Hot Molasses: After the Flood
New Year’s Scouting Report: First Flag Flown
I used to live on Prospect Hill. As recently as two years ago or so, I would hurry past that castle parapet everyday on the way to Union Square, always just barely catching the bus to work. Of course, it wasn’t until I moved elsewhere in Somerville that I finally learned of Prospect Hill’s…
A Tingling of My Spine’s Eye
Dastardly’s Liebowitz Makes the Road His New Best Friend
“I decided I was finally going to try to make this band my full-time job,” he explained by cell-phone from unusually warm Chicago. The band cut into Liebowitz’s four-year career as a double-decker bus tour guide for the city and playing music on the side, without any manager or agent, has kept him busy. “It’s been really crazy juggling everything,” he said.
STARLAB FEST 2011! 8/6/11, Union Square
The good folks at Starlab (32 Prospect St) have organized perhaps the very best live acts from Somerville and beyond for their third whenever-they-feel-like rockin’ BBQ and festival. It’s all happening outside of a junk metal shop and radiator graveyard in Somerville’s most underrated square, Union. It is of paramount importance that you go and…
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…
Meet a Somerville stand-up comedian
Caitlin Durante has a funny story about moving to Somerville. Determined to live in Cambridge, Durante, 24, and her roommate agreed on a price range, found a realtor and started looking for an apartment with a September 2010 lease. So when the realtor referred the pair to a Washington Street address, they showed up in…
Sherry, Baby! A Twist On Thai Tapas Tuesdays
From mere picky-eaters to true connoisseurs, it seems like everybody is a self-proclaimed “foodie” these days. This city’s streets are lined with snacks and no doubt any reliable epicurean has searched them for the finest treats: pies, sandwiches, doughnuts, egg rolls, beers, pickles or otherwise. From the Lincoln Porker pizza at Mama Gina’s (19 Union…
Calendar Highlight – The International Pop Overthrow
If a single pop song has the power to get stuck in your head for days on end, then attending the International Pop Overthrow is sure to leave catchy hooks and infectious choruses bouncing around your cranium until at least New Year’s Day. Over the past twelve years, the IPO and its founder, David Bash,…
Calendar Highlight – Project MUM
If you’re looking for something wild and out of the ordinary for your Saturday night, look no further than the intersection of McGrath Highway and Washington Street, outside of Union Square. This unexpected location is where you will find the fifth and final Project MUM tonight from 9pm-1am. An outdoor dance party presented by ARTSomerville,…
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