Disinformation and misinformation: Gloom from experts with books by university presses
Lee McIntyre, author of “On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy.” (Photo: author’s website, with edges expanded in Photoshop) Disinformation is everywhere: in politics, online, between friends – and between senators. Lee McInty …
For University Press Week, a trio of publications proposes fixes for education, science and the law
A list of best publications by university presses includes works out of Harvard, MIT and Brandeis on saving higher ed, women in science and “guardianship” abuse.
Arrow Street Arts plans to pack in performers during a community launch festival in March
The organization wants to pack its renovated 4,500-square-foot black box theater and new 1,100-square-foot street-front studio with a community celebration.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from blindfolded dance to anime by candlelight
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Blindfold Jam, the Ukrainian folk-punk quartet DakhaBrakha, “The Madman in the White House” (it’s not whom you think), Sohla El-Waylly and Michael Pollan, a choral Anime themes concern by candlelight and more.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, MIThenge to the CSO and an owl named Alfie
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s hip-hop history, the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra and an Anarchist Woodstock, MIThenge, a cozy mystery and fall by a fireside, lessons from a baby owl and the science of “Eat, Poop, Die.”
Homer wrote ‘The Odyssey’; Hamill rewrote it. Experience hers free Thursday from the A.R.T.
Homer’s epic includes a cyclops, alluring but deadly sirens and a sea monster, but Kate Hamill’s adaptation roots out themes of war, trauma and forgiveness.
Harvard groups’ statement around Hamas attack continues to reverberate after protests at City Hall
Dueling protests at City Hall this week marked Cambridge’s reaction to the Hamas attack on Israel on Saturday, but it’s a statement in support of Hamas signed by 36 student groups at Harvard that has had more impact.
Cambridge Promise program will fund a degree from Bunker Hill for up to 30 CRLS grads a year
As many as 30 students will get a tuition-free education at Bunker Hill Community College in what is expected to be the first year of a permanent program.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from Sept. 15-22 for community safety updates and energy change
Public meetings this week look at the new Community Safety Department and “Cop City”; Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery work; ranking users of of school facilities; changes to a building energy law; and more.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville from a foraging walk to ‘Horror Movie Science’
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from drunken Shakespeare to stoned comedians, foraging walks to “Fungi and the Coming Pandemic,” Horror Movie Science and an artist-magician at the The MIT Museum.
