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Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 7h

Harvard Native American Program marks Its 55th looking for ways to continue and expand mission

Harvard University has had a formal commitment from its inception to educating Indigenous students. Its Harvard University Native American Program has a proposed new headquarters on Mount Auburn Street.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 8h

Alliance plans a check-in on its safety work preventing bridge crashes and biker deaths

An informal project review on the work of The BU Bridge Safety Alliance is set as the topic for the upcoming edition of the monthly speaker series Streetwise.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 14h

At the Somerville Museum, ‘Barcode Journeys’ makes art out of modern hieroglyphs

One person’s obsession with barcodes makes for a quirky and fun exhibit at the Somerville Museum: “Barcode Journeys,” which blends art with the history of automation and a nod toward its future.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 15h

Storing property of homeless and a needle count are taken up as issues by Somerville councilors

Issues around public drug use and homelessness in Davis Square got attention from Somerville’s City Council after frustrations were discussed in previous weeks at a city-run public meeting and one of concerned residents.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 16h

Somerville Stands Together convenes finalists seeking council seats for housing, labor stands

A question of whether to build taller to add housing, even on Somerville’s biggest streets and near mass transit hubs, provided some disagreement at a largely agreeable candidate forum held by Somerville Stands Together.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 18h

Candidate slate vows to ‘Repeal’ zoning building the housing that might change neighborhoods

Many higher-donor candidates this race are staunchly pro-new housing and buoyed by contributions from real estate developers. But that’s not the whole picture

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 1d

Memoirist Jesse James Rose on defying genre and honesty in ‘Sorry I Keep Crying During Sex’

Author, actor and content creator Jesse James Rose became a writer first on Instagram. “Sorry I Keep Crying During Sex” is her first book, a memoir that goes beyond prose to mine text messages and Grindr DMs.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 1d

Closest neighbors aren’t satisfied with changes made to plan for Harvard Square hotel and homes

Designs for an eight-story hotel-and-homes project incorporating the historic Harriet Jacobs House in Harvard Square drew debate at a Cambridge Historical Commission meeting, which ended with a 7-0 vote for design work to continue with a “certificate of appropriateness with a condition.”

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 1d

Somerville elections: Events for candidates include pizza, Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash

These political notes cover city councilor and mayoral events on Prospect Hill and in Davis Square, as well as a slew of new personal and union endorsements.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 1d

‘Where the Power Lies’ pieces stage the dynamics from the America of 2025, personal and political

In its season-opening show, “Where the Power Lies,” the Janelle Gilchrist Dance Troupe explores “power shifts and power imbalances” and how it manifests.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 1d

Reuben Solo still gets a buzz from his appearance on ‘America’s Got Talent,’ but will he talk about it?

Even if Reuben Solo were to tell us more about his latest touring show, “Someone In This Crowd Will Betray Me,” would we believe him? Should we?

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 2d

Reviewed: ‘Kiss of The Spider Woman,’ ‘Anemone,’ ‘The Lost Bus’ and ‘Tron: Ares’ in theaters and streaming

In theaters and streaming now are the musical “Kiss of The Spider Woman,” dramatic “Anemone,” true-life disaster thriller “The Lost Bus” and sci-fi sequel “Tron: Ares.”

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 2d

Migration was a mystery and source of wild ideas until the Pfeilstorck fell, a spear through its neck

There was a time people did not know what caused birds to disappear over the winter. Some people thought they changed into other animals, that they hibernated or even that they migrated to the moon for the winter.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 2d

Two worlds touch at Cambridge Diwali-Eid event

Hundreds of festively dressed members of the South Asian community gathered in Cambridge for the annual Diwali-Eid Cultural program for food, performances, and political speeches.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 2d

The Somerville Dip at Saus, short rib au jus without the cow

What if you could have all the glorious good meatiness of short rib, shredded and served as a French dip au jus, with no reason to feel bad about it?

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 2d

Central Square construction takes down light pole

A light pole fell onto an occupied car at around 2 p.m. Thursday at Carl Barron Plaza in Cambridge’s Central Square. No one was injured.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 2d

Somerville kills well funded bid to remove Palestine boycott measure from ballot - Cambridge Day

A committee backed by the ADL and a resigned Somerville city councilor tried to invalidate signatures needed to get a boycott measure on the ballot.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 4d

Attend meetings in Cambridge between Oct. 9-16 about Gold Star park soil and a hotel near Harvard

Public meetings this week look at repurposing a historical house for a hotel and getting a Gold Star Mothers park update, and there are City Council and School Committee election forums

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 4d

Attend meetings in Somerville between Oct. 9-16 about a safer Davis Square and slower bike path

Public meetings this week look at a lower, calmer community path, public space uses for all and Magoun Square power issues.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 4d

Bonding over The Round Mound of Sound, prompting AI to meaninglessness at Dissolve

Count record stores such as Cheapo Records in Central Square as one of those “third places” where you can still strike up new and interesting acquaintances.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 4d

A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville from Honk! and Oktoberfest to ToyCon and jam

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Honk!, its parade and Oktoberfest are back, there's are strange games, “The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift,” the science of jam and much more.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 4d

There’s so much Independent Film Fest Boston it’s in two parts, leading off with these five titles

Each year around this time Independent Film Festival Boston sets up shop at The Brattle Theatre for its annual Fall Focus series, a multiday bonanza of early screenings of some of the season’s most anticipated titles.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 4d

Higher Cambridge construction fees get a study, and council deals with park safety, solar zoning

Construction “linkage” fees can help pay for affordable housing and job training – if there’s construction, councillors note. Also looked at this week were solar zoning, Gold Star Mothers Park and other park and path safety issues.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 4d

Foodstuffs: PopUp Bagels opens, paneer making, Dia de los Muertos as crafted by Mushroom Shop

Here's what's cooking: Bagels in Harvard Square, South Asian cooking at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and The Mushroom Shop offers tickets to a Dia de los Muertos at Field & Vine in Somerville’s Union Square.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 4d

Classic restaurant cocktails at Foundry on Elm

Foundry on Elm does a pretty fine job at being what it is: a simple and classic restaurant and bar with very enjoyable sips in a nice atmosphere.