Francis Prince Clary is the 1800s Black chemist written out of Harvard and Cambridge history
Francis Prince Clary was known by some as a “character” – a person at Harvard but not considered by lore-keepers to be of Harvard. Yet Clary played an unusual and historic role at the university, and off campus he was a well-recognized figure in the Black abolitionist community.
Blank Street Coffee, known for bland efficiency, to open in a former Harvard Square Starbucks
Coffee is coming back to the Harvard Square location that Starbucks left a year ago – but in place of that two-story space with lots of room for studying and first dates it marks the coming of a chain known for being no place at all: Blank Street Coffee.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: World Cup games, a run, David Bowie burlesque
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are World Cup matches broadcast from Qatar to The Port, a run and wrestling, readings, poetry and storytelling, chances to dance before and after the Thanksgiving meal, and a holiday tradition: “David Boobie” burlesque.
Marilyn, ‘Casablanca,’ ‘True Grit’ in repertory, ‘In the Dirt,’ ‘Glass Onion’ and ‘RRR’ reviewed
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include Marilyn Monroe, “Casablanca” and some Black Friday anti-consumerism fare at repertory theaters, as well are reviews for new movies “Something In the Dirt,” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” and the Indian spectacle “RRR.”
Ben Franklin’s method of preparing a turkey can’t be advised for your Thanksgiving meal
Ben Franklin experimented with killing chickens and turkeys with electricity using devices called Leyden jars, which he found made fowl meat “eat uncommonly tender.”
‘The Menu’: Chef has a taste for the wicked
“The Menu” feels something like the 1976 comedy “Murder by Death” at first, but as courses come out and the texture of the film and the meat served becomes darker, it crosses over into “Saw” territory.
‘A poet rather than a criminal’: Robert Pinsky prepares a post-autobiography Grolier reading
What inspired Robert Pinsky to begin writing the autobiographical “Jersey Breaks”? A friend who suggested he explain how he “became a poet rather than a criminal.” Pinsky reads Thursday at the Grolier Poetry Book Shop.
Crepes, coffee and community at Little Crepe Cafe
Little Crepe is back in business after a pandemic shutdown, and with an emphasis on service and community engagement – crepes, community and coffee, if you will.
Csekö’s ‘Sanctuary City’ exhibit enters final days enraging and activating at Somerville Museum
The wide-ranging, 12-artist “Sanctuary City,” the Somerville Museum’s first exhibit since an ambitious construction project, is in its final week exploring the meanings of home and safety through the lens of immigration.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from a pie-based fundraiser to open art studios
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Petsi Pies founder Renee McLeod shares her secrets for a good cause, a Holiday Plant Enthusiast Market is coming, there are open studios by Brickbottom/Joy Street artists, Robert Pinsky reads, “Something Strange” returns and much more.
