Tree rally in Danehy Park: Brownsberger speaks, MIT collaborates for greenery and city should too
More than 60 people gathered in Danehy Park on Tuesday to learn how to help stop tree loss in Cambridge and hear longtime environmental supporter state Sen. Will Brownsberger give an update on current climate change mitigation efforts.
Danehy: Drought and failed irrigation were fatal, and trees at the park aren’t out of the woods yet
An irrigation system at Danehy Park broke for more than a month during this unusually hot summer and its drought, bleaching grass and endangering trees in a city already found to be losing tree canopy at an alarming rate.
City failed to protect trees in Danehy Park
A visit to Danehy Park in mid-August found 108 trees we categorized in a range from “poor” to “dead.” Of them, 87 were mature and classified as “significant trees” by city law.
Attend meetings on linkage fees and bike lanes, pot shops and improving the city’s playing fields
Public meetings this week look at linkage fees and playing fields, banning fur and fake health clinics, after-school program buses, bike lanes on Garden Street, a Porter Square pot shop, eliminating parking minimums, planning North Massachusetts Avenue and much more.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Megerdichian art to ‘Yellow Bird Chase’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s an exhibit of the art of Abraham Megerdichian, a concert by Mario Gotoh and the Finnish sisters known as Kardemimmit, poetry by Joshua Bennett, book readings and theater and “Sacred Songs and Rituals” with Yacouba Sissoko.
Lab building that would overlook Porter Square to be introduced to residents at online meeting (Updated)
Two homes and a former printing company in Porter Square are due to be replaced by a four-story laboratory office building, topped by a fifth floor of mechanicals.
Small plates with big flavor at Barcelona Wine Bar
Barcelona Wine Bar has both a destination and neighborhood vibe to it, as well as a menu that’s a bounty of unique flavors and textures that’ll have you coming back to sample.
Sanders leads a rally for a labor movement revitalized by ‘nitwits’ such as Musk, Bezos
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders headlined a labor rally Sunday on Cambridge Common, punctuating a slate of local and national leaders’ speeches that highlighted unionization and what they described as the greed of corporations.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from bubbles to ‘Come to Pass,’ a hip-hop play
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s plenty of music (including new Sol Y Canto and Clem Snide) and theater (including the hip-hop musical “Come to Pass” and a production of “Eurydice”), and a return of the Evolution of Hip-Hop Festival, Floor Lords Breakdancing and MIT Swapfest, as well as bubbles and mini-horses.
Stereo Jack’s Records packing up after 40 years, relocating under new ownership to Ball Square
Stereo Jack’s Records closes Monday between Harvard and Porter squares after a 40-year tenure – an impressive existence selling just old-school vinyl – and moves to Somerville.
