Harvard Art Museums plan to reopen on Sept. 4, adding Free Sundays with advance reservations
After closing mid-March of 2020 to stop the spread of the coronavirus, the Harvard Art Museums are expected to reopen to the public Sept. 4.
Artists in Somerville’s Central Street Studios struggle to find space as leases end abruptly
More than 20 artist-tenants at Central Street Studios learned in mid-June that they will be displaced from their building come Sept. 1. Artist space throughout Cambridge, Somerville and surrounding communities is becoming increasingly rare.
Go Pixel Yourself goes beyond being a new model for malls, also innovating a scene for musicians
In exploring how going to a mall can mean shopping for an experience instead of a product, CambridgeSide’s “multi-dimensional, immersive experience” Go Pixel Yourself has become a go-to for musicians looking for creative ways to shoot videos, and a performance space.
Ranking the rooms at Go Pixel Yourself, CambridgeSide’s artsy selfie installation
There’s really no need to turn this mall experience into a social media event – it’s fun to simply drift through and feel delighted by the sights and technical wonders. But if you do indeed want to “pixel yourself,” the exhibit makes it easy.
Clubs battered by coronavirus travel a tough path to promised federal aid; It’s easier for restaurants
Six months after Congress approved roughly $16 billion in aid for entertainment venues shattered by coronavirus, only 411 have received money out of 14,214 applications. The Small Business Administration says it’s working to catch up.
Foundry is bringing on its executive director, resident with museum and equity experience
The Foundry community building is expected to open to the public in the summer of 2022, but it already has an executive director in Diana Navarrete-Rackauckas, who begins work full time this August.
Armory tenants needn’t worry about evictions, Somerville assures as its land taking proceeds
The arts organizations at Somerville’s Armory Building are in limbo, stuck between two owners and worrying about their futures. The city’s executive director of community development says they should not worry.
Starlight Square, built of pandemic desperation, expects to stay civic space long after emergency
Starlight Square, the open-air entertainment complex that kept Central Square culture alive through the pandemic, got a second-season preview Wednesday, as well as a surprise peek at a long-term future.
Subcouture shows to highlight fashion designers from Palestine to Ukraine, feeling very pre-Covid
With life returning to Cambridge after months of grim pandemic, so is fashion, music and art. Subcentral in Central Square has three days of it starting Thursday that might feel a lot like 2019, if not for the required masks and up-to-the-minute wear being provided by six local designers.
Somerville council okays $5M eminent domain purchase of Armory to maintain it as arts facility
The City of Somerville moved forward with a plan to acquire the Armory building at and “preserve the facility for arts uses” with a unanimous vote of approval from the City Council.
