With her first book, 1999’s The Ugly Vegetables, Lin wrote and illustrated a story about food and community for ages 4 – 8. Twelve years and over twenty books later, Lin’s novel Where The Mountain Meets the Moon has won the 2010 Newbery Honor.
A comic strip, according to our dictionary, is a noun dating back to 1920. The definition? “A group of cartoons in narrative sequence.” And a comic book (1941) is “a magazine containing sequences of comic strips.” If that makes this edition of Somerville Scout a comic book, well – we’re not ducking the definition. After…
Comic Art Around and About Somerville by Lorie Reilly If the word “comic” conjures up naught but memories of Bazooka Joe on bubble gum wrappers and Sunday newspaper inserts with the likes of Dagwood and Dick Tracy, it’s time to take a closer look at this genre of storytelling. If you are fortunate enough to…
IN SCOUT Somerville Scout introduces its new coupon section beginning on this page! Every advertiser on pages 31–38 offers special discounts to our readers. BRICKBOTTOM Taza Chocolate (561 Windsor St, 617-623-0804, tazachocolate.com) now offers behind-the-scenes, guided one-hour tours of its factory, where it makes stone-ground, organic chocolate. Reservations can be made online. CENTRAL HILL The…
So all kids have different personalities, different interests, different likes and dislikes, of course. But every summer, there seems to be one similarity that surpasses everything else : after finishing the school year, all kids become plagued with boredom. I myself recall whining three little words frequently in June, July, and August: “Moooooooom I’m BORED!”…
In the seasons to come, will you know where your produce comes from? Boston Localvores, in partnership with Transition Somerville and Somerville Climate Action, wants to make sure you can. On Monday, Jan. 11 at 6pm at the Somerville Public Library (79 Highland Ave), they are bringing together farmers with community supported agriculture (CSA) drop-boxes…
Got the December-getting-dark-way-too-early blues? Don’t feel like dropping a sawbuck at the local theater? Then check out The Golden Age of Movies film series at the Somerville Public Library (79 Highland Ave). To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) is playing tonight at 6:30 pm. It’s a great chance to see — for free — a classic…
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