Scout This! Spring 2011
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Making Dough
“Come on guys, let’s rally.” Red sweater guy has a point. It’s 8:30 p.m.; there are 13 of us and at least seven pounds of fresh pasta still waiting to be cooked. Dave Jick, owner of Dave’s Fresh Pasta (81 Holland St) and our teacher for the evening, cradles a handful of lemon fettuccine over…
Local Zine Library Is A Papercut Above The Rest
Okay, so what exactly is a “zine” anyway? A zine is an underground, independently produced publication. Generally photocopied for ease of distribution, zines can cover any number of topics: personal, political, informative, narrative or otherwise. Papercut Zine Library (226 Pearl St) is a local lending library centered around do-it-yourself culture and run by volunteers since…
Calendar Highlight – Harvest Fest
They might claim that the second annual Harvest Fest is “not your mama’s non-profit gala,” but we’re sure that they wouldn’t turn her away; Somerville Local First just likes to do things a bit differently. This year’s festival and fundraiser will be held at the Center for Arts at the Armory (191 Highland Ave) over…
Keeping it Local
A red banner stretched across the back page ad in this fall’s print edition reading: “How’s this for keeping local: Just say “SCOUT” at the time you buy with us in 2009, and you’ll get a $100 gift certificate to spend at Somerville businesses advertising in this issue of Somerville Scout.” I just want to…
Fall is in the Wear
Fall is upon us, which is bittersweet, to say the least. On the one hand, this summer in New England was incredibly short. On the other hand, it’s fall! Leaves. Sweaters. Apples. Light jackets. Warm beverages. Root vegetables. Sensible shoes. The change in temperature, coupled with a closet re-org, reminded me that I bought this…
Monday Movie Madness
Standing at the ticket window at Somerville Theatre last night, I forked over a dollar more than I expected to see Extract. “What happened to the $7 ticket price?” I asked. From the next window came a voice. “All tickets are $8 after 6:00pm now.” After a brief discussion, I learned that the change went…
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