Creative Music Series returns to Assembly Square with jazz, free-form artist Eric Zinman and band (updated)
The return of warmer weather means the return of the free Creative Music Series to Saturdays at Assembly Square, starting with an Easter Weekend concert led by Boston musician and composer Eric Zinman.
Spaces for creativity coming to Kendall Square will be shaped by new nonprofit called 585 Arts
An independent nonprofit called 585 Arts has been formed by BioMed Realty and Cambridge-based Global Arts Live to run the creative side of a BioMed’s property in Kendall Square, from its 10-acre Canal District to the 16-story lab building it expects to open in 2025.
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.
Yo-Yo Ma and other stars, first tonight for free, then May 5 for Alice Hoffman hospital benefit
Your evening’s entertainment has been announced as part of the Cambridge Community Foundation’s virtual and free We are Cambridge spring gathering. And there’s more to look forward to May 5 as part of a (pricier) Mount Auburn Hospital fundraiser.
Acoustic music licenses could be fast-tracked, cost $100 a year under a commission proposal
Getting acoustic music into untraditional spaces such as bookstores began to look doable this week, as the License Commission took up the issue again after a rebuke from city councillors.
Attend meetings on condo conversion fee idea, neighbor groups, Envision goals, Alewife plan
Public meetings this week look at the city’ credit ratings, zoning plans and whether to add affordable housing to a city parking lot in West Cambridge; services for students; neighborhood group representation and the goals of Envision Cambridge; and a possible condo conversion fee.
Subcentral sounds like revival in Central Square for electronic music and DJ industry, education
A space for aspiring electronic music artists and studio producers called Subcentral launches this weekend in Central Square – just steps from where The Mmmmaven Project operated with a similar mission until April 2019.
Opposition to acoustic music is brushed aside; vexed councillors order action after four years
After waiting four years for city staff to help bring more acoustic music to Cambridge businesses without them needing a license, city councillors showed frustration Monday at getting a response that was incomplete and unhelpful.
Another Boston Calling canceled by coronavirus
The coronavirus has canceled its second Boston Calling music festival. Organizers announced the cancellation in a Monday email. Full refunds are being offered to ticket buyers, or the option to move the tickets to next year’s event.
Arts projects will share $90,000 in funding, focused on Port neighborhood, Central Square
Ten arts projects are coming to Cambridge’s Port neighborhood with $90,000 in funding from Cambridge Arts and the City of Cambridge’s Port Neighborhood Grants.
