Several EMF Building tenants refuse to leave, five days after rehearsal space eviction date
Some tenants of the EMF Building are refusing to leave, saying they question the legality of their evictions by property owner John DiGiovanni. They’ve decided to “keep using the building and keep making music, and because they think this is wrong,” one former tenant said.
Three ways to help local arts communities
It now looks all but certain that Cambridge (and the Central Square Cultural District especially) has lost the community of musicians, artists and creative businesses at the EMF Building. Fundraising could help, there as we all as for The Comedy Studio and Out of the Blue art gallery.
More food waste than ever, students say, makes it time to learn ‘How to Eat Trash’
To learn “How to Eat Trash” – which is a possibility for Thursday evening, while enjoying a community dinner made of food rescued from dumpsters – you may as well go to the place most associated locally with the art: Crafts House, an iconoclastic Tufts student residence.
Spring brings citywide curbside composting, practice that goes deep in Cambridge history
This April, a pilot program in North Cambridge will be expanded to include the entire city with curbside composting offered to households in buildings with 12 units or fewer – a practice that’s both new to the city and very, very old.
Become an open book for Human Library, concept that can bridge gaps among people
The “Human Library” is coming to Cambridge, but first the Cambridge Public Library and Cambridge Community Television are asking people to volunteer as “Human Books.”
‘This Week in Dystopia’ film series is here, courtesy of Brattle, Harvard’s Ash Center
Given what we’ve come to in the past year – a country divided on race, politics and class, with terms such as “fascist” and “fake news” bandied about on a daily basis – the “This Week in Dystopia” repertory series starting Thursday at The Brattle Theatre feels timely.
Future of the Alewife floodplain is the topic of Saturday symposium to be held at Tufts
A symposium on the Alewife floodplain called “Collaboratively Framing Scenarios” takes place Saturday at Tufts University, bringing together the Alewife corridor communities of Cambridge, Somerville, Arlington, Belmont, Medford and Winchester.
Group’s #MeToo discussion will offer ways men, boys can undo culture of harassment
Cambridge is getting its own #MeToo conversation, but not because accusations of sexual harassment or sexual assault have come to light locally.
In the heartland, photographer documents industry’s creeping effect on health of town
Photographer and video artist LaToya Ruby Frazier spent a dozen years on a project documenting the effects of industry on Braddock, Pa., and its environment and people. But it was an easy investment of time to make; it’s her hometown.
‘National Anthem’ video by CRLS students hoped to spark dialogue on race, empathy
Members of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School’s Black Student Union have produced a public service announcement to “promote a dialogue on the NFL protests, police brutality, racism and empathy,” said their faculty adviser, history teacher Kevin Dua.
