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Staley ghost bike put in place
A ghost bike in memory of Kim Staley was placed Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Mount Auburn and DeWolfe streets in Harvard Square, exactly two years after Staley died in a collision with a box truck. The crash is still under investigation. Read more Ahern Field: Plastics should not be our future Staley’s bike […]
Artifical turf is not the only safe option for Ahern
The June 5 op-ed on Ahern Field creates a misleading frame: that supporting children’s play means supporting artificial turf. It does not. Read more How 617 Day became Cambridge’s small business holiday Children need recreation, movement, and outdoor time — but safe play does not require treating synthetic turf as the only option. Pediatric research recognizes the […]
Events this week: Pride, Shakespeare reinvented, & Fresh Pond Day
Thursday, June 4 7 to 9 p.m.First Parish Cambridge Unitarian Universalist, 3 Church St./1446 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square. Read more Celebrating youth-based films with DIYDS Eve Plumb book signing$40 with book. Actress, singer, painter and entrepreneur Eve Plumb, best known for portraying Jan Brady in the ABC sitcom “The Brady Bunch,” signs her book, “Happiness Included: […]
Events this week in Camberville: Pride Patio Party, Celtic art, & Eve Plumb
Thursday, May 28 5 to 9 p.m.Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., near Harvard Square. Read more Chicken sub and froyo at Saloniki ArtsThursdays: A Free Night at the MuseumsFree and all ages. Experience the world-famous Blaschka Glass Flowers, a new rubies installation in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Gallery and “Swimming with Sharks: […]
BB&N wins second quiz show championship
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School won its second High School Quiz Show championship in dramatic fashion, coming from behind in the last round to defeat Sharon High School in a match which first aired on the High School Quiz Show YouTube Channel on May 14. Read more Pan-Asian identity at CRLS: heritage, high energy “Sharon […]
Accolades and achievements
Dan Hogan received the Hope in Action Award from the Alzheimer’s Association Massachusetts/ New Hampshire Charter, recognizing him for his advocacy work on behalf of people impacted by Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. A long-time member of the Club Passim staff, Hogan has served the club as both an executive direction and senior advisor. […]
Events in Cambridge and Somerville: Campfire fest, Memorial Day and Jesse Terry
Thursday, May 21 6 to 8 p.m.The Foundry, 101 Rogers St., East Cambridge. Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Sisters on the Runway Fashion Show$5 to $10. Sisters on the Runway raises awareness and funds in support of victims of domestic violence. This year’s theme for its annual runway fashion show is “Light in the Darkness.” All […]
Events in Cambridge and Somerville: Campfire Festival, FDR’s final days, & ‘Black Swan’
Thursday, May 14 6 and 9:15 p.m.The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Somerville. Boston Fringe Festival presents Uncle Yak and his Magic Comeback$15. Comedy magician Uncle Yak returns to the stage after years of PTA meetings and office coffee pods. His new PG-13 show is a celebration of chance, persistence, and the joy of the unexpected. Read more […]