A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, with hip-hop dancing and writing sex scenes
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s hip-hop dance, Valentine’s, Galentine’s, Mardi Gras, Lunar New Year and Black History celebrations, operatic ballet not seen since the 1700s, “How to Steal a Presidential Election” and the arts of writing love poetry and sex scenes.
Mount Auburn geriatric care levels will stay high despite closing of Quimby Center, exec assures
Though Mount Auburn Hospital is closing two centers in 2024, none of their services are leaving the Cambridge area. Mount Auburn says it is is upgrading some of its facilities and investing heavily in new technology.
Attend Somerville meetings from Jan. 26-Feb. 2 about Davis Square changes and student health
Public meetings this week look at plans to remake Davis Square, electing a leader for a task force that sets payments for institutions such as Tufts and a students’ health survey.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from singing over silents to Britanik comedy
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the Nightingale Vocal Ensemble performs its “Photoplay,” there’s art such as “Poems of Electronic Air,” academic talks on “The Rhetoric of Black Populism: From Malcolm X to the ‘Manosphere’” and the comedy duo Britanik takes the stage.
Unarmed Community Safety fires three of eight from response teams with two months to launch
The dismissals won’t delay the department’s plan to start responding in March to calls from death notifications to people experiencing emotional crises.
Beretsky’s condition in ‘Seizing Control’: Prepared to take on indifference of doctors
A lifelong battle with epilepsy is related in vivid and often stomach-turning detail, and the author X-rays the often-alienating world of modern medicine.
City manager and a safety leader skip hearing, leaving mystery about lack of Heart contract
It’s been more than two years since city councillors first endorsed a grassroots alternative to police called Heart. Yet the organization still has no contract for city financial support, and the reason remains unclear.
Nationwide nurse shortage forces Health Alliance to spend more on bringing in traveling care pros
Cambridge Health Alliance is struggling to fill nursing vacancies, particularly in psychiatric units and emergency department where work can be dangerous.
Attend meetings in Cambridge between Nov. 3-10 about golf course users and a Freedmen’s Bureau
Public meetings this week look at control over public health and golf course use; creating a Freedmen’s Bureau; a city manager form of government vs. one with a “chief administrative and financial officer”; and infrastructure for The Port.
Attend meetings in Somerville from Nov. 3-10 about Winter Hill school and Union Square park
Public meetings this week look at the status of the Winter Hill school, a redesign for Tufts Street in East Somerville and plans for a Union Square parklet.
