HOW HAIR SALONS HAVE EMERGED OUT OF THE PANDEMIC
The past year has been challenging, but for some, they have seen radical change (Somerville Wire) – With approximately 68% of Somerville fully vaccinated, according to the city government’s dashboard, many hair salons are beginning to return to something close to a sense of normalcy. The City is even seeing new spaces open up, like […]
SOMERVILLE THEATRE TO GET ITS OWN CRYSTAL BALLROOM
During the pandemic, the theatre has undergone a complete renovation of its facilities (Somerville Wire) – The Somerville Theatre, which closed because of the pandemic in March 2020, has taken advantage of its time offline make some productive changes—the space is undergoing renovations and is also getting a Crystal Ballroom. The lobby is being refurbished—with […]
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: INSCRUTABLE SCHOOLS
How bureaucratic dysfunction prevents a reckoning with physical student restraint in Boston Public Schools
SOMERVILLE WIRE: June 30, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
John Long retires as City Clerk, the Somerville Arts Council releases a survey, and Supervised Consumption Site meetings to take place
ARTS PROFILE: KATHERINE SMALL GALLERY
An inner look at the graphic design enthusiast’s haven (Somerville Wire) – Tucked away on the Cambridge Line, you may happen upon the Katherine Small Gallery. It’s true to the suggestion of its name—the intimate space once held “standing-room only lectures,” packing as many people as possible into a room, on their feet, too close […]
COMMUNITY MEMBERS REFLECT ON STEPHENSON AMAN’S EXCLUSION FROM ORS FORUM
City council candidate turned in a late questionnaire, triggering a series of events that led to a debate on equity in Somerville politics
MUNICIPALITIES NEED TO KEEP VIRTUAL ACCESS IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD
That did not stop my local housing authority from denying my own reasonable accommodation request for remote access to their annual meeting
OPINION: SOMERVILLE’S DSA CANDIDATES AND DEFUNDING THE POLICE
“The last thing we need in the fight against the far-right’s attacks against everything we hold dear is for our fellow progressives to use the kind of rhetoric (like “defund the police”) that reinforces negative stereotypes about Democrats and plays right into the hands of the Republican Party.”
SOMERVILLE WIRE: June 22, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
The eviction moratorium is prolonged, City Council candidate Stephenson Aman barred from an ORS forum, and the annual Fourth of July fireworks
BUSINESS PROFILE: TIPPING COW
An interview with David Lindsey of the iconic, homemade ice cream shop