"I’m a renter like two-thirds of Cambridge residents, and now we have a representati[ve] on the City Council. I walk, bike, and take public transport living in a city where the T is dysfunctional."
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FOTOBOM: OH SEES, PRETTIEST EYES, OCEANS OF THE MOON @ THE SINCLAIR
After ignoring Boston for close to a decade while NYC shows were not so unusual, Providence native son via SF > LA John Dwyer has brought his ferocious, multi-headed garage/psych/neo-jam ...
CAMBRIDGE ARTISTS FIGHTING BACK AGAINST DISPLACEMENT
Reflections on a new grassroots political movement in formation
Another Cambridge arts institution is being pushed out of its longtime home by a greedy landlord. And once again, local artists are mobilizing to “discuss and organize for meaningful political action to support the arts” in that city—as the Facebook ...
SIDDIQUI TAKES A DIVE: JOINS MAYOR MCGOVERN, OTHER CAMBRIDGE COUNCILORS IN GREENLIGHTING BACKROOM COURTHOUSE DEAL
The fix was in.
While the world was gearing up for the global climate strike last week, the years-long fight over the future ...
FROM SAVIN HILL TO SOMERVILLE: 10 MORE WELCOME-BACK WALKS OFF OF THE EATEN PATH
This time there are options for food and drink along the way—plus we included other communities in the region as well.
THE POLITICAL MOVEMENT TO COME
How Cambridge can put public need before private greed
A five-hour city council hearing can really get you thinking.
As I sat watching the latest chapter in the East Cambridge courthouse saga unfold at city hall on ...
THE BRIDGESIDE CYPHER, WHICH TAKES OVER CENTRAL SQUARE ONCE A MONTH, IS MORE THAN A RAP BATTLE
From a white suburban father in an olive bucket hat and open-toed sandals to a young hispanic girl in a white T and Jordans, Bridgeside encompasses the unpredictable demographic that rap has inspired from the start.
ALL TOGETHER NOW, AGAIN: HOW TO ORGANIZE A TRULY INCLUSIVE EVENT
"Everything that I publish—the ticket page, the Facebook page—everything starts with saying that this is about making space for marginalized artists."
DIAGONAL LIFE CIRCUS: BREAD & PUPPET RETURNS WITH ANOTHER STICK UP ITS SLEEVE
Besides the tradition, there’s the troupe’s compelling content, and the Bread and Puppet spectacle is like no other. In Krugman’s words, “the show is meant to shake city slickers and country cornstalks alike out of their complacency in the face of the destruction of the planet and the political and economic tyranny under which we all live.”
THE HORROR OF MEDIA CONSOLIDATION AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
If you and other people like you don’t help us, if you don’t boost independent journalism beyond NPR and resultantly leave the few of us who remain on the battlefield alone to find solutions by rubbing the few resources available together and wishing on a star—then guess what, we’re going to burn out.