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.
Boston Underground Film Festival gets weird, ‘Pacifiction’ plays, ‘Boston Strangler’ is loose
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include the arrival of the Boston Underground Film Festival at The Brattle, “Touch of Evil” in Kendall Square and new flicks “Boston Strangler,” “Inside” and “Pacifiction.”
First Republic, with Harvard branch, is rocked, while Cambridge’s banks reassure of stability
Financial industry turmoil touched Cambridge on Thursday as First Republic Bank said it was getting $30 billion in help from a coalition of other institutions. Local banks took the opportunity to reassure customers of their stability.
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.
A ‘Mambo’ and more with Hou Hsiao-Hsien, ‘Lawrence of Arabia,’ less than magical ‘Flute’
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include a Brattle series for director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, a return to the big screen for “Lawrence of Arabia” in Kendall Square and a review of a disappointing contemporary take on “The Magic Flute.”
After neighbors call 911 on teens filming a video, parents hold meeting on ‘policing in Cambridge’
A parent unhappy about a police interaction with her son and other teens led a community forum on “Policing in Cambridge” that she said was attended by between 50 and 60 community members.
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.
See our Women’s History Month movie picks, Prince-Bythewood fare and ‘Return to Seoul’
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include Gina Prince-Bythewood retrospective at The Brattle, “Citizen Kane” in Kendall Square and reviews of the new “Return to Seoul” and “The Strays” on Netflix. But we lead off with six movies for Women’s History Month.
Water-soaked tile crashed to Harvard T platform, MBTA says; Video shows it nearly hitting a head
A soundproofing ceiling tile soaked with water fell at the Harvard Square red line station on Wednesday, coming dangerously close to crashing onto the heads of passersby on the station’s southbound platform, the MTBA said Friday.
‘Harvard Square: A Love Story’: Marketplace lessons from a place that isn’t what it used to be
Everyone should read this absorbing, deeply reported love story, which tears through centuries of history found in Historical Commission archives, copies of the Cambridge Tribune, minutes of organizations and increasingly poignant poems of old white men finding the market to be a metaphor for mortality. Will they, though?
