Cambridge is satisfied at amount of Covid testing; Nationwide, the reporting estimate is 7% of cases
With ‘Everything Everywhere,’ Daniels escape genre trap to make the multiverse meaningful
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is an absurdist multiverse overload, but the directors are bummed when science fiction is just a plot point that doesn’t ask big questions – such as “How do you find each other and truly see each other, when there’s so many things trying to pull us away from each other?”
Gig-economy drivers and grad students at MIT draw support in fights over wages and a union
Gig-economy employers such as Uber and Instacart, and a state bill that could free them from obligations expected for companies with full-time workers, were condemned Monday by city councillors as “trying to put the screws” to working-class people, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology drew criticism for “union-busting” in the run-up to a vote.
Attend meetings on figuring out Alewife zoning, helping the unhoused, Starlight Square and more
Public meetings this week look at making a neighborhood in Alewife; bike lanes through Porter; school district budgeting; a Net Zero Action Plan update; solutions in helping the unhoused; permitting for Starlight Square and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology food kiosk; and more.
Attend meetings on Cambridge Street’s future, handling homelessness, golf course and more
Public meetings this week look at getting bike lane advice and finding solutions for homelessness; the aftermath of a student protest and appointing a permanent superintendent; and the future of Cambridge Street; and getting town-gown reports from Harvard, Hult, Lesley and MIT.
Grendel’s Den has 50 years of stories to recount (and is doing it in the ‘People’s History’ podcast)
At 50 years old, Grendel’s Den is not only going strong, but has come to embody the essence of Harvard Square and how it (always) “used to be cool.” The podcast we’re putting together, “A People’s History of Food and Drink: Five by Ten in the Den,” is meant to bring people back to the nostalgia of each of its decades.
A very grand Shoe & Leather Exposition Building went up along the Charles in 1909, but didn’t last
A Classical Revival building by an architect known for Roman Catholic churches featured five domes with two exhibition wings and a circular theater with seating for 3,000, and the world’s first Shoe & Leather Exposition drew 30,000 visitors on opening night. But success was short-lived.