A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, with hip-hop dancing and writing sex scenes
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s hip-hop dance, Valentine’s, Galentine’s, Mardi Gras, Lunar New Year and Black History celebrations, operatic ballet not seen since the 1700s, “How to Steal a Presidential Election” and the arts of writing love poetry and sex scenes.
Even when big festival headliners are forgettable, there’s a win in local acts getting larger audiences
Another sign spring is right around the corner? The warm weather music festivals are starting to roll out their lineups. And none are more eager than Boston Calling, our local monument to blue-chip billboard pablum.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from We Black Folk fest to ‘Bumbled’ bee play
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a “Groundhog Day” Improv Show, We Black Folk music festival, a fermentation workshop (with sauerkraut!) and more fun science, Celeste Ng and Jas Hammonds readings, ice skating and play premieres to go apiary for (such as for “Bumbled”).
Local lack around Black folk music is different: Tickets sell out too fast to squeeze into Passim
The inaugural edition of a two-day We Black Folk music festival sold out in short order despite a legacy that is often underreported by the history books. Also: How to remember Jimmy Flynn, longtime promoter of the Boston hardcore scene.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from singing over silents to Britanik comedy
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the Nightingale Vocal Ensemble performs its “Photoplay,” there’s art such as “Poems of Electronic Air,” academic talks on “The Rhetoric of Black Populism: From Malcolm X to the ‘Manosphere’” and the comedy duo Britanik takes the stage.
Gritty’s DIY Conference of Non-Musicians supplies the instruments and stage for play
Music lovers who don’t play an instrument can nonetheless get their start as musicians in a punk-aesthetic night of creative experiments.
Eight-bit music with Battlemode yes and AI no, but the bots are surely coming for our audiences
There’s a lot of talk about the future impacts of the artificial intelligence boom. Industries – and, more importantly, the humans who work in them – are already experiencing those impacts. That’s true of local musicians, too, who need humans to perform for.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Oompa and Picasso to ImprovBoston’s end
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, from “Underground Magic,” poetry with Tracy K. Smith and an Oompa concert to the return of the Harvard Plaza WinterFest, a farewell to ImprovBoston and examination of the darker sides of politics and social media.
Union Square grew into a nourishing Jungle, Davis Square learned to dance at a ceilidh
Present day Union Square is alive with pleasure – nightlife, bike lanes, a T stop and a restaurant serving spaetzle. In 2019 a club joined the party: The Jungle.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Typewriter Orchestra to marking MLK Day
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are a few ways to mark MLK Day, a CultureHouse opening party, Hans Zimmer soundtracks by candlelight, parties with cyberpunk and 1970s themes, magic and aliens, a new Text and Tone Festival and the Boston Typewriter Orchestra.
