Eight holidays created by geeks, nerds, wonks and the counterculture grown since the 1970s
Sure, our calendars are filled with increasingly commodified holidays, but they’re also filling up with new days of nationwide significance.
Coronavirus edition, XLVIII: Films for sheltering, focusing on Black History Month, an opera treat
This coronavirus edition of movies to shelter with includes a range of works to help see in Black History Month, as well as virtual cinema from around the world at The Brattle; “Fall of the House of Usher” from the Boston Lyric Opera; and new fare from “Palmer” to “The Dig.”
Events for 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, most online, show leader’s continuing impact
Commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be different this year as a result of the coronavirus, but there is still plenty going on.
Oh, you’re spending New Year’s Eve inside? These three livestreams can make it special
New Year’s is bound to be an indoors affair while a pandemic is till raging outside, but there are ways to make the night festive and unique.
Draper joins with firefighters in $17,444 toy drive
Draper, a Kendall Square engineering innovation company, teamed up with the Cambridge Fire Department for an annual Toys for Tots drive, continuing a 15-year tradition.
Christmas and New Year’s municipal service changes
Municipal offices will close Thursday and Friday for the Christmas holiday, as well as on Jan. 1 for New Year’s, city officials said. Payments are not required at parking meters and pay stations on Friday and Jan. 1. There are other changes as well.
On the hunt for presents? Here’s one for you: The local biz Winter Holiday Shopping Guide
A Winter Holiday Shopping Guide has been released by Cambridge Local First in partnership with the city – making it easy to find hundreds of nearby small businesses and nonprofits during a holiday shopping season that months of coronavirus lockdown makes particularly important.
Full Thanksgiving feasts available for pickup (for those acting fast)
What to do about Thanksgiving during coronavirus, when traditions of big gatherings are getting stifled under masks and distancing requirements? Plenty of Cambridge restaurants are hungry to make feasting at home easy.
Kids can earn their Halloween candy at home with parent’s Play Trick-or-Treat board game
Halloween is going to be different this year, with block parties and municipal holiday events canceled and trick-or-treating discouraged. Audrey Day-Williams, a parent from The Port, has co-created an alternative: The Play Trick-or-Treat board game.
Nearly 300 teachers wanted Covid adjustments, committee learns at update on reopened schools
The first yellow school buses reappeared on Cambridge streets last week, and an initial glimpse into the reopening of the public schools was provided at the School Committee meeting on Tuesday.
