Collage that avoids cliché at 1369 Coffee House
Collages are popular in the age of social media and can feel cliché, but Marg has mastered the form – injecting a sense of humor and play that feels fresh.
These visiting warblers will get a name change; dropping ‘Townsend’ can’t happen soon enough
What was this cute little songbird doing here in Cambridge? No one knows, but it got people’s attention – and now we’re paying attention to a very different aspect of ornithology and a sometimes grim history.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from the Foundry Festival to asking about AI
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a weeklong Foundry Festival with a variety of things to do, astounding art, ice skating, a Ladysmith Black Mambazo performance and a dramatic session exploring “What if AI use goes too far?”
Less pavement and more trees for Jerry’s Pond brings delay of two weeks as plans are updated
Reclaiming North Cambridge’s fenced-in Jerry’s Pond as a public nature area will wait a little longer for approval as land owner IQHQ submits revised plans to eliminate more paving, make a wetlands area slightly bigger and put additional trees along Rindge Avenue.
City manager elevates sustainability and housing into new departments, and transportation moves
Cambridge is getting a Sustainability Office that will be led by a chief climate officer – a new role – who will report directly to City Manager Yi-An Huang.
Senior affordable housing project in Cambridge would build space for services on its ground floor
A project to build affordable housing for seniors in the Cambridge Highlands has been mostly welcomed in early hearings by the Conservation Commission and Planning Board, with some debate over parking and height.
MassTech grant is boost for green tech Gencores making materials for ultra-light cars, windmills
The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative recently awarded $319,002 to Gencores, a Somerville company working on materials for ultra-light vehicles and structures, according to a press release and MassTech representative.
Melissa Glick’s 24-hour ‘Hacker Creations’
Melissa Glick’s work has echoes in the outdated gear her dad used to bring home from Raytheon. Her “Hacker Creations” use what she finds in breaking apart old tech.
Tiny black-capped chickadees are bird brains savvy enough that other species heed their calls
Unique among birds, tiny chickadees’ have brains that grow and shed neurons – and memories of where food is stored – so they’re not too heavy to fly with. Yet other species flock with chickadees for their valuable information.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from Feb. 9-16 about micromobility and toll of vacant spaces
Public meetings this week look at making a better Central Square, how to make City Hall contracting more equitable, the economic toll of vacant spaces and the use of “micromobility” devices on city streets.
