A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: ‘Pests,’ dating horrors and ‘Of the Ether’ dance
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a “Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains” reading, Nick Zaino’s 100 Years of Boston Comedy, Urbanity’s “Of the Ether” dance and a “DM Mayhem” show of horrifying texts from men.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Pi Day celebrations to a ‘Cherry Orchard’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Pi Day arrives (one event starts at 3:14 p.m.), there are nature walks and seed plantings, board game nights and cozy teas, sacred songs and the scoring of a silent film, St. Patrick’s Day, a “Cherry Orchard” staging and the chance to break a world record.
Family of Peter Valentine will sell house of artist to be turned into affordable homes by Just A Start
The colorful Cambridge home of late artist Peter Valentine, who transformed the property into a public art piece called Cosmic Moose & Grizzly Bearsville, will be transformed again into at least a dozen affordable homes, the nonprofit developer Just A Start said.
Decision nears on the future of an artist’s home, with some aspects of origins in the 1980s murky
The death of eccentric artist Peter Valentine, whose mystically decorated house has been proposed as an arts center, has resurrected the tangled history of rent control in Cambridge and exposed conflicting stories about Valentine’s financial resources.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from ‘Birnam Wood’ to ‘Podcast But Outside’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, author Eleanor Catton visits from “Birnam Wood” and Margaret Atwood tells of “Old Babes in the Wood”; there’s music, comedy, a Maple Syrup Boil Down and queer wrestling, an end to “Bittersweet” art and the “Podcast But Outside” guys set up in Davis Square.
No agreement on preserving Middle East mural as project’s feedback process hits halfway point
The plan to put up a six-story hotel, restaurant and nightclub honoring and remaking The Middle East in Central Square still faces complication from a single wall – the one facing Brookline Street that bears the iconic “Crosswinds” mural painted by Daniel Galvez in 1992.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from MIT’s Make-a-Fake to ‘A Story Beyond’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, MIT has a three-session course on deepfakes; we meet “Davos Man”; party at the Time Traveler’s Ball; and enjoy readings and poetry slams; and the start of The Foundry Family Festival with “A Story Beyond.”
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, Beethoven to ‘Bittersweet’ art and Bitchcraft
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s fairy tale opera, Beethoven and Schubert as well as “Heather, the Musical” and “Waiting for Godot,” plenty of readings, a “Bittersweet” art exhibit, reproductive justice and one-woman dance and Bitch, the musician, performing her “Bitchcraft.”
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Valentine’s R&B show to Hasty Pudding
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Valentine’s Day comes out swinging with an R&B concert and cypher, The Hasty Pudding Theatricals premieres its 174th show, there’s cabaret and drag, readings of novels and poetry, an Après Cambridge outdoor party and much more.
Despite support for city-owned Valentine house, the outcome is likely to disappoint arts advocates
Citing recent arts institutions and nonprofits threatened in real estate deals, councillors doubted Peter Valentine’s home would end up a community space for creativity.
