Mayor celebrates Eid al-Fitr at the White House, invited with other prominent Muslim Americans
It’s almost unheard of that Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui misses a City Council meeting, but on Monday she had a very good excuse: She was at the White House to celebrate the Eid holiday with President Joe Biden.
Labs are now in an updated Garage mall remake; Harvard Divinity School shows off its Swartz Hall
The remaking of Harvard Square’s Garage mall has been revised to include lab and life-sciences space but less overall square footage; there’s an innovation in the signed community benefits agreement at Somerville’s Boynton Yards; and Harvard has photos of its renovated divinity school.
We owe City Hall and more prominent buildings to a ‘townie’ who’d long since left for West Coast
Frederick Hastings Rindge, Cambridge’s most important individual benefactor, was a ‘‘townie’’ who entered Harvard in 1875 and left soon after – yet still made a series of significant financial gifts to the city used by current residents every day.
St. Augustine’s celebrates its 100th birthday, fundraising with a party and gospel concert
St. Augustine’s African-Orthodox Church celebrated its 100th birthday Sept. 25 with a gospel concert in the street.
Sara Chapman Bull, intrepid lady of Brattle Street, introduced stars, swamis and seminars to town
At age 20, Sara Chapman was married in a semi-secret ceremony in Norway to 60-year-old renowned concert violinist Ole Bull. Things only got more interesting from there.
Quakers sell their offices in North Cambridge, reaping $3 million; political party shares space
The two-story American Friends Service Committee office building in North Cambridge has been sold to a Salem-based developer for $2.9 million.
St. Augustine’s restoration gets $110,000 grant from Mass Cultural Council; it must be matched
Black History in Action for Cambridgeport has been awarded a $110,000 matching grant for exterior restorations at St. Augustine’s African-Orthodox Cathedral, established in 1921 at 137 Allston St.
St. Augustine’s ‘historic character’ gets a boost from landmark vote, headed next to City Council
Restoration work at St. Augustine’s, a Cambridgeport church dating back to 1886, could see a boost from the Historical Commission’s unanimous vote Feb. 4 to recommend landmark status and likely approval Feb. 22 by the City Council.
Historic First Baptist Church close to renovation with $3.5M raised by two merged congregations
The choice of a construction manager means renovations can begin on Central Square’s First Baptist Church of Cambridge, a landmark structure standing at River and Magazine streets since 1881 and now officially home to a new organization called Central Square Church.
In Sylvan’s Biblical musical, ‘Beloved King,’ David gets his due (and a fanfic meet-cute)
If it was surprising for poet, author, playwright, performance artist Jade Sylvan to attend Harvard Divinity School, it might be less surprising to hear how Sylvan is wrapping up their time there: writing and staging a musical called “Beloved King,” presenting the ”gay AF” story of the Biblical David.
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