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SOMERVILLE WIRE: June 15, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

A proposal to extend the eviction moratorium, a theatrical reading, and Taste of Somerville’s new dining passport program. Welcome to the Somerville Wire’s June 15 Weekly Roundup—a fast look at local news published every Tuesday at somervillewire.news. Readers with Somerville-focused news tips or press releases or calendar items or letter

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN June 15, 2021

Somerville Live Wire - Episode 3 - YouTube 2021-06-08 10-28-06

VIDEO: HOW ARTISTS IN SOMERVILLE HAVE SURVIVED THE FIRST PANDEMIC YEAR

Somerville Live Wire — Episode 3

SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF May 18, 2021

AUDIO: WEEKLY WIRE — EPISODE 4 — APRIL 26, 2021

Current headlines: 2021 Somerville Open Studios update, hostile architecture dustup

SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF April 26, 2021

SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS ADAPTS TO PANDEMIC CONDITIONS

Embracing new circumstances, the event still allows an inside look at how art is created

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN April 20, 2021

ART FARM PUMP DESIGNS TO BE PRESENTED TO PUBLIC

With development having been set back, due to the coronavirus, the conversation is moving forward.

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN April 13, 2021

WILL THE COLUMBUS STATUE RETURN TO BOSTON? WHO WILL DECIDE?

“The park should be a place where everyone feels welcome, not a place where Indigenous people are made to feel uncomfortable, erased and demeaned.”

DANA FERRANTE July 30, 2020

THE ARTIST HELPING BOSTON BUSINESSES COMMUNICATE THROUGH COVID-19

“Like many creatives during this pandemic, I had been going through a particularly foggy period… Driving around and seeing these homemade signs, it was so clear how I could directly contribute.”

ERIC TWARDZIK June 2, 2020

BOOKSMITH GOES VIRTUAL, NOW HAS EVENT ATTENDEES FROM OTHER CONTINENTS

One pandemic event had attendees from Germany, South Africa, and Hawaii: “people were up at like three in the morning to come here, or a version of coming, to hear this author.”

MAX L. CHAPNICK May 4, 2020

COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY AND SHOPS BRACE FOR CORONAVIRUS CATASTROPHE

“Maybe we’ll see readers come out of this with a reinvigorated interest in comics, maybe it’ll be a fresh start and an end to the cynicism that comes with comic book and movie fandom these days.”

DANA FORSYTHE March 25, 2020

AFTER HALF A CENTURY, NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHUTTERS

“If you were trying to become a full-time photojournalist, this is one more obstacle.’

JORDAN FRIAS March 4, 2020