Rentable Bluebike e-bikes arrive in Cambridge, starting with 20 in Kendall Square, soon to be 750
The first 20 e-bikes in the Bluebikes rental system are expected to become available at 4 p.m. Wednesday at a Kendall Square valet station, to be joined by 730 more over the next few months. More stations are coming to Cambridge too.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Mars-view art and a Skate Day to Beyonce
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s “The View from Mars” gallery reception, a Community Skate Day in Kendall Square, dance to Queen Bey, historic tours, solstice celebrations, song, shopping, poetry and much more.
Letting the good times roll at Ripple Cafe
Ripple Café has “breakfast vibes” and “lunch vibes” that include rice bowls with Jamaican and Creole flair, as well as a divine turkey club.
‘Poor Things’: Weird science makes a monster for men who need to feel they’re the masters
“Poor Things” is a neat crossing of genres from Yorgos Lanthimos based on Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel borrowing from Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.”
Attend meetings in Cambridge from Dec. 8-15 about Faisal inquest and city project priorities
Public meetings this week look at an inquest into a police shooting and changes in officer procedure, deciding on public investments, Cambridge Street bike lanes, the future of Jerry’s Pond, how to use municipal space in Central Square and more.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from ‘Solstice’ to ‘The Slutcracker’ and ‘Revels’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, a cemetery hosts the “Solstice” light show, “Slutcracker” is in Davis and Revels’ “Feast of Fools” is in Harvard along with holiday sales, an illuminated-home tour, comedy, musical theater, klezmer and Open Mike Eagle and much more.
Finnish import ‘Rare Exports’ is a tale with Claus; ‘Orlando, My Political Biography’ plays at Brattle
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include Roald Dahl classics “Matilda” and “The Witches”; a Santa tale with a difference in “Rare Exports” and Yorgos Lanthimos look back with “The Favourite”; the Hitchcockian “Eileen”; and area premiere of the documentary “Orlando, My Political Biography.”
Technology is key to understanding humanity, starting with the bad stuff, sci-fi writers tell us
An MIT Museum panel of science fiction writers delved into a process of play with tech – including the joy of tricking it – on the way to being seers of the future.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from Dec. 1-8 about street cleaning test and charter review (corrected)
Public meetings this week look at the outcome of a street-cleaning test and proposed changes to Cambridge Street and Massachusetts Avenue, ways to get gas cars off city streets and a proposed rooftop garden for the high school.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from a holiday cookie swap to George Santos
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s “The Slutcracker,” Stephanie Vecellio’s “Scenes from Somerville,” the end of a literary journal, a Sweet Exchange, bake-off and cookie swap, “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical,” dark comedy and the author of “The Fabulist” about noted liar George Santos.
