Art project will pair poets and scientists of color, post and publish, but first it must find its poets
A project called Poetry of Science is looking for Cambridge poets of color who will be paired with local scientists of color to create poetry based on their work, motivations and history.
Yo-Yo Ma, with two charitable events coming, treats a Covid clinic to 15 minutes of cello bliss
Cambridge’s resident celebrities are low-key, but renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma has popped up lately in a flurry of charitable work – and with an impromptu performance Saturday after getting vaccinated.
Coronavirus edition 54: Brattle’s 20th with RBG; ‘Cherry’; and a slate of docs from Salem festival
This coronavirus edition of movies to shelter with includes the Brattle’s celebration of 20 years as a nonprofit with Agnes Varda and “RBG” (with an introduction from Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui); a couple of newer picks, including Tom Holland’s “Cherry”; and a week-plus of documentaries.
April Cambridge Poetry MashUp promises verse after year of pandemic lacking rhyme or reason
With the cancellation of Cambridge’s two weekly slams, the past year of coronavirus lockdown has been distinctly drained of live poetry. That ends in April with the introduction of a four-week Cambridge Poetry MashUp.
Candidates for Tobin and Vassal project public art will take public’s questions and ideas Wednesday
The four finalists for public art planned for the new Tobin Montessori and Vassal Lane Upper Schools complex will take questions and comments, thoughts and ideas at a 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday virtual meeting.
Eight holidays created by geeks, nerds, wonks and the counterculture grown since the 1970s
Sure, our calendars are filled with increasingly commodified holidays, but they’re also filling up with new days of nationwide significance.
‘The Father’: Unforgettable visit with a patriarch who increasingly can’t remember his own family
“The Father” stars Anthony Hopkins in a masterclass performance as a memory-challenged senior and a stellar supporting cast resulting in a work that’ painful, brilliant and smart, though much of its uplift may not be achievable by people who go through this offscreen.
Yo-Yo Ma and other stars, first tonight for free, then May 5 for Alice Hoffman hospital benefit
Your evening’s entertainment has been announced as part of the Cambridge Community Foundation’s virtual and free We are Cambridge spring gathering. And there’s more to look forward to May 5 as part of a (pricier) Mount Auburn Hospital fundraiser.
Feta and herb dumplings from Sofra
This Turkish-infused bakery by Belmont and Watertown has always offered prepared foods to go, but its pandemic-era priced meals for two, packaged with heating instructions, deserve the same kind of praise.
John Lewis mural, cleaned of vandalism from fall, now brightens Food For Free distribution center
There’s a new home for a restaurant-commissioned mural of John Lewis that was found vandalized in the fall.
