Mint Cars Coming to Davis Square
Six months after acquiring the assets of Somerville-based car-sharing company iCar, Mint Cars On-Demand is ready to begin service in Davis Square.
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Scout Deal: Mike’s Food and Spirits
Dear Tufts students,
New semester, new problems. We’d like to help by bringing your attention to one of our many fantastic Scout Deals. Our $6 voucher will get you $10 worth of food from Mike’s Food and Spirits in Davis Square.
Somerville Scouting Report: Davis Sq. Statues
Many folks find the statues in Davis… creepy, well-sculpted work but somewhat unsettling, largely because of their masks. So effective are these statues at doling out both the heebies & the jeebies that one wise observer wondered whether or not that had been the artist’s intent all along. As it turns out, this was not the case….
The Somerville Scout…ing Report: Bike-Path
Recent unseasonably warm weather has allowed us to observe & analyze the wilds of the Somerville Bikepath before its wheeled denizens go into true hibernation for the winter. Here are our findings… in cartoon form. Share this:
On December 1, Davis is a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Square
Midnight Madness comes to Davis Square on Thursday, Dec. 1. Participating businesses will be open late (the hours are 6:00 p.m until midnight). Some will be offering discounts and food, or both. Participating businesses include: Artifaktori (22A College Ave) The Boston Shaker (69 Holland St) Buffalo Exchange (238 Elm St) Cameras Inc. (267 Elm St)…
Somerville’s DC FAM to perform Thursday night (7/28) at Club Samba
Somerville natives Leanis Almanzar, Wilner Alexis, Kenny Neff and Larry Travaglione will perform Thursday, July 28, at 8 p.m. at Club Samba (608 Somerville Ave). Known together as DC FAM and respectively as Third Degree, Real Wil, K Street and Renzo, the group is headlining an event featuring DJ Stix from Hot 97 Boston and…
Summer-Ville Has Much to Offer
On the evening of June 21, to honor the summer solstice (and because I missed the 87 bus), I walked 1.7 miles from Davis Square to the intersection of Beacon and Washington Streets. Along the way, I noticed other Somerville residents celebrating the first day of summer in style. Outdoor seating was plentiful at Mike’s…
How Natasha Bedingfield came to Somerville Theatre
On Wednesday night June 8, Somerville Theatre (55 Davis Sq) featured British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield in concert. With hit singles like “Unwritten” and “These Words,” Bedingfield joined the ranks of performers at the Somerville Theatre including U2 and Joan Baez. A few hours before the show, I spoke with Thomas Reitz, Bedingfield’s tour manager, about…
Theatre@First Premieres ‘Equus’
Theatre@First premieres its production of Peter Shaffer’s Equus on Friday, June 10 at Unity Somerville (6 William St). The play will run until June 18 with a total of six shows. The play’s script follows a psychiatrist attempting to treat a teenage boy whose enthrallment with horses turns violent. The play features mature content and language. Dave Policar, a…
Metered Parking Spaces in Somerville Receive an Upgrade
A few weeks ago, the City of Somerville’s Traffic and Parking Department (133 Holland St) began beta-testing 15 new pay-by-space parking meters in the Union Square lots and in the Davis Square Rite Aid (393 Highland Ave) lots, replacing 30-single spaced meters that previously stood in those locations. “Residents often complained that few people have…
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