Alewife will soon be served some fun (with ID): Fresh Pond Beer Garden secures its licensing
An Alewife-area beer garden won approval Monday from the License Commission to take over part of the Fresh Pond Mall parking lot.
Attend meetings on $22M in direct family aid, $787.9M budget, municipal broadband, more
Public meetings this week look at $22 million in direct-aid for lower-income families, the city’s budget for the next fiscal year, a moratorium on construction of labs and offices around Alewife, a Fresh Pond beer garden, bike lanes on Brattle Street, municipal broadband and ideas for improving The Port and the future of Cambridge Street.
‘The Northman’: Viking precursor to Hamlet barely hesitates to hack away at his problems
From the opening shots of an Icelandic volcano belching rivulets of lava and the churning north sea, Robert Eggers’ Viking saga “The Northman” casts a foreboding scape that brims with brutal beauty and primal allure.
Nonfatal double-stabbing at construction site was stopped by co-worker trained in jiujitsu
A construction worker trying to collect a debt stabbed two co-workers early Monday – one in the leg and another, who tried to interfere, in his back, police said.
Attend meetings on a 455-home Kendall tower, timeline for the ‘MassAve4’ bike lanes and more
Public meetings this week look at approvals and timelines for the next set of bike lanes and a study of their business impacts, a 400-foot tower for Kendall Square that would be the city’s tallest, a pause on office and lab development around Alewife, a possible guaranteed income program for the city’s poorest and much more.
Attend meetings on rats, dogs, snow spending, CharlieCards for students, Café Batifol and more
Public meetings this week look at stemming rat infestations, free dog licensing for seniors and an accounting for snow season; Café Batifol’s arrival in Kendall and Vitality Bowls in Central; ending off-street parking requirements; free CharlieCards for students; converting the Sacred Heart rectory into affordable rentals; and more.
Attend meetings on changing the city’s bike law and climate action; celebrate ‘nonprofit row’ too
Public meetings this week look at expanding Riverbend park and changing the city’s bike law; a climate resilience zoning report and emissions accounting zoning petition; preventing wage theft; school district budgeting; and an Alewife-area lab building proposal – and stop off at for a “nonprofit row” building ribbon-cutting event.
Protest of Raytheon profit from military sales ends with arrests of five who scaled building
Five protesters were arrested Monday after scaling a Raytheon BBN Technologies facility in the Cambridge Highlands, saying they hoped to call attention to the company’s weapons sales and “record of human rights violations.”
Attend meetings on a new problem at preschools, rodent solution, bike lane delay, Cherry Street lot
Public meetings this week look at problems with rats and a change in preschool hours, missing a May 1 deadline on bike lane construction, turning a vacant lot in The Port into affordable homes, special education policies, an energy-use disclosure law, Alewife-area lab moratorium, city manager search, law against wage theft and much more.
Is the latest ‘Chainsaw Massacre’ worth the time? ‘Rock Bottom Riser’ and ‘Dog’ are surer things
These looks at what’s on the big screen in the coming week include the latest pull at a “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and a putrid “Pursuit,” but also the devastating “Sundown,” delightfully weird “Strawberry Mansion” and feel-good “Dog.” The DocYard screens “Rock Bottom Riser” and there’s lots to look forward to at The Brattle and Somerville Theatre.
