for its bright colors and otherworldly wisdom, died Tuesday at his home, according to Michael Monestime of the Central Square Business Improvement District.
Attend meetings on advancing Alewife zoning, catering from within a condo, a Harvard bank
Public meetings this week look at Brattle Street safety improvements, schools’ nondiscrimination policy, a caterer in Porter and bank and apartments in Harvard, and Alewife zoning recommendations.
Lightning the way to a break in the weather
During a flash storm at around 7:45 p.m. Sunday, Pia Agliati caught a lightning strike over Harvard Stadium – a dramatic example of recent intense weather that’s due for a break.
Being an ally to Indigenous people isn’t difficult, from calling legislators to learning town names
In addition to commemorating the annual International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, there are several ways to show solidarity and support for Indigenous people.
Inclusionary housing rent calculations are unfair
Many part-time and seasonal workers are being unfairly rejected or charged more than 30 percent gross income for inclusionary housing. All we ask is to pay what we make, not what city workers think we will.
Proposed bus cuts will make transit unusable
Unless you’ve been a regular bus rider, you won’t understand the impact minor changes can have on the feasibility of using transit. After this proposal, I must wonder if any MBTA planners have relied on the service they want to change.
Memorial Drive changes are off to a good start, but groups still share five significant concerns
The state’s changes to Memorial Drive could – and should – fully separate paths by repurposing the existing roadway, implement additional traffic calming measures and more.
A big omakase night out at Umami
For your special-evening-out dollars, Umami gives you an 18-dish custom meal with a chef’s entertaining explanation of each course and where it came from, sea to seat.
Gallery 24/7 turns ATM, an icon of consumerism, into a free space for exhibit of artists’ inspiration
A former Bank of American ATM in Harvard Square has morphed into Gallery 24/7 – an all-day, all night collaborative that begins its exhibits with works by five local artists.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from a nature walk to ‘violin from the future’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Fresh Pond nature walk and Nature in the City Festival, “Cinema Strange” and free screenings of new Pixar classics, classes in augmented reality and a “Yart Sale” – a citywide yard sale for art.
In repertory, odd ‘El Topo’ is back at The Brattle; Reviews of ‘Resurrection’ and ‘Take the Night’
Alejandro Jodorowsky’s “El Topo” and “Holy Mountain” return to enthrall and bewilder audiences, but there’s Judy Garland and Josef von Sternberg-Marlene Dietrich to balance it out, as well as John Frankenheimer’s “The Train,” Hitchcock’s “Strangers on a Train” and the new Brad Pitt action film “Bullet Train” (and more) to keep you on your toes.
Bullfrogs can and will eat almost anything, getting big enough that we then eat them
Bullfrogs will eat just about any animal smaller than they are. Scientists have found in bullfrog stomachs rodents, lizards, snakes, small birds, spiders and even bats – with a tongue that propels out like a slingshot so frogs can use their hands to stuff large prey into their maws.
‘Thirteen Lives’: 2018 cave rescue in Thailand gets straightforward, inspiring dramatization
A respite from the seemingly endless stream of doom and gloom in the newsfeeds, Ron Howard’s “Thirteen Lives” is an inspiring tale of triumph over tragedy.
No landmarking study for Harvard Square’s Pit, where history of use upstages the architecture
The celebrated area surrounding the Harvard Square subway station known as The Pit will not become a historical landmark, the Historical Commission decided last week.
Changes that can help build generational wealth could be decided for HomeBridge by early 2023
The HomeBridge program, which provides financial help for first-time homebuyers, may change as soon as early next year to let participants pass down property to family.
Peter Valentine, colorful artist, is reported dead; His home is a landmark, the city was his canvas
Peter Valentine, the artist and eccentric whose Cambridgeport home became a landmark for its bright colors and otherworldly wisdom, died Tuesday at his home, according to Michael Monestime of the Central Square Business Improvement District.
Brattle Square Florist thrives after move nearby, but still finds it’s cultivating new customer base
Though Brattle Square Florist owner Stephen Zedros said he is still trying to gauge foot traffic in the shop’s new home within Harvard Square, sales have not dipped despite the business’ biggest shift in more than 100 years.
Being an ally to Indigenous people isn’t difficult, from calling legislators to learning town names
In addition to commemorating the annual International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, there are several ways to show solidarity and support for Indigenous people.
Attend meetings on advancing Alewife zoning, catering from within a condo, a Harvard bank
Public meetings this week look at Brattle Street safety improvements, schools’ nondiscrimination policy, a caterer in Porter and bank and apartments in Harvard, and Alewife zoning recommendations.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from a nature walk to ‘violin from the future’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Fresh Pond nature walk and Nature in the City Festival, “Cinema Strange” and free screenings of new Pixar classics, classes in augmented reality and a “Yart Sale” – a citywide yard sale for art.
Program feeding households isolated for Covid wins for health department, CEOC, Food for Free
Cambridge’s Public Health Department and partners got national recognition for a program supplying food to individuals and families isolating after a positive test for Covid.
