Festival
Honk! Festival celebrates 21 years of street band activism with photo exhibit in Somerville
The Honk! Festival of activist street bands kicked off its 21st year at Somerville City Hall on Thursday night, unveiling a commemorative art exhibit of photos and quotes from the festival’s two decade history. Read more ‘Reckoning’ fails to exact a toll The exhibit, “Looking Back at 20 Years of HONK! Festival of Activist Street […]
Events this week in Cambridge and Somerville: HonkFest, Arabic heritage celebration and “Practical Magic”‘s Alice Hoffman
For a searchable calendar of events with your choice of list or map view, or to submit an event of your own, go to the main calendar. Read more Young adults in Mass. most likely to enter treatment for alcohol addiction Friday, Oct. 2 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.Various locations at MIT MIT Future Fest$149 for […]
Central Square Night Market returns for third year
Saturday night saw Central Square’s University Park transform into the bustling cultural smorgasbord common in cultures from around East and Southeast Asia — showcasing the substantial number of people in Cambridge who’ve moved from those areas. Read more Remembering the Craigie Street bathtub Michael Monestime, president of the Central Square Business Improvement District, said the […]
Fermentation fanatics prep for second annual festival in Somerville
Flora Spivak loves fermenting so much that when a swarm of fruit flies invaded her kitchen to feast on her kombucha, she didn’t completely quit. She cleared out the wooden barrel it was brewing in and started over. And when mold began growing in the crevices of that barrel, she was still more inclined to […]
The fifth ‘Nice, a fest’ coming to Davis Square
After a year off to regroup, the organizers of “Nice, a fest” are bringing it back to Davis Square for its fifth year July 24 to 26. It will feature 85 musicians from across New England, said Alex Pickert, a local music booker who founded the festival in 2021. Read more Backgammon and other traditional […]
Somerville’s ArtBeat Festival turns 40
Somerville is hosting the 40th ArtBeat cultural festival in Davis Square on Saturday, highlighting the city’s diverse arts scene. Read more Alpha-gal is in the headlines. It’s no superhero ArtBeat is Somerville’s “biggest cultural festival” as it “showcases music, dance, culinary arts, and visual arts,” said Rachel Strutt, the interim director of the Somerville Arts […]
Dragon Boat Festival draws tens of thousands
As many as 60,000 people came to last weekend’s Dragon Boat Festival, which has grown out of the first such event in North America, held back in 1979. This year’s festival saw a different novel moment, as the first-ever dragon boat team from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School competed. Read more CRLS senior wins state […]