American Repertory Theater’s Allston home OK’d, putting move from Cambridge in 2026
Work will begin next year on an Allston home for the A.R.T., now based in Harvard Square, for an opening in 2026. The scheduling was announced after unanimous approval of the plans by the Boston Planning and Development Agency.
In clash over urgently needed power capacity, Cambridge sides with Eversource over MIT
The city filed testimony by public works commissioner Kathy Watkins saying Cambridge supports the utility’s routes for underground cables on city streets that run through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus.
Eversource power is near its operational limits, witnesses say in argument around MIT routes
“If you’re sensing panic, it’s that we’re kind of out of options on the distribution side,” an Eversource executive warned regulators with say over a project.
MIT files late objection to plan by Eversource, seeking to reroute cables for new substation
The huge Eversource project to build an underground electric substation in Cambridge and add more than 8 miles of underground cables is facing unexpected conflict because of last-minute opposition from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to cable routes through its campus.
Show at Boston Calling was big for Mint Green, but Somerville band first had to get itself there
Somerville’s Mint Green talks about playing Boston Calling, bumping into Jack Antonoff on a golf cart, the local music scene and their new album.
A.R.T.’s ‘Evita’ comes to Cambridge in the spring, while Harvard has filed to move theater to Allston
After the current run of “Life of Pi,” the Loeb Drama Center in Harvard Square stages a Chaucerian comedy and a new revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera “Evita” – announcements made shortly after Harvard’s formal filing of plans to move its theaters to Allston.
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, commemorate Rita Hester: Her life mattered
In the pantheon of slain Americans who have furthered the civil rights of a marginalized group is Rita Hester, an African American transgender woman.
Whole Heart Provisions space near Central available for a new independent restaurant
Whole Heart Provisions won’t be reopening near Central Square, as Boston-based Graffito SP is advertising its 300 Massachusetts Ave. location for lease as “second-generation restaurant space” available now.
Another Boston Calling canceled by coronavirus
The coronavirus has canceled its second Boston Calling music festival. Organizers announced the cancellation in a Monday email. Full refunds are being offered to ticket buyers, or the option to move the tickets to next year’s event.
Out of the Blue art gallery is in Somerville armory after rent hikes ended its Cambridge stay in 2017
The Out of the Blue art gallery and performance space, a fixture around Cambridge for 21 years before being priced out in December 2017, says it has a new home in Somerville.
