An intimate documentary, a kidnapping rescue and a black comedy debut
“Remake” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3.5 out of 4. Ross McElwee’s “Remake” opens with a wry proposition: a Hollywood producer wants to turn McElwee’s 1986 documentary, “Sherman’s March” — the filmmaker’s meandering meditation on love, Southern culture, and romantic rejection — into a conventional scripted feature, perhaps even a comedy. Questions abound: Who would play McElwee? How […]
Cambridge STEAM Initiative calling for funding proposals from math nonprofits
The City of Cambridge will divide $70,000 in funding to selected nonprofit math enrichment programs over the course of the next year. Read more Local scientists air concerns about federal funding losses in Arlington town hall Each selected organization can receive up to $25,000 in its first funding year, with the potential to receive an […]
Local scientists air concerns about federal funding losses in Arlington town hall
Massachusetts scientists came together Tuesday evening at the Robbins Memorial Town Hall in Arlington to discuss their concerns about the Trump administration’s disruption of scientific research with U.S. House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, who recently won the Democratic primary to retain her seat as representative for the Massachusetts’ 5th Congressional District. Read more The CPL’s […]
The CPL’s top 10 August reads
Here are this month’s 10 most checked out books at all Cambridge Public Library locations. Thanks to Susannah Borysthen-Tkacz, Senior Librarian, for providing us with the list. Read more Children born at Mount Auburn Hospital invited to meet “The Dot” author
Pop-up book fair takes hold at Lamplighter Brewing
This summer, Lamplighter Brewing Co. in Cambridge launched a monthly Brewery Book Fair with Book Ends, an independent bookstore in Winchester. Read more Cambridge affordable housing projects to receive over $18 million in state and federal financing It began in July as the brainchild of Book Ends co-owner Lauren Tiedemann, a Cambridge resident and member […]
Cambridge affordable housing projects to receive over $18 million in state and federal financing
Funding for affordable housing in Cambridge will get a boost, according to an announcement last week from Governor Maura Healey, whose administration released a list of grant recipients for $276 million in total financing for affordable projects statewide. According to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), $18.2 million of these funds […]
Children born at Mount Auburn Hospital invited to meet “The Dot” author
From 2014 to 2016, babies born at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge were given a copy of the book “The Dot.” Now, its author Peter H. Reynolds is inviting those kids to meet him. Read more Cambridge historian, Somerville comics press honored with Massachusetts Book Awards The “Dot Kids,” as he calls them, are invited […]
Cambridge historian, Somerville comics press honored with Massachusetts Book Awards
A Cambridge historian and a one-person Somerville comics publisher are among the winners of this year’s Massachusetts Book Awards, the Commonwealth’s annual honors recognizing outstanding books by Massachusetts authors, artists, poets and publishers. Read more Cape Cod environmental crime drama has local flavor, minimal thrills Jill Lepore, a Harvard University historian and Cambridge resident, won […]
Cape Cod environmental crime drama has local flavor, minimal thrills
“The Scallop Plot” by former Boston Globe health columnist Judy Foreman seems like an ideal choice for a Cape Cod guest house bookshelf, a thriller to flip through idly on a rainy day. It’s full of immersive descriptions of Provincetown and vicinity, with plenty of local landmarks and restaurants namechecked. And it leaves the reader […]
MIT professor dies after bike crash at Memorial Drive intersection
An MIT professor died Wednesday from injuries sustained in an Aug. 21 bicycle crash at Massachusetts Avenue and Memorial Drive, an intersection where bicycle advocates had warned of safety problems and mounted a campaign for improvements just weeks before the crash. Read more Porter Square developer sues Cambridge over 20% affordable housing requirement Thomas Rose, […]