THE NEW CRYSTAL BALLROOM IS KEEPING SOMERVILLE THEATER ALIVE
Catching up with Somerville’s new, much-needed live performance venue and function space On September 17, the Somerville Theatre reopened after a 17-month-long closure brought on by the pandemic. Customers of the 107-year-old theater, some who have been catching flicks there for years, walked into a completely madeover venue with an improved lobby and a glitzy […]
SPECIAL SEQUEL: DESACRALIZED
As another historic Black Boston institution is gentrified, a congregation displaced by condos reflects on this trend and what it means BY CLAIRE SADAR AND ALYSSA MALDONADO-ESTRADA [Read the first installment of this series] City churches were designed to be walkable and serve their immediate neighborhoods, but as historically working-class or African American neighborhoods gentrify […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: January 4, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Katjana Ballantyne sworn in as mayor, Somerville recognized as a Global Climate-Action Leader, and the Co-Incidence Festival takes off Articles BOARD OF HEALTH TO VOTE ON PROOF OF VACCINATION POLICY While facing questions about the fate of small businesses, the Board postponed the vote to mid-January BUSINESS PROFILE: DOÑA ESTELA How a chef from Mexico […]
OPINION: SOME HOPES AND WISHES FOR 2022 AND BEYOND
Photo by Eric Kilby, Flickr “I hope and trust that our city will continue to thrive as it has for the last 18 years.” May the coming year (or two) be the last ones in which this damn pandemic hangs over the entire world like a never-ending plague. I hope that in the next few […]
BOARD OF HEALTH TO VOTE ON PROOF OF VACCINATION POLICY
Photo by Marc A. Hermann While facing questions about the fate of small businesses, the Board postponed the vote to mid-January (Somerville Wire) – The City of Somerville’s Board of Health met to discuss a proof of vaccine policy for certain businesses on Dec. 21 but decided to push the vote to Jan. 14. While […]
BUSINESS PROFILE: DOÑA ESTELA
How a chef from Mexico started her own catering company (Somerville Wire) – Estela Calzada has been cooking for all of her life. Having immigrated from Mexico, she brings the flavors, fragrances, and traditions of her homeland to every meal that she prepares. Calzada has been involved in pop-ups at the Somerville Arts Council’s Nibble […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: December 21, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Mayor Curtatone’s farewell speech, a campaign to support Somerville students, and the flag raising on Prospect Hill Announcement The Somerville Wire will be returning on Jan. 4. Have a happy holidays, and see you in the new year! Survey SOMERVILLE LOCAL NEWS SURVEY The Somerville Wire is part of the Somerville News Garden project of […]
INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: TO TEAR DOWN A HIGHWAY
Image by Utile Design Pols and advocates discuss what it could mean to take down the McGrath overpass The Somerville Wire recently received a Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grant, through the National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute. This article is the last in a series about how roadways like McGrath Highway […]
OPINION: ANOTHER SOMERVILLE CRASH SHOWS COST OF STATE’S INACTION ON TRAFFIC SAFETY
“Did MassDOT finish the work that they agreed was necessary to implement this year to avoid more harm?” On Dec. 6, Livable Streets hosted Jamey Tesler, Secretary of Transportation and CEO of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) to discuss MassDOT’s efforts to make streets safer for people. “Tell us where to put the cone; […]
ARTIST PROFILE: BORIANA KANTCHEVA
The painter and printmaker’s work can be seen at the Inside Out Gallery (Somerville Wire) – Boriana Kantcheva is a Boston-based creator whose exhibit “Earthly Delights” is currently being featured in the Davis Square CVS window. Her work is whimsical and heavily inspired by the beauty found in nature. Having grown up in Bulgaria, Kantcheva […]