A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville from community Iftar to Opera ‘Cutlass Crew’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the North Cambridge Family Opera brings its “Cutlass Crew” to port, Ramadan fasts break, spring arrives at Fresh Pond, there’s lots to offer at museums and libraries (including a celebrity memoir book club) and The Residents play in Harvard Square.
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.
In ‘Story & Bone’ poems, Deborah Leipziger writes on matters of home and heritage
The co-founder of the New England Jewish Poetry Festival and online magazine Soul-Lit prepares for an April appearance in Cambridge for Poetry Month.
In CitySprouts new book, ‘We Garden Together,’ projects are cream of the crop from 22 years
CitySprouts, our homegrown group of urban gardening educators, has come a long way in 22 years – and now has its own staff-written picture book, “We Garden Together!” with step-by-step photos of introductory nature activities for kids and families.
Magical ‘Moulin Rouge!’ set during Prohibition was Lyssa Mia Smith’s invitation to the party
Lyssa Mia Smith went from authorial frustration to selling her young-adult novel “Revelle” to HarperCollins at auction in a six-figure, two-book deal.
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.
‘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?
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from ‘Obitchuary’ pod to true tales of the bizarre
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the entertainment goes from “Murder Your Employer” to The Moth storytelling, with lots of poetry, music and film, as well as readings that include female desire and Catherine J. Turco’s “Harvard Square: A Love Story.”
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from ‘A Story Beyond’ to Wondertwins dance
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the Wondertwins are back at The Dance Complex, Honeycomb Creamery and Porter Square Books have partnered for an ice cream story hour, The Comedy Studio entertains its way to a new home and “A Story Beyond” is a Foundry Family Festival highlight.
Books, poems and lyrics that say romance: Celebrating Valentine’s Day word by word
Whether you’re looking for last-minute gift ideas or want to cozy up with a romantic read this week, here are word-focused recommendations from local authors, booksellers at our independent shops and readers.
