MIT Museum opens its doors for a resident ‘sneak peek’
For Cambridge residents who like to be first in line, the new MIT Museum offers a one-day peek of the expanded facility – and other activities – for neighbors only on Oct. 1.
MIT Museum prepares for reopening in Kendall, going straight into reimagined Science Festival
The MIT Museum reopens Oct. 2 after a Covid lockdown that merged into an expected shutdown so it could relocate to a newly built home in Kendall Square.
Whey-based SuperFrau beverage is still serving at Inman Incubator; Goody Great stitcher is next
Melissa Martinelli moved from the corporate suites of San Francisco to Inman Square’s eponymous Incubator with a sustainable, upcycled health beverage.
How I will miss Peter Valentine
After the Aug. 9 death of Peter Valentine, an artist and eccentric whose Cambridgeport home became a landmark for its bright colors and otherworldly wisdom, Cathie Zusy submitted this because “it might inspire others to share their thoughts of this remarkable Cambridge figure.”
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from bubbles to ‘Come to Pass,’ a hip-hop play
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s plenty of music (including new Sol Y Canto and Clem Snide) and theater (including the hip-hop musical “Come to Pass” and a production of “Eurydice”), and a return of the Evolution of Hip-Hop Festival, Floor Lords Breakdancing and MIT Swapfest, as well as bubbles and mini-horses.
No landmarking study for Harvard Square’s Pit, where history of use upstages the architecture
The celebrated area surrounding the Harvard Square subway station known as The Pit will not become a historical landmark, the Historical Commission decided last week.
Peter Valentine, colorful artist, is reported dead; His home is a landmark, the city was his canvas
Peter Valentine, the artist and eccentric whose Cambridgeport home became a landmark for its bright colors and otherworldly wisdom, died Tuesday at his home, according to Michael Monestime of the Central Square Business Improvement District.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from a nature walk to ‘violin from the future’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Fresh Pond nature walk and Nature in the City Festival, “Cinema Strange” and free screenings of new Pixar classics, classes in augmented reality and a “Yart Sale” – a citywide yard sale for art.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Frederick Douglass to ‘Men of Steel’ dance
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Frederick Douglass Community Reading but also a Smut Slam (and male dance revue), a Family Game Night but also a look at “True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks,” lots of music and poetry, a free screening of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” and historical tours.
Jazz Festival announces July 30-31 dates, expecting 10,000 in return to in-person
The Seventh Annual Cambridge Jazz Festival will be held the weekend of July 30-31, returning after a two-year interruption with headliners Eguie Castrillo and his orchestra and Chelsey Green and The Green Project.
