‘Chaos Walking’: On this sci-fi New World, displays of masculinity are clear, dangerous
On a far distant planet two centuries into the future, a colony of humans lives in what feels like a Western frontier town atop a forested hilltop – at war with the planet’s indigenous species and totally lacking in women, until one crash lands there.
The Hungry Urbanist goes to the new Formaggio
The new Formaggio is much bigger and brighter than the old, with more and bigger piles and displays of wonderful things to eat. And radicchio at a price you may have never seen.
Coronavirus edition 52: Billie Holiday biopic, greats at The Brattle and silly ‘Tom and Jerry’
This coronavirus edition of movies to shelter with brings Billie Holiday back to life, streams greats at The Brattle – including a rediscovery of “Smooth Talk” from 1985 – and looks at new releases such as “Tom and Jerry,” “My Zoe” and the docs “Sex, Drugs & Bicycles” and “Downstream to Kinshasa.”
Subcentral sounds like revival in Central Square for electronic music and DJ industry, education
A space for aspiring electronic music artists and studio producers called Subcentral launches this weekend in Central Square – just steps from where The Mmmmaven Project operated with a similar mission until April 2019.
‘I Care a Lot’: Trying to scam the wrong senior? You realize, of course, that this means war
“Playing fair is a joke invented by rich people to keep the rest of us poor” – a quote that might ring true if it wasn’t from the lips of a corporate Karen who dupes the elderly out of their amassed wealth for her own gain.
Jamaican jerk chicken sandwiches at Oggi
Oggi, a pizzeria plus, has persisted in an always changing Harvard Square – and it’s the fresh sandwiches that are the go-to.
Cambridge has a baguette subscription service, but there’s un petit problème with its approach
Arguing for the creation of a baked goods subscription service – specifically of baguettes – brought advice from a savvy reader that there already is one, and from Cambridge’s own Iggy’s Bread. It just isn’t one everyone can use.
Arts projects will share $90,000 in funding, focused on Port neighborhood, Central Square
Ten arts projects are coming to Cambridge’s Port neighborhood with $90,000 in funding from Cambridge Arts and the City of Cambridge’s Port Neighborhood Grants.
Coronavirus edition 51: Tankian, ‘Test Pattern’ and Black History Month Film talk comes near
This coronavirus edition of movies to shelter with offers a reminder of a free Black History Month film discussion Tuesday; two entries arriving to stream at the Brattle; and two tales of couples facing thrills and trauma.
Showing technology change since CCTV moved, Somerville Media Center could use smaller space
A relocation for the Somerville Media Center that was threatened in 2019 is finally coming due, and its television, radio and podcasting studios and labs will have to be packed and moved by June 30.
